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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","This collection has been organized into six series. ","Series 1 includes letters arranged alpabetically by writer. A uniform entry has been adopted for each name, and persons of the same name have been identified and distinguished from each other by indicating their relationship to Benjamin S. Ewell or other persons. For example, the entry Brown (Harriot S.) is used for letters signed H. S. Brown and Hattie, and the entry Ewell (Elizabeth), daughter of Benjamin S. Ewell, is used for letters signed Lizzy Ewell or simply Lizzy.","Series 2 includes papers from various sources. ","Series 3 is the plat of Ewell property. ","Series 4 contains the Ewell Family Bible, published by Williams and Whiting in 1810, and signed by Thomas Ewell. Family records are in the center of the Bible. The first entry is the birth of Thomas Ewell in 1784 and the last entry is from 1918.  ","Series 5 is a scrapbook of mostly newspaper clippings from mid to late 1800's. Page 15 has an article, \"A Yankee's description of Williamsburg.\" Page 66 has a clipping, \"The Old Garden\" by Elizabeth J. Galt. Page 155 has an article about lightning striking the home of Beverly S. Scott, son-in-law of Benjamin Ewell. There are some handwritten poems and many published poems in the newspaper clippings. (Acc. No. 2008.196)","Series 6 is the diploma of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell from the United States Military Academy at West Point. (Acc. No. 2011.020)","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell was born in Georgetown, D. C., June 10, 1810, the son of Thomas Ewell and Elizabeth Stoddert. He graduated from United States Military Academy and taught there. He taught at Hampden- Sydney College and at Washington College (now Washington and Lee University). In 1848, he was elected professor of mathematics and acting president of College of William and Mary and in 1854, became president. He was colonel of 32nd Virginia Infantry Regiment and later assistant adjutant-general to Joseph E. Johnston. He was president of William and Mary 1854-1888 and died in 1894. He was the brother of Richard Stoddert Ewell, had another brother, William Stoddert, a sister Elizabeth S. Ewell, and a daughter, Elizabeth S. Ewell Scott.","Elizabeth Ewell was the mother of Benjamin S. Ewell.","Elizabeth S. Ewell was the sister of Benjamin S. Ewell.","Elizabeth Stoddert Ewell was the daughter of Benjamin S. Ewell.","Richard S. Ewell brother of Benjamin S. Ewell.","Richard S. Ewell was the brother of Benjamin S. Ewell.","Richard S. Ewell was the brother of Benjamin S. Ewell.","Thomas Ewell was the father of Benjamin S. Ewell.","Thomas Ewell was the father of Benjamin S. Ewell.","Elizabeth L. Scott was the granddaughter of Benjamin S. Ewell.","R. Ewell Scott was the grandson of Benjamin S. Ewell.","Julia McIlvaine Ewell was the wife of Benjamin Ewell.","The original finding aid references \"Photographs of pages from the Ewell Family Bible\"; however, these were not located with the collection as of April 11, 2018. Karen King, SCRC Staff.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 1, Folder 1 titled \"Letters, A-B\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 1, Folder 1 titled \"Letters, A-B\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 1, Folder 1 titled \"Letters, A-B\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 1, Folder 2 titled \"Letters, C-D\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 1, Folder 2 titled \"Letters, C-D\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 1, Folders 3 and 4, titled \"Letters, E\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 2, Folder 4, titled \"Letters, E\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 2, Folders 3 and 4, titled \"Letters, E\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 2, Folders 3 and 4, titled \"Letters, E\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 2, Folder 5, titled \"Letters, E\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 2, Folder 6, titled \"Letters, E\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 2, Folder 6 and Box 3, Folder 7, Subseries titled \"Letters, E\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 3, Folder 7, titled \"Letters, E\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 3, Folder 8, titled \"Letters, E\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 3, Folder 8, titled \"Letters, E\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 3, Folder 9, titled \"Letters, E\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 3, Folder 9, titled \"Letters, E\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 4, Folder 10, titled \"Letters, E\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 4, Folder 10, titled \"Letters, E\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 4, Folder 11, titled \"Letters, F-G\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 4, Folder 11, titled \"Letters, F-G\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 4, Folder 11, titled \"Letters, F-G\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 4, Folder 12, titled \"Letters, H\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 4, Folder 12, titled \"Letters, H\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 5, Folder 13, titled \"Letters, I-K\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 5, Folder 14, titled \"Letters, L-M\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 5, Folder 14, titled \"Letters, L-M\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 5, Folder 15, titled \"Letters, N-R\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 5, Folder 16, titled \"Letters, S\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 5, Folder 16, titled \"Letters, S\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 6, Folder 17, titled \"Letters, S\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 6, Folder 17, titled \"Letters, S\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 6, Folder 18, titled \"Letters, T-Z\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 6, Folder 18, titled \"Letters, T-Z\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 6, Folder 19, titled \"Letters from unknown persons\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 6, Folder 19, titled \"Letters from unknown persons\".","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 20, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 20, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 20, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 20, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 20, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 20, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 20, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 22, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 8, Folder 23, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 8, Folder 23, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 8, Folder 23, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 8, Folder 23, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 8, Folder 24, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 8, Folder 24, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 8, Folder 24, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 8, Folder 24, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 8, Folder 24, under Series 2: Papers.","The contents of this folder were originally housed in Box 7, Folder 21, under Series 2: Papers.","Item is currently missing. K. King 4/11/2018.","Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00084.frame","Letter was not found in this collection during digitization. May have been separated and in Office of the President. Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records, UA 2.06, Box 1, folder 3.","Acc. 2011.020 added by Benjamin Bromley in January 2011.","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Papers in the Swem Library Special Collections' University Archives section (UA 2.06). See also a report (entitled 'diary') of B. S. Ewell, April-August 1864 (Box 5, Vol. 5) in the Joseph E. Johnston Papers for a discussion of Williamsburg during the War.","At the York County Heritage Trust:\n Folder 13416 : Letter from George Hay Kain to Isabel Small, September  11, 1950 and September 14, 1950; reply from Isabel Small to George Kain, September 12, 1957 (Information on McIlwaine family residence location in York and recollections of Gen. Jubal Early's visit to the family at request of Gen. Richard Ewell, Julia's brother-in-law).  -On  microfilm :  The Republican  newspaper, April 17, 1839, marriage announcement of Benjamin S. Ewell to Julia Ann McIwaine, April 16, 1839; also bound  Marriage Index to York Newspapers 1783-1850  entry. - Folder 19684 ,  The Jere Kere Carl Scrap Book , Vol. 19, pg. 160, obituary of Mrs. Julia Ewell.","This collection contains materials dated 1784-1934. It includes correspondence, legal papers, and accounts, chiefly 1830-1892, of Benjamin S. Ewell, professor at the U.S. Military Academy, Hampden-Sydney College, Washington and Lee College, and the College of William and Mary (which he served as acting president, 1848-1849, and president, 1854-1888). Letters from Ewell during the Civil War when he was assistant adjutant-general to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston are included as well. Among the correspondents are members of the Tyler, Ewell, Campbell, and Brown families of Virginia and Tennessee. The collection also contains the memorandum book on the Ewell family by Elizabeth S. Ewell.","Series 1 includes letters arranged alpabetically by writer. A uniform entry has been adopted for each name, and persons of the same name have been identified and distinguished from each other by indicating their relationship to Benjamin S. Ewell or other persons. For example, the entry Brown (Harriot S.) is used for letters signed H. S. Brown and Hattie, and the entry Ewell (Elizabeth), daughter of Benjamin S. Ewell, is used for letters signed Lizzy Ewell or simply Lizzy.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","The letter is in reference to the Revolutionary War claim of the Stoddert family.","Two letters, one including a receipt.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Note: This letter includes a recommendation for Benjamin S. Ewell as a professor, signed by five professors at the United States Military Academy.","The letters discusses the death of Aunt Rebecca due to consumption.","The note discusses Aunt Rebecca's death.","General Ewell brought her here with her mother. The army is at Liberty Hills. Campbell Brown joined them for the celebration. The General says the army may go on to Baltimore. \"The Cheryb\" in Richmond may have their leg amputated. General Long, Fitzhugh Lee, Col. Chambliss, Major Gresiand, and Mr. Smith are there. Brown writes of family news and boarding house arrangements. She sends congratulations on General Magruder's victory at Sabine Pass.","Brown writes that Elizabeth's letter arrive with some grom General Ewell and Campbell. The army is moving soon. She had been at Stony Lonesome and the windows and fences are ruined. She relates news of the capture of nine Yankees by Captain Jones, General Gordon's aide-de-camp at Bristol.","She writes more from Brandy Station and is going back to Charlottesville. She notes that General Ewell must get a new artificial leg. The officers' spirits are still high.","See also Harriot S. Turner.","This item has been moved to the College Papers Collection, Box 9, Folder 2. formerly William and Mary College Papers.","A short unsigned letter. On same sheet: Thomas Ewell, to his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell.","This letter includes two others: Lizinka Campbell to her aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell (on the same sheet) and Thomas Ewell to Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell (also on the same sheet.)","This letter also includes a message from Thomas Ewell to Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell (on the same sheet).","This letter also contains a message from Thomas Ewell to Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell (on the same sheet).","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship, Chair of Mathematics at the University of Virginia.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. The recommendation is for Chair of Mathematics at the University of Virginia.","The letter advises Colonel Ewell that his state of health makes him unable to serve in the field.","2 copies.","This item has been moved to the William and Mary College Papers.","Crump writes that he needs the exact information on the burning of Richmond tobacco warehouses because of a lawsuit. He asks if General Ewell set the fires at General Lee's order.","An invitation to the marriage reception of their daughter. Enclosures: Two cards, Emmy A. Crump and William B. Lightfoot.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Deas writes of Ewell's promotion to Colonel, 32nd Regiment, Virginia Volunteers. He asks that Ewell please report to Richmond Headquarters.","A certificate of dismission of Benjamin S. Ewell from Hampden Sidney Church and of recommendation to the church at Lexington, Virginia.","On same sheet.","This letter contains an extract from the Register of the Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, 1850.","The contents of this folder were previously housed in Box 1, folder 3, \"Letters, E\".","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Benjamin Ewell writes about life at West Point. He comments on current literature. He spent the last two years studying mathematics, which will never be of any service until he should become a teacher.","Benjamin Ewell discusses family matters. The lack of funds keeps him from coming home for vacation. He worries over Congress's changes for West Point. He asks her to please make five more shirts.","Benjamin Ewell discusses family matters. Exams are over. Life at West Point is confining. He will not go to Tennessee, but is grateful for the other.","Benjamin Ewell thanks his uncle for his generosity, but doubts Mr. Ewell will let Richard come to him. Ewell will not stay in the Army. There is no chance to advance unless there is a war. He may go into Legal Studies, having ambition and political interest. However, lacking money, he may set other goals. The possibility of war with France might change the situation.","(This letter is likely dated as 1836. Lizinka was born in 1820 and she is mentioned as being age 16. Ewell was not at West Point, nor Rebecca at Bladensburgh, in 1838.) ","Benjamin writes he has dispersed some pictures and kept only good ones. They discuss dyspepsia, a \"many headed monster\". The war with France has been averted. Lizinka enjoyed Washington too much for a girl so young. He was riding with a French lady when her horse bolted, which led to rumors of his elopment. ","Ewell writes that he cannot reconcile two laws, referring to the raising of troops. He asks which is valid. The answer by S. Bassett French, aide de camp, dated February 26, 1862, on back of sheet, notes that Virginia law rather than Congress is binding. If 20 in a camp reenlist, he will fill in the rest of the numbers.","Note: Map of Richmond and vicinity on back of letter.","Benjamin discusses the people and land of east Tennessee, as well as the Lousiana Volunteers. He says the Confederates will win if not greatly outnumbered. Uncle Dick should come; he is needed by the Army.","Ewell notes that he is glad Uncle Dick didn't come. The Yankees grow bolder, stealing horses. He hopes the Yankees will not be hard on Williamsburg in consequence of new attacks. He writes had Fort Magruder had been where it ought, Williamsburg could have been saved. It its destruction is truly important to success, Ewell would let it go down without a murmur.","Ewell writes a letter of farewell to his family. Battle is imminent.","Ewell writes of the Battle at Big Black River near Vicksburg. 24,000 men against 75,000 and they were at a disadvantage being hemmed in by the river and a small bridge. He says losing Vicksburg was an unexcusable blunder. He notes that Tennessee regrets their secession. The Yankees are not gentlemen.","Thanks for genealogy. Didn't know Lowndes Jackson had information. Sends $100. Lizzie hasn't returned to Prince Edward, but may settle near here.","There are indications this letter may have been written by Richard S. Ewell rather than Benjamin. \nLife as prisoner. Accused of burning Richmond, but mob did it.  No troops and citizens refused to form constabulary. Story of capture.  Louis should live in Europe, especially England. Lyzinka now in Nashville. If she meets General Hitchcock or Auger [?], ask Brown to be put with general officers. Get Ben to find his luggage and grandfather's sword. Though \"the performance of that wretch Booth\" will permit no indulgence for officers.","Most of furniture gone. Thanks for offer of Stony Lonesome furniture, but no place to put it, and future uncertain. Silver left with the Gatts, also blankets and valuables originally left with Wallers. G, glad she hadn't come south.","Thanks for letter. Did not apply for pardon at suggestion of Gen. Patrick, U.S.A., not in service of Confederate Army at surrender. Took oath as soon as possible. Humbug. Always a rebel. Means of living now as a plucked chicken is to feathers, but no regrets. Johnston the one great military leader. Thanks Gantt for offer of help.","He and Lizzie will try to attend Harriot's wedding, but short of money.  Advice on marriage to Harriot, hold her tongue which often ridicules, especially as Major Turner is Catholic and she will convert.","Thanks for glasses. Sorry not to see her in Baltimore.  What will become of the South?","Lyzinka's poor relations \"pecking\" one, lack of money. People still don't realize condition, or future. If Yankees don't buy land, people will starve. What sort of school is Richard considering?  If 200 young ladies, he will come; but 200 \"wild boys from the West\" will take consideration. Thinks he can find gun and will send it. Received check for $50 from Lyzinka for Lizzie, who will acknowledge it.  If Lyzinka will send $10,000 to rebuild College it would help, for double the amount she can endow a professorship. P.S. re (Waterson's?) editorship of Chattanooga Rebel.","Encloses small check.  Things are gloomy, but to be expected.","Left off stamp on last letter, may cost $50 penalty unless she can put one on. If one of them dies now, loss to survivors irreparable.","Her duty to get whole family into Purgatory- and out. Thanks for pamphlet from the Priest. Liking for Catholic Church.","Received 2 letters from Becca in Georgetown.  Cousin Francis must be getting better. Fine gentleman and great Christian.  Becca has probably gone to Stony Lonesome.","Amount to be paid by Richard, like Vicar of Wakefield to get rid of poor relations, but bid higher. Richard's health might be better if he led more active life. See a good doctor. Perhaps go to Europe till political crisis is over. Charges of treason are nonsense. If Negroes restored to former position, love and good will will return. People in Williamsburg not working to support themselves, need Yankees here [near?] for industry. Send notes of campaigns. Lee was not a great leader! Wants data to support this.","Will not go to Hampton-Sydney, but would like to go to a small farm to while away time.  Washington College at the moment carries the day- but not for long; if Lee tried, college will be political, Bessie well.","Had a book belonging to Georgetown Convent which was carried off with rest of his books, so he is in Convent's debt. Family matters in Tennessee.  Sends $70, please acknowledge.","Campbell feels badly over loss of management of farm. Customs of Dutch and English on patrimony. If possible, divide this land now [?] between Harriot and Campbell, keeping a part to live on. Lyzinka can help Dick buy a farm.  Ben Weems has arrived, a sound fellow, but gauche.","On hand bill advertising the College. Richard didn't stay long enough at springs to benefit.  Story of 2 soldiers in Arizona, hell proves to be hotter.","Enclosures, three clippings of Ewell's letters to the editor of New York Times. 1 clipping titled A Southern College.","Enclosures: Letter from Beverly S. Scott, Jr., at Prince Edward Court House, to Col. Benjamin S. Ewell. 5 September 1867. Letter from Benjamin S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, to Beverly S. Scott. 9 September 1867","Enclosing letter from Charles McCulloch to Benjamin S. Ewell. 3 October 1870.","Ewell writes that Judge Crump needs the exact statement on General Ewell's orders to burn the tobacco warehouses. Was the order not made twice by General Lee, \"ill judged, harsh, and unnecessary.\" The general's reputation is at stake. Ewell asks how the Scotchmen are working out and would he please come for a month's visit.","\"\"The South and Grant\", from the Daily Morning Chronicle, Washington, 20 May 1872","Enclosures: Two designs for a cemetery monument.","Enclosure: A letter from J. H. Richards, at Georgetown College, West Washington, D.C., to Elizabeth S. Ewell, at Georgetown, D.C. 29 April 1892.","Elizabeth writes of Paul's severe illness. If he dies, she deems it God's will and they should not mourn too much. Paul dies on March 26th. The burial will be in Centreville. This is more reason than ever for Ben to take care of his health.","Rebecca Ewell to her brother, Benjamin S. Ewell. (On same sheet.) Elizabeth S. Ewell to her brother, Benjamin S. Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Elizabeth writes that Richard may bring Liz down from Washington to Brookgrove. She mentions his attempts to get an appointment. Richard saved them all from a mad dog. She goes on to discuss family matters and neighbors.","Elizabeth asks why Benjamin has not written or come. She wanted the pleasure of making his clothes. Tom left for Buckland, Tennessee alone. He has grown so much he was taken for Richard. Richard does well at West Point, but will probably not win Lizinka.","Elizabeth sends family news. Richard does well at West Point. Tom arrived in Nashville. Tasker is joining a law office in Marlboro.","Postscript signed: R. L. E.","The letter includes a check drawn by Elizabeth Ewell payable to Benjamin S. Ewell dated September 18, 1838.","Elizabeth asks Benjamin about his married life and their new home. She tells him to look after William most carefully, buy him a bed and enough bedding. Ben's horse is well looked after. Mrs. Smith is most unwell after her daughter's death from a malignant fever. She cannot visit him because of lack of money, but such a visit would be good for Liz.","Postscript by A. Gantt.","Elizabeth sends family news. Ben Gantt is in Norfolk for three months while the Delaware is refitted. She requests that Ben ask him to visit. The Temperance Movement is growing. Richard will lose out of his United States Bank notes since the bank failed. She includes Lord Byron's view of Catholicism. Richard is at the garrison in Arkansas.","Elizabeth writes that Becca will come if really needed, but the trip is too expensive for pleasure, nor can Elizabeth afford to visit herself. Mr. Fowler's failure caused a loss of $20,000 by Mrs. Pront, his sister. Family members may also have money with him. She mentions that Liz is giving out a Miraculous Medal and is too wrapped up in the Catholic Church. Friends send gifts of fruit tree and garden supplies.","Postscript by R. L. Ewell.","Elizabeth reports news that Levi was killed in the Mexican War. His mother is heartbroken.","Ewell (Elizabeth) to her daughter, Elizabeth Ewell. (On same sheet.)","An unsigned, undated letter appears on the same sheet","An unsigned, undated letter appears on the same sheet.","Two undated letters.\nThe first letter is undated: Becca carried home by mistake Ben's letter to E. William escorted Becca home, after preaching twice. Richard's letter of 12/31/51, he is leaving Fort Defiance. Liz to teach Mrs. Hunter's children. Aunt Becca will visit E. in spring. Many deaths at the Johnsons. Regrets new carriage. Love to Julia and Liz. Tenants' rents in arrears, accounts confused. Grandfather Stoddert's war payments being looked into by Mr. Lowndes.  Tasker has sent draft for $114. \nThe second letter on the same sheet is dated March 4, 1852: Glad Ben will come for her, can also go to Jackson to see Aunts, Tom, etc.  Convention being held at Methodist Church. Judge Tucker most important at Convention. Harriet Stoddert graduates soon, may come to Jackson with E. and B.  2p.","Elizabeth S. Ewell, to her father, Benjamin S. Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Hattie Turner to her cousin, William Stoddert. (On same sheet.)","A. L. Prout to Rebecca Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Lizzie visiting Mrs. Vest. John Petit recently married. Seeming \"ghostly noises\" at President's House, Lizzie's health improved.  E's current reading. Ben building a house at the farm.  He would not have bought so much land, but thought Richard would join him in the purchase, \"the property\" (Stony Lonesome) was fairly purchased by E's husband.  Marstellars [?] tried to get some of W's money from his agent, but failed.","Received much mail. Liz had bad fall on way to a pupil, is to be regular organist at her church. Harriet sent copies of commendation letters for Richard's application as Paymaster from Gen. Scott etc.  Cannot establish her relationship to the Craigheads, but Campbells and Browns related to them. William has too many jobs, as postmaster are his letters mailed free?  Did he receive music Sally Edloe [?] sent?  Lizzy very popular. Deaths and illnesses in neighborhood.  Governor wants to reorganize the College, Ben can get professorship elsewhere if necessary. Aunt Stoddert wants him to come to Oxford University, Mississippi.","Mr. Wilmer preached today. His baby son died recently of cholera.  Commencement party. Mr. Miner's fatal bath. Excited meeting of the College Board.  Gov. Wise wanted to make all State colleges subsidiary to U.Va., but was defeated, but Law School abolished to everyone's regret. Ben resigned the Presidency, will take Chair of Mathematics.  Changes in faculty. Ben wanted William at the College as assistant in Languages and Chaplain, but turned down by Mr. Smead, the Professor of Language. Governor Wise wants to move College to Accomac for sea air.  Liz borrowed money from Ben and has not repaid it, please take it from her money for land. Becca sent ill-tempered letter from Washington.  Lyzinka wants E. to join her in Tennessee, but trip too expensive.  E's fondness for one student.  Letter from Liz, Campbell Brown graduated with high honors, Mr. Beale's board money stolen.\n14 September, 1858, 4p.: Ben resigned Presidency, not his professorship.  If he leaves President's House, the farm house near completion, on 500 acres.  E. does not want to make W's improvements at Stony Lonesome, and Ben needs the money, on which W. could pay taxes.  Mrs. Lowndes died last week to cancer.","Sends $25, get receipt. Powells tried to charge E. twice for furniture, but receipt proved her right. Lizzie goes to York soon. Mr. Stringfellow stopped on way to Gloucester. Please send stationary, black gloves, silk for aprons.","Two undated letters. One mutilated.\nLizzy's over her illness, only a sore throat, but Julia has a cold.  Richard sent 2 articles from New Orleans, about soldiers on parade.  House guests there, Julia gets papers from York, but no letter. Complains about everyone. Tom will send $300, but where? Tom at Jackson on Oct. 2, had some trouble with his men.  Dr. Maxley [?] dined there, will take Julia riding today… Explained diagram of Monterey to Lizzy.\nWilliam came home last night. Heavy rains, W. much shaken by Tom's death.  Julia received political paper. Hopes Lizzy is well. Found the handkerchief L. was hemming.","Two undated letters, both addressed to Cadet B.S. Ewell, Military Academy  at West Point.  \nLetter dated April 17: Paul's death. Aunt Harriet wants Ben to study law in Tennessee. Tom dislikes math. Dick is lazy. Why has Ben's standing gone down in natural philosophy? Must work harder.\nLetter dated April 29: Low much will it cost for Ben to come home?  Paul's death hastened by saving travel money and walking.","Richard not being kept from school by Elizabeth, but of his own accord.  Tom studying Vergil. Liz staying at Brookgrove until Ben can bring her home. Aunt Rebecca has been visiting for 2 or 3 weeks, Aunt Campbell wants to leave Philadelphia, but Lyzinka's progress on harp prevents her, Mrs. Rutledge bringing her 2 daughters to the Point, Becca's health bad, Liz offered $350 to teach in Bladensburg, but declined.  Copy of letter to Mr. Taliaferro [?] about her son's application to the Point.  \nRichard (Thursday) has been enjoying school all week.  \nRichard's postscript. Local News.","Ben too slow in answering letters, paying too much postage, many government men turned out of office. Her memories of bad management in Washington. Sally Lee (Cockerille?) now boarding with Elizabeth at $82 [?] a year. Debating society being spoiled by certain members. Pinched for money. Elizabeth has 13 students.  \nRebecca corrects her mother's misinformation.  Becca is principal teacher, but unpaid.\nRebecca Ewell to Benjamin Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Two undated letters.","Two letters. \nFebruary 26: Elizabeth's illness, Greenville schoolboys unruly. Liz going to Georgetown. Quotation from Adam's papers.  Tom's poem on Mexican War.\nAugust 2: Mr. Slaughter (minister) now preaching, Aunt Nancy's illness. Ben a lady's man, in love with all 5 Berkley daughters. Tasker, also in love. Making slip covers, Tom reading Sallust.  \nPostscript to Ben: E. has paid part due gales + seaton, don't overpay them. The Tyler's kindness. Trip to Springs would help Aunt Nancy.","Two letters. \nThe first letter discusses nNews of farm. Tom studying Caesar, soon on Virgil, Mr. Meeder his tutor. Current books. News of neighbors.  Liz may stay with Aunt Nancy, as long as she pleases.","Elizabeth S. Ewell to her sister, Rebecca L. Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Two items. The letter care of Mr. Kingman: Why didn't R. arrive when she said?  Mrs. Kingman welcome to visit. Tom back from Nashville. Ben has moved to Dr. Gardiner's. News of neighbors.\nThe second letter is care of Mr. Prout, May 5: Aunt C. and Lyzinka coming in July.","New clothes being made or purchased. Visits to neighbors, going with Aunt Nancy to see about money owed by government to Benjamin Stoddert Estate.","Sorry to have Becca leave, did Richard then go directly to Baltimore?  Visitors. William enjoying Hampden Sydney. Negroes there restless.  Carriage being mended. Becca must collect rent, as bills are due.","An unsigned letter to Nancy [ ? ]. (On same sheet.)","The musical score of a cotillion and a postscript by her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell, appear on the same sheet.","Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell to Nancy [ ? ]. (On same sheet.)","Elizabeth writes of Virginia's death. Her mother is ill with dysentary ever since. She tells Benjamin he can come home if he wants. She discusses Virginia's funeral.","Ben's letter unsatisfactory. Miss Bankhead's and Dad's wedding. Horses at farm not too satisfactory, but carriage too expensive.  Gen. Scott's defense from Court Martial. Letter from Uncle William, he will take care of Tom's education. Aunt C. wants Tom to stay in Nashville, where Lyzinka teaches him French. Elizabeth hopes he is now settled in Jackson, Nashville is too luxurious. New Minister has come, stayed one night at Ewell's, wants to board there, girls going to several weddings and parties. Postscript by Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell.","Elizabeth writes that returning from her ride, she found Rosanna and Fanney Ewell waiting for her. She discusses General Van Ness and Major Minor's unexpected and untimely visit, noting Van Ness's bragging and the Major's amiability. The General invited her mother to live at his house in Washington. A dog was hung for stealing sheep. The post office moved from Greenwich.","Ewell (Elizabeth S.) to Rebecca L. Ewell, at Bladensburgh, Prince George's County, Maryland. Postmarked Buckland. 21 May 1838. (On same sheet.)","The letter is directed to Mrs. Ann Gantt, at Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, Virginia.","This letter is readdressed to Professor Ewell, Prince Edward County, Virginia, with a postscript by Elizabeth Ewell.","Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell to her son, Benjamin S. Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell to Rebecca Ewell. (On same sheet.)","She writes that vVery important information about Jesse Ewell's papers was found in Manassas, with G. Washington's survey of his land, etc. Letters from Thomas Ewell to Jesse were found.","Stoddert genealogy.","She writes of Bessie Scott's visit and complications of the family estates. The college had Centenniel. She sends him a journal of it.","Elizabeth S. Ewell sends a letter of sympathy on Benjamin's death. She remarks on Lizzie's constant gentleness and is sorry Ben did not write Richard's life.","Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell to Benjamin S. Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Two undated letters. One is written in July from Georgetown. The other was written Noevmber 14 from Georgetown.","Three letters.","An invitation to the marriage ceremony of their daughter.","Enclosure: Post card from Susan Hutchison, at Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia, to Jesse Ewell, at Ruckersville, Virginia, 8 January 1913. Postmarked 1914.","Dr. Jesse Ewell, Jr. announces the birth of his son Jesse, the sixth Ewell in line of the name and one of three now living. Part of his father's family still lives in Prince William. Grandfather is 84 years old and his wife, 86. Jesse hopes Benjamin will come to visit.","Jesse recounts Revolutionary War memories of his grandfather Ewell and Charles Ewell's friendship with Jefferson from college days.","This letter contains corrections and additions to the Ewell genealogy, going back to the first immigrants and through the Revolutionary War.","Lizinks writes to Ben, requesting him to visit so her engagement can be announced in Tennessee. Her marriage to Captain Scott will also be there, at Richard's house.","Lizinka sends her condolences on Becca's death. She asks if Ben would come to Tennessee for her wedding.","Paul writes of Aunt Nancy's severe illness and his own. He says Mother will send money if Ben needs it to come home. He shares news of friends. It is very cold, snow six to eight feet deep, and many cattle and sheep have died. Aunt Nancy may go to Tennessee for her health. If by carriage, then Paul will drive.","Postscript by Elizabeth Ewell.","Postscript by Elizabeth S. Ewell.","Postscript by A. Gantt","Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell to her son, Benjamin S. Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Enclosure: manuscript copy of an account of T. Ewell with his father.","Harriot Campbell, at Nashville, Tennessee, to Betsy Ewell. 1 July 1838. (On same sheet.)","Lizinka Campbell to Rebecca Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Harriot Campbell to her sister, Elizabeth Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Thomas Ewell to Harriet Stoddert. (On same sheet.)","Four undated letters, May 28, October 22, November [?], and September 17.","Invitation to a tea.","Additional messages from Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell to her son, Benjamin S. Ewell and from A. Gantt to Benjamin S. Ewell are on this same sheet.","The letter is a request, by order of General Lee, that Ben organize a battalion for the defence of the neck of land between the James and York, as soon as possible.","Letter from F. N. Watkins, secretary, with resolutions of the board thanking Benjamin S. Ewell for his services as an instructor and officer of the college.","Letter from F. N. Watkins, secretary, to Benjamin S. Ewell, notifying him of his election to the chair of mathematics.","A letter from James L. Kemper, Governor of Virginia, at Richmond, to Harry Heth is on this same sheet.","Three letters.","Two letters.","Two letters.","An invitation to the International Exhibition at Philadelphia, 1877.","Thanks for E's kindness to J. in hospital.","Witty letter that Jenkins needs a wife.","Memories of early days of the War relived at Edisto[?]., present work on plantation.","Sorrow at devastation of War.  S. depressed.","Judge Tucker's death.  Plans for new instructors at College.","Farming very bad in Texas. W, would J. do better on farm in Tidewater and be able to send his sons to school?","Notification of Ewell's appointment to faculty of T.U. as Professor of Math at @$1200/p.a.","Invitation to a soiree dansante to be given in honor of General Joseph E. Johnston. Enclosure: card of admission.","Johnston will visit Ewell soon in Williamsburg.  Is looking for a suitable line of business.","Appreciates E's offer to give E's place [President of College] to J., who cannot accept. J. asked to accept presidency of Express Company being formed. J. may visit Williamsburg in 4 or 5 weeks.","Glad the faculty interested in Mr. Mitchell.  Glad E. thought of defense of Mr. Barbour.","Thanks for the fine map.  Returns surplus College seals.","If E. remembers Henry Watterson, whose letter is enclosed, would he write letter of recommendation?  J's nephew Robert Hughes is a student at William and Mary. J. regrets he could not visit Williamsburg, will try again soon.","Arrangements for J.'s travel to Williamsburg.","Would E. \"lop off\" and correct J's latest (enclosed) literary effort?","Hopes their friendship will continue. \"The young lady\" has two suitors.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Thanks to the Colonel for the photograph.  News of death of friends.","Letter of recommendation for Benjamin S. Ewell as Professor of Mathematics or Natural Philosophy.","Lamb will send Mrs. Scott a copy of his address about Benjamin S. Ewell which is being printed for the alumni.","L. will support E. + W. in election race of B.T. Crump for city judge of Richmond.","Andy Campbell's possible move to Coastal Survey Depart., where Bache would like to place a man like Ewell.  Gantt worried about cholera in St. Louis.","Reasons Richard Ewell was passed over for higher rank in Army.","Lewis will be happy to have Rebecca travel with them.","Thanks Ewell for information concerning Battle of Vicksburg.  Will use it judiciously in writing about the War.","Thanks for condolences on death of Lowndes' sister.","Child's letter.","L. will give R. grape and current cuttings.  Some of the Jefferson relations including Fanny Manning have been staying with Patsy.","L. thanks E. for genealogical information on Lowndes and Tasker families.  L. would like to buy some of the plate left to E. by Cousin Frank, if she must sell it.","Family news.  From one of the daughters of Rev. Moses D. Hoge of Richmond.","Sadness in the family. Elizabeth's visit to York, Aunt Sarah will treat her kindly. [Note on letter says \"written shortly after the War.\" McIlwain was Mrs. Julia Ewell's brother.]","Mc. hopes his daughter Julia [Mrs. Benjamin Ewell] will become more accustomed to Virginia ways, and more sedate.","Sorry Julia is so discontented with life in the country.  Mc. looking for German farmer for Ewell farm.","Proud of Ben's new post  Suspended Pa. specie payments.","Religious revival in York.","Expecting Ben and Julia to visit York within the month.  Baltimore and Susquehanna [?] Railroad just opened to York.","Lawsuit of Church still not settled.","Mc. has placed order for Ben's carriage.  Upcoming election of Harrison and Tyler.","Mc. unable to visit Ewells at this time.","Hopes William [McIlwain, his son] will be taught by Rev. Balentine until College begins next term.","On same sheet:  Wm. McIlwain to his daughter, Julia McIlwain Ewell.\nMc. family worried E's not writing. Mc's sending \"Republican\" to Julia for news of home.  Deaths of York friends.\nTo Julia: Rules of behavior.","Typhoid prevailing. York economy depressed, needs congressional Tarriff Bille to cure.","Hopes Julia can visit York.  More about Tariff Bill.","Regrets that Julia and baby have gone back to Virginia.  Julia left some clothes, now should Mc's' send them?","Mc. involved in land suit. Either Ann or Sarah [his daughters] might visit Ewells next summer.  York growing fast.","William McIlvain, Julia's brother, has at last arrived and is helping Me. in this (?) doctor's office. Scarlet Fever epidemic seems over. Crops in York very good.","Death of McIlvain's brother. Land suit has gone to Supreme Court, settled in Mc's favor.  Polk's election.","On same sheet: Wm. McIlvain to Julia Ewell. Grandfather's advice on how to live and die. Aunt Julia's son died.\nTo Julia: glad she is reconciled to \"conjugal peace.\"","Glad she might visit York.  Her mother, Julia McIwain Ewell, had been visiting at Oxford.","Has Ewell unjustly accused McIlvain of mistreating Julia in his letters?  Julia has displayed bad temper which should be curbed.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. Thanks for Ewell's letter.\nThis item has been moved to the College Papers Collection, Box 5, Folder 4.","Colonel Magruder needs Ewell to send all wagons and drivers from Williamsburg area and send them to Magruder at once.  Needs them to provision the forces.","On same sheet.  Mahan, D.H., West Point, N.Y., to Benjamin S. Ewell, Lexington, Va. \nTazewell: Letter of recommendation of Ewell as Professor of Mathematics at William and Mary.\nEwell: - Offer of aid in getting William and Mary position.","Quotation from Mr. Tazewell's letter about Ewell's interest in post at William and Mary.  Suggests Ewell come to Richmond to talk to Dr. Lyons.","Discussion of engineering of Dam for James River Improvement.","Benjamin Ewell's abilities as professor of mathematics.","Enclosure:  a letter from C.F. Mercer, Washington, to Dr. Thomas Ewell, Centreville, Fairfax Co., Va. 1826 May 29.\nSorrow at Dr. Ewell's death, enclosing letter to him anyway.  Offer to help Ewell's sons.\nEnclosure:  Will try to place Ewell's son at West Point, but places filled for current year.","News of York, election news.","The books Ewell sent have arrived and will be given to the subscribers.","Printed circular letter requesting aid for the family of John Hampden Pleasants who was killed in a duel.","Monroe will go to Tennessee to run Richard Ewell's farm] if wages can be settled.","Monroe and his sister will go to Tennessee to work for Richard Ewell.","Committee of Senior Class presents parting gift to Ewell.","M. sends gift \"from nature.\"  Kate Custis has arrived.","Miss Copland, M's teacher, described news of Williamsburg's young ladies.  Toured College with Mr. Ewell, who showed her \"new philosophical apparatus.\"  M. will begin Hebrew and Sanskrit next winter.","News of friends, amateur dramatics sorrow that Richmond is no longer happy as during the War.","M.'s sister carrying on flirtation in Richmond. Latest dress styles.  Is E. to marry Mr. Snead? News of family and friends.","Three letters.","Two letters. \n1862 March 27: Encloses letter for Elizabeth to give to cousin Hubbard. Staying at Sarah Rutherford's house on Grace Street. The young men of Richmond.\n1862 April: M's will remain in Richmond until after the battle. Description of her gentlemen callers.","S. sorry E. could not join them.  Yankees came to Fork Church recently.  Railroad cut off between Hanover and Richmond.","Sorrow at General Richard Ewell's injury. Group of Williamsburg men, including Ben Ewell, ] started for Williamsburg from Richmond under flag of truce but were sent back to Richmond. Sorrow at burning of College (Wm. and M.) and churches. Dr. Garnett has died, great friend of Elizabeth's, Bland Taliaferro and Colemans are staying in Richmond.","Encloses letter to be forwarded to Page and Annie Wilmer in Danville. Williamsburg now has church, telegraph, tri-weekly boat and daily mail! Town full of yankees, but few interesting Confederate soldiers.  News of noted townspeople.","News of friends in Army. Gossip.","Mrs. M. send $3.00 for 12 yards of suitable dress material.","Letter giving his opinion of Benjamin S. Ewell as an instructor.","Invitation to E. to attend Washington and Lee University graduation in June, to stay with Nelsons.  Senator Mills and Hon. John Goode to be speakers.","Peachy sends Ewell's deed and notes to be signed and notarized.  Mrs. Scott [E's daughter Elizabeth] leaving for St. Louis to stay two or three weeks. Suggests changing name of \"Stony Lonesome\" to something more cheerful.  Dr. Coleman dead of cancer.","Has prepared a series of math text books; will have his publishers send copies.","The letterbook copies of seven letters describe dDescribes troop movements around Vicksburg.","Discusses troop movements and progress of the war.","Is glad they are friends; visited New Orleans and other places.","Discusses the scandal at West Point; lists army transfers; went to a \"fish frolic\"; saw a phrenologist; is sobering up the troops with punishment.","Letter dated simply March 24. Has a whist club; hopes to be able to pay him $50 soon.","Asks if she will stay in the house; asks if anything has been done about the administration; asks if anything has been done about the Virginia Estate.","Informs him of the death of cousin Nannie.","Sends a poem; hopes the College is doing well.","Letter of recommendation for Benjamin S. Ewell.","Recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Is visiting her aunts and other friends, family, a. And servants have been sick.","Received a letter from Vera Cruz written after the battle;, recounts the description of the battle where Levi was killed; wants Richard to come home.","Received a letter from Ben which she quotes about Mexico and Levi's death.","Is enjoying her visit; family news; is going to D.C.","Asks her to meet Aunt Ewell at Buckland; Lizzie is very comfortable in the convent; asks her to send music.","Thinks farmers from New Jersey will emigrate to Virginia but are worried about malarial fevers; has a ditch making machine.","Gives a description of Toddsberry (sic) in Gloucester County.","Sends copy of order electing him professor of military science.","Arrived safely; has warned Miss Rebecca that her hair is ½ inch long; the orchestra was invited to the country.","Tells her she will not become fossilized now that she is married; went calling New Years Day.","Thanks him for his kind letter.","Sends copy of Harrison Genealogy; Clarence W. Borden may try to correspond with him about Washington.","Letter of recommendation for Mr. Ewell.","Is restoring \"Belle Air\" and asks about its history.","Thanks him for information; asks for more information of the house.","Thanks her for information; asks for more information.","Describes teaching; brother is going to North Carolina; neighborhood news.","Describes her trip; family news.","Visited the Munfords; family gossip; recipe for green tomatoes.","Is in love with Mr. Rives; family news; people in Williamsburg are not very frightened.","Visited Mrs. Gilmer; advises her not to see Mary C. who is a disgrace; wants to drive the Yankees away; is afraid she will not be able to go back to her house.","Five undated letters.","Expects to leave the county.","Four undated letters.","Misses her and Williamsburg.","Two undated letters.","Asks about her recent marriage; will miss her.","Has inquired into laws on pay for soldiers of Mexican War, but does not feel she has a claim.","Letter of recommendation for Benjamin S. Ewell.","Is happy she is better.","Will send her trunk.","Enjoyed her letter; kKnows that they can be happy in spite of poverty.","Children are well.","Colonel is better.","Describes a theater party; saw Keene as Richard; describes how she wants her dress made.","Will go on day duty tomorrow; has much surgical work; is going to a costume party dressed as a black person.","Lists her classes; had her first experience in the clinic; is in a gynecological ward.","Saw the fire; is on night duty.","Is surprised that Yankees eat cornmeal; they talk about the war very much.","Comments on Miss Boyson's prize essay on Robert E. Lee; calls for an end to sectional prejudice.","Received the box and money; Dr.Carter knows her family; describes her work.","Glad Mary is better; wants family to visit; will send a prescription.","Will make a copy of entries in family bible; thanks her for the offer of calico; fears she will die; feels she should be reconciled to having a second child.","Has not named the baby yet.","Comments on marriage; is happy; is not fond of Page anymore; baby will be baptized Elizabeth Lowndes.","Asks about old family letters; has gone to town; family has been sick.","Would like to visit; think she has had a miscarriage; doesn't want any more children.","College will be opened next session; railroad will be finished by October.","Has been going through her father's papers and has destroyed most of them.","Did not want her daughter to be a nurse; did not like her fiance; would have become a sister of charity if her father had not survived the war.","Has had only one servant; Bessie is doing well with nursing.","Thanks her for gifts; received a letter from Ewell in which he speaks of war in the Philippines; his house was burned by rebels; Bessie is working at Bellevue; does not like doing housework.","Father is well; Ewell is working in Hampton; Benjamin will be going to college.","Father has been sick; Beverly has been sick; Ewell has an engineering job in Pennsylvania.","Encloses notes about the Bladen family; Page Saunders is visiting.","Father is well; Bessie is keeping house.","Mr. Grigsby has been visiting; Beverly is at the Farm.","Received his letter; Bessie has arrived.","Thanks her for the letter; visited Virginia Beach and Takoma.","Asks about Hattie.","Glad she will visit; family news; discusses Tom's death.","Tom may not be dead; Ben and William visited.","Letter of recommendation for Benjamin S. Ewell.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. Statement concerning Benjamin Ewell by Thomas H. Williamson on same sheet.","Has heard rumors that he has resigned; is glad he resigned.","Informs him of a job at Hampden Sidney; has been offered a job at VMI.","Has been carrying Madison for years; has employed Dr. John Graham as surgeon.","Asks her to write; will travel to Richmond.","Typed transcription. Original letter is located in the Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records, Box 2, Folder 4.","Acknowledges receipt of his photograph. (The author is Joseph Henry of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.)","Invitation to become a member of the society. (The author is Henry V. Goold of the Society of Science, Letters and Art, of London, England.)","Would like to publish General Ewell's report of Gettysburg, but it has already been published; will be publishing a series of papers on Gettysburg. The author is J. William Jones of the Southern Historical Society.]","News of the family; tells her to take anything of his that she needs.","Mrs. Caruthers [?] received the power of attourney; decribes the local girls.","Mr. Caruthens [?]) has received the amount; family news; has had an earthquake; Uncle Henry's negroes were sold.","Lucy has been sick; comments on death of Ann's mother; Rrebecca is going to Washington; Mary Jane is doing well in school.","Has had a headache attack; asks her to visit.","Stoddert family genealogy information.","Has been visiting Harriott; is thinking about courting a young lady.","Has inquired about getting a West Point appointment for Richard; hopes he will leave the army and be a lawyer.","Will find success in the cities; advice for success.","Tom has arrived and he will take care of him; wants to buy Negroes.","Got her abusive letter; has unsuccessfully tried preaching. The letter is postmarked Prince Edward Court House.","Richard was visiting and has been sick; mother and Becca and Emma [?] are being disagreeable.","Has been preaching; Dr. Tyler died; Mrs. Ewell disappeared and they feared she had run off with her beau.","Mother has left; other family news.","May be able to lend money; does not want mother to visit.","Sends money; mother is going to Giles County.","Directions for care of home; thinks Richard will stay in the army.","Would like to repair the porch; sends directions for care of home.","Has received few letters; murderer has taken to Taos where he confessed; describes San Juan Day celebration; Kit Carson traveled with him to the Indian settlement.","Tells her she writes unpleasant letters; will sent money; directions for care of home.","Can't bear to be parted from his mother;  –feels her death deeply.","Is leaving New Mexico for home.","Is very appreciative; is planning to rent a small house.","Has been sick; visited the seminary.","Advises her on marriage.","Advises her not to go to Williamsburg in the summer; has some pupils.","Received letter on Becca's death.","Yankees stole almost everything from Mrs. Jones; is teaching; is caring for four widows.","Is living at the same place; is teaching.","The first letter relates that he went to Spring Hill where Richard was sick; Richard and Lizinka died.\nThe second letter is from : Elizabeth S. Ewell to Anne. Sends the copy of W.S.'s letter.","Describes death of Richard and Lizinka.","Discusses wills of Richard and Lizinka.","Campbell has money for the monument; discusses inscriptions on the monument.","Law limits the pensions to the immediate family; discusses religion.","Received the coffee pot, but does not drink coffee; believes the Texas matter is settled; enjoys where he is living; the people treat their horses badly.","Lizzie is having trouble with Ewell; –describes his bad behavior; is going to a dinner.","Is having trouble breathing; has made a new will.","Has been busy with church activities; his cook is getting better; is taking Belladonna.","Did not have any pain last night; does not feel he should be alone, is well fixed where he is.","Thinks it would be better for Ewell to go away to school; has been working hard.","Describes his day at college; describes a family quarrel; wrote a good speech.","Two letters. Has been working very hard. Incomplete.","Copy of the order appointing Benjamin S. Ewell to the board of directors of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum.","Apologizes for his conduct.","Thanks him for the paper on coal.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. Postscript by Robertt. Weir.","Offers to help him.","Asks for information on Colonel Ewell.","Comments on training of civil engineers.","Has opening for civil engineers. [Trimble was chief Engineer of Baltimore and Susquehanna RRr. at this time].","Congratulates him on his marriage.","Sympathy letter on death of her son.","Colonel. Ewell is sick in Macon [?]; General Ewell is sick; war news.","Her father, General Richard Ewell, and mother have died.","Laments death of her parents.","Thinks Hattie is her most attractive child; thinks Lily is peculiar; has been happy in Williamsburg; Col. Ewell has been sick.\nAlso:  Brown, Campbell, to B.S. Ewell. Encloses the above letter.","Sends a photograph; children are sick; has not named her baby yet.","Two letters. The first relays the news that the General has died; the children are well. The second letter is from October 1, no year. ,Has been in Canada; has found mention of cousin Ben and the General in Appleton's biographical dictionary; St. Louis fair is in progress.","Two letters. The first letter relays the news that Lizinka is in Madeira; Lily was invited to break fast with the king of Portugal.\nThe second letter, circa January 24, 1872, informs the receipient that Mother died.","Two letters. The first letter congratulates her on her marriage to Mr. Scott; advises her on how to handle a husband. The second letter, undated, relates that the author has been reading various novels; does not like George Eliot; describes her children.","There are windows in church for her mother and father. Incomplete.","The letter is addressed to \"Lizzie\". Congratulates her on her marriage.","Inquires about a type of earth called \"bermuda tripoli.\"","Thanks him for his letters.","Letter of recommendation for B.S. Ewell to serve as Secretary of the Interior.","His article will be appearing; invites B.S.E. to visit.","Thanks him for the gift.","Asks for a description of Upshur's [?]) father.","Encloses a letter from C. Gallup asking about B.S. Ewell.","The letter is from William H. Zinsser, New York. He suggests a town patrol to help combat lack of morale at Fort Eustis.","Hopes he will keep teaching.","Certificate of election to membership in the Society.","Uncle Newton got married.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. This item has been moved to the College Papers Collection, Box 5, Folder 4.","Describes his trip through the Carolinas.","Is sending pigs to Mrs. Scott.","Farming suggestions.","Enclosure: Three sheets of data on farming.","Recalls the war; asks for a picture.","Is planning to go to Mississippi; has visited Annapolis; Uncle William is no longer practicing law, but is engaged in speculation; the ball was a failure due to the local clergy.","An incomplete letter concerning a professorship at Transylvania University. Asks him to write; offers him a job at Lexington; describes the college.","Describes problems with workers and the College.","Hopes a month at headquarters will improve her health; the Howe [?]) boy has been killed; has received tea from England. The letter is signed \"Aunt Lizzie\".","The letter is addressed \"To Lizzie\". Has been sewing; social news.","Relates war news. The letter is from \"Cousin\" in Richmond.","Glad she has not left Richmond; relates war news. The letter is signed \"Aunt Sarah\" [McIlvainez?].","Father says the College will stay in Williamsburg; drunken soldiers almost grabbed her arm; social news. The letter is signed \"Aunt Lizzie\".","Thanks her for the photograph; has had visitors; father has John Brown in ambrotype. The letter is signed \"Aunt Lizzie\".","Family news. The letter is signed \"Mamie\".","Received her letter; family news; had her photograph taken. The letter is signed \"Aunt Lizzie\".","Bessie left for Norfolk. The letter is signed by \"Mama\". [This is not from Julia Ewell. Probably from a member of the Hoge (?) family.]","Has been sick; has a new book; family news; Negroes are going to have a celebration; her dog was lost. The letter is signed \"Maymay\".","Misses Richmond; social news. The letter is signed: \"Bee\".","Sent her bundle to mother; Hattie sent a pickle knife and fork; wishes she would not get married; family news. Enclosure: A pencil drawing entitled \"Mary's new walking dress.\" The letter is signed \"Mamie\".","The letter is signed: \"Charlotte\". The author comments on her marriage; has been sick.","One letter signed: \"Aunt Lizzie\"","2 items. Both letters may have been authored by Harriet Brown Turner. \n[1865?] May 7 Letter: Uncle is a prisoner; Captain Turner is taking the Oath of Allegiance; mother was arrested; war news. \n[1865?] May 24 Letter: Mother is still under arrest; Captain Turner has arrived; family news; war news.","3 items. Unsigned.","Ben has been sick and died. Signed: \"Matilda\".","Sends a draft for $69; has sold or hidden goods to keep them from Yankees.","Tried to cross Confederate lines; suggests that Richard Ewell [?] leave for Bermuda where money will be provided.","This letter may be addressed to Thomas Ewell. Incomplete. The author urges him to go on with his research.","Has been visiting Bettie; had a bad time at Mrs. Temple's; may marry Mr. Temple.","Will use the money Ccousin William sent; Hattie Turner visited.","This letter may be authored by Richard Ewell Scott. The author describes his hotel and the soldiers.","12 items.","Series 2 includes papers from various sources","1 item. First draft of the article on the first battle of Winchester.","1 item. 8 pages. 23 cm.Printed pamphlet. Correspondence between Generals R. S. Ewell and G. T. Beauregard, to which are added extracts from a letter of Gen. Fitz Lee. Nashville, Tennessee, Wheeler, Osburn, and Duckworth.","This folder contains a rough draft of an address made before the city council of Williamsburg, Virginia.","This folder contains a single document: Power of attorney given by Charlotte Ewell to her brother, William Ewell, authorizing him to manage his property held by her as trustee.","Colonel Benjamin S. Ewell,  for the month of July 1860. (See Tucker Papers.)","1 item.","1 item.","SEE OVERSIZE FILE","The deed covers a portion of the Rock Smith Farm in Prince William County, Virginia.","The deed covers a tract of land called Stony Lonesome and woodland on the Rock Smith Farm in Prince William County, Virginia. The deed is not signed by Elizabeth S. Ewell.","1 item.","The letter asks the citizens of James City, York, and Warwick Counties for labor and implements for the construction of defenses on the peninsula.","1 item. Copy.","1 item.","Signed John Letcher.","Signed John Letcher.","The letter acknowledges his promotion to the rank of colonel in the Virginia Volunteers and gives a copy of an order to muster six companies of volunteers from James City and the adjoining counties and a list of companies mustered.","Signed James A. Sedden.","Certificate of appointment of Col. Benjamin S. Ewell, Col. Randolph Harrison, and Capt. R. A. Wise as examiners under an act to provide for the reorganization of the militia for Williamsburg and James City County. Signed Gilbert C. Walker.","Full title: Reminisces of General Magruder and events around Williamsburg, written by Benjamin S. Ewell for the Magruder-Ewell Camp of Confederate Veterans. Copy.","USMA Reunion booklet that includes Necrology with published version of \"Benjamin S. Ewell: A Tribute by E.J. Harvie.\" Pages 11-14.","This folder contains a single document: dDeed given by Elizabeth Ewell, widow of Thomas Ewell, et al., of Prince William County, to Alexander Spotswood Grigsby, covering two lots in Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia.","This folder contains a single document: dDraft of deed granting to Benjamin S. Ewell and William Stoddert her interest in a tract of land in Prince William County, Virginia.","A memorandum book of which only 19 pages of the 336 pages were written upon. The book contains data on the Ewell family, including several extracts of letters dating from the 18th and 19th centuries.","An greement of Elizabeth S. Ewell, R. S. Ewell, William Stoddert, and Benjamin S. Ewell to carry into effect the will of Rebecca Lowndes Ewell, that was declared invalid by the court","1 item. The article concerns Richard S. Ewell's part in the second capture of Winchester, with a note by H. S. Turner.","Includes a note by Campbell Brown dated November 6, 1873.","A poem written by Dr. H. M. Clarkson for the Ewell centennial celebration held at Manassas, Virginia, by the Ewell Camp of Confederate Veterans.","Plat of a tract of land in Prince William County, Virginia, surveyed for Dr. Thomas Ewell, 1821","Apothecary's scales used by Dr. Thomas Ewell, surgeon, in the War of 1812.","Copy of a notice in the National Intelligencer announcing the death of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell.","Copy.","This folder contains a single letter. The writer notes that this is an extract from a letter written by President James Madison, at Montpelier, to Mr.Edward Coles.","Broadside. Printed circular letter advertising as a summer resort, Belle-Air in Prince William County, Virginia, the old home of the Ewell family.","1 item. An essay on Williamsburg by Elizabeth L. Scott.","This folder contains 58 items. There are papers in English, Spanish, and Japanese, including a Japanese pencil sketch.","Letter from Marquess, W.H., Mexico, Missouri, to W. Stoddert.","Certified copy. Requesting the governor to procure exemption from military duty for employees of Eubanks and Co.,  \u0026 Co., cotton and wool carders.","This folder contains genealogical information, including some from the Historical Society of York County, York, Pennsylvania.","31\" x 36\" Plat of Ewell property showing \"Old line Bowden, Ewell.\"","Series 4 contains the Ewell Family Bible, published by Williams and Whiting in 1810, and signed by Thomas Ewell. Family records are in the center of the Bible. The first entry is the birth of Thomas Ewell in 1784 and the last entry is from 1918.","Ewell Family Bible, published by Williams and Whiting in 1810, which is signed by Thomas Ewell. Family records are in the center of the Bible, first entry is the birth of Thomas Ewell in 1784 and last entry is 1918. Contains newspaper obituaries.  A few loose notes about births and deaths.","Scrapbook of mostly newspaper clippings from mid to late 1800's. Page 15 has an article, \"A Yankee's description of Williamsburg.\" Page 66 has a clipping, \"The Old Garden\" by Elizabeth J. Galt. Page 155 has an article about lightning striking the home of Beverly S. Scott, son-in-law of Benjamin Ewell. Some handwritten poems and many poems in the newspaper clippings. Ewell Family Bible, signed by Thomas Ewell. 1810, published by Williams and Whiting. Family records are in the center of the Bible, first entry is the birth of Thomas Ewell in 1784 and last entry is 1918. Contains newspaper obituaries. A few loose notes about births and deaths.","Series 6 is the diploma of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell from the United States Military Academy at West Point. (Acc. No. 2011.020)","The following letters and papers were originally included in the Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Papers, but have been removed:","Letter from 'V. Jefferson Davis' (Varina Davis) at Beauvoir House, Beauvoir, Mississippi, to Benjamin S. Ewell at Williamsburg, Virginia. 1890 January 25. This letter acknowledges receipt of the resolutions passed by the citizens of Williamsburg and James City County on the death of Jefferson Davis. This item has been transferred to the Jefferson Davis Papers. ","Letter from Sallie Munford at Williamsburg, Virginia, to Elizabeth Ewell. 1865 May 16. This item has been transferred to Virginia Cities - Williamsburg Papers (Folder 3). ","Mason family data, undated. Transferred to Virginia genealogy, Mss. 39.4 G29.","Neale family data, undated. Transferred to Virginia genealogy, Mss. 39.4 G29.","Photograph of Malachi Gardner, carriage driver of Benjamin S. Ewell. Undated. As of 5/2016, this item has been transferred to the Portrait File: University Archives Photograph Collection, F and S, Gardiner, Malachi. 2 copies.","The letters below were transferred to the William and Mary College Papers (College Papers Collecton) or the Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records:","Letter from Robert Nelson at Shanghai, China, to Benjamin S. Ewell at Williamsburg, Virginia. 1873 November 10. This item has been transferred to the William and Mary College Papers, folder 139.","Letter from F. N. Page at Shelby, Gloucester County, Virginia, to Professor Benjamin S. Ewell. 1849 April 18. ","Letter from Charles F. Richardson at New York, to Col. Benjamin S. Ewell. 1877 March 9. ","An act to establish a normal school at William and Mary College. 1888 March 19.","Resolution of the alumni association of William and Mary College, upon the death of Benjamin S. Ewell. 1894 October 1. ","Two pages from a report of Benjamin S. Ewell as president of William and Mary College. Undated. ","Page 17 of a report by Benjamin S. Ewell as president of William and Mary College. Undated. The report includes a quotation from an address by former president John Tyler to the alumni of William and Mary on the 166th Anniversary. ","Page 19 of a paper concerning the establishment of a normal college. Undated. ","Printed card containing information about William and Mary College. Undated. ","Black certificate of proficiency. College of William and Mary Papers. Undated. ","Braxton (Corbin) to Benjamin S. Ewell, at Buckland, Prince William County, Virginia Postmarked Richmond, Virginia, 1848 July 24 ","Burgess (B.J.), at Wilmington, North Carolina, to Benjamin S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1878 November 2","Craik (James), at Louisville, Benjamin S. Ewell at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1876 September 2","Davies (Charles), at New York, to John Tyler, 1848 April 27. Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Ewell (Benjamin S.), at Washington, D.C., to Charles W. Porter, 1872 February 16","Ewell (Elizabeth) to Richard Ewell, 1858 July 9. (See William and Mary Papers, Folder 17, Item 3.)","Ewell (Elizabeth) to William Stoddert, 1858 July 22","Forest (Douglas F.), at Washington, D.C., to the President and Faculty of William and Mary College, 1879 March 26","Fulton (William), at Salisbury, Maryland, to Benjamin S. Ewell, 1872 July 29","Gilman (D. C.), at Baltimore, Maryland, to President Benjamin S. Ewell, 1887 May 28","Griffin (J. L. C.), at Sharon, Mississippi, to President Benjamin S. Ewell, 1855 January 12","Grisby (Hugh Blair), at Charlotte Court House, Virginia, to Benjamin S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1868 January 2","Grisby (Hugh Blair), at Edgehill, to Col. Benjamin S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1872 June 2","Hall (J. Lesslie), at Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Beverly Scott, at Ewell, James City County, Virginia, 1902 February 7","Hobson (Annie J. W.), at Richmond, to Col. Ewell, 1877 September 29","Hoge (Addison), at Oxford, Mississippi, to Col. B. S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1888 May 18","Hough (M.), at Baltimore, to Elizabeth Ewell, daughter of Benjamin S. Ewell, 1859 February 9","Lee (J. F.), at Annapolis, to Col. Benjamin S. Ewell, 1868 January 23","McLane (Robert), at Washington, D.C., to John Tyler and the Board of Visitors of William and Mary College, Virginia, 1848 April 5. Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. Transferred to William and Mary College Papers, folder 82, page 2, item 2m papers relating to the appointment of Benjamin S. Ewell to the chair of mathematics, 1848 April 5-27","Meade (William), at Millwood, Clarke County, Virginia, to Professor Ewell, at William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1849 March 18. Transferred to William and Mary College Papers, folder 99. ","Munford (Maria), at Williamsburg, Virginia, to Elizabeth S. Ewell, 1859 October 30 ","Munford (Maria) to Elizabeth S. Ewell, undated","Smith (R. McF.), at Nashville, Tennessee, to Benjamin S. Ewell, at Ewell, Virginia, 1892 October 3. Original letter was transferred to the William and Mary College Papers, folder 127, page 5. ","Sweet (Drew), at Waynesville, Ohio, to Col. Benjamin S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1887 May 15","Turner (Harriot S.), at Washington, D.C., to Dr. [?] Wise, undated","Turner (Harriot S.) to Dr. Wise, undated ","Watkins (F. N.), at Hampden Sidney College, to the Visitors of the William and Mary University, 1848 April 7. Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","West (Robert), at North East P.O., Cecil County, Maryland, to Benjamin S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1866 April 8","Wyatt (Charles B.), at San Francisco, California, to Benjamin S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1869 April 8","Letter from unknown person to Elizabeth Ewell, undated. Incomplete. Transferred to the William and Mary College Papers, folder 120. ","Letter from R. McCandlish at Williamsburg, Virginia, to Benjamin S. Ewell at Washington College, Lexington, Virginia. Forwarded to Buckland, Prince William County. 1848 July 15.","This item has been moved to the Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records, Box 1, Folder 2.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. This letter was moved to the College Papers Collection, UA 14, Box 5, Folder 4.","This item has been moved to the William and Mary College Papers (College Papers Collection, UA 14), Box 9, Folder 2. Place holder sheet in folder states: See: William and Mary College papers. folder 138. A second sheet (acidic paper) notes ...taken from Ewell Papers because it mentions honorary degree of L.L.D. conferred by Wiliam and Mary upon Dr. Craik. On separated materials list.","This item has been moved to the Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records, Box 1, Folder 5.","This item has been moved to the Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records, Box 1, Folder 5.","This item has been moved to the Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records, Box 2, Folder 1.","This item has been moved to the College Papers Collection, Box 3, Folder 5.","This item has been moved to the College Papers Collection, Box 9, Folder 2.","This item has been moved to the College Papers Collection, Box 9, Folder 2.","This item has been moved to the Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records, Box 2, Folder 6.","This item has been moved to the College Papers Collection, Box 10, Folder 1.","This item has been moved to the Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records, Box 2, Folder 5.","This item has been moved to the College Papers Collection, Box 6, Folder 1.","This item has been moved to the College Papers Collection, Box 3, Folder 5.","This item has been moved to the Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records, Box 2, Folder 3.","This item has been moved to the Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records, Box 2, Folder 5.","This item has been moved to the Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records, Box 1, Folder 5.","This item has been moved to the Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records, Box 2, Folder 1.","This item has been moved to the Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records, Box 2, Folder 6.","This item has been moved to the Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records, Box 2, Folder 2.","This item has been moved to the Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records, Box 1, Folder 3.","This item has been moved to the College Papers Collection, Box 10, Folder 1.","Physical Location: Removed to Virginia genealogy. (39.4 G29). 1 item.","Physical Location: Removed to Virginia genealogy. (39.4 G29). 1 item.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Office of the President","College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae","College of William and Mary. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection has been organized into six series. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1 includes letters arranged alpabetically by writer. A uniform entry has been adopted for each name, and persons of the same name have been identified and distinguished from each other by indicating their relationship to Benjamin S. Ewell or other persons. For example, the entry Brown (Harriot S.) is used for letters signed H. S. Brown and Hattie, and the entry Ewell (Elizabeth), daughter of Benjamin S. Ewell, is used for letters signed Lizzy Ewell or simply Lizzy.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2 includes papers from various sources. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3 is the plat of Ewell property. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4 contains the Ewell Family Bible, published by Williams and Whiting in 1810, and signed by Thomas Ewell. Family records are in the center of the Bible. The first entry is the birth of Thomas Ewell in 1784 and the last entry is from 1918.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5 is a scrapbook of mostly newspaper clippings from mid to late 1800's. Page 15 has an article, \"A Yankee's description of Williamsburg.\" Page 66 has a clipping, \"The Old Garden\" by Elizabeth J. Galt. Page 155 has an article about lightning striking the home of Beverly S. Scott, son-in-law of Benjamin Ewell. There are some handwritten poems and many published poems in the newspaper clippings. (Acc. No. 2008.196)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 6 is the diploma of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell from the United States Military Academy at West Point. (Acc. No. 2011.020)\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection has been organized into six series. ","Series 1 includes letters arranged alpabetically by writer. A uniform entry has been adopted for each name, and persons of the same name have been identified and distinguished from each other by indicating their relationship to Benjamin S. Ewell or other persons. For example, the entry Brown (Harriot S.) is used for letters signed H. S. Brown and Hattie, and the entry Ewell (Elizabeth), daughter of Benjamin S. Ewell, is used for letters signed Lizzy Ewell or simply Lizzy.","Series 2 includes papers from various sources. ","Series 3 is the plat of Ewell property. ","Series 4 contains the Ewell Family Bible, published by Williams and Whiting in 1810, and signed by Thomas Ewell. Family records are in the center of the Bible. The first entry is the birth of Thomas Ewell in 1784 and the last entry is from 1918.  ","Series 5 is a scrapbook of mostly newspaper clippings from mid to late 1800's. Page 15 has an article, \"A Yankee's description of Williamsburg.\" Page 66 has a clipping, \"The Old Garden\" by Elizabeth J. Galt. Page 155 has an article about lightning striking the home of Beverly S. Scott, son-in-law of Benjamin Ewell. There are some handwritten poems and many published poems in the newspaper clippings. (Acc. 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Johnston Papers for a discussion of Williamsburg during the War.","At the York County Heritage Trust:\n Folder 13416 : Letter from George Hay Kain to Isabel Small, September  11, 1950 and September 14, 1950; reply from Isabel Small to George Kain, September 12, 1957 (Information on McIlwaine family residence location in York and recollections of Gen. Jubal Early's visit to the family at request of Gen. Richard Ewell, Julia's brother-in-law).  -On  microfilm :  The Republican  newspaper, April 17, 1839, marriage announcement of Benjamin S. Ewell to Julia Ann McIwaine, April 16, 1839; also bound  Marriage Index to York Newspapers 1783-1850  entry. - Folder 19684 ,  The Jere Kere Carl Scrap Book , Vol. 19, pg. 160, obituary of Mrs. Julia Ewell."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains materials dated 1784-1934. It includes correspondence, legal papers, and accounts, chiefly 1830-1892, of Benjamin S. Ewell, professor at the U.S. Military Academy, Hampden-Sydney College, Washington and Lee College, and the College of William and Mary (which he served as acting president, 1848-1849, and president, 1854-1888). Letters from Ewell during the Civil War when he was assistant adjutant-general to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston are included as well. Among the correspondents are members of the Tyler, Ewell, Campbell, and Brown families of Virginia and Tennessee. The collection also contains the memorandum book on the Ewell family by Elizabeth S. Ewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1 includes letters arranged alpabetically by writer. A uniform entry has been adopted for each name, and persons of the same name have been identified and distinguished from each other by indicating their relationship to Benjamin S. Ewell or other persons. For example, the entry Brown (Harriot S.) is used for letters signed H. S. Brown and Hattie, and the entry Ewell (Elizabeth), daughter of Benjamin S. Ewell, is used for letters signed Lizzy Ewell or simply Lizzy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter is in reference to the Revolutionary War claim of the Stoddert family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters, one including a receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote: This letter includes a recommendation for Benjamin S. Ewell as a professor, signed by five professors at the United States Military Academy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters discusses the death of Aunt Rebecca due to consumption.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe note discusses Aunt Rebecca's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Ewell brought her here with her mother. The army is at Liberty Hills. Campbell Brown joined them for the celebration. The General says the army may go on to Baltimore. \"The Cheryb\" in Richmond may have their leg amputated. General Long, Fitzhugh Lee, Col. Chambliss, Major Gresiand, and Mr. Smith are there. Brown writes of family news and boarding house arrangements. She sends congratulations on General Magruder's victory at Sabine Pass.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrown writes that Elizabeth's letter arrive with some grom General Ewell and Campbell. The army is moving soon. She had been at Stony Lonesome and the windows and fences are ruined. She relates news of the capture of nine Yankees by Captain Jones, General Gordon's aide-de-camp at Bristol.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShe writes more from Brandy Station and is going back to Charlottesville. She notes that General Ewell must get a new artificial leg. The officers' spirits are still high.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also Harriot S. Turner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis item has been moved to the College Papers Collection, Box 9, Folder 2. formerly William and Mary College Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA short unsigned letter. On same sheet: Thomas Ewell, to his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter includes two others: Lizinka Campbell to her aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell (on the same sheet) and Thomas Ewell to Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell (also on the same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter also includes a message from Thomas Ewell to Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell (on the same sheet).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter also contains a message from Thomas Ewell to Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell (on the same sheet).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship, Chair of Mathematics at the University of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. The recommendation is for Chair of Mathematics at the University of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter advises Colonel Ewell that his state of health makes him unable to serve in the field.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 copies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis item has been moved to the William and Mary College Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCrump writes that he needs the exact information on the burning of Richmond tobacco warehouses because of a lawsuit. He asks if General Ewell set the fires at General Lee's order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn invitation to the marriage reception of their daughter. Enclosures: Two cards, Emmy A. Crump and William B. Lightfoot.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeas writes of Ewell's promotion to Colonel, 32nd Regiment, Virginia Volunteers. He asks that Ewell please report to Richmond Headquarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA certificate of dismission of Benjamin S. Ewell from Hampden Sidney Church and of recommendation to the church at Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn same sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter contains an extract from the Register of the Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, 1850.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe contents of this folder were previously housed in Box 1, folder 3, \"Letters, E\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Ewell writes about life at West Point. He comments on current literature. He spent the last two years studying mathematics, which will never be of any service until he should become a teacher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Ewell discusses family matters. The lack of funds keeps him from coming home for vacation. He worries over Congress's changes for West Point. He asks her to please make five more shirts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Ewell discusses family matters. Exams are over. Life at West Point is confining. He will not go to Tennessee, but is grateful for the other.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Ewell thanks his uncle for his generosity, but doubts Mr. Ewell will let Richard come to him. Ewell will not stay in the Army. There is no chance to advance unless there is a war. He may go into Legal Studies, having ambition and political interest. However, lacking money, he may set other goals. The possibility of war with France might change the situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(This letter is likely dated as 1836. Lizinka was born in 1820 and she is mentioned as being age 16. Ewell was not at West Point, nor Rebecca at Bladensburgh, in 1838.) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin writes he has dispersed some pictures and kept only good ones. They discuss dyspepsia, a \"many headed monster\". The war with France has been averted. Lizinka enjoyed Washington too much for a girl so young. He was riding with a French lady when her horse bolted, which led to rumors of his elopment. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEwell writes that he cannot reconcile two laws, referring to the raising of troops. He asks which is valid. The answer by S. Bassett French, aide de camp, dated February 26, 1862, on back of sheet, notes that Virginia law rather than Congress is binding. If 20 in a camp reenlist, he will fill in the rest of the numbers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote: Map of Richmond and vicinity on back of letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin discusses the people and land of east Tennessee, as well as the Lousiana Volunteers. He says the Confederates will win if not greatly outnumbered. Uncle Dick should come; he is needed by the Army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEwell notes that he is glad Uncle Dick didn't come. The Yankees grow bolder, stealing horses. He hopes the Yankees will not be hard on Williamsburg in consequence of new attacks. He writes had Fort Magruder had been where it ought, Williamsburg could have been saved. It its destruction is truly important to success, Ewell would let it go down without a murmur.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEwell writes a letter of farewell to his family. Battle is imminent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEwell writes of the Battle at Big Black River near Vicksburg. 24,000 men against 75,000 and they were at a disadvantage being hemmed in by the river and a small bridge. He says losing Vicksburg was an unexcusable blunder. He notes that Tennessee regrets their secession. The Yankees are not gentlemen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks for genealogy. Didn't know Lowndes Jackson had information. Sends $100. Lizzie hasn't returned to Prince Edward, but may settle near here.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are indications this letter may have been written by Richard S. Ewell rather than Benjamin. \nLife as prisoner. Accused of burning Richmond, but mob did it.  No troops and citizens refused to form constabulary. Story of capture.  Louis should live in Europe, especially England. Lyzinka now in Nashville. If she meets General Hitchcock or Auger [?], ask Brown to be put with general officers. Get Ben to find his luggage and grandfather's sword. Though \"the performance of that wretch Booth\" will permit no indulgence for officers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost of furniture gone. Thanks for offer of Stony Lonesome furniture, but no place to put it, and future uncertain. Silver left with the Gatts, also blankets and valuables originally left with Wallers. G, glad she hadn't come south.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks for letter. Did not apply for pardon at suggestion of Gen. Patrick, U.S.A., not in service of Confederate Army at surrender. Took oath as soon as possible. Humbug. Always a rebel. Means of living now as a plucked chicken is to feathers, but no regrets. Johnston the one great military leader. Thanks Gantt for offer of help.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe and Lizzie will try to attend Harriot's wedding, but short of money.  Advice on marriage to Harriot, hold her tongue which often ridicules, especially as Major Turner is Catholic and she will convert.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks for glasses. Sorry not to see her in Baltimore.  What will become of the South?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLyzinka's poor relations \"pecking\" one, lack of money. People still don't realize condition, or future. If Yankees don't buy land, people will starve. What sort of school is Richard considering?  If 200 young ladies, he will come; but 200 \"wild boys from the West\" will take consideration. Thinks he can find gun and will send it. Received check for $50 from Lyzinka for Lizzie, who will acknowledge it.  If Lyzinka will send $10,000 to rebuild College it would help, for double the amount she can endow a professorship. P.S. re (Waterson's?) editorship of Chattanooga Rebel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses small check.  Things are gloomy, but to be expected.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeft off stamp on last letter, may cost $50 penalty unless she can put one on. If one of them dies now, loss to survivors irreparable.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer duty to get whole family into Purgatory- and out. Thanks for pamphlet from the Priest. Liking for Catholic Church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived 2 letters from Becca in Georgetown.  Cousin Francis must be getting better. Fine gentleman and great Christian.  Becca has probably gone to Stony Lonesome.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmount to be paid by Richard, like Vicar of Wakefield to get rid of poor relations, but bid higher. Richard's health might be better if he led more active life. See a good doctor. Perhaps go to Europe till political crisis is over. Charges of treason are nonsense. If Negroes restored to former position, love and good will will return. People in Williamsburg not working to support themselves, need Yankees here [near?] for industry. Send notes of campaigns. Lee was not a great leader! Wants data to support this.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill not go to Hampton-Sydney, but would like to go to a small farm to while away time.  Washington College at the moment carries the day- but not for long; if Lee tried, college will be political, Bessie well.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHad a book belonging to Georgetown Convent which was carried off with rest of his books, so he is in Convent's debt. Family matters in Tennessee.  Sends $70, please acknowledge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCampbell feels badly over loss of management of farm. Customs of Dutch and English on patrimony. If possible, divide this land now [?] between Harriot and Campbell, keeping a part to live on. Lyzinka can help Dick buy a farm.  Ben Weems has arrived, a sound fellow, but gauche.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn hand bill advertising the College. Richard didn't stay long enough at springs to benefit.  Story of 2 soldiers in Arizona, hell proves to be hotter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnclosures, three clippings of Ewell's letters to the editor of New York Times. 1 clipping titled A Southern College.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnclosures: Letter from Beverly S. Scott, Jr., at Prince Edward Court House, to Col. Benjamin S. Ewell. 5 September 1867. Letter from Benjamin S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, to Beverly S. Scott. 9 September 1867\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnclosing letter from Charles McCulloch to Benjamin S. Ewell. 3 October 1870.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEwell writes that Judge Crump needs the exact statement on General Ewell's orders to burn the tobacco warehouses. Was the order not made twice by General Lee, \"ill judged, harsh, and unnecessary.\" The general's reputation is at stake. Ewell asks how the Scotchmen are working out and would he please come for a month's visit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"\"The South and Grant\", from the Daily Morning Chronicle, Washington, 20 May 1872\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnclosures: Two designs for a cemetery monument.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnclosure: A letter from J. H. Richards, at Georgetown College, West Washington, D.C., to Elizabeth S. Ewell, at Georgetown, D.C. 29 April 1892.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth writes of Paul's severe illness. If he dies, she deems it God's will and they should not mourn too much. Paul dies on March 26th. The burial will be in Centreville. This is more reason than ever for Ben to take care of his health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRebecca Ewell to her brother, Benjamin S. Ewell. (On same sheet.) Elizabeth S. Ewell to her brother, Benjamin S. Ewell. (On same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth writes that Richard may bring Liz down from Washington to Brookgrove. She mentions his attempts to get an appointment. Richard saved them all from a mad dog. She goes on to discuss family matters and neighbors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth asks why Benjamin has not written or come. She wanted the pleasure of making his clothes. Tom left for Buckland, Tennessee alone. He has grown so much he was taken for Richard. Richard does well at West Point, but will probably not win Lizinka.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth sends family news. Richard does well at West Point. Tom arrived in Nashville. Tasker is joining a law office in Marlboro.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostscript signed: R. L. E.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter includes a check drawn by Elizabeth Ewell payable to Benjamin S. Ewell dated September 18, 1838.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth asks Benjamin about his married life and their new home. She tells him to look after William most carefully, buy him a bed and enough bedding. Ben's horse is well looked after. Mrs. Smith is most unwell after her daughter's death from a malignant fever. She cannot visit him because of lack of money, but such a visit would be good for Liz.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostscript by A. Gantt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth sends family news. Ben Gantt is in Norfolk for three months while the Delaware is refitted. She requests that Ben ask him to visit. The Temperance Movement is growing. Richard will lose out of his United States Bank notes since the bank failed. She includes Lord Byron's view of Catholicism. Richard is at the garrison in Arkansas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth writes that Becca will come if really needed, but the trip is too expensive for pleasure, nor can Elizabeth afford to visit herself. Mr. Fowler's failure caused a loss of $20,000 by Mrs. Pront, his sister. Family members may also have money with him. She mentions that Liz is giving out a Miraculous Medal and is too wrapped up in the Catholic Church. Friends send gifts of fruit tree and garden supplies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostscript by R. L. Ewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth reports news that Levi was killed in the Mexican War. His mother is heartbroken.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEwell (Elizabeth) to her daughter, Elizabeth Ewell. (On same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn unsigned, undated letter appears on the same sheet\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn unsigned, undated letter appears on the same sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo undated letters.\nThe first letter is undated: Becca carried home by mistake Ben's letter to E. William escorted Becca home, after preaching twice. Richard's letter of 12/31/51, he is leaving Fort Defiance. Liz to teach Mrs. Hunter's children. Aunt Becca will visit E. in spring. Many deaths at the Johnsons. Regrets new carriage. Love to Julia and Liz. Tenants' rents in arrears, accounts confused. Grandfather Stoddert's war payments being looked into by Mr. Lowndes.  Tasker has sent draft for $114. \nThe second letter on the same sheet is dated March 4, 1852: Glad Ben will come for her, can also go to Jackson to see Aunts, Tom, etc.  Convention being held at Methodist Church. Judge Tucker most important at Convention. Harriet Stoddert graduates soon, may come to Jackson with E. and B.  2p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth S. Ewell, to her father, Benjamin S. Ewell. (On same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHattie Turner to her cousin, William Stoddert. (On same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. L. Prout to Rebecca Ewell. (On same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLizzie visiting Mrs. Vest. John Petit recently married. Seeming \"ghostly noises\" at President's House, Lizzie's health improved.  E's current reading. Ben building a house at the farm.  He would not have bought so much land, but thought Richard would join him in the purchase, \"the property\" (Stony Lonesome) was fairly purchased by E's husband.  Marstellars [?] tried to get some of W's money from his agent, but failed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived much mail. Liz had bad fall on way to a pupil, is to be regular organist at her church. Harriet sent copies of commendation letters for Richard's application as Paymaster from Gen. Scott etc.  Cannot establish her relationship to the Craigheads, but Campbells and Browns related to them. William has too many jobs, as postmaster are his letters mailed free?  Did he receive music Sally Edloe [?] sent?  Lizzy very popular. Deaths and illnesses in neighborhood.  Governor wants to reorganize the College, Ben can get professorship elsewhere if necessary. Aunt Stoddert wants him to come to Oxford University, Mississippi.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Wilmer preached today. His baby son died recently of cholera.  Commencement party. Mr. Miner's fatal bath. Excited meeting of the College Board.  Gov. Wise wanted to make all State colleges subsidiary to U.Va., but was defeated, but Law School abolished to everyone's regret. Ben resigned the Presidency, will take Chair of Mathematics.  Changes in faculty. Ben wanted William at the College as assistant in Languages and Chaplain, but turned down by Mr. Smead, the Professor of Language. Governor Wise wants to move College to Accomac for sea air.  Liz borrowed money from Ben and has not repaid it, please take it from her money for land. Becca sent ill-tempered letter from Washington.  Lyzinka wants E. to join her in Tennessee, but trip too expensive.  E's fondness for one student.  Letter from Liz, Campbell Brown graduated with high honors, Mr. Beale's board money stolen.\n14 September, 1858, 4p.: Ben resigned Presidency, not his professorship.  If he leaves President's House, the farm house near completion, on 500 acres.  E. does not want to make W's improvements at Stony Lonesome, and Ben needs the money, on which W. could pay taxes.  Mrs. Lowndes died last week to cancer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends $25, get receipt. Powells tried to charge E. twice for furniture, but receipt proved her right. Lizzie goes to York soon. Mr. Stringfellow stopped on way to Gloucester. Please send stationary, black gloves, silk for aprons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo undated letters. One mutilated.\nLizzy's over her illness, only a sore throat, but Julia has a cold.  Richard sent 2 articles from New Orleans, about soldiers on parade.  House guests there, Julia gets papers from York, but no letter. Complains about everyone. Tom will send $300, but where? Tom at Jackson on Oct. 2, had some trouble with his men.  Dr. Maxley [?] dined there, will take Julia riding today… Explained diagram of Monterey to Lizzy.\nWilliam came home last night. Heavy rains, W. much shaken by Tom's death.  Julia received political paper. Hopes Lizzy is well. Found the handkerchief L. was hemming.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo undated letters, both addressed to Cadet B.S. Ewell, Military Academy  at West Point.  \nLetter dated April 17: Paul's death. Aunt Harriet wants Ben to study law in Tennessee. Tom dislikes math. Dick is lazy. Why has Ben's standing gone down in natural philosophy? Must work harder.\nLetter dated April 29: Low much will it cost for Ben to come home?  Paul's death hastened by saving travel money and walking.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard not being kept from school by Elizabeth, but of his own accord.  Tom studying Vergil. Liz staying at Brookgrove until Ben can bring her home. Aunt Rebecca has been visiting for 2 or 3 weeks, Aunt Campbell wants to leave Philadelphia, but Lyzinka's progress on harp prevents her, Mrs. Rutledge bringing her 2 daughters to the Point, Becca's health bad, Liz offered $350 to teach in Bladensburg, but declined.  Copy of letter to Mr. Taliaferro [?] about her son's application to the Point.  \nRichard (Thursday) has been enjoying school all week.  \nRichard's postscript. Local News.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBen too slow in answering letters, paying too much postage, many government men turned out of office. Her memories of bad management in Washington. Sally Lee (Cockerille?) now boarding with Elizabeth at $82 [?] a year. Debating society being spoiled by certain members. Pinched for money. Elizabeth has 13 students.  \nRebecca corrects her mother's misinformation.  Becca is principal teacher, but unpaid.\nRebecca Ewell to Benjamin Ewell. (On same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo undated letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters. \nFebruary 26: Elizabeth's illness, Greenville schoolboys unruly. Liz going to Georgetown. Quotation from Adam's papers.  Tom's poem on Mexican War.\nAugust 2: Mr. Slaughter (minister) now preaching, Aunt Nancy's illness. Ben a lady's man, in love with all 5 Berkley daughters. Tasker, also in love. Making slip covers, Tom reading Sallust.  \nPostscript to Ben: E. has paid part due gales + seaton, don't overpay them. The Tyler's kindness. Trip to Springs would help Aunt Nancy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters. \nThe first letter discusses nNews of farm. Tom studying Caesar, soon on Virgil, Mr. Meeder his tutor. Current books. News of neighbors.  Liz may stay with Aunt Nancy, as long as she pleases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth S. Ewell to her sister, Rebecca L. Ewell. (On same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo items. The letter care of Mr. Kingman: Why didn't R. arrive when she said?  Mrs. Kingman welcome to visit. Tom back from Nashville. Ben has moved to Dr. Gardiner's. News of neighbors.\nThe second letter is care of Mr. Prout, May 5: Aunt C. and Lyzinka coming in July.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNew clothes being made or purchased. Visits to neighbors, going with Aunt Nancy to see about money owed by government to Benjamin Stoddert Estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSorry to have Becca leave, did Richard then go directly to Baltimore?  Visitors. William enjoying Hampden Sydney. Negroes there restless.  Carriage being mended. Becca must collect rent, as bills are due.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn unsigned letter to Nancy [ ? ]. (On same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe musical score of a cotillion and a postscript by her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell, appear on the same sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Elizabeth Ewell to Nancy [ ? ]. (On same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth writes of Virginia's death. Her mother is ill with dysentary ever since. She tells Benjamin he can come home if he wants. She discusses Virginia's funeral.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBen's letter unsatisfactory. Miss Bankhead's and Dad's wedding. Horses at farm not too satisfactory, but carriage too expensive.  Gen. Scott's defense from Court Martial. Letter from Uncle William, he will take care of Tom's education. Aunt C. wants Tom to stay in Nashville, where Lyzinka teaches him French. Elizabeth hopes he is now settled in Jackson, Nashville is too luxurious. New Minister has come, stayed one night at Ewell's, wants to board there, girls going to several weddings and parties. Postscript by Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth writes that returning from her ride, she found Rosanna and Fanney Ewell waiting for her. She discusses General Van Ness and Major Minor's unexpected and untimely visit, noting Van Ness's bragging and the Major's amiability. The General invited her mother to live at his house in Washington. A dog was hung for stealing sheep. The post office moved from Greenwich.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEwell (Elizabeth S.) to Rebecca L. Ewell, at Bladensburgh, Prince George's County, Maryland. Postmarked Buckland. 21 May 1838. (On same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter is directed to Mrs. Ann Gantt, at Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter is readdressed to Professor Ewell, Prince Edward County, Virginia, with a postscript by Elizabeth Ewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Elizabeth Ewell to her son, Benjamin S. Ewell. (On same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Elizabeth Ewell to Rebecca Ewell. (On same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShe writes that vVery important information about Jesse Ewell's papers was found in Manassas, with G. Washington's survey of his land, etc. Letters from Thomas Ewell to Jesse were found.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoddert genealogy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShe writes of Bessie Scott's visit and complications of the family estates. The college had Centenniel. She sends him a journal of it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth S. Ewell sends a letter of sympathy on Benjamin's death. She remarks on Lizzie's constant gentleness and is sorry Ben did not write Richard's life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Elizabeth Ewell to Benjamin S. Ewell. (On same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo undated letters. One is written in July from Georgetown. The other was written Noevmber 14 from Georgetown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn invitation to the marriage ceremony of their daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnclosure: Post card from Susan Hutchison, at Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia, to Jesse Ewell, at Ruckersville, Virginia, 8 January 1913. Postmarked 1914.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Jesse Ewell, Jr. announces the birth of his son Jesse, the sixth Ewell in line of the name and one of three now living. Part of his father's family still lives in Prince William. Grandfather is 84 years old and his wife, 86. Jesse hopes Benjamin will come to visit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJesse recounts Revolutionary War memories of his grandfather Ewell and Charles Ewell's friendship with Jefferson from college days.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter contains corrections and additions to the Ewell genealogy, going back to the first immigrants and through the Revolutionary War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLizinks writes to Ben, requesting him to visit so her engagement can be announced in Tennessee. Her marriage to Captain Scott will also be there, at Richard's house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLizinka sends her condolences on Becca's death. She asks if Ben would come to Tennessee for her wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePaul writes of Aunt Nancy's severe illness and his own. He says Mother will send money if Ben needs it to come home. He shares news of friends. It is very cold, snow six to eight feet deep, and many cattle and sheep have died. Aunt Nancy may go to Tennessee for her health. If by carriage, then Paul will drive.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostscript by Elizabeth Ewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostscript by Elizabeth S. Ewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostscript by A. Gantt\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Elizabeth Ewell to her son, Benjamin S. Ewell. (On same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnclosure: manuscript copy of an account of T. Ewell with his father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarriot Campbell, at Nashville, Tennessee, to Betsy Ewell. 1 July 1838. (On same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLizinka Campbell to Rebecca Ewell. (On same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarriot Campbell to her sister, Elizabeth Ewell. (On same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Ewell to Harriet Stoddert. (On same sheet.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour undated letters, May 28, October 22, November [?], and September 17.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to a tea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional messages from Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell to her son, Benjamin S. Ewell and from A. Gantt to Benjamin S. Ewell are on this same sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter is a request, by order of General Lee, that Ben organize a battalion for the defence of the neck of land between the James and York, as soon as possible.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from F. N. Watkins, secretary, with resolutions of the board thanking Benjamin S. Ewell for his services as an instructor and officer of the college.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from F. N. Watkins, secretary, to Benjamin S. Ewell, notifying him of his election to the chair of mathematics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter from James L. Kemper, Governor of Virginia, at Richmond, to Harry Heth is on this same sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn invitation to the International Exhibition at Philadelphia, 1877.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks for E's kindness to J. in hospital.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWitty letter that Jenkins needs a wife.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemories of early days of the War relived at Edisto[?]., present work on plantation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSorrow at devastation of War.  S. depressed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJudge Tucker's death.  Plans for new instructors at College.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarming very bad in Texas. W, would J. do better on farm in Tidewater and be able to send his sons to school?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotification of Ewell's appointment to faculty of T.U. as Professor of Math at @$1200/p.a.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to a soiree dansante to be given in honor of General Joseph E. Johnston. Enclosure: card of admission.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohnston will visit Ewell soon in Williamsburg.  Is looking for a suitable line of business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppreciates E's offer to give E's place [President of College] to J., who cannot accept. J. asked to accept presidency of Express Company being formed. J. may visit Williamsburg in 4 or 5 weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlad the faculty interested in Mr. Mitchell.  Glad E. thought of defense of Mr. Barbour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks for the fine map.  Returns surplus College seals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIf E. remembers Henry Watterson, whose letter is enclosed, would he write letter of recommendation?  J's nephew Robert Hughes is a student at William and Mary. J. regrets he could not visit Williamsburg, will try again soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArrangements for J.'s travel to Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWould E. \"lop off\" and correct J's latest (enclosed) literary effort?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes their friendship will continue. \"The young lady\" has two suitors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks to the Colonel for the photograph.  News of death of friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of recommendation for Benjamin S. Ewell as Professor of Mathematics or Natural Philosophy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLamb will send Mrs. Scott a copy of his address about Benjamin S. Ewell which is being printed for the alumni.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL. will support E. + W. in election race of B.T. Crump for city judge of Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAndy Campbell's possible move to Coastal Survey Depart., where Bache would like to place a man like Ewell.  Gantt worried about cholera in St. Louis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReasons Richard Ewell was passed over for higher rank in Army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLewis will be happy to have Rebecca travel with them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Ewell for information concerning Battle of Vicksburg.  Will use it judiciously in writing about the War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks for condolences on death of Lowndes' sister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChild's letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL. will give R. grape and current cuttings.  Some of the Jefferson relations including Fanny Manning have been staying with Patsy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL. thanks E. for genealogical information on Lowndes and Tasker families.  L. would like to buy some of the plate left to E. by Cousin Frank, if she must sell it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.  From one of the daughters of Rev. Moses D. Hoge of Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSadness in the family. Elizabeth's visit to York, Aunt Sarah will treat her kindly. [Note on letter says \"written shortly after the War.\" McIlwain was Mrs. Julia Ewell's brother.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMc. hopes his daughter Julia [Mrs. Benjamin Ewell] will become more accustomed to Virginia ways, and more sedate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSorry Julia is so discontented with life in the country.  Mc. looking for German farmer for Ewell farm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProud of Ben's new post  Suspended Pa. specie payments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReligious revival in York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpecting Ben and Julia to visit York within the month.  Baltimore and Susquehanna [?] Railroad just opened to York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawsuit of Church still not settled.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMc. has placed order for Ben's carriage.  Upcoming election of Harrison and Tyler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMc. unable to visit Ewells at this time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes William [McIlwain, his son] will be taught by Rev. Balentine until College begins next term.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn same sheet:  Wm. McIlwain to his daughter, Julia McIlwain Ewell.\nMc. family worried E's not writing. Mc's sending \"Republican\" to Julia for news of home.  Deaths of York friends.\nTo Julia: Rules of behavior.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyphoid prevailing. York economy depressed, needs congressional Tarriff Bille to cure.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes Julia can visit York.  More about Tariff Bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that Julia and baby have gone back to Virginia.  Julia left some clothes, now should Mc's' send them?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMc. involved in land suit. Either Ann or Sarah [his daughters] might visit Ewells next summer.  York growing fast.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam McIlvain, Julia's brother, has at last arrived and is helping Me. in this (?) doctor's office. Scarlet Fever epidemic seems over. Crops in York very good.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of McIlvain's brother. Land suit has gone to Supreme Court, settled in Mc's favor.  Polk's election.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn same sheet: Wm. McIlvain to Julia Ewell. Grandfather's advice on how to live and die. Aunt Julia's son died.\nTo Julia: glad she is reconciled to \"conjugal peace.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlad she might visit York.  Her mother, Julia McIwain Ewell, had been visiting at Oxford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas Ewell unjustly accused McIlvain of mistreating Julia in his letters?  Julia has displayed bad temper which should be curbed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. Thanks for Ewell's letter.\nThis item has been moved to the College Papers Collection, Box 5, Folder 4.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Magruder needs Ewell to send all wagons and drivers from Williamsburg area and send them to Magruder at once.  Needs them to provision the forces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn same sheet.  Mahan, D.H., West Point, N.Y., to Benjamin S. Ewell, Lexington, Va. \nTazewell: Letter of recommendation of Ewell as Professor of Mathematics at William and Mary.\nEwell: - Offer of aid in getting William and Mary position.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuotation from Mr. Tazewell's letter about Ewell's interest in post at William and Mary.  Suggests Ewell come to Richmond to talk to Dr. Lyons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussion of engineering of Dam for James River Improvement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Ewell's abilities as professor of mathematics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnclosure:  a letter from C.F. Mercer, Washington, to Dr. Thomas Ewell, Centreville, Fairfax Co., Va. 1826 May 29.\nSorrow at Dr. Ewell's death, enclosing letter to him anyway.  Offer to help Ewell's sons.\nEnclosure:  Will try to place Ewell's son at West Point, but places filled for current year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews of York, election news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe books Ewell sent have arrived and will be given to the subscribers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted circular letter requesting aid for the family of John Hampden Pleasants who was killed in a duel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonroe will go to Tennessee to run Richard Ewell's farm] if wages can be settled.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonroe and his sister will go to Tennessee to work for Richard Ewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommittee of Senior Class presents parting gift to Ewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM. sends gift \"from nature.\"  Kate Custis has arrived.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Copland, M's teacher, described news of Williamsburg's young ladies.  Toured College with Mr. Ewell, who showed her \"new philosophical apparatus.\"  M. will begin Hebrew and Sanskrit next winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews of friends, amateur dramatics sorrow that Richmond is no longer happy as during the War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM.'s sister carrying on flirtation in Richmond. Latest dress styles.  Is E. to marry Mr. Snead? News of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters. \n1862 March 27: Encloses letter for Elizabeth to give to cousin Hubbard. Staying at Sarah Rutherford's house on Grace Street. The young men of Richmond.\n1862 April: M's will remain in Richmond until after the battle. Description of her gentlemen callers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS. sorry E. could not join them.  Yankees came to Fork Church recently.  Railroad cut off between Hanover and Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSorrow at General Richard Ewell's injury. Group of Williamsburg men, including Ben Ewell, ] started for Williamsburg from Richmond under flag of truce but were sent back to Richmond. Sorrow at burning of College (Wm. and M.) and churches. Dr. Garnett has died, great friend of Elizabeth's, Bland Taliaferro and Colemans are staying in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses letter to be forwarded to Page and Annie Wilmer in Danville. Williamsburg now has church, telegraph, tri-weekly boat and daily mail! Town full of yankees, but few interesting Confederate soldiers.  News of noted townspeople.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews of friends in Army. Gossip.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. M. send $3.00 for 12 yards of suitable dress material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter giving his opinion of Benjamin S. Ewell as an instructor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to E. to attend Washington and Lee University graduation in June, to stay with Nelsons.  Senator Mills and Hon. John Goode to be speakers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeachy sends Ewell's deed and notes to be signed and notarized.  Mrs. Scott [E's daughter Elizabeth] leaving for St. Louis to stay two or three weeks. Suggests changing name of \"Stony Lonesome\" to something more cheerful.  Dr. Coleman dead of cancer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas prepared a series of math text books; will have his publishers send copies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letterbook copies of seven letters describe dDescribes troop movements around Vicksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses troop movements and progress of the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs glad they are friends; visited New Orleans and other places.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the scandal at West Point; lists army transfers; went to a \"fish frolic\"; saw a phrenologist; is sobering up the troops with punishment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated simply March 24. Has a whist club; hopes to be able to pay him $50 soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks if she will stay in the house; asks if anything has been done about the administration; asks if anything has been done about the Virginia Estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms him of the death of cousin Nannie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends a poem; hopes the College is doing well.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of recommendation for Benjamin S. Ewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs visiting her aunts and other friends, family, a. And servants have been sick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived a letter from Vera Cruz written after the battle;, recounts the description of the battle where Levi was killed; wants Richard to come home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived a letter from Ben which she quotes about Mexico and Levi's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs enjoying her visit; family news; is going to D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to meet Aunt Ewell at Buckland; Lizzie is very comfortable in the convent; asks her to send music.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThinks farmers from New Jersey will emigrate to Virginia but are worried about malarial fevers; has a ditch making machine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a description of Toddsberry (sic) in Gloucester County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends copy of order electing him professor of military science.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArrived safely; has warned Miss Rebecca that her hair is ½ inch long; the orchestra was invited to the country.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells her she will not become fossilized now that she is married; went calling New Years Day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for his kind letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends copy of Harrison Genealogy; Clarence W. Borden may try to correspond with him about Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of recommendation for Mr. Ewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs restoring \"Belle Air\" and asks about its history.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for information; asks for more information of the house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for information; asks for more information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes teaching; brother is going to North Carolina; neighborhood news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her trip; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVisited the Munfords; family gossip; recipe for green tomatoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs in love with Mr. Rives; family news; people in Williamsburg are not very frightened.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVisited Mrs. Gilmer; advises her not to see Mary C. who is a disgrace; wants to drive the Yankees away; is afraid she will not be able to go back to her house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFive undated letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpects to leave the county.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour undated letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMisses her and Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo undated letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about her recent marriage; will miss her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas inquired into laws on pay for soldiers of Mexican War, but does not feel she has a claim.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of recommendation for Benjamin S. Ewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs happy she is better.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill send her trunk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnjoyed her letter; kKnows that they can be happy in spite of poverty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChildren are well.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel is better.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a theater party; saw Keene as Richard; describes how she wants her dress made.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill go on day duty tomorrow; has much surgical work; is going to a costume party dressed as a black person.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists her classes; had her first experience in the clinic; is in a gynecological ward.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSaw the fire; is on night duty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs surprised that Yankees eat cornmeal; they talk about the war very much.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on Miss Boyson's prize essay on Robert E. Lee; calls for an end to sectional prejudice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived the box and money; Dr.Carter knows her family; describes her work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlad Mary is better; wants family to visit; will send a prescription.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill make a copy of entries in family bible; thanks her for the offer of calico; fears she will die; feels she should be reconciled to having a second child.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas not named the baby yet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on marriage; is happy; is not fond of Page anymore; baby will be baptized Elizabeth Lowndes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about old family letters; has gone to town; family has been sick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWould like to visit; think she has had a miscarriage; doesn't want any more children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCollege will be opened next session; railroad will be finished by October.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been going through her father's papers and has destroyed most of them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDid not want her daughter to be a nurse; did not like her fiance; would have become a sister of charity if her father had not survived the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas had only one servant; Bessie is doing well with nursing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for gifts; received a letter from Ewell in which he speaks of war in the Philippines; his house was burned by rebels; Bessie is working at Bellevue; does not like doing housework.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFather is well; Ewell is working in Hampton; Benjamin will be going to college.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFather has been sick; Beverly has been sick; Ewell has an engineering job in Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses notes about the Bladen family; Page Saunders is visiting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFather is well; Bessie is keeping house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Grigsby has been visiting; Beverly is at the Farm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived his letter; Bessie has arrived.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for the letter; visited Virginia Beach and Takoma.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about Hattie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlad she will visit; family news; discusses Tom's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTom may not be dead; Ben and William visited.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of recommendation for Benjamin S. Ewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. Statement concerning Benjamin Ewell by Thomas H. Williamson on same sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas heard rumors that he has resigned; is glad he resigned.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms him of a job at Hampden Sidney; has been offered a job at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been carrying Madison for years; has employed Dr. John Graham as surgeon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to write; will travel to Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped transcription. Original letter is located in the Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records, Box 2, Folder 4.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of his photograph. (The author is Joseph Henry of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to become a member of the society. (The author is Henry V. Goold of the Society of Science, Letters and Art, of London, England.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWould like to publish General Ewell's report of Gettysburg, but it has already been published; will be publishing a series of papers on Gettysburg. The author is J. William Jones of the Southern Historical Society.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews of the family; tells her to take anything of his that she needs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Caruthers [?] received the power of attourney; decribes the local girls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Caruthens [?]) has received the amount; family news; has had an earthquake; Uncle Henry's negroes were sold.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy has been sick; comments on death of Ann's mother; Rrebecca is going to Washington; Mary Jane is doing well in school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas had a headache attack; asks her to visit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoddert family genealogy information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been visiting Harriott; is thinking about courting a young lady.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas inquired about getting a West Point appointment for Richard; hopes he will leave the army and be a lawyer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill find success in the cities; advice for success.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTom has arrived and he will take care of him; wants to buy Negroes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGot her abusive letter; has unsuccessfully tried preaching. The letter is postmarked Prince Edward Court House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard was visiting and has been sick; mother and Becca and Emma [?] are being disagreeable.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been preaching; Dr. Tyler died; Mrs. Ewell disappeared and they feared she had run off with her beau.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMother has left; other family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMay be able to lend money; does not want mother to visit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends money; mother is going to Giles County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDirections for care of home; thinks Richard will stay in the army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWould like to repair the porch; sends directions for care of home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received few letters; murderer has taken to Taos where he confessed; describes San Juan Day celebration; Kit Carson traveled with him to the Indian settlement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells her she writes unpleasant letters; will sent money; directions for care of home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCan't bear to be parted from his mother;  –feels her death deeply.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs leaving New Mexico for home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs very appreciative; is planning to rent a small house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been sick; visited the seminary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvises her on marriage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvises her not to go to Williamsburg in the summer; has some pupils.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived letter on Becca's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYankees stole almost everything from Mrs. Jones; is teaching; is caring for four widows.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs living at the same place; is teaching.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first letter relates that he went to Spring Hill where Richard was sick; Richard and Lizinka died.\nThe second letter is from : Elizabeth S. Ewell to Anne. Sends the copy of W.S.'s letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes death of Richard and Lizinka.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses wills of Richard and Lizinka.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCampbell has money for the monument; discusses inscriptions on the monument.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaw limits the pensions to the immediate family; discusses religion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived the coffee pot, but does not drink coffee; believes the Texas matter is settled; enjoys where he is living; the people treat their horses badly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLizzie is having trouble with Ewell; –describes his bad behavior; is going to a dinner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs having trouble breathing; has made a new will.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been busy with church activities; his cook is getting better; is taking Belladonna.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDid not have any pain last night; does not feel he should be alone, is well fixed where he is.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThinks it would be better for Ewell to go away to school; has been working hard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his day at college; describes a family quarrel; wrote a good speech.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters. Has been working very hard. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of the order appointing Benjamin S. Ewell to the board of directors of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for his conduct.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for the paper on coal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. Postscript by Robertt. Weir.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers to help him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for information on Colonel Ewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on training of civil engineers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas opening for civil engineers. [Trimble was chief Engineer of Baltimore and Susquehanna RRr. at this time].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulates him on his marriage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSympathy letter on death of her son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel. Ewell is sick in Macon [?]; General Ewell is sick; war news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer father, General Richard Ewell, and mother have died.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaments death of her parents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThinks Hattie is her most attractive child; thinks Lily is peculiar; has been happy in Williamsburg; Col. Ewell has been sick.\nAlso:  Brown, Campbell, to B.S. Ewell. Encloses the above letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends a photograph; children are sick; has not named her baby yet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters. The first relays the news that the General has died; the children are well. The second letter is from October 1, no year. ,Has been in Canada; has found mention of cousin Ben and the General in Appleton's biographical dictionary; St. Louis fair is in progress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters. The first letter relays the news that Lizinka is in Madeira; Lily was invited to break fast with the king of Portugal.\nThe second letter, circa January 24, 1872, informs the receipient that Mother died.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters. The first letter congratulates her on her marriage to Mr. Scott; advises her on how to handle a husband. The second letter, undated, relates that the author has been reading various novels; does not like George Eliot; describes her children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are windows in church for her mother and father. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter is addressed to \"Lizzie\". Congratulates her on her marriage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about a type of earth called \"bermuda tripoli.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for his letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of recommendation for B.S. Ewell to serve as Secretary of the Interior.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis article will be appearing; invites B.S.E. to visit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for the gift.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for a description of Upshur's [?]) father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses a letter from C. Gallup asking about B.S. Ewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter is from William H. Zinsser, New York. He suggests a town patrol to help combat lack of morale at Fort Eustis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes he will keep teaching.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate of election to membership in the Society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUncle Newton got married.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. This item has been moved to the College Papers Collection, Box 5, Folder 4.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his trip through the Carolinas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sending pigs to Mrs. Scott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarming suggestions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnclosure: Three sheets of data on farming.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecalls the war; asks for a picture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs planning to go to Mississippi; has visited Annapolis; Uncle William is no longer practicing law, but is engaged in speculation; the ball was a failure due to the local clergy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn incomplete letter concerning a professorship at Transylvania University. Asks him to write; offers him a job at Lexington; describes the college.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes problems with workers and the College.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes a month at headquarters will improve her health; the Howe [?]) boy has been killed; has received tea from England. The letter is signed \"Aunt Lizzie\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter is addressed \"To Lizzie\". Has been sewing; social news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelates war news. The letter is from \"Cousin\" in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlad she has not left Richmond; relates war news. The letter is signed \"Aunt Sarah\" [McIlvainez?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFather says the College will stay in Williamsburg; drunken soldiers almost grabbed her arm; social news. The letter is signed \"Aunt Lizzie\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for the photograph; has had visitors; father has John Brown in ambrotype. The letter is signed \"Aunt Lizzie\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news. The letter is signed \"Mamie\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived her letter; family news; had her photograph taken. The letter is signed \"Aunt Lizzie\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBessie left for Norfolk. The letter is signed by \"Mama\". [This is not from Julia Ewell. Probably from a member of the Hoge (?) family.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been sick; has a new book; family news; Negroes are going to have a celebration; her dog was lost. The letter is signed \"Maymay\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMisses Richmond; social news. The letter is signed: \"Bee\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSent her bundle to mother; Hattie sent a pickle knife and fork; wishes she would not get married; family news. Enclosure: A pencil drawing entitled \"Mary's new walking dress.\" The letter is signed \"Mamie\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter is signed: \"Charlotte\". The author comments on her marriage; has been sick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne letter signed: \"Aunt Lizzie\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items. Both letters may have been authored by Harriet Brown Turner. \n[1865?] May 7 Letter: Uncle is a prisoner; Captain Turner is taking the Oath of Allegiance; mother was arrested; war news. \n[1865?] May 24 Letter: Mother is still under arrest; Captain Turner has arrived; family news; war news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items. Unsigned.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBen has been sick and died. Signed: \"Matilda\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends a draft for $69; has sold or hidden goods to keep them from Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTried to cross Confederate lines; suggests that Richard Ewell [?] leave for Bermuda where money will be provided.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter may be addressed to Thomas Ewell. Incomplete. The author urges him to go on with his research.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been visiting Bettie; had a bad time at Mrs. Temple's; may marry Mr. Temple.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill use the money Ccousin William sent; Hattie Turner visited.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter may be authored by Richard Ewell Scott. The author describes his hotel and the soldiers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2 includes papers from various sources\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item. First draft of the article on the first battle of Winchester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item. 8 pages. 23 cm.Printed pamphlet. Correspondence between Generals R. S. Ewell and G. T. Beauregard, to which are added extracts from a letter of Gen. Fitz Lee. Nashville, Tennessee, Wheeler, Osburn, and Duckworth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains a rough draft of an address made before the city council of Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains a single document: Power of attorney given by Charlotte Ewell to her brother, William Ewell, authorizing him to manage his property held by her as trustee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Benjamin S. Ewell,  for the month of July 1860. (See Tucker Papers.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSEE OVERSIZE FILE\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe deed covers a portion of the Rock Smith Farm in Prince William County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe deed covers a tract of land called Stony Lonesome and woodland on the Rock Smith Farm in Prince William County, Virginia. The deed is not signed by Elizabeth S. Ewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter asks the citizens of James City, York, and Warwick Counties for labor and implements for the construction of defenses on the peninsula.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item. Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned John Letcher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned John Letcher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter acknowledges his promotion to the rank of colonel in the Virginia Volunteers and gives a copy of an order to muster six companies of volunteers from James City and the adjoining counties and a list of companies mustered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned James A. Sedden.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate of appointment of Col. Benjamin S. Ewell, Col. Randolph Harrison, and Capt. R. A. Wise as examiners under an act to provide for the reorganization of the militia for Williamsburg and James City County. Signed Gilbert C. Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFull title: Reminisces of General Magruder and events around Williamsburg, written by Benjamin S. Ewell for the Magruder-Ewell Camp of Confederate Veterans. Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUSMA Reunion booklet that includes Necrology with published version of \"Benjamin S. Ewell: A Tribute by E.J. Harvie.\" Pages 11-14.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains a single document: dDeed given by Elizabeth Ewell, widow of Thomas Ewell, et al., of Prince William County, to Alexander Spotswood Grigsby, covering two lots in Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains a single document: dDraft of deed granting to Benjamin S. Ewell and William Stoddert her interest in a tract of land in Prince William County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA memorandum book of which only 19 pages of the 336 pages were written upon. The book contains data on the Ewell family, including several extracts of letters dating from the 18th and 19th centuries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn greement of Elizabeth S. Ewell, R. S. Ewell, William Stoddert, and Benjamin S. Ewell to carry into effect the will of Rebecca Lowndes Ewell, that was declared invalid by the court\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item. The article concerns Richard S. Ewell's part in the second capture of Winchester, with a note by H. S. Turner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a note by Campbell Brown dated November 6, 1873.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA poem written by Dr. H. M. Clarkson for the Ewell centennial celebration held at Manassas, Virginia, by the Ewell Camp of Confederate Veterans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlat of a tract of land in Prince William County, Virginia, surveyed for Dr. Thomas Ewell, 1821\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApothecary's scales used by Dr. Thomas Ewell, surgeon, in the War of 1812.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of a notice in the National Intelligencer announcing the death of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains a single letter. The writer notes that this is an extract from a letter written by President James Madison, at Montpelier, to Mr.Edward Coles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBroadside. Printed circular letter advertising as a summer resort, Belle-Air in Prince William County, Virginia, the old home of the Ewell family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item. An essay on Williamsburg by Elizabeth L. Scott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains 58 items. There are papers in English, Spanish, and Japanese, including a Japanese pencil sketch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Marquess, W.H., Mexico, Missouri, to W. Stoddert.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertified copy. Requesting the governor to procure exemption from military duty for employees of Eubanks and Co.,  \u0026amp; Co., cotton and wool carders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains genealogical information, including some from the Historical Society of York County, York, Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e31\" x 36\" Plat of Ewell property showing \"Old line Bowden, Ewell.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4 contains the Ewell Family Bible, published by Williams and Whiting in 1810, and signed by Thomas Ewell. Family records are in the center of the Bible. The first entry is the birth of Thomas Ewell in 1784 and the last entry is from 1918.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEwell Family Bible, published by Williams and Whiting in 1810, which is signed by Thomas Ewell. Family records are in the center of the Bible, first entry is the birth of Thomas Ewell in 1784 and last entry is 1918. Contains newspaper obituaries.  A few loose notes about births and deaths.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScrapbook of mostly newspaper clippings from mid to late 1800's. Page 15 has an article, \"A Yankee's description of Williamsburg.\" Page 66 has a clipping, \"The Old Garden\" by Elizabeth J. Galt. Page 155 has an article about lightning striking the home of Beverly S. Scott, son-in-law of Benjamin Ewell. Some handwritten poems and many poems in the newspaper clippings. Ewell Family Bible, signed by Thomas Ewell. 1810, published by Williams and Whiting. Family records are in the center of the Bible, first entry is the birth of Thomas Ewell in 1784 and last entry is 1918. Contains newspaper obituaries. A few loose notes about births and deaths.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 6 is the diploma of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell from the United States Military Academy at West Point. (Acc. 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contains materials dated 1784-1934. It includes correspondence, legal papers, and accounts, chiefly 1830-1892, of Benjamin S. Ewell, professor at the U.S. Military Academy, Hampden-Sydney College, Washington and Lee College, and the College of William and Mary (which he served as acting president, 1848-1849, and president, 1854-1888). Letters from Ewell during the Civil War when he was assistant adjutant-general to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston are included as well. Among the correspondents are members of the Tyler, Ewell, Campbell, and Brown families of Virginia and Tennessee. The collection also contains the memorandum book on the Ewell family by Elizabeth S. Ewell.","Series 1 includes letters arranged alpabetically by writer. A uniform entry has been adopted for each name, and persons of the same name have been identified and distinguished from each other by indicating their relationship to Benjamin S. Ewell or other persons. For example, the entry Brown (Harriot S.) is used for letters signed H. S. Brown and Hattie, and the entry Ewell (Elizabeth), daughter of Benjamin S. Ewell, is used for letters signed Lizzy Ewell or simply Lizzy.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","The letter is in reference to the Revolutionary War claim of the Stoddert family.","Two letters, one including a receipt.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Note: This letter includes a recommendation for Benjamin S. Ewell as a professor, signed by five professors at the United States Military Academy.","The letters discusses the death of Aunt Rebecca due to consumption.","The note discusses Aunt Rebecca's death.","General Ewell brought her here with her mother. The army is at Liberty Hills. Campbell Brown joined them for the celebration. The General says the army may go on to Baltimore. \"The Cheryb\" in Richmond may have their leg amputated. General Long, Fitzhugh Lee, Col. Chambliss, Major Gresiand, and Mr. Smith are there. Brown writes of family news and boarding house arrangements. She sends congratulations on General Magruder's victory at Sabine Pass.","Brown writes that Elizabeth's letter arrive with some grom General Ewell and Campbell. The army is moving soon. She had been at Stony Lonesome and the windows and fences are ruined. She relates news of the capture of nine Yankees by Captain Jones, General Gordon's aide-de-camp at Bristol.","She writes more from Brandy Station and is going back to Charlottesville. She notes that General Ewell must get a new artificial leg. The officers' spirits are still high.","See also Harriot S. Turner.","This item has been moved to the College Papers Collection, Box 9, Folder 2. formerly William and Mary College Papers.","A short unsigned letter. On same sheet: Thomas Ewell, to his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell.","This letter includes two others: Lizinka Campbell to her aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell (on the same sheet) and Thomas Ewell to Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell (also on the same sheet.)","This letter also includes a message from Thomas Ewell to Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell (on the same sheet).","This letter also contains a message from Thomas Ewell to Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell (on the same sheet).","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship, Chair of Mathematics at the University of Virginia.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. The recommendation is for Chair of Mathematics at the University of Virginia.","The letter advises Colonel Ewell that his state of health makes him unable to serve in the field.","2 copies.","This item has been moved to the William and Mary College Papers.","Crump writes that he needs the exact information on the burning of Richmond tobacco warehouses because of a lawsuit. He asks if General Ewell set the fires at General Lee's order.","An invitation to the marriage reception of their daughter. Enclosures: Two cards, Emmy A. Crump and William B. Lightfoot.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Deas writes of Ewell's promotion to Colonel, 32nd Regiment, Virginia Volunteers. He asks that Ewell please report to Richmond Headquarters.","A certificate of dismission of Benjamin S. Ewell from Hampden Sidney Church and of recommendation to the church at Lexington, Virginia.","On same sheet.","This letter contains an extract from the Register of the Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, 1850.","The contents of this folder were previously housed in Box 1, folder 3, \"Letters, E\".","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Benjamin Ewell writes about life at West Point. He comments on current literature. He spent the last two years studying mathematics, which will never be of any service until he should become a teacher.","Benjamin Ewell discusses family matters. The lack of funds keeps him from coming home for vacation. He worries over Congress's changes for West Point. He asks her to please make five more shirts.","Benjamin Ewell discusses family matters. Exams are over. Life at West Point is confining. He will not go to Tennessee, but is grateful for the other.","Benjamin Ewell thanks his uncle for his generosity, but doubts Mr. Ewell will let Richard come to him. Ewell will not stay in the Army. There is no chance to advance unless there is a war. He may go into Legal Studies, having ambition and political interest. However, lacking money, he may set other goals. The possibility of war with France might change the situation.","(This letter is likely dated as 1836. Lizinka was born in 1820 and she is mentioned as being age 16. Ewell was not at West Point, nor Rebecca at Bladensburgh, in 1838.) ","Benjamin writes he has dispersed some pictures and kept only good ones. They discuss dyspepsia, a \"many headed monster\". The war with France has been averted. Lizinka enjoyed Washington too much for a girl so young. He was riding with a French lady when her horse bolted, which led to rumors of his elopment. ","Ewell writes that he cannot reconcile two laws, referring to the raising of troops. He asks which is valid. The answer by S. Bassett French, aide de camp, dated February 26, 1862, on back of sheet, notes that Virginia law rather than Congress is binding. If 20 in a camp reenlist, he will fill in the rest of the numbers.","Note: Map of Richmond and vicinity on back of letter.","Benjamin discusses the people and land of east Tennessee, as well as the Lousiana Volunteers. He says the Confederates will win if not greatly outnumbered. Uncle Dick should come; he is needed by the Army.","Ewell notes that he is glad Uncle Dick didn't come. The Yankees grow bolder, stealing horses. He hopes the Yankees will not be hard on Williamsburg in consequence of new attacks. He writes had Fort Magruder had been where it ought, Williamsburg could have been saved. It its destruction is truly important to success, Ewell would let it go down without a murmur.","Ewell writes a letter of farewell to his family. Battle is imminent.","Ewell writes of the Battle at Big Black River near Vicksburg. 24,000 men against 75,000 and they were at a disadvantage being hemmed in by the river and a small bridge. He says losing Vicksburg was an unexcusable blunder. He notes that Tennessee regrets their secession. The Yankees are not gentlemen.","Thanks for genealogy. Didn't know Lowndes Jackson had information. Sends $100. Lizzie hasn't returned to Prince Edward, but may settle near here.","There are indications this letter may have been written by Richard S. Ewell rather than Benjamin. \nLife as prisoner. Accused of burning Richmond, but mob did it.  No troops and citizens refused to form constabulary. Story of capture.  Louis should live in Europe, especially England. Lyzinka now in Nashville. If she meets General Hitchcock or Auger [?], ask Brown to be put with general officers. Get Ben to find his luggage and grandfather's sword. Though \"the performance of that wretch Booth\" will permit no indulgence for officers.","Most of furniture gone. Thanks for offer of Stony Lonesome furniture, but no place to put it, and future uncertain. Silver left with the Gatts, also blankets and valuables originally left with Wallers. G, glad she hadn't come south.","Thanks for letter. Did not apply for pardon at suggestion of Gen. Patrick, U.S.A., not in service of Confederate Army at surrender. Took oath as soon as possible. Humbug. Always a rebel. Means of living now as a plucked chicken is to feathers, but no regrets. Johnston the one great military leader. Thanks Gantt for offer of help.","He and Lizzie will try to attend Harriot's wedding, but short of money.  Advice on marriage to Harriot, hold her tongue which often ridicules, especially as Major Turner is Catholic and she will convert.","Thanks for glasses. Sorry not to see her in Baltimore.  What will become of the South?","Lyzinka's poor relations \"pecking\" one, lack of money. People still don't realize condition, or future. If Yankees don't buy land, people will starve. What sort of school is Richard considering?  If 200 young ladies, he will come; but 200 \"wild boys from the West\" will take consideration. Thinks he can find gun and will send it. Received check for $50 from Lyzinka for Lizzie, who will acknowledge it.  If Lyzinka will send $10,000 to rebuild College it would help, for double the amount she can endow a professorship. P.S. re (Waterson's?) editorship of Chattanooga Rebel.","Encloses small check.  Things are gloomy, but to be expected.","Left off stamp on last letter, may cost $50 penalty unless she can put one on. If one of them dies now, loss to survivors irreparable.","Her duty to get whole family into Purgatory- and out. Thanks for pamphlet from the Priest. Liking for Catholic Church.","Received 2 letters from Becca in Georgetown.  Cousin Francis must be getting better. Fine gentleman and great Christian.  Becca has probably gone to Stony Lonesome.","Amount to be paid by Richard, like Vicar of Wakefield to get rid of poor relations, but bid higher. Richard's health might be better if he led more active life. See a good doctor. Perhaps go to Europe till political crisis is over. Charges of treason are nonsense. If Negroes restored to former position, love and good will will return. People in Williamsburg not working to support themselves, need Yankees here [near?] for industry. Send notes of campaigns. Lee was not a great leader! Wants data to support this.","Will not go to Hampton-Sydney, but would like to go to a small farm to while away time.  Washington College at the moment carries the day- but not for long; if Lee tried, college will be political, Bessie well.","Had a book belonging to Georgetown Convent which was carried off with rest of his books, so he is in Convent's debt. Family matters in Tennessee.  Sends $70, please acknowledge.","Campbell feels badly over loss of management of farm. Customs of Dutch and English on patrimony. If possible, divide this land now [?] between Harriot and Campbell, keeping a part to live on. Lyzinka can help Dick buy a farm.  Ben Weems has arrived, a sound fellow, but gauche.","On hand bill advertising the College. Richard didn't stay long enough at springs to benefit.  Story of 2 soldiers in Arizona, hell proves to be hotter.","Enclosures, three clippings of Ewell's letters to the editor of New York Times. 1 clipping titled A Southern College.","Enclosures: Letter from Beverly S. Scott, Jr., at Prince Edward Court House, to Col. Benjamin S. Ewell. 5 September 1867. Letter from Benjamin S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, to Beverly S. Scott. 9 September 1867","Enclosing letter from Charles McCulloch to Benjamin S. Ewell. 3 October 1870.","Ewell writes that Judge Crump needs the exact statement on General Ewell's orders to burn the tobacco warehouses. Was the order not made twice by General Lee, \"ill judged, harsh, and unnecessary.\" The general's reputation is at stake. Ewell asks how the Scotchmen are working out and would he please come for a month's visit.","\"\"The South and Grant\", from the Daily Morning Chronicle, Washington, 20 May 1872","Enclosures: Two designs for a cemetery monument.","Enclosure: A letter from J. H. Richards, at Georgetown College, West Washington, D.C., to Elizabeth S. Ewell, at Georgetown, D.C. 29 April 1892.","Elizabeth writes of Paul's severe illness. If he dies, she deems it God's will and they should not mourn too much. Paul dies on March 26th. The burial will be in Centreville. This is more reason than ever for Ben to take care of his health.","Rebecca Ewell to her brother, Benjamin S. Ewell. (On same sheet.) Elizabeth S. Ewell to her brother, Benjamin S. Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Elizabeth writes that Richard may bring Liz down from Washington to Brookgrove. She mentions his attempts to get an appointment. Richard saved them all from a mad dog. She goes on to discuss family matters and neighbors.","Elizabeth asks why Benjamin has not written or come. She wanted the pleasure of making his clothes. Tom left for Buckland, Tennessee alone. He has grown so much he was taken for Richard. Richard does well at West Point, but will probably not win Lizinka.","Elizabeth sends family news. Richard does well at West Point. Tom arrived in Nashville. Tasker is joining a law office in Marlboro.","Postscript signed: R. L. E.","The letter includes a check drawn by Elizabeth Ewell payable to Benjamin S. Ewell dated September 18, 1838.","Elizabeth asks Benjamin about his married life and their new home. She tells him to look after William most carefully, buy him a bed and enough bedding. Ben's horse is well looked after. Mrs. Smith is most unwell after her daughter's death from a malignant fever. She cannot visit him because of lack of money, but such a visit would be good for Liz.","Postscript by A. Gantt.","Elizabeth sends family news. Ben Gantt is in Norfolk for three months while the Delaware is refitted. She requests that Ben ask him to visit. The Temperance Movement is growing. Richard will lose out of his United States Bank notes since the bank failed. She includes Lord Byron's view of Catholicism. Richard is at the garrison in Arkansas.","Elizabeth writes that Becca will come if really needed, but the trip is too expensive for pleasure, nor can Elizabeth afford to visit herself. Mr. Fowler's failure caused a loss of $20,000 by Mrs. Pront, his sister. Family members may also have money with him. She mentions that Liz is giving out a Miraculous Medal and is too wrapped up in the Catholic Church. Friends send gifts of fruit tree and garden supplies.","Postscript by R. L. Ewell.","Elizabeth reports news that Levi was killed in the Mexican War. His mother is heartbroken.","Ewell (Elizabeth) to her daughter, Elizabeth Ewell. (On same sheet.)","An unsigned, undated letter appears on the same sheet","An unsigned, undated letter appears on the same sheet.","Two undated letters.\nThe first letter is undated: Becca carried home by mistake Ben's letter to E. William escorted Becca home, after preaching twice. Richard's letter of 12/31/51, he is leaving Fort Defiance. Liz to teach Mrs. Hunter's children. Aunt Becca will visit E. in spring. Many deaths at the Johnsons. Regrets new carriage. Love to Julia and Liz. Tenants' rents in arrears, accounts confused. Grandfather Stoddert's war payments being looked into by Mr. Lowndes.  Tasker has sent draft for $114. \nThe second letter on the same sheet is dated March 4, 1852: Glad Ben will come for her, can also go to Jackson to see Aunts, Tom, etc.  Convention being held at Methodist Church. Judge Tucker most important at Convention. Harriet Stoddert graduates soon, may come to Jackson with E. and B.  2p.","Elizabeth S. Ewell, to her father, Benjamin S. Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Hattie Turner to her cousin, William Stoddert. (On same sheet.)","A. L. Prout to Rebecca Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Lizzie visiting Mrs. Vest. John Petit recently married. Seeming \"ghostly noises\" at President's House, Lizzie's health improved.  E's current reading. Ben building a house at the farm.  He would not have bought so much land, but thought Richard would join him in the purchase, \"the property\" (Stony Lonesome) was fairly purchased by E's husband.  Marstellars [?] tried to get some of W's money from his agent, but failed.","Received much mail. Liz had bad fall on way to a pupil, is to be regular organist at her church. Harriet sent copies of commendation letters for Richard's application as Paymaster from Gen. Scott etc.  Cannot establish her relationship to the Craigheads, but Campbells and Browns related to them. William has too many jobs, as postmaster are his letters mailed free?  Did he receive music Sally Edloe [?] sent?  Lizzy very popular. Deaths and illnesses in neighborhood.  Governor wants to reorganize the College, Ben can get professorship elsewhere if necessary. Aunt Stoddert wants him to come to Oxford University, Mississippi.","Mr. Wilmer preached today. His baby son died recently of cholera.  Commencement party. Mr. Miner's fatal bath. Excited meeting of the College Board.  Gov. Wise wanted to make all State colleges subsidiary to U.Va., but was defeated, but Law School abolished to everyone's regret. Ben resigned the Presidency, will take Chair of Mathematics.  Changes in faculty. Ben wanted William at the College as assistant in Languages and Chaplain, but turned down by Mr. Smead, the Professor of Language. Governor Wise wants to move College to Accomac for sea air.  Liz borrowed money from Ben and has not repaid it, please take it from her money for land. Becca sent ill-tempered letter from Washington.  Lyzinka wants E. to join her in Tennessee, but trip too expensive.  E's fondness for one student.  Letter from Liz, Campbell Brown graduated with high honors, Mr. Beale's board money stolen.\n14 September, 1858, 4p.: Ben resigned Presidency, not his professorship.  If he leaves President's House, the farm house near completion, on 500 acres.  E. does not want to make W's improvements at Stony Lonesome, and Ben needs the money, on which W. could pay taxes.  Mrs. Lowndes died last week to cancer.","Sends $25, get receipt. Powells tried to charge E. twice for furniture, but receipt proved her right. Lizzie goes to York soon. Mr. Stringfellow stopped on way to Gloucester. Please send stationary, black gloves, silk for aprons.","Two undated letters. One mutilated.\nLizzy's over her illness, only a sore throat, but Julia has a cold.  Richard sent 2 articles from New Orleans, about soldiers on parade.  House guests there, Julia gets papers from York, but no letter. Complains about everyone. Tom will send $300, but where? Tom at Jackson on Oct. 2, had some trouble with his men.  Dr. Maxley [?] dined there, will take Julia riding today… Explained diagram of Monterey to Lizzy.\nWilliam came home last night. Heavy rains, W. much shaken by Tom's death.  Julia received political paper. Hopes Lizzy is well. Found the handkerchief L. was hemming.","Two undated letters, both addressed to Cadet B.S. Ewell, Military Academy  at West Point.  \nLetter dated April 17: Paul's death. Aunt Harriet wants Ben to study law in Tennessee. Tom dislikes math. Dick is lazy. Why has Ben's standing gone down in natural philosophy? Must work harder.\nLetter dated April 29: Low much will it cost for Ben to come home?  Paul's death hastened by saving travel money and walking.","Richard not being kept from school by Elizabeth, but of his own accord.  Tom studying Vergil. Liz staying at Brookgrove until Ben can bring her home. Aunt Rebecca has been visiting for 2 or 3 weeks, Aunt Campbell wants to leave Philadelphia, but Lyzinka's progress on harp prevents her, Mrs. Rutledge bringing her 2 daughters to the Point, Becca's health bad, Liz offered $350 to teach in Bladensburg, but declined.  Copy of letter to Mr. Taliaferro [?] about her son's application to the Point.  \nRichard (Thursday) has been enjoying school all week.  \nRichard's postscript. Local News.","Ben too slow in answering letters, paying too much postage, many government men turned out of office. Her memories of bad management in Washington. Sally Lee (Cockerille?) now boarding with Elizabeth at $82 [?] a year. Debating society being spoiled by certain members. Pinched for money. Elizabeth has 13 students.  \nRebecca corrects her mother's misinformation.  Becca is principal teacher, but unpaid.\nRebecca Ewell to Benjamin Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Two undated letters.","Two letters. \nFebruary 26: Elizabeth's illness, Greenville schoolboys unruly. Liz going to Georgetown. Quotation from Adam's papers.  Tom's poem on Mexican War.\nAugust 2: Mr. Slaughter (minister) now preaching, Aunt Nancy's illness. Ben a lady's man, in love with all 5 Berkley daughters. Tasker, also in love. Making slip covers, Tom reading Sallust.  \nPostscript to Ben: E. has paid part due gales + seaton, don't overpay them. The Tyler's kindness. Trip to Springs would help Aunt Nancy.","Two letters. \nThe first letter discusses nNews of farm. Tom studying Caesar, soon on Virgil, Mr. Meeder his tutor. Current books. News of neighbors.  Liz may stay with Aunt Nancy, as long as she pleases.","Elizabeth S. Ewell to her sister, Rebecca L. Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Two items. The letter care of Mr. Kingman: Why didn't R. arrive when she said?  Mrs. Kingman welcome to visit. Tom back from Nashville. Ben has moved to Dr. Gardiner's. News of neighbors.\nThe second letter is care of Mr. Prout, May 5: Aunt C. and Lyzinka coming in July.","New clothes being made or purchased. Visits to neighbors, going with Aunt Nancy to see about money owed by government to Benjamin Stoddert Estate.","Sorry to have Becca leave, did Richard then go directly to Baltimore?  Visitors. William enjoying Hampden Sydney. Negroes there restless.  Carriage being mended. Becca must collect rent, as bills are due.","An unsigned letter to Nancy [ ? ]. (On same sheet.)","The musical score of a cotillion and a postscript by her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell, appear on the same sheet.","Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell to Nancy [ ? ]. (On same sheet.)","Elizabeth writes of Virginia's death. Her mother is ill with dysentary ever since. She tells Benjamin he can come home if he wants. She discusses Virginia's funeral.","Ben's letter unsatisfactory. Miss Bankhead's and Dad's wedding. Horses at farm not too satisfactory, but carriage too expensive.  Gen. Scott's defense from Court Martial. Letter from Uncle William, he will take care of Tom's education. Aunt C. wants Tom to stay in Nashville, where Lyzinka teaches him French. Elizabeth hopes he is now settled in Jackson, Nashville is too luxurious. New Minister has come, stayed one night at Ewell's, wants to board there, girls going to several weddings and parties. Postscript by Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell.","Elizabeth writes that returning from her ride, she found Rosanna and Fanney Ewell waiting for her. She discusses General Van Ness and Major Minor's unexpected and untimely visit, noting Van Ness's bragging and the Major's amiability. The General invited her mother to live at his house in Washington. A dog was hung for stealing sheep. The post office moved from Greenwich.","Ewell (Elizabeth S.) to Rebecca L. Ewell, at Bladensburgh, Prince George's County, Maryland. Postmarked Buckland. 21 May 1838. (On same sheet.)","The letter is directed to Mrs. Ann Gantt, at Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, Virginia.","This letter is readdressed to Professor Ewell, Prince Edward County, Virginia, with a postscript by Elizabeth Ewell.","Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell to her son, Benjamin S. Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell to Rebecca Ewell. (On same sheet.)","She writes that vVery important information about Jesse Ewell's papers was found in Manassas, with G. Washington's survey of his land, etc. Letters from Thomas Ewell to Jesse were found.","Stoddert genealogy.","She writes of Bessie Scott's visit and complications of the family estates. The college had Centenniel. She sends him a journal of it.","Elizabeth S. Ewell sends a letter of sympathy on Benjamin's death. She remarks on Lizzie's constant gentleness and is sorry Ben did not write Richard's life.","Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell to Benjamin S. Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Two undated letters. One is written in July from Georgetown. The other was written Noevmber 14 from Georgetown.","Three letters.","An invitation to the marriage ceremony of their daughter.","Enclosure: Post card from Susan Hutchison, at Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia, to Jesse Ewell, at Ruckersville, Virginia, 8 January 1913. Postmarked 1914.","Dr. Jesse Ewell, Jr. announces the birth of his son Jesse, the sixth Ewell in line of the name and one of three now living. Part of his father's family still lives in Prince William. Grandfather is 84 years old and his wife, 86. Jesse hopes Benjamin will come to visit.","Jesse recounts Revolutionary War memories of his grandfather Ewell and Charles Ewell's friendship with Jefferson from college days.","This letter contains corrections and additions to the Ewell genealogy, going back to the first immigrants and through the Revolutionary War.","Lizinks writes to Ben, requesting him to visit so her engagement can be announced in Tennessee. Her marriage to Captain Scott will also be there, at Richard's house.","Lizinka sends her condolences on Becca's death. She asks if Ben would come to Tennessee for her wedding.","Paul writes of Aunt Nancy's severe illness and his own. He says Mother will send money if Ben needs it to come home. He shares news of friends. It is very cold, snow six to eight feet deep, and many cattle and sheep have died. Aunt Nancy may go to Tennessee for her health. If by carriage, then Paul will drive.","Postscript by Elizabeth Ewell.","Postscript by Elizabeth S. Ewell.","Postscript by A. Gantt","Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell to her son, Benjamin S. Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Enclosure: manuscript copy of an account of T. Ewell with his father.","Harriot Campbell, at Nashville, Tennessee, to Betsy Ewell. 1 July 1838. (On same sheet.)","Lizinka Campbell to Rebecca Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Harriot Campbell to her sister, Elizabeth Ewell. (On same sheet.)","Thomas Ewell to Harriet Stoddert. (On same sheet.)","Four undated letters, May 28, October 22, November [?], and September 17.","Invitation to a tea.","Additional messages from Mrs. Elizabeth Ewell to her son, Benjamin S. Ewell and from A. Gantt to Benjamin S. Ewell are on this same sheet.","The letter is a request, by order of General Lee, that Ben organize a battalion for the defence of the neck of land between the James and York, as soon as possible.","Letter from F. N. Watkins, secretary, with resolutions of the board thanking Benjamin S. Ewell for his services as an instructor and officer of the college.","Letter from F. N. Watkins, secretary, to Benjamin S. Ewell, notifying him of his election to the chair of mathematics.","A letter from James L. Kemper, Governor of Virginia, at Richmond, to Harry Heth is on this same sheet.","Three letters.","Two letters.","Two letters.","An invitation to the International Exhibition at Philadelphia, 1877.","Thanks for E's kindness to J. in hospital.","Witty letter that Jenkins needs a wife.","Memories of early days of the War relived at Edisto[?]., present work on plantation.","Sorrow at devastation of War.  S. depressed.","Judge Tucker's death.  Plans for new instructors at College.","Farming very bad in Texas. W, would J. do better on farm in Tidewater and be able to send his sons to school?","Notification of Ewell's appointment to faculty of T.U. as Professor of Math at @$1200/p.a.","Invitation to a soiree dansante to be given in honor of General Joseph E. Johnston. Enclosure: card of admission.","Johnston will visit Ewell soon in Williamsburg.  Is looking for a suitable line of business.","Appreciates E's offer to give E's place [President of College] to J., who cannot accept. J. asked to accept presidency of Express Company being formed. J. may visit Williamsburg in 4 or 5 weeks.","Glad the faculty interested in Mr. Mitchell.  Glad E. thought of defense of Mr. Barbour.","Thanks for the fine map.  Returns surplus College seals.","If E. remembers Henry Watterson, whose letter is enclosed, would he write letter of recommendation?  J's nephew Robert Hughes is a student at William and Mary. J. regrets he could not visit Williamsburg, will try again soon.","Arrangements for J.'s travel to Williamsburg.","Would E. \"lop off\" and correct J's latest (enclosed) literary effort?","Hopes their friendship will continue. \"The young lady\" has two suitors.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Thanks to the Colonel for the photograph.  News of death of friends.","Letter of recommendation for Benjamin S. Ewell as Professor of Mathematics or Natural Philosophy.","Lamb will send Mrs. Scott a copy of his address about Benjamin S. Ewell which is being printed for the alumni.","L. will support E. + W. in election race of B.T. Crump for city judge of Richmond.","Andy Campbell's possible move to Coastal Survey Depart., where Bache would like to place a man like Ewell.  Gantt worried about cholera in St. Louis.","Reasons Richard Ewell was passed over for higher rank in Army.","Lewis will be happy to have Rebecca travel with them.","Thanks Ewell for information concerning Battle of Vicksburg.  Will use it judiciously in writing about the War.","Thanks for condolences on death of Lowndes' sister.","Child's letter.","L. will give R. grape and current cuttings.  Some of the Jefferson relations including Fanny Manning have been staying with Patsy.","L. thanks E. for genealogical information on Lowndes and Tasker families.  L. would like to buy some of the plate left to E. by Cousin Frank, if she must sell it.","Family news.  From one of the daughters of Rev. Moses D. Hoge of Richmond.","Sadness in the family. Elizabeth's visit to York, Aunt Sarah will treat her kindly. [Note on letter says \"written shortly after the War.\" McIlwain was Mrs. Julia Ewell's brother.]","Mc. hopes his daughter Julia [Mrs. Benjamin Ewell] will become more accustomed to Virginia ways, and more sedate.","Sorry Julia is so discontented with life in the country.  Mc. looking for German farmer for Ewell farm.","Proud of Ben's new post  Suspended Pa. specie payments.","Religious revival in York.","Expecting Ben and Julia to visit York within the month.  Baltimore and Susquehanna [?] Railroad just opened to York.","Lawsuit of Church still not settled.","Mc. has placed order for Ben's carriage.  Upcoming election of Harrison and Tyler.","Mc. unable to visit Ewells at this time.","Hopes William [McIlwain, his son] will be taught by Rev. Balentine until College begins next term.","On same sheet:  Wm. McIlwain to his daughter, Julia McIlwain Ewell.\nMc. family worried E's not writing. Mc's sending \"Republican\" to Julia for news of home.  Deaths of York friends.\nTo Julia: Rules of behavior.","Typhoid prevailing. York economy depressed, needs congressional Tarriff Bille to cure.","Hopes Julia can visit York.  More about Tariff Bill.","Regrets that Julia and baby have gone back to Virginia.  Julia left some clothes, now should Mc's' send them?","Mc. involved in land suit. Either Ann or Sarah [his daughters] might visit Ewells next summer.  York growing fast.","William McIlvain, Julia's brother, has at last arrived and is helping Me. in this (?) doctor's office. Scarlet Fever epidemic seems over. Crops in York very good.","Death of McIlvain's brother. Land suit has gone to Supreme Court, settled in Mc's favor.  Polk's election.","On same sheet: Wm. McIlvain to Julia Ewell. Grandfather's advice on how to live and die. Aunt Julia's son died.\nTo Julia: glad she is reconciled to \"conjugal peace.\"","Glad she might visit York.  Her mother, Julia McIwain Ewell, had been visiting at Oxford.","Has Ewell unjustly accused McIlvain of mistreating Julia in his letters?  Julia has displayed bad temper which should be curbed.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. Thanks for Ewell's letter.\nThis item has been moved to the College Papers Collection, Box 5, Folder 4.","Colonel Magruder needs Ewell to send all wagons and drivers from Williamsburg area and send them to Magruder at once.  Needs them to provision the forces.","On same sheet.  Mahan, D.H., West Point, N.Y., to Benjamin S. Ewell, Lexington, Va. \nTazewell: Letter of recommendation of Ewell as Professor of Mathematics at William and Mary.\nEwell: - Offer of aid in getting William and Mary position.","Quotation from Mr. Tazewell's letter about Ewell's interest in post at William and Mary.  Suggests Ewell come to Richmond to talk to Dr. Lyons.","Discussion of engineering of Dam for James River Improvement.","Benjamin Ewell's abilities as professor of mathematics.","Enclosure:  a letter from C.F. Mercer, Washington, to Dr. Thomas Ewell, Centreville, Fairfax Co., Va. 1826 May 29.\nSorrow at Dr. Ewell's death, enclosing letter to him anyway.  Offer to help Ewell's sons.\nEnclosure:  Will try to place Ewell's son at West Point, but places filled for current year.","News of York, election news.","The books Ewell sent have arrived and will be given to the subscribers.","Printed circular letter requesting aid for the family of John Hampden Pleasants who was killed in a duel.","Monroe will go to Tennessee to run Richard Ewell's farm] if wages can be settled.","Monroe and his sister will go to Tennessee to work for Richard Ewell.","Committee of Senior Class presents parting gift to Ewell.","M. sends gift \"from nature.\"  Kate Custis has arrived.","Miss Copland, M's teacher, described news of Williamsburg's young ladies.  Toured College with Mr. Ewell, who showed her \"new philosophical apparatus.\"  M. will begin Hebrew and Sanskrit next winter.","News of friends, amateur dramatics sorrow that Richmond is no longer happy as during the War.","M.'s sister carrying on flirtation in Richmond. Latest dress styles.  Is E. to marry Mr. Snead? News of family and friends.","Three letters.","Two letters. \n1862 March 27: Encloses letter for Elizabeth to give to cousin Hubbard. Staying at Sarah Rutherford's house on Grace Street. The young men of Richmond.\n1862 April: M's will remain in Richmond until after the battle. Description of her gentlemen callers.","S. sorry E. could not join them.  Yankees came to Fork Church recently.  Railroad cut off between Hanover and Richmond.","Sorrow at General Richard Ewell's injury. Group of Williamsburg men, including Ben Ewell, ] started for Williamsburg from Richmond under flag of truce but were sent back to Richmond. Sorrow at burning of College (Wm. and M.) and churches. Dr. Garnett has died, great friend of Elizabeth's, Bland Taliaferro and Colemans are staying in Richmond.","Encloses letter to be forwarded to Page and Annie Wilmer in Danville. Williamsburg now has church, telegraph, tri-weekly boat and daily mail! Town full of yankees, but few interesting Confederate soldiers.  News of noted townspeople.","News of friends in Army. Gossip.","Mrs. M. send $3.00 for 12 yards of suitable dress material.","Letter giving his opinion of Benjamin S. Ewell as an instructor.","Invitation to E. to attend Washington and Lee University graduation in June, to stay with Nelsons.  Senator Mills and Hon. John Goode to be speakers.","Peachy sends Ewell's deed and notes to be signed and notarized.  Mrs. Scott [E's daughter Elizabeth] leaving for St. Louis to stay two or three weeks. Suggests changing name of \"Stony Lonesome\" to something more cheerful.  Dr. Coleman dead of cancer.","Has prepared a series of math text books; will have his publishers send copies.","The letterbook copies of seven letters describe dDescribes troop movements around Vicksburg.","Discusses troop movements and progress of the war.","Is glad they are friends; visited New Orleans and other places.","Discusses the scandal at West Point; lists army transfers; went to a \"fish frolic\"; saw a phrenologist; is sobering up the troops with punishment.","Letter dated simply March 24. Has a whist club; hopes to be able to pay him $50 soon.","Asks if she will stay in the house; asks if anything has been done about the administration; asks if anything has been done about the Virginia Estate.","Informs him of the death of cousin Nannie.","Sends a poem; hopes the College is doing well.","Letter of recommendation for Benjamin S. Ewell.","Recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.","Is visiting her aunts and other friends, family, a. And servants have been sick.","Received a letter from Vera Cruz written after the battle;, recounts the description of the battle where Levi was killed; wants Richard to come home.","Received a letter from Ben which she quotes about Mexico and Levi's death.","Is enjoying her visit; family news; is going to D.C.","Asks her to meet Aunt Ewell at Buckland; Lizzie is very comfortable in the convent; asks her to send music.","Thinks farmers from New Jersey will emigrate to Virginia but are worried about malarial fevers; has a ditch making machine.","Gives a description of Toddsberry (sic) in Gloucester County.","Sends copy of order electing him professor of military science.","Arrived safely; has warned Miss Rebecca that her hair is ½ inch long; the orchestra was invited to the country.","Tells her she will not become fossilized now that she is married; went calling New Years Day.","Thanks him for his kind letter.","Sends copy of Harrison Genealogy; Clarence W. Borden may try to correspond with him about Washington.","Letter of recommendation for Mr. Ewell.","Is restoring \"Belle Air\" and asks about its history.","Thanks him for information; asks for more information of the house.","Thanks her for information; asks for more information.","Describes teaching; brother is going to North Carolina; neighborhood news.","Describes her trip; family news.","Visited the Munfords; family gossip; recipe for green tomatoes.","Is in love with Mr. Rives; family news; people in Williamsburg are not very frightened.","Visited Mrs. Gilmer; advises her not to see Mary C. who is a disgrace; wants to drive the Yankees away; is afraid she will not be able to go back to her house.","Five undated letters.","Expects to leave the county.","Four undated letters.","Misses her and Williamsburg.","Two undated letters.","Asks about her recent marriage; will miss her.","Has inquired into laws on pay for soldiers of Mexican War, but does not feel she has a claim.","Letter of recommendation for Benjamin S. Ewell.","Is happy she is better.","Will send her trunk.","Enjoyed her letter; kKnows that they can be happy in spite of poverty.","Children are well.","Colonel is better.","Describes a theater party; saw Keene as Richard; describes how she wants her dress made.","Will go on day duty tomorrow; has much surgical work; is going to a costume party dressed as a black person.","Lists her classes; had her first experience in the clinic; is in a gynecological ward.","Saw the fire; is on night duty.","Is surprised that Yankees eat cornmeal; they talk about the war very much.","Comments on Miss Boyson's prize essay on Robert E. Lee; calls for an end to sectional prejudice.","Received the box and money; Dr.Carter knows her family; describes her work.","Glad Mary is better; wants family to visit; will send a prescription.","Will make a copy of entries in family bible; thanks her for the offer of calico; fears she will die; feels she should be reconciled to having a second child.","Has not named the baby yet.","Comments on marriage; is happy; is not fond of Page anymore; baby will be baptized Elizabeth Lowndes.","Asks about old family letters; has gone to town; family has been sick.","Would like to visit; think she has had a miscarriage; doesn't want any more children.","College will be opened next session; railroad will be finished by October.","Has been going through her father's papers and has destroyed most of them.","Did not want her daughter to be a nurse; did not like her fiance; would have become a sister of charity if her father had not survived the war.","Has had only one servant; Bessie is doing well with nursing.","Thanks her for gifts; received a letter from Ewell in which he speaks of war in the Philippines; his house was burned by rebels; Bessie is working at Bellevue; does not like doing housework.","Father is well; Ewell is working in Hampton; Benjamin will be going to college.","Father has been sick; Beverly has been sick; Ewell has an engineering job in Pennsylvania.","Encloses notes about the Bladen family; Page Saunders is visiting.","Father is well; Bessie is keeping house.","Mr. Grigsby has been visiting; Beverly is at the Farm.","Received his letter; Bessie has arrived.","Thanks her for the letter; visited Virginia Beach and Takoma.","Asks about Hattie.","Glad she will visit; family news; discusses Tom's death.","Tom may not be dead; Ben and William visited.","Letter of recommendation for Benjamin S. Ewell.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. Statement concerning Benjamin Ewell by Thomas H. Williamson on same sheet.","Has heard rumors that he has resigned; is glad he resigned.","Informs him of a job at Hampden Sidney; has been offered a job at VMI.","Has been carrying Madison for years; has employed Dr. John Graham as surgeon.","Asks her to write; will travel to Richmond.","Typed transcription. Original letter is located in the Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records, Box 2, Folder 4.","Acknowledges receipt of his photograph. (The author is Joseph Henry of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.)","Invitation to become a member of the society. (The author is Henry V. Goold of the Society of Science, Letters and Art, of London, England.)","Would like to publish General Ewell's report of Gettysburg, but it has already been published; will be publishing a series of papers on Gettysburg. The author is J. William Jones of the Southern Historical Society.]","News of the family; tells her to take anything of his that she needs.","Mrs. Caruthers [?] received the power of attourney; decribes the local girls.","Mr. Caruthens [?]) has received the amount; family news; has had an earthquake; Uncle Henry's negroes were sold.","Lucy has been sick; comments on death of Ann's mother; Rrebecca is going to Washington; Mary Jane is doing well in school.","Has had a headache attack; asks her to visit.","Stoddert family genealogy information.","Has been visiting Harriott; is thinking about courting a young lady.","Has inquired about getting a West Point appointment for Richard; hopes he will leave the army and be a lawyer.","Will find success in the cities; advice for success.","Tom has arrived and he will take care of him; wants to buy Negroes.","Got her abusive letter; has unsuccessfully tried preaching. The letter is postmarked Prince Edward Court House.","Richard was visiting and has been sick; mother and Becca and Emma [?] are being disagreeable.","Has been preaching; Dr. Tyler died; Mrs. Ewell disappeared and they feared she had run off with her beau.","Mother has left; other family news.","May be able to lend money; does not want mother to visit.","Sends money; mother is going to Giles County.","Directions for care of home; thinks Richard will stay in the army.","Would like to repair the porch; sends directions for care of home.","Has received few letters; murderer has taken to Taos where he confessed; describes San Juan Day celebration; Kit Carson traveled with him to the Indian settlement.","Tells her she writes unpleasant letters; will sent money; directions for care of home.","Can't bear to be parted from his mother;  –feels her death deeply.","Is leaving New Mexico for home.","Is very appreciative; is planning to rent a small house.","Has been sick; visited the seminary.","Advises her on marriage.","Advises her not to go to Williamsburg in the summer; has some pupils.","Received letter on Becca's death.","Yankees stole almost everything from Mrs. Jones; is teaching; is caring for four widows.","Is living at the same place; is teaching.","The first letter relates that he went to Spring Hill where Richard was sick; Richard and Lizinka died.\nThe second letter is from : Elizabeth S. Ewell to Anne. Sends the copy of W.S.'s letter.","Describes death of Richard and Lizinka.","Discusses wills of Richard and Lizinka.","Campbell has money for the monument; discusses inscriptions on the monument.","Law limits the pensions to the immediate family; discusses religion.","Received the coffee pot, but does not drink coffee; believes the Texas matter is settled; enjoys where he is living; the people treat their horses badly.","Lizzie is having trouble with Ewell; –describes his bad behavior; is going to a dinner.","Is having trouble breathing; has made a new will.","Has been busy with church activities; his cook is getting better; is taking Belladonna.","Did not have any pain last night; does not feel he should be alone, is well fixed where he is.","Thinks it would be better for Ewell to go away to school; has been working hard.","Describes his day at college; describes a family quarrel; wrote a good speech.","Two letters. Has been working very hard. Incomplete.","Copy of the order appointing Benjamin S. Ewell to the board of directors of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum.","Apologizes for his conduct.","Thanks him for the paper on coal.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. Postscript by Robertt. Weir.","Offers to help him.","Asks for information on Colonel Ewell.","Comments on training of civil engineers.","Has opening for civil engineers. [Trimble was chief Engineer of Baltimore and Susquehanna RRr. at this time].","Congratulates him on his marriage.","Sympathy letter on death of her son.","Colonel. Ewell is sick in Macon [?]; General Ewell is sick; war news.","Her father, General Richard Ewell, and mother have died.","Laments death of her parents.","Thinks Hattie is her most attractive child; thinks Lily is peculiar; has been happy in Williamsburg; Col. Ewell has been sick.\nAlso:  Brown, Campbell, to B.S. Ewell. Encloses the above letter.","Sends a photograph; children are sick; has not named her baby yet.","Two letters. The first relays the news that the General has died; the children are well. The second letter is from October 1, no year. ,Has been in Canada; has found mention of cousin Ben and the General in Appleton's biographical dictionary; St. Louis fair is in progress.","Two letters. The first letter relays the news that Lizinka is in Madeira; Lily was invited to break fast with the king of Portugal.\nThe second letter, circa January 24, 1872, informs the receipient that Mother died.","Two letters. The first letter congratulates her on her marriage to Mr. Scott; advises her on how to handle a husband. The second letter, undated, relates that the author has been reading various novels; does not like George Eliot; describes her children.","There are windows in church for her mother and father. Incomplete.","The letter is addressed to \"Lizzie\". Congratulates her on her marriage.","Inquires about a type of earth called \"bermuda tripoli.\"","Thanks him for his letters.","Letter of recommendation for B.S. Ewell to serve as Secretary of the Interior.","His article will be appearing; invites B.S.E. to visit.","Thanks him for the gift.","Asks for a description of Upshur's [?]) father.","Encloses a letter from C. Gallup asking about B.S. Ewell.","The letter is from William H. Zinsser, New York. He suggests a town patrol to help combat lack of morale at Fort Eustis.","Hopes he will keep teaching.","Certificate of election to membership in the Society.","Uncle Newton got married.","Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. This item has been moved to the College Papers Collection, Box 5, Folder 4.","Describes his trip through the Carolinas.","Is sending pigs to Mrs. Scott.","Farming suggestions.","Enclosure: Three sheets of data on farming.","Recalls the war; asks for a picture.","Is planning to go to Mississippi; has visited Annapolis; Uncle William is no longer practicing law, but is engaged in speculation; the ball was a failure due to the local clergy.","An incomplete letter concerning a professorship at Transylvania University. Asks him to write; offers him a job at Lexington; describes the college.","Describes problems with workers and the College.","Hopes a month at headquarters will improve her health; the Howe [?]) boy has been killed; has received tea from England. The letter is signed \"Aunt Lizzie\".","The letter is addressed \"To Lizzie\". Has been sewing; social news.","Relates war news. The letter is from \"Cousin\" in Richmond.","Glad she has not left Richmond; relates war news. The letter is signed \"Aunt Sarah\" [McIlvainez?].","Father says the College will stay in Williamsburg; drunken soldiers almost grabbed her arm; social news. The letter is signed \"Aunt Lizzie\".","Thanks her for the photograph; has had visitors; father has John Brown in ambrotype. The letter is signed \"Aunt Lizzie\".","Family news. The letter is signed \"Mamie\".","Received her letter; family news; had her photograph taken. The letter is signed \"Aunt Lizzie\".","Bessie left for Norfolk. The letter is signed by \"Mama\". [This is not from Julia Ewell. Probably from a member of the Hoge (?) family.]","Has been sick; has a new book; family news; Negroes are going to have a celebration; her dog was lost. The letter is signed \"Maymay\".","Misses Richmond; social news. The letter is signed: \"Bee\".","Sent her bundle to mother; Hattie sent a pickle knife and fork; wishes she would not get married; family news. Enclosure: A pencil drawing entitled \"Mary's new walking dress.\" The letter is signed \"Mamie\".","The letter is signed: \"Charlotte\". The author comments on her marriage; has been sick.","One letter signed: \"Aunt Lizzie\"","2 items. Both letters may have been authored by Harriet Brown Turner. \n[1865?] May 7 Letter: Uncle is a prisoner; Captain Turner is taking the Oath of Allegiance; mother was arrested; war news. \n[1865?] May 24 Letter: Mother is still under arrest; Captain Turner has arrived; family news; war news.","3 items. Unsigned.","Ben has been sick and died. Signed: \"Matilda\".","Sends a draft for $69; has sold or hidden goods to keep them from Yankees.","Tried to cross Confederate lines; suggests that Richard Ewell [?] leave for Bermuda where money will be provided.","This letter may be addressed to Thomas Ewell. Incomplete. The author urges him to go on with his research.","Has been visiting Bettie; had a bad time at Mrs. Temple's; may marry Mr. Temple.","Will use the money Ccousin William sent; Hattie Turner visited.","This letter may be authored by Richard Ewell Scott. The author describes his hotel and the soldiers.","12 items.","Series 2 includes papers from various sources","1 item. First draft of the article on the first battle of Winchester.","1 item. 8 pages. 23 cm.Printed pamphlet. Correspondence between Generals R. S. Ewell and G. T. Beauregard, to which are added extracts from a letter of Gen. Fitz Lee. Nashville, Tennessee, Wheeler, Osburn, and Duckworth.","This folder contains a rough draft of an address made before the city council of Williamsburg, Virginia.","This folder contains a single document: Power of attorney given by Charlotte Ewell to her brother, William Ewell, authorizing him to manage his property held by her as trustee.","Colonel Benjamin S. Ewell,  for the month of July 1860. (See Tucker Papers.)","1 item.","1 item.","SEE OVERSIZE FILE","The deed covers a portion of the Rock Smith Farm in Prince William County, Virginia.","The deed covers a tract of land called Stony Lonesome and woodland on the Rock Smith Farm in Prince William County, Virginia. The deed is not signed by Elizabeth S. Ewell.","1 item.","The letter asks the citizens of James City, York, and Warwick Counties for labor and implements for the construction of defenses on the peninsula.","1 item. Copy.","1 item.","Signed John Letcher.","Signed John Letcher.","The letter acknowledges his promotion to the rank of colonel in the Virginia Volunteers and gives a copy of an order to muster six companies of volunteers from James City and the adjoining counties and a list of companies mustered.","Signed James A. Sedden.","Certificate of appointment of Col. Benjamin S. Ewell, Col. Randolph Harrison, and Capt. R. A. Wise as examiners under an act to provide for the reorganization of the militia for Williamsburg and James City County. Signed Gilbert C. Walker.","Full title: Reminisces of General Magruder and events around Williamsburg, written by Benjamin S. Ewell for the Magruder-Ewell Camp of Confederate Veterans. Copy.","USMA Reunion booklet that includes Necrology with published version of \"Benjamin S. Ewell: A Tribute by E.J. Harvie.\" Pages 11-14.","This folder contains a single document: dDeed given by Elizabeth Ewell, widow of Thomas Ewell, et al., of Prince William County, to Alexander Spotswood Grigsby, covering two lots in Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia.","This folder contains a single document: dDraft of deed granting to Benjamin S. Ewell and William Stoddert her interest in a tract of land in Prince William County, Virginia.","A memorandum book of which only 19 pages of the 336 pages were written upon. The book contains data on the Ewell family, including several extracts of letters dating from the 18th and 19th centuries.","An greement of Elizabeth S. Ewell, R. S. Ewell, William Stoddert, and Benjamin S. Ewell to carry into effect the will of Rebecca Lowndes Ewell, that was declared invalid by the court","1 item. The article concerns Richard S. Ewell's part in the second capture of Winchester, with a note by H. S. Turner.","Includes a note by Campbell Brown dated November 6, 1873.","A poem written by Dr. H. M. Clarkson for the Ewell centennial celebration held at Manassas, Virginia, by the Ewell Camp of Confederate Veterans.","Plat of a tract of land in Prince William County, Virginia, surveyed for Dr. Thomas Ewell, 1821","Apothecary's scales used by Dr. Thomas Ewell, surgeon, in the War of 1812.","Copy of a notice in the National Intelligencer announcing the death of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell.","Copy.","This folder contains a single letter. The writer notes that this is an extract from a letter written by President James Madison, at Montpelier, to Mr.Edward Coles.","Broadside. Printed circular letter advertising as a summer resort, Belle-Air in Prince William County, Virginia, the old home of the Ewell family.","1 item. An essay on Williamsburg by Elizabeth L. Scott.","This folder contains 58 items. There are papers in English, Spanish, and Japanese, including a Japanese pencil sketch.","Letter from Marquess, W.H., Mexico, Missouri, to W. Stoddert.","Certified copy. Requesting the governor to procure exemption from military duty for employees of Eubanks and Co.,  \u0026 Co., cotton and wool carders.","This folder contains genealogical information, including some from the Historical Society of York County, York, Pennsylvania.","31\" x 36\" Plat of Ewell property showing \"Old line Bowden, Ewell.\"","Series 4 contains the Ewell Family Bible, published by Williams and Whiting in 1810, and signed by Thomas Ewell. Family records are in the center of the Bible. The first entry is the birth of Thomas Ewell in 1784 and the last entry is from 1918.","Ewell Family Bible, published by Williams and Whiting in 1810, which is signed by Thomas Ewell. Family records are in the center of the Bible, first entry is the birth of Thomas Ewell in 1784 and last entry is 1918. Contains newspaper obituaries.  A few loose notes about births and deaths.","Scrapbook of mostly newspaper clippings from mid to late 1800's. Page 15 has an article, \"A Yankee's description of Williamsburg.\" Page 66 has a clipping, \"The Old Garden\" by Elizabeth J. Galt. Page 155 has an article about lightning striking the home of Beverly S. Scott, son-in-law of Benjamin Ewell. Some handwritten poems and many poems in the newspaper clippings. Ewell Family Bible, signed by Thomas Ewell. 1810, published by Williams and Whiting. Family records are in the center of the Bible, first entry is the birth of Thomas Ewell in 1784 and last entry is 1918. Contains newspaper obituaries. A few loose notes about births and deaths.","Series 6 is the diploma of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell from the United States Military Academy at West Point. (Acc. No. 2011.020)"],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe following letters and papers were originally included in the Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Papers, but have been removed:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetter from 'V. Jefferson Davis' (Varina Davis) at Beauvoir House, Beauvoir, Mississippi, to Benjamin S. Ewell at Williamsburg, Virginia. 1890 January 25. This letter acknowledges receipt of the resolutions passed by the citizens of Williamsburg and James City County on the death of Jefferson Davis. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Three generations of the McGavock family lived in Wythe County, Va. The immigrant was James McGavock (1728-1812) who came from Scotland. His son was James McGavock (1764-1838) and his grandsons were James McGavock (1804- 1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880) who was president of the Farmer's Bank of Virginia at Wytheville.","Papers (including correspondence, legal documents, and accounts) of James McGavock (1728-1812), his son James McGavock (1764-1838) and his grandsons James McGavock (1804-1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880). Many of the papers concern lead mines at Fort Chiswell, Va, slavery, agriculture, aspects of the Revolutionary War, and other.  Included are a list of parish levies before 1776; receipts for supplies issued at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Va. and at Fort Patrick Henry, Tenn. for an expedition, 1776-1777, against the Cherokees; and county tax and fee bills for Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, Washington and Wythe counties, Va. The collection includes genealogical information on the McGavock and Boyd families and letters written by members of the Cloyd family and by John Williamson McGavock while attending the University of Virginia.","Letter from John Shaw to Joseph Sheels. This letter is on the same sheet as a receipt signe by Joseph Sheels.","A receipt signed by Joseph Sheels for articles received of James McGavock, on same sheet as the letter to John Shaw.","Circular letter to the Surveyors of the Revenue, Mutilated.","Postmarked Nashville","Mutilated.","Mutilated","Post-marked Richmond, forwarded to Christiansburg, VA","Incomplete","? at Fort Chiswell to [Wythe County], to ?. Incomplete","James Graham, Wythe County to ?","Robert Montgomery, at Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana to James McGavock","James F. Perry, at Oak Grove, Chocolate Bayou [Louisiana], to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA. 2 Copies","Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell, at Philadelphia, to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe VA","Harold Smyth, at Wythe Courthouse, to James McGavock, Wythe County VA","[James McGavock] to Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell at Philadelphia. Rough copy, incomplete.","James St. Clair to James McGavock","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock Sr., Wythe Courthouse, VA","Ferguson, Jones, and Co., at Philadelphia to James McGavock at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock, Wythe Court House, VA","Lysander McGavock to his uncle james McGavock Sr. at Fort Chiswell, VA","John Hanger at Richmond, to Joseph McGavock, Wythe County VA","William Hill to James McGavock Sr., Fort Chissell (Chiswell) VA","Peter Fulkerson Sr. Lee County VA to ?","Joseph Haller, Wythe Court House to Col. Joseph Kent, Joseph Crockett and James McGavock, Wythe County VA","John Kesten and Nancy Kesten, Johnson County Iowa, to [?]","Adams [Adam?] Sanders to [?]. Mutilated","E.N. Sprinkle to S[tephen] McGavock","J.P. Matthews at Wythe [County] to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","J.W. Truslow at Wythevill to Stephen McGavock Wythe County VA","William B. Mason and Co at Giles Court House to ? McGavock at Wytheville, VA","T.J. Morrison at Seven Mile Ford [Smyth County] to Stephen McGavock at Wytheville, VA","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","T.J. Morrison at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe County VA","L. Click and H.D. Roe at Kingsport TN to S[tephen] McGavock. Mutilated.","Hamilton Sagers, at Drapers Valley [Wythe County] to Stephen McGavock, Wythe County VA","Hallers [?] to Stephen McGavock","John Morrison at Wytheville to S[tephen] McGavock","David F. Kent at Springfield to Stephen McGavock, Ft. Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe [County] VA","John Morrison at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","D. McG[avock] at Harpers Ferry (Jefferson County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","James A McNutt, at Marion (Smyth County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","J. Brown Jr. at Richmond to Stephen McGavock President of the office of the Farmers Bank of Virginia at Wytheville.","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond to S[tephen] McGavock","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond, to S[tephen] McGavock","Alfred King, per Thomas H. Lambeth, at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","James M. Bland, at Greensboro to Stephen McGavock","F.H. Mays at Fincastle (Botetourt County) to S[tephen] McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock Fort Chiswell","Francis Bell, at Back Creek, to Stephen McGavock","Thomas J. Boyd, at Wythevillem, to Capt. Charles W. Venable, Commissary C.S.A. at Wythevillem, VA. On back of sheet is a note tothe agents of the Assistant Commissary's Office at Wytheville, signed by C.W. Venable 15 November 1864","J.N. Goodwin, General Superintendant of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","D. Graham at Cedar Run, VA to E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville VA","A.M. Kasey to [?] McGavock","Cynthia M.G. Houston, at Natural Bridge (Rockbridge County), to her cousin Stephen [McGavock]","A. Thomas at Holston Mills to S[tephen] McGavock","J.R. Crockett at Max Meadow, to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock.","J.H. Martin at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","R.E. Withers at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock, at Max Meadow, Wythe County, VA","Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lee at Lynchburg to Messrs. and Miss McGavock. Declining an invitation.","John M. Hall to Cloid [Cloyd] McGavock","John H. Gibboney at Wytheville, to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock, at the University of Virginia to his uncle [?]","J.F. Kent at Bellfield Mills, to his cousin Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock","D.C. Kent at Dublin (Pulaski County) to his cousin Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock at the University of Virginia to his uncle Stephen McGavock","Joseph Cloyd, near Dublin (Pulaski county) to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William Gibboney at Wytheville to J.F. Slaughter at Lynchburg, VA introducing Stephen McGavock.","William Gibboney at Wytheville, VA to S.B. Smith, Richmond introducing Stephen McGavock","Crockett and Blair at Wytheville, Wythe County, to Stephen McGavock","J.W. Hagar to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Joseph F. Kent at Bellfield Mills to Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville, VA to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","W.B. Byars at Glade Spring (Washington County) to [?]","W.A. Smyth at Montgomery to [?]","John W. Robinson at Graham's Ford to Stephen McGavock at Ft. Chiswell VA","Noel and Brown at Wytheville, VA to Stephen McGavock","William Matthews at Dublin [Pulaski County VA] to [?]","A.E. Parker at Wytheville to McGavock and Brother at Fort Chiswell.","Mathew Aiken at Croftsville, Tazwell County, VA to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William B. Byars at Glad Spring [Washington County VA] to Stephen McGavock","J.M. Crockett at Philadelphia to Stephen McGavock","J.F. Kent at Kent's Mill, VA to Stephen [McGavock]","John R. Richardson, at Morristown, TN to Stephen McGavock at Max Meadows, Wythe County, VA","A.N. Chiffin to T. Wood","T[?] P. Clap to [?]","Lynch A Currin to S[tephen] McGavock","P. Gaines to James McGavock","Phillip Gaines to James McGavock Jr.","Hugh Graham to [?]","Kate Haller to Mr. [?] McGavock","P[?] P[?] Hanson at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","William Hill to Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to [?] McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Margaret Mathews to her brother [?]","D. McGavock to his cousin Stephen McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County VA","Peter Mulholland to Stephen McGavock","Thomas Quirk to Col. W. Crockett","Waller R. Staples at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","A. Tompkins to S[tephen] McGavock","Sarah [?] to her uncle [?]","One unidentified letter","McGavock (?). 59 Pieces including a small book containing an Index to accounts.","1 Piece","3 Pieces","1 Piece","10 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","1 Piece","Piece","1 Piece","40 Pieces","3 Pieces","1 Piece","1 Piece","1 Piece","1 Piece","5 Pieces","1 Piece","2 Pieces","1 Piece","Receipt for guns issued for the expedition against the Cherokee 1780. 1 Piece Discharge of Thomas Welch, 1776, 1 Piece","Collector of the poor rates 1796.  1 Piece","Tax levies and clerk's fees 1760-1793. 15 Pieces Other invoices and receipts 1761-1811. 77 Pieces","Scope and Contents","A 1779 Manuscript Volume containing the following: parish levies, receipts from supplies issued to public stores for use during the expedition against the Cherokee, 1776. receipts for supplies for troops at Fort Patrick Henry, 1776-1777; and a manuscript arithmetic. 250 Pages, 8\"x7\" See also folders 5 and 10.","Receipts and certificates of service issued by James McGavock, Ensign, Wythe County Militia. 1791-1792. 25 Pieces","Lead mines in Wythe County, 1810-1833. 53 Pieces including 9 Letters Saltpeter receipts 1814-1815.  33 Pieces including 5 Letters","Tax levies and Clerk's fees 1800-1836. 66 Pieces Other Invoices and receipts. 1791-1836. 86 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees 1838-1866.  29 Pieces Accounts, receipts, and memoranda 1834-1848.  22 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees, 1831-1837.  12 Pieces Other invoices and receipts, 1820-1839.  57 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees, 1847-1851.  6 Pieces","Accounts, Receipts, and Memoranda of Stephen McGavock, executor of the Estate of James McGavock and guardian of Mary, Jane, and Sarah McGavock","Letters from Agnes L. McGavock, aferwards Agnes L. Richardson, widow of James McGavock to his executor Stephen McGavock concerning certain matters regarding the estate.  7 Pieces","Letter from Andrew S. Fulton, at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell [Wythe] concerning dower rights. 1 Piece","Letters from John R. Richardson, at Cedar Hill to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe, VA, concerning arbitration of the estate. 2 Pieces.","Statement of lead delivered by the County Lieutenants. 1 Piece","60 Pieces","164 Pieces","20 Pieces","26 Pieces","28 Pieces","35 Pieces","1 Piece","8 Pieces","13 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","8 Pieces","1 Piece","3 Pieces","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces. This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","2 PIeces","24 Pieces","Accounts of Stephen, Cloyd, William, Cynthia, Polly, and Betsey McGavock. 1 Piece","7 Pieces","Includes a statement of he cause of deathe of William McGavock as wel as a memorandum book (small but not a volume). 17 Pieces total.","2 Pieces","Includes one memorandum book. 116 Pieces","179 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerks, 19 pieces.","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 3 Pieces","Fee bills of the county Clerks and Tax bills, 240 Pieces","1 Piece","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 4 Pieces","Fee bills of the clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff, and tax bills. 50 Pieces","9 Pieces","9 Pieces","John Allison. Survey of a tract of land sold to C.C. Tate. 3 Pieces","Scope and Contents","Papers relating to a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia, called \"Anchor and Hope\". 7 Pieces","copy of a survey of a portion of a Revolutionary land grant made to Moses Austin, Wythe County, Virginia (1795); and a legal opinion of David McComas (1833) concerning the claim of David Graham to a portion of the land included in the grant. 2 Pieces","Letter of Stephen and Moses Austin and Samuel Paine to Beverley Randolf, Governor of Virginia. Copy of a bond for the repayment of 20 tonnes of lead. 1 Piece","Letter of Henry Banks to William Whitcroft. Copy of the court record of a deed to a tract of land in Montgomery County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land in Wythe county, Virginia to Mary Graham and William Graham. 1 Piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","David Carnut, assignee of Colin Campbell, assignee of John Lathem. Copy of the record of a Revolutionary land claim in Montgomery County. David Carnute, assignee of James newell, assignee of robert Love. Copy of the record of a revolutionary land claim. Both are on one sheet.","John Carter to Joseph Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","Carter, Crockett, and Thomas Herbert to Robert and Walter Colquohoun. Bond. 1 Piece","Will of Alexander N. Chaffin, of Wythe County, VA. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring, to Costilo Hill. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring to Isaac Sulander. 1 Piece","Agreement of the sale of a tract of land in Monk's Corner, to Conrad Keesling. 1 piece","Papers relating to the division of Abram Crockett's lands in Williamson County, Tennessee. 3 Pieces","Survey and description of James Crockett's Mountain orchard. 1 Piece","Power of attorney authorizing Alexander Ewing to transfer to David McGavock a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 piece","power of attorney authorizing randal McGavock to sell a tract of land in Sumner County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","James Crockett to James R. Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","James Crockett and Robert Sayers to William Galt.  Bond.  1 Piece.","Survey of a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Quirk. Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Robert Dougherty, executor of Michael Dougherty to David McGavock.  Power of attorney authorizing the conveyance of certain tracts of land to David Love, John Craiger and William Chistle, assignee of John Bentley.  1 Piece.  Mutilated","Survey and plats of a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","Suit","Agreement of Samuel Graham and Nathaniel Crockett and othersconcerning the settling of the estate of Robert Graham. 3 Pieces","Henry Hufford to James E. Brown. Trust deed covering a tract of land in Preston County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Suit in washington [County] District Court. 2 pieces","Suit in Botetourt County.  2 Pieces","Two surveys made for David Love.  1 piece","Bond","Bond. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Statement made in Caswell County, North Carolina, in regards to the unaauthorized sale of his property.  1 Piece","Suit","Suit in Grayson County, Virginia. David McGavock vs. Stephen Saunders, administrator of James Ewing. 1 Piece","Deed to a tract of land i Wythe County, Virginia, sold by Samuel Crockett and wife to Ephraim, Stephen, and Joseph C. McGavock. Not Signed. 1 Piece","Assignment of a tract of land. 1 piece","Receipt for payment made by James McGavock for the purchase of William Gillaspe's land. 1 piece.","Bond given to James McGavock to insure compliance with his agreement for the delivery of Aluminum Salt at Fort Chiswell. 1 Piece","Bond for the performance of his duties as undersheriff. 1 Piece","Settlement proposed by the arbitrators to be made by James McGavock with Samuel and Elizabeth McDowell, administrators of James McDowell.  2 Pieces","Suit in Augusta County.  1 Piece","Papers concerning lands conveyed to James McGavock by military and treasury warrants. 2 Pieces","Bond given to James McGavock to secure a debt and to secure the payment of interest due on a tract of land sold to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Memorandum of an agreement concerning the division of the Sheriff's duties and renumeration in Botetourt County.  Bond given by James McGavock as Sheriff, and bond given by Francis Smith and William preston to James McGavock.  3 Pieces.","Bond given by James McGavock as collector of the parish levy, Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond given by john floyd and James Thompson to James McGavock for collection of a parish levy. 1 piece","Transfer of a certificate for a tract of land in Williamson County, Tennessee.  1 Piece","James Crockett to James McGavock. Trust deed covering three tracts of land in Wythe County, VA, including the mountain or orchard tract and a portion of Purgatory Tract","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Leases granted by James McGavock to Zaceriah Hurt. 2 pieces","Zaceriah Hurt to James Ward, trustee for James McGavock. Chattel mortgage. 2 pieces","Attachment upon Zaceriah Hurt in favor of James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit, 1 Piece","Copy of a deed to a tract of land in Wythe county. 1 Piece","Bills of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 8 Pieces","Bills of sale of negroes.  2 Pieces","Survey of a division line between the lands of the heirs of James McGavock Sr., and the heirs of James McGavock Jr. 1 Piece","A memorandum of stray cattle taken by James McGavock at Fort Chiswell. 1 piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Plat, description and receipt of payment for certain tracts of land sold by Samuel Graham to James McGavock. 3 Pieces","Assignment of a tract of land.  1 Piece","Trust deed covering two tracts of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Articles of agreement and bond for the sale by James Mcgavock to David and James Magill, of a plantation in Rockbridge County, VA.  5 Pieces","Referees' decision in a dispute with James McGavock. 1 Piece","Surveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by Joseph Ramsey to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond to insure delivery of the indenture of John Myers, an indentured servant sold to James McGavock by Samuel Smith and others. 1 piece","Trust deed covering certain real estate in Stephensburg and a memorandum concerning the property. 2 Pieces","Bill of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 4 pieces","Memorandum of an agreement for farm work to be done by Adams.  1 Piece","Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Lease granted to Alexander Fisher. Mutilated. 1 Piece","Agreement concerning the sale to Stephen McGavock of an interest in a plantation. 1 Piece","Receipt for money paid for a tract of land. 1 Piece","Bond to insure delivery of a good title to a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, sold to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 1 Piece","Agreement to give possession of a certain plantation to Stephen and Joseph Cloyd McGavock. 1 Piece.","Receipt for money paid for a tract of land.  1 Piece","George Archer, 1852, 1 piece Harrison Archer, 1867, 1 Piece William D. Archer, 1867-72, 3 Pieces John Maybe, 1866, 1 Piece George A. Shoemaker, 1866, 1 Piece P.C. Taylor, 1866, 1 Piece Pleasant C. Taylor, 1866, 1 piece","Farm labor agreements of Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 3 pieces","Survey of 40 acres of land conveyed to an unnamed person. 1 Piece","Comission of John T. Sayers and Francis J. Carter to receive the acknowledgement of Daniel Miller's wife of his deed to James Crockett, conveying a tract of land in Wythe County, VA. 1 piece","Survey of a tract of land belonging to R. Montgomery.  1 piece","Surveys of tracts of land made for William Montgomery, Josiah Ramsey, and Abner Bledsoe.  1 Piece","Survey of a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, conveyed by Robert Norris to Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece","Deed to a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Survey of land deeded to James and Andrew Crockett. 1 Piece","Surveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by james Thompson, agent for R. Price. 1 piece","Court orders regarding public roads. 2 Pieces","Memorandum of two tracts of land in Wythe Couny, VA, surveyed for Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece","Legal opinion on the proper procedure in a sale of land by [?] McGavock to [?] Sawyers.  1 piece","Suits against Abraham Reynolds for debt.  Wythe County, VA.  19 pieces","Transfer if a lease on a tract of land called Crocketts Forge, in Wythe County. 1 piece","Suit in Wythe County.  1 piece","Surveys and plats of land in Burk's Garden, Tazwell County, VA, belonging to Colonel Robert Sayers.  4 Pieces","Suit in Wythe County, 1 piece","Description of a tract of land in Montgomery County, surveyed for David Sloan. 1 Piece","Bill of sale of a negro boy. 1 Piece","Suit for debt. 1 Piece","Agreement with Patrick Henry, Walter Crockett, James McCorkle, Thomas Madison, and James McGavock; concerning the mining of iron. 1 Piece","Suit in Wythe County.  1 Piece","Agreement for the erection of a grist mill.  1 Piece","Copy of a warrant for Richard Woods. Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Revolutionary land warrants of James McGavock, David McGavock, Alexander Smyth, John Latham, George Brook, James Crockett, John Creger, David Sloan, Hiram Craig, John Belshen, William King, Godfrey Messersmith, and John Herkerader. 4 pieces.","Andrew Neely vs. John Drake and William Neely George Hancock vs. Andrew Neely One One sheet","William Hay vs. Joseph Barneville and Philip Buttonstone (1794) William Hay vs. David McGavock (1796) One one sheet","17 Pieces","1 Piece","A printed list of guests at Chapman Springs. 1 Piece","4 Pieces","6 pieces","Forms for the use of tax collectors. 5 Pieces","A tax form used by the Confederate States of America.  1 Piece","Tax assesor's form for the United States Internal Revenue Service. 1 Piece","Pedigree and description of Manassas, a thoroughbred horse. 1 Piece","Printed Circular letter announcing a commercial convention to be held in Norfolk to improve the means of communication with the Interior, the West, Nortgwest, Southwest, and North Carolina; and establish direct trade with Europe.  1 Piece","Certificate of membership in the union Agricultural Society of Virginia and North Carolina. 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Many of the papers concern lead mines at Fort Chiswell, Va, slavery, agriculture, aspects of the Revolutionary War, and other.  Included are a list of parish levies before 1776; receipts for supplies issued at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Va. and at Fort Patrick Henry, Tenn. for an expedition, 1776-1777, against the Cherokees; and county tax and fee bills for Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, Washington and Wythe counties, Va. The collection includes genealogical information on the McGavock and Boyd families and letters written by members of the Cloyd family and by John Williamson McGavock while attending the University of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Shaw to Joseph Sheels. 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Chiffin to T. Wood\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT[?] P. Clap to [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLynch A Currin to S[tephen] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP. Gaines to James McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhillip Gaines to James McGavock Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHugh Graham to [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKate Haller to Mr. [?] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP[?] P[?] Hanson at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hill to Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eV.C. Huff to [?] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eV.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Mathews to her brother [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD. McGavock to his cousin Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[phraim] McGavock to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeter Mulholland to Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Quirk to Col. W. 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Copy of the court record of a deed to a tract of land in Montgomery County, Virginia. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement for the sale of a tract of land in Wythe county, Virginia to Mary Graham and William Graham. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Wythe County. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavid Carnut, assignee of Colin Campbell, assignee of John Lathem. Copy of the record of a Revolutionary land claim in Montgomery County. David Carnute, assignee of James newell, assignee of robert Love. Copy of the record of a revolutionary land claim. Both are on one sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Carter to Joseph Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarter, Crockett, and Thomas Herbert to Robert and Walter Colquohoun. Bond. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill of Alexander N. 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grandsons James McGavock (1804-1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880). Many of the papers concern lead mines at Fort Chiswell, Va, slavery, agriculture, aspects of the Revolutionary War, and other.  Included are a list of parish levies before 1776; receipts for supplies issued at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Va. and at Fort Patrick Henry, Tenn. for an expedition, 1776-1777, against the Cherokees; and county tax and fee bills for Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, Washington and Wythe counties, Va. The collection includes genealogical information on the McGavock and Boyd families and letters written by members of the Cloyd family and by John Williamson McGavock while attending the University of Virginia.","Letter from John Shaw to Joseph Sheels. This letter is on the same sheet as a receipt signe by Joseph Sheels.","A receipt signed by Joseph Sheels for articles received of James McGavock, on same sheet as the letter to John Shaw.","Circular letter to the Surveyors of the Revenue, Mutilated.","Postmarked Nashville","Mutilated.","Mutilated","Post-marked Richmond, forwarded to Christiansburg, VA","Incomplete","? at Fort Chiswell to [Wythe County], to ?. Incomplete","James Graham, Wythe County to ?","Robert Montgomery, at Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana to James McGavock","James F. Perry, at Oak Grove, Chocolate Bayou [Louisiana], to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA. 2 Copies","Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell, at Philadelphia, to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe VA","Harold Smyth, at Wythe Courthouse, to James McGavock, Wythe County VA","[James McGavock] to Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell at Philadelphia. Rough copy, incomplete.","James St. Clair to James McGavock","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock Sr., Wythe Courthouse, VA","Ferguson, Jones, and Co., at Philadelphia to James McGavock at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock, Wythe Court House, VA","Lysander McGavock to his uncle james McGavock Sr. at Fort Chiswell, VA","John Hanger at Richmond, to Joseph McGavock, Wythe County VA","William Hill to James McGavock Sr., Fort Chissell (Chiswell) VA","Peter Fulkerson Sr. Lee County VA to ?","Joseph Haller, Wythe Court House to Col. Joseph Kent, Joseph Crockett and James McGavock, Wythe County VA","John Kesten and Nancy Kesten, Johnson County Iowa, to [?]","Adams [Adam?] Sanders to [?]. Mutilated","E.N. Sprinkle to S[tephen] McGavock","J.P. Matthews at Wythe [County] to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","J.W. Truslow at Wythevill to Stephen McGavock Wythe County VA","William B. Mason and Co at Giles Court House to ? McGavock at Wytheville, VA","T.J. Morrison at Seven Mile Ford [Smyth County] to Stephen McGavock at Wytheville, VA","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","T.J. Morrison at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe County VA","L. Click and H.D. Roe at Kingsport TN to S[tephen] McGavock. Mutilated.","Hamilton Sagers, at Drapers Valley [Wythe County] to Stephen McGavock, Wythe County VA","Hallers [?] to Stephen McGavock","John Morrison at Wytheville to S[tephen] McGavock","David F. Kent at Springfield to Stephen McGavock, Ft. Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe [County] VA","John Morrison at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","D. McG[avock] at Harpers Ferry (Jefferson County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","James A McNutt, at Marion (Smyth County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","J. Brown Jr. at Richmond to Stephen McGavock President of the office of the Farmers Bank of Virginia at Wytheville.","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond to S[tephen] McGavock","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond, to S[tephen] McGavock","Alfred King, per Thomas H. Lambeth, at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","James M. Bland, at Greensboro to Stephen McGavock","F.H. Mays at Fincastle (Botetourt County) to S[tephen] McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock Fort Chiswell","Francis Bell, at Back Creek, to Stephen McGavock","Thomas J. Boyd, at Wythevillem, to Capt. Charles W. Venable, Commissary C.S.A. at Wythevillem, VA. On back of sheet is a note tothe agents of the Assistant Commissary's Office at Wytheville, signed by C.W. Venable 15 November 1864","J.N. Goodwin, General Superintendant of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","D. Graham at Cedar Run, VA to E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville VA","A.M. Kasey to [?] McGavock","Cynthia M.G. Houston, at Natural Bridge (Rockbridge County), to her cousin Stephen [McGavock]","A. Thomas at Holston Mills to S[tephen] McGavock","J.R. Crockett at Max Meadow, to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock.","J.H. Martin at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","R.E. Withers at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock, at Max Meadow, Wythe County, VA","Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lee at Lynchburg to Messrs. and Miss McGavock. Declining an invitation.","John M. Hall to Cloid [Cloyd] McGavock","John H. Gibboney at Wytheville, to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock, at the University of Virginia to his uncle [?]","J.F. Kent at Bellfield Mills, to his cousin Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock","D.C. Kent at Dublin (Pulaski County) to his cousin Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock at the University of Virginia to his uncle Stephen McGavock","Joseph Cloyd, near Dublin (Pulaski county) to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William Gibboney at Wytheville to J.F. Slaughter at Lynchburg, VA introducing Stephen McGavock.","William Gibboney at Wytheville, VA to S.B. Smith, Richmond introducing Stephen McGavock","Crockett and Blair at Wytheville, Wythe County, to Stephen McGavock","J.W. Hagar to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Joseph F. Kent at Bellfield Mills to Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville, VA to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","W.B. Byars at Glade Spring (Washington County) to [?]","W.A. Smyth at Montgomery to [?]","John W. Robinson at Graham's Ford to Stephen McGavock at Ft. Chiswell VA","Noel and Brown at Wytheville, VA to Stephen McGavock","William Matthews at Dublin [Pulaski County VA] to [?]","A.E. Parker at Wytheville to McGavock and Brother at Fort Chiswell.","Mathew Aiken at Croftsville, Tazwell County, VA to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William B. Byars at Glad Spring [Washington County VA] to Stephen McGavock","J.M. Crockett at Philadelphia to Stephen McGavock","J.F. Kent at Kent's Mill, VA to Stephen [McGavock]","John R. Richardson, at Morristown, TN to Stephen McGavock at Max Meadows, Wythe County, VA","A.N. Chiffin to T. Wood","T[?] P. Clap to [?]","Lynch A Currin to S[tephen] McGavock","P. Gaines to James McGavock","Phillip Gaines to James McGavock Jr.","Hugh Graham to [?]","Kate Haller to Mr. [?] McGavock","P[?] P[?] Hanson at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","William Hill to Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to [?] McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Margaret Mathews to her brother [?]","D. 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McGavock, aferwards Agnes L. Richardson, widow of James McGavock to his executor Stephen McGavock concerning certain matters regarding the estate.  7 Pieces","Letter from Andrew S. Fulton, at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell [Wythe] concerning dower rights. 1 Piece","Letters from John R. Richardson, at Cedar Hill to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe, VA, concerning arbitration of the estate. 2 Pieces.","Statement of lead delivered by the County Lieutenants. 1 Piece","60 Pieces","164 Pieces","20 Pieces","26 Pieces","28 Pieces","35 Pieces","1 Piece","8 Pieces","13 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","8 Pieces","1 Piece","3 Pieces","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces. This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","2 PIeces","24 Pieces","Accounts of Stephen, Cloyd, William, Cynthia, Polly, and Betsey McGavock. 1 Piece","7 Pieces","Includes a statement of he cause of deathe of William McGavock as wel as a memorandum book (small but not a volume). 17 Pieces total.","2 Pieces","Includes one memorandum book. 116 Pieces","179 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerks, 19 pieces.","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 3 Pieces","Fee bills of the county Clerks and Tax bills, 240 Pieces","1 Piece","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 4 Pieces","Fee bills of the clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff, and tax bills. 50 Pieces","9 Pieces","9 Pieces","John Allison. Survey of a tract of land sold to C.C. Tate. 3 Pieces","Scope and Contents","Papers relating to a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia, called \"Anchor and Hope\". 7 Pieces","copy of a survey of a portion of a Revolutionary land grant made to Moses Austin, Wythe County, Virginia (1795); and a legal opinion of David McComas (1833) concerning the claim of David Graham to a portion of the land included in the grant. 2 Pieces","Letter of Stephen and Moses Austin and Samuel Paine to Beverley Randolf, Governor of Virginia. Copy of a bond for the repayment of 20 tonnes of lead. 1 Piece","Letter of Henry Banks to William Whitcroft. Copy of the court record of a deed to a tract of land in Montgomery County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land in Wythe county, Virginia to Mary Graham and William Graham. 1 Piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","David Carnut, assignee of Colin Campbell, assignee of John Lathem. Copy of the record of a Revolutionary land claim in Montgomery County. David Carnute, assignee of James newell, assignee of robert Love. Copy of the record of a revolutionary land claim. Both are on one sheet.","John Carter to Joseph Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","Carter, Crockett, and Thomas Herbert to Robert and Walter Colquohoun. Bond. 1 Piece","Will of Alexander N. Chaffin, of Wythe County, VA. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring, to Costilo Hill. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring to Isaac Sulander. 1 Piece","Agreement of the sale of a tract of land in Monk's Corner, to Conrad Keesling. 1 piece","Papers relating to the division of Abram Crockett's lands in Williamson County, Tennessee. 3 Pieces","Survey and description of James Crockett's Mountain orchard. 1 Piece","Power of attorney authorizing Alexander Ewing to transfer to David McGavock a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 piece","power of attorney authorizing randal McGavock to sell a tract of land in Sumner County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","James Crockett to James R. Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","James Crockett and Robert Sayers to William Galt.  Bond.  1 Piece.","Survey of a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Quirk. Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Robert Dougherty, executor of Michael Dougherty to David McGavock.  Power of attorney authorizing the conveyance of certain tracts of land to David Love, John Craiger and William Chistle, assignee of John Bentley.  1 Piece.  Mutilated","Survey and plats of a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","Suit","Agreement of Samuel Graham and Nathaniel Crockett and othersconcerning the settling of the estate of Robert Graham. 3 Pieces","Henry Hufford to James E. Brown. Trust deed covering a tract of land in Preston County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Suit in washington [County] District Court. 2 pieces","Suit in Botetourt County.  2 Pieces","Two surveys made for David Love.  1 piece","Bond","Bond. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Statement made in Caswell County, North Carolina, in regards to the unaauthorized sale of his property.  1 Piece","Suit","Suit in Grayson County, Virginia. David McGavock vs. Stephen Saunders, administrator of James Ewing. 1 Piece","Deed to a tract of land i Wythe County, Virginia, sold by Samuel Crockett and wife to Ephraim, Stephen, and Joseph C. McGavock. Not Signed. 1 Piece","Assignment of a tract of land. 1 piece","Receipt for payment made by James McGavock for the purchase of William Gillaspe's land. 1 piece.","Bond given to James McGavock to insure compliance with his agreement for the delivery of Aluminum Salt at Fort Chiswell. 1 Piece","Bond for the performance of his duties as undersheriff. 1 Piece","Settlement proposed by the arbitrators to be made by James McGavock with Samuel and Elizabeth McDowell, administrators of James McDowell.  2 Pieces","Suit in Augusta County.  1 Piece","Papers concerning lands conveyed to James McGavock by military and treasury warrants. 2 Pieces","Bond given to James McGavock to secure a debt and to secure the payment of interest due on a tract of land sold to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Memorandum of an agreement concerning the division of the Sheriff's duties and renumeration in Botetourt County.  Bond given by James McGavock as Sheriff, and bond given by Francis Smith and William preston to James McGavock.  3 Pieces.","Bond given by James McGavock as collector of the parish levy, Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond given by john floyd and James Thompson to James McGavock for collection of a parish levy. 1 piece","Transfer of a certificate for a tract of land in Williamson County, Tennessee.  1 Piece","James Crockett to James McGavock. Trust deed covering three tracts of land in Wythe County, VA, including the mountain or orchard tract and a portion of Purgatory Tract","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Leases granted by James McGavock to Zaceriah Hurt. 2 pieces","Zaceriah Hurt to James Ward, trustee for James McGavock. Chattel mortgage. 2 pieces","Attachment upon Zaceriah Hurt in favor of James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit, 1 Piece","Copy of a deed to a tract of land in Wythe county. 1 Piece","Bills of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 8 Pieces","Bills of sale of negroes.  2 Pieces","Survey of a division line between the lands of the heirs of James McGavock Sr., and the heirs of James McGavock Jr. 1 Piece","A memorandum of stray cattle taken by James McGavock at Fort Chiswell. 1 piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Plat, description and receipt of payment for certain tracts of land sold by Samuel Graham to James McGavock. 3 Pieces","Assignment of a tract of land.  1 Piece","Trust deed covering two tracts of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Articles of agreement and bond for the sale by James Mcgavock to David and James Magill, of a plantation in Rockbridge County, VA.  5 Pieces","Referees' decision in a dispute with James McGavock. 1 Piece","Surveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by Joseph Ramsey to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond to insure delivery of the indenture of John Myers, an indentured servant sold to James McGavock by Samuel Smith and others. 1 piece","Trust deed covering certain real estate in Stephensburg and a memorandum concerning the property. 2 Pieces","Bill of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 4 pieces","Memorandum of an agreement for farm work to be done by Adams.  1 Piece","Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Lease granted to Alexander Fisher. Mutilated. 1 Piece","Agreement concerning the sale to Stephen McGavock of an interest in a plantation. 1 Piece","Receipt for money paid for a tract of land. 1 Piece","Bond to insure delivery of a good title to a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, sold to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 1 Piece","Agreement to give possession of a certain plantation to Stephen and Joseph Cloyd McGavock. 1 Piece.","Receipt for money paid for a tract of land.  1 Piece","George Archer, 1852, 1 piece Harrison Archer, 1867, 1 Piece William D. Archer, 1867-72, 3 Pieces John Maybe, 1866, 1 Piece George A. Shoemaker, 1866, 1 Piece P.C. Taylor, 1866, 1 Piece Pleasant C. Taylor, 1866, 1 piece","Farm labor agreements of Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 3 pieces","Survey of 40 acres of land conveyed to an unnamed person. 1 Piece","Comission of John T. Sayers and Francis J. Carter to receive the acknowledgement of Daniel Miller's wife of his deed to James Crockett, conveying a tract of land in Wythe County, VA. 1 piece","Survey of a tract of land belonging to R. Montgomery.  1 piece","Surveys of tracts of land made for William Montgomery, Josiah Ramsey, and Abner Bledsoe.  1 Piece","Survey of a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, conveyed by Robert Norris to Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece","Deed to a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Survey of land deeded to James and Andrew Crockett. 1 Piece","Surveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by james Thompson, agent for R. Price. 1 piece","Court orders regarding public roads. 2 Pieces","Memorandum of two tracts of land in Wythe Couny, VA, surveyed for Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece","Legal opinion on the proper procedure in a sale of land by [?] McGavock to [?] Sawyers.  1 piece","Suits against Abraham Reynolds for debt.  Wythe County, VA.  19 pieces","Transfer if a lease on a tract of land called Crocketts Forge, in Wythe County. 1 piece","Suit in Wythe County.  1 piece","Surveys and plats of land in Burk's Garden, Tazwell County, VA, belonging to Colonel Robert Sayers.  4 Pieces","Suit in Wythe County, 1 piece","Description of a tract of land in Montgomery County, surveyed for David Sloan. 1 Piece","Bill of sale of a negro boy. 1 Piece","Suit for debt. 1 Piece","Agreement with Patrick Henry, Walter Crockett, James McCorkle, Thomas Madison, and James McGavock; concerning the mining of iron. 1 Piece","Suit in Wythe County.  1 Piece","Agreement for the erection of a grist mill.  1 Piece","Copy of a warrant for Richard Woods. Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Revolutionary land warrants of James McGavock, David McGavock, Alexander Smyth, John Latham, George Brook, James Crockett, John Creger, David Sloan, Hiram Craig, John Belshen, William King, Godfrey Messersmith, and John Herkerader. 4 pieces.","Andrew Neely vs. John Drake and William Neely George Hancock vs. Andrew Neely One One sheet","William Hay vs. Joseph Barneville and Philip Buttonstone (1794) William Hay vs. David McGavock (1796) One one sheet","17 Pieces","1 Piece","A printed list of guests at Chapman Springs. 1 Piece","4 Pieces","6 pieces","Forms for the use of tax collectors. 5 Pieces","A tax form used by the Confederate States of America.  1 Piece","Tax assesor's form for the United States Internal Revenue Service. 1 Piece","Pedigree and description of Manassas, a thoroughbred horse. 1 Piece","Printed Circular letter announcing a commercial convention to be held in Norfolk to improve the means of communication with the Interior, the West, Nortgwest, Southwest, and North Carolina; and establish direct trade with Europe.  1 Piece","Certificate of membership in the union Agricultural Society of Virginia and North Carolina. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Three generations of the McGavock family lived in Wythe County, Va. The immigrant was James McGavock (1728-1812) who came from Scotland. His son was James McGavock (1764-1838) and his grandsons were James McGavock (1804- 1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880) who was president of the Farmer's Bank of Virginia at Wytheville.","Papers (including correspondence, legal documents, and accounts) of James McGavock (1728-1812), his son James McGavock (1764-1838) and his grandsons James McGavock (1804-1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880). Many of the papers concern lead mines at Fort Chiswell, Va, slavery, agriculture, aspects of the Revolutionary War, and other.  Included are a list of parish levies before 1776; receipts for supplies issued at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Va. and at Fort Patrick Henry, Tenn. for an expedition, 1776-1777, against the Cherokees; and county tax and fee bills for Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, Washington and Wythe counties, Va. The collection includes genealogical information on the McGavock and Boyd families and letters written by members of the Cloyd family and by John Williamson McGavock while attending the University of Virginia.","Letter from John Shaw to Joseph Sheels. This letter is on the same sheet as a receipt signe by Joseph Sheels.","A receipt signed by Joseph Sheels for articles received of James McGavock, on same sheet as the letter to John Shaw.","Circular letter to the Surveyors of the Revenue, Mutilated.","Postmarked Nashville","Mutilated.","Mutilated","Post-marked Richmond, forwarded to Christiansburg, VA","Incomplete","? at Fort Chiswell to [Wythe County], to ?. Incomplete","James Graham, Wythe County to ?","Robert Montgomery, at Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana to James McGavock","James F. Perry, at Oak Grove, Chocolate Bayou [Louisiana], to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA. 2 Copies","Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell, at Philadelphia, to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe VA","Harold Smyth, at Wythe Courthouse, to James McGavock, Wythe County VA","[James McGavock] to Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell at Philadelphia. Rough copy, incomplete.","James St. Clair to James McGavock","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock Sr., Wythe Courthouse, VA","Ferguson, Jones, and Co., at Philadelphia to James McGavock at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock, Wythe Court House, VA","Lysander McGavock to his uncle james McGavock Sr. at Fort Chiswell, VA","John Hanger at Richmond, to Joseph McGavock, Wythe County VA","William Hill to James McGavock Sr., Fort Chissell (Chiswell) VA","Peter Fulkerson Sr. Lee County VA to ?","Joseph Haller, Wythe Court House to Col. Joseph Kent, Joseph Crockett and James McGavock, Wythe County VA","John Kesten and Nancy Kesten, Johnson County Iowa, to [?]","Adams [Adam?] Sanders to [?]. Mutilated","E.N. Sprinkle to S[tephen] McGavock","J.P. Matthews at Wythe [County] to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","J.W. Truslow at Wythevill to Stephen McGavock Wythe County VA","William B. Mason and Co at Giles Court House to ? McGavock at Wytheville, VA","T.J. Morrison at Seven Mile Ford [Smyth County] to Stephen McGavock at Wytheville, VA","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","T.J. Morrison at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe County VA","L. Click and H.D. Roe at Kingsport TN to S[tephen] McGavock. Mutilated.","Hamilton Sagers, at Drapers Valley [Wythe County] to Stephen McGavock, Wythe County VA","Hallers [?] to Stephen McGavock","John Morrison at Wytheville to S[tephen] McGavock","David F. Kent at Springfield to Stephen McGavock, Ft. Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe [County] VA","John Morrison at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","D. McG[avock] at Harpers Ferry (Jefferson County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","James A McNutt, at Marion (Smyth County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","J. Brown Jr. at Richmond to Stephen McGavock President of the office of the Farmers Bank of Virginia at Wytheville.","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond to S[tephen] McGavock","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond, to S[tephen] McGavock","Alfred King, per Thomas H. Lambeth, at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","James M. Bland, at Greensboro to Stephen McGavock","F.H. Mays at Fincastle (Botetourt County) to S[tephen] McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock Fort Chiswell","Francis Bell, at Back Creek, to Stephen McGavock","Thomas J. Boyd, at Wythevillem, to Capt. Charles W. Venable, Commissary C.S.A. at Wythevillem, VA. On back of sheet is a note tothe agents of the Assistant Commissary's Office at Wytheville, signed by C.W. Venable 15 November 1864","J.N. Goodwin, General Superintendant of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","D. Graham at Cedar Run, VA to E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville VA","A.M. Kasey to [?] McGavock","Cynthia M.G. Houston, at Natural Bridge (Rockbridge County), to her cousin Stephen [McGavock]","A. Thomas at Holston Mills to S[tephen] McGavock","J.R. Crockett at Max Meadow, to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock.","J.H. Martin at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","R.E. Withers at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock, at Max Meadow, Wythe County, VA","Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lee at Lynchburg to Messrs. and Miss McGavock. Declining an invitation.","John M. Hall to Cloid [Cloyd] McGavock","John H. Gibboney at Wytheville, to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock, at the University of Virginia to his uncle [?]","J.F. Kent at Bellfield Mills, to his cousin Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock","D.C. Kent at Dublin (Pulaski County) to his cousin Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock at the University of Virginia to his uncle Stephen McGavock","Joseph Cloyd, near Dublin (Pulaski county) to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William Gibboney at Wytheville to J.F. Slaughter at Lynchburg, VA introducing Stephen McGavock.","William Gibboney at Wytheville, VA to S.B. Smith, Richmond introducing Stephen McGavock","Crockett and Blair at Wytheville, Wythe County, to Stephen McGavock","J.W. Hagar to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Joseph F. Kent at Bellfield Mills to Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville, VA to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","W.B. Byars at Glade Spring (Washington County) to [?]","W.A. Smyth at Montgomery to [?]","John W. Robinson at Graham's Ford to Stephen McGavock at Ft. Chiswell VA","Noel and Brown at Wytheville, VA to Stephen McGavock","William Matthews at Dublin [Pulaski County VA] to [?]","A.E. Parker at Wytheville to McGavock and Brother at Fort Chiswell.","Mathew Aiken at Croftsville, Tazwell County, VA to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William B. Byars at Glad Spring [Washington County VA] to Stephen McGavock","J.M. Crockett at Philadelphia to Stephen McGavock","J.F. Kent at Kent's Mill, VA to Stephen [McGavock]","John R. Richardson, at Morristown, TN to Stephen McGavock at Max Meadows, Wythe County, VA","A.N. Chiffin to T. Wood","T[?] P. Clap to [?]","Lynch A Currin to S[tephen] McGavock","P. Gaines to James McGavock","Phillip Gaines to James McGavock Jr.","Hugh Graham to [?]","Kate Haller to Mr. [?] McGavock","P[?] P[?] Hanson at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","William Hill to Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to [?] McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Margaret Mathews to her brother [?]","D. McGavock to his cousin Stephen McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County VA","Peter Mulholland to Stephen McGavock","Thomas Quirk to Col. W. Crockett","Waller R. Staples at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","A. Tompkins to S[tephen] McGavock","Sarah [?] to her uncle [?]","One unidentified letter","McGavock (?). 59 Pieces including a small book containing an Index to accounts.","1 Piece","3 Pieces","1 Piece","10 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","1 Piece","Piece","1 Piece","40 Pieces","3 Pieces","1 Piece","1 Piece","1 Piece","1 Piece","5 Pieces","1 Piece","2 Pieces","1 Piece","Receipt for guns issued for the expedition against the Cherokee 1780. 1 Piece Discharge of Thomas Welch, 1776, 1 Piece","Collector of the poor rates 1796.  1 Piece","Tax levies and clerk's fees 1760-1793. 15 Pieces Other invoices and receipts 1761-1811. 77 Pieces","Scope and Contents","A 1779 Manuscript Volume containing the following: parish levies, receipts from supplies issued to public stores for use during the expedition against the Cherokee, 1776. receipts for supplies for troops at Fort Patrick Henry, 1776-1777; and a manuscript arithmetic. 250 Pages, 8\"x7\" See also folders 5 and 10.","Receipts and certificates of service issued by James McGavock, Ensign, Wythe County Militia. 1791-1792. 25 Pieces","Lead mines in Wythe County, 1810-1833. 53 Pieces including 9 Letters Saltpeter receipts 1814-1815.  33 Pieces including 5 Letters","Tax levies and Clerk's fees 1800-1836. 66 Pieces Other Invoices and receipts. 1791-1836. 86 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees 1838-1866.  29 Pieces Accounts, receipts, and memoranda 1834-1848.  22 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees, 1831-1837.  12 Pieces Other invoices and receipts, 1820-1839.  57 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees, 1847-1851.  6 Pieces","Accounts, Receipts, and Memoranda of Stephen McGavock, executor of the Estate of James McGavock and guardian of Mary, Jane, and Sarah McGavock","Letters from Agnes L. McGavock, aferwards Agnes L. Richardson, widow of James McGavock to his executor Stephen McGavock concerning certain matters regarding the estate.  7 Pieces","Letter from Andrew S. Fulton, at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell [Wythe] concerning dower rights. 1 Piece","Letters from John R. Richardson, at Cedar Hill to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe, VA, concerning arbitration of the estate. 2 Pieces.","Statement of lead delivered by the County Lieutenants. 1 Piece","60 Pieces","164 Pieces","20 Pieces","26 Pieces","28 Pieces","35 Pieces","1 Piece","8 Pieces","13 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","8 Pieces","1 Piece","3 Pieces","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces. This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","2 PIeces","24 Pieces","Accounts of Stephen, Cloyd, William, Cynthia, Polly, and Betsey McGavock. 1 Piece","7 Pieces","Includes a statement of he cause of deathe of William McGavock as wel as a memorandum book (small but not a volume). 17 Pieces total.","2 Pieces","Includes one memorandum book. 116 Pieces","179 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerks, 19 pieces.","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 3 Pieces","Fee bills of the county Clerks and Tax bills, 240 Pieces","1 Piece","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 4 Pieces","Fee bills of the clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff, and tax bills. 50 Pieces","9 Pieces","9 Pieces","John Allison. Survey of a tract of land sold to C.C. Tate. 3 Pieces","Scope and Contents","Papers relating to a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia, called \"Anchor and Hope\". 7 Pieces","copy of a survey of a portion of a Revolutionary land grant made to Moses Austin, Wythe County, Virginia (1795); and a legal opinion of David McComas (1833) concerning the claim of David Graham to a portion of the land included in the grant. 2 Pieces","Letter of Stephen and Moses Austin and Samuel Paine to Beverley Randolf, Governor of Virginia. Copy of a bond for the repayment of 20 tonnes of lead. 1 Piece","Letter of Henry Banks to William Whitcroft. Copy of the court record of a deed to a tract of land in Montgomery County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land in Wythe county, Virginia to Mary Graham and William Graham. 1 Piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","David Carnut, assignee of Colin Campbell, assignee of John Lathem. Copy of the record of a Revolutionary land claim in Montgomery County. David Carnute, assignee of James newell, assignee of robert Love. Copy of the record of a revolutionary land claim. Both are on one sheet.","John Carter to Joseph Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","Carter, Crockett, and Thomas Herbert to Robert and Walter Colquohoun. Bond. 1 Piece","Will of Alexander N. Chaffin, of Wythe County, VA. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring, to Costilo Hill. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring to Isaac Sulander. 1 Piece","Agreement of the sale of a tract of land in Monk's Corner, to Conrad Keesling. 1 piece","Papers relating to the division of Abram Crockett's lands in Williamson County, Tennessee. 3 Pieces","Survey and description of James Crockett's Mountain orchard. 1 Piece","Power of attorney authorizing Alexander Ewing to transfer to David McGavock a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 piece","power of attorney authorizing randal McGavock to sell a tract of land in Sumner County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","James Crockett to James R. Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","James Crockett and Robert Sayers to William Galt.  Bond.  1 Piece.","Survey of a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Quirk. Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Robert Dougherty, executor of Michael Dougherty to David McGavock.  Power of attorney authorizing the conveyance of certain tracts of land to David Love, John Craiger and William Chistle, assignee of John Bentley.  1 Piece.  Mutilated","Survey and plats of a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","Suit","Agreement of Samuel Graham and Nathaniel Crockett and othersconcerning the settling of the estate of Robert Graham. 3 Pieces","Henry Hufford to James E. Brown. Trust deed covering a tract of land in Preston County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Suit in washington [County] District Court. 2 pieces","Suit in Botetourt County.  2 Pieces","Two surveys made for David Love.  1 piece","Bond","Bond. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Statement made in Caswell County, North Carolina, in regards to the unaauthorized sale of his property.  1 Piece","Suit","Suit in Grayson County, Virginia. David McGavock vs. Stephen Saunders, administrator of James Ewing. 1 Piece","Deed to a tract of land i Wythe County, Virginia, sold by Samuel Crockett and wife to Ephraim, Stephen, and Joseph C. McGavock. Not Signed. 1 Piece","Assignment of a tract of land. 1 piece","Receipt for payment made by James McGavock for the purchase of William Gillaspe's land. 1 piece.","Bond given to James McGavock to insure compliance with his agreement for the delivery of Aluminum Salt at Fort Chiswell. 1 Piece","Bond for the performance of his duties as undersheriff. 1 Piece","Settlement proposed by the arbitrators to be made by James McGavock with Samuel and Elizabeth McDowell, administrators of James McDowell.  2 Pieces","Suit in Augusta County.  1 Piece","Papers concerning lands conveyed to James McGavock by military and treasury warrants. 2 Pieces","Bond given to James McGavock to secure a debt and to secure the payment of interest due on a tract of land sold to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Memorandum of an agreement concerning the division of the Sheriff's duties and renumeration in Botetourt County.  Bond given by James McGavock as Sheriff, and bond given by Francis Smith and William preston to James McGavock.  3 Pieces.","Bond given by James McGavock as collector of the parish levy, Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond given by john floyd and James Thompson to James McGavock for collection of a parish levy. 1 piece","Transfer of a certificate for a tract of land in Williamson County, Tennessee.  1 Piece","James Crockett to James McGavock. Trust deed covering three tracts of land in Wythe County, VA, including the mountain or orchard tract and a portion of Purgatory Tract","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Leases granted by James McGavock to Zaceriah Hurt. 2 pieces","Zaceriah Hurt to James Ward, trustee for James McGavock. Chattel mortgage. 2 pieces","Attachment upon Zaceriah Hurt in favor of James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit, 1 Piece","Copy of a deed to a tract of land in Wythe county. 1 Piece","Bills of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 8 Pieces","Bills of sale of negroes.  2 Pieces","Survey of a division line between the lands of the heirs of James McGavock Sr., and the heirs of James McGavock Jr. 1 Piece","A memorandum of stray cattle taken by James McGavock at Fort Chiswell. 1 piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Plat, description and receipt of payment for certain tracts of land sold by Samuel Graham to James McGavock. 3 Pieces","Assignment of a tract of land.  1 Piece","Trust deed covering two tracts of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Articles of agreement and bond for the sale by James Mcgavock to David and James Magill, of a plantation in Rockbridge County, VA.  5 Pieces","Referees' decision in a dispute with James McGavock. 1 Piece","Surveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by Joseph Ramsey to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond to insure delivery of the indenture of John Myers, an indentured servant sold to James McGavock by Samuel Smith and others. 1 piece","Trust deed covering certain real estate in Stephensburg and a memorandum concerning the property. 2 Pieces","Bill of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 4 pieces","Memorandum of an agreement for farm work to be done by Adams.  1 Piece","Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Lease granted to Alexander Fisher. Mutilated. 1 Piece","Agreement concerning the sale to Stephen McGavock of an interest in a plantation. 1 Piece","Receipt for money paid for a tract of land. 1 Piece","Bond to insure delivery of a good title to a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, sold to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 1 Piece","Agreement to give possession of a certain plantation to Stephen and Joseph Cloyd McGavock. 1 Piece.","Receipt for money paid for a tract of land.  1 Piece","George Archer, 1852, 1 piece Harrison Archer, 1867, 1 Piece William D. Archer, 1867-72, 3 Pieces John Maybe, 1866, 1 Piece George A. Shoemaker, 1866, 1 Piece P.C. Taylor, 1866, 1 Piece Pleasant C. Taylor, 1866, 1 piece","Farm labor agreements of Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 3 pieces","Survey of 40 acres of land conveyed to an unnamed person. 1 Piece","Comission of John T. Sayers and Francis J. Carter to receive the acknowledgement of Daniel Miller's wife of his deed to James Crockett, conveying a tract of land in Wythe County, VA. 1 piece","Survey of a tract of land belonging to R. Montgomery.  1 piece","Surveys of tracts of land made for William Montgomery, Josiah Ramsey, and Abner Bledsoe.  1 Piece","Survey of a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, conveyed by Robert Norris to Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece","Deed to a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Survey of land deeded to James and Andrew Crockett. 1 Piece","Surveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by james Thompson, agent for R. Price. 1 piece","Court orders regarding public roads. 2 Pieces","Memorandum of two tracts of land in Wythe Couny, VA, surveyed for Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece","Legal opinion on the proper procedure in a sale of land by [?] McGavock to [?] Sawyers.  1 piece","Suits against Abraham Reynolds for debt.  Wythe County, VA.  19 pieces","Transfer if a lease on a tract of land called Crocketts Forge, in Wythe County. 1 piece","Suit in Wythe County.  1 piece","Surveys and plats of land in Burk's Garden, Tazwell County, VA, belonging to Colonel Robert Sayers.  4 Pieces","Suit in Wythe County, 1 piece","Description of a tract of land in Montgomery County, surveyed for David Sloan. 1 Piece","Bill of sale of a negro boy. 1 Piece","Suit for debt. 1 Piece","Agreement with Patrick Henry, Walter Crockett, James McCorkle, Thomas Madison, and James McGavock; concerning the mining of iron. 1 Piece","Suit in Wythe County.  1 Piece","Agreement for the erection of a grist mill.  1 Piece","Copy of a warrant for Richard Woods. 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Chiffin to T. Wood\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT[?] P. Clap to [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLynch A Currin to S[tephen] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP. Gaines to James McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhillip Gaines to James McGavock Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHugh Graham to [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKate Haller to Mr. [?] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP[?] P[?] Hanson at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hill to Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eV.C. Huff to [?] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eV.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Mathews to her brother [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD. McGavock to his cousin Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[phraim] McGavock to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeter Mulholland to Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Quirk to Col. W. 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Tompkins to S[tephen] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSarah [?] to her uncle [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne unidentified letter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcGavock (?). 59 Pieces including a small book containing an Index to accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePiece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e40 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for guns issued for the expedition against the Cherokee 1780. 1 Piece Discharge of Thomas Welch, 1776, 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCollector of the poor rates 1796.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and clerk's fees 1760-1793. 15 Pieces Other invoices and receipts 1761-1811. 77 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA 1779 Manuscript Volume containing the following: parish levies, receipts from supplies issued to public stores for use during the expedition against the Cherokee, 1776. receipts for supplies for troops at Fort Patrick Henry, 1776-1777; and a manuscript arithmetic. 250 Pages, 8\"x7\" See also folders 5 and 10.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts and certificates of service issued by James McGavock, Ensign, Wythe County Militia. 1791-1792. 25 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLead mines in Wythe County, 1810-1833. 53 Pieces including 9 Letters Saltpeter receipts 1814-1815.  33 Pieces including 5 Letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and Clerk's fees 1800-1836. 66 Pieces Other Invoices and receipts. 1791-1836. 86 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and Clerk's fees 1838-1866.  29 Pieces Accounts, receipts, and memoranda 1834-1848.  22 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and Clerk's fees, 1831-1837.  12 Pieces Other invoices and receipts, 1820-1839.  57 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and Clerk's fees, 1847-1851.  6 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts, Receipts, and Memoranda of Stephen McGavock, executor of the Estate of James McGavock and guardian of Mary, Jane, and Sarah McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Agnes L. McGavock, aferwards Agnes L. Richardson, widow of James McGavock to his executor Stephen McGavock concerning certain matters regarding the estate.  7 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Andrew S. Fulton, at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell [Wythe] concerning dower rights. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from John R. Richardson, at Cedar Hill to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe, VA, concerning arbitration of the estate. 2 Pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of lead delivered by the County Lieutenants. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e60 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e164 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e26 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e28 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e35 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e626 Pieces. This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 PIeces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e24 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Stephen, Cloyd, William, Cynthia, Polly, and Betsey McGavock. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a statement of he cause of deathe of William McGavock as wel as a memorandum book (small but not a volume). 17 Pieces total.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes one memorandum book. 116 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e179 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the County Clerks, 19 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the County Clerk. 3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the county Clerks and Tax bills, 240 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the county clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the County Clerk. 4 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the county clerk and sheriff, and tax bills. 50 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e9 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e9 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Allison. Survey of a tract of land sold to C.C. Tate. 3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePapers relating to a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia, called \"Anchor and Hope\". 7 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecopy of a survey of a portion of a Revolutionary land grant made to Moses Austin, Wythe County, Virginia (1795); and a legal opinion of David McComas (1833) concerning the claim of David Graham to a portion of the land included in the grant. 2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of Stephen and Moses Austin and Samuel Paine to Beverley Randolf, Governor of Virginia. Copy of a bond for the repayment of 20 tonnes of lead. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of Henry Banks to William Whitcroft. Copy of the court record of a deed to a tract of land in Montgomery County, Virginia. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement for the sale of a tract of land in Wythe county, Virginia to Mary Graham and William Graham. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Wythe County. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavid Carnut, assignee of Colin Campbell, assignee of John Lathem. Copy of the record of a Revolutionary land claim in Montgomery County. David Carnute, assignee of James newell, assignee of robert Love. Copy of the record of a revolutionary land claim. Both are on one sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Carter to Joseph Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarter, Crockett, and Thomas Herbert to Robert and Walter Colquohoun. Bond. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill of Alexander N. Chaffin, of Wythe County, VA. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring, to Costilo Hill. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring to Isaac Sulander. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement of the sale of a tract of land in Monk's Corner, to Conrad Keesling. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers relating to the division of Abram Crockett's lands in Williamson County, Tennessee. 3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey and description of James Crockett's Mountain orchard. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePower of attorney authorizing Alexander Ewing to transfer to David McGavock a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003epower of attorney authorizing randal McGavock to sell a tract of land in Sumner County, Tennessee. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Crockett to James R. Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Crockett and Robert Sayers to William Galt.  Bond.  1 Piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Dougherty to Thomas Quirk. Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Dougherty, executor of Michael Dougherty to David McGavock.  Power of attorney authorizing the conveyance of certain tracts of land to David Love, John Craiger and William Chistle, assignee of John Bentley.  1 Piece.  Mutilated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey and plats of a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement of Samuel Graham and Nathaniel Crockett and othersconcerning the settling of the estate of Robert Graham. 3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Hufford to James E. Brown. Trust deed covering a tract of land in Preston County, Virginia. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in washington [County] District Court. 2 pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Botetourt County.  2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo surveys made for David Love.  1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement made in Caswell County, North Carolina, in regards to the unaauthorized sale of his property.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Grayson County, Virginia. David McGavock vs. Stephen Saunders, administrator of James Ewing. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed to a tract of land i Wythe County, Virginia, sold by Samuel Crockett and wife to Ephraim, Stephen, and Joseph C. McGavock. 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Taylor, 1866, 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarm labor agreements of Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 3 pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of 40 acres of land conveyed to an unnamed person. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComission of John T. Sayers and Francis J. Carter to receive the acknowledgement of Daniel Miller's wife of his deed to James Crockett, conveying a tract of land in Wythe County, VA. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of a tract of land belonging to R. Montgomery.  1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveys of tracts of land made for William Montgomery, Josiah Ramsey, and Abner Bledsoe.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, conveyed by Robert Norris to Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed to a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of land deeded to James and Andrew Crockett. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by james Thompson, agent for R. Price. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt orders regarding public roads. 2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum of two tracts of land in Wythe Couny, VA, surveyed for Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal opinion on the proper procedure in a sale of land by [?] McGavock to [?] Sawyers.  1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuits against Abraham Reynolds for debt.  Wythe County, VA.  19 pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransfer if a lease on a tract of land called Crocketts Forge, in Wythe County. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Wythe County.  1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveys and plats of land in Burk's Garden, Tazwell County, VA, belonging to Colonel Robert Sayers.  4 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Wythe County, 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of a tract of land in Montgomery County, surveyed for David Sloan. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of sale of a negro boy. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit for debt. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement with Patrick Henry, Walter Crockett, James McCorkle, Thomas Madison, and James McGavock; concerning the mining of iron. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Wythe County.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement for the erection of a grist mill.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of a warrant for Richard Woods. Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRevolutionary land warrants of James McGavock, David McGavock, Alexander Smyth, John Latham, George Brook, James Crockett, John Creger, David Sloan, Hiram Craig, John Belshen, William King, Godfrey Messersmith, and John Herkerader. 4 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Neely vs. John Drake and William Neely George Hancock vs. Andrew Neely One One sheet\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay vs. Joseph Barneville and Philip Buttonstone (1794) William Hay vs. David McGavock (1796) One one sheet\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA printed list of guests at Chapman Springs. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForms for the use of tax collectors. 5 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA tax form used by the Confederate States of America.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax assesor's form for the United States Internal Revenue Service. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePedigree and description of Manassas, a thoroughbred horse. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted Circular letter announcing a commercial convention to be held in Norfolk to improve the means of communication with the Interior, the West, Nortgwest, Southwest, and North Carolina; and establish direct trade with Europe.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate of membership in the union Agricultural Society of Virginia and North Carolina. 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grandsons James McGavock (1804-1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880). Many of the papers concern lead mines at Fort Chiswell, Va, slavery, agriculture, aspects of the Revolutionary War, and other.  Included are a list of parish levies before 1776; receipts for supplies issued at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Va. and at Fort Patrick Henry, Tenn. for an expedition, 1776-1777, against the Cherokees; and county tax and fee bills for Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, Washington and Wythe counties, Va. The collection includes genealogical information on the McGavock and Boyd families and letters written by members of the Cloyd family and by John Williamson McGavock while attending the University of Virginia.","Letter from John Shaw to Joseph Sheels. This letter is on the same sheet as a receipt signe by Joseph Sheels.","A receipt signed by Joseph Sheels for articles received of James McGavock, on same sheet as the letter to John Shaw.","Circular letter to the Surveyors of the Revenue, Mutilated.","Postmarked Nashville","Mutilated.","Mutilated","Post-marked Richmond, forwarded to Christiansburg, VA","Incomplete","? at Fort Chiswell to [Wythe County], to ?. Incomplete","James Graham, Wythe County to ?","Robert Montgomery, at Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana to James McGavock","James F. Perry, at Oak Grove, Chocolate Bayou [Louisiana], to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA. 2 Copies","Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell, at Philadelphia, to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe VA","Harold Smyth, at Wythe Courthouse, to James McGavock, Wythe County VA","[James McGavock] to Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell at Philadelphia. Rough copy, incomplete.","James St. Clair to James McGavock","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock Sr., Wythe Courthouse, VA","Ferguson, Jones, and Co., at Philadelphia to James McGavock at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock, Wythe Court House, VA","Lysander McGavock to his uncle james McGavock Sr. at Fort Chiswell, VA","John Hanger at Richmond, to Joseph McGavock, Wythe County VA","William Hill to James McGavock Sr., Fort Chissell (Chiswell) VA","Peter Fulkerson Sr. Lee County VA to ?","Joseph Haller, Wythe Court House to Col. Joseph Kent, Joseph Crockett and James McGavock, Wythe County VA","John Kesten and Nancy Kesten, Johnson County Iowa, to [?]","Adams [Adam?] Sanders to [?]. Mutilated","E.N. Sprinkle to S[tephen] McGavock","J.P. Matthews at Wythe [County] to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","J.W. Truslow at Wythevill to Stephen McGavock Wythe County VA","William B. Mason and Co at Giles Court House to ? McGavock at Wytheville, VA","T.J. Morrison at Seven Mile Ford [Smyth County] to Stephen McGavock at Wytheville, VA","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","T.J. Morrison at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe County VA","L. Click and H.D. Roe at Kingsport TN to S[tephen] McGavock. Mutilated.","Hamilton Sagers, at Drapers Valley [Wythe County] to Stephen McGavock, Wythe County VA","Hallers [?] to Stephen McGavock","John Morrison at Wytheville to S[tephen] McGavock","David F. Kent at Springfield to Stephen McGavock, Ft. Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe [County] VA","John Morrison at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","D. McG[avock] at Harpers Ferry (Jefferson County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","James A McNutt, at Marion (Smyth County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","J. Brown Jr. at Richmond to Stephen McGavock President of the office of the Farmers Bank of Virginia at Wytheville.","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond to S[tephen] McGavock","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond, to S[tephen] McGavock","Alfred King, per Thomas H. Lambeth, at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","James M. Bland, at Greensboro to Stephen McGavock","F.H. Mays at Fincastle (Botetourt County) to S[tephen] McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock Fort Chiswell","Francis Bell, at Back Creek, to Stephen McGavock","Thomas J. Boyd, at Wythevillem, to Capt. Charles W. Venable, Commissary C.S.A. at Wythevillem, VA. On back of sheet is a note tothe agents of the Assistant Commissary's Office at Wytheville, signed by C.W. Venable 15 November 1864","J.N. Goodwin, General Superintendant of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","D. Graham at Cedar Run, VA to E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville VA","A.M. Kasey to [?] McGavock","Cynthia M.G. Houston, at Natural Bridge (Rockbridge County), to her cousin Stephen [McGavock]","A. Thomas at Holston Mills to S[tephen] McGavock","J.R. Crockett at Max Meadow, to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock.","J.H. Martin at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","R.E. Withers at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock, at Max Meadow, Wythe County, VA","Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lee at Lynchburg to Messrs. and Miss McGavock. Declining an invitation.","John M. Hall to Cloid [Cloyd] McGavock","John H. Gibboney at Wytheville, to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock, at the University of Virginia to his uncle [?]","J.F. Kent at Bellfield Mills, to his cousin Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock","D.C. Kent at Dublin (Pulaski County) to his cousin Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock at the University of Virginia to his uncle Stephen McGavock","Joseph Cloyd, near Dublin (Pulaski county) to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William Gibboney at Wytheville to J.F. Slaughter at Lynchburg, VA introducing Stephen McGavock.","William Gibboney at Wytheville, VA to S.B. Smith, Richmond introducing Stephen McGavock","Crockett and Blair at Wytheville, Wythe County, to Stephen McGavock","J.W. Hagar to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Joseph F. Kent at Bellfield Mills to Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville, VA to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","W.B. Byars at Glade Spring (Washington County) to [?]","W.A. Smyth at Montgomery to [?]","John W. Robinson at Graham's Ford to Stephen McGavock at Ft. Chiswell VA","Noel and Brown at Wytheville, VA to Stephen McGavock","William Matthews at Dublin [Pulaski County VA] to [?]","A.E. Parker at Wytheville to McGavock and Brother at Fort Chiswell.","Mathew Aiken at Croftsville, Tazwell County, VA to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William B. Byars at Glad Spring [Washington County VA] to Stephen McGavock","J.M. Crockett at Philadelphia to Stephen McGavock","J.F. Kent at Kent's Mill, VA to Stephen [McGavock]","John R. Richardson, at Morristown, TN to Stephen McGavock at Max Meadows, Wythe County, VA","A.N. Chiffin to T. Wood","T[?] P. Clap to [?]","Lynch A Currin to S[tephen] McGavock","P. Gaines to James McGavock","Phillip Gaines to James McGavock Jr.","Hugh Graham to [?]","Kate Haller to Mr. [?] McGavock","P[?] P[?] Hanson at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","William Hill to Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to [?] McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Margaret Mathews to her brother [?]","D. McGavock to his cousin Stephen McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County VA","Peter Mulholland to Stephen McGavock","Thomas Quirk to Col. W. Crockett","Waller R. Staples at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","A. Tompkins to S[tephen] McGavock","Sarah [?] to her uncle [?]","One unidentified letter","McGavock (?). 59 Pieces including a small book containing an Index to accounts.","1 Piece","3 Pieces","1 Piece","10 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","1 Piece","Piece","1 Piece","40 Pieces","3 Pieces","1 Piece","1 Piece","1 Piece","1 Piece","5 Pieces","1 Piece","2 Pieces","1 Piece","Receipt for guns issued for the expedition against the Cherokee 1780. 1 Piece Discharge of Thomas Welch, 1776, 1 Piece","Collector of the poor rates 1796.  1 Piece","Tax levies and clerk's fees 1760-1793. 15 Pieces Other invoices and receipts 1761-1811. 77 Pieces","Scope and Contents","A 1779 Manuscript Volume containing the following: parish levies, receipts from supplies issued to public stores for use during the expedition against the Cherokee, 1776. receipts for supplies for troops at Fort Patrick Henry, 1776-1777; and a manuscript arithmetic. 250 Pages, 8\"x7\" See also folders 5 and 10.","Receipts and certificates of service issued by James McGavock, Ensign, Wythe County Militia. 1791-1792. 25 Pieces","Lead mines in Wythe County, 1810-1833. 53 Pieces including 9 Letters Saltpeter receipts 1814-1815.  33 Pieces including 5 Letters","Tax levies and Clerk's fees 1800-1836. 66 Pieces Other Invoices and receipts. 1791-1836. 86 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees 1838-1866.  29 Pieces Accounts, receipts, and memoranda 1834-1848.  22 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees, 1831-1837.  12 Pieces Other invoices and receipts, 1820-1839.  57 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees, 1847-1851.  6 Pieces","Accounts, Receipts, and Memoranda of Stephen McGavock, executor of the Estate of James McGavock and guardian of Mary, Jane, and Sarah McGavock","Letters from Agnes L. McGavock, aferwards Agnes L. Richardson, widow of James McGavock to his executor Stephen McGavock concerning certain matters regarding the estate.  7 Pieces","Letter from Andrew S. Fulton, at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell [Wythe] concerning dower rights. 1 Piece","Letters from John R. Richardson, at Cedar Hill to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe, VA, concerning arbitration of the estate. 2 Pieces.","Statement of lead delivered by the County Lieutenants. 1 Piece","60 Pieces","164 Pieces","20 Pieces","26 Pieces","28 Pieces","35 Pieces","1 Piece","8 Pieces","13 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","8 Pieces","1 Piece","3 Pieces","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces. This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","2 PIeces","24 Pieces","Accounts of Stephen, Cloyd, William, Cynthia, Polly, and Betsey McGavock. 1 Piece","7 Pieces","Includes a statement of he cause of deathe of William McGavock as wel as a memorandum book (small but not a volume). 17 Pieces total.","2 Pieces","Includes one memorandum book. 116 Pieces","179 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerks, 19 pieces.","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 3 Pieces","Fee bills of the county Clerks and Tax bills, 240 Pieces","1 Piece","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 4 Pieces","Fee bills of the clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff, and tax bills. 50 Pieces","9 Pieces","9 Pieces","John Allison. Survey of a tract of land sold to C.C. Tate. 3 Pieces","Scope and Contents","Papers relating to a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia, called \"Anchor and Hope\". 7 Pieces","copy of a survey of a portion of a Revolutionary land grant made to Moses Austin, Wythe County, Virginia (1795); and a legal opinion of David McComas (1833) concerning the claim of David Graham to a portion of the land included in the grant. 2 Pieces","Letter of Stephen and Moses Austin and Samuel Paine to Beverley Randolf, Governor of Virginia. Copy of a bond for the repayment of 20 tonnes of lead. 1 Piece","Letter of Henry Banks to William Whitcroft. Copy of the court record of a deed to a tract of land in Montgomery County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land in Wythe county, Virginia to Mary Graham and William Graham. 1 Piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","David Carnut, assignee of Colin Campbell, assignee of John Lathem. Copy of the record of a Revolutionary land claim in Montgomery County. David Carnute, assignee of James newell, assignee of robert Love. Copy of the record of a revolutionary land claim. Both are on one sheet.","John Carter to Joseph Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","Carter, Crockett, and Thomas Herbert to Robert and Walter Colquohoun. Bond. 1 Piece","Will of Alexander N. Chaffin, of Wythe County, VA. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring, to Costilo Hill. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring to Isaac Sulander. 1 Piece","Agreement of the sale of a tract of land in Monk's Corner, to Conrad Keesling. 1 piece","Papers relating to the division of Abram Crockett's lands in Williamson County, Tennessee. 3 Pieces","Survey and description of James Crockett's Mountain orchard. 1 Piece","Power of attorney authorizing Alexander Ewing to transfer to David McGavock a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 piece","power of attorney authorizing randal McGavock to sell a tract of land in Sumner County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","James Crockett to James R. Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","James Crockett and Robert Sayers to William Galt.  Bond.  1 Piece.","Survey of a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Quirk. Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Robert Dougherty, executor of Michael Dougherty to David McGavock.  Power of attorney authorizing the conveyance of certain tracts of land to David Love, John Craiger and William Chistle, assignee of John Bentley.  1 Piece.  Mutilated","Survey and plats of a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","Suit","Agreement of Samuel Graham and Nathaniel Crockett and othersconcerning the settling of the estate of Robert Graham. 3 Pieces","Henry Hufford to James E. Brown. Trust deed covering a tract of land in Preston County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Suit in washington [County] District Court. 2 pieces","Suit in Botetourt County.  2 Pieces","Two surveys made for David Love.  1 piece","Bond","Bond. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Statement made in Caswell County, North Carolina, in regards to the unaauthorized sale of his property.  1 Piece","Suit","Suit in Grayson County, Virginia. David McGavock vs. Stephen Saunders, administrator of James Ewing. 1 Piece","Deed to a tract of land i Wythe County, Virginia, sold by Samuel Crockett and wife to Ephraim, Stephen, and Joseph C. McGavock. Not Signed. 1 Piece","Assignment of a tract of land. 1 piece","Receipt for payment made by James McGavock for the purchase of William Gillaspe's land. 1 piece.","Bond given to James McGavock to insure compliance with his agreement for the delivery of Aluminum Salt at Fort Chiswell. 1 Piece","Bond for the performance of his duties as undersheriff. 1 Piece","Settlement proposed by the arbitrators to be made by James McGavock with Samuel and Elizabeth McDowell, administrators of James McDowell.  2 Pieces","Suit in Augusta County.  1 Piece","Papers concerning lands conveyed to James McGavock by military and treasury warrants. 2 Pieces","Bond given to James McGavock to secure a debt and to secure the payment of interest due on a tract of land sold to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Memorandum of an agreement concerning the division of the Sheriff's duties and renumeration in Botetourt County.  Bond given by James McGavock as Sheriff, and bond given by Francis Smith and William preston to James McGavock.  3 Pieces.","Bond given by James McGavock as collector of the parish levy, Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond given by john floyd and James Thompson to James McGavock for collection of a parish levy. 1 piece","Transfer of a certificate for a tract of land in Williamson County, Tennessee.  1 Piece","James Crockett to James McGavock. Trust deed covering three tracts of land in Wythe County, VA, including the mountain or orchard tract and a portion of Purgatory Tract","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Leases granted by James McGavock to Zaceriah Hurt. 2 pieces","Zaceriah Hurt to James Ward, trustee for James McGavock. Chattel mortgage. 2 pieces","Attachment upon Zaceriah Hurt in favor of James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit, 1 Piece","Copy of a deed to a tract of land in Wythe county. 1 Piece","Bills of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 8 Pieces","Bills of sale of negroes.  2 Pieces","Survey of a division line between the lands of the heirs of James McGavock Sr., and the heirs of James McGavock Jr. 1 Piece","A memorandum of stray cattle taken by James McGavock at Fort Chiswell. 1 piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Plat, description and receipt of payment for certain tracts of land sold by Samuel Graham to James McGavock. 3 Pieces","Assignment of a tract of land.  1 Piece","Trust deed covering two tracts of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Articles of agreement and bond for the sale by James Mcgavock to David and James Magill, of a plantation in Rockbridge County, VA.  5 Pieces","Referees' decision in a dispute with James McGavock. 1 Piece","Surveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by Joseph Ramsey to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond to insure delivery of the indenture of John Myers, an indentured servant sold to James McGavock by Samuel Smith and others. 1 piece","Trust deed covering certain real estate in Stephensburg and a memorandum concerning the property. 2 Pieces","Bill of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 4 pieces","Memorandum of an agreement for farm work to be done by Adams.  1 Piece","Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Lease granted to Alexander Fisher. Mutilated. 1 Piece","Agreement concerning the sale to Stephen McGavock of an interest in a plantation. 1 Piece","Receipt for money paid for a tract of land. 1 Piece","Bond to insure delivery of a good title to a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, sold to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 1 Piece","Agreement to give possession of a certain plantation to Stephen and Joseph Cloyd McGavock. 1 Piece.","Receipt for money paid for a tract of land.  1 Piece","George Archer, 1852, 1 piece Harrison Archer, 1867, 1 Piece William D. Archer, 1867-72, 3 Pieces John Maybe, 1866, 1 Piece George A. Shoemaker, 1866, 1 Piece P.C. Taylor, 1866, 1 Piece Pleasant C. Taylor, 1866, 1 piece","Farm labor agreements of Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 3 pieces","Survey of 40 acres of land conveyed to an unnamed person. 1 Piece","Comission of John T. Sayers and Francis J. Carter to receive the acknowledgement of Daniel Miller's wife of his deed to James Crockett, conveying a tract of land in Wythe County, VA. 1 piece","Survey of a tract of land belonging to R. Montgomery.  1 piece","Surveys of tracts of land made for William Montgomery, Josiah Ramsey, and Abner Bledsoe.  1 Piece","Survey of a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, conveyed by Robert Norris to Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece","Deed to a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Survey of land deeded to James and Andrew Crockett. 1 Piece","Surveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by james Thompson, agent for R. Price. 1 piece","Court orders regarding public roads. 2 Pieces","Memorandum of two tracts of land in Wythe Couny, VA, surveyed for Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece","Legal opinion on the proper procedure in a sale of land by [?] McGavock to [?] Sawyers.  1 piece","Suits against Abraham Reynolds for debt.  Wythe County, VA.  19 pieces","Transfer if a lease on a tract of land called Crocketts Forge, in Wythe County. 1 piece","Suit in Wythe County.  1 piece","Surveys and plats of land in Burk's Garden, Tazwell County, VA, belonging to Colonel Robert Sayers.  4 Pieces","Suit in Wythe County, 1 piece","Description of a tract of land in Montgomery County, surveyed for David Sloan. 1 Piece","Bill of sale of a negro boy. 1 Piece","Suit for debt. 1 Piece","Agreement with Patrick Henry, Walter Crockett, James McCorkle, Thomas Madison, and James McGavock; concerning the mining of iron. 1 Piece","Suit in Wythe County.  1 Piece","Agreement for the erection of a grist mill.  1 Piece","Copy of a warrant for Richard Woods. Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Revolutionary land warrants of James McGavock, David McGavock, Alexander Smyth, John Latham, George Brook, James Crockett, John Creger, David Sloan, Hiram Craig, John Belshen, William King, Godfrey Messersmith, and John Herkerader. 4 pieces.","Andrew Neely vs. John Drake and William Neely George Hancock vs. Andrew Neely One One sheet","William Hay vs. Joseph Barneville and Philip Buttonstone (1794) William Hay vs. David McGavock (1796) One one sheet","17 Pieces","1 Piece","A printed list of guests at Chapman Springs. 1 Piece","4 Pieces","6 pieces","Forms for the use of tax collectors. 5 Pieces","A tax form used by the Confederate States of America.  1 Piece","Tax assesor's form for the United States Internal Revenue Service. 1 Piece","Pedigree and description of Manassas, a thoroughbred horse. 1 Piece","Printed Circular letter announcing a commercial convention to be held in Norfolk to improve the means of communication with the Interior, the West, Nortgwest, Southwest, and North Carolina; and establish direct trade with Europe.  1 Piece","Certificate of membership in the union Agricultural Society of Virginia and North Carolina. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Three generations of the McGavock family lived in Wythe County, Va. The immigrant was James McGavock (1728-1812) who came from Scotland. His son was James McGavock (1764-1838) and his grandsons were James McGavock (1804- 1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880) who was president of the Farmer's Bank of Virginia at Wytheville.","Papers (including correspondence, legal documents, and accounts) of James McGavock (1728-1812), his son James McGavock (1764-1838) and his grandsons James McGavock (1804-1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880). Many of the papers concern lead mines at Fort Chiswell, Va, slavery, agriculture, aspects of the Revolutionary War, and other.  Included are a list of parish levies before 1776; receipts for supplies issued at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Va. and at Fort Patrick Henry, Tenn. for an expedition, 1776-1777, against the Cherokees; and county tax and fee bills for Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, Washington and Wythe counties, Va. The collection includes genealogical information on the McGavock and Boyd families and letters written by members of the Cloyd family and by John Williamson McGavock while attending the University of Virginia.","Letter from John Shaw to Joseph Sheels. This letter is on the same sheet as a receipt signe by Joseph Sheels.","A receipt signed by Joseph Sheels for articles received of James McGavock, on same sheet as the letter to John Shaw.","Circular letter to the Surveyors of the Revenue, Mutilated.","Postmarked Nashville","Mutilated.","Mutilated","Post-marked Richmond, forwarded to Christiansburg, VA","Incomplete","? at Fort Chiswell to [Wythe County], to ?. Incomplete","James Graham, Wythe County to ?","Robert Montgomery, at Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana to James McGavock","James F. Perry, at Oak Grove, Chocolate Bayou [Louisiana], to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA. 2 Copies","Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell, at Philadelphia, to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe VA","Harold Smyth, at Wythe Courthouse, to James McGavock, Wythe County VA","[James McGavock] to Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell at Philadelphia. Rough copy, incomplete.","James St. Clair to James McGavock","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock Sr., Wythe Courthouse, VA","Ferguson, Jones, and Co., at Philadelphia to James McGavock at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock, Wythe Court House, VA","Lysander McGavock to his uncle james McGavock Sr. at Fort Chiswell, VA","John Hanger at Richmond, to Joseph McGavock, Wythe County VA","William Hill to James McGavock Sr., Fort Chissell (Chiswell) VA","Peter Fulkerson Sr. Lee County VA to ?","Joseph Haller, Wythe Court House to Col. Joseph Kent, Joseph Crockett and James McGavock, Wythe County VA","John Kesten and Nancy Kesten, Johnson County Iowa, to [?]","Adams [Adam?] Sanders to [?]. Mutilated","E.N. Sprinkle to S[tephen] McGavock","J.P. Matthews at Wythe [County] to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","J.W. Truslow at Wythevill to Stephen McGavock Wythe County VA","William B. Mason and Co at Giles Court House to ? McGavock at Wytheville, VA","T.J. Morrison at Seven Mile Ford [Smyth County] to Stephen McGavock at Wytheville, VA","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","T.J. Morrison at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe County VA","L. Click and H.D. Roe at Kingsport TN to S[tephen] McGavock. Mutilated.","Hamilton Sagers, at Drapers Valley [Wythe County] to Stephen McGavock, Wythe County VA","Hallers [?] to Stephen McGavock","John Morrison at Wytheville to S[tephen] McGavock","David F. Kent at Springfield to Stephen McGavock, Ft. Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe [County] VA","John Morrison at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","D. McG[avock] at Harpers Ferry (Jefferson County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","James A McNutt, at Marion (Smyth County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","J. Brown Jr. at Richmond to Stephen McGavock President of the office of the Farmers Bank of Virginia at Wytheville.","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond to S[tephen] McGavock","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond, to S[tephen] McGavock","Alfred King, per Thomas H. Lambeth, at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","James M. Bland, at Greensboro to Stephen McGavock","F.H. Mays at Fincastle (Botetourt County) to S[tephen] McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock Fort Chiswell","Francis Bell, at Back Creek, to Stephen McGavock","Thomas J. Boyd, at Wythevillem, to Capt. Charles W. Venable, Commissary C.S.A. at Wythevillem, VA. On back of sheet is a note tothe agents of the Assistant Commissary's Office at Wytheville, signed by C.W. Venable 15 November 1864","J.N. Goodwin, General Superintendant of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","D. Graham at Cedar Run, VA to E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville VA","A.M. Kasey to [?] McGavock","Cynthia M.G. Houston, at Natural Bridge (Rockbridge County), to her cousin Stephen [McGavock]","A. Thomas at Holston Mills to S[tephen] McGavock","J.R. Crockett at Max Meadow, to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock.","J.H. Martin at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","R.E. Withers at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock, at Max Meadow, Wythe County, VA","Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lee at Lynchburg to Messrs. and Miss McGavock. Declining an invitation.","John M. Hall to Cloid [Cloyd] McGavock","John H. Gibboney at Wytheville, to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock, at the University of Virginia to his uncle [?]","J.F. Kent at Bellfield Mills, to his cousin Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock","D.C. Kent at Dublin (Pulaski County) to his cousin Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock at the University of Virginia to his uncle Stephen McGavock","Joseph Cloyd, near Dublin (Pulaski county) to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William Gibboney at Wytheville to J.F. Slaughter at Lynchburg, VA introducing Stephen McGavock.","William Gibboney at Wytheville, VA to S.B. Smith, Richmond introducing Stephen McGavock","Crockett and Blair at Wytheville, Wythe County, to Stephen McGavock","J.W. Hagar to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Joseph F. Kent at Bellfield Mills to Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville, VA to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","W.B. Byars at Glade Spring (Washington County) to [?]","W.A. Smyth at Montgomery to [?]","John W. Robinson at Graham's Ford to Stephen McGavock at Ft. Chiswell VA","Noel and Brown at Wytheville, VA to Stephen McGavock","William Matthews at Dublin [Pulaski County VA] to [?]","A.E. Parker at Wytheville to McGavock and Brother at Fort Chiswell.","Mathew Aiken at Croftsville, Tazwell County, VA to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William B. Byars at Glad Spring [Washington County VA] to Stephen McGavock","J.M. Crockett at Philadelphia to Stephen McGavock","J.F. Kent at Kent's Mill, VA to Stephen [McGavock]","John R. Richardson, at Morristown, TN to Stephen McGavock at Max Meadows, Wythe County, VA","A.N. Chiffin to T. Wood","T[?] P. Clap to [?]","Lynch A Currin to S[tephen] McGavock","P. Gaines to James McGavock","Phillip Gaines to James McGavock Jr.","Hugh Graham to [?]","Kate Haller to Mr. [?] McGavock","P[?] P[?] Hanson at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","William Hill to Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to [?] McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Margaret Mathews to her brother [?]","D. McGavock to his cousin Stephen McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County VA","Peter Mulholland to Stephen McGavock","Thomas Quirk to Col. W. Crockett","Waller R. Staples at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","A. Tompkins to S[tephen] McGavock","Sarah [?] to her uncle [?]","One unidentified letter","McGavock (?). 59 Pieces including a small book containing an Index to accounts.","1 Piece","3 Pieces","1 Piece","10 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","1 Piece","Piece","1 Piece","40 Pieces","3 Pieces","1 Piece","1 Piece","1 Piece","1 Piece","5 Pieces","1 Piece","2 Pieces","1 Piece","Receipt for guns issued for the expedition against the Cherokee 1780. 1 Piece Discharge of Thomas Welch, 1776, 1 Piece","Collector of the poor rates 1796.  1 Piece","Tax levies and clerk's fees 1760-1793. 15 Pieces Other invoices and receipts 1761-1811. 77 Pieces","Scope and Contents","A 1779 Manuscript Volume containing the following: parish levies, receipts from supplies issued to public stores for use during the expedition against the Cherokee, 1776. receipts for supplies for troops at Fort Patrick Henry, 1776-1777; and a manuscript arithmetic. 250 Pages, 8\"x7\" See also folders 5 and 10.","Receipts and certificates of service issued by James McGavock, Ensign, Wythe County Militia. 1791-1792. 25 Pieces","Lead mines in Wythe County, 1810-1833. 53 Pieces including 9 Letters Saltpeter receipts 1814-1815.  33 Pieces including 5 Letters","Tax levies and Clerk's fees 1800-1836. 66 Pieces Other Invoices and receipts. 1791-1836. 86 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees 1838-1866.  29 Pieces Accounts, receipts, and memoranda 1834-1848.  22 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees, 1831-1837.  12 Pieces Other invoices and receipts, 1820-1839.  57 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees, 1847-1851.  6 Pieces","Accounts, Receipts, and Memoranda of Stephen McGavock, executor of the Estate of James McGavock and guardian of Mary, Jane, and Sarah McGavock","Letters from Agnes L. McGavock, aferwards Agnes L. Richardson, widow of James McGavock to his executor Stephen McGavock concerning certain matters regarding the estate.  7 Pieces","Letter from Andrew S. Fulton, at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell [Wythe] concerning dower rights. 1 Piece","Letters from John R. Richardson, at Cedar Hill to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe, VA, concerning arbitration of the estate. 2 Pieces.","Statement of lead delivered by the County Lieutenants. 1 Piece","60 Pieces","164 Pieces","20 Pieces","26 Pieces","28 Pieces","35 Pieces","1 Piece","8 Pieces","13 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","8 Pieces","1 Piece","3 Pieces","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces. This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","2 PIeces","24 Pieces","Accounts of Stephen, Cloyd, William, Cynthia, Polly, and Betsey McGavock. 1 Piece","7 Pieces","Includes a statement of he cause of deathe of William McGavock as wel as a memorandum book (small but not a volume). 17 Pieces total.","2 Pieces","Includes one memorandum book. 116 Pieces","179 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerks, 19 pieces.","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 3 Pieces","Fee bills of the county Clerks and Tax bills, 240 Pieces","1 Piece","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 4 Pieces","Fee bills of the clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff, and tax bills. 50 Pieces","9 Pieces","9 Pieces","John Allison. Survey of a tract of land sold to C.C. Tate. 3 Pieces","Scope and Contents","Papers relating to a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia, called \"Anchor and Hope\". 7 Pieces","copy of a survey of a portion of a Revolutionary land grant made to Moses Austin, Wythe County, Virginia (1795); and a legal opinion of David McComas (1833) concerning the claim of David Graham to a portion of the land included in the grant. 2 Pieces","Letter of Stephen and Moses Austin and Samuel Paine to Beverley Randolf, Governor of Virginia. Copy of a bond for the repayment of 20 tonnes of lead. 1 Piece","Letter of Henry Banks to William Whitcroft. Copy of the court record of a deed to a tract of land in Montgomery County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land in Wythe county, Virginia to Mary Graham and William Graham. 1 Piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","David Carnut, assignee of Colin Campbell, assignee of John Lathem. Copy of the record of a Revolutionary land claim in Montgomery County. David Carnute, assignee of James newell, assignee of robert Love. Copy of the record of a revolutionary land claim. Both are on one sheet.","John Carter to Joseph Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","Carter, Crockett, and Thomas Herbert to Robert and Walter Colquohoun. Bond. 1 Piece","Will of Alexander N. Chaffin, of Wythe County, VA. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring, to Costilo Hill. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring to Isaac Sulander. 1 Piece","Agreement of the sale of a tract of land in Monk's Corner, to Conrad Keesling. 1 piece","Papers relating to the division of Abram Crockett's lands in Williamson County, Tennessee. 3 Pieces","Survey and description of James Crockett's Mountain orchard. 1 Piece","Power of attorney authorizing Alexander Ewing to transfer to David McGavock a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 piece","power of attorney authorizing randal McGavock to sell a tract of land in Sumner County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","James Crockett to James R. Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","James Crockett and Robert Sayers to William Galt.  Bond.  1 Piece.","Survey of a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Quirk. Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Robert Dougherty, executor of Michael Dougherty to David McGavock.  Power of attorney authorizing the conveyance of certain tracts of land to David Love, John Craiger and William Chistle, assignee of John Bentley.  1 Piece.  Mutilated","Survey and plats of a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","Suit","Agreement of Samuel Graham and Nathaniel Crockett and othersconcerning the settling of the estate of Robert Graham. 3 Pieces","Henry Hufford to James E. Brown. Trust deed covering a tract of land in Preston County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Suit in washington [County] District Court. 2 pieces","Suit in Botetourt County.  2 Pieces","Two surveys made for David Love.  1 piece","Bond","Bond. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Statement made in Caswell County, North Carolina, in regards to the unaauthorized sale of his property.  1 Piece","Suit","Suit in Grayson County, Virginia. David McGavock vs. Stephen Saunders, administrator of James Ewing. 1 Piece","Deed to a tract of land i Wythe County, Virginia, sold by Samuel Crockett and wife to Ephraim, Stephen, and Joseph C. McGavock. Not Signed. 1 Piece","Assignment of a tract of land. 1 piece","Receipt for payment made by James McGavock for the purchase of William Gillaspe's land. 1 piece.","Bond given to James McGavock to insure compliance with his agreement for the delivery of Aluminum Salt at Fort Chiswell. 1 Piece","Bond for the performance of his duties as undersheriff. 1 Piece","Settlement proposed by the arbitrators to be made by James McGavock with Samuel and Elizabeth McDowell, administrators of James McDowell.  2 Pieces","Suit in Augusta County.  1 Piece","Papers concerning lands conveyed to James McGavock by military and treasury warrants. 2 Pieces","Bond given to James McGavock to secure a debt and to secure the payment of interest due on a tract of land sold to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Memorandum of an agreement concerning the division of the Sheriff's duties and renumeration in Botetourt County.  Bond given by James McGavock as Sheriff, and bond given by Francis Smith and William preston to James McGavock.  3 Pieces.","Bond given by James McGavock as collector of the parish levy, Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond given by john floyd and James Thompson to James McGavock for collection of a parish levy. 1 piece","Transfer of a certificate for a tract of land in Williamson County, Tennessee.  1 Piece","James Crockett to James McGavock. Trust deed covering three tracts of land in Wythe County, VA, including the mountain or orchard tract and a portion of Purgatory Tract","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Leases granted by James McGavock to Zaceriah Hurt. 2 pieces","Zaceriah Hurt to James Ward, trustee for James McGavock. Chattel mortgage. 2 pieces","Attachment upon Zaceriah Hurt in favor of James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit, 1 Piece","Copy of a deed to a tract of land in Wythe county. 1 Piece","Bills of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 8 Pieces","Bills of sale of negroes.  2 Pieces","Survey of a division line between the lands of the heirs of James McGavock Sr., and the heirs of James McGavock Jr. 1 Piece","A memorandum of stray cattle taken by James McGavock at Fort Chiswell. 1 piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Plat, description and receipt of payment for certain tracts of land sold by Samuel Graham to James McGavock. 3 Pieces","Assignment of a tract of land.  1 Piece","Trust deed covering two tracts of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Articles of agreement and bond for the sale by James Mcgavock to David and James Magill, of a plantation in Rockbridge County, VA.  5 Pieces","Referees' decision in a dispute with James McGavock. 1 Piece","Surveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by Joseph Ramsey to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond to insure delivery of the indenture of John Myers, an indentured servant sold to James McGavock by Samuel Smith and others. 1 piece","Trust deed covering certain real estate in Stephensburg and a memorandum concerning the property. 2 Pieces","Bill of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 4 pieces","Memorandum of an agreement for farm work to be done by Adams.  1 Piece","Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Lease granted to Alexander Fisher. Mutilated. 1 Piece","Agreement concerning the sale to Stephen McGavock of an interest in a plantation. 1 Piece","Receipt for money paid for a tract of land. 1 Piece","Bond to insure delivery of a good title to a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, sold to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 1 Piece","Agreement to give possession of a certain plantation to Stephen and Joseph Cloyd McGavock. 1 Piece.","Receipt for money paid for a tract of land.  1 Piece","George Archer, 1852, 1 piece Harrison Archer, 1867, 1 Piece William D. Archer, 1867-72, 3 Pieces John Maybe, 1866, 1 Piece George A. Shoemaker, 1866, 1 Piece P.C. Taylor, 1866, 1 Piece Pleasant C. Taylor, 1866, 1 piece","Farm labor agreements of Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 3 pieces","Survey of 40 acres of land conveyed to an unnamed person. 1 Piece","Comission of John T. Sayers and Francis J. 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Chiffin to T. Wood\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT[?] P. Clap to [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLynch A Currin to S[tephen] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP. Gaines to James McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhillip Gaines to James McGavock Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHugh Graham to [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKate Haller to Mr. [?] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP[?] P[?] Hanson at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hill to Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eV.C. Huff to [?] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eV.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Mathews to her brother [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD. McGavock to his cousin Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[phraim] McGavock to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeter Mulholland to Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Quirk to Col. W. 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Tompkins to S[tephen] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSarah [?] to her uncle [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne unidentified letter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcGavock (?). 59 Pieces including a small book containing an Index to accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePiece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e40 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for guns issued for the expedition against the Cherokee 1780. 1 Piece Discharge of Thomas Welch, 1776, 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCollector of the poor rates 1796.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and clerk's fees 1760-1793. 15 Pieces Other invoices and receipts 1761-1811. 77 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA 1779 Manuscript Volume containing the following: parish levies, receipts from supplies issued to public stores for use during the expedition against the Cherokee, 1776. receipts for supplies for troops at Fort Patrick Henry, 1776-1777; and a manuscript arithmetic. 250 Pages, 8\"x7\" See also folders 5 and 10.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts and certificates of service issued by James McGavock, Ensign, Wythe County Militia. 1791-1792. 25 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLead mines in Wythe County, 1810-1833. 53 Pieces including 9 Letters Saltpeter receipts 1814-1815.  33 Pieces including 5 Letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and Clerk's fees 1800-1836. 66 Pieces Other Invoices and receipts. 1791-1836. 86 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and Clerk's fees 1838-1866.  29 Pieces Accounts, receipts, and memoranda 1834-1848.  22 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and Clerk's fees, 1831-1837.  12 Pieces Other invoices and receipts, 1820-1839.  57 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and Clerk's fees, 1847-1851.  6 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts, Receipts, and Memoranda of Stephen McGavock, executor of the Estate of James McGavock and guardian of Mary, Jane, and Sarah McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Agnes L. McGavock, aferwards Agnes L. Richardson, widow of James McGavock to his executor Stephen McGavock concerning certain matters regarding the estate.  7 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Andrew S. Fulton, at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell [Wythe] concerning dower rights. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from John R. Richardson, at Cedar Hill to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe, VA, concerning arbitration of the estate. 2 Pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of lead delivered by the County Lieutenants. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e60 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e164 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e26 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e28 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e35 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e626 Pieces. This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 PIeces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e24 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Stephen, Cloyd, William, Cynthia, Polly, and Betsey McGavock. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a statement of he cause of deathe of William McGavock as wel as a memorandum book (small but not a volume). 17 Pieces total.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes one memorandum book. 116 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e179 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the County Clerks, 19 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the County Clerk. 3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the county Clerks and Tax bills, 240 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the county clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the County Clerk. 4 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the county clerk and sheriff, and tax bills. 50 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e9 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e9 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Allison. Survey of a tract of land sold to C.C. Tate. 3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePapers relating to a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia, called \"Anchor and Hope\". 7 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecopy of a survey of a portion of a Revolutionary land grant made to Moses Austin, Wythe County, Virginia (1795); and a legal opinion of David McComas (1833) concerning the claim of David Graham to a portion of the land included in the grant. 2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of Stephen and Moses Austin and Samuel Paine to Beverley Randolf, Governor of Virginia. Copy of a bond for the repayment of 20 tonnes of lead. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of Henry Banks to William Whitcroft. Copy of the court record of a deed to a tract of land in Montgomery County, Virginia. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement for the sale of a tract of land in Wythe county, Virginia to Mary Graham and William Graham. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Wythe County. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavid Carnut, assignee of Colin Campbell, assignee of John Lathem. Copy of the record of a Revolutionary land claim in Montgomery County. David Carnute, assignee of James newell, assignee of robert Love. Copy of the record of a revolutionary land claim. Both are on one sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Carter to Joseph Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarter, Crockett, and Thomas Herbert to Robert and Walter Colquohoun. Bond. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill of Alexander N. Chaffin, of Wythe County, VA. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring, to Costilo Hill. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring to Isaac Sulander. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement of the sale of a tract of land in Monk's Corner, to Conrad Keesling. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers relating to the division of Abram Crockett's lands in Williamson County, Tennessee. 3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey and description of James Crockett's Mountain orchard. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePower of attorney authorizing Alexander Ewing to transfer to David McGavock a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003epower of attorney authorizing randal McGavock to sell a tract of land in Sumner County, Tennessee. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Crockett to James R. Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Crockett and Robert Sayers to William Galt.  Bond.  1 Piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Dougherty to Thomas Quirk. Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Dougherty, executor of Michael Dougherty to David McGavock.  Power of attorney authorizing the conveyance of certain tracts of land to David Love, John Craiger and William Chistle, assignee of John Bentley.  1 Piece.  Mutilated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey and plats of a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement of Samuel Graham and Nathaniel Crockett and othersconcerning the settling of the estate of Robert Graham. 3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Hufford to James E. Brown. Trust deed covering a tract of land in Preston County, Virginia. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in washington [County] District Court. 2 pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Botetourt County.  2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo surveys made for David Love.  1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement made in Caswell County, North Carolina, in regards to the unaauthorized sale of his property.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Grayson County, Virginia. David McGavock vs. Stephen Saunders, administrator of James Ewing. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed to a tract of land i Wythe County, Virginia, sold by Samuel Crockett and wife to Ephraim, Stephen, and Joseph C. McGavock. 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Taylor, 1866, 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarm labor agreements of Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 3 pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of 40 acres of land conveyed to an unnamed person. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComission of John T. Sayers and Francis J. Carter to receive the acknowledgement of Daniel Miller's wife of his deed to James Crockett, conveying a tract of land in Wythe County, VA. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of a tract of land belonging to R. Montgomery.  1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveys of tracts of land made for William Montgomery, Josiah Ramsey, and Abner Bledsoe.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, conveyed by Robert Norris to Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed to a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of land deeded to James and Andrew Crockett. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by james Thompson, agent for R. Price. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt orders regarding public roads. 2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum of two tracts of land in Wythe Couny, VA, surveyed for Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal opinion on the proper procedure in a sale of land by [?] McGavock to [?] Sawyers.  1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuits against Abraham Reynolds for debt.  Wythe County, VA.  19 pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransfer if a lease on a tract of land called Crocketts Forge, in Wythe County. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Wythe County.  1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveys and plats of land in Burk's Garden, Tazwell County, VA, belonging to Colonel Robert Sayers.  4 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Wythe County, 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of a tract of land in Montgomery County, surveyed for David Sloan. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of sale of a negro boy. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit for debt. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement with Patrick Henry, Walter Crockett, James McCorkle, Thomas Madison, and James McGavock; concerning the mining of iron. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Wythe County.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement for the erection of a grist mill.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of a warrant for Richard Woods. Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRevolutionary land warrants of James McGavock, David McGavock, Alexander Smyth, John Latham, George Brook, James Crockett, John Creger, David Sloan, Hiram Craig, John Belshen, William King, Godfrey Messersmith, and John Herkerader. 4 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Neely vs. John Drake and William Neely George Hancock vs. Andrew Neely One One sheet\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay vs. Joseph Barneville and Philip Buttonstone (1794) William Hay vs. David McGavock (1796) One one sheet\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA printed list of guests at Chapman Springs. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForms for the use of tax collectors. 5 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA tax form used by the Confederate States of America.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax assesor's form for the United States Internal Revenue Service. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePedigree and description of Manassas, a thoroughbred horse. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted Circular letter announcing a commercial convention to be held in Norfolk to improve the means of communication with the Interior, the West, Nortgwest, Southwest, and North Carolina; and establish direct trade with Europe.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate of membership in the union Agricultural Society of Virginia and North Carolina. 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grandsons James McGavock (1804-1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880). Many of the papers concern lead mines at Fort Chiswell, Va, slavery, agriculture, aspects of the Revolutionary War, and other.  Included are a list of parish levies before 1776; receipts for supplies issued at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Va. and at Fort Patrick Henry, Tenn. for an expedition, 1776-1777, against the Cherokees; and county tax and fee bills for Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, Washington and Wythe counties, Va. The collection includes genealogical information on the McGavock and Boyd families and letters written by members of the Cloyd family and by John Williamson McGavock while attending the University of Virginia.","Letter from John Shaw to Joseph Sheels. This letter is on the same sheet as a receipt signe by Joseph Sheels.","A receipt signed by Joseph Sheels for articles received of James McGavock, on same sheet as the letter to John Shaw.","Circular letter to the Surveyors of the Revenue, Mutilated.","Postmarked Nashville","Mutilated.","Mutilated","Post-marked Richmond, forwarded to Christiansburg, VA","Incomplete","? at Fort Chiswell to [Wythe County], to ?. Incomplete","James Graham, Wythe County to ?","Robert Montgomery, at Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana to James McGavock","James F. Perry, at Oak Grove, Chocolate Bayou [Louisiana], to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA. 2 Copies","Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell, at Philadelphia, to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe VA","Harold Smyth, at Wythe Courthouse, to James McGavock, Wythe County VA","[James McGavock] to Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell at Philadelphia. Rough copy, incomplete.","James St. Clair to James McGavock","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock Sr., Wythe Courthouse, VA","Ferguson, Jones, and Co., at Philadelphia to James McGavock at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock, Wythe Court House, VA","Lysander McGavock to his uncle james McGavock Sr. at Fort Chiswell, VA","John Hanger at Richmond, to Joseph McGavock, Wythe County VA","William Hill to James McGavock Sr., Fort Chissell (Chiswell) VA","Peter Fulkerson Sr. Lee County VA to ?","Joseph Haller, Wythe Court House to Col. Joseph Kent, Joseph Crockett and James McGavock, Wythe County VA","John Kesten and Nancy Kesten, Johnson County Iowa, to [?]","Adams [Adam?] Sanders to [?]. Mutilated","E.N. Sprinkle to S[tephen] McGavock","J.P. Matthews at Wythe [County] to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","J.W. Truslow at Wythevill to Stephen McGavock Wythe County VA","William B. Mason and Co at Giles Court House to ? McGavock at Wytheville, VA","T.J. Morrison at Seven Mile Ford [Smyth County] to Stephen McGavock at Wytheville, VA","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","T.J. Morrison at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe County VA","L. Click and H.D. Roe at Kingsport TN to S[tephen] McGavock. Mutilated.","Hamilton Sagers, at Drapers Valley [Wythe County] to Stephen McGavock, Wythe County VA","Hallers [?] to Stephen McGavock","John Morrison at Wytheville to S[tephen] McGavock","David F. Kent at Springfield to Stephen McGavock, Ft. Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe [County] VA","John Morrison at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","D. McG[avock] at Harpers Ferry (Jefferson County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","James A McNutt, at Marion (Smyth County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","J. Brown Jr. at Richmond to Stephen McGavock President of the office of the Farmers Bank of Virginia at Wytheville.","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond to S[tephen] McGavock","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond, to S[tephen] McGavock","Alfred King, per Thomas H. Lambeth, at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","James M. Bland, at Greensboro to Stephen McGavock","F.H. Mays at Fincastle (Botetourt County) to S[tephen] McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock Fort Chiswell","Francis Bell, at Back Creek, to Stephen McGavock","Thomas J. Boyd, at Wythevillem, to Capt. Charles W. Venable, Commissary C.S.A. at Wythevillem, VA. On back of sheet is a note tothe agents of the Assistant Commissary's Office at Wytheville, signed by C.W. Venable 15 November 1864","J.N. Goodwin, General Superintendant of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","D. Graham at Cedar Run, VA to E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville VA","A.M. Kasey to [?] McGavock","Cynthia M.G. Houston, at Natural Bridge (Rockbridge County), to her cousin Stephen [McGavock]","A. Thomas at Holston Mills to S[tephen] McGavock","J.R. Crockett at Max Meadow, to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock.","J.H. Martin at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","R.E. Withers at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock, at Max Meadow, Wythe County, VA","Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lee at Lynchburg to Messrs. and Miss McGavock. Declining an invitation.","John M. Hall to Cloid [Cloyd] McGavock","John H. Gibboney at Wytheville, to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock, at the University of Virginia to his uncle [?]","J.F. Kent at Bellfield Mills, to his cousin Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock","D.C. Kent at Dublin (Pulaski County) to his cousin Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock at the University of Virginia to his uncle Stephen McGavock","Joseph Cloyd, near Dublin (Pulaski county) to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William Gibboney at Wytheville to J.F. Slaughter at Lynchburg, VA introducing Stephen McGavock.","William Gibboney at Wytheville, VA to S.B. Smith, Richmond introducing Stephen McGavock","Crockett and Blair at Wytheville, Wythe County, to Stephen McGavock","J.W. Hagar to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Joseph F. Kent at Bellfield Mills to Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville, VA to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","W.B. Byars at Glade Spring (Washington County) to [?]","W.A. Smyth at Montgomery to [?]","John W. Robinson at Graham's Ford to Stephen McGavock at Ft. Chiswell VA","Noel and Brown at Wytheville, VA to Stephen McGavock","William Matthews at Dublin [Pulaski County VA] to [?]","A.E. Parker at Wytheville to McGavock and Brother at Fort Chiswell.","Mathew Aiken at Croftsville, Tazwell County, VA to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William B. Byars at Glad Spring [Washington County VA] to Stephen McGavock","J.M. Crockett at Philadelphia to Stephen McGavock","J.F. Kent at Kent's Mill, VA to Stephen [McGavock]","John R. Richardson, at Morristown, TN to Stephen McGavock at Max Meadows, Wythe County, VA","A.N. Chiffin to T. Wood","T[?] P. Clap to [?]","Lynch A Currin to S[tephen] McGavock","P. Gaines to James McGavock","Phillip Gaines to James McGavock Jr.","Hugh Graham to [?]","Kate Haller to Mr. [?] McGavock","P[?] P[?] Hanson at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","William Hill to Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to [?] McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Margaret Mathews to her brother [?]","D. McGavock to his cousin Stephen McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County VA","Peter Mulholland to Stephen McGavock","Thomas Quirk to Col. W. Crockett","Waller R. Staples at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","A. Tompkins to S[tephen] McGavock","Sarah [?] to her uncle [?]","One unidentified letter","McGavock (?). 59 Pieces including a small book containing an Index to accounts.","1 Piece","3 Pieces","1 Piece","10 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","1 Piece","Piece","1 Piece","40 Pieces","3 Pieces","1 Piece","1 Piece","1 Piece","1 Piece","5 Pieces","1 Piece","2 Pieces","1 Piece","Receipt for guns issued for the expedition against the Cherokee 1780. 1 Piece Discharge of Thomas Welch, 1776, 1 Piece","Collector of the poor rates 1796.  1 Piece","Tax levies and clerk's fees 1760-1793. 15 Pieces Other invoices and receipts 1761-1811. 77 Pieces","Scope and Contents","A 1779 Manuscript Volume containing the following: parish levies, receipts from supplies issued to public stores for use during the expedition against the Cherokee, 1776. receipts for supplies for troops at Fort Patrick Henry, 1776-1777; and a manuscript arithmetic. 250 Pages, 8\"x7\" See also folders 5 and 10.","Receipts and certificates of service issued by James McGavock, Ensign, Wythe County Militia. 1791-1792. 25 Pieces","Lead mines in Wythe County, 1810-1833. 53 Pieces including 9 Letters Saltpeter receipts 1814-1815.  33 Pieces including 5 Letters","Tax levies and Clerk's fees 1800-1836. 66 Pieces Other Invoices and receipts. 1791-1836. 86 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees 1838-1866.  29 Pieces Accounts, receipts, and memoranda 1834-1848.  22 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees, 1831-1837.  12 Pieces Other invoices and receipts, 1820-1839.  57 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees, 1847-1851.  6 Pieces","Accounts, Receipts, and Memoranda of Stephen McGavock, executor of the Estate of James McGavock and guardian of Mary, Jane, and Sarah McGavock","Letters from Agnes L. McGavock, aferwards Agnes L. Richardson, widow of James McGavock to his executor Stephen McGavock concerning certain matters regarding the estate.  7 Pieces","Letter from Andrew S. Fulton, at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell [Wythe] concerning dower rights. 1 Piece","Letters from John R. Richardson, at Cedar Hill to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe, VA, concerning arbitration of the estate. 2 Pieces.","Statement of lead delivered by the County Lieutenants. 1 Piece","60 Pieces","164 Pieces","20 Pieces","26 Pieces","28 Pieces","35 Pieces","1 Piece","8 Pieces","13 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","8 Pieces","1 Piece","3 Pieces","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces. This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","2 PIeces","24 Pieces","Accounts of Stephen, Cloyd, William, Cynthia, Polly, and Betsey McGavock. 1 Piece","7 Pieces","Includes a statement of he cause of deathe of William McGavock as wel as a memorandum book (small but not a volume). 17 Pieces total.","2 Pieces","Includes one memorandum book. 116 Pieces","179 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerks, 19 pieces.","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 3 Pieces","Fee bills of the county Clerks and Tax bills, 240 Pieces","1 Piece","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 4 Pieces","Fee bills of the clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff, and tax bills. 50 Pieces","9 Pieces","9 Pieces","John Allison. Survey of a tract of land sold to C.C. Tate. 3 Pieces","Scope and Contents","Papers relating to a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia, called \"Anchor and Hope\". 7 Pieces","copy of a survey of a portion of a Revolutionary land grant made to Moses Austin, Wythe County, Virginia (1795); and a legal opinion of David McComas (1833) concerning the claim of David Graham to a portion of the land included in the grant. 2 Pieces","Letter of Stephen and Moses Austin and Samuel Paine to Beverley Randolf, Governor of Virginia. Copy of a bond for the repayment of 20 tonnes of lead. 1 Piece","Letter of Henry Banks to William Whitcroft. Copy of the court record of a deed to a tract of land in Montgomery County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land in Wythe county, Virginia to Mary Graham and William Graham. 1 Piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","David Carnut, assignee of Colin Campbell, assignee of John Lathem. Copy of the record of a Revolutionary land claim in Montgomery County. David Carnute, assignee of James newell, assignee of robert Love. Copy of the record of a revolutionary land claim. Both are on one sheet.","John Carter to Joseph Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","Carter, Crockett, and Thomas Herbert to Robert and Walter Colquohoun. Bond. 1 Piece","Will of Alexander N. Chaffin, of Wythe County, VA. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring, to Costilo Hill. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring to Isaac Sulander. 1 Piece","Agreement of the sale of a tract of land in Monk's Corner, to Conrad Keesling. 1 piece","Papers relating to the division of Abram Crockett's lands in Williamson County, Tennessee. 3 Pieces","Survey and description of James Crockett's Mountain orchard. 1 Piece","Power of attorney authorizing Alexander Ewing to transfer to David McGavock a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 piece","power of attorney authorizing randal McGavock to sell a tract of land in Sumner County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","James Crockett to James R. Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","James Crockett and Robert Sayers to William Galt.  Bond.  1 Piece.","Survey of a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Quirk. Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Robert Dougherty, executor of Michael Dougherty to David McGavock.  Power of attorney authorizing the conveyance of certain tracts of land to David Love, John Craiger and William Chistle, assignee of John Bentley.  1 Piece.  Mutilated","Survey and plats of a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","Suit","Agreement of Samuel Graham and Nathaniel Crockett and othersconcerning the settling of the estate of Robert Graham. 3 Pieces","Henry Hufford to James E. Brown. Trust deed covering a tract of land in Preston County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Suit in washington [County] District Court. 2 pieces","Suit in Botetourt County.  2 Pieces","Two surveys made for David Love.  1 piece","Bond","Bond. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Statement made in Caswell County, North Carolina, in regards to the unaauthorized sale of his property.  1 Piece","Suit","Suit in Grayson County, Virginia. David McGavock vs. Stephen Saunders, administrator of James Ewing. 1 Piece","Deed to a tract of land i Wythe County, Virginia, sold by Samuel Crockett and wife to Ephraim, Stephen, and Joseph C. McGavock. Not Signed. 1 Piece","Assignment of a tract of land. 1 piece","Receipt for payment made by James McGavock for the purchase of William Gillaspe's land. 1 piece.","Bond given to James McGavock to insure compliance with his agreement for the delivery of Aluminum Salt at Fort Chiswell. 1 Piece","Bond for the performance of his duties as undersheriff. 1 Piece","Settlement proposed by the arbitrators to be made by James McGavock with Samuel and Elizabeth McDowell, administrators of James McDowell.  2 Pieces","Suit in Augusta County.  1 Piece","Papers concerning lands conveyed to James McGavock by military and treasury warrants. 2 Pieces","Bond given to James McGavock to secure a debt and to secure the payment of interest due on a tract of land sold to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Memorandum of an agreement concerning the division of the Sheriff's duties and renumeration in Botetourt County.  Bond given by James McGavock as Sheriff, and bond given by Francis Smith and William preston to James McGavock.  3 Pieces.","Bond given by James McGavock as collector of the parish levy, Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond given by john floyd and James Thompson to James McGavock for collection of a parish levy. 1 piece","Transfer of a certificate for a tract of land in Williamson County, Tennessee.  1 Piece","James Crockett to James McGavock. Trust deed covering three tracts of land in Wythe County, VA, including the mountain or orchard tract and a portion of Purgatory Tract","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Leases granted by James McGavock to Zaceriah Hurt. 2 pieces","Zaceriah Hurt to James Ward, trustee for James McGavock. Chattel mortgage. 2 pieces","Attachment upon Zaceriah Hurt in favor of James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit, 1 Piece","Copy of a deed to a tract of land in Wythe county. 1 Piece","Bills of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 8 Pieces","Bills of sale of negroes.  2 Pieces","Survey of a division line between the lands of the heirs of James McGavock Sr., and the heirs of James McGavock Jr. 1 Piece","A memorandum of stray cattle taken by James McGavock at Fort Chiswell. 1 piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Plat, description and receipt of payment for certain tracts of land sold by Samuel Graham to James McGavock. 3 Pieces","Assignment of a tract of land.  1 Piece","Trust deed covering two tracts of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Articles of agreement and bond for the sale by James Mcgavock to David and James Magill, of a plantation in Rockbridge County, VA.  5 Pieces","Referees' decision in a dispute with James McGavock. 1 Piece","Surveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by Joseph Ramsey to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond to insure delivery of the indenture of John Myers, an indentured servant sold to James McGavock by Samuel Smith and others. 1 piece","Trust deed covering certain real estate in Stephensburg and a memorandum concerning the property. 2 Pieces","Bill of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 4 pieces","Memorandum of an agreement for farm work to be done by Adams.  1 Piece","Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Lease granted to Alexander Fisher. Mutilated. 1 Piece","Agreement concerning the sale to Stephen McGavock of an interest in a plantation. 1 Piece","Receipt for money paid for a tract of land. 1 Piece","Bond to insure delivery of a good title to a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, sold to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 1 Piece","Agreement to give possession of a certain plantation to Stephen and Joseph Cloyd McGavock. 1 Piece.","Receipt for money paid for a tract of land.  1 Piece","George Archer, 1852, 1 piece Harrison Archer, 1867, 1 Piece William D. Archer, 1867-72, 3 Pieces John Maybe, 1866, 1 Piece George A. Shoemaker, 1866, 1 Piece P.C. Taylor, 1866, 1 Piece Pleasant C. Taylor, 1866, 1 piece","Farm labor agreements of Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 3 pieces","Survey of 40 acres of land conveyed to an unnamed person. 1 Piece","Comission of John T. Sayers and Francis J. Carter to receive the acknowledgement of Daniel Miller's wife of his deed to James Crockett, conveying a tract of land in Wythe County, VA. 1 piece","Survey of a tract of land belonging to R. Montgomery.  1 piece","Surveys of tracts of land made for William Montgomery, Josiah Ramsey, and Abner Bledsoe.  1 Piece","Survey of a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, conveyed by Robert Norris to Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece","Deed to a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Survey of land deeded to James and Andrew Crockett. 1 Piece","Surveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by james Thompson, agent for R. Price. 1 piece","Court orders regarding public roads. 2 Pieces","Memorandum of two tracts of land in Wythe Couny, VA, surveyed for Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece","Legal opinion on the proper procedure in a sale of land by [?] McGavock to [?] Sawyers.  1 piece","Suits against Abraham Reynolds for debt.  Wythe County, VA.  19 pieces","Transfer if a lease on a tract of land called Crocketts Forge, in Wythe County. 1 piece","Suit in Wythe County.  1 piece","Surveys and plats of land in Burk's Garden, Tazwell County, VA, belonging to Colonel Robert Sayers.  4 Pieces","Suit in Wythe County, 1 piece","Description of a tract of land in Montgomery County, surveyed for David Sloan. 1 Piece","Bill of sale of a negro boy. 1 Piece","Suit for debt. 1 Piece","Agreement with Patrick Henry, Walter Crockett, James McCorkle, Thomas Madison, and James McGavock; concerning the mining of iron. 1 Piece","Suit in Wythe County.  1 Piece","Agreement for the erection of a grist mill.  1 Piece","Copy of a warrant for Richard Woods. Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Revolutionary land warrants of James McGavock, David McGavock, Alexander Smyth, John Latham, George Brook, James Crockett, John Creger, David Sloan, Hiram Craig, John Belshen, William King, Godfrey Messersmith, and John Herkerader. 4 pieces.","Andrew Neely vs. John Drake and William Neely George Hancock vs. Andrew Neely One One sheet","William Hay vs. Joseph Barneville and Philip Buttonstone (1794) William Hay vs. David McGavock (1796) One one sheet","17 Pieces","1 Piece","A printed list of guests at Chapman Springs. 1 Piece","4 Pieces","6 pieces","Forms for the use of tax collectors. 5 Pieces","A tax form used by the Confederate States of America.  1 Piece","Tax assesor's form for the United States Internal Revenue Service. 1 Piece","Pedigree and description of Manassas, a thoroughbred horse. 1 Piece","Printed Circular letter announcing a commercial convention to be held in Norfolk to improve the means of communication with the Interior, the West, Nortgwest, Southwest, and North Carolina; and establish direct trade with Europe.  1 Piece","Certificate of membership in the union Agricultural Society of Virginia and North Carolina. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Three generations of the McGavock family lived in Wythe County, Va. The immigrant was James McGavock (1728-1812) who came from Scotland. His son was James McGavock (1764-1838) and his grandsons were James McGavock (1804- 1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880) who was president of the Farmer's Bank of Virginia at Wytheville.","Papers (including correspondence, legal documents, and accounts) of James McGavock (1728-1812), his son James McGavock (1764-1838) and his grandsons James McGavock (1804-1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880). Many of the papers concern lead mines at Fort Chiswell, Va, slavery, agriculture, aspects of the Revolutionary War, and other.  Included are a list of parish levies before 1776; receipts for supplies issued at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Va. and at Fort Patrick Henry, Tenn. for an expedition, 1776-1777, against the Cherokees; and county tax and fee bills for Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, Washington and Wythe counties, Va. The collection includes genealogical information on the McGavock and Boyd families and letters written by members of the Cloyd family and by John Williamson McGavock while attending the University of Virginia.","Letter from John Shaw to Joseph Sheels. This letter is on the same sheet as a receipt signe by Joseph Sheels.","A receipt signed by Joseph Sheels for articles received of James McGavock, on same sheet as the letter to John Shaw.","Circular letter to the Surveyors of the Revenue, Mutilated.","Postmarked Nashville","Mutilated.","Mutilated","Post-marked Richmond, forwarded to Christiansburg, VA","Incomplete","? at Fort Chiswell to [Wythe County], to ?. Incomplete","James Graham, Wythe County to ?","Robert Montgomery, at Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana to James McGavock","James F. Perry, at Oak Grove, Chocolate Bayou [Louisiana], to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA. 2 Copies","Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell, at Philadelphia, to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe VA","Harold Smyth, at Wythe Courthouse, to James McGavock, Wythe County VA","[James McGavock] to Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell at Philadelphia. Rough copy, incomplete.","James St. Clair to James McGavock","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock Sr., Wythe Courthouse, VA","Ferguson, Jones, and Co., at Philadelphia to James McGavock at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock, Wythe Court House, VA","Lysander McGavock to his uncle james McGavock Sr. at Fort Chiswell, VA","John Hanger at Richmond, to Joseph McGavock, Wythe County VA","William Hill to James McGavock Sr., Fort Chissell (Chiswell) VA","Peter Fulkerson Sr. Lee County VA to ?","Joseph Haller, Wythe Court House to Col. Joseph Kent, Joseph Crockett and James McGavock, Wythe County VA","John Kesten and Nancy Kesten, Johnson County Iowa, to [?]","Adams [Adam?] Sanders to [?]. Mutilated","E.N. Sprinkle to S[tephen] McGavock","J.P. Matthews at Wythe [County] to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","J.W. Truslow at Wythevill to Stephen McGavock Wythe County VA","William B. Mason and Co at Giles Court House to ? McGavock at Wytheville, VA","T.J. Morrison at Seven Mile Ford [Smyth County] to Stephen McGavock at Wytheville, VA","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","T.J. Morrison at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe County VA","L. Click and H.D. Roe at Kingsport TN to S[tephen] McGavock. Mutilated.","Hamilton Sagers, at Drapers Valley [Wythe County] to Stephen McGavock, Wythe County VA","Hallers [?] to Stephen McGavock","John Morrison at Wytheville to S[tephen] McGavock","David F. Kent at Springfield to Stephen McGavock, Ft. Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe [County] VA","John Morrison at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","D. McG[avock] at Harpers Ferry (Jefferson County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","James A McNutt, at Marion (Smyth County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","J. Brown Jr. at Richmond to Stephen McGavock President of the office of the Farmers Bank of Virginia at Wytheville.","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond to S[tephen] McGavock","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond, to S[tephen] McGavock","Alfred King, per Thomas H. Lambeth, at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","James M. Bland, at Greensboro to Stephen McGavock","F.H. Mays at Fincastle (Botetourt County) to S[tephen] McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock Fort Chiswell","Francis Bell, at Back Creek, to Stephen McGavock","Thomas J. Boyd, at Wythevillem, to Capt. Charles W. Venable, Commissary C.S.A. at Wythevillem, VA. On back of sheet is a note tothe agents of the Assistant Commissary's Office at Wytheville, signed by C.W. Venable 15 November 1864","J.N. Goodwin, General Superintendant of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","D. Graham at Cedar Run, VA to E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville VA","A.M. Kasey to [?] McGavock","Cynthia M.G. Houston, at Natural Bridge (Rockbridge County), to her cousin Stephen [McGavock]","A. Thomas at Holston Mills to S[tephen] McGavock","J.R. Crockett at Max Meadow, to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock.","J.H. Martin at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","R.E. Withers at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock, at Max Meadow, Wythe County, VA","Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lee at Lynchburg to Messrs. and Miss McGavock. Declining an invitation.","John M. Hall to Cloid [Cloyd] McGavock","John H. Gibboney at Wytheville, to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock, at the University of Virginia to his uncle [?]","J.F. Kent at Bellfield Mills, to his cousin Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock","D.C. Kent at Dublin (Pulaski County) to his cousin Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock at the University of Virginia to his uncle Stephen McGavock","Joseph Cloyd, near Dublin (Pulaski county) to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William Gibboney at Wytheville to J.F. Slaughter at Lynchburg, VA introducing Stephen McGavock.","William Gibboney at Wytheville, VA to S.B. Smith, Richmond introducing Stephen McGavock","Crockett and Blair at Wytheville, Wythe County, to Stephen McGavock","J.W. Hagar to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Joseph F. Kent at Bellfield Mills to Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville, VA to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","W.B. Byars at Glade Spring (Washington County) to [?]","W.A. Smyth at Montgomery to [?]","John W. Robinson at Graham's Ford to Stephen McGavock at Ft. Chiswell VA","Noel and Brown at Wytheville, VA to Stephen McGavock","William Matthews at Dublin [Pulaski County VA] to [?]","A.E. Parker at Wytheville to McGavock and Brother at Fort Chiswell.","Mathew Aiken at Croftsville, Tazwell County, VA to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William B. Byars at Glad Spring [Washington County VA] to Stephen McGavock","J.M. Crockett at Philadelphia to Stephen McGavock","J.F. Kent at Kent's Mill, VA to Stephen [McGavock]","John R. Richardson, at Morristown, TN to Stephen McGavock at Max Meadows, Wythe County, VA","A.N. Chiffin to T. Wood","T[?] P. Clap to [?]","Lynch A Currin to S[tephen] McGavock","P. Gaines to James McGavock","Phillip Gaines to James McGavock Jr.","Hugh Graham to [?]","Kate Haller to Mr. [?] McGavock","P[?] P[?] Hanson at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","William Hill to Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to [?] McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Margaret Mathews to her brother [?]","D. McGavock to his cousin Stephen McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County VA","Peter Mulholland to Stephen McGavock","Thomas Quirk to Col. W. Crockett","Waller R. Staples at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","A. Tompkins to S[tephen] McGavock","Sarah [?] to her uncle [?]","One unidentified letter","McGavock (?). 59 Pieces including a small book containing an Index to accounts.","1 Piece","3 Pieces","1 Piece","10 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","1 Piece","Piece","1 Piece","40 Pieces","3 Pieces","1 Piece","1 Piece","1 Piece","1 Piece","5 Pieces","1 Piece","2 Pieces","1 Piece","Receipt for guns issued for the expedition against the Cherokee 1780. 1 Piece Discharge of Thomas Welch, 1776, 1 Piece","Collector of the poor rates 1796.  1 Piece","Tax levies and clerk's fees 1760-1793. 15 Pieces Other invoices and receipts 1761-1811. 77 Pieces","Scope and Contents","A 1779 Manuscript Volume containing the following: parish levies, receipts from supplies issued to public stores for use during the expedition against the Cherokee, 1776. receipts for supplies for troops at Fort Patrick Henry, 1776-1777; and a manuscript arithmetic. 250 Pages, 8\"x7\" See also folders 5 and 10.","Receipts and certificates of service issued by James McGavock, Ensign, Wythe County Militia. 1791-1792. 25 Pieces","Lead mines in Wythe County, 1810-1833. 53 Pieces including 9 Letters Saltpeter receipts 1814-1815.  33 Pieces including 5 Letters","Tax levies and Clerk's fees 1800-1836. 66 Pieces Other Invoices and receipts. 1791-1836. 86 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees 1838-1866.  29 Pieces Accounts, receipts, and memoranda 1834-1848.  22 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees, 1831-1837.  12 Pieces Other invoices and receipts, 1820-1839.  57 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees, 1847-1851.  6 Pieces","Accounts, Receipts, and Memoranda of Stephen McGavock, executor of the Estate of James McGavock and guardian of Mary, Jane, and Sarah McGavock","Letters from Agnes L. McGavock, aferwards Agnes L. Richardson, widow of James McGavock to his executor Stephen McGavock concerning certain matters regarding the estate.  7 Pieces","Letter from Andrew S. Fulton, at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell [Wythe] concerning dower rights. 1 Piece","Letters from John R. Richardson, at Cedar Hill to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe, VA, concerning arbitration of the estate. 2 Pieces.","Statement of lead delivered by the County Lieutenants. 1 Piece","60 Pieces","164 Pieces","20 Pieces","26 Pieces","28 Pieces","35 Pieces","1 Piece","8 Pieces","13 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","8 Pieces","1 Piece","3 Pieces","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces. This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","2 PIeces","24 Pieces","Accounts of Stephen, Cloyd, William, Cynthia, Polly, and Betsey McGavock. 1 Piece","7 Pieces","Includes a statement of he cause of deathe of William McGavock as wel as a memorandum book (small but not a volume). 17 Pieces total.","2 Pieces","Includes one memorandum book. 116 Pieces","179 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerks, 19 pieces.","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 3 Pieces","Fee bills of the county Clerks and Tax bills, 240 Pieces","1 Piece","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 4 Pieces","Fee bills of the clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff, and tax bills. 50 Pieces","9 Pieces","9 Pieces","John Allison. Survey of a tract of land sold to C.C. Tate. 3 Pieces","Scope and Contents","Papers relating to a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia, called \"Anchor and Hope\". 7 Pieces","copy of a survey of a portion of a Revolutionary land grant made to Moses Austin, Wythe County, Virginia (1795); and a legal opinion of David McComas (1833) concerning the claim of David Graham to a portion of the land included in the grant. 2 Pieces","Letter of Stephen and Moses Austin and Samuel Paine to Beverley Randolf, Governor of Virginia. Copy of a bond for the repayment of 20 tonnes of lead. 1 Piece","Letter of Henry Banks to William Whitcroft. Copy of the court record of a deed to a tract of land in Montgomery County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land in Wythe county, Virginia to Mary Graham and William Graham. 1 Piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","David Carnut, assignee of Colin Campbell, assignee of John Lathem. Copy of the record of a Revolutionary land claim in Montgomery County. David Carnute, assignee of James newell, assignee of robert Love. Copy of the record of a revolutionary land claim. Both are on one sheet.","John Carter to Joseph Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","Carter, Crockett, and Thomas Herbert to Robert and Walter Colquohoun. Bond. 1 Piece","Will of Alexander N. Chaffin, of Wythe County, VA. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring, to Costilo Hill. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring to Isaac Sulander. 1 Piece","Agreement of the sale of a tract of land in Monk's Corner, to Conrad Keesling. 1 piece","Papers relating to the division of Abram Crockett's lands in Williamson County, Tennessee. 3 Pieces","Survey and description of James Crockett's Mountain orchard. 1 Piece","Power of attorney authorizing Alexander Ewing to transfer to David McGavock a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 piece","power of attorney authorizing randal McGavock to sell a tract of land in Sumner County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","James Crockett to James R. Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","James Crockett and Robert Sayers to William Galt.  Bond.  1 Piece.","Survey of a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Quirk. Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Robert Dougherty, executor of Michael Dougherty to David McGavock.  Power of attorney authorizing the conveyance of certain tracts of land to David Love, John Craiger and William Chistle, assignee of John Bentley.  1 Piece.  Mutilated","Survey and plats of a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","Suit","Agreement of Samuel Graham and Nathaniel Crockett and othersconcerning the settling of the estate of Robert Graham. 3 Pieces","Henry Hufford to James E. Brown. Trust deed covering a tract of land in Preston County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Suit in washington [County] District Court. 2 pieces","Suit in Botetourt County.  2 Pieces","Two surveys made for David Love.  1 piece","Bond","Bond. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Statement made in Caswell County, North Carolina, in regards to the unaauthorized sale of his property.  1 Piece","Suit","Suit in Grayson County, Virginia. David McGavock vs. Stephen Saunders, administrator of James Ewing. 1 Piece","Deed to a tract of land i Wythe County, Virginia, sold by Samuel Crockett and wife to Ephraim, Stephen, and Joseph C. McGavock. Not Signed. 1 Piece","Assignment of a tract of land. 1 piece","Receipt for payment made by James McGavock for the purchase of William Gillaspe's land. 1 piece.","Bond given to James McGavock to insure compliance with his agreement for the delivery of Aluminum Salt at Fort Chiswell. 1 Piece","Bond for the performance of his duties as undersheriff. 1 Piece","Settlement proposed by the arbitrators to be made by James McGavock with Samuel and Elizabeth McDowell, administrators of James McDowell.  2 Pieces","Suit in Augusta County.  1 Piece","Papers concerning lands conveyed to James McGavock by military and treasury warrants. 2 Pieces","Bond given to James McGavock to secure a debt and to secure the payment of interest due on a tract of land sold to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Memorandum of an agreement concerning the division of the Sheriff's duties and renumeration in Botetourt County.  Bond given by James McGavock as Sheriff, and bond given by Francis Smith and William preston to James McGavock.  3 Pieces.","Bond given by James McGavock as collector of the parish levy, Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond given by john floyd and James Thompson to James McGavock for collection of a parish levy. 1 piece","Transfer of a certificate for a tract of land in Williamson County, Tennessee.  1 Piece","James Crockett to James McGavock. Trust deed covering three tracts of land in Wythe County, VA, including the mountain or orchard tract and a portion of Purgatory Tract","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Leases granted by James McGavock to Zaceriah Hurt. 2 pieces","Zaceriah Hurt to James Ward, trustee for James McGavock. Chattel mortgage. 2 pieces","Attachment upon Zaceriah Hurt in favor of James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit, 1 Piece","Copy of a deed to a tract of land in Wythe county. 1 Piece","Bills of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 8 Pieces","Bills of sale of negroes.  2 Pieces","Survey of a division line between the lands of the heirs of James McGavock Sr., and the heirs of James McGavock Jr. 1 Piece","A memorandum of stray cattle taken by James McGavock at Fort Chiswell. 1 piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Plat, description and receipt of payment for certain tracts of land sold by Samuel Graham to James McGavock. 3 Pieces","Assignment of a tract of land.  1 Piece","Trust deed covering two tracts of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Articles of agreement and bond for the sale by James Mcgavock to David and James Magill, of a plantation in Rockbridge County, VA.  5 Pieces","Referees' decision in a dispute with James McGavock. 1 Piece","Surveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by Joseph Ramsey to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond to insure delivery of the indenture of John Myers, an indentured servant sold to James McGavock by Samuel Smith and others. 1 piece","Trust deed covering certain real estate in Stephensburg and a memorandum concerning the property. 2 Pieces","Bill of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 4 pieces","Memorandum of an agreement for farm work to be done by Adams.  1 Piece","Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Lease granted to Alexander Fisher. 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Chiffin to T. Wood\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT[?] P. Clap to [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLynch A Currin to S[tephen] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP. Gaines to James McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhillip Gaines to James McGavock Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHugh Graham to [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKate Haller to Mr. [?] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP[?] P[?] Hanson at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hill to Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eV.C. Huff to [?] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eV.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Mathews to her brother [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD. McGavock to his cousin Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[phraim] McGavock to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeter Mulholland to Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Quirk to Col. W. 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Tompkins to S[tephen] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSarah [?] to her uncle [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne unidentified letter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcGavock (?). 59 Pieces including a small book containing an Index to accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePiece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e40 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for guns issued for the expedition against the Cherokee 1780. 1 Piece Discharge of Thomas Welch, 1776, 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCollector of the poor rates 1796.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and clerk's fees 1760-1793. 15 Pieces Other invoices and receipts 1761-1811. 77 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA 1779 Manuscript Volume containing the following: parish levies, receipts from supplies issued to public stores for use during the expedition against the Cherokee, 1776. receipts for supplies for troops at Fort Patrick Henry, 1776-1777; and a manuscript arithmetic. 250 Pages, 8\"x7\" See also folders 5 and 10.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts and certificates of service issued by James McGavock, Ensign, Wythe County Militia. 1791-1792. 25 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLead mines in Wythe County, 1810-1833. 53 Pieces including 9 Letters Saltpeter receipts 1814-1815.  33 Pieces including 5 Letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and Clerk's fees 1800-1836. 66 Pieces Other Invoices and receipts. 1791-1836. 86 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and Clerk's fees 1838-1866.  29 Pieces Accounts, receipts, and memoranda 1834-1848.  22 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and Clerk's fees, 1831-1837.  12 Pieces Other invoices and receipts, 1820-1839.  57 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and Clerk's fees, 1847-1851.  6 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts, Receipts, and Memoranda of Stephen McGavock, executor of the Estate of James McGavock and guardian of Mary, Jane, and Sarah McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Agnes L. McGavock, aferwards Agnes L. Richardson, widow of James McGavock to his executor Stephen McGavock concerning certain matters regarding the estate.  7 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Andrew S. Fulton, at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell [Wythe] concerning dower rights. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from John R. Richardson, at Cedar Hill to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe, VA, concerning arbitration of the estate. 2 Pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of lead delivered by the County Lieutenants. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e60 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e164 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e26 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e28 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e35 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e626 Pieces. This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 PIeces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e24 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Stephen, Cloyd, William, Cynthia, Polly, and Betsey McGavock. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a statement of he cause of deathe of William McGavock as wel as a memorandum book (small but not a volume). 17 Pieces total.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes one memorandum book. 116 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e179 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the County Clerks, 19 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the County Clerk. 3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the county Clerks and Tax bills, 240 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the county clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the County Clerk. 4 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the county clerk and sheriff, and tax bills. 50 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e9 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e9 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Allison. Survey of a tract of land sold to C.C. Tate. 3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePapers relating to a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia, called \"Anchor and Hope\". 7 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecopy of a survey of a portion of a Revolutionary land grant made to Moses Austin, Wythe County, Virginia (1795); and a legal opinion of David McComas (1833) concerning the claim of David Graham to a portion of the land included in the grant. 2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of Stephen and Moses Austin and Samuel Paine to Beverley Randolf, Governor of Virginia. Copy of a bond for the repayment of 20 tonnes of lead. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of Henry Banks to William Whitcroft. Copy of the court record of a deed to a tract of land in Montgomery County, Virginia. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement for the sale of a tract of land in Wythe county, Virginia to Mary Graham and William Graham. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Wythe County. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavid Carnut, assignee of Colin Campbell, assignee of John Lathem. Copy of the record of a Revolutionary land claim in Montgomery County. David Carnute, assignee of James newell, assignee of robert Love. Copy of the record of a revolutionary land claim. Both are on one sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Carter to Joseph Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarter, Crockett, and Thomas Herbert to Robert and Walter Colquohoun. Bond. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill of Alexander N. Chaffin, of Wythe County, VA. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring, to Costilo Hill. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring to Isaac Sulander. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement of the sale of a tract of land in Monk's Corner, to Conrad Keesling. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers relating to the division of Abram Crockett's lands in Williamson County, Tennessee. 3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey and description of James Crockett's Mountain orchard. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePower of attorney authorizing Alexander Ewing to transfer to David McGavock a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003epower of attorney authorizing randal McGavock to sell a tract of land in Sumner County, Tennessee. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Crockett to James R. Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Crockett and Robert Sayers to William Galt.  Bond.  1 Piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Dougherty to Thomas Quirk. Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Dougherty, executor of Michael Dougherty to David McGavock.  Power of attorney authorizing the conveyance of certain tracts of land to David Love, John Craiger and William Chistle, assignee of John Bentley.  1 Piece.  Mutilated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey and plats of a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement of Samuel Graham and Nathaniel Crockett and othersconcerning the settling of the estate of Robert Graham. 3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Hufford to James E. Brown. Trust deed covering a tract of land in Preston County, Virginia. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in washington [County] District Court. 2 pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Botetourt County.  2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo surveys made for David Love.  1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement made in Caswell County, North Carolina, in regards to the unaauthorized sale of his property.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Grayson County, Virginia. David McGavock vs. Stephen Saunders, administrator of James Ewing. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed to a tract of land i Wythe County, Virginia, sold by Samuel Crockett and wife to Ephraim, Stephen, and Joseph C. McGavock. 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Taylor, 1866, 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarm labor agreements of Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 3 pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of 40 acres of land conveyed to an unnamed person. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComission of John T. Sayers and Francis J. Carter to receive the acknowledgement of Daniel Miller's wife of his deed to James Crockett, conveying a tract of land in Wythe County, VA. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of a tract of land belonging to R. Montgomery.  1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveys of tracts of land made for William Montgomery, Josiah Ramsey, and Abner Bledsoe.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, conveyed by Robert Norris to Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed to a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of land deeded to James and Andrew Crockett. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by james Thompson, agent for R. Price. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt orders regarding public roads. 2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum of two tracts of land in Wythe Couny, VA, surveyed for Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal opinion on the proper procedure in a sale of land by [?] McGavock to [?] Sawyers.  1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuits against Abraham Reynolds for debt.  Wythe County, VA.  19 pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransfer if a lease on a tract of land called Crocketts Forge, in Wythe County. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Wythe County.  1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveys and plats of land in Burk's Garden, Tazwell County, VA, belonging to Colonel Robert Sayers.  4 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Wythe County, 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of a tract of land in Montgomery County, surveyed for David Sloan. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of sale of a negro boy. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit for debt. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement with Patrick Henry, Walter Crockett, James McCorkle, Thomas Madison, and James McGavock; concerning the mining of iron. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Wythe County.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement for the erection of a grist mill.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of a warrant for Richard Woods. Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRevolutionary land warrants of James McGavock, David McGavock, Alexander Smyth, John Latham, George Brook, James Crockett, John Creger, David Sloan, Hiram Craig, John Belshen, William King, Godfrey Messersmith, and John Herkerader. 4 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Neely vs. John Drake and William Neely George Hancock vs. Andrew Neely One One sheet\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay vs. Joseph Barneville and Philip Buttonstone (1794) William Hay vs. David McGavock (1796) One one sheet\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA printed list of guests at Chapman Springs. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForms for the use of tax collectors. 5 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA tax form used by the Confederate States of America.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax assesor's form for the United States Internal Revenue Service. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePedigree and description of Manassas, a thoroughbred horse. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted Circular letter announcing a commercial convention to be held in Norfolk to improve the means of communication with the Interior, the West, Nortgwest, Southwest, and North Carolina; and establish direct trade with Europe.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate of membership in the union Agricultural Society of Virginia and North Carolina. 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grandsons James McGavock (1804-1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880). Many of the papers concern lead mines at Fort Chiswell, Va, slavery, agriculture, aspects of the Revolutionary War, and other.  Included are a list of parish levies before 1776; receipts for supplies issued at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Va. and at Fort Patrick Henry, Tenn. for an expedition, 1776-1777, against the Cherokees; and county tax and fee bills for Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, Washington and Wythe counties, Va. The collection includes genealogical information on the McGavock and Boyd families and letters written by members of the Cloyd family and by John Williamson McGavock while attending the University of Virginia.","Letter from John Shaw to Joseph Sheels. This letter is on the same sheet as a receipt signe by Joseph Sheels.","A receipt signed by Joseph Sheels for articles received of James McGavock, on same sheet as the letter to John Shaw.","Circular letter to the Surveyors of the Revenue, Mutilated.","Postmarked Nashville","Mutilated.","Mutilated","Post-marked Richmond, forwarded to Christiansburg, VA","Incomplete","? at Fort Chiswell to [Wythe County], to ?. Incomplete","James Graham, Wythe County to ?","Robert Montgomery, at Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana to James McGavock","James F. Perry, at Oak Grove, Chocolate Bayou [Louisiana], to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA. 2 Copies","Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell, at Philadelphia, to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe VA","Harold Smyth, at Wythe Courthouse, to James McGavock, Wythe County VA","[James McGavock] to Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell at Philadelphia. Rough copy, incomplete.","James St. Clair to James McGavock","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock Sr., Wythe Courthouse, VA","Ferguson, Jones, and Co., at Philadelphia to James McGavock at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock, Wythe Court House, VA","Lysander McGavock to his uncle james McGavock Sr. at Fort Chiswell, VA","John Hanger at Richmond, to Joseph McGavock, Wythe County VA","William Hill to James McGavock Sr., Fort Chissell (Chiswell) VA","Peter Fulkerson Sr. Lee County VA to ?","Joseph Haller, Wythe Court House to Col. Joseph Kent, Joseph Crockett and James McGavock, Wythe County VA","John Kesten and Nancy Kesten, Johnson County Iowa, to [?]","Adams [Adam?] Sanders to [?]. Mutilated","E.N. Sprinkle to S[tephen] McGavock","J.P. Matthews at Wythe [County] to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","J.W. Truslow at Wythevill to Stephen McGavock Wythe County VA","William B. Mason and Co at Giles Court House to ? McGavock at Wytheville, VA","T.J. Morrison at Seven Mile Ford [Smyth County] to Stephen McGavock at Wytheville, VA","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","T.J. Morrison at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe County VA","L. Click and H.D. Roe at Kingsport TN to S[tephen] McGavock. Mutilated.","Hamilton Sagers, at Drapers Valley [Wythe County] to Stephen McGavock, Wythe County VA","Hallers [?] to Stephen McGavock","John Morrison at Wytheville to S[tephen] McGavock","David F. Kent at Springfield to Stephen McGavock, Ft. Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe [County] VA","John Morrison at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","D. McG[avock] at Harpers Ferry (Jefferson County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","James A McNutt, at Marion (Smyth County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","J. Brown Jr. at Richmond to Stephen McGavock President of the office of the Farmers Bank of Virginia at Wytheville.","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond to S[tephen] McGavock","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond, to S[tephen] McGavock","Alfred King, per Thomas H. Lambeth, at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","James M. Bland, at Greensboro to Stephen McGavock","F.H. Mays at Fincastle (Botetourt County) to S[tephen] McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock Fort Chiswell","Francis Bell, at Back Creek, to Stephen McGavock","Thomas J. Boyd, at Wythevillem, to Capt. Charles W. Venable, Commissary C.S.A. at Wythevillem, VA. On back of sheet is a note tothe agents of the Assistant Commissary's Office at Wytheville, signed by C.W. Venable 15 November 1864","J.N. Goodwin, General Superintendant of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","D. Graham at Cedar Run, VA to E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville VA","A.M. Kasey to [?] McGavock","Cynthia M.G. Houston, at Natural Bridge (Rockbridge County), to her cousin Stephen [McGavock]","A. Thomas at Holston Mills to S[tephen] McGavock","J.R. Crockett at Max Meadow, to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock.","J.H. Martin at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","R.E. Withers at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock, at Max Meadow, Wythe County, VA","Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lee at Lynchburg to Messrs. and Miss McGavock. Declining an invitation.","John M. Hall to Cloid [Cloyd] McGavock","John H. Gibboney at Wytheville, to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock, at the University of Virginia to his uncle [?]","J.F. Kent at Bellfield Mills, to his cousin Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock","D.C. Kent at Dublin (Pulaski County) to his cousin Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock at the University of Virginia to his uncle Stephen McGavock","Joseph Cloyd, near Dublin (Pulaski county) to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William Gibboney at Wytheville to J.F. Slaughter at Lynchburg, VA introducing Stephen McGavock.","William Gibboney at Wytheville, VA to S.B. Smith, Richmond introducing Stephen McGavock","Crockett and Blair at Wytheville, Wythe County, to Stephen McGavock","J.W. Hagar to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Joseph F. Kent at Bellfield Mills to Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville, VA to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","W.B. Byars at Glade Spring (Washington County) to [?]","W.A. Smyth at Montgomery to [?]","John W. Robinson at Graham's Ford to Stephen McGavock at Ft. Chiswell VA","Noel and Brown at Wytheville, VA to Stephen McGavock","William Matthews at Dublin [Pulaski County VA] to [?]","A.E. Parker at Wytheville to McGavock and Brother at Fort Chiswell.","Mathew Aiken at Croftsville, Tazwell County, VA to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William B. Byars at Glad Spring [Washington County VA] to Stephen McGavock","J.M. Crockett at Philadelphia to Stephen McGavock","J.F. Kent at Kent's Mill, VA to Stephen [McGavock]","John R. Richardson, at Morristown, TN to Stephen McGavock at Max Meadows, Wythe County, VA","A.N. Chiffin to T. Wood","T[?] P. Clap to [?]","Lynch A Currin to S[tephen] McGavock","P. Gaines to James McGavock","Phillip Gaines to James McGavock Jr.","Hugh Graham to [?]","Kate Haller to Mr. [?] McGavock","P[?] P[?] Hanson at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","William Hill to Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to [?] McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Margaret Mathews to her brother [?]","D. McGavock to his cousin Stephen McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County VA","Peter Mulholland to Stephen McGavock","Thomas Quirk to Col. W. Crockett","Waller R. Staples at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","A. Tompkins to S[tephen] McGavock","Sarah [?] to her uncle [?]","One unidentified letter","McGavock (?). 59 Pieces including a small book containing an Index to accounts.","1 Piece","3 Pieces","1 Piece","10 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","1 Piece","Piece","1 Piece","40 Pieces","3 Pieces","1 Piece","1 Piece","1 Piece","1 Piece","5 Pieces","1 Piece","2 Pieces","1 Piece","Receipt for guns issued for the expedition against the Cherokee 1780. 1 Piece Discharge of Thomas Welch, 1776, 1 Piece","Collector of the poor rates 1796.  1 Piece","Tax levies and clerk's fees 1760-1793. 15 Pieces Other invoices and receipts 1761-1811. 77 Pieces","Scope and Contents","A 1779 Manuscript Volume containing the following: parish levies, receipts from supplies issued to public stores for use during the expedition against the Cherokee, 1776. receipts for supplies for troops at Fort Patrick Henry, 1776-1777; and a manuscript arithmetic. 250 Pages, 8\"x7\" See also folders 5 and 10.","Receipts and certificates of service issued by James McGavock, Ensign, Wythe County Militia. 1791-1792. 25 Pieces","Lead mines in Wythe County, 1810-1833. 53 Pieces including 9 Letters Saltpeter receipts 1814-1815.  33 Pieces including 5 Letters","Tax levies and Clerk's fees 1800-1836. 66 Pieces Other Invoices and receipts. 1791-1836. 86 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees 1838-1866.  29 Pieces Accounts, receipts, and memoranda 1834-1848.  22 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees, 1831-1837.  12 Pieces Other invoices and receipts, 1820-1839.  57 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees, 1847-1851.  6 Pieces","Accounts, Receipts, and Memoranda of Stephen McGavock, executor of the Estate of James McGavock and guardian of Mary, Jane, and Sarah McGavock","Letters from Agnes L. McGavock, aferwards Agnes L. Richardson, widow of James McGavock to his executor Stephen McGavock concerning certain matters regarding the estate.  7 Pieces","Letter from Andrew S. Fulton, at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell [Wythe] concerning dower rights. 1 Piece","Letters from John R. Richardson, at Cedar Hill to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe, VA, concerning arbitration of the estate. 2 Pieces.","Statement of lead delivered by the County Lieutenants. 1 Piece","60 Pieces","164 Pieces","20 Pieces","26 Pieces","28 Pieces","35 Pieces","1 Piece","8 Pieces","13 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","8 Pieces","1 Piece","3 Pieces","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces. This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","2 PIeces","24 Pieces","Accounts of Stephen, Cloyd, William, Cynthia, Polly, and Betsey McGavock. 1 Piece","7 Pieces","Includes a statement of he cause of deathe of William McGavock as wel as a memorandum book (small but not a volume). 17 Pieces total.","2 Pieces","Includes one memorandum book. 116 Pieces","179 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerks, 19 pieces.","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 3 Pieces","Fee bills of the county Clerks and Tax bills, 240 Pieces","1 Piece","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 4 Pieces","Fee bills of the clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff, and tax bills. 50 Pieces","9 Pieces","9 Pieces","John Allison. Survey of a tract of land sold to C.C. Tate. 3 Pieces","Scope and Contents","Papers relating to a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia, called \"Anchor and Hope\". 7 Pieces","copy of a survey of a portion of a Revolutionary land grant made to Moses Austin, Wythe County, Virginia (1795); and a legal opinion of David McComas (1833) concerning the claim of David Graham to a portion of the land included in the grant. 2 Pieces","Letter of Stephen and Moses Austin and Samuel Paine to Beverley Randolf, Governor of Virginia. Copy of a bond for the repayment of 20 tonnes of lead. 1 Piece","Letter of Henry Banks to William Whitcroft. Copy of the court record of a deed to a tract of land in Montgomery County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land in Wythe county, Virginia to Mary Graham and William Graham. 1 Piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","David Carnut, assignee of Colin Campbell, assignee of John Lathem. Copy of the record of a Revolutionary land claim in Montgomery County. David Carnute, assignee of James newell, assignee of robert Love. Copy of the record of a revolutionary land claim. Both are on one sheet.","John Carter to Joseph Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","Carter, Crockett, and Thomas Herbert to Robert and Walter Colquohoun. Bond. 1 Piece","Will of Alexander N. Chaffin, of Wythe County, VA. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring, to Costilo Hill. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring to Isaac Sulander. 1 Piece","Agreement of the sale of a tract of land in Monk's Corner, to Conrad Keesling. 1 piece","Papers relating to the division of Abram Crockett's lands in Williamson County, Tennessee. 3 Pieces","Survey and description of James Crockett's Mountain orchard. 1 Piece","Power of attorney authorizing Alexander Ewing to transfer to David McGavock a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 piece","power of attorney authorizing randal McGavock to sell a tract of land in Sumner County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","James Crockett to James R. Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","James Crockett and Robert Sayers to William Galt.  Bond.  1 Piece.","Survey of a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Quirk. Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Robert Dougherty, executor of Michael Dougherty to David McGavock.  Power of attorney authorizing the conveyance of certain tracts of land to David Love, John Craiger and William Chistle, assignee of John Bentley.  1 Piece.  Mutilated","Survey and plats of a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","Suit","Agreement of Samuel Graham and Nathaniel Crockett and othersconcerning the settling of the estate of Robert Graham. 3 Pieces","Henry Hufford to James E. Brown. Trust deed covering a tract of land in Preston County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Suit in washington [County] District Court. 2 pieces","Suit in Botetourt County.  2 Pieces","Two surveys made for David Love.  1 piece","Bond","Bond. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Statement made in Caswell County, North Carolina, in regards to the unaauthorized sale of his property.  1 Piece","Suit","Suit in Grayson County, Virginia. David McGavock vs. Stephen Saunders, administrator of James Ewing. 1 Piece","Deed to a tract of land i Wythe County, Virginia, sold by Samuel Crockett and wife to Ephraim, Stephen, and Joseph C. McGavock. Not Signed. 1 Piece","Assignment of a tract of land. 1 piece","Receipt for payment made by James McGavock for the purchase of William Gillaspe's land. 1 piece.","Bond given to James McGavock to insure compliance with his agreement for the delivery of Aluminum Salt at Fort Chiswell. 1 Piece","Bond for the performance of his duties as undersheriff. 1 Piece","Settlement proposed by the arbitrators to be made by James McGavock with Samuel and Elizabeth McDowell, administrators of James McDowell.  2 Pieces","Suit in Augusta County.  1 Piece","Papers concerning lands conveyed to James McGavock by military and treasury warrants. 2 Pieces","Bond given to James McGavock to secure a debt and to secure the payment of interest due on a tract of land sold to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Memorandum of an agreement concerning the division of the Sheriff's duties and renumeration in Botetourt County.  Bond given by James McGavock as Sheriff, and bond given by Francis Smith and William preston to James McGavock.  3 Pieces.","Bond given by James McGavock as collector of the parish levy, Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond given by john floyd and James Thompson to James McGavock for collection of a parish levy. 1 piece","Transfer of a certificate for a tract of land in Williamson County, Tennessee.  1 Piece","James Crockett to James McGavock. Trust deed covering three tracts of land in Wythe County, VA, including the mountain or orchard tract and a portion of Purgatory Tract","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Leases granted by James McGavock to Zaceriah Hurt. 2 pieces","Zaceriah Hurt to James Ward, trustee for James McGavock. Chattel mortgage. 2 pieces","Attachment upon Zaceriah Hurt in favor of James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit, 1 Piece","Copy of a deed to a tract of land in Wythe county. 1 Piece","Bills of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 8 Pieces","Bills of sale of negroes.  2 Pieces","Survey of a division line between the lands of the heirs of James McGavock Sr., and the heirs of James McGavock Jr. 1 Piece","A memorandum of stray cattle taken by James McGavock at Fort Chiswell. 1 piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Plat, description and receipt of payment for certain tracts of land sold by Samuel Graham to James McGavock. 3 Pieces","Assignment of a tract of land.  1 Piece","Trust deed covering two tracts of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Articles of agreement and bond for the sale by James Mcgavock to David and James Magill, of a plantation in Rockbridge County, VA.  5 Pieces","Referees' decision in a dispute with James McGavock. 1 Piece","Surveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by Joseph Ramsey to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond to insure delivery of the indenture of John Myers, an indentured servant sold to James McGavock by Samuel Smith and others. 1 piece","Trust deed covering certain real estate in Stephensburg and a memorandum concerning the property. 2 Pieces","Bill of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 4 pieces","Memorandum of an agreement for farm work to be done by Adams.  1 Piece","Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Lease granted to Alexander Fisher. Mutilated. 1 Piece","Agreement concerning the sale to Stephen McGavock of an interest in a plantation. 1 Piece","Receipt for money paid for a tract of land. 1 Piece","Bond to insure delivery of a good title to a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, sold to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 1 Piece","Agreement to give possession of a certain plantation to Stephen and Joseph Cloyd McGavock. 1 Piece.","Receipt for money paid for a tract of land.  1 Piece","George Archer, 1852, 1 piece Harrison Archer, 1867, 1 Piece William D. Archer, 1867-72, 3 Pieces John Maybe, 1866, 1 Piece George A. Shoemaker, 1866, 1 Piece P.C. Taylor, 1866, 1 Piece Pleasant C. Taylor, 1866, 1 piece","Farm labor agreements of Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 3 pieces","Survey of 40 acres of land conveyed to an unnamed person. 1 Piece","Comission of John T. Sayers and Francis J. Carter to receive the acknowledgement of Daniel Miller's wife of his deed to James Crockett, conveying a tract of land in Wythe County, VA. 1 piece","Survey of a tract of land belonging to R. Montgomery.  1 piece","Surveys of tracts of land made for William Montgomery, Josiah Ramsey, and Abner Bledsoe.  1 Piece","Survey of a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, conveyed by Robert Norris to Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece","Deed to a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Survey of land deeded to James and Andrew Crockett. 1 Piece","Surveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by james Thompson, agent for R. Price. 1 piece","Court orders regarding public roads. 2 Pieces","Memorandum of two tracts of land in Wythe Couny, VA, surveyed for Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece","Legal opinion on the proper procedure in a sale of land by [?] McGavock to [?] Sawyers.  1 piece","Suits against Abraham Reynolds for debt.  Wythe County, VA.  19 pieces","Transfer if a lease on a tract of land called Crocketts Forge, in Wythe County. 1 piece","Suit in Wythe County.  1 piece","Surveys and plats of land in Burk's Garden, Tazwell County, VA, belonging to Colonel Robert Sayers.  4 Pieces","Suit in Wythe County, 1 piece","Description of a tract of land in Montgomery County, surveyed for David Sloan. 1 Piece","Bill of sale of a negro boy. 1 Piece","Suit for debt. 1 Piece","Agreement with Patrick Henry, Walter Crockett, James McCorkle, Thomas Madison, and James McGavock; concerning the mining of iron. 1 Piece","Suit in Wythe County.  1 Piece","Agreement for the erection of a grist mill.  1 Piece","Copy of a warrant for Richard Woods. Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Revolutionary land warrants of James McGavock, David McGavock, Alexander Smyth, John Latham, George Brook, James Crockett, John Creger, David Sloan, Hiram Craig, John Belshen, William King, Godfrey Messersmith, and John Herkerader. 4 pieces.","Andrew Neely vs. John Drake and William Neely George Hancock vs. Andrew Neely One One sheet","William Hay vs. Joseph Barneville and Philip Buttonstone (1794) William Hay vs. David McGavock (1796) One one sheet","17 Pieces","1 Piece","A printed list of guests at Chapman Springs. 1 Piece","4 Pieces","6 pieces","Forms for the use of tax collectors. 5 Pieces","A tax form used by the Confederate States of America.  1 Piece","Tax assesor's form for the United States Internal Revenue Service. 1 Piece","Pedigree and description of Manassas, a thoroughbred horse. 1 Piece","Printed Circular letter announcing a commercial convention to be held in Norfolk to improve the means of communication with the Interior, the West, Nortgwest, Southwest, and North Carolina; and establish direct trade with Europe.  1 Piece","Certificate of membership in the union Agricultural Society of Virginia and North Carolina. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Three generations of the McGavock family lived in Wythe County, Va. The immigrant was James McGavock (1728-1812) who came from Scotland. His son was James McGavock (1764-1838) and his grandsons were James McGavock (1804- 1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880) who was president of the Farmer's Bank of Virginia at Wytheville.","Papers (including correspondence, legal documents, and accounts) of James McGavock (1728-1812), his son James McGavock (1764-1838) and his grandsons James McGavock (1804-1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880). Many of the papers concern lead mines at Fort Chiswell, Va, slavery, agriculture, aspects of the Revolutionary War, and other.  Included are a list of parish levies before 1776; receipts for supplies issued at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Va. and at Fort Patrick Henry, Tenn. for an expedition, 1776-1777, against the Cherokees; and county tax and fee bills for Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, Washington and Wythe counties, Va. The collection includes genealogical information on the McGavock and Boyd families and letters written by members of the Cloyd family and by John Williamson McGavock while attending the University of Virginia.","Letter from John Shaw to Joseph Sheels. This letter is on the same sheet as a receipt signe by Joseph Sheels.","A receipt signed by Joseph Sheels for articles received of James McGavock, on same sheet as the letter to John Shaw.","Circular letter to the Surveyors of the Revenue, Mutilated.","Postmarked Nashville","Mutilated.","Mutilated","Post-marked Richmond, forwarded to Christiansburg, VA","Incomplete","? at Fort Chiswell to [Wythe County], to ?. Incomplete","James Graham, Wythe County to ?","Robert Montgomery, at Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana to James McGavock","James F. Perry, at Oak Grove, Chocolate Bayou [Louisiana], to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA. 2 Copies","Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell, at Philadelphia, to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe VA","Harold Smyth, at Wythe Courthouse, to James McGavock, Wythe County VA","[James McGavock] to Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell at Philadelphia. Rough copy, incomplete.","James St. Clair to James McGavock","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock Sr., Wythe Courthouse, VA","Ferguson, Jones, and Co., at Philadelphia to James McGavock at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock, Wythe Court House, VA","Lysander McGavock to his uncle james McGavock Sr. at Fort Chiswell, VA","John Hanger at Richmond, to Joseph McGavock, Wythe County VA","William Hill to James McGavock Sr., Fort Chissell (Chiswell) VA","Peter Fulkerson Sr. Lee County VA to ?","Joseph Haller, Wythe Court House to Col. Joseph Kent, Joseph Crockett and James McGavock, Wythe County VA","John Kesten and Nancy Kesten, Johnson County Iowa, to [?]","Adams [Adam?] Sanders to [?]. Mutilated","E.N. Sprinkle to S[tephen] McGavock","J.P. Matthews at Wythe [County] to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","J.W. Truslow at Wythevill to Stephen McGavock Wythe County VA","William B. Mason and Co at Giles Court House to ? McGavock at Wytheville, VA","T.J. Morrison at Seven Mile Ford [Smyth County] to Stephen McGavock at Wytheville, VA","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","T.J. Morrison at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe County VA","L. Click and H.D. Roe at Kingsport TN to S[tephen] McGavock. Mutilated.","Hamilton Sagers, at Drapers Valley [Wythe County] to Stephen McGavock, Wythe County VA","Hallers [?] to Stephen McGavock","John Morrison at Wytheville to S[tephen] McGavock","David F. Kent at Springfield to Stephen McGavock, Ft. Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe [County] VA","John Morrison at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","D. McG[avock] at Harpers Ferry (Jefferson County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","James A McNutt, at Marion (Smyth County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","J. Brown Jr. at Richmond to Stephen McGavock President of the office of the Farmers Bank of Virginia at Wytheville.","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond to S[tephen] McGavock","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond, to S[tephen] McGavock","Alfred King, per Thomas H. Lambeth, at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","James M. Bland, at Greensboro to Stephen McGavock","F.H. Mays at Fincastle (Botetourt County) to S[tephen] McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock Fort Chiswell","Francis Bell, at Back Creek, to Stephen McGavock","Thomas J. Boyd, at Wythevillem, to Capt. Charles W. Venable, Commissary C.S.A. at Wythevillem, VA. On back of sheet is a note tothe agents of the Assistant Commissary's Office at Wytheville, signed by C.W. Venable 15 November 1864","J.N. Goodwin, General Superintendant of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","D. Graham at Cedar Run, VA to E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville VA","A.M. Kasey to [?] McGavock","Cynthia M.G. Houston, at Natural Bridge (Rockbridge County), to her cousin Stephen [McGavock]","A. Thomas at Holston Mills to S[tephen] McGavock","J.R. Crockett at Max Meadow, to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock.","J.H. Martin at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","R.E. Withers at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock, at Max Meadow, Wythe County, VA","Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lee at Lynchburg to Messrs. and Miss McGavock. Declining an invitation.","John M. Hall to Cloid [Cloyd] McGavock","John H. Gibboney at Wytheville, to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock, at the University of Virginia to his uncle [?]","J.F. Kent at Bellfield Mills, to his cousin Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock","D.C. Kent at Dublin (Pulaski County) to his cousin Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock at the University of Virginia to his uncle Stephen McGavock","Joseph Cloyd, near Dublin (Pulaski county) to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William Gibboney at Wytheville to J.F. Slaughter at Lynchburg, VA introducing Stephen McGavock.","William Gibboney at Wytheville, VA to S.B. Smith, Richmond introducing Stephen McGavock","Crockett and Blair at Wytheville, Wythe County, to Stephen McGavock","J.W. Hagar to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Joseph F. Kent at Bellfield Mills to Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville, VA to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","W.B. Byars at Glade Spring (Washington County) to [?]","W.A. Smyth at Montgomery to [?]","John W. Robinson at Graham's Ford to Stephen McGavock at Ft. Chiswell VA","Noel and Brown at Wytheville, VA to Stephen McGavock","William Matthews at Dublin [Pulaski County VA] to [?]","A.E. Parker at Wytheville to McGavock and Brother at Fort Chiswell.","Mathew Aiken at Croftsville, Tazwell County, VA to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William B. Byars at Glad Spring [Washington County VA] to Stephen McGavock","J.M. Crockett at Philadelphia to Stephen McGavock","J.F. Kent at Kent's Mill, VA to Stephen [McGavock]","John R. Richardson, at Morristown, TN to Stephen McGavock at Max Meadows, Wythe County, VA","A.N. Chiffin to T. Wood","T[?] P. Clap to [?]","Lynch A Currin to S[tephen] McGavock","P. Gaines to James McGavock","Phillip Gaines to James McGavock Jr.","Hugh Graham to [?]","Kate Haller to Mr. [?] McGavock","P[?] P[?] Hanson at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","William Hill to Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to [?] McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Margaret Mathews to her brother [?]","D. McGavock to his cousin Stephen McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County VA","Peter Mulholland to Stephen McGavock","Thomas Quirk to Col. W. Crockett","Waller R. Staples at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","A. Tompkins to S[tephen] McGavock","Sarah [?] to her uncle [?]","One unidentified letter","McGavock (?). 59 Pieces including a small book containing an Index to accounts.","1 Piece","3 Pieces","1 Piece","10 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","1 Piece","Piece","1 Piece","40 Pieces","3 Pieces","1 Piece","1 Piece","1 Piece","1 Piece","5 Pieces","1 Piece","2 Pieces","1 Piece","Receipt for guns issued for the expedition against the Cherokee 1780. 1 Piece Discharge of Thomas Welch, 1776, 1 Piece","Collector of the poor rates 1796.  1 Piece","Tax levies and clerk's fees 1760-1793. 15 Pieces Other invoices and receipts 1761-1811. 77 Pieces","Scope and Contents","A 1779 Manuscript Volume containing the following: parish levies, receipts from supplies issued to public stores for use during the expedition against the Cherokee, 1776. receipts for supplies for troops at Fort Patrick Henry, 1776-1777; and a manuscript arithmetic. 250 Pages, 8\"x7\" See also folders 5 and 10.","Receipts and certificates of service issued by James McGavock, Ensign, Wythe County Militia. 1791-1792. 25 Pieces","Lead mines in Wythe County, 1810-1833. 53 Pieces including 9 Letters Saltpeter receipts 1814-1815.  33 Pieces including 5 Letters","Tax levies and Clerk's fees 1800-1836. 66 Pieces Other Invoices and receipts. 1791-1836. 86 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees 1838-1866.  29 Pieces Accounts, receipts, and memoranda 1834-1848.  22 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees, 1831-1837.  12 Pieces Other invoices and receipts, 1820-1839.  57 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees, 1847-1851.  6 Pieces","Accounts, Receipts, and Memoranda of Stephen McGavock, executor of the Estate of James McGavock and guardian of Mary, Jane, and Sarah McGavock","Letters from Agnes L. McGavock, aferwards Agnes L. Richardson, widow of James McGavock to his executor Stephen McGavock concerning certain matters regarding the estate.  7 Pieces","Letter from Andrew S. Fulton, at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell [Wythe] concerning dower rights. 1 Piece","Letters from John R. Richardson, at Cedar Hill to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe, VA, concerning arbitration of the estate. 2 Pieces.","Statement of lead delivered by the County Lieutenants. 1 Piece","60 Pieces","164 Pieces","20 Pieces","26 Pieces","28 Pieces","35 Pieces","1 Piece","8 Pieces","13 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","8 Pieces","1 Piece","3 Pieces","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces. This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","2 PIeces","24 Pieces","Accounts of Stephen, Cloyd, William, Cynthia, Polly, and Betsey McGavock. 1 Piece","7 Pieces","Includes a statement of he cause of deathe of William McGavock as wel as a memorandum book (small but not a volume). 17 Pieces total.","2 Pieces","Includes one memorandum book. 116 Pieces","179 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerks, 19 pieces.","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 3 Pieces","Fee bills of the county Clerks and Tax bills, 240 Pieces","1 Piece","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 4 Pieces","Fee bills of the clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff, and tax bills. 50 Pieces","9 Pieces","9 Pieces","John Allison. Survey of a tract of land sold to C.C. Tate. 3 Pieces","Scope and Contents","Papers relating to a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia, called \"Anchor and Hope\". 7 Pieces","copy of a survey of a portion of a Revolutionary land grant made to Moses Austin, Wythe County, Virginia (1795); and a legal opinion of David McComas (1833) concerning the claim of David Graham to a portion of the land included in the grant. 2 Pieces","Letter of Stephen and Moses Austin and Samuel Paine to Beverley Randolf, Governor of Virginia. Copy of a bond for the repayment of 20 tonnes of lead. 1 Piece","Letter of Henry Banks to William Whitcroft. Copy of the court record of a deed to a tract of land in Montgomery County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land in Wythe county, Virginia to Mary Graham and William Graham. 1 Piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","David Carnut, assignee of Colin Campbell, assignee of John Lathem. Copy of the record of a Revolutionary land claim in Montgomery County. David Carnute, assignee of James newell, assignee of robert Love. Copy of the record of a revolutionary land claim. Both are on one sheet.","John Carter to Joseph Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","Carter, Crockett, and Thomas Herbert to Robert and Walter Colquohoun. Bond. 1 Piece","Will of Alexander N. Chaffin, of Wythe County, VA. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring, to Costilo Hill. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring to Isaac Sulander. 1 Piece","Agreement of the sale of a tract of land in Monk's Corner, to Conrad Keesling. 1 piece","Papers relating to the division of Abram Crockett's lands in Williamson County, Tennessee. 3 Pieces","Survey and description of James Crockett's Mountain orchard. 1 Piece","Power of attorney authorizing Alexander Ewing to transfer to David McGavock a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 piece","power of attorney authorizing randal McGavock to sell a tract of land in Sumner County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","James Crockett to James R. Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","James Crockett and Robert Sayers to William Galt.  Bond.  1 Piece.","Survey of a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Quirk. Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Robert Dougherty, executor of Michael Dougherty to David McGavock.  Power of attorney authorizing the conveyance of certain tracts of land to David Love, John Craiger and William Chistle, assignee of John Bentley.  1 Piece.  Mutilated","Survey and plats of a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","Suit","Agreement of Samuel Graham and Nathaniel Crockett and othersconcerning the settling of the estate of Robert Graham. 3 Pieces","Henry Hufford to James E. Brown. Trust deed covering a tract of land in Preston County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Suit in washington [County] District Court. 2 pieces","Suit in Botetourt County.  2 Pieces","Two surveys made for David Love.  1 piece","Bond","Bond. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Statement made in Caswell County, North Carolina, in regards to the unaauthorized sale of his property.  1 Piece","Suit","Suit in Grayson County, Virginia. David McGavock vs. Stephen Saunders, administrator of James Ewing. 1 Piece","Deed to a tract of land i Wythe County, Virginia, sold by Samuel Crockett and wife to Ephraim, Stephen, and Joseph C. McGavock. Not Signed. 1 Piece","Assignment of a tract of land. 1 piece","Receipt for payment made by James McGavock for the purchase of William Gillaspe's land. 1 piece.","Bond given to James McGavock to insure compliance with his agreement for the delivery of Aluminum Salt at Fort Chiswell. 1 Piece","Bond for the performance of his duties as undersheriff. 1 Piece","Settlement proposed by the arbitrators to be made by James McGavock with Samuel and Elizabeth McDowell, administrators of James McDowell.  2 Pieces","Suit in Augusta County.  1 Piece","Papers concerning lands conveyed to James McGavock by military and treasury warrants. 2 Pieces","Bond given to James McGavock to secure a debt and to secure the payment of interest due on a tract of land sold to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Memorandum of an agreement concerning the division of the Sheriff's duties and renumeration in Botetourt County.  Bond given by James McGavock as Sheriff, and bond given by Francis Smith and William preston to James McGavock.  3 Pieces.","Bond given by James McGavock as collector of the parish levy, Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond given by john floyd and James Thompson to James McGavock for collection of a parish levy. 1 piece","Transfer of a certificate for a tract of land in Williamson County, Tennessee.  1 Piece","James Crockett to James McGavock. Trust deed covering three tracts of land in Wythe County, VA, including the mountain or orchard tract and a portion of Purgatory Tract","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Leases granted by James McGavock to Zaceriah Hurt. 2 pieces","Zaceriah Hurt to James Ward, trustee for James McGavock. Chattel mortgage. 2 pieces","Attachment upon Zaceriah Hurt in favor of James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit, 1 Piece","Copy of a deed to a tract of land in Wythe county. 1 Piece","Bills of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 8 Pieces","Bills of sale of negroes.  2 Pieces","Survey of a division line between the lands of the heirs of James McGavock Sr., and the heirs of James McGavock Jr. 1 Piece","A memorandum of stray cattle taken by James McGavock at Fort Chiswell. 1 piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Plat, description and receipt of payment for certain tracts of land sold by Samuel Graham to James McGavock. 3 Pieces","Assignment of a tract of land.  1 Piece","Trust deed covering two tracts of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Articles of agreement and bond for the sale by James Mcgavock to David and James Magill, of a plantation in Rockbridge County, VA.  5 Pieces","Referees' decision in a dispute with James McGavock. 1 Piece","Surveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by Joseph Ramsey to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond to insure delivery of the indenture of John Myers, an indentured servant sold to James McGavock by Samuel Smith and others. 1 piece","Trust deed covering certain real estate in Stephensburg and a memorandum concerning the property. 2 Pieces","Bill of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 4 pieces","Memorandum of an agreement for farm work to be done by Adams.  1 Piece","Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Lease granted to Alexander Fisher. 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Chiffin to T. Wood\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT[?] P. Clap to [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLynch A Currin to S[tephen] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP. Gaines to James McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhillip Gaines to James McGavock Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHugh Graham to [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKate Haller to Mr. [?] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP[?] P[?] Hanson at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hill to Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eV.C. Huff to [?] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eV.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Mathews to her brother [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD. McGavock to his cousin Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[phraim] McGavock to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeter Mulholland to Stephen McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Quirk to Col. W. 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Tompkins to S[tephen] McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSarah [?] to her uncle [?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne unidentified letter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcGavock (?). 59 Pieces including a small book containing an Index to accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePiece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e40 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for guns issued for the expedition against the Cherokee 1780. 1 Piece Discharge of Thomas Welch, 1776, 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCollector of the poor rates 1796.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and clerk's fees 1760-1793. 15 Pieces Other invoices and receipts 1761-1811. 77 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA 1779 Manuscript Volume containing the following: parish levies, receipts from supplies issued to public stores for use during the expedition against the Cherokee, 1776. receipts for supplies for troops at Fort Patrick Henry, 1776-1777; and a manuscript arithmetic. 250 Pages, 8\"x7\" See also folders 5 and 10.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts and certificates of service issued by James McGavock, Ensign, Wythe County Militia. 1791-1792. 25 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLead mines in Wythe County, 1810-1833. 53 Pieces including 9 Letters Saltpeter receipts 1814-1815.  33 Pieces including 5 Letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and Clerk's fees 1800-1836. 66 Pieces Other Invoices and receipts. 1791-1836. 86 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and Clerk's fees 1838-1866.  29 Pieces Accounts, receipts, and memoranda 1834-1848.  22 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and Clerk's fees, 1831-1837.  12 Pieces Other invoices and receipts, 1820-1839.  57 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levies and Clerk's fees, 1847-1851.  6 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts, Receipts, and Memoranda of Stephen McGavock, executor of the Estate of James McGavock and guardian of Mary, Jane, and Sarah McGavock\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Agnes L. McGavock, aferwards Agnes L. Richardson, widow of James McGavock to his executor Stephen McGavock concerning certain matters regarding the estate.  7 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Andrew S. Fulton, at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell [Wythe] concerning dower rights. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from John R. Richardson, at Cedar Hill to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe, VA, concerning arbitration of the estate. 2 Pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of lead delivered by the County Lieutenants. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e60 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e164 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e26 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e28 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e35 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e626 Pieces. This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 PIeces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e24 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Stephen, Cloyd, William, Cynthia, Polly, and Betsey McGavock. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a statement of he cause of deathe of William McGavock as wel as a memorandum book (small but not a volume). 17 Pieces total.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes one memorandum book. 116 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e179 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the County Clerks, 19 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the County Clerk. 3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the county Clerks and Tax bills, 240 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the county clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the County Clerk. 4 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFee bills of the county clerk and sheriff, and tax bills. 50 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e9 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e9 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Allison. Survey of a tract of land sold to C.C. Tate. 3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePapers relating to a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia, called \"Anchor and Hope\". 7 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecopy of a survey of a portion of a Revolutionary land grant made to Moses Austin, Wythe County, Virginia (1795); and a legal opinion of David McComas (1833) concerning the claim of David Graham to a portion of the land included in the grant. 2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of Stephen and Moses Austin and Samuel Paine to Beverley Randolf, Governor of Virginia. Copy of a bond for the repayment of 20 tonnes of lead. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of Henry Banks to William Whitcroft. Copy of the court record of a deed to a tract of land in Montgomery County, Virginia. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement for the sale of a tract of land in Wythe county, Virginia to Mary Graham and William Graham. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Wythe County. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavid Carnut, assignee of Colin Campbell, assignee of John Lathem. Copy of the record of a Revolutionary land claim in Montgomery County. David Carnute, assignee of James newell, assignee of robert Love. Copy of the record of a revolutionary land claim. Both are on one sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Carter to Joseph Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarter, Crockett, and Thomas Herbert to Robert and Walter Colquohoun. Bond. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill of Alexander N. Chaffin, of Wythe County, VA. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring, to Costilo Hill. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring to Isaac Sulander. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement of the sale of a tract of land in Monk's Corner, to Conrad Keesling. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers relating to the division of Abram Crockett's lands in Williamson County, Tennessee. 3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey and description of James Crockett's Mountain orchard. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePower of attorney authorizing Alexander Ewing to transfer to David McGavock a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003epower of attorney authorizing randal McGavock to sell a tract of land in Sumner County, Tennessee. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Crockett to James R. Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Crockett and Robert Sayers to William Galt.  Bond.  1 Piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Dougherty to Thomas Quirk. Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Dougherty, executor of Michael Dougherty to David McGavock.  Power of attorney authorizing the conveyance of certain tracts of land to David Love, John Craiger and William Chistle, assignee of John Bentley.  1 Piece.  Mutilated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey and plats of a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement of Samuel Graham and Nathaniel Crockett and othersconcerning the settling of the estate of Robert Graham. 3 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Hufford to James E. Brown. Trust deed covering a tract of land in Preston County, Virginia. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in washington [County] District Court. 2 pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Botetourt County.  2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo surveys made for David Love.  1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement made in Caswell County, North Carolina, in regards to the unaauthorized sale of his property.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Grayson County, Virginia. David McGavock vs. Stephen Saunders, administrator of James Ewing. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed to a tract of land i Wythe County, Virginia, sold by Samuel Crockett and wife to Ephraim, Stephen, and Joseph C. McGavock. 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Taylor, 1866, 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarm labor agreements of Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 3 pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of 40 acres of land conveyed to an unnamed person. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComission of John T. Sayers and Francis J. Carter to receive the acknowledgement of Daniel Miller's wife of his deed to James Crockett, conveying a tract of land in Wythe County, VA. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of a tract of land belonging to R. Montgomery.  1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveys of tracts of land made for William Montgomery, Josiah Ramsey, and Abner Bledsoe.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, conveyed by Robert Norris to Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed to a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of land deeded to James and Andrew Crockett. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by james Thompson, agent for R. Price. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt orders regarding public roads. 2 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum of two tracts of land in Wythe Couny, VA, surveyed for Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal opinion on the proper procedure in a sale of land by [?] McGavock to [?] Sawyers.  1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuits against Abraham Reynolds for debt.  Wythe County, VA.  19 pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransfer if a lease on a tract of land called Crocketts Forge, in Wythe County. 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Wythe County.  1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveys and plats of land in Burk's Garden, Tazwell County, VA, belonging to Colonel Robert Sayers.  4 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Wythe County, 1 piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of a tract of land in Montgomery County, surveyed for David Sloan. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of sale of a negro boy. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit for debt. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement with Patrick Henry, Walter Crockett, James McCorkle, Thomas Madison, and James McGavock; concerning the mining of iron. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit in Wythe County.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement for the erection of a grist mill.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of a warrant for Richard Woods. Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRevolutionary land warrants of James McGavock, David McGavock, Alexander Smyth, John Latham, George Brook, James Crockett, John Creger, David Sloan, Hiram Craig, John Belshen, William King, Godfrey Messersmith, and John Herkerader. 4 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Neely vs. John Drake and William Neely George Hancock vs. Andrew Neely One One sheet\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay vs. Joseph Barneville and Philip Buttonstone (1794) William Hay vs. David McGavock (1796) One one sheet\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA printed list of guests at Chapman Springs. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForms for the use of tax collectors. 5 Pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA tax form used by the Confederate States of America.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax assesor's form for the United States Internal Revenue Service. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePedigree and description of Manassas, a thoroughbred horse. 1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted Circular letter announcing a commercial convention to be held in Norfolk to improve the means of communication with the Interior, the West, Nortgwest, Southwest, and North Carolina; and establish direct trade with Europe.  1 Piece\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate of membership in the union Agricultural Society of Virginia and North Carolina. 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grandsons James McGavock (1804-1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880). Many of the papers concern lead mines at Fort Chiswell, Va, slavery, agriculture, aspects of the Revolutionary War, and other.  Included are a list of parish levies before 1776; receipts for supplies issued at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Va. and at Fort Patrick Henry, Tenn. for an expedition, 1776-1777, against the Cherokees; and county tax and fee bills for Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, Washington and Wythe counties, Va. The collection includes genealogical information on the McGavock and Boyd families and letters written by members of the Cloyd family and by John Williamson McGavock while attending the University of Virginia.","Letter from John Shaw to Joseph Sheels. This letter is on the same sheet as a receipt signe by Joseph Sheels.","A receipt signed by Joseph Sheels for articles received of James McGavock, on same sheet as the letter to John Shaw.","Circular letter to the Surveyors of the Revenue, Mutilated.","Postmarked Nashville","Mutilated.","Mutilated","Post-marked Richmond, forwarded to Christiansburg, VA","Incomplete","? at Fort Chiswell to [Wythe County], to ?. Incomplete","James Graham, Wythe County to ?","Robert Montgomery, at Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana to James McGavock","James F. Perry, at Oak Grove, Chocolate Bayou [Louisiana], to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA. 2 Copies","Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell, at Philadelphia, to James McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe VA","Harold Smyth, at Wythe Courthouse, to James McGavock, Wythe County VA","[James McGavock] to Ferguson, Jones, and Campbell at Philadelphia. Rough copy, incomplete.","James St. Clair to James McGavock","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock Sr., Wythe Courthouse, VA","Ferguson, Jones, and Co., at Philadelphia to James McGavock at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, VA","N.H. Robertson at Nashville [TN] to James McGavock, Wythe Court House, VA","Lysander McGavock to his uncle james McGavock Sr. at Fort Chiswell, VA","John Hanger at Richmond, to Joseph McGavock, Wythe County VA","William Hill to James McGavock Sr., Fort Chissell (Chiswell) VA","Peter Fulkerson Sr. Lee County VA to ?","Joseph Haller, Wythe Court House to Col. Joseph Kent, Joseph Crockett and James McGavock, Wythe County VA","John Kesten and Nancy Kesten, Johnson County Iowa, to [?]","Adams [Adam?] Sanders to [?]. Mutilated","E.N. Sprinkle to S[tephen] McGavock","J.P. Matthews at Wythe [County] to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","J.W. Truslow at Wythevill to Stephen McGavock Wythe County VA","William B. Mason and Co at Giles Court House to ? McGavock at Wytheville, VA","T.J. Morrison at Seven Mile Ford [Smyth County] to Stephen McGavock at Wytheville, VA","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","T.J. Morrison at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe County VA","L. Click and H.D. Roe at Kingsport TN to S[tephen] McGavock. Mutilated.","Hamilton Sagers, at Drapers Valley [Wythe County] to Stephen McGavock, Wythe County VA","Hallers [?] to Stephen McGavock","John Morrison at Wytheville to S[tephen] McGavock","David F. Kent at Springfield to Stephen McGavock, Ft. Chisel (Chiswell), Wythe [County] VA","John Morrison at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","D. McG[avock] at Harpers Ferry (Jefferson County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","James A McNutt, at Marion (Smyth County VA) to Stephen [McGavock]","J. Brown Jr. at Richmond to Stephen McGavock President of the office of the Farmers Bank of Virginia at Wytheville.","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond to S[tephen] McGavock","Habliston and Brother, at Richmond, to S[tephen] McGavock","Alfred King, per Thomas H. Lambeth, at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","James M. Bland, at Greensboro to Stephen McGavock","F.H. Mays at Fincastle (Botetourt County) to S[tephen] McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock Fort Chiswell","Francis Bell, at Back Creek, to Stephen McGavock","Thomas J. Boyd, at Wythevillem, to Capt. Charles W. Venable, Commissary C.S.A. at Wythevillem, VA. On back of sheet is a note tothe agents of the Assistant Commissary's Office at Wytheville, signed by C.W. Venable 15 November 1864","J.N. Goodwin, General Superintendant of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","D. Graham at Cedar Run, VA to E[phraim] McGavock at Wytheville VA","A.M. Kasey to [?] McGavock","Cynthia M.G. Houston, at Natural Bridge (Rockbridge County), to her cousin Stephen [McGavock]","A. Thomas at Holston Mills to S[tephen] McGavock","J.R. Crockett at Max Meadow, to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock.","J.H. Martin at Wytheville to [?] McGavock","R.E. Withers at Lynchburg, to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock, at Max Meadow, Wythe County, VA","Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lee at Lynchburg to Messrs. and Miss McGavock. Declining an invitation.","John M. Hall to Cloid [Cloyd] McGavock","John H. Gibboney at Wytheville, to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock, at the University of Virginia to his uncle [?]","J.F. Kent at Bellfield Mills, to his cousin Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock","D.C. Kent at Dublin (Pulaski County) to his cousin Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Williamson McGavock at the University of Virginia to his uncle Stephen McGavock","Joseph Cloyd, near Dublin (Pulaski county) to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William Gibboney at Wytheville to J.F. Slaughter at Lynchburg, VA introducing Stephen McGavock.","William Gibboney at Wytheville, VA to S.B. Smith, Richmond introducing Stephen McGavock","Crockett and Blair at Wytheville, Wythe County, to Stephen McGavock","J.W. Hagar to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","Joseph F. Kent at Bellfield Mills to Stephen McGavock","Charles L. Fox at Wytheville, VA to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock","W.B. Byars at Glade Spring (Washington County) to [?]","W.A. Smyth at Montgomery to [?]","John W. Robinson at Graham's Ford to Stephen McGavock at Ft. Chiswell VA","Noel and Brown at Wytheville, VA to Stephen McGavock","William Matthews at Dublin [Pulaski County VA] to [?]","A.E. Parker at Wytheville to McGavock and Brother at Fort Chiswell.","Mathew Aiken at Croftsville, Tazwell County, VA to Stephen or Cloyd McGavock","William B. Byars at Glad Spring [Washington County VA] to Stephen McGavock","J.M. Crockett at Philadelphia to Stephen McGavock","J.F. Kent at Kent's Mill, VA to Stephen [McGavock]","John R. Richardson, at Morristown, TN to Stephen McGavock at Max Meadows, Wythe County, VA","A.N. Chiffin to T. Wood","T[?] P. Clap to [?]","Lynch A Currin to S[tephen] McGavock","P. Gaines to James McGavock","Phillip Gaines to James McGavock Jr.","Hugh Graham to [?]","Kate Haller to Mr. [?] McGavock","P[?] P[?] Hanson at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell","William Hill to Stephen McGavock","V.C. Huff to [?] McGavock","V.C. Huff to Stephen McGavock","Margaret Mathews to her brother [?]","D. McGavock to his cousin Stephen McGavock","E[phraim] McGavock to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County VA","Peter Mulholland to Stephen McGavock","Thomas Quirk to Col. W. Crockett","Waller R. Staples at Richmond to Stephen McGavock","A. Tompkins to S[tephen] McGavock","Sarah [?] to her uncle [?]","One unidentified letter","McGavock (?). 59 Pieces including a small book containing an Index to accounts.","1 Piece","3 Pieces","1 Piece","10 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","1 Piece","Piece","1 Piece","40 Pieces","3 Pieces","1 Piece","1 Piece","1 Piece","1 Piece","5 Pieces","1 Piece","2 Pieces","1 Piece","Receipt for guns issued for the expedition against the Cherokee 1780. 1 Piece Discharge of Thomas Welch, 1776, 1 Piece","Collector of the poor rates 1796.  1 Piece","Tax levies and clerk's fees 1760-1793. 15 Pieces Other invoices and receipts 1761-1811. 77 Pieces","Scope and Contents","A 1779 Manuscript Volume containing the following: parish levies, receipts from supplies issued to public stores for use during the expedition against the Cherokee, 1776. receipts for supplies for troops at Fort Patrick Henry, 1776-1777; and a manuscript arithmetic. 250 Pages, 8\"x7\" See also folders 5 and 10.","Receipts and certificates of service issued by James McGavock, Ensign, Wythe County Militia. 1791-1792. 25 Pieces","Lead mines in Wythe County, 1810-1833. 53 Pieces including 9 Letters Saltpeter receipts 1814-1815.  33 Pieces including 5 Letters","Tax levies and Clerk's fees 1800-1836. 66 Pieces Other Invoices and receipts. 1791-1836. 86 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees 1838-1866.  29 Pieces Accounts, receipts, and memoranda 1834-1848.  22 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees, 1831-1837.  12 Pieces Other invoices and receipts, 1820-1839.  57 Pieces","Tax levies and Clerk's fees, 1847-1851.  6 Pieces","Accounts, Receipts, and Memoranda of Stephen McGavock, executor of the Estate of James McGavock and guardian of Mary, Jane, and Sarah McGavock","Letters from Agnes L. McGavock, aferwards Agnes L. Richardson, widow of James McGavock to his executor Stephen McGavock concerning certain matters regarding the estate.  7 Pieces","Letter from Andrew S. Fulton, at Wytheville to Stephen McGavock at Fort Chiswell [Wythe] concerning dower rights. 1 Piece","Letters from John R. Richardson, at Cedar Hill to Stephen McGavock, Fort Chiswell, Wythe, VA, concerning arbitration of the estate. 2 Pieces.","Statement of lead delivered by the County Lieutenants. 1 Piece","60 Pieces","164 Pieces","20 Pieces","26 Pieces","28 Pieces","35 Pieces","1 Piece","8 Pieces","13 Pieces","1 Piece","6 Pieces","8 Pieces","1 Piece","3 Pieces","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces.  This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","626 Pieces. This collection of accounts is divided between folders 12, 13, and 14","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","505 Pieces divided between folders 15 and 16.","2 PIeces","24 Pieces","Accounts of Stephen, Cloyd, William, Cynthia, Polly, and Betsey McGavock. 1 Piece","7 Pieces","Includes a statement of he cause of deathe of William McGavock as wel as a memorandum book (small but not a volume). 17 Pieces total.","2 Pieces","Includes one memorandum book. 116 Pieces","179 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerks, 19 pieces.","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 3 Pieces","Fee bills of the county Clerks and Tax bills, 240 Pieces","1 Piece","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the County Clerk. 4 Pieces","Fee bills of the clerk and sheriff. 2 Pieces","Fee bills of the county clerk and sheriff, and tax bills. 50 Pieces","9 Pieces","9 Pieces","John Allison. Survey of a tract of land sold to C.C. Tate. 3 Pieces","Scope and Contents","Papers relating to a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia, called \"Anchor and Hope\". 7 Pieces","copy of a survey of a portion of a Revolutionary land grant made to Moses Austin, Wythe County, Virginia (1795); and a legal opinion of David McComas (1833) concerning the claim of David Graham to a portion of the land included in the grant. 2 Pieces","Letter of Stephen and Moses Austin and Samuel Paine to Beverley Randolf, Governor of Virginia. Copy of a bond for the repayment of 20 tonnes of lead. 1 Piece","Letter of Henry Banks to William Whitcroft. Copy of the court record of a deed to a tract of land in Montgomery County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land in Wythe county, Virginia to Mary Graham and William Graham. 1 Piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","David Carnut, assignee of Colin Campbell, assignee of John Lathem. Copy of the record of a Revolutionary land claim in Montgomery County. David Carnute, assignee of James newell, assignee of robert Love. Copy of the record of a revolutionary land claim. Both are on one sheet.","John Carter to Joseph Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","Carter, Crockett, and Thomas Herbert to Robert and Walter Colquohoun. Bond. 1 Piece","Will of Alexander N. Chaffin, of Wythe County, VA. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring, to Costilo Hill. 1 Piece","Lease of a tract of land in Wythe County known as Boiling Spring to Isaac Sulander. 1 Piece","Agreement of the sale of a tract of land in Monk's Corner, to Conrad Keesling. 1 piece","Papers relating to the division of Abram Crockett's lands in Williamson County, Tennessee. 3 Pieces","Survey and description of James Crockett's Mountain orchard. 1 Piece","Power of attorney authorizing Alexander Ewing to transfer to David McGavock a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 piece","power of attorney authorizing randal McGavock to sell a tract of land in Sumner County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","James Crockett to James R. Kent. Bill of sale of a Negro girl. 1 Piece","James Crockett and Robert Sayers to William Galt.  Bond.  1 Piece.","Survey of a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Quirk. Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Robert Dougherty, executor of Michael Dougherty to David McGavock.  Power of attorney authorizing the conveyance of certain tracts of land to David Love, John Craiger and William Chistle, assignee of John Bentley.  1 Piece.  Mutilated","Survey and plats of a tract of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. 1 Piece","Suit","Agreement of Samuel Graham and Nathaniel Crockett and othersconcerning the settling of the estate of Robert Graham. 3 Pieces","Henry Hufford to James E. Brown. Trust deed covering a tract of land in Preston County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Suit in washington [County] District Court. 2 pieces","Suit in Botetourt County.  2 Pieces","Two surveys made for David Love.  1 piece","Bond","Bond. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Statement made in Caswell County, North Carolina, in regards to the unaauthorized sale of his property.  1 Piece","Suit","Suit in Grayson County, Virginia. David McGavock vs. Stephen Saunders, administrator of James Ewing. 1 Piece","Deed to a tract of land i Wythe County, Virginia, sold by Samuel Crockett and wife to Ephraim, Stephen, and Joseph C. McGavock. Not Signed. 1 Piece","Assignment of a tract of land. 1 piece","Receipt for payment made by James McGavock for the purchase of William Gillaspe's land. 1 piece.","Bond given to James McGavock to insure compliance with his agreement for the delivery of Aluminum Salt at Fort Chiswell. 1 Piece","Bond for the performance of his duties as undersheriff. 1 Piece","Settlement proposed by the arbitrators to be made by James McGavock with Samuel and Elizabeth McDowell, administrators of James McDowell.  2 Pieces","Suit in Augusta County.  1 Piece","Papers concerning lands conveyed to James McGavock by military and treasury warrants. 2 Pieces","Bond given to James McGavock to secure a debt and to secure the payment of interest due on a tract of land sold to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Memorandum of an agreement concerning the division of the Sheriff's duties and renumeration in Botetourt County.  Bond given by James McGavock as Sheriff, and bond given by Francis Smith and William preston to James McGavock.  3 Pieces.","Bond given by James McGavock as collector of the parish levy, Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond given by john floyd and James Thompson to James McGavock for collection of a parish levy. 1 piece","Transfer of a certificate for a tract of land in Williamson County, Tennessee.  1 Piece","James Crockett to James McGavock. Trust deed covering three tracts of land in Wythe County, VA, including the mountain or orchard tract and a portion of Purgatory Tract","Agreement for the sale of a tract of land to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Leases granted by James McGavock to Zaceriah Hurt. 2 pieces","Zaceriah Hurt to James Ward, trustee for James McGavock. Chattel mortgage. 2 pieces","Attachment upon Zaceriah Hurt in favor of James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit, 1 Piece","Copy of a deed to a tract of land in Wythe county. 1 Piece","Bills of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 8 Pieces","Bills of sale of negroes.  2 Pieces","Survey of a division line between the lands of the heirs of James McGavock Sr., and the heirs of James McGavock Jr. 1 Piece","A memorandum of stray cattle taken by James McGavock at Fort Chiswell. 1 piece","Suit in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Plat, description and receipt of payment for certain tracts of land sold by Samuel Graham to James McGavock. 3 Pieces","Assignment of a tract of land.  1 Piece","Trust deed covering two tracts of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Articles of agreement and bond for the sale by James Mcgavock to David and James Magill, of a plantation in Rockbridge County, VA.  5 Pieces","Referees' decision in a dispute with James McGavock. 1 Piece","Surveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by Joseph Ramsey to James McGavock. 1 Piece","Suit in Botetourt County. 1 Piece","Bond to insure delivery of the indenture of John Myers, an indentured servant sold to James McGavock by Samuel Smith and others. 1 piece","Trust deed covering certain real estate in Stephensburg and a memorandum concerning the property. 2 Pieces","Bill of sale for Negroes sold to James McGavock. 4 pieces","Memorandum of an agreement for farm work to be done by Adams.  1 Piece","Bill of sale of a Negro boy. 1 Piece","Lease granted to Alexander Fisher. Mutilated. 1 Piece","Agreement concerning the sale to Stephen McGavock of an interest in a plantation. 1 Piece","Receipt for money paid for a tract of land. 1 Piece","Bond to insure delivery of a good title to a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, sold to Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 1 Piece","Agreement to give possession of a certain plantation to Stephen and Joseph Cloyd McGavock. 1 Piece.","Receipt for money paid for a tract of land.  1 Piece","George Archer, 1852, 1 piece Harrison Archer, 1867, 1 Piece William D. Archer, 1867-72, 3 Pieces John Maybe, 1866, 1 Piece George A. Shoemaker, 1866, 1 Piece P.C. Taylor, 1866, 1 Piece Pleasant C. Taylor, 1866, 1 piece","Farm labor agreements of Stephen and Cloyd McGavock. 3 pieces","Survey of 40 acres of land conveyed to an unnamed person. 1 Piece","Comission of John T. Sayers and Francis J. Carter to receive the acknowledgement of Daniel Miller's wife of his deed to James Crockett, conveying a tract of land in Wythe County, VA. 1 piece","Survey of a tract of land belonging to R. Montgomery.  1 piece","Surveys of tracts of land made for William Montgomery, Josiah Ramsey, and Abner Bledsoe.  1 Piece","Survey of a tract of land in Wythe County, VA, conveyed by Robert Norris to Josiah Ramsey. 1 Piece","Deed to a tract of land in Wythe County. 1 Piece","Survey of land deeded to James and Andrew Crockett. 1 Piece","Surveyor's plat of a tract of land sold by james Thompson, agent for R. 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Botetourt County, Virginia. 1 Piece","Revolutionary land warrants of James McGavock, David McGavock, Alexander Smyth, John Latham, George Brook, James Crockett, John Creger, David Sloan, Hiram Craig, John Belshen, William King, Godfrey Messersmith, and John Herkerader. 4 pieces.","Andrew Neely vs. John Drake and William Neely George Hancock vs. Andrew Neely One One sheet","William Hay vs. Joseph Barneville and Philip Buttonstone (1794) William Hay vs. David McGavock (1796) One one sheet","17 Pieces","1 Piece","A printed list of guests at Chapman Springs. 1 Piece","4 Pieces","6 pieces","Forms for the use of tax collectors. 5 Pieces","A tax form used by the Confederate States of America.  1 Piece","Tax assesor's form for the United States Internal Revenue Service. 1 Piece","Pedigree and description of Manassas, a thoroughbred horse. 1 Piece","Printed Circular letter announcing a commercial convention to be held in Norfolk to improve the means of communication with the Interior, the West, Nortgwest, Southwest, and North Carolina; and establish direct trade with Europe.  1 Piece","Certificate of membership in the union Agricultural Society of Virginia and North Carolina. 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The letters are from relatives and friends in Bridgewater, Virginia, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Hancock, Maryland, Orbisonia, Carlisle, McConnellsburg, Gettysburg and Round Grove, Pennsylvania and Polk City, Iowa. One letter concerns the Battle of Gettysburg."," Collection also includes legal documents; voting list, 1789; delinquent tax list, 1792, of Berkeley County, Va. [W. Va.]; land grants; and records, 1870, of the Grand Division of Virginia Sons of Temperance.","Papers, 1769-1912, including letters, 1861-1874, written to David A. Bucher, dentist of Shade Gap, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania and later, of Bridgewater, Rockingham County, Virginia The letters are from relatives and friends in Bridgewater, Virginia, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Hancock, Maryland, Orbisonia, Carlisle, McConnellsburg, Gettysburg and Round Grove, Pennsylvania and Polk City, Iowa. One letter concerns the Battle of Gettysburg. Collection also includes legal documents; voting list, 1789; delinquent tax list, 1792, of Berkeley County, Virginia [West Virginia.]; land grants; and records, 1870, of the Grand Division of Virginia Sons of Temperance.","Written to David A. Bucher, McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania from friends and relatives in Gettysburg, Warfordsburg, and Camp Biddle near Carlisle, Pennsylvania.","To David A. Bucher, Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, from Sarag Jane Hamilton, near Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania and others.","To David A. Bucher from Libby A. Slater, \"Lydia,\" E. Slater, Sada Jane Hamilton, Jesse D. Bucher, Kate Blocher, and Mollie A. Bear.","To David A. Bucher from Libbie Slater, Yillia Wagner, and others.","To David A. Bucher, Broad Top City, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, from Oliver Blocher, Yillia Wagner, Jesse D. Bucher, and \"Em\" Alexander.","To David A. Bucher, Orbisonia, Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania, from \"Alexander,\" Jesse Bucher, A.M. Baer, and Mollie A. Bear. Included is a letter: \"Jesse\" to \"Dear Friends at home,\" March 6, 1870, commenting on the 1870 Virginia law exempting a person from old debts if he is not worth more than $2000.","To David A. Bucher from Mollie (Bear?), Jesse and Emily \"your brother and sister,\" \"Zill,\" and David Baer.","First mention of dentistry in letters beginning in August 1870.","To David A. Bucher from David Baer, Mollie Braniff, \"Em,\" and Ithamar R. Scott.","To David A. Bucher from Margaret McNeely, Lucinda J. Ranck at Three Springs, Pennsylvania, Kate Blocher at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Scott Mack, \"Em\" Alexander at Polk City, Iowa, \"Jesse\" and Emily Bucher at Montezuma.","To David A. Bucher from \"Em\" Alexander at Polk City, Iowa telling of the emigration from Polk City to Missouri, Kansas, California, and Oregon; and Kate Blocher at Gettysburg. List of the licensed dentists in Pennsylvania in 1871 published by the Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Company. Letter, April 20, 1871, from \"brother Jesse Bucher, Montezuma, to David A. Bucher, stating \"But a word while I think of it, about that Strychnine. Be very careful with your Prof. Campbell. For although you may not have the remotest idea of poison, yet you may get a dose through Jealousy which may be caused by your success in your business. Keep a sharp lookout and I would take an early opportunity, if I were you, of totally dissolving partnership and leaving their neighborhood.\"","To David A. Bucher from the Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Company, Boston, Massachusetts; sister McNeely; and \"Em\" at Polk City, Iowa.","To David A. Bucher from \"Em\" at Polk City, Iowa; Kaate Blocher at Gettysburg, Pensylvania; Louie Kuhn at Harrisonville, Pennsylvania; and various local people abou this dentistry practice.","To David A. Bucher who is temporarily at Bridgewater, Rockingham County, Virginia, from \"Louie,\" \"Mollie,\" and \"the same old Coon Em.\" Also, a letter from David A. Bucher, now back at Shade Gap, Pennsylvania, to Mr. Young, March 6, 1872, saying he plans to return to Virginia in September. Letter, March 13, 1872, from R.S. Kuhn, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, to David A. Bucher.","To David A. Bucher, Shade Gap, Pennsylvania, from Jesse and Emily Bucher at Montezuma, and \"Em\" at Des Moines, Iowa.","To David A. Bucher, Shade Gap, Pennsylvnaia, and in September, in Bridgewater, Rockingham County, Virginia, from \"Em,\" Des Moines, Iowa, \"Mollie\" and others.","To David A. Bucher at Bridgewater, from \"Mollie\" at Shade Gap, C.G. Speck, Alexandria, Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania, \"Emma\" of Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania, \"Mother,\" and \"Sister Ella\" and others.","Letter, February 8, 1873, from \"C.G.S.,\" Alexandria, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, telling of the difficulties of teaching and stating, \"That a Teacher should be worried by arbitrary and refractory scholars was beyond my comprehension until I found it out by sad experience.\"","To David A. Bucher from \"Em\" at Polk City, Iowa; J.T. Logan, Orbisonia; the Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Co.; C.G. Speck, Shippensburg, Pa., April 27, 1873, about his new position as a teacher at the Cumberland Valley Normal School; \"Mollie\" mentioning that Bucher was married and coming home on his wedding trip, June 10, 1873. David A. Bucher, Bridgewater, to \"Dear Friends at home,\" June 20, 1872, about his dental practice in Bridgewater. Four letters from Bucher to \"Pettie,\" July 28, 1873.","Scope and Contents Letter to David A. Bucher, Bridgewater, from C. Edgar Salyards; an advertisement of C.N. Howard \u0026 Co., New York, to W. Witheson, Jr., Waynesboro, Virginia Ralph in diplomatic service, Innsbruck, Austria, to Miss Mildred Weaver, Waynesboro, Virginia, August 14, 1911, mentioning visits to the museum, the Hof Kirche, and a battlefield Ralph, Innsbruck, to Miss Mildred Weaver, August 21, 1911, telling of his visit to the battlefield of Berg Isel and of the 81st birthday celebration of the Emperor Franz Joseph Ralph, Constantinople, to Miss Mildred Weaver, Quincy, January 17, 1912, telling of attending a new opera from Vienna called Die Keusche Suzanne.","To David A. Bucher from Kate Blocher, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, \"Mell\" in Shade Gap, and others.","To David A. Bucher from his sister Emma Bucher, cousin Kate Blocher, and Mary J. Neeley (Mollie).","To David A. Bucher from his cousin David Baer, Kate Blocher, cousin Maggie Ohier, cousin Mollie A. Bear, and others.","To David A. Bucher from Jesse and Emily Bucher and Mollie at Shade Gap.","Of David A. Bucher, temperance speech handwritten by D.A. Bucher, and a penmanship book written in by D.A. Bucher including minutes of a meeting of the Odd Fellows of Bridgewater Lodge No. 120, November 21, 1872.","Of Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia).","For Isaac Chenowith to be brought before the Berkeley County Court on the third Tuesday of August to answer a contempt charge, signed by Mo Hunter.","Between George Tringle of Berkeley County and Richard Rigg, signed by P. Pendleton, and including a document concerning the agreement.","For the sheriff of Berkeley County to summon Charles Magill and Isaac Chinoweth.","60 For land to be surveyed for Andrew Waggoner, signed by John Harvie.","J. T. Mason to the Worshipful Court of Berkeley County, regarding the suit between Briscoe and Conway.","For sheriff of Berkeley County to summon Charles McGill and Isaac Chenoweth to appear, signed by Mo Hunter.","Between Jacob Ong of Martinsburgh, Berkeley County, Virginia, carpenter, and Robert Willcox of the same place.","Regarding the dispute between George Briscoe and George Riely and Cornelius Conway.","That John Tingle and Mary Benett will take the deposition of William Baily and Edward Beeson.","Of William Baily given to Berkeley Court in the suit depending between John Tingle and Mary Bennet, plaintiffs, and Charles Magill, defendant.","To John Morrel and Samuel Morrel, signed by Governor Henry Lee.","Between Josias Herbert of Berkeley County, Virginia, and Cumberland Wilson of the town of Dumfries.","Of tax Delinquents on the East Side of Ossequan Creek.","Of Smith Slaughter in a suit depending between George Cole Briscoe and Cornelius Conway in Berkeley Court.","Of Moses Hunter in the suit of John Tingle, heir at law of George Tingle, decd., by Mary Bennett, his guardian, as complainants, and Charles Magill and Isaac Chennowith, children, as defendants.","Of William Hinshaw in a dispute depending in chancery in Berkeley Court between Tingle's heirs and Charles Magill.","To summon Robert Worthington to Court to answer the petition of Magnus Tate, signed by M. Hunter.","To Isaac Means, signed by Gov. Robert Brooke.","Between James Sargent of Hampshire County and Margaret, his wife, and Daniel Loy.","To Thomas Ewes, signed by Gov. Robert Brooke.","To bring James Faulkner to court, signed by Mo Hunter.","Of Mo Hunter about a suit between William Slaughter and Cornelius Conway.","Between Daniel Loy and Christiana, his wife, of Hampshire County, Virginia, and John Loy of the same place.","About John Kennedy, son of Robert Kennedy, who stood incriminated by an inquisition of a grand jury of the crime of murder of a Negro slave named Jack, the property of Alexander Robinson.","Between Jacob Coons, Senior, of Berkeley County, Virginia, and John Bowman of Berkeley County, Virginia","Of Isaac Means and Nancy, his wife, of Hampshire County, Virginia, and Edward Taylor of the same place.","To Nehemiah Hunley, signed by Governor James Barbour.","Of Aaron Kennedy and Daniel Oburn due to John Wilson, signed by David Hunter, Clerk of Berkeley County, Virginia","To Jacob Parker, signed by Governor Thomas M. Randolph.","For Jacob Zumbre to appear, signed by John Porterfield, Berkeley County, Virginia","Between Ephraim Means and Ellen, his wife, and Edward Taylor.","Of land ranted Jacob Parker, signed by Governor John Floyd.","Between James Curtis and Royal Strother and Anthony Chambers, Berkeley County, Virginia","Stating that Charles D. Stewart who swore that he had delivered to Jacob Van Doren, with whom Royal Struther lives, a copy of the within notice, signed by Johnston Magowen.","Between Daniel Mathews and Easter, his wife, of Rockingham County, Virginia, and George Sites of the same place.","to Frederick Kaniston, signed by Lieutenant Governor Wyndham Robertson.","For Edmund Bridge, executor of the will of Mary Coffey and trustee for Elizabeth Bridge.","Of land granted John Parker, signed by Governor James McDowell, Esq.","From Jacob P. Ridenour to William Taylor.","To John Loy, signed by Governor Joseph Johnson with enclosed map.","For Elizabeth Strawdeman, widow of Adam Strawdeman; Jacob Strawdeman; Henry Strawdeman; Henry Richman and Mary Ann, his wife; William Strawdeman; Absalom Lee and Catherine, his wife; and Leonard M.N. Strawdeman to appear at the Hardy County, Virginia, Court.","That Absalom Lee has performed one day of extra labour on the land in said precinct.","Of agreement between Wm. Campbell and D. A. Bucher for instruction in the Branches of Dentistry that Campbell is to give Bucher.","Of agreement between William Campbell and D.A. Bucher that Bucher is to pay Campbell $100 for instruction in dentistry.","BetweenDr. W.A. Hinchman and Dr. D.A. Bucher, both of Broad Top City, Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania.","Snyder grants unto Jacob F. Stouffer the \"right, title, and interest\" in his invention fo the sum of $10. 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Bucher, dentist of Shade Gap, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania and later, of Bridgewater, Rockingham County, Virginia The letters are from relatives and friends in Bridgewater, Virginia, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Hancock, Maryland, Orbisonia, Carlisle, McConnellsburg, Gettysburg and Round Grove, Pennsylvania and Polk City, Iowa. One letter concerns the Battle of Gettysburg. Collection also includes legal documents; voting list, 1789; delinquent tax list, 1792, of Berkeley County, Virginia [West Virginia.]; land grants; and records, 1870, of the Grand Division of Virginia Sons of Temperance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten to David A. Bucher, McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania from friends and relatives in Gettysburg, Warfordsburg, and Camp Biddle near Carlisle, Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher, Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, from Sarag Jane Hamilton, near Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher from Libby A. Slater, \"Lydia,\" E. Slater, Sada Jane Hamilton, Jesse D. Bucher, Kate Blocher, and Mollie A. Bear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher from Libbie Slater, Yillia Wagner, and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher, Broad Top City, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, from Oliver Blocher, Yillia Wagner, Jesse D. Bucher, and \"Em\" Alexander.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher, Orbisonia, Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania, from \"Alexander,\" Jesse Bucher, A.M. Baer, and Mollie A. Bear. Included is a letter: \"Jesse\" to \"Dear Friends at home,\" March 6, 1870, commenting on the 1870 Virginia law exempting a person from old debts if he is not worth more than $2000.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher from Mollie (Bear?), Jesse and Emily \"your brother and sister,\" \"Zill,\" and David Baer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst mention of dentistry in letters beginning in August 1870.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher from David Baer, Mollie Braniff, \"Em,\" and Ithamar R. Scott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher from Margaret McNeely, Lucinda J. Ranck at Three Springs, Pennsylvania, Kate Blocher at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Scott Mack, \"Em\" Alexander at Polk City, Iowa, \"Jesse\" and Emily Bucher at Montezuma.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher from \"Em\" Alexander at Polk City, Iowa telling of the emigration from Polk City to Missouri, Kansas, California, and Oregon; and Kate Blocher at Gettysburg. List of the licensed dentists in Pennsylvania in 1871 published by the Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Company. Letter, April 20, 1871, from \"brother Jesse Bucher, Montezuma, to David A. Bucher, stating \"But a word while I think of it, about that Strychnine. Be very careful with your Prof. Campbell. For although you may not have the remotest idea of poison, yet you may get a dose through Jealousy which may be caused by your success in your business. Keep a sharp lookout and I would take an early opportunity, if I were you, of totally dissolving partnership and leaving their neighborhood.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher from the Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Company, Boston, Massachusetts; sister McNeely; and \"Em\" at Polk City, Iowa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher from \"Em\" at Polk City, Iowa; Kaate Blocher at Gettysburg, Pensylvania; Louie Kuhn at Harrisonville, Pennsylvania; and various local people abou this dentistry practice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher who is temporarily at Bridgewater, Rockingham County, Virginia, from \"Louie,\" \"Mollie,\" and \"the same old Coon Em.\" Also, a letter from David A. Bucher, now back at Shade Gap, Pennsylvania, to Mr. Young, March 6, 1872, saying he plans to return to Virginia in September. Letter, March 13, 1872, from R.S. Kuhn, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, to David A. Bucher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher, Shade Gap, Pennsylvania, from Jesse and Emily Bucher at Montezuma, and \"Em\" at Des Moines, Iowa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher, Shade Gap, Pennsylvnaia, and in September, in Bridgewater, Rockingham County, Virginia, from \"Em,\" Des Moines, Iowa, \"Mollie\" and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher at Bridgewater, from \"Mollie\" at Shade Gap, C.G. Speck, Alexandria, Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania, \"Emma\" of Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania, \"Mother,\" and \"Sister Ella\" and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter, February 8, 1873, from \"C.G.S.,\" Alexandria, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, telling of the difficulties of teaching and stating, \"That a Teacher should be worried by arbitrary and refractory scholars was beyond my comprehension until I found it out by sad experience.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher from \"Em\" at Polk City, Iowa; J.T. Logan, Orbisonia; the Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Co.; C.G. Speck, Shippensburg, Pa., April 27, 1873, about his new position as a teacher at the Cumberland Valley Normal School; \"Mollie\" mentioning that Bucher was married and coming home on his wedding trip, June 10, 1873. David A. Bucher, Bridgewater, to \"Dear Friends at home,\" June 20, 1872, about his dental practice in Bridgewater. Four letters from Bucher to \"Pettie,\" July 28, 1873.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Letter to David A. Bucher, Bridgewater, from C. Edgar Salyards; an advertisement of C.N. Howard \u0026amp; Co., New York, to W. Witheson, Jr., Waynesboro, Virginia Ralph in diplomatic service, Innsbruck, Austria, to Miss Mildred Weaver, Waynesboro, Virginia, August 14, 1911, mentioning visits to the museum, the Hof Kirche, and a battlefield Ralph, Innsbruck, to Miss Mildred Weaver, August 21, 1911, telling of his visit to the battlefield of Berg Isel and of the 81st birthday celebration of the Emperor Franz Joseph Ralph, Constantinople, to Miss Mildred Weaver, Quincy, January 17, 1912, telling of attending a new opera from Vienna called Die Keusche Suzanne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher from Kate Blocher, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, \"Mell\" in Shade Gap, and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher from his sister Emma Bucher, cousin Kate Blocher, and Mary J. Neeley (Mollie).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher from his cousin David Baer, Kate Blocher, cousin Maggie Ohier, cousin Mollie A. Bear, and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo David A. Bucher from Jesse and Emily Bucher and Mollie at Shade Gap.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf David A. Bucher, temperance speech handwritten by D.A. Bucher, and a penmanship book written in by D.A. Bucher including minutes of a meeting of the Odd Fellows of Bridgewater Lodge No. 120, November 21, 1872.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor Isaac Chenowith to be brought before the Berkeley County Court on the third Tuesday of August to answer a contempt charge, signed by Mo Hunter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetween George Tringle of Berkeley County and Richard Rigg, signed by P. Pendleton, and including a document concerning the agreement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor the sheriff of Berkeley County to summon Charles Magill and Isaac Chinoweth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e60 For land to be surveyed for Andrew Waggoner, signed by John Harvie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. T. Mason to the Worshipful Court of Berkeley County, regarding the suit between Briscoe and Conway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor sheriff of Berkeley County to summon Charles McGill and Isaac Chenoweth to appear, signed by Mo Hunter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetween Jacob Ong of Martinsburgh, Berkeley County, Virginia, carpenter, and Robert Willcox of the same place.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding the dispute between George Briscoe and George Riely and Cornelius Conway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThat John Tingle and Mary Benett will take the deposition of William Baily and Edward Beeson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf William Baily given to Berkeley Court in the suit depending between John Tingle and Mary Bennet, plaintiffs, and Charles Magill, defendant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo John Morrel and Samuel Morrel, signed by Governor Henry Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetween Josias Herbert of Berkeley County, Virginia, and Cumberland Wilson of the town of Dumfries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf tax Delinquents on the East Side of Ossequan Creek.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf Smith Slaughter in a suit depending between George Cole Briscoe and Cornelius Conway in Berkeley Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf Moses Hunter in the suit of John Tingle, heir at law of George Tingle, decd., by Mary Bennett, his guardian, as complainants, and Charles Magill and Isaac Chennowith, children, as defendants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf William Hinshaw in a dispute depending in chancery in Berkeley Court between Tingle's heirs and Charles Magill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo summon Robert Worthington to Court to answer the petition of Magnus Tate, signed by M. Hunter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo Isaac Means, signed by Gov. Robert Brooke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetween James Sargent of Hampshire County and Margaret, his wife, and Daniel Loy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo Thomas Ewes, signed by Gov. Robert Brooke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo bring James Faulkner to court, signed by Mo Hunter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf Mo Hunter about a suit between William Slaughter and Cornelius Conway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetween Daniel Loy and Christiana, his wife, of Hampshire County, Virginia, and John Loy of the same place.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout John Kennedy, son of Robert Kennedy, who stood incriminated by an inquisition of a grand jury of the crime of murder of a Negro slave named Jack, the property of Alexander Robinson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetween Jacob Coons, Senior, of Berkeley County, Virginia, and John Bowman of Berkeley County, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf Isaac Means and Nancy, his wife, of Hampshire County, Virginia, and Edward Taylor of the same place.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo Nehemiah Hunley, signed by Governor James Barbour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf Aaron Kennedy and Daniel Oburn due to John Wilson, signed by David Hunter, Clerk of Berkeley County, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo Jacob Parker, signed by Governor Thomas M. Randolph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor Jacob Zumbre to appear, signed by John Porterfield, Berkeley County, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetween Ephraim Means and Ellen, his wife, and Edward Taylor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf land ranted Jacob Parker, signed by Governor John Floyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetween James Curtis and Royal Strother and Anthony Chambers, Berkeley County, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStating that Charles D. Stewart who swore that he had delivered to Jacob Van Doren, with whom Royal Struther lives, a copy of the within notice, signed by Johnston Magowen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetween Daniel Mathews and Easter, his wife, of Rockingham County, Virginia, and George Sites of the same place.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eto Frederick Kaniston, signed by Lieutenant Governor Wyndham Robertson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor Edmund Bridge, executor of the will of Mary Coffey and trustee for Elizabeth Bridge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf land granted John Parker, signed by Governor James McDowell, Esq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom Jacob P. Ridenour to William Taylor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo John Loy, signed by Governor Joseph Johnson with enclosed map.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor Elizabeth Strawdeman, widow of Adam Strawdeman; Jacob Strawdeman; Henry Strawdeman; Henry Richman and Mary Ann, his wife; William Strawdeman; Absalom Lee and Catherine, his wife; and Leonard M.N. Strawdeman to appear at the Hardy County, Virginia, Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThat Absalom Lee has performed one day of extra labour on the land in said precinct.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf agreement between Wm. Campbell and D. A. Bucher for instruction in the Branches of Dentistry that Campbell is to give Bucher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf agreement between William Campbell and D.A. Bucher that Bucher is to pay Campbell $100 for instruction in dentistry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetweenDr. W.A. Hinchman and Dr. D.A. Bucher, both of Broad Top City, Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSnyder grants unto Jacob F. Stouffer the \"right, title, and interest\" in his invention fo the sum of $10. D.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf Robert Worthington to Magnus Tate, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVol. 3.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eI.O.O.F.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichmond: Fergusson \u0026amp; Rady, Printers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 copies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 copies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePublished by John Bull.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn \"Bounty Land, Pension and General Agency,\" Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf Wm. Earl, 26 Laight St., New York\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFacts for the Million. Over 30 Years Experience in the Treatment of Chronic \u0026amp; Sexual Diseases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhilidelphia: Dr. D. Jayne \u0026amp; Son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNew York: Gaylord Watson.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","To David A. Bucher, Shade Gap, Pennsylvania, from Scale Alexander, Polk City, Iowa; \"your sister Zillie\"; and \"Jesse and Emily\".","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, 1769-1912, including letters, 1861-1874, written to David A. Bucher, dentist of Shade Gap, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania and later, of Bridgewater, Rockingham County, Virginia. The letters are from relatives and friends in Bridgewater, Virginia, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Hancock, Maryland, Orbisonia, Carlisle, McConnellsburg, Gettysburg and Round Grove, Pennsylvania and Polk City, Iowa. One letter concerns the Battle of Gettysburg."," Collection also includes legal documents; voting list, 1789; delinquent tax list, 1792, of Berkeley County, Va. [W. Va.]; land grants; and records, 1870, of the Grand Division of Virginia Sons of Temperance.","Papers, 1769-1912, including letters, 1861-1874, written to David A. Bucher, dentist of Shade Gap, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania and later, of Bridgewater, Rockingham County, Virginia The letters are from relatives and friends in Bridgewater, Virginia, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Hancock, Maryland, Orbisonia, Carlisle, McConnellsburg, Gettysburg and Round Grove, Pennsylvania and Polk City, Iowa. One letter concerns the Battle of Gettysburg. Collection also includes legal documents; voting list, 1789; delinquent tax list, 1792, of Berkeley County, Virginia [West Virginia.]; land grants; and records, 1870, of the Grand Division of Virginia Sons of Temperance.","Written to David A. Bucher, McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania from friends and relatives in Gettysburg, Warfordsburg, and Camp Biddle near Carlisle, Pennsylvania.","To David A. Bucher, Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, from Sarag Jane Hamilton, near Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania and others.","To David A. Bucher from Libby A. Slater, \"Lydia,\" E. Slater, Sada Jane Hamilton, Jesse D. Bucher, Kate Blocher, and Mollie A. Bear.","To David A. Bucher from Libbie Slater, Yillia Wagner, and others.","To David A. Bucher, Broad Top City, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, from Oliver Blocher, Yillia Wagner, Jesse D. Bucher, and \"Em\" Alexander.","To David A. Bucher, Orbisonia, Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania, from \"Alexander,\" Jesse Bucher, A.M. Baer, and Mollie A. Bear. Included is a letter: \"Jesse\" to \"Dear Friends at home,\" March 6, 1870, commenting on the 1870 Virginia law exempting a person from old debts if he is not worth more than $2000.","To David A. Bucher from Mollie (Bear?), Jesse and Emily \"your brother and sister,\" \"Zill,\" and David Baer.","First mention of dentistry in letters beginning in August 1870.","To David A. Bucher from David Baer, Mollie Braniff, \"Em,\" and Ithamar R. Scott.","To David A. Bucher from Margaret McNeely, Lucinda J. Ranck at Three Springs, Pennsylvania, Kate Blocher at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Scott Mack, \"Em\" Alexander at Polk City, Iowa, \"Jesse\" and Emily Bucher at Montezuma.","To David A. Bucher from \"Em\" Alexander at Polk City, Iowa telling of the emigration from Polk City to Missouri, Kansas, California, and Oregon; and Kate Blocher at Gettysburg. List of the licensed dentists in Pennsylvania in 1871 published by the Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Company. Letter, April 20, 1871, from \"brother Jesse Bucher, Montezuma, to David A. Bucher, stating \"But a word while I think of it, about that Strychnine. Be very careful with your Prof. Campbell. For although you may not have the remotest idea of poison, yet you may get a dose through Jealousy which may be caused by your success in your business. Keep a sharp lookout and I would take an early opportunity, if I were you, of totally dissolving partnership and leaving their neighborhood.\"","To David A. Bucher from the Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Company, Boston, Massachusetts; sister McNeely; and \"Em\" at Polk City, Iowa.","To David A. Bucher from \"Em\" at Polk City, Iowa; Kaate Blocher at Gettysburg, Pensylvania; Louie Kuhn at Harrisonville, Pennsylvania; and various local people abou this dentistry practice.","To David A. Bucher who is temporarily at Bridgewater, Rockingham County, Virginia, from \"Louie,\" \"Mollie,\" and \"the same old Coon Em.\" Also, a letter from David A. Bucher, now back at Shade Gap, Pennsylvania, to Mr. Young, March 6, 1872, saying he plans to return to Virginia in September. Letter, March 13, 1872, from R.S. Kuhn, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, to David A. Bucher.","To David A. Bucher, Shade Gap, Pennsylvania, from Jesse and Emily Bucher at Montezuma, and \"Em\" at Des Moines, Iowa.","To David A. Bucher, Shade Gap, Pennsylvnaia, and in September, in Bridgewater, Rockingham County, Virginia, from \"Em,\" Des Moines, Iowa, \"Mollie\" and others.","To David A. Bucher at Bridgewater, from \"Mollie\" at Shade Gap, C.G. Speck, Alexandria, Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania, \"Emma\" of Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania, \"Mother,\" and \"Sister Ella\" and others.","Letter, February 8, 1873, from \"C.G.S.,\" Alexandria, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, telling of the difficulties of teaching and stating, \"That a Teacher should be worried by arbitrary and refractory scholars was beyond my comprehension until I found it out by sad experience.\"","To David A. Bucher from \"Em\" at Polk City, Iowa; J.T. Logan, Orbisonia; the Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Co.; C.G. Speck, Shippensburg, Pa., April 27, 1873, about his new position as a teacher at the Cumberland Valley Normal School; \"Mollie\" mentioning that Bucher was married and coming home on his wedding trip, June 10, 1873. David A. Bucher, Bridgewater, to \"Dear Friends at home,\" June 20, 1872, about his dental practice in Bridgewater. Four letters from Bucher to \"Pettie,\" July 28, 1873.","Scope and Contents Letter to David A. Bucher, Bridgewater, from C. Edgar Salyards; an advertisement of C.N. Howard \u0026 Co., New York, to W. Witheson, Jr., Waynesboro, Virginia Ralph in diplomatic service, Innsbruck, Austria, to Miss Mildred Weaver, Waynesboro, Virginia, August 14, 1911, mentioning visits to the museum, the Hof Kirche, and a battlefield Ralph, Innsbruck, to Miss Mildred Weaver, August 21, 1911, telling of his visit to the battlefield of Berg Isel and of the 81st birthday celebration of the Emperor Franz Joseph Ralph, Constantinople, to Miss Mildred Weaver, Quincy, January 17, 1912, telling of attending a new opera from Vienna called Die Keusche Suzanne.","To David A. Bucher from Kate Blocher, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, \"Mell\" in Shade Gap, and others.","To David A. Bucher from his sister Emma Bucher, cousin Kate Blocher, and Mary J. Neeley (Mollie).","To David A. Bucher from his cousin David Baer, Kate Blocher, cousin Maggie Ohier, cousin Mollie A. Bear, and others.","To David A. Bucher from Jesse and Emily Bucher and Mollie at Shade Gap.","Of David A. Bucher, temperance speech handwritten by D.A. Bucher, and a penmanship book written in by D.A. Bucher including minutes of a meeting of the Odd Fellows of Bridgewater Lodge No. 120, November 21, 1872.","Of Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia).","For Isaac Chenowith to be brought before the Berkeley County Court on the third Tuesday of August to answer a contempt charge, signed by Mo Hunter.","Between George Tringle of Berkeley County and Richard Rigg, signed by P. Pendleton, and including a document concerning the agreement.","For the sheriff of Berkeley County to summon Charles Magill and Isaac Chinoweth.","60 For land to be surveyed for Andrew Waggoner, signed by John Harvie.","J. T. Mason to the Worshipful Court of Berkeley County, regarding the suit between Briscoe and Conway.","For sheriff of Berkeley County to summon Charles McGill and Isaac Chenoweth to appear, signed by Mo Hunter.","Between Jacob Ong of Martinsburgh, Berkeley County, Virginia, carpenter, and Robert Willcox of the same place.","Regarding the dispute between George Briscoe and George Riely and Cornelius Conway.","That John Tingle and Mary Benett will take the deposition of William Baily and Edward Beeson.","Of William Baily given to Berkeley Court in the suit depending between John Tingle and Mary Bennet, plaintiffs, and Charles Magill, defendant.","To John Morrel and Samuel Morrel, signed by Governor Henry Lee.","Between Josias Herbert of Berkeley County, Virginia, and Cumberland Wilson of the town of Dumfries.","Of tax Delinquents on the East Side of Ossequan Creek.","Of Smith Slaughter in a suit depending between George Cole Briscoe and Cornelius Conway in Berkeley Court.","Of Moses Hunter in the suit of John Tingle, heir at law of George Tingle, decd., by Mary Bennett, his guardian, as complainants, and Charles Magill and Isaac Chennowith, children, as defendants.","Of William Hinshaw in a dispute depending in chancery in Berkeley Court between Tingle's heirs and Charles Magill.","To summon Robert Worthington to Court to answer the petition of Magnus Tate, signed by M. Hunter.","To Isaac Means, signed by Gov. Robert Brooke.","Between James Sargent of Hampshire County and Margaret, his wife, and Daniel Loy.","To Thomas Ewes, signed by Gov. Robert Brooke.","To bring James Faulkner to court, signed by Mo Hunter.","Of Mo Hunter about a suit between William Slaughter and Cornelius Conway.","Between Daniel Loy and Christiana, his wife, of Hampshire County, Virginia, and John Loy of the same place.","About John Kennedy, son of Robert Kennedy, who stood incriminated by an inquisition of a grand jury of the crime of murder of a Negro slave named Jack, the property of Alexander Robinson.","Between Jacob Coons, Senior, of Berkeley County, Virginia, and John Bowman of Berkeley County, Virginia","Of Isaac Means and Nancy, his wife, of Hampshire County, Virginia, and Edward Taylor of the same place.","To Nehemiah Hunley, signed by Governor James Barbour.","Of Aaron Kennedy and Daniel Oburn due to John Wilson, signed by David Hunter, Clerk of Berkeley County, Virginia","To Jacob Parker, signed by Governor Thomas M. Randolph.","For Jacob Zumbre to appear, signed by John Porterfield, Berkeley County, Virginia","Between Ephraim Means and Ellen, his wife, and Edward Taylor.","Of land ranted Jacob Parker, signed by Governor John Floyd.","Between James Curtis and Royal Strother and Anthony Chambers, Berkeley County, Virginia","Stating that Charles D. Stewart who swore that he had delivered to Jacob Van Doren, with whom Royal Struther lives, a copy of the within notice, signed by Johnston Magowen.","Between Daniel Mathews and Easter, his wife, of Rockingham County, Virginia, and George Sites of the same place.","to Frederick Kaniston, signed by Lieutenant Governor Wyndham Robertson.","For Edmund Bridge, executor of the will of Mary Coffey and trustee for Elizabeth Bridge.","Of land granted John Parker, signed by Governor James McDowell, Esq.","From Jacob P. Ridenour to William Taylor.","To John Loy, signed by Governor Joseph Johnson with enclosed map.","For Elizabeth Strawdeman, widow of Adam Strawdeman; Jacob Strawdeman; Henry Strawdeman; Henry Richman and Mary Ann, his wife; William Strawdeman; Absalom Lee and Catherine, his wife; and Leonard M.N. Strawdeman to appear at the Hardy County, Virginia, Court.","That Absalom Lee has performed one day of extra labour on the land in said precinct.","Of agreement between Wm. Campbell and D. A. Bucher for instruction in the Branches of Dentistry that Campbell is to give Bucher.","Of agreement between William Campbell and D.A. Bucher that Bucher is to pay Campbell $100 for instruction in dentistry.","BetweenDr. W.A. Hinchman and Dr. D.A. Bucher, both of Broad Top City, Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania.","Snyder grants unto Jacob F. Stouffer the \"right, title, and interest\" in his invention fo the sum of $10. D.","Of Robert Worthington to Magnus Tate, Jr.","Vol. 3.","I.O.O.F.","Richmond: Fergusson \u0026 Rady, Printers.","4 copies.","7 copies.","Published by John Bull.","On \"Bounty Land, Pension and General Agency,\" Washington, D.C.","Of Wm. Earl, 26 Laight St., New York","Facts for the Million. Over 30 Years Experience in the Treatment of Chronic \u0026 Sexual Diseases.","Philidelphia: Dr. D. 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Anderson, Asa Davey, S.F. Hoy, Branham \u0026amp; Jones, John H. Craven, David Owens, Abraham Johnson, Anderson \u0026amp; Blair, Charles Brown, M.D., James \u0026amp; Samuel Leitch. Items involved included farm labor, building materials and supplies for house, partial total of year's produce, tobacco trade, day work at lumbermill and blacksmithing. Purchases include steel, iron, farm implements, horse furniture, liqour, household goods, staples (i.e. salt, spices, loaf suger, coffee.), necklace, tortoise comb, glass lens, various types shoes, various fabrics, sewing accessories, gloves, blankets, brrass candlesticks, razor, suspenders, dressing glass, china coffee cups, serving bowls, wine glasses, tumblers, and various school books. 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Anderson, Asa Davey, S.F. Hoy, Branham \u0026 Jones, John H. Craven, David Owens, Abraham Johnson, Anderson \u0026 Blair, Charles Brown, M.D., James \u0026 Samuel Leitch. Items involved included farm labor, building materials and supplies for house, partial total of year's produce, tobacco trade, day work at lumbermill and blacksmithing. Purchases include steel, iron, farm implements, horse furniture, liqour, household goods, staples (i.e. salt, spices, loaf suger, coffee.), necklace, tortoise comb, glass lens, various types shoes, various fabrics, sewing accessories, gloves, blankets, brrass candlesticks, razor, suspenders, dressing glass, china coffee cups, serving bowls, wine glasses, tumblers, and various school books. 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Craven, David Owens, Abraham Johnson, Anderson \u0026amp; Blair, Charles Brown, M.D., James \u0026amp; Samuel Leitch. Items involved included farm labor, building materials and supplies for house, partial total of year's produce, tobacco trade, day work at lumbermill and blacksmithing. Purchases include steel, iron, farm implements, horse furniture, liqour, household goods, staples (i.e. salt, spices, loaf suger, coffee.), necklace, tortoise comb, glass lens, various types shoes, various fabrics, sewing accessories, gloves, blankets, brrass candlesticks, razor, suspenders, dressing glass, china coffee cups, serving bowls, wine glasses, tumblers, and various school books. Family members mentioned include Thomas, Sarah Anne, Polly, \"son Jesse\", Brightberry B., \"Bez'l\", Garland, and Jesse Garth. 59 items.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Scope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists, with various creditors, including: R. Anderson, Asa Davey, S.F. Hoy, Branham \u0026 Jones, John H. Craven, David Owens, Abraham Johnson, Anderson \u0026 Blair, Charles Brown, M.D., James \u0026 Samuel Leitch. Items involved included farm labor, building materials and supplies for house, partial total of year's produce, tobacco trade, day work at lumbermill and blacksmithing. Purchases include steel, iron, farm implements, horse furniture, liqour, household goods, staples (i.e. salt, spices, loaf suger, coffee.), necklace, tortoise comb, glass lens, various types shoes, various fabrics, sewing accessories, gloves, blankets, brrass candlesticks, razor, suspenders, dressing glass, china coffee cups, serving bowls, wine glasses, tumblers, and various school books. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Organization: This collection is separated into five Series: 1. Correspondence, 2. Financial Records, 3. Legal Records, 4. Miscellaneous Material, 5. Manuscript Volumes. Arrangement: After being organized into Series, each Series is then arranged chronologically by date.","Processed by Madelyn Redd in 1984.","This inventory contains personal and buisness correspondence, financial documents, loans, promissory notes, legal documents, tax information, and land records belonging to the Jesse Garth family of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, The majority of the inventory documents correspondence chiefly from 1800-1854 between family members, mostly the adult children of Jesse and Elizabeth Garth, fl. 1798-1854, especially Lucy E. B. Garth, fl. 1820-1849; Sarah Garth Goodman, fl. 1820-1842; Jesse B. Garth, fl. 1833-1834; and May S. Garth Sumner, fl. 1849-1851, as well as other nephews and family members.","Other materials include accounts from business and legal acquaintances in the Richmond and Charlottesville, Va. areas. The subject matter in these letters pertain to agricultural and business matters, the War of 1812, slavery, emancipation, land transactions, schools, and legal concerns. Also included is a suicide note dated, 30 June 1835.","Scope and Contents Describes defeat of British in \"Canady\" and valor of Jo(h)nson's Regiment of mounted militia against the British regulars; tells of cowardice of Proctor (?); relates death of \"Tecomse\" (sic) (Tecumseh) by severely wounded Col. T. Jo(h)nson; hopes government will now support the war \"hart and hand\"; send regards to various friends; Jo(h)nson expected to recover; twenty men lost in the charge; mentions upcoming marriage of Rodes Garth and \"Mis Carigan\"; asks after brother, Elijah. 4pp. ALS. Including typescript.","Scope and Contents Describes prospects in Alabama; things hard as cotton prices down 1/2; provisions quite expensive; sale of public land continues and will during next year; one of his sons could make fortune with only a few hundred dollars in land; poor health has prevented attention to business; reiterates good potential of area; money could be placed in account with E. Anderson in Richmond; 90 days would be enough time for son to arrive, choose land, and make arrangements; life at first would be rought; sends regards to Jesse and his family and his own mother. 3pp. ALS. Including typescript.","Scope and Contents Inquires about health; glad to receive letter; hopes own crops do well; corn goes for $.60/bushel and pork for $6.00; everything else \"dull\"; money scarce as time of contraction; inquires if still intends to visit in spring; hard winter sonce Christmas; looks forward to their visit. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents Relates information concerning next court date and which session they should plan on attending; requests advice for Adelisa (?) Cooper, young acquaintance who is considering opening a \"female school\" in the Charlottesville area. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents In response to his request, has inquired about possible need for a school for women; explains that there are several in the area. 1p. ALS. Incomplete.","Scope and Contents Inquires about family's health and Isaac's recovery; compelled to seek loan as saw mill in need of repairs and unable to raise cash; hopes to recover costs within 3 to 4 weeks of operation; Tho(ma)s Garth will give further explanation; letter will serve as bond and receipt until repayment. Receipt of loan acknowledged in writing by Tho(ma)s Garth. In third hand, both Jesse and T. Grath with notations of $50.00 written. 2pp. ALS. Including typescript.","Describes exact measurements for planks neeeded for roofing materials.1p. ALS.","Discusses his recovery; inquires about family's health; replies to previous question regarding total loans to Jesse; estimates $971.48; would like repayment but is aware of recent misfortunes; own health compells him t oresolve financial matters; is agreeable to suggestion that enslaved persons be repayment. 1p. ALS.","Scope and Contents Realizes own death is near; wants to resolve question of loans as quickly and as easily as possible; if Jesse brings or send it, money should be in N. Carolina bills; if executors call for it, they may demand \"the best money\" as compensation; doesn't mean to alarm him over either loan or impending death; trusts both will be quickly resolved. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents Trip home took 22 days due to inclement weather, poor health, and a bad axle; he and Lucy are in good health; she has gained weight; hopes all are well; spring in Kentucky is \"bakcwards\" as tobacco is planted before corn; tobacco in New Orleans is at $4.00 and rising, corn is $1.25/bushel. 2pp. ALS.","Gives particulars pertaining to upcoming trip to Richmond; invites Sarah to come. 1p. ANS.","Scope and Contents Arrived last night at cousin Winston Garth's; the axeltree broke again; Aunt Unity (?) is ill; had a daughter nine days ago; the doctor is doubtful of her recovery; Winston at the land sales; will leave in morning to join him as little time to explore the land before the sale starts on the 22nd; trip took 26 days and cost $38.74, besides swapping horses as mentioned previously; horses are fine; averaged 23 or24 miles/day; met many old acquaintances on way; met Rowland Gouch near Huntsville, who used to live at the Barracks (?) and knew everybody in Albemarle; corn crops in Virginia surpass those elsewhere; cotton does well in some areas and less well in others. 2pp. ALS. Including ANS from Susan Garth, Morgan Co., Alabama, to her parents (in-law), Jesse Garth and wife, Charlottesville, Virginia, October 7, 1833, concerning trip; describes Aunt Unity's condition; please pass on news to her own parents; won't write until Jesse B. returns and situation with Aunt Unity resolved. 1p.","Scope and Contents Concerned that has had no reply to letters since left Virginia; dissapointed that country site was not at Walker; choice was result of speculation only; unpopularity will end in petition to change it at next legislative meeting; party spirit runs high; strongest party is Constitutional Nullifiers; offered $6.00/acre; had paid $1.50/acre; will soon sell; intends to join Winston Garth in Chickasaw land sale in summer and fall; describes area and its name; extremely wet winter and spring; much livestock drowned and many roads closed; warns brothers no to be partners with William (?) Garth, as he only wants their money and has since caused own trouble with Winston; requests any old accounts to be settled and money forwarded; health is good, hopes some will move out to good farm land and horses. 3pp. ALS. Including ANS from Susan Garth, Okachickoma, Yalabusha Co., Mississippi, to parents (in-law) Jesse Garth and wife, Charlottesville, Virginia, concerning cost of living and decision to teach; thinks have done well for first year; she and sister (?) Polly miss family. 1p.","Scope and Contents Suicide note copied by Julius A. Harris for Jesse Garth. Letter explains reasons for action- her reaction to his confession of lying about buying paintings prevented him from relating details of lie about buying furniture; never had the money and unable to borrow it from friends or relatives; apologizes for the anguish has caused; her love, generosity, and affection are not enough to balance his deception; asks for forgiveness; explains his lies were never intended to be painful or deceptive; he only wanted her to be happy and has sincerely loved her; advises her to ask Mr. Cock to take her and children to Nelson, (Kentucky?) immediately. 2ppp. ACYS of ALS.","Scope and Contents Empathizes with sister's dental discomforts and gives advice; describes own health; reassures mother (in-law?) about her weight; asks after Sarah; describes baby son, Egbert, about his growth and achievements; describes spring and garden produce; agree would be nice to live closer to family, but accepts the situation; asks parents and sibling to visit. 3pp. ALS.","Family recovering from the measles; concerned that brother and his family may move to Florida; sends condolences to enslaved person named Johnson, little news other than domestic concerns; misses family and hopes to see them but uncertain of when could visit; likens baby daughter Elizabeth to other relatives; asks parents to address next letter to husband, J. Goodman, if they want J. to write them in return. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents Expresses relief at news that mother-in-law (Elizabeth) is recovering; announces recent birth of daughter, as yet unnamed; relates prince of produce; has gotten letter from Uncle Garland that father's estate had finally been settled; asks him to verify the information as a business prospect depends on the amount he'd receive; comments that he hopes Thomas G. is no longer an ardent Jackson-Van Buren adherent; asks that the letter be forwarded to his father-in-law, Jesse Garth.","Describes recent business trip which included stops in New Orleans, Mobile, Selma, Tuscaloosa, Greensboro, Huntsville, and Nashville; relates many failures due to first high land prices then a sharp fall; describes own prospects and estimates own profits; requests Jesse and Uncle Briteberry inquire about possibility of sending his cattle to New York; relates family news. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents Relates incident of son (?), Sam's accident with hastily loaded wagon of logs and his suprising survival; asks if Jesse has any interest in buying team of mules and gives price he'd consider; inquires after mother and sister (Elizabeth?). 2pp. ALS.","Describes recent weather and speculates on harvest; describes political excitement over issue of emancipation; explains why he believes it won't pass; asks for news about family friend, May Summer; discusses cholera experience; exchanges family news. 2pp. ALS.","Discusses plans to visit parents in late fall or early winter; describes crops and estimates profits; expresses concern for brother's salvation. 2pp. Incomplete.","Scope and Contents Business correspondence with various merchants predominately in Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as Milton, Bourbon Co,. Kentucky Correspondents include: Anderson \u0026 Blair; D \u0026 E Anderson; Edward Anderson; John Cothrac (?); Anderson \u0026 Woodson; Luther W. George; Anderson, Wookson, \u0026 Bigges; Thomas Gilmer; A.F. Bigges; Anderson, Blair, \u0026 Anderson; B. Brown, Jr.; and J. Garth. Contentd pertain to various concerns, such as prices of commodities, sale of farm produce, tobacco trading, loans, banking matters, accounts with company, establishing a neighborhood school, opening a new store, and payment of accounts. 29 items.","Scope and Contents Business correspondence with various merchants predominately in Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as Hydraulic Mills, Virginia Correspondents include: Blair \u0026 Anderson; Beverly Blair; Deane \u0026 Edwards; John D. Brown (?); Charles Brown; Robert Enrastreny (?); Andrews Samper (?); Deane \u0026 Brown; B.C. Flannagan; James O. Walters; W. \u0026 B. Brown; T. Garth; W. Hatch; and N. N. Wallace. Contents pertain to various concerns, such as accounts with company, tobacco trading, prices of commmodities, sale of cattle, land question, fabric patterns and types, arranging delivery of dairy products with neighbor, proposal to burn (for clearing purposes) adjoining lands by a neighbor, information about sale of farm produce, and possible lumbering information. 23 items.","Jesse Garth's promissory notes, loans, and acknowledgements of debts. 115 items.","Receipts for payments made by either Jesse or Elizabeth Garth. 98 items.","Receipts for payments made by either Jesse, Elizabeth, or Brightberry Garth. 78 items.","Receipts for payments made by either Jesse or Elizabeth Garth. 68 items.","Receipts made by either Jesse or Elizabeth Garth. 121 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills, with various creditors, including: Brown, River, \u0026Co.; Brown, Watson, \u0026 Co.; William Galt; James Horsley; Richard Bibb; J. Kelly \u0026 Co.; and James \u0026 Samuel Leitch for such items as paper, a variety of fabrics, sewing accessories, liquor, farmwork, household goods, staples (i.e. coffee, tea, loaf sugar, brown sugar, salt, pepper, spices.), hardware, shoes, a shawl, suspenders, exercise book, New York Reader, and tobacco trade. Family members mentioned are J., John, Jesse, and W. Garth. 45 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists, with various creditors, including: R. Anderson, Asa Davey, S.F. Hoy, Branham \u0026 Jones, John H. Craven, David Owens, Abraham Johnson, Anderson \u0026 Blair, Charles Brown, M.D., James \u0026 Samuel Leitch. Items involved included farm labor, building materials and supplies for house, partial total of year's produce, tobacco trade, day work at lumbermill and blacksmithing. Purchases include steel, iron, farm implements, horse furniture, liqour, household goods, staples (i.e. salt, spices, loaf suger, coffee.), necklace, tortoise comb, glass lens, various types shoes, various fabrics, sewing accessories, gloves, blankets, brrass candlesticks, razor, suspenders, dressing glass, china coffee cups, serving bowls, wine glasses, tumblers, and various school books. Family members mentioned include Thomas, Sarah Anne, Polly, \"son Jesse\", Brightberry B., \"Bez'l\", Garland, and Jesse Garth. 59 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists with various creditors, including: Edmund Anderson; John Winn; Kelly \u0026 Norris; Jesse Lewis; David Owens; Branham \u0026 Bibb; John C. St. John; Anderson, Woodson, \u0026 Bigges; Joseph Bishop; George Wolfe; Luther W. George; David Isaacs; George Toole; Joel W. Brown; and G.W. Vaughan. Items involved include: tobacco trade, blacksmithing, labor, house rent, bill of sale for the \"Miller Mare\", and (apparently) stud service. Purchases include: household goods, hardware, iron, timber, leather and leather goods, liqour, shoes, gloves, sewing accessories, various fabrics, cotton stockings, tea set, staples (i.e. spices, loaf sugar, salt, coffee, tea), cigars, and books (English Reader, Picketts Expositor and Goldsmith's English). Family members mentioned are B., Jesse, W., Thomas (son), Brightberry (son), Thomas G., W. David, and James F Garth. 68 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors, including: Anderson, Woodson, \u0026 Bigges; John Gay; John Shiflete; Samuel Dumul (?); Joseph Robinson; M.E. Kelly, N. Barksdale, Dabney Madison; W. Snyder; Jacob C. Lupiton; and Louis Leschot. Items include: iron, tobacco trade, staples (i.e. coffe, tea, loaf sugar, brown sugar, salt, spices), books (Christian's Blackstone, Tate's Digest, Wheaton's, Hall's Digested Index, dicitionary, copybook, geography and atlas), various fabrics and sewing accessories. Women's account with Jane Isaacs for dresses, bonnets, ostrich feathers, various fabrics, and patterns. Family members include T.G., Lucy E.B., and Mrs. and Mr. Jesse Garth. 49 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors including: N. Burnley; W. Dawson; B. Ficklin \u0026 Son; J.C. Lupton; E. Hansbarger; Beverley Blair; E \u0026 J Mosely; W. Fellows; E.L. Watson \u0026 Co.; Michie \u0026 Madison; Timberlake \u0026 Magruder; J \u0026 S Leicht; and Louis Leschot. Among variety of work, household, and personal items involved are: medical bills, newspaper subscriptions, school books, list of supplies for building a house, materials needed for wedding gown, parasol, whale bones, and lock \u0026 bolt. Family members mentioned are: W. Garth, Miss E. Garth, Mrs. E. Marth, Mrs. J. Garth, Jesse Garth, and Jesse Garth \"senior\". 87 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors including: B. Ficklin \u0026 Son; W. Garth; J.C. Lupton; Sample \u0026 Leitch; W. Dawson; N. Burnley; Charles Brown; M.D., A. Watson; B.C. Flannagan \u0026 Co.; G.T. Owens; and Deane \u0026 Brown. Among variety of work, household and personal items involved are medical bills, itemized listing of day labor and an order of forks. Family members mentioned are: B.B. Garland, Garland, Mrs. E. B. Garth, Mrs. W. Garth, Elizabeth Garth, J. Garth, and Jesse Garth. 89 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors including: Jones \u0026 Habban; N. Burnley; B.C. Flannagan \u0026 Co.; A. Sample; J.W. Jones; G.T. Owens; Payne \u0026 Novis; G. Moore; and Hassan \u0026 Boyle. Among variety of work, household, and personal items involved are mousetraps and an engraved head and footstone. Family members mentioned are: Miss Garth, Miss E. Garth, Mrs. Garth, and Jesse Garth. 22 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists. Among the items are: hotel bills, blank cashier's check, bill for stable, bill for 18 sq. house, bill for timber, bill for tobacco, freight and commission, various grocery and/or household supply bills, accounts with D \u0026 E Anderson, Weartenbaker, B. Brown, R \u0026 H Neilson, A. Woods, and B.C. Flannagan \u0026 Co., blacksmithing and hardware bills, and accounts for Mrs. Garth and a Miss Garth, and various fragments. 60 items.","Garth family accounts with Samuel and James Leitch. Merchandise includes: hardware, dyestuffs, liqour, household goods, gun powder, staples and groceries, stationary, penknives, sewing accessories, various fabrics, books, an entire set of china (including serving dishes), parasol, fiddlestrings, various shoes, gloves, beavermitts, gents' gloves, gentleman's stockings cotton and silk ladies stockings, raisons and a copy of The Virginia Housewife. 19 items.","Scope and Contents Jesse Garth's account book, showing debtors as John Benson, George Wolfe, Elijah Brown, David Isaacs, George Tool, (?) Medener, Abe Norris, Mathew Carsy, Samuel Leitch, N. Watson, (?) Coleman, Gennings Maupin, Lowel Brown, and Francis Dyer. Items involved pertain to lumber and/or farm products. 1 item.","Jesse Garth's accounts with John R. Jones, for a wide variety of personal, household, and hardware merchandise, including: buckskin gloves, coal bellows, vest pattern, parasol, and square iron. 3 items.","Scope and Contents Jess Garth's accounts with Timberlake \u0026 Magruder, for such items as bran, flour, cotton bales, plaster, freight, and drayage. 5 items","Jesse Garth's accounts with Beverly Blair, pertaining to tobacco trade. 4 items.","Scope and Contents Jesse Garth's Accounts with B. \u0026 J. Moseley, for a variety of household goods; grocery items and sewing and fabric accessories. 6 items.","Jesse Garth's accounts with William W. Via, for a variety of customized blacksmithing products. 8 items.","Garth Family documents of the enslaved. Predominately bills of sale listing names of sellers, amount paid, date of purchase, and enslaved names and/or ages. Also, a note of Jesse and Brightberry Garth as cosigners of loan for Jesse B. Garth. Also, a bill of hire for three enslaved persons for a month. 14 items.","Garth Family land Records. Include land deeds, surveys, plats and court hearings. 20 items.","Jesse Garth's tax receipts, indicating rate of millage and total due. Majority are handwritten, although a number of printed blanks are included. Several paid by Elizabeth Garth. 86 items.","Payments ordered by county and/or supreme courts to be made by Jesse Garth. 22 items.","Scope and Contents Miscellaneous documents involve: a list of boarders compiled for Miss Sarah A.J. Garth (n.d.); an inventory of books (n.d.); a Whig election ticket for 1851; a tanning recipe; a recipe for tomato catsup; a recipe for curing rheumatic pains; and an inventory of \"grandmama's things belonging to the house\" by Jesse T.(?) Garth. 8 items.","Miscellaneous documents within the collection but as yet uncertain of relationship to the Garth family include: Henry Mill's 1816 account with Bezaleel Brown; George Williams' accounts with Samuel Leitch, 1824-1829; William Garland's July 1823 fine by the clerk of Albemarle Co., receipts by Benjamin Brown and John H. Craven; land patent on April 1, 1864, for Christian M. Shafer and C.P. Matthews; April 10, 1868, application for patent generating gas; and agreement to sale of land on April 11, 1872. 8 items.","Legal documents pertaining to a variety of concerns such as: George Gentry's will; subpoenas; description of trial proceedings; copies of court proceedings; legal advice; guardianship records; a copy of John W. 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B. Garth, fl. 1820-1849; Sarah Garth Goodman, fl. 1820-1842; Jesse B. Garth, fl. 1833-1834; and May S. Garth Sumner, fl. 1849-1851, as well as other nephews and family members.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOther materials include accounts from business and legal acquaintances in the Richmond and Charlottesville, Va. areas. The subject matter in these letters pertain to agricultural and business matters, the War of 1812, slavery, emancipation, land transactions, schools, and legal concerns. Also included is a suicide note dated, 30 June 1835.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Describes defeat of British in \"Canady\" and valor of Jo(h)nson's Regiment of mounted militia against the British regulars; tells of cowardice of Proctor (?); relates death of \"Tecomse\" (sic) (Tecumseh) by severely wounded Col. T. Jo(h)nson; hopes government will now support the war \"hart and hand\"; send regards to various friends; Jo(h)nson expected to recover; twenty men lost in the charge; mentions upcoming marriage of Rodes Garth and \"Mis Carigan\"; asks after brother, Elijah. 4pp. ALS. Including typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Describes prospects in Alabama; things hard as cotton prices down 1/2; provisions quite expensive; sale of public land continues and will during next year; one of his sons could make fortune with only a few hundred dollars in land; poor health has prevented attention to business; reiterates good potential of area; money could be placed in account with E. Anderson in Richmond; 90 days would be enough time for son to arrive, choose land, and make arrangements; life at first would be rought; sends regards to Jesse and his family and his own mother. 3pp. ALS. Including typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Inquires about health; glad to receive letter; hopes own crops do well; corn goes for $.60/bushel and pork for $6.00; everything else \"dull\"; money scarce as time of contraction; inquires if still intends to visit in spring; hard winter sonce Christmas; looks forward to their visit. 2pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Relates information concerning next court date and which session they should plan on attending; requests advice for Adelisa (?) Cooper, young acquaintance who is considering opening a \"female school\" in the Charlottesville area. 2pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents In response to his request, has inquired about possible need for a school for women; explains that there are several in the area. 1p. ALS. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Inquires about family's health and Isaac's recovery; compelled to seek loan as saw mill in need of repairs and unable to raise cash; hopes to recover costs within 3 to 4 weeks of operation; Tho(ma)s Garth will give further explanation; letter will serve as bond and receipt until repayment. Receipt of loan acknowledged in writing by Tho(ma)s Garth. In third hand, both Jesse and T. Grath with notations of $50.00 written. 2pp. ALS. Including typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes exact measurements for planks neeeded for roofing materials.1p. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his recovery; inquires about family's health; replies to previous question regarding total loans to Jesse; estimates $971.48; would like repayment but is aware of recent misfortunes; own health compells him t oresolve financial matters; is agreeable to suggestion that enslaved persons be repayment. 1p. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Realizes own death is near; wants to resolve question of loans as quickly and as easily as possible; if Jesse brings or send it, money should be in N. Carolina bills; if executors call for it, they may demand \"the best money\" as compensation; doesn't mean to alarm him over either loan or impending death; trusts both will be quickly resolved. 2pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Trip home took 22 days due to inclement weather, poor health, and a bad axle; he and Lucy are in good health; she has gained weight; hopes all are well; spring in Kentucky is \"bakcwards\" as tobacco is planted before corn; tobacco in New Orleans is at $4.00 and rising, corn is $1.25/bushel. 2pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives particulars pertaining to upcoming trip to Richmond; invites Sarah to come. 1p. ANS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Arrived last night at cousin Winston Garth's; the axeltree broke again; Aunt Unity (?) is ill; had a daughter nine days ago; the doctor is doubtful of her recovery; Winston at the land sales; will leave in morning to join him as little time to explore the land before the sale starts on the 22nd; trip took 26 days and cost $38.74, besides swapping horses as mentioned previously; horses are fine; averaged 23 or24 miles/day; met many old acquaintances on way; met Rowland Gouch near Huntsville, who used to live at the Barracks (?) and knew everybody in Albemarle; corn crops in Virginia surpass those elsewhere; cotton does well in some areas and less well in others. 2pp. ALS. Including ANS from Susan Garth, Morgan Co., Alabama, to her parents (in-law), Jesse Garth and wife, Charlottesville, Virginia, October 7, 1833, concerning trip; describes Aunt Unity's condition; please pass on news to her own parents; won't write until Jesse B. returns and situation with Aunt Unity resolved. 1p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Concerned that has had no reply to letters since left Virginia; dissapointed that country site was not at Walker; choice was result of speculation only; unpopularity will end in petition to change it at next legislative meeting; party spirit runs high; strongest party is Constitutional Nullifiers; offered $6.00/acre; had paid $1.50/acre; will soon sell; intends to join Winston Garth in Chickasaw land sale in summer and fall; describes area and its name; extremely wet winter and spring; much livestock drowned and many roads closed; warns brothers no to be partners with William (?) Garth, as he only wants their money and has since caused own trouble with Winston; requests any old accounts to be settled and money forwarded; health is good, hopes some will move out to good farm land and horses. 3pp. ALS. Including ANS from Susan Garth, Okachickoma, Yalabusha Co., Mississippi, to parents (in-law) Jesse Garth and wife, Charlottesville, Virginia, concerning cost of living and decision to teach; thinks have done well for first year; she and sister (?) Polly miss family. 1p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Suicide note copied by Julius A. Harris for Jesse Garth. Letter explains reasons for action- her reaction to his confession of lying about buying paintings prevented him from relating details of lie about buying furniture; never had the money and unable to borrow it from friends or relatives; apologizes for the anguish has caused; her love, generosity, and affection are not enough to balance his deception; asks for forgiveness; explains his lies were never intended to be painful or deceptive; he only wanted her to be happy and has sincerely loved her; advises her to ask Mr. Cock to take her and children to Nelson, (Kentucky?) immediately. 2ppp. ACYS of ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Empathizes with sister's dental discomforts and gives advice; describes own health; reassures mother (in-law?) about her weight; asks after Sarah; describes baby son, Egbert, about his growth and achievements; describes spring and garden produce; agree would be nice to live closer to family, but accepts the situation; asks parents and sibling to visit. 3pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily recovering from the measles; concerned that brother and his family may move to Florida; sends condolences to enslaved person named Johnson, little news other than domestic concerns; misses family and hopes to see them but uncertain of when could visit; likens baby daughter Elizabeth to other relatives; asks parents to address next letter to husband, J. Goodman, if they want J. to write them in return. 2pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Expresses relief at news that mother-in-law (Elizabeth) is recovering; announces recent birth of daughter, as yet unnamed; relates prince of produce; has gotten letter from Uncle Garland that father's estate had finally been settled; asks him to verify the information as a business prospect depends on the amount he'd receive; comments that he hopes Thomas G. is no longer an ardent Jackson-Van Buren adherent; asks that the letter be forwarded to his father-in-law, Jesse Garth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes recent business trip which included stops in New Orleans, Mobile, Selma, Tuscaloosa, Greensboro, Huntsville, and Nashville; relates many failures due to first high land prices then a sharp fall; describes own prospects and estimates own profits; requests Jesse and Uncle Briteberry inquire about possibility of sending his cattle to New York; relates family news. 2pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Relates incident of son (?), Sam's accident with hastily loaded wagon of logs and his suprising survival; asks if Jesse has any interest in buying team of mules and gives price he'd consider; inquires after mother and sister (Elizabeth?). 2pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes recent weather and speculates on harvest; describes political excitement over issue of emancipation; explains why he believes it won't pass; asks for news about family friend, May Summer; discusses cholera experience; exchanges family news. 2pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses plans to visit parents in late fall or early winter; describes crops and estimates profits; expresses concern for brother's salvation. 2pp. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Business correspondence with various merchants predominately in Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as Milton, Bourbon Co,. Kentucky Correspondents include: Anderson \u0026amp; Blair; D \u0026amp; E Anderson; Edward Anderson; John Cothrac (?); Anderson \u0026amp; Woodson; Luther W. George; Anderson, Wookson, \u0026amp; Bigges; Thomas Gilmer; A.F. Bigges; Anderson, Blair, \u0026amp; Anderson; B. Brown, Jr.; and J. Garth. Contentd pertain to various concerns, such as prices of commodities, sale of farm produce, tobacco trading, loans, banking matters, accounts with company, establishing a neighborhood school, opening a new store, and payment of accounts. 29 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Business correspondence with various merchants predominately in Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as Hydraulic Mills, Virginia Correspondents include: Blair \u0026amp; Anderson; Beverly Blair; Deane \u0026amp; Edwards; John D. Brown (?); Charles Brown; Robert Enrastreny (?); Andrews Samper (?); Deane \u0026amp; Brown; B.C. Flannagan; James O. Walters; W. \u0026amp; B. Brown; T. Garth; W. Hatch; and N. N. Wallace. Contents pertain to various concerns, such as accounts with company, tobacco trading, prices of commmodities, sale of cattle, land question, fabric patterns and types, arranging delivery of dairy products with neighbor, proposal to burn (for clearing purposes) adjoining lands by a neighbor, information about sale of farm produce, and possible lumbering information. 23 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJesse Garth's promissory notes, loans, and acknowledgements of debts. 115 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts for payments made by either Jesse or Elizabeth Garth. 98 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts for payments made by either Jesse, Elizabeth, or Brightberry Garth. 78 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts for payments made by either Jesse or Elizabeth Garth. 68 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts made by either Jesse or Elizabeth Garth. 121 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Accounts and bills, with various creditors, including: Brown, River, \u0026amp;Co.; Brown, Watson, \u0026amp; Co.; William Galt; James Horsley; Richard Bibb; J. Kelly \u0026amp; Co.; and James \u0026amp; Samuel Leitch for such items as paper, a variety of fabrics, sewing accessories, liquor, farmwork, household goods, staples (i.e. coffee, tea, loaf sugar, brown sugar, salt, pepper, spices.), hardware, shoes, a shawl, suspenders, exercise book, New York Reader, and tobacco trade. Family members mentioned are J., John, Jesse, and W. Garth. 45 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists, with various creditors, including: R. Anderson, Asa Davey, S.F. Hoy, Branham \u0026amp; Jones, John H. Craven, David Owens, Abraham Johnson, Anderson \u0026amp; Blair, Charles Brown, M.D., James \u0026amp; Samuel Leitch. Items involved included farm labor, building materials and supplies for house, partial total of year's produce, tobacco trade, day work at lumbermill and blacksmithing. Purchases include steel, iron, farm implements, horse furniture, liqour, household goods, staples (i.e. salt, spices, loaf suger, coffee.), necklace, tortoise comb, glass lens, various types shoes, various fabrics, sewing accessories, gloves, blankets, brrass candlesticks, razor, suspenders, dressing glass, china coffee cups, serving bowls, wine glasses, tumblers, and various school books. Family members mentioned include Thomas, Sarah Anne, Polly, \"son Jesse\", Brightberry B., \"Bez'l\", Garland, and Jesse Garth. 59 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists with various creditors, including: Edmund Anderson; John Winn; Kelly \u0026amp; Norris; Jesse Lewis; David Owens; Branham \u0026amp; Bibb; John C. St. John; Anderson, Woodson, \u0026amp; Bigges; Joseph Bishop; George Wolfe; Luther W. George; David Isaacs; George Toole; Joel W. Brown; and G.W. Vaughan. Items involved include: tobacco trade, blacksmithing, labor, house rent, bill of sale for the \"Miller Mare\", and (apparently) stud service. Purchases include: household goods, hardware, iron, timber, leather and leather goods, liqour, shoes, gloves, sewing accessories, various fabrics, cotton stockings, tea set, staples (i.e. spices, loaf sugar, salt, coffee, tea), cigars, and books (English Reader, Picketts Expositor and Goldsmith's English). Family members mentioned are B., Jesse, W., Thomas (son), Brightberry (son), Thomas G., W. David, and James F Garth. 68 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors, including: Anderson, Woodson, \u0026amp; Bigges; John Gay; John Shiflete; Samuel Dumul (?); Joseph Robinson; M.E. Kelly, N. Barksdale, Dabney Madison; W. Snyder; Jacob C. Lupiton; and Louis Leschot. Items include: iron, tobacco trade, staples (i.e. coffe, tea, loaf sugar, brown sugar, salt, spices), books (Christian's Blackstone, Tate's Digest, Wheaton's, Hall's Digested Index, dicitionary, copybook, geography and atlas), various fabrics and sewing accessories. Women's account with Jane Isaacs for dresses, bonnets, ostrich feathers, various fabrics, and patterns. Family members include T.G., Lucy E.B., and Mrs. and Mr. Jesse Garth. 49 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors including: N. Burnley; W. Dawson; B. Ficklin \u0026amp; Son; J.C. Lupton; E. Hansbarger; Beverley Blair; E \u0026amp; J Mosely; W. Fellows; E.L. Watson \u0026amp; Co.; Michie \u0026amp; Madison; Timberlake \u0026amp; Magruder; J \u0026amp; S Leicht; and Louis Leschot. Among variety of work, household, and personal items involved are: medical bills, newspaper subscriptions, school books, list of supplies for building a house, materials needed for wedding gown, parasol, whale bones, and lock \u0026amp; bolt. Family members mentioned are: W. Garth, Miss E. Garth, Mrs. E. Marth, Mrs. J. Garth, Jesse Garth, and Jesse Garth \"senior\". 87 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors including: B. Ficklin \u0026amp; Son; W. Garth; J.C. Lupton; Sample \u0026amp; Leitch; W. Dawson; N. Burnley; Charles Brown; M.D., A. Watson; B.C. Flannagan \u0026amp; Co.; G.T. Owens; and Deane \u0026amp; Brown. Among variety of work, household and personal items involved are medical bills, itemized listing of day labor and an order of forks. Family members mentioned are: B.B. Garland, Garland, Mrs. E. B. Garth, Mrs. W. Garth, Elizabeth Garth, J. Garth, and Jesse Garth. 89 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors including: Jones \u0026amp; Habban; N. Burnley; B.C. Flannagan \u0026amp; Co.; A. Sample; J.W. Jones; G.T. Owens; Payne \u0026amp; Novis; G. Moore; and Hassan \u0026amp; Boyle. Among variety of work, household, and personal items involved are mousetraps and an engraved head and footstone. Family members mentioned are: Miss Garth, Miss E. Garth, Mrs. Garth, and Jesse Garth. 22 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists. Among the items are: hotel bills, blank cashier's check, bill for stable, bill for 18 sq. house, bill for timber, bill for tobacco, freight and commission, various grocery and/or household supply bills, accounts with D \u0026amp; E Anderson, Weartenbaker, B. Brown, R \u0026amp; H Neilson, A. Woods, and B.C. Flannagan \u0026amp; Co., blacksmithing and hardware bills, and accounts for Mrs. Garth and a Miss Garth, and various fragments. 60 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarth family accounts with Samuel and James Leitch. Merchandise includes: hardware, dyestuffs, liqour, household goods, gun powder, staples and groceries, stationary, penknives, sewing accessories, various fabrics, books, an entire set of china (including serving dishes), parasol, fiddlestrings, various shoes, gloves, beavermitts, gents' gloves, gentleman's stockings cotton and silk ladies stockings, raisons and a copy of The Virginia Housewife. 19 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Jesse Garth's account book, showing debtors as John Benson, George Wolfe, Elijah Brown, David Isaacs, George Tool, (?) Medener, Abe Norris, Mathew Carsy, Samuel Leitch, N. Watson, (?) Coleman, Gennings Maupin, Lowel Brown, and Francis Dyer. Items involved pertain to lumber and/or farm products. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJesse Garth's accounts with John R. Jones, for a wide variety of personal, household, and hardware merchandise, including: buckskin gloves, coal bellows, vest pattern, parasol, and square iron. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Jess Garth's accounts with Timberlake \u0026amp; Magruder, for such items as bran, flour, cotton bales, plaster, freight, and drayage. 5 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJesse Garth's accounts with Beverly Blair, pertaining to tobacco trade. 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Jesse Garth's Accounts with B. \u0026amp; J. Moseley, for a variety of household goods; grocery items and sewing and fabric accessories. 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJesse Garth's accounts with William W. Via, for a variety of customized blacksmithing products. 8 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarth Family documents of the enslaved. Predominately bills of sale listing names of sellers, amount paid, date of purchase, and enslaved names and/or ages. Also, a note of Jesse and Brightberry Garth as cosigners of loan for Jesse B. Garth. Also, a bill of hire for three enslaved persons for a month. 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarth Family land Records. Include land deeds, surveys, plats and court hearings. 20 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJesse Garth's tax receipts, indicating rate of millage and total due. Majority are handwritten, although a number of printed blanks are included. Several paid by Elizabeth Garth. 86 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayments ordered by county and/or supreme courts to be made by Jesse Garth. 22 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Miscellaneous documents involve: a list of boarders compiled for Miss Sarah A.J. Garth (n.d.); an inventory of books (n.d.); a Whig election ticket for 1851; a tanning recipe; a recipe for tomato catsup; a recipe for curing rheumatic pains; and an inventory of \"grandmama's things belonging to the house\" by Jesse T.(?) Garth. 8 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous documents within the collection but as yet uncertain of relationship to the Garth family include: Henry Mill's 1816 account with Bezaleel Brown; George Williams' accounts with Samuel Leitch, 1824-1829; William Garland's July 1823 fine by the clerk of Albemarle Co., receipts by Benjamin Brown and John H. Craven; land patent on April 1, 1864, for Christian M. Shafer and C.P. 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B. Garth, fl. 1820-1849; Sarah Garth Goodman, fl. 1820-1842; Jesse B. Garth, fl. 1833-1834; and May S. Garth Sumner, fl. 1849-1851, as well as other nephews and family members.","Other materials include accounts from business and legal acquaintances in the Richmond and Charlottesville, Va. areas. The subject matter in these letters pertain to agricultural and business matters, the War of 1812, slavery, emancipation, land transactions, schools, and legal concerns. Also included is a suicide note dated, 30 June 1835.","Scope and Contents Describes defeat of British in \"Canady\" and valor of Jo(h)nson's Regiment of mounted militia against the British regulars; tells of cowardice of Proctor (?); relates death of \"Tecomse\" (sic) (Tecumseh) by severely wounded Col. T. Jo(h)nson; hopes government will now support the war \"hart and hand\"; send regards to various friends; Jo(h)nson expected to recover; twenty men lost in the charge; mentions upcoming marriage of Rodes Garth and \"Mis Carigan\"; asks after brother, Elijah. 4pp. ALS. Including typescript.","Scope and Contents Describes prospects in Alabama; things hard as cotton prices down 1/2; provisions quite expensive; sale of public land continues and will during next year; one of his sons could make fortune with only a few hundred dollars in land; poor health has prevented attention to business; reiterates good potential of area; money could be placed in account with E. Anderson in Richmond; 90 days would be enough time for son to arrive, choose land, and make arrangements; life at first would be rought; sends regards to Jesse and his family and his own mother. 3pp. ALS. Including typescript.","Scope and Contents Inquires about health; glad to receive letter; hopes own crops do well; corn goes for $.60/bushel and pork for $6.00; everything else \"dull\"; money scarce as time of contraction; inquires if still intends to visit in spring; hard winter sonce Christmas; looks forward to their visit. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents Relates information concerning next court date and which session they should plan on attending; requests advice for Adelisa (?) Cooper, young acquaintance who is considering opening a \"female school\" in the Charlottesville area. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents In response to his request, has inquired about possible need for a school for women; explains that there are several in the area. 1p. ALS. Incomplete.","Scope and Contents Inquires about family's health and Isaac's recovery; compelled to seek loan as saw mill in need of repairs and unable to raise cash; hopes to recover costs within 3 to 4 weeks of operation; Tho(ma)s Garth will give further explanation; letter will serve as bond and receipt until repayment. Receipt of loan acknowledged in writing by Tho(ma)s Garth. In third hand, both Jesse and T. Grath with notations of $50.00 written. 2pp. ALS. Including typescript.","Describes exact measurements for planks neeeded for roofing materials.1p. ALS.","Discusses his recovery; inquires about family's health; replies to previous question regarding total loans to Jesse; estimates $971.48; would like repayment but is aware of recent misfortunes; own health compells him t oresolve financial matters; is agreeable to suggestion that enslaved persons be repayment. 1p. ALS.","Scope and Contents Realizes own death is near; wants to resolve question of loans as quickly and as easily as possible; if Jesse brings or send it, money should be in N. Carolina bills; if executors call for it, they may demand \"the best money\" as compensation; doesn't mean to alarm him over either loan or impending death; trusts both will be quickly resolved. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents Trip home took 22 days due to inclement weather, poor health, and a bad axle; he and Lucy are in good health; she has gained weight; hopes all are well; spring in Kentucky is \"bakcwards\" as tobacco is planted before corn; tobacco in New Orleans is at $4.00 and rising, corn is $1.25/bushel. 2pp. ALS.","Gives particulars pertaining to upcoming trip to Richmond; invites Sarah to come. 1p. ANS.","Scope and Contents Arrived last night at cousin Winston Garth's; the axeltree broke again; Aunt Unity (?) is ill; had a daughter nine days ago; the doctor is doubtful of her recovery; Winston at the land sales; will leave in morning to join him as little time to explore the land before the sale starts on the 22nd; trip took 26 days and cost $38.74, besides swapping horses as mentioned previously; horses are fine; averaged 23 or24 miles/day; met many old acquaintances on way; met Rowland Gouch near Huntsville, who used to live at the Barracks (?) and knew everybody in Albemarle; corn crops in Virginia surpass those elsewhere; cotton does well in some areas and less well in others. 2pp. ALS. Including ANS from Susan Garth, Morgan Co., Alabama, to her parents (in-law), Jesse Garth and wife, Charlottesville, Virginia, October 7, 1833, concerning trip; describes Aunt Unity's condition; please pass on news to her own parents; won't write until Jesse B. returns and situation with Aunt Unity resolved. 1p.","Scope and Contents Concerned that has had no reply to letters since left Virginia; dissapointed that country site was not at Walker; choice was result of speculation only; unpopularity will end in petition to change it at next legislative meeting; party spirit runs high; strongest party is Constitutional Nullifiers; offered $6.00/acre; had paid $1.50/acre; will soon sell; intends to join Winston Garth in Chickasaw land sale in summer and fall; describes area and its name; extremely wet winter and spring; much livestock drowned and many roads closed; warns brothers no to be partners with William (?) Garth, as he only wants their money and has since caused own trouble with Winston; requests any old accounts to be settled and money forwarded; health is good, hopes some will move out to good farm land and horses. 3pp. ALS. Including ANS from Susan Garth, Okachickoma, Yalabusha Co., Mississippi, to parents (in-law) Jesse Garth and wife, Charlottesville, Virginia, concerning cost of living and decision to teach; thinks have done well for first year; she and sister (?) Polly miss family. 1p.","Scope and Contents Suicide note copied by Julius A. Harris for Jesse Garth. Letter explains reasons for action- her reaction to his confession of lying about buying paintings prevented him from relating details of lie about buying furniture; never had the money and unable to borrow it from friends or relatives; apologizes for the anguish has caused; her love, generosity, and affection are not enough to balance his deception; asks for forgiveness; explains his lies were never intended to be painful or deceptive; he only wanted her to be happy and has sincerely loved her; advises her to ask Mr. Cock to take her and children to Nelson, (Kentucky?) immediately. 2ppp. ACYS of ALS.","Scope and Contents Empathizes with sister's dental discomforts and gives advice; describes own health; reassures mother (in-law?) about her weight; asks after Sarah; describes baby son, Egbert, about his growth and achievements; describes spring and garden produce; agree would be nice to live closer to family, but accepts the situation; asks parents and sibling to visit. 3pp. ALS.","Family recovering from the measles; concerned that brother and his family may move to Florida; sends condolences to enslaved person named Johnson, little news other than domestic concerns; misses family and hopes to see them but uncertain of when could visit; likens baby daughter Elizabeth to other relatives; asks parents to address next letter to husband, J. Goodman, if they want J. to write them in return. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents Expresses relief at news that mother-in-law (Elizabeth) is recovering; announces recent birth of daughter, as yet unnamed; relates prince of produce; has gotten letter from Uncle Garland that father's estate had finally been settled; asks him to verify the information as a business prospect depends on the amount he'd receive; comments that he hopes Thomas G. is no longer an ardent Jackson-Van Buren adherent; asks that the letter be forwarded to his father-in-law, Jesse Garth.","Describes recent business trip which included stops in New Orleans, Mobile, Selma, Tuscaloosa, Greensboro, Huntsville, and Nashville; relates many failures due to first high land prices then a sharp fall; describes own prospects and estimates own profits; requests Jesse and Uncle Briteberry inquire about possibility of sending his cattle to New York; relates family news. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents Relates incident of son (?), Sam's accident with hastily loaded wagon of logs and his suprising survival; asks if Jesse has any interest in buying team of mules and gives price he'd consider; inquires after mother and sister (Elizabeth?). 2pp. ALS.","Describes recent weather and speculates on harvest; describes political excitement over issue of emancipation; explains why he believes it won't pass; asks for news about family friend, May Summer; discusses cholera experience; exchanges family news. 2pp. ALS.","Discusses plans to visit parents in late fall or early winter; describes crops and estimates profits; expresses concern for brother's salvation. 2pp. Incomplete.","Scope and Contents Business correspondence with various merchants predominately in Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as Milton, Bourbon Co,. Kentucky Correspondents include: Anderson \u0026 Blair; D \u0026 E Anderson; Edward Anderson; John Cothrac (?); Anderson \u0026 Woodson; Luther W. George; Anderson, Wookson, \u0026 Bigges; Thomas Gilmer; A.F. Bigges; Anderson, Blair, \u0026 Anderson; B. Brown, Jr.; and J. Garth. Contentd pertain to various concerns, such as prices of commodities, sale of farm produce, tobacco trading, loans, banking matters, accounts with company, establishing a neighborhood school, opening a new store, and payment of accounts. 29 items.","Scope and Contents Business correspondence with various merchants predominately in Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as Hydraulic Mills, Virginia Correspondents include: Blair \u0026 Anderson; Beverly Blair; Deane \u0026 Edwards; John D. Brown (?); Charles Brown; Robert Enrastreny (?); Andrews Samper (?); Deane \u0026 Brown; B.C. Flannagan; James O. Walters; W. \u0026 B. Brown; T. Garth; W. Hatch; and N. N. Wallace. Contents pertain to various concerns, such as accounts with company, tobacco trading, prices of commmodities, sale of cattle, land question, fabric patterns and types, arranging delivery of dairy products with neighbor, proposal to burn (for clearing purposes) adjoining lands by a neighbor, information about sale of farm produce, and possible lumbering information. 23 items.","Jesse Garth's promissory notes, loans, and acknowledgements of debts. 115 items.","Receipts for payments made by either Jesse or Elizabeth Garth. 98 items.","Receipts for payments made by either Jesse, Elizabeth, or Brightberry Garth. 78 items.","Receipts for payments made by either Jesse or Elizabeth Garth. 68 items.","Receipts made by either Jesse or Elizabeth Garth. 121 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills, with various creditors, including: Brown, River, \u0026Co.; Brown, Watson, \u0026 Co.; William Galt; James Horsley; Richard Bibb; J. Kelly \u0026 Co.; and James \u0026 Samuel Leitch for such items as paper, a variety of fabrics, sewing accessories, liquor, farmwork, household goods, staples (i.e. coffee, tea, loaf sugar, brown sugar, salt, pepper, spices.), hardware, shoes, a shawl, suspenders, exercise book, New York Reader, and tobacco trade. Family members mentioned are J., John, Jesse, and W. Garth. 45 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists, with various creditors, including: R. Anderson, Asa Davey, S.F. Hoy, Branham \u0026 Jones, John H. Craven, David Owens, Abraham Johnson, Anderson \u0026 Blair, Charles Brown, M.D., James \u0026 Samuel Leitch. Items involved included farm labor, building materials and supplies for house, partial total of year's produce, tobacco trade, day work at lumbermill and blacksmithing. Purchases include steel, iron, farm implements, horse furniture, liqour, household goods, staples (i.e. salt, spices, loaf suger, coffee.), necklace, tortoise comb, glass lens, various types shoes, various fabrics, sewing accessories, gloves, blankets, brrass candlesticks, razor, suspenders, dressing glass, china coffee cups, serving bowls, wine glasses, tumblers, and various school books. Family members mentioned include Thomas, Sarah Anne, Polly, \"son Jesse\", Brightberry B., \"Bez'l\", Garland, and Jesse Garth. 59 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists with various creditors, including: Edmund Anderson; John Winn; Kelly \u0026 Norris; Jesse Lewis; David Owens; Branham \u0026 Bibb; John C. St. John; Anderson, Woodson, \u0026 Bigges; Joseph Bishop; George Wolfe; Luther W. George; David Isaacs; George Toole; Joel W. Brown; and G.W. Vaughan. Items involved include: tobacco trade, blacksmithing, labor, house rent, bill of sale for the \"Miller Mare\", and (apparently) stud service. Purchases include: household goods, hardware, iron, timber, leather and leather goods, liqour, shoes, gloves, sewing accessories, various fabrics, cotton stockings, tea set, staples (i.e. spices, loaf sugar, salt, coffee, tea), cigars, and books (English Reader, Picketts Expositor and Goldsmith's English). Family members mentioned are B., Jesse, W., Thomas (son), Brightberry (son), Thomas G., W. David, and James F Garth. 68 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors, including: Anderson, Woodson, \u0026 Bigges; John Gay; John Shiflete; Samuel Dumul (?); Joseph Robinson; M.E. Kelly, N. Barksdale, Dabney Madison; W. Snyder; Jacob C. Lupiton; and Louis Leschot. Items include: iron, tobacco trade, staples (i.e. coffe, tea, loaf sugar, brown sugar, salt, spices), books (Christian's Blackstone, Tate's Digest, Wheaton's, Hall's Digested Index, dicitionary, copybook, geography and atlas), various fabrics and sewing accessories. Women's account with Jane Isaacs for dresses, bonnets, ostrich feathers, various fabrics, and patterns. Family members include T.G., Lucy E.B., and Mrs. and Mr. Jesse Garth. 49 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors including: N. Burnley; W. Dawson; B. Ficklin \u0026 Son; J.C. Lupton; E. Hansbarger; Beverley Blair; E \u0026 J Mosely; W. Fellows; E.L. Watson \u0026 Co.; Michie \u0026 Madison; Timberlake \u0026 Magruder; J \u0026 S Leicht; and Louis Leschot. Among variety of work, household, and personal items involved are: medical bills, newspaper subscriptions, school books, list of supplies for building a house, materials needed for wedding gown, parasol, whale bones, and lock \u0026 bolt. Family members mentioned are: W. Garth, Miss E. Garth, Mrs. E. Marth, Mrs. J. Garth, Jesse Garth, and Jesse Garth \"senior\". 87 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors including: B. Ficklin \u0026 Son; W. Garth; J.C. Lupton; Sample \u0026 Leitch; W. Dawson; N. Burnley; Charles Brown; M.D., A. Watson; B.C. Flannagan \u0026 Co.; G.T. Owens; and Deane \u0026 Brown. Among variety of work, household and personal items involved are medical bills, itemized listing of day labor and an order of forks. Family members mentioned are: B.B. Garland, Garland, Mrs. E. B. Garth, Mrs. W. Garth, Elizabeth Garth, J. Garth, and Jesse Garth. 89 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors including: Jones \u0026 Habban; N. Burnley; B.C. Flannagan \u0026 Co.; A. Sample; J.W. Jones; G.T. Owens; Payne \u0026 Novis; G. Moore; and Hassan \u0026 Boyle. Among variety of work, household, and personal items involved are mousetraps and an engraved head and footstone. Family members mentioned are: Miss Garth, Miss E. Garth, Mrs. Garth, and Jesse Garth. 22 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists. Among the items are: hotel bills, blank cashier's check, bill for stable, bill for 18 sq. house, bill for timber, bill for tobacco, freight and commission, various grocery and/or household supply bills, accounts with D \u0026 E Anderson, Weartenbaker, B. Brown, R \u0026 H Neilson, A. Woods, and B.C. Flannagan \u0026 Co., blacksmithing and hardware bills, and accounts for Mrs. Garth and a Miss Garth, and various fragments. 60 items.","Garth family accounts with Samuel and James Leitch. Merchandise includes: hardware, dyestuffs, liqour, household goods, gun powder, staples and groceries, stationary, penknives, sewing accessories, various fabrics, books, an entire set of china (including serving dishes), parasol, fiddlestrings, various shoes, gloves, beavermitts, gents' gloves, gentleman's stockings cotton and silk ladies stockings, raisons and a copy of The Virginia Housewife. 19 items.","Scope and Contents Jesse Garth's account book, showing debtors as John Benson, George Wolfe, Elijah Brown, David Isaacs, George Tool, (?) Medener, Abe Norris, Mathew Carsy, Samuel Leitch, N. Watson, (?) Coleman, Gennings Maupin, Lowel Brown, and Francis Dyer. Items involved pertain to lumber and/or farm products. 1 item.","Jesse Garth's accounts with John R. Jones, for a wide variety of personal, household, and hardware merchandise, including: buckskin gloves, coal bellows, vest pattern, parasol, and square iron. 3 items.","Scope and Contents Jess Garth's accounts with Timberlake \u0026 Magruder, for such items as bran, flour, cotton bales, plaster, freight, and drayage. 5 items","Jesse Garth's accounts with Beverly Blair, pertaining to tobacco trade. 4 items.","Scope and Contents Jesse Garth's Accounts with B. \u0026 J. Moseley, for a variety of household goods; grocery items and sewing and fabric accessories. 6 items.","Jesse Garth's accounts with William W. Via, for a variety of customized blacksmithing products. 8 items.","Garth Family documents of the enslaved. Predominately bills of sale listing names of sellers, amount paid, date of purchase, and enslaved names and/or ages. Also, a note of Jesse and Brightberry Garth as cosigners of loan for Jesse B. Garth. Also, a bill of hire for three enslaved persons for a month. 14 items.","Garth Family land Records. Include land deeds, surveys, plats and court hearings. 20 items.","Jesse Garth's tax receipts, indicating rate of millage and total due. Majority are handwritten, although a number of printed blanks are included. Several paid by Elizabeth Garth. 86 items.","Payments ordered by county and/or supreme courts to be made by Jesse Garth. 22 items.","Scope and Contents Miscellaneous documents involve: a list of boarders compiled for Miss Sarah A.J. Garth (n.d.); an inventory of books (n.d.); a Whig election ticket for 1851; a tanning recipe; a recipe for tomato catsup; a recipe for curing rheumatic pains; and an inventory of \"grandmama's things belonging to the house\" by Jesse T.(?) Garth. 8 items.","Miscellaneous documents within the collection but as yet uncertain of relationship to the Garth family include: Henry Mill's 1816 account with Bezaleel Brown; George Williams' accounts with Samuel Leitch, 1824-1829; William Garland's July 1823 fine by the clerk of Albemarle Co., receipts by Benjamin Brown and John H. Craven; land patent on April 1, 1864, for Christian M. Shafer and C.P. Matthews; April 10, 1868, application for patent generating gas; and agreement to sale of land on April 11, 1872. 8 items.","Legal documents pertaining to a variety of concerns such as: George Gentry's will; subpoenas; description of trial proceedings; copies of court proceedings; legal advice; guardianship records; a copy of John W. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Organization: This collection is separated into five Series: 1. Correspondence, 2. Financial Records, 3. Legal Records, 4. Miscellaneous Material, 5. Manuscript Volumes. Arrangement: After being organized into Series, each Series is then arranged chronologically by date.","Processed by Madelyn Redd in 1984.","This inventory contains personal and buisness correspondence, financial documents, loans, promissory notes, legal documents, tax information, and land records belonging to the Jesse Garth family of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, The majority of the inventory documents correspondence chiefly from 1800-1854 between family members, mostly the adult children of Jesse and Elizabeth Garth, fl. 1798-1854, especially Lucy E. B. Garth, fl. 1820-1849; Sarah Garth Goodman, fl. 1820-1842; Jesse B. Garth, fl. 1833-1834; and May S. Garth Sumner, fl. 1849-1851, as well as other nephews and family members.","Other materials include accounts from business and legal acquaintances in the Richmond and Charlottesville, Va. areas. The subject matter in these letters pertain to agricultural and business matters, the War of 1812, slavery, emancipation, land transactions, schools, and legal concerns. Also included is a suicide note dated, 30 June 1835.","Scope and Contents Describes defeat of British in \"Canady\" and valor of Jo(h)nson's Regiment of mounted militia against the British regulars; tells of cowardice of Proctor (?); relates death of \"Tecomse\" (sic) (Tecumseh) by severely wounded Col. T. Jo(h)nson; hopes government will now support the war \"hart and hand\"; send regards to various friends; Jo(h)nson expected to recover; twenty men lost in the charge; mentions upcoming marriage of Rodes Garth and \"Mis Carigan\"; asks after brother, Elijah. 4pp. ALS. Including typescript.","Scope and Contents Describes prospects in Alabama; things hard as cotton prices down 1/2; provisions quite expensive; sale of public land continues and will during next year; one of his sons could make fortune with only a few hundred dollars in land; poor health has prevented attention to business; reiterates good potential of area; money could be placed in account with E. Anderson in Richmond; 90 days would be enough time for son to arrive, choose land, and make arrangements; life at first would be rought; sends regards to Jesse and his family and his own mother. 3pp. ALS. Including typescript.","Scope and Contents Inquires about health; glad to receive letter; hopes own crops do well; corn goes for $.60/bushel and pork for $6.00; everything else \"dull\"; money scarce as time of contraction; inquires if still intends to visit in spring; hard winter sonce Christmas; looks forward to their visit. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents Relates information concerning next court date and which session they should plan on attending; requests advice for Adelisa (?) Cooper, young acquaintance who is considering opening a \"female school\" in the Charlottesville area. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents In response to his request, has inquired about possible need for a school for women; explains that there are several in the area. 1p. ALS. Incomplete.","Scope and Contents Inquires about family's health and Isaac's recovery; compelled to seek loan as saw mill in need of repairs and unable to raise cash; hopes to recover costs within 3 to 4 weeks of operation; Tho(ma)s Garth will give further explanation; letter will serve as bond and receipt until repayment. Receipt of loan acknowledged in writing by Tho(ma)s Garth. In third hand, both Jesse and T. Grath with notations of $50.00 written. 2pp. ALS. Including typescript.","Describes exact measurements for planks neeeded for roofing materials.1p. ALS.","Discusses his recovery; inquires about family's health; replies to previous question regarding total loans to Jesse; estimates $971.48; would like repayment but is aware of recent misfortunes; own health compells him t oresolve financial matters; is agreeable to suggestion that enslaved persons be repayment. 1p. ALS.","Scope and Contents Realizes own death is near; wants to resolve question of loans as quickly and as easily as possible; if Jesse brings or send it, money should be in N. Carolina bills; if executors call for it, they may demand \"the best money\" as compensation; doesn't mean to alarm him over either loan or impending death; trusts both will be quickly resolved. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents Trip home took 22 days due to inclement weather, poor health, and a bad axle; he and Lucy are in good health; she has gained weight; hopes all are well; spring in Kentucky is \"bakcwards\" as tobacco is planted before corn; tobacco in New Orleans is at $4.00 and rising, corn is $1.25/bushel. 2pp. ALS.","Gives particulars pertaining to upcoming trip to Richmond; invites Sarah to come. 1p. ANS.","Scope and Contents Arrived last night at cousin Winston Garth's; the axeltree broke again; Aunt Unity (?) is ill; had a daughter nine days ago; the doctor is doubtful of her recovery; Winston at the land sales; will leave in morning to join him as little time to explore the land before the sale starts on the 22nd; trip took 26 days and cost $38.74, besides swapping horses as mentioned previously; horses are fine; averaged 23 or24 miles/day; met many old acquaintances on way; met Rowland Gouch near Huntsville, who used to live at the Barracks (?) and knew everybody in Albemarle; corn crops in Virginia surpass those elsewhere; cotton does well in some areas and less well in others. 2pp. ALS. Including ANS from Susan Garth, Morgan Co., Alabama, to her parents (in-law), Jesse Garth and wife, Charlottesville, Virginia, October 7, 1833, concerning trip; describes Aunt Unity's condition; please pass on news to her own parents; won't write until Jesse B. returns and situation with Aunt Unity resolved. 1p.","Scope and Contents Concerned that has had no reply to letters since left Virginia; dissapointed that country site was not at Walker; choice was result of speculation only; unpopularity will end in petition to change it at next legislative meeting; party spirit runs high; strongest party is Constitutional Nullifiers; offered $6.00/acre; had paid $1.50/acre; will soon sell; intends to join Winston Garth in Chickasaw land sale in summer and fall; describes area and its name; extremely wet winter and spring; much livestock drowned and many roads closed; warns brothers no to be partners with William (?) Garth, as he only wants their money and has since caused own trouble with Winston; requests any old accounts to be settled and money forwarded; health is good, hopes some will move out to good farm land and horses. 3pp. ALS. Including ANS from Susan Garth, Okachickoma, Yalabusha Co., Mississippi, to parents (in-law) Jesse Garth and wife, Charlottesville, Virginia, concerning cost of living and decision to teach; thinks have done well for first year; she and sister (?) Polly miss family. 1p.","Scope and Contents Suicide note copied by Julius A. Harris for Jesse Garth. Letter explains reasons for action- her reaction to his confession of lying about buying paintings prevented him from relating details of lie about buying furniture; never had the money and unable to borrow it from friends or relatives; apologizes for the anguish has caused; her love, generosity, and affection are not enough to balance his deception; asks for forgiveness; explains his lies were never intended to be painful or deceptive; he only wanted her to be happy and has sincerely loved her; advises her to ask Mr. Cock to take her and children to Nelson, (Kentucky?) immediately. 2ppp. ACYS of ALS.","Scope and Contents Empathizes with sister's dental discomforts and gives advice; describes own health; reassures mother (in-law?) about her weight; asks after Sarah; describes baby son, Egbert, about his growth and achievements; describes spring and garden produce; agree would be nice to live closer to family, but accepts the situation; asks parents and sibling to visit. 3pp. ALS.","Family recovering from the measles; concerned that brother and his family may move to Florida; sends condolences to enslaved person named Johnson, little news other than domestic concerns; misses family and hopes to see them but uncertain of when could visit; likens baby daughter Elizabeth to other relatives; asks parents to address next letter to husband, J. Goodman, if they want J. to write them in return. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents Expresses relief at news that mother-in-law (Elizabeth) is recovering; announces recent birth of daughter, as yet unnamed; relates prince of produce; has gotten letter from Uncle Garland that father's estate had finally been settled; asks him to verify the information as a business prospect depends on the amount he'd receive; comments that he hopes Thomas G. is no longer an ardent Jackson-Van Buren adherent; asks that the letter be forwarded to his father-in-law, Jesse Garth.","Describes recent business trip which included stops in New Orleans, Mobile, Selma, Tuscaloosa, Greensboro, Huntsville, and Nashville; relates many failures due to first high land prices then a sharp fall; describes own prospects and estimates own profits; requests Jesse and Uncle Briteberry inquire about possibility of sending his cattle to New York; relates family news. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents Relates incident of son (?), Sam's accident with hastily loaded wagon of logs and his suprising survival; asks if Jesse has any interest in buying team of mules and gives price he'd consider; inquires after mother and sister (Elizabeth?). 2pp. ALS.","Describes recent weather and speculates on harvest; describes political excitement over issue of emancipation; explains why he believes it won't pass; asks for news about family friend, May Summer; discusses cholera experience; exchanges family news. 2pp. ALS.","Discusses plans to visit parents in late fall or early winter; describes crops and estimates profits; expresses concern for brother's salvation. 2pp. Incomplete.","Scope and Contents Business correspondence with various merchants predominately in Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as Milton, Bourbon Co,. Kentucky Correspondents include: Anderson \u0026 Blair; D \u0026 E Anderson; Edward Anderson; John Cothrac (?); Anderson \u0026 Woodson; Luther W. George; Anderson, Wookson, \u0026 Bigges; Thomas Gilmer; A.F. Bigges; Anderson, Blair, \u0026 Anderson; B. Brown, Jr.; and J. Garth. Contentd pertain to various concerns, such as prices of commodities, sale of farm produce, tobacco trading, loans, banking matters, accounts with company, establishing a neighborhood school, opening a new store, and payment of accounts. 29 items.","Scope and Contents Business correspondence with various merchants predominately in Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as Hydraulic Mills, Virginia Correspondents include: Blair \u0026 Anderson; Beverly Blair; Deane \u0026 Edwards; John D. Brown (?); Charles Brown; Robert Enrastreny (?); Andrews Samper (?); Deane \u0026 Brown; B.C. Flannagan; James O. Walters; W. \u0026 B. Brown; T. Garth; W. Hatch; and N. N. Wallace. Contents pertain to various concerns, such as accounts with company, tobacco trading, prices of commmodities, sale of cattle, land question, fabric patterns and types, arranging delivery of dairy products with neighbor, proposal to burn (for clearing purposes) adjoining lands by a neighbor, information about sale of farm produce, and possible lumbering information. 23 items.","Jesse Garth's promissory notes, loans, and acknowledgements of debts. 115 items.","Receipts for payments made by either Jesse or Elizabeth Garth. 98 items.","Receipts for payments made by either Jesse, Elizabeth, or Brightberry Garth. 78 items.","Receipts for payments made by either Jesse or Elizabeth Garth. 68 items.","Receipts made by either Jesse or Elizabeth Garth. 121 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills, with various creditors, including: Brown, River, \u0026Co.; Brown, Watson, \u0026 Co.; William Galt; James Horsley; Richard Bibb; J. Kelly \u0026 Co.; and James \u0026 Samuel Leitch for such items as paper, a variety of fabrics, sewing accessories, liquor, farmwork, household goods, staples (i.e. coffee, tea, loaf sugar, brown sugar, salt, pepper, spices.), hardware, shoes, a shawl, suspenders, exercise book, New York Reader, and tobacco trade. Family members mentioned are J., John, Jesse, and W. Garth. 45 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists, with various creditors, including: R. Anderson, Asa Davey, S.F. Hoy, Branham \u0026 Jones, John H. Craven, David Owens, Abraham Johnson, Anderson \u0026 Blair, Charles Brown, M.D., James \u0026 Samuel Leitch. Items involved included farm labor, building materials and supplies for house, partial total of year's produce, tobacco trade, day work at lumbermill and blacksmithing. Purchases include steel, iron, farm implements, horse furniture, liqour, household goods, staples (i.e. salt, spices, loaf suger, coffee.), necklace, tortoise comb, glass lens, various types shoes, various fabrics, sewing accessories, gloves, blankets, brrass candlesticks, razor, suspenders, dressing glass, china coffee cups, serving bowls, wine glasses, tumblers, and various school books. Family members mentioned include Thomas, Sarah Anne, Polly, \"son Jesse\", Brightberry B., \"Bez'l\", Garland, and Jesse Garth. 59 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists with various creditors, including: Edmund Anderson; John Winn; Kelly \u0026 Norris; Jesse Lewis; David Owens; Branham \u0026 Bibb; John C. St. John; Anderson, Woodson, \u0026 Bigges; Joseph Bishop; George Wolfe; Luther W. George; David Isaacs; George Toole; Joel W. Brown; and G.W. Vaughan. Items involved include: tobacco trade, blacksmithing, labor, house rent, bill of sale for the \"Miller Mare\", and (apparently) stud service. Purchases include: household goods, hardware, iron, timber, leather and leather goods, liqour, shoes, gloves, sewing accessories, various fabrics, cotton stockings, tea set, staples (i.e. spices, loaf sugar, salt, coffee, tea), cigars, and books (English Reader, Picketts Expositor and Goldsmith's English). Family members mentioned are B., Jesse, W., Thomas (son), Brightberry (son), Thomas G., W. David, and James F Garth. 68 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors, including: Anderson, Woodson, \u0026 Bigges; John Gay; John Shiflete; Samuel Dumul (?); Joseph Robinson; M.E. Kelly, N. Barksdale, Dabney Madison; W. Snyder; Jacob C. Lupiton; and Louis Leschot. Items include: iron, tobacco trade, staples (i.e. coffe, tea, loaf sugar, brown sugar, salt, spices), books (Christian's Blackstone, Tate's Digest, Wheaton's, Hall's Digested Index, dicitionary, copybook, geography and atlas), various fabrics and sewing accessories. Women's account with Jane Isaacs for dresses, bonnets, ostrich feathers, various fabrics, and patterns. Family members include T.G., Lucy E.B., and Mrs. and Mr. Jesse Garth. 49 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors including: N. Burnley; W. Dawson; B. Ficklin \u0026 Son; J.C. Lupton; E. Hansbarger; Beverley Blair; E \u0026 J Mosely; W. Fellows; E.L. Watson \u0026 Co.; Michie \u0026 Madison; Timberlake \u0026 Magruder; J \u0026 S Leicht; and Louis Leschot. Among variety of work, household, and personal items involved are: medical bills, newspaper subscriptions, school books, list of supplies for building a house, materials needed for wedding gown, parasol, whale bones, and lock \u0026 bolt. Family members mentioned are: W. Garth, Miss E. Garth, Mrs. E. Marth, Mrs. J. Garth, Jesse Garth, and Jesse Garth \"senior\". 87 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors including: B. Ficklin \u0026 Son; W. Garth; J.C. Lupton; Sample \u0026 Leitch; W. Dawson; N. Burnley; Charles Brown; M.D., A. Watson; B.C. Flannagan \u0026 Co.; G.T. Owens; and Deane \u0026 Brown. Among variety of work, household and personal items involved are medical bills, itemized listing of day labor and an order of forks. Family members mentioned are: B.B. Garland, Garland, Mrs. E. B. Garth, Mrs. W. Garth, Elizabeth Garth, J. Garth, and Jesse Garth. 89 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors including: Jones \u0026 Habban; N. Burnley; B.C. Flannagan \u0026 Co.; A. Sample; J.W. Jones; G.T. Owens; Payne \u0026 Novis; G. Moore; and Hassan \u0026 Boyle. Among variety of work, household, and personal items involved are mousetraps and an engraved head and footstone. Family members mentioned are: Miss Garth, Miss E. Garth, Mrs. Garth, and Jesse Garth. 22 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists. Among the items are: hotel bills, blank cashier's check, bill for stable, bill for 18 sq. house, bill for timber, bill for tobacco, freight and commission, various grocery and/or household supply bills, accounts with D \u0026 E Anderson, Weartenbaker, B. Brown, R \u0026 H Neilson, A. Woods, and B.C. Flannagan \u0026 Co., blacksmithing and hardware bills, and accounts for Mrs. Garth and a Miss Garth, and various fragments. 60 items.","Garth family accounts with Samuel and James Leitch. Merchandise includes: hardware, dyestuffs, liqour, household goods, gun powder, staples and groceries, stationary, penknives, sewing accessories, various fabrics, books, an entire set of china (including serving dishes), parasol, fiddlestrings, various shoes, gloves, beavermitts, gents' gloves, gentleman's stockings cotton and silk ladies stockings, raisons and a copy of The Virginia Housewife. 19 items.","Scope and Contents Jesse Garth's account book, showing debtors as John Benson, George Wolfe, Elijah Brown, David Isaacs, George Tool, (?) Medener, Abe Norris, Mathew Carsy, Samuel Leitch, N. Watson, (?) Coleman, Gennings Maupin, Lowel Brown, and Francis Dyer. Items involved pertain to lumber and/or farm products. 1 item.","Jesse Garth's accounts with John R. Jones, for a wide variety of personal, household, and hardware merchandise, including: buckskin gloves, coal bellows, vest pattern, parasol, and square iron. 3 items.","Scope and Contents Jess Garth's accounts with Timberlake \u0026 Magruder, for such items as bran, flour, cotton bales, plaster, freight, and drayage. 5 items","Jesse Garth's accounts with Beverly Blair, pertaining to tobacco trade. 4 items.","Scope and Contents Jesse Garth's Accounts with B. \u0026 J. Moseley, for a variety of household goods; grocery items and sewing and fabric accessories. 6 items.","Jesse Garth's accounts with William W. Via, for a variety of customized blacksmithing products. 8 items.","Garth Family documents of the enslaved. Predominately bills of sale listing names of sellers, amount paid, date of purchase, and enslaved names and/or ages. Also, a note of Jesse and Brightberry Garth as cosigners of loan for Jesse B. Garth. Also, a bill of hire for three enslaved persons for a month. 14 items.","Garth Family land Records. Include land deeds, surveys, plats and court hearings. 20 items.","Jesse Garth's tax receipts, indicating rate of millage and total due. Majority are handwritten, although a number of printed blanks are included. Several paid by Elizabeth Garth. 86 items.","Payments ordered by county and/or supreme courts to be made by Jesse Garth. 22 items.","Scope and Contents Miscellaneous documents involve: a list of boarders compiled for Miss Sarah A.J. Garth (n.d.); an inventory of books (n.d.); a Whig election ticket for 1851; a tanning recipe; a recipe for tomato catsup; a recipe for curing rheumatic pains; and an inventory of \"grandmama's things belonging to the house\" by Jesse T.(?) Garth. 8 items.","Miscellaneous documents within the collection but as yet uncertain of relationship to the Garth family include: Henry Mill's 1816 account with Bezaleel Brown; George Williams' accounts with Samuel Leitch, 1824-1829; William Garland's July 1823 fine by the clerk of Albemarle Co., receipts by Benjamin Brown and John H. Craven; land patent on April 1, 1864, for Christian M. Shafer and C.P. Matthews; April 10, 1868, application for patent generating gas; and agreement to sale of land on April 11, 1872. 8 items.","Legal documents pertaining to a variety of concerns such as: George Gentry's will; subpoenas; description of trial proceedings; copies of court proceedings; legal advice; guardianship records; a copy of John W. Grover's will, stock certificate for the James River and Kanawha and Co. 19 items.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Garth family","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 65 G19","/repositories/2/resources/8486"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Garth Family papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Garth Family papers"],"collection_ssim":["Garth Family papers"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Albemarle County (Va.)--History--19th century","Buckingham County (Va.)--History--19th century"],"geogname_ssim":["Albemarle County (Va.)--History--19th century","Buckingham County (Va.)--History--19th century"],"places_ssim":["Albemarle County (Va.)--History--19th century","Buckingham County (Va.)--History--19th century"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchase"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Agriculture--Virginia--19th century","Legal documents","Schools--Virginia--Albemarle County","Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century","Suicide","United States--History--War of 1812","Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions","Cotton growing -- Southern States","Cotton growing -- United States","Slaves -- Emancipation","Correspondence","Financial records"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Agriculture--Virginia--19th century","Legal documents","Schools--Virginia--Albemarle County","Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century","Suicide","United States--History--War of 1812","Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions","Cotton growing -- Southern States","Cotton growing -- United States","Slaves -- Emancipation","Correspondence","Financial records"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["2.50 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["2.50 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Correspondence","Financial records"],"date_range_isim":[1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. 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B. Garth, fl. 1820-1849; Sarah Garth Goodman, fl. 1820-1842; Jesse B. Garth, fl. 1833-1834; and May S. Garth Sumner, fl. 1849-1851, as well as other nephews and family members.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOther materials include accounts from business and legal acquaintances in the Richmond and Charlottesville, Va. areas. The subject matter in these letters pertain to agricultural and business matters, the War of 1812, slavery, emancipation, land transactions, schools, and legal concerns. Also included is a suicide note dated, 30 June 1835.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Describes defeat of British in \"Canady\" and valor of Jo(h)nson's Regiment of mounted militia against the British regulars; tells of cowardice of Proctor (?); relates death of \"Tecomse\" (sic) (Tecumseh) by severely wounded Col. T. Jo(h)nson; hopes government will now support the war \"hart and hand\"; send regards to various friends; Jo(h)nson expected to recover; twenty men lost in the charge; mentions upcoming marriage of Rodes Garth and \"Mis Carigan\"; asks after brother, Elijah. 4pp. ALS. Including typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Describes prospects in Alabama; things hard as cotton prices down 1/2; provisions quite expensive; sale of public land continues and will during next year; one of his sons could make fortune with only a few hundred dollars in land; poor health has prevented attention to business; reiterates good potential of area; money could be placed in account with E. Anderson in Richmond; 90 days would be enough time for son to arrive, choose land, and make arrangements; life at first would be rought; sends regards to Jesse and his family and his own mother. 3pp. ALS. Including typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Inquires about health; glad to receive letter; hopes own crops do well; corn goes for $.60/bushel and pork for $6.00; everything else \"dull\"; money scarce as time of contraction; inquires if still intends to visit in spring; hard winter sonce Christmas; looks forward to their visit. 2pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Relates information concerning next court date and which session they should plan on attending; requests advice for Adelisa (?) Cooper, young acquaintance who is considering opening a \"female school\" in the Charlottesville area. 2pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents In response to his request, has inquired about possible need for a school for women; explains that there are several in the area. 1p. ALS. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Inquires about family's health and Isaac's recovery; compelled to seek loan as saw mill in need of repairs and unable to raise cash; hopes to recover costs within 3 to 4 weeks of operation; Tho(ma)s Garth will give further explanation; letter will serve as bond and receipt until repayment. Receipt of loan acknowledged in writing by Tho(ma)s Garth. In third hand, both Jesse and T. Grath with notations of $50.00 written. 2pp. ALS. Including typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes exact measurements for planks neeeded for roofing materials.1p. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his recovery; inquires about family's health; replies to previous question regarding total loans to Jesse; estimates $971.48; would like repayment but is aware of recent misfortunes; own health compells him t oresolve financial matters; is agreeable to suggestion that enslaved persons be repayment. 1p. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Realizes own death is near; wants to resolve question of loans as quickly and as easily as possible; if Jesse brings or send it, money should be in N. Carolina bills; if executors call for it, they may demand \"the best money\" as compensation; doesn't mean to alarm him over either loan or impending death; trusts both will be quickly resolved. 2pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Trip home took 22 days due to inclement weather, poor health, and a bad axle; he and Lucy are in good health; she has gained weight; hopes all are well; spring in Kentucky is \"bakcwards\" as tobacco is planted before corn; tobacco in New Orleans is at $4.00 and rising, corn is $1.25/bushel. 2pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives particulars pertaining to upcoming trip to Richmond; invites Sarah to come. 1p. ANS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Arrived last night at cousin Winston Garth's; the axeltree broke again; Aunt Unity (?) is ill; had a daughter nine days ago; the doctor is doubtful of her recovery; Winston at the land sales; will leave in morning to join him as little time to explore the land before the sale starts on the 22nd; trip took 26 days and cost $38.74, besides swapping horses as mentioned previously; horses are fine; averaged 23 or24 miles/day; met many old acquaintances on way; met Rowland Gouch near Huntsville, who used to live at the Barracks (?) and knew everybody in Albemarle; corn crops in Virginia surpass those elsewhere; cotton does well in some areas and less well in others. 2pp. ALS. Including ANS from Susan Garth, Morgan Co., Alabama, to her parents (in-law), Jesse Garth and wife, Charlottesville, Virginia, October 7, 1833, concerning trip; describes Aunt Unity's condition; please pass on news to her own parents; won't write until Jesse B. returns and situation with Aunt Unity resolved. 1p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Concerned that has had no reply to letters since left Virginia; dissapointed that country site was not at Walker; choice was result of speculation only; unpopularity will end in petition to change it at next legislative meeting; party spirit runs high; strongest party is Constitutional Nullifiers; offered $6.00/acre; had paid $1.50/acre; will soon sell; intends to join Winston Garth in Chickasaw land sale in summer and fall; describes area and its name; extremely wet winter and spring; much livestock drowned and many roads closed; warns brothers no to be partners with William (?) Garth, as he only wants their money and has since caused own trouble with Winston; requests any old accounts to be settled and money forwarded; health is good, hopes some will move out to good farm land and horses. 3pp. ALS. Including ANS from Susan Garth, Okachickoma, Yalabusha Co., Mississippi, to parents (in-law) Jesse Garth and wife, Charlottesville, Virginia, concerning cost of living and decision to teach; thinks have done well for first year; she and sister (?) Polly miss family. 1p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Suicide note copied by Julius A. Harris for Jesse Garth. Letter explains reasons for action- her reaction to his confession of lying about buying paintings prevented him from relating details of lie about buying furniture; never had the money and unable to borrow it from friends or relatives; apologizes for the anguish has caused; her love, generosity, and affection are not enough to balance his deception; asks for forgiveness; explains his lies were never intended to be painful or deceptive; he only wanted her to be happy and has sincerely loved her; advises her to ask Mr. Cock to take her and children to Nelson, (Kentucky?) immediately. 2ppp. ACYS of ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Empathizes with sister's dental discomforts and gives advice; describes own health; reassures mother (in-law?) about her weight; asks after Sarah; describes baby son, Egbert, about his growth and achievements; describes spring and garden produce; agree would be nice to live closer to family, but accepts the situation; asks parents and sibling to visit. 3pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily recovering from the measles; concerned that brother and his family may move to Florida; sends condolences to enslaved person named Johnson, little news other than domestic concerns; misses family and hopes to see them but uncertain of when could visit; likens baby daughter Elizabeth to other relatives; asks parents to address next letter to husband, J. Goodman, if they want J. to write them in return. 2pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Expresses relief at news that mother-in-law (Elizabeth) is recovering; announces recent birth of daughter, as yet unnamed; relates prince of produce; has gotten letter from Uncle Garland that father's estate had finally been settled; asks him to verify the information as a business prospect depends on the amount he'd receive; comments that he hopes Thomas G. is no longer an ardent Jackson-Van Buren adherent; asks that the letter be forwarded to his father-in-law, Jesse Garth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes recent business trip which included stops in New Orleans, Mobile, Selma, Tuscaloosa, Greensboro, Huntsville, and Nashville; relates many failures due to first high land prices then a sharp fall; describes own prospects and estimates own profits; requests Jesse and Uncle Briteberry inquire about possibility of sending his cattle to New York; relates family news. 2pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Relates incident of son (?), Sam's accident with hastily loaded wagon of logs and his suprising survival; asks if Jesse has any interest in buying team of mules and gives price he'd consider; inquires after mother and sister (Elizabeth?). 2pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes recent weather and speculates on harvest; describes political excitement over issue of emancipation; explains why he believes it won't pass; asks for news about family friend, May Summer; discusses cholera experience; exchanges family news. 2pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses plans to visit parents in late fall or early winter; describes crops and estimates profits; expresses concern for brother's salvation. 2pp. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Business correspondence with various merchants predominately in Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as Milton, Bourbon Co,. Kentucky Correspondents include: Anderson \u0026amp; Blair; D \u0026amp; E Anderson; Edward Anderson; John Cothrac (?); Anderson \u0026amp; Woodson; Luther W. George; Anderson, Wookson, \u0026amp; Bigges; Thomas Gilmer; A.F. Bigges; Anderson, Blair, \u0026amp; Anderson; B. Brown, Jr.; and J. Garth. Contentd pertain to various concerns, such as prices of commodities, sale of farm produce, tobacco trading, loans, banking matters, accounts with company, establishing a neighborhood school, opening a new store, and payment of accounts. 29 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Business correspondence with various merchants predominately in Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as Hydraulic Mills, Virginia Correspondents include: Blair \u0026amp; Anderson; Beverly Blair; Deane \u0026amp; Edwards; John D. Brown (?); Charles Brown; Robert Enrastreny (?); Andrews Samper (?); Deane \u0026amp; Brown; B.C. Flannagan; James O. Walters; W. \u0026amp; B. Brown; T. Garth; W. Hatch; and N. N. Wallace. Contents pertain to various concerns, such as accounts with company, tobacco trading, prices of commmodities, sale of cattle, land question, fabric patterns and types, arranging delivery of dairy products with neighbor, proposal to burn (for clearing purposes) adjoining lands by a neighbor, information about sale of farm produce, and possible lumbering information. 23 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJesse Garth's promissory notes, loans, and acknowledgements of debts. 115 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts for payments made by either Jesse or Elizabeth Garth. 98 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts for payments made by either Jesse, Elizabeth, or Brightberry Garth. 78 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts for payments made by either Jesse or Elizabeth Garth. 68 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts made by either Jesse or Elizabeth Garth. 121 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Accounts and bills, with various creditors, including: Brown, River, \u0026amp;Co.; Brown, Watson, \u0026amp; Co.; William Galt; James Horsley; Richard Bibb; J. Kelly \u0026amp; Co.; and James \u0026amp; Samuel Leitch for such items as paper, a variety of fabrics, sewing accessories, liquor, farmwork, household goods, staples (i.e. coffee, tea, loaf sugar, brown sugar, salt, pepper, spices.), hardware, shoes, a shawl, suspenders, exercise book, New York Reader, and tobacco trade. Family members mentioned are J., John, Jesse, and W. Garth. 45 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists, with various creditors, including: R. Anderson, Asa Davey, S.F. Hoy, Branham \u0026amp; Jones, John H. Craven, David Owens, Abraham Johnson, Anderson \u0026amp; Blair, Charles Brown, M.D., James \u0026amp; Samuel Leitch. Items involved included farm labor, building materials and supplies for house, partial total of year's produce, tobacco trade, day work at lumbermill and blacksmithing. Purchases include steel, iron, farm implements, horse furniture, liqour, household goods, staples (i.e. salt, spices, loaf suger, coffee.), necklace, tortoise comb, glass lens, various types shoes, various fabrics, sewing accessories, gloves, blankets, brrass candlesticks, razor, suspenders, dressing glass, china coffee cups, serving bowls, wine glasses, tumblers, and various school books. Family members mentioned include Thomas, Sarah Anne, Polly, \"son Jesse\", Brightberry B., \"Bez'l\", Garland, and Jesse Garth. 59 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists with various creditors, including: Edmund Anderson; John Winn; Kelly \u0026amp; Norris; Jesse Lewis; David Owens; Branham \u0026amp; Bibb; John C. St. John; Anderson, Woodson, \u0026amp; Bigges; Joseph Bishop; George Wolfe; Luther W. George; David Isaacs; George Toole; Joel W. Brown; and G.W. Vaughan. Items involved include: tobacco trade, blacksmithing, labor, house rent, bill of sale for the \"Miller Mare\", and (apparently) stud service. Purchases include: household goods, hardware, iron, timber, leather and leather goods, liqour, shoes, gloves, sewing accessories, various fabrics, cotton stockings, tea set, staples (i.e. spices, loaf sugar, salt, coffee, tea), cigars, and books (English Reader, Picketts Expositor and Goldsmith's English). Family members mentioned are B., Jesse, W., Thomas (son), Brightberry (son), Thomas G., W. David, and James F Garth. 68 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors, including: Anderson, Woodson, \u0026amp; Bigges; John Gay; John Shiflete; Samuel Dumul (?); Joseph Robinson; M.E. Kelly, N. Barksdale, Dabney Madison; W. Snyder; Jacob C. Lupiton; and Louis Leschot. Items include: iron, tobacco trade, staples (i.e. coffe, tea, loaf sugar, brown sugar, salt, spices), books (Christian's Blackstone, Tate's Digest, Wheaton's, Hall's Digested Index, dicitionary, copybook, geography and atlas), various fabrics and sewing accessories. Women's account with Jane Isaacs for dresses, bonnets, ostrich feathers, various fabrics, and patterns. Family members include T.G., Lucy E.B., and Mrs. and Mr. Jesse Garth. 49 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors including: N. Burnley; W. Dawson; B. Ficklin \u0026amp; Son; J.C. Lupton; E. Hansbarger; Beverley Blair; E \u0026amp; J Mosely; W. Fellows; E.L. Watson \u0026amp; Co.; Michie \u0026amp; Madison; Timberlake \u0026amp; Magruder; J \u0026amp; S Leicht; and Louis Leschot. Among variety of work, household, and personal items involved are: medical bills, newspaper subscriptions, school books, list of supplies for building a house, materials needed for wedding gown, parasol, whale bones, and lock \u0026amp; bolt. Family members mentioned are: W. Garth, Miss E. Garth, Mrs. E. Marth, Mrs. J. Garth, Jesse Garth, and Jesse Garth \"senior\". 87 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors including: B. Ficklin \u0026amp; Son; W. Garth; J.C. Lupton; Sample \u0026amp; Leitch; W. Dawson; N. Burnley; Charles Brown; M.D., A. Watson; B.C. Flannagan \u0026amp; Co.; G.T. Owens; and Deane \u0026amp; Brown. Among variety of work, household and personal items involved are medical bills, itemized listing of day labor and an order of forks. Family members mentioned are: B.B. Garland, Garland, Mrs. E. B. Garth, Mrs. W. Garth, Elizabeth Garth, J. Garth, and Jesse Garth. 89 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors including: Jones \u0026amp; Habban; N. Burnley; B.C. Flannagan \u0026amp; Co.; A. Sample; J.W. Jones; G.T. Owens; Payne \u0026amp; Novis; G. Moore; and Hassan \u0026amp; Boyle. Among variety of work, household, and personal items involved are mousetraps and an engraved head and footstone. Family members mentioned are: Miss Garth, Miss E. Garth, Mrs. Garth, and Jesse Garth. 22 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists. Among the items are: hotel bills, blank cashier's check, bill for stable, bill for 18 sq. house, bill for timber, bill for tobacco, freight and commission, various grocery and/or household supply bills, accounts with D \u0026amp; E Anderson, Weartenbaker, B. Brown, R \u0026amp; H Neilson, A. Woods, and B.C. Flannagan \u0026amp; Co., blacksmithing and hardware bills, and accounts for Mrs. Garth and a Miss Garth, and various fragments. 60 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarth family accounts with Samuel and James Leitch. Merchandise includes: hardware, dyestuffs, liqour, household goods, gun powder, staples and groceries, stationary, penknives, sewing accessories, various fabrics, books, an entire set of china (including serving dishes), parasol, fiddlestrings, various shoes, gloves, beavermitts, gents' gloves, gentleman's stockings cotton and silk ladies stockings, raisons and a copy of The Virginia Housewife. 19 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Jesse Garth's account book, showing debtors as John Benson, George Wolfe, Elijah Brown, David Isaacs, George Tool, (?) Medener, Abe Norris, Mathew Carsy, Samuel Leitch, N. Watson, (?) Coleman, Gennings Maupin, Lowel Brown, and Francis Dyer. Items involved pertain to lumber and/or farm products. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJesse Garth's accounts with John R. Jones, for a wide variety of personal, household, and hardware merchandise, including: buckskin gloves, coal bellows, vest pattern, parasol, and square iron. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Jess Garth's accounts with Timberlake \u0026amp; Magruder, for such items as bran, flour, cotton bales, plaster, freight, and drayage. 5 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJesse Garth's accounts with Beverly Blair, pertaining to tobacco trade. 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Jesse Garth's Accounts with B. \u0026amp; J. Moseley, for a variety of household goods; grocery items and sewing and fabric accessories. 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJesse Garth's accounts with William W. Via, for a variety of customized blacksmithing products. 8 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarth Family documents of the enslaved. Predominately bills of sale listing names of sellers, amount paid, date of purchase, and enslaved names and/or ages. Also, a note of Jesse and Brightberry Garth as cosigners of loan for Jesse B. Garth. Also, a bill of hire for three enslaved persons for a month. 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarth Family land Records. Include land deeds, surveys, plats and court hearings. 20 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJesse Garth's tax receipts, indicating rate of millage and total due. Majority are handwritten, although a number of printed blanks are included. Several paid by Elizabeth Garth. 86 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayments ordered by county and/or supreme courts to be made by Jesse Garth. 22 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Miscellaneous documents involve: a list of boarders compiled for Miss Sarah A.J. Garth (n.d.); an inventory of books (n.d.); a Whig election ticket for 1851; a tanning recipe; a recipe for tomato catsup; a recipe for curing rheumatic pains; and an inventory of \"grandmama's things belonging to the house\" by Jesse T.(?) Garth. 8 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous documents within the collection but as yet uncertain of relationship to the Garth family include: Henry Mill's 1816 account with Bezaleel Brown; George Williams' accounts with Samuel Leitch, 1824-1829; William Garland's July 1823 fine by the clerk of Albemarle Co., receipts by Benjamin Brown and John H. Craven; land patent on April 1, 1864, for Christian M. Shafer and C.P. Matthews; April 10, 1868, application for patent generating gas; and agreement to sale of land on April 11, 1872. 8 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal documents pertaining to a variety of concerns such as: George Gentry's will; subpoenas; description of trial proceedings; copies of court proceedings; legal advice; guardianship records; a copy of John W. Grover's will, stock certificate for the James River and Kanawha and Co. 19 items.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This inventory contains personal and buisness correspondence, financial documents, loans, promissory notes, legal documents, tax information, and land records belonging to the Jesse Garth family of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, The majority of the inventory documents correspondence chiefly from 1800-1854 between family members, mostly the adult children of Jesse and Elizabeth Garth, fl. 1798-1854, especially Lucy E. B. Garth, fl. 1820-1849; Sarah Garth Goodman, fl. 1820-1842; Jesse B. Garth, fl. 1833-1834; and May S. Garth Sumner, fl. 1849-1851, as well as other nephews and family members.","Other materials include accounts from business and legal acquaintances in the Richmond and Charlottesville, Va. areas. The subject matter in these letters pertain to agricultural and business matters, the War of 1812, slavery, emancipation, land transactions, schools, and legal concerns. Also included is a suicide note dated, 30 June 1835.","Scope and Contents Describes defeat of British in \"Canady\" and valor of Jo(h)nson's Regiment of mounted militia against the British regulars; tells of cowardice of Proctor (?); relates death of \"Tecomse\" (sic) (Tecumseh) by severely wounded Col. T. Jo(h)nson; hopes government will now support the war \"hart and hand\"; send regards to various friends; Jo(h)nson expected to recover; twenty men lost in the charge; mentions upcoming marriage of Rodes Garth and \"Mis Carigan\"; asks after brother, Elijah. 4pp. ALS. Including typescript.","Scope and Contents Describes prospects in Alabama; things hard as cotton prices down 1/2; provisions quite expensive; sale of public land continues and will during next year; one of his sons could make fortune with only a few hundred dollars in land; poor health has prevented attention to business; reiterates good potential of area; money could be placed in account with E. Anderson in Richmond; 90 days would be enough time for son to arrive, choose land, and make arrangements; life at first would be rought; sends regards to Jesse and his family and his own mother. 3pp. ALS. Including typescript.","Scope and Contents Inquires about health; glad to receive letter; hopes own crops do well; corn goes for $.60/bushel and pork for $6.00; everything else \"dull\"; money scarce as time of contraction; inquires if still intends to visit in spring; hard winter sonce Christmas; looks forward to their visit. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents Relates information concerning next court date and which session they should plan on attending; requests advice for Adelisa (?) Cooper, young acquaintance who is considering opening a \"female school\" in the Charlottesville area. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents In response to his request, has inquired about possible need for a school for women; explains that there are several in the area. 1p. ALS. Incomplete.","Scope and Contents Inquires about family's health and Isaac's recovery; compelled to seek loan as saw mill in need of repairs and unable to raise cash; hopes to recover costs within 3 to 4 weeks of operation; Tho(ma)s Garth will give further explanation; letter will serve as bond and receipt until repayment. Receipt of loan acknowledged in writing by Tho(ma)s Garth. In third hand, both Jesse and T. Grath with notations of $50.00 written. 2pp. ALS. Including typescript.","Describes exact measurements for planks neeeded for roofing materials.1p. ALS.","Discusses his recovery; inquires about family's health; replies to previous question regarding total loans to Jesse; estimates $971.48; would like repayment but is aware of recent misfortunes; own health compells him t oresolve financial matters; is agreeable to suggestion that enslaved persons be repayment. 1p. ALS.","Scope and Contents Realizes own death is near; wants to resolve question of loans as quickly and as easily as possible; if Jesse brings or send it, money should be in N. Carolina bills; if executors call for it, they may demand \"the best money\" as compensation; doesn't mean to alarm him over either loan or impending death; trusts both will be quickly resolved. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents Trip home took 22 days due to inclement weather, poor health, and a bad axle; he and Lucy are in good health; she has gained weight; hopes all are well; spring in Kentucky is \"bakcwards\" as tobacco is planted before corn; tobacco in New Orleans is at $4.00 and rising, corn is $1.25/bushel. 2pp. ALS.","Gives particulars pertaining to upcoming trip to Richmond; invites Sarah to come. 1p. ANS.","Scope and Contents Arrived last night at cousin Winston Garth's; the axeltree broke again; Aunt Unity (?) is ill; had a daughter nine days ago; the doctor is doubtful of her recovery; Winston at the land sales; will leave in morning to join him as little time to explore the land before the sale starts on the 22nd; trip took 26 days and cost $38.74, besides swapping horses as mentioned previously; horses are fine; averaged 23 or24 miles/day; met many old acquaintances on way; met Rowland Gouch near Huntsville, who used to live at the Barracks (?) and knew everybody in Albemarle; corn crops in Virginia surpass those elsewhere; cotton does well in some areas and less well in others. 2pp. ALS. Including ANS from Susan Garth, Morgan Co., Alabama, to her parents (in-law), Jesse Garth and wife, Charlottesville, Virginia, October 7, 1833, concerning trip; describes Aunt Unity's condition; please pass on news to her own parents; won't write until Jesse B. returns and situation with Aunt Unity resolved. 1p.","Scope and Contents Concerned that has had no reply to letters since left Virginia; dissapointed that country site was not at Walker; choice was result of speculation only; unpopularity will end in petition to change it at next legislative meeting; party spirit runs high; strongest party is Constitutional Nullifiers; offered $6.00/acre; had paid $1.50/acre; will soon sell; intends to join Winston Garth in Chickasaw land sale in summer and fall; describes area and its name; extremely wet winter and spring; much livestock drowned and many roads closed; warns brothers no to be partners with William (?) Garth, as he only wants their money and has since caused own trouble with Winston; requests any old accounts to be settled and money forwarded; health is good, hopes some will move out to good farm land and horses. 3pp. ALS. Including ANS from Susan Garth, Okachickoma, Yalabusha Co., Mississippi, to parents (in-law) Jesse Garth and wife, Charlottesville, Virginia, concerning cost of living and decision to teach; thinks have done well for first year; she and sister (?) Polly miss family. 1p.","Scope and Contents Suicide note copied by Julius A. Harris for Jesse Garth. Letter explains reasons for action- her reaction to his confession of lying about buying paintings prevented him from relating details of lie about buying furniture; never had the money and unable to borrow it from friends or relatives; apologizes for the anguish has caused; her love, generosity, and affection are not enough to balance his deception; asks for forgiveness; explains his lies were never intended to be painful or deceptive; he only wanted her to be happy and has sincerely loved her; advises her to ask Mr. Cock to take her and children to Nelson, (Kentucky?) immediately. 2ppp. ACYS of ALS.","Scope and Contents Empathizes with sister's dental discomforts and gives advice; describes own health; reassures mother (in-law?) about her weight; asks after Sarah; describes baby son, Egbert, about his growth and achievements; describes spring and garden produce; agree would be nice to live closer to family, but accepts the situation; asks parents and sibling to visit. 3pp. ALS.","Family recovering from the measles; concerned that brother and his family may move to Florida; sends condolences to enslaved person named Johnson, little news other than domestic concerns; misses family and hopes to see them but uncertain of when could visit; likens baby daughter Elizabeth to other relatives; asks parents to address next letter to husband, J. Goodman, if they want J. to write them in return. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents Expresses relief at news that mother-in-law (Elizabeth) is recovering; announces recent birth of daughter, as yet unnamed; relates prince of produce; has gotten letter from Uncle Garland that father's estate had finally been settled; asks him to verify the information as a business prospect depends on the amount he'd receive; comments that he hopes Thomas G. is no longer an ardent Jackson-Van Buren adherent; asks that the letter be forwarded to his father-in-law, Jesse Garth.","Describes recent business trip which included stops in New Orleans, Mobile, Selma, Tuscaloosa, Greensboro, Huntsville, and Nashville; relates many failures due to first high land prices then a sharp fall; describes own prospects and estimates own profits; requests Jesse and Uncle Briteberry inquire about possibility of sending his cattle to New York; relates family news. 2pp. ALS.","Scope and Contents Relates incident of son (?), Sam's accident with hastily loaded wagon of logs and his suprising survival; asks if Jesse has any interest in buying team of mules and gives price he'd consider; inquires after mother and sister (Elizabeth?). 2pp. ALS.","Describes recent weather and speculates on harvest; describes political excitement over issue of emancipation; explains why he believes it won't pass; asks for news about family friend, May Summer; discusses cholera experience; exchanges family news. 2pp. ALS.","Discusses plans to visit parents in late fall or early winter; describes crops and estimates profits; expresses concern for brother's salvation. 2pp. Incomplete.","Scope and Contents Business correspondence with various merchants predominately in Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as Milton, Bourbon Co,. Kentucky Correspondents include: Anderson \u0026 Blair; D \u0026 E Anderson; Edward Anderson; John Cothrac (?); Anderson \u0026 Woodson; Luther W. George; Anderson, Wookson, \u0026 Bigges; Thomas Gilmer; A.F. Bigges; Anderson, Blair, \u0026 Anderson; B. Brown, Jr.; and J. Garth. Contentd pertain to various concerns, such as prices of commodities, sale of farm produce, tobacco trading, loans, banking matters, accounts with company, establishing a neighborhood school, opening a new store, and payment of accounts. 29 items.","Scope and Contents Business correspondence with various merchants predominately in Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as Hydraulic Mills, Virginia Correspondents include: Blair \u0026 Anderson; Beverly Blair; Deane \u0026 Edwards; John D. Brown (?); Charles Brown; Robert Enrastreny (?); Andrews Samper (?); Deane \u0026 Brown; B.C. Flannagan; James O. Walters; W. \u0026 B. Brown; T. Garth; W. Hatch; and N. N. Wallace. Contents pertain to various concerns, such as accounts with company, tobacco trading, prices of commmodities, sale of cattle, land question, fabric patterns and types, arranging delivery of dairy products with neighbor, proposal to burn (for clearing purposes) adjoining lands by a neighbor, information about sale of farm produce, and possible lumbering information. 23 items.","Jesse Garth's promissory notes, loans, and acknowledgements of debts. 115 items.","Receipts for payments made by either Jesse or Elizabeth Garth. 98 items.","Receipts for payments made by either Jesse, Elizabeth, or Brightberry Garth. 78 items.","Receipts for payments made by either Jesse or Elizabeth Garth. 68 items.","Receipts made by either Jesse or Elizabeth Garth. 121 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills, with various creditors, including: Brown, River, \u0026Co.; Brown, Watson, \u0026 Co.; William Galt; James Horsley; Richard Bibb; J. Kelly \u0026 Co.; and James \u0026 Samuel Leitch for such items as paper, a variety of fabrics, sewing accessories, liquor, farmwork, household goods, staples (i.e. coffee, tea, loaf sugar, brown sugar, salt, pepper, spices.), hardware, shoes, a shawl, suspenders, exercise book, New York Reader, and tobacco trade. Family members mentioned are J., John, Jesse, and W. Garth. 45 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists, with various creditors, including: R. Anderson, Asa Davey, S.F. Hoy, Branham \u0026 Jones, John H. Craven, David Owens, Abraham Johnson, Anderson \u0026 Blair, Charles Brown, M.D., James \u0026 Samuel Leitch. Items involved included farm labor, building materials and supplies for house, partial total of year's produce, tobacco trade, day work at lumbermill and blacksmithing. Purchases include steel, iron, farm implements, horse furniture, liqour, household goods, staples (i.e. salt, spices, loaf suger, coffee.), necklace, tortoise comb, glass lens, various types shoes, various fabrics, sewing accessories, gloves, blankets, brrass candlesticks, razor, suspenders, dressing glass, china coffee cups, serving bowls, wine glasses, tumblers, and various school books. Family members mentioned include Thomas, Sarah Anne, Polly, \"son Jesse\", Brightberry B., \"Bez'l\", Garland, and Jesse Garth. 59 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists with various creditors, including: Edmund Anderson; John Winn; Kelly \u0026 Norris; Jesse Lewis; David Owens; Branham \u0026 Bibb; John C. St. John; Anderson, Woodson, \u0026 Bigges; Joseph Bishop; George Wolfe; Luther W. George; David Isaacs; George Toole; Joel W. Brown; and G.W. Vaughan. Items involved include: tobacco trade, blacksmithing, labor, house rent, bill of sale for the \"Miller Mare\", and (apparently) stud service. Purchases include: household goods, hardware, iron, timber, leather and leather goods, liqour, shoes, gloves, sewing accessories, various fabrics, cotton stockings, tea set, staples (i.e. spices, loaf sugar, salt, coffee, tea), cigars, and books (English Reader, Picketts Expositor and Goldsmith's English). Family members mentioned are B., Jesse, W., Thomas (son), Brightberry (son), Thomas G., W. David, and James F Garth. 68 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors, including: Anderson, Woodson, \u0026 Bigges; John Gay; John Shiflete; Samuel Dumul (?); Joseph Robinson; M.E. Kelly, N. Barksdale, Dabney Madison; W. Snyder; Jacob C. Lupiton; and Louis Leschot. Items include: iron, tobacco trade, staples (i.e. coffe, tea, loaf sugar, brown sugar, salt, spices), books (Christian's Blackstone, Tate's Digest, Wheaton's, Hall's Digested Index, dicitionary, copybook, geography and atlas), various fabrics and sewing accessories. Women's account with Jane Isaacs for dresses, bonnets, ostrich feathers, various fabrics, and patterns. Family members include T.G., Lucy E.B., and Mrs. and Mr. Jesse Garth. 49 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors including: N. Burnley; W. Dawson; B. Ficklin \u0026 Son; J.C. Lupton; E. Hansbarger; Beverley Blair; E \u0026 J Mosely; W. Fellows; E.L. Watson \u0026 Co.; Michie \u0026 Madison; Timberlake \u0026 Magruder; J \u0026 S Leicht; and Louis Leschot. Among variety of work, household, and personal items involved are: medical bills, newspaper subscriptions, school books, list of supplies for building a house, materials needed for wedding gown, parasol, whale bones, and lock \u0026 bolt. Family members mentioned are: W. Garth, Miss E. Garth, Mrs. E. Marth, Mrs. J. Garth, Jesse Garth, and Jesse Garth \"senior\". 87 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors including: B. Ficklin \u0026 Son; W. Garth; J.C. Lupton; Sample \u0026 Leitch; W. Dawson; N. Burnley; Charles Brown; M.D., A. Watson; B.C. Flannagan \u0026 Co.; G.T. Owens; and Deane \u0026 Brown. Among variety of work, household and personal items involved are medical bills, itemized listing of day labor and an order of forks. Family members mentioned are: B.B. Garland, Garland, Mrs. E. B. Garth, Mrs. W. Garth, Elizabeth Garth, J. Garth, and Jesse Garth. 89 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts and bills with various creditors including: Jones \u0026 Habban; N. Burnley; B.C. Flannagan \u0026 Co.; A. Sample; J.W. Jones; G.T. Owens; Payne \u0026 Novis; G. Moore; and Hassan \u0026 Boyle. Among variety of work, household, and personal items involved are mousetraps and an engraved head and footstone. Family members mentioned are: Miss Garth, Miss E. Garth, Mrs. Garth, and Jesse Garth. 22 items.","Scope and Contents Accounts, bills, and lists. Among the items are: hotel bills, blank cashier's check, bill for stable, bill for 18 sq. house, bill for timber, bill for tobacco, freight and commission, various grocery and/or household supply bills, accounts with D \u0026 E Anderson, Weartenbaker, B. Brown, R \u0026 H Neilson, A. Woods, and B.C. Flannagan \u0026 Co., blacksmithing and hardware bills, and accounts for Mrs. Garth and a Miss Garth, and various fragments. 60 items.","Garth family accounts with Samuel and James Leitch. Merchandise includes: hardware, dyestuffs, liqour, household goods, gun powder, staples and groceries, stationary, penknives, sewing accessories, various fabrics, books, an entire set of china (including serving dishes), parasol, fiddlestrings, various shoes, gloves, beavermitts, gents' gloves, gentleman's stockings cotton and silk ladies stockings, raisons and a copy of The Virginia Housewife. 19 items.","Scope and Contents Jesse Garth's account book, showing debtors as John Benson, George Wolfe, Elijah Brown, David Isaacs, George Tool, (?) Medener, Abe Norris, Mathew Carsy, Samuel Leitch, N. Watson, (?) Coleman, Gennings Maupin, Lowel Brown, and Francis Dyer. Items involved pertain to lumber and/or farm products. 1 item.","Jesse Garth's accounts with John R. Jones, for a wide variety of personal, household, and hardware merchandise, including: buckskin gloves, coal bellows, vest pattern, parasol, and square iron. 3 items.","Scope and Contents Jess Garth's accounts with Timberlake \u0026 Magruder, for such items as bran, flour, cotton bales, plaster, freight, and drayage. 5 items","Jesse Garth's accounts with Beverly Blair, pertaining to tobacco trade. 4 items.","Scope and Contents Jesse Garth's Accounts with B. \u0026 J. Moseley, for a variety of household goods; grocery items and sewing and fabric accessories. 6 items.","Jesse Garth's accounts with William W. Via, for a variety of customized blacksmithing products. 8 items.","Garth Family documents of the enslaved. Predominately bills of sale listing names of sellers, amount paid, date of purchase, and enslaved names and/or ages. Also, a note of Jesse and Brightberry Garth as cosigners of loan for Jesse B. Garth. Also, a bill of hire for three enslaved persons for a month. 14 items.","Garth Family land Records. Include land deeds, surveys, plats and court hearings. 20 items.","Jesse Garth's tax receipts, indicating rate of millage and total due. Majority are handwritten, although a number of printed blanks are included. Several paid by Elizabeth Garth. 86 items.","Payments ordered by county and/or supreme courts to be made by Jesse Garth. 22 items.","Scope and Contents Miscellaneous documents involve: a list of boarders compiled for Miss Sarah A.J. Garth (n.d.); an inventory of books (n.d.); a Whig election ticket for 1851; a tanning recipe; a recipe for tomato catsup; a recipe for curing rheumatic pains; and an inventory of \"grandmama's things belonging to the house\" by Jesse T.(?) Garth. 8 items.","Miscellaneous documents within the collection but as yet uncertain of relationship to the Garth family include: Henry Mill's 1816 account with Bezaleel Brown; George Williams' accounts with Samuel Leitch, 1824-1829; William Garland's July 1823 fine by the clerk of Albemarle Co., receipts by Benjamin Brown and John H. Craven; land patent on April 1, 1864, for Christian M. Shafer and C.P. Matthews; April 10, 1868, application for patent generating gas; and agreement to sale of land on April 11, 1872. 8 items.","Legal documents pertaining to a variety of concerns such as: George Gentry's will; subpoenas; description of trial proceedings; copies of court proceedings; legal advice; guardianship records; a copy of John W. Grover's will, stock certificate for the James River and Kanawha and Co. 19 items."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Garth family"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"names_coll_ssim":["Garth family"],"famname_ssim":["Garth family"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":54,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T14:27:26.313Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8486_c02_c14"}},{"id":"viu_viu01046_c02_c01","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Accounts","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu01046_c02_c01#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu01046_c02_c01","ref_ssm":["viu_viu01046_c02_c01"],"id":"viu_viu01046_c02_c01","ead_ssi":"viu_viu01046","_root_":"viu_viu01046","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu01046_c02","parent_ssi":"viu_viu01046_c02","parent_ssim":["viu_viu01046","viu_viu01046_c02"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu01046","viu_viu01046_c02"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Latane Family Papers \n         1650-1898","Business Papers"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Latane Family Papers \n         1650-1898","Business Papers"],"text":["Latane Family Papers \n         1650-1898","Business Papers","Accounts","(3 folders)","Box Box 1"],"title_filing_ssi":"Accounts","title_ssm":["Accounts"],"title_tesim":["Accounts"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1711-1851"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1711/1851"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Accounts"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Latane Family Papers \n         1650-1898"],"physdesc_tesim":["(3 folders)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"sort_isi":5,"date_range_isim":[1711,1712,1713,1714,1715,1716,1717,1718,1719,1720,1721,1722,1723,1724,1725,1726,1727,1728,1729,1730,1731,1732,1733,1734,1735,1736,1737,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742,1743,1744,1745,1746,1747,1748,1749,1750,1751,1752,1753,1754,1755,1756,1757,1758,1759,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851],"containers_ssim":["Box Box 1"],"_nest_path_":"/components#1/components#0","timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:34:34.809Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu01046","ead_ssi":"viu_viu01046","_root_":"viu_viu01046","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu01046","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu01046.xml","title_ssm":["Latane Family Papers \n         1650-1898"],"title_tesim":["Latane Family Papers \n         1650-1898"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["6490"],"text":["6490","Latane Family Papers \n         1650-1898","ca. 710 items","Collection is open to research.","The material is grouped into the following series: I.\n         Correspondence; II. Business Papers; III. Legal Papers; IV.\n         Miscellaneous; V. Bound Volumes; and, VI. Oversize.","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","This collection of papers, 1650-1898, consists of ca. 710\n         items pertaining to the \n          Latane family of \n          Essex County, Virginia . Included are\n         correspondence, business and legal papers, papers re military\n         and religious matters, school notebooks, and certificates of\n         graduation from schools at the \n          University of Virginia .","Although little seems to be known or published about the\n         Latane family, valuable information may be found in \n          Parson Latane 1672-1732 by Lucy Temple Latane (Mss CS71.L347 1936); \n          Essex County, Virginia: Its Historic Homes,\n            Landmarks and Traditions edited by Essex County Woman's Club (F232.E7E7 1940);\n         and, \n          Settlers, Southerners, Americans: The History of\n            Essex County, Virginia 1608-1984 by James B. Slaughter (F232.E7S5 1985).","The early eighteenth century correspondence contains many\n         letters from \n          Henry Latane and his wife, \n          Anne Latane , London, England, to his\n         brother, \n          Lewis Latane (1672-1732) and his third\n         wife, \n          Mary (Deane) Latane (1685-1765), South\n         Farnham Parish, Essex County. Some of the letters are written\n         in French but the majority of them are in English. During the\n         1720s, Henry frequently advised Lewis to grow another crop\n         besides tobacco, saying that Europe could not consume all that\n         comes from America. In a letter of January 13, 1730, Henry is\n         \"impatient to know what the fate of Europe whether warr or\n         Peace everything seems to tend to a Crisis ...,\" possibly\n         referring to the trade conflict between England and Spain.","After her husband's death in 1732, Mary (Deane) Latane\n         managed the property that came to her and her children, with\n         the help of her cousin, \n          William Beverley (1698-1756). There are\n         several letters, 1733-1750, from Beverley discussing the\n         settlement of her husband's estate and the sale of her\n         tobacco. In addition, there are business correspondence, bills\n         of lading, invoices, and other papers concerning the sale of\n         tobacco.","Letters of interest include correspondence of \n          Spencer Roane (1762-1822), King and Queen\n         County, and \n          William Latane (1750-1811), Essex County,\n         July 1791-August 1792, concerning the deed and survey for the\n         \"Mount Clement Trail of Land,\" and another on July 25, 1804 re\n         the suit of Braxton vs Roane; letters on April 19, 1825, June\n         13, 1826, and November 18, 1826, from \n          James Montague , \n          Harden County, Kentucky , to friends in\n         Essex County, concerning various aspects of life in Kentucky\n         such as the conflict between anti-relief and relief parties,\n         tobacco sales, and prices of corn, flour, cotton, whiskey, et\n         al.; one on June 9, 1854, from Rev. \n          Henry W. L. Temple , Wayland, to \n          James Allen Latane , University of\n         Virginia, discussing Bishop \n          William Meade 's visit; and, several\n         letters, October 25, 1864, December 4, 1871, February 2 and\n         June 15, 1883, and June 13, 1885, from \n          Thomas S. Watson , Bracketts, chiefly to \n          Julia A. Holladay , \n          Botetourt County, Virginia , mentioning\n         news of family and friends, new dwellings built on Ionia, and\n         his being disqualified as a member of the legislature.","Letters pertaining to black history include one of December\n         10, 1772, from \n          Samuel Peachey, Jr. , \n          Occoquan Furnace , to William Latane,\n         Essex County, asking him to send a young black at Christmas\n         because the latter wants to learn the blacksmith trade; one of\n         November 10, 1788, from \n          Bartlett Williams , New Kent, to \n          William Latane , Essex County, complaining\n         about Latane's man Ephraim corrupting his blacks, and\n         requesting that he not be permitted to visit his plantation; a\n         circular, February 27, 1794, referring to the transportation\n         of slaves from Africa to the West-India islands; one of\n         February 28, 1809, from S. Chenault, Nelson County, Kentucky,\n         re the \"elopement\" of Franklin and his recovery by a Captain\n         Lafon who kept him in his possession for awhile;\n         correspondence between \n          Henry Waring Latane (1782-1860), Essex\n         County, and his brother-in-law, \n          John Temple ( -1812), Parkersburg, re the\n         death of Temple's father and the division of his slaves at\n         \"Goldberry,\" December 10, 1811 and January 8, 1812; and, one\n         of June 13, 1885, from \n          Thomas S. Watson , Bracketts, to \n          Julia A. Holladay , Botetourt County,\n         mentioning the poisoning of some children by a black\n         woman.","The business papers are comprised of accounts and\n         administrative and estate papers as well as general\n         correspondence and papers. The accounts are chiefly for\n         members of the Latane and Waring families, and, to a lesser\n         extent, for members of the \n          Allen family and \n          Temple family . The administrative and\n         estate papers concern the estates of \n          William Peachey ( -1700), \n          Lewis Latane (1672-1732), \n          Robert Payne Waring (-1799?), \n          William Latane (1750-1811), \n          John Temple ( -1812), \n          Lewis Dix ( -1815?), \n          James Allen ( -1820?), \n          Ann Latane ( -1820?), and \n          Henry Waring Latane (1782-1860). Also,\n         there are business papers pertaining to black history; and, a\n         separate itemized listing has been compiled.","The legal papers contain many indentures, land grants and\n         plats/surveys for lands in \n          Essex County , \n          King and Queen County , and \n          Rappahannock County . These papers are\n         helpful in determining ownership of lands held by the Latane\n         Family, \n          Roane Family , \n          Allen Family , and \n          Dix Family . In addition, there are copies\n         of wills for members of the Latane, Roane, Allen, and Dix\n         families. The wills also contain references to the division of\n         blacks among the families.","There are also genealogical, military, and religious\n         material. The military papers, 1814-1828, pertain chiefly to\n         James Allen's career as captain in the Virginia militia and\n         include abstracts of forage, regimental orders, receipt for\n         arms, detailed returns of arms accoutrements, and rosters of\n         officers and other personnel. 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Included are\n         correspondence, business and legal papers, papers re military\n         and religious matters, school notebooks, and certificates of\n         graduation from schools at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlthough little seems to be known or published about the\n         Latane family, valuable information may be found in \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eParson Latane 1672-1732\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby Lucy Temple Latane (Mss CS71.L347 1936); \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eEssex County, Virginia: Its Historic Homes,\n            Landmarks and Traditions\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eedited by Essex County Woman's Club (F232.E7E7 1940);\n         and, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSettlers, Southerners, Americans: The History of\n            Essex County, Virginia 1608-1984\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby James B. 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In a letter of January 13, 1730, Henry is\n         \"impatient to know what the fate of Europe whether warr or\n         Peace everything seems to tend to a Crisis ...,\" possibly\n         referring to the trade conflict between England and Spain.","After her husband's death in 1732, Mary (Deane) Latane\n         managed the property that came to her and her children, with\n         the help of her cousin, \n          William Beverley (1698-1756). There are\n         several letters, 1733-1750, from Beverley discussing the\n         settlement of her husband's estate and the sale of her\n         tobacco. In addition, there are business correspondence, bills\n         of lading, invoices, and other papers concerning the sale of\n         tobacco.","Letters of interest include correspondence of \n          Spencer Roane (1762-1822), King and Queen\n         County, and \n          William Latane (1750-1811), Essex County,\n         July 1791-August 1792, concerning the deed and survey for the\n         \"Mount Clement Trail of Land,\" and another on July 25, 1804 re\n         the suit of Braxton vs Roane; letters on April 19, 1825, June\n         13, 1826, and November 18, 1826, from \n          James Montague , \n          Harden County, Kentucky , to friends in\n         Essex County, concerning various aspects of life in Kentucky\n         such as the conflict between anti-relief and relief parties,\n         tobacco sales, and prices of corn, flour, cotton, whiskey, et\n         al.; one on June 9, 1854, from Rev. \n          Henry W. L. 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