ms_1793.xml Finding Aid to the Boring family papers, 1832-1931 Written by Elizabeth Delmage Encoding funded by a 2008 Archives-Basic Projects grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Georgia Historical Society.
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 Encoded by Elizabeth Delmage, January 2009 Description is in English Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard MS 1793 Boring family papers 1832-1931 1 box (.25 cubic feet) Boring family. Collection materials are in English. Georgia Historical Society
, Savannah, Georgia.
Access restrictions

The collection is open for research.

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 Subject headings

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Boring family. Boring, James R., 1879-1942. Boring, John P., d. ca. 1907. Dean, Will L., fl. 1891-1907. Deeds--Georgia--Cherokee County. Deeds. Indentures. Photographs. Title (property rights) Wills. Biographical information

John P. Boring (d. ca. 1907) of Woodstock, Georgia was the father of James R. Boring (1879-1942) also of Woodstock, Georgia in Cherokee County.

 Scope and content note

This collection contains materials relating to the Boring family of Cherokee County, Georgia from 1832-1931. Majority of these papers are the land indentures, deeds, wills, and titles that were involved in the purchase of land in the fifteenth district of the second section in Cherokee County, Georgia by John P. Boring and Will L. Dean. There are also accounts from the building of property on the land acquired through the legal documents in 1905 and photographs of homes in Woodstock and Holly Springs, Georgia where the family lived. Photocopies of some of the deeds are also included.