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She married Alexander H. Fitzgerald, a high school principal in December of 1886 at Manchester Central Methodist Church in Richmond Virginia. They had a daughter named Emily who was born in 1890. According to the 1940 United States Census, Exilia lived with her daughter and her family on 44th Street in Richmond. Mrs. Fitzgerald, passed away in February 1953. She is buried along side her husband Alexander who passed away in 1913, in Maury Cemetary in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Christmas Wedding Bells.\" Daily Times (Richmond, Va.). Chronicling America-Library of Congress. \u003cextref href=\"http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071854/1886-12-23/ed-1/seq-4.pdf\"\u003ehttp://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071854/1886-12-23/ed-1/seq-4.pdf\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmily Fitzgerald Gregory (1890-1974). Find A Grave. \u003cextref href=\"http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr\u0026amp;GSln=gregory\u0026amp;GSfn=emily\u0026amp;GSbyrel=all\u0026amp;GSdyrel=all\u0026amp;GSst=48\u0026amp;GScnty=2929\u0026amp;GScntry=4\u0026amp;GSob=n\u0026amp;GRid=35048369\u0026amp;df=all\u0026amp;\"\u003ehttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr\u0026amp;GSln=gregory\u0026amp;GSfn=emily\u0026amp;GSbyrel=all\u0026amp;GSdyrel=all\u0026amp;GSst=48\u0026amp;GScnty=2929\u0026amp;GScntry=4\u0026amp;GSob=n\u0026amp;GRid=35048369\u0026amp;df=all\u0026amp;\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExila O. Fitzgerald (1865-1953). Find A Grave. \u003cextref href=\"http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr\u0026amp;GSln=fitzgerald\u0026amp;GSfn=exilia\u0026amp;GSbyrel=all\u0026amp;GSdyrel=all\u0026amp;GSob=n\u0026amp;GRid=35048313\u0026amp;df=all\u0026amp;\"\u003ehttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr\u0026amp;GSln=fitzgerald\u0026amp;GSfn=exilia\u0026amp;GSbyrel=all\u0026amp;GSdyrel=all\u0026amp;GSob=n\u0026amp;GRid=35048313\u0026amp;df=all\u0026amp;\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1940 Census. Ancestery. com. \u003cextref href=\"http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Virginia/Exilia-Fitzgerald_kr3ml\"\u003ehttp://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Virginia/Exilia-Fitzgerald_kr3ml\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote written by Kathleen Smith\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical or Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Agnes Exilia Owen was born in 1865. She married Alexander H. Fitzgerald, a high school principal in December of 1886 at Manchester Central Methodist Church in Richmond Virginia. They had a daughter named Emily who was born in 1890. According to the 1940 United States Census, Exilia lived with her daughter and her family on 44th Street in Richmond. Mrs. Fitzgerald, passed away in February 1953. She is buried along side her husband Alexander who passed away in 1913, in Maury Cemetary in Richmond.","Sources:","\"Christmas Wedding Bells.\" Daily Times (Richmond, Va.). Chronicling America-Library of Congress. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071854/1886-12-23/ed-1/seq-4.pdf","Emily Fitzgerald Gregory (1890-1974). Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr\u0026GSln=gregory\u0026GSfn=emily\u0026GSbyrel=all\u0026GSdyrel=all\u0026GSst=48\u0026GScnty=2929\u0026GScntry=4\u0026GSob=n\u0026GRid=35048369\u0026df=all\u0026","Exila O. Fitzgerald (1865-1953). Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr\u0026GSln=fitzgerald\u0026GSfn=exilia\u0026GSbyrel=all\u0026GSdyrel=all\u0026GSob=n\u0026GRid=35048313\u0026df=all\u0026","1940 Census. Ancestery. com. http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Virginia/Exilia-Fitzgerald_kr3ml","Note written by Kathleen Smith"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Item [insert number and title], Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book. Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Item [insert number and title], Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book. Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and an autograph book which was kept by Exilia Owen (Mrs. Alexander H. Fitzgerald. 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He, like only eight other law students from a total of forty-four, passed the final examinations and graduated in 1834. During his college years Minor also found time to tutor Professor Davis's children and to fall in love with his future wife, Davis's sister, Martha.","After graduation, Minor practiced law in Botetourt County and Charlottesville, but he was quite eager to give up practice and try teaching when he learned, in 1845, that the University's Board of Visitors was searching for a law professor. Their first choice turned them down, and on 29 July, the Board appointed thirty-two year old Minor to the professorship.","In October, Minor began teaching and rigorously followed the traditional curriculum. Student notes indicate that his Blackstone lectures followed Davis's in plan and emphasis. His first innovation was the moot court, which provided students a structured introduction to local, state, and federal practice. 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Minor concentrated on common and statute law.","By 1860, Minor and Holcombe had 142 students. The following year Holcombe, an outspoken advocate of secession, resigned to run for the state legislature, and Minor carried on alone during the war with just five or six students per year. In 1866, Stephen O. Southall, who had studied law under John A.G. Davis and practiced ever since in Prince Edward County, was hired to replace Holcombe. By 1867, there were over one hundred law students once again, a post-war boost in enrollment the Law School would also experience in the twentieth century. After the war the number of graduates also rose. Soon after the war, Minor worked closely with officials in Richmond to set up the state's first free public education system. His dedication to this long overdue legislation testifies to Minor's commitment to the widest possible education. We may assume that these efforts grew in part from his concern over University students' lack of preparation.","In 1875 Minor published the first two volumes of the Institutes of Common and Statute Law, followed quickly by volumes three and four. The publication of theInstituteswas certainly one of the high points of Minor's career and established him as the leading legal scholar in the South. Always enterprising, Minor in his late fifties started a private summer law course designed as an introduction for novices and a refresher for practicing lawyers. Immensely popular, this course attracted scores of students each summer. After the post- war boom, the number of regular law students dropped slightly, but then steadied to an average of 83 per class between 1875 and 1895. About 30% of those students were awarded LL.B. degrees.","Stephen Southall died suddenly in 1884 and was succeeded by James H. Gilmore the following year. By this time, Minor was in his seventies. 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Elizabeth Black's father Harvey Black and John S. Apperson served together in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade during the American Civil War. Black was a regimental surgeon and Apperson was a hospital steward under his command.","Harvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg.","On August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863.","After the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors.","From 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.","John S. Apperson (1837-1908) was born in Locust Grove, Virginia, and moved to Smyth County in 1859. He took a job splitting rails and began to study medicine under local physician William Faris. In 1861, Apperson enlisted in the Smyth Blues, organized as Company D, 4th Virginia. After the Civil War, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, earning a degree in 1867. He returned to Smyth County and married Victoria Hull in 1868. They lived in Chilhowie, and Apperson practiced medicine and farmed. They had seven children.","John Apperson's first wife died in 1887. The same year, he took a job as assistant physician under Harvey Black at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia in Marion. When Harvey Black died in 1888, Apperson resigned his position at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum and established a medical practice in Marion. In 1889, he married Elizabeth, daughter of his friend and mentor Harvey Black. They had four children: Harvey, Alexander, Kent, and Mary.","After his second marriage, John Apperson pursued a career in business. He was one of eight founders of Staley's Creek Manganese and Iron Company. In 1906, he expanded the operations of the Marion Foundry and Milling Company into the Marion Foundry and Machine Works. He also promoted the building of the Marion and Rye Valley Railroad.","In 1892, the Virginia Board of World's Fair Managers employed Apperson to collect items and transport Virginia exhibits to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Apperson died in Marion in 1908. His wife Elizabeth died in Blacksburg in 1942.","Harvey Black Apperson (1890-1948), the oldest child of John Apperson and Elizabeth Black, lived in Salem, Virginia, and practiced law in Roanoke for thirty years. He became active in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. In a special election in 1933, he was elected to represent Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties and the cities of Radford and Roanoke in the State Senate. He served on the State Corporation Commission from 1944 to 1947 and was Chairman of the Commission from June 1944 to 1947. Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General in August 1947, and he took office October 7, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Richmond on February 2, 1948. Alexander Apperson worked at the Marion Foundry and Machine Works for a period and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama.","Germanicus Kent (1791-1861) and Arabella Amiss Kent (1809-1951), parents of Harvey Black's wife Mary, are also documented in this collection. Germanicus Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and attended Yale College. Circa 1822, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked as a cotton merchant. In 1827, he married Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg. According to a family account, Germanicus Kent left Huntsville in 1834 at the insistence of his brother Aratus Kent, a missionary in Illinois who opposed slavery. Aratus Kent was a founder of Beloit and Rockford colleges in Illinois. The family moved to Illinois in 1834. Lewis Kent (also known as Lewis Lemon), who was enslaved by Germanicus Kent in North Carolina when he was a boy, moved with the family and later purchased his freedom and settled in Iowa. Germanicus Kent is considered a founder of the town of Rockford, Illinois, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Mary Kent, born in 1836, was the first child of European ancestry born in Rockford. The family returned to Arabella's hometown of Blacksburg in 1843.","Sources\n      Glenn L. McMullen, \"Tending the Wounded: Two Virginians in the Confederate Medical Corps,\" Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 1991), 172-183\n      A Surgeon with Stonewall Jackson: The Civil War Letters of Dr. Harvey Black, edited by Glenn L. McMullen (Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1995)\n      Biographical sketches of John S. Apperson by Glenn McMullen and of Harvey Black Apperson, by Crandall Shiflett in John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tartar, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1 (The Library of Virginia, 1998), 181-183\n      \"Germanicus A. Kent: Founder of Rockford, Illinois,\" published by the Rockford Historical Society, n.d.","The guide to the Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The papers were previously organized into three collections: the Black Family Papers, Ms1974-003; the Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-017; and the Kent Family Papers, Ms1974-018. They were further processed and merged into one collection in 2002. Additional description was completed in 2021.","Three boxes are unprocessed. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","See the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:","James Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031","Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045","Medical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black, Ms2009-084","Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040","The Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (bulk 1821-1948) documents the families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection comprises American Civil War letters of Dr. Harvey Black, Civil War diaries of John Apperson, records and correspondence pertaining to nineteenth-century Blacksburg residents Edwin Amiss, his sister Arabella Amiss Kent, and her husband Germanicus Kent, cotton trader and Rockford, Illinois pioneer; and account books, correspondence, and photographs of several members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection is divided into the following major series: Harvey Black Papers, Black Family Papers, Germanicus Kent Papers, Black Family Business Records, John S. Apperson Papers, Mary E. Apperson Papers, Alexander Apperson Papers, and Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks.","Series I. Harvey Black Papers, 1847-1888, contains the following subseries: Diaries, Civil War Letters, General Correspondence, Medical Career Records, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. It also includes one photograph, ca. 1865, of Harvey Black.","Dating 1861 to 1864, the Civil War Letters document Black's experiences as a regimental surgeon in the Stonewall Brigade and as surgeon in charge of the Second Corps field hospital. The series comprises letters Black wrote to his wife Mary (Molly) in Blacksburg. Black usually wrote to his wife two to three days after a major battle and reported who, from Blacksburg, had been killed or wounded. He describes the effects of disease on the troops, looking for his brother-in-law Lewis Kent among the Union wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the delirium of Stonewall Jackson as he lay dying at Guinea Station, and the difficulties of keeping his family clothed and fed during the war.","The Diaries consist of a short diary Black kept of his journey from Christiansburg to Mexico to fight in the Mexican War and a diary of a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee in the fall of 1849. The Mexican War diary details Black's trip from Christiansburg to Norfolk and eventually Buena Vista, but provides little information about serving in the war. Both diaries contain mainly Black's observations about the towns and cities he passes through. The diary of the trip west compares culture and society in Virginia and the West and references encounters with Virginians who had moved west.","General Correspondence, 1847-1871, comprises two letters Black wrote while he was studying medicine at the University of Virginia, his proposal of marriage to Mary (Molly) Kent, and a folder of letters Black received from family members between 1848 and 1871. One letter describes pioneering in Island County, Washington Territory, in 1853; and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regard the establishment of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, forerunner of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.","The Medical Career Records, dating 1848 to 1888, documents Harvey Black's medical career before and after the Civil War and letters of recommendation for the position of Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia and the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia. This series also contains an 1887 annual report for the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia.","The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Records span the years 1870 to 1873. This small series consists of a subscription list for the Preston and Olin Institute, an early history of the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and certificates of appointment to the college's Board of Visitors.","Series II. Black Family Papers, 1779-1911 (bulk 1845-1911): Materials include an 1845 bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Adaline; an 1856 letter from Charles to Alexander Black; photographs of Alexander Black, Kent Black, and Kent's wife Mary Bell Black; a 1911 letter from Mary Kent to her children; and a quilt given to Kent Black by his medical patients, ca. 1890. Additionally, the series has the wedding register of Mary and Kent Black and an invitation to the 1885 Blacksburg Grand Annual Ball.","Series III. Germanicus Kent Papers, 1818-1899: The series comprises Germanicus Kent's cotton books and correspondence with his sons Lewis and John, his brother Aratus Kent, and his brother-in- law Edwin Amiss. The cotton books document Kent's experience as a cotton merchant based in Huntsville, Alabama, 1821 to 1823. They provide lists of cotton prices and copies of correspondence to clients in Nashville and New Orleans. The correspondence describes life in Blacksburg in the 1830s, the Kent family's decision to settle in Virginia after living in Illinois, and Kent's business investments in the west and in Blacksburg. Letters from Edwin Amiss to Arabella and Germanicus Kent pertain to Arabella Kent continuing to enslave people by inheriting her mother's estate. An 1860 letter from Germanicus Kent to Aratus Kent discusses Germanicus Kent's desire to establish contact with the man he formerly enslaved Lewis Lemon Kent, then living in Iowa.","Series IV. Black Family Business Records, 1832-1924: Account books for mercantile establishments in Blacksburg make up the bulk of this series.. It also contains an account book for A.W. Luster; a 1908 inventory for W. Stone \u0026 Son; and a copy of an undated newspaper advertisement for A. Black and Company.","Series V. John S. Apperson Papers, 1858-1915: John Apperson's Civil War Diary is the centerpiece. The diary consist of Apperson's account of his journey, in 1859, from his home in Locust Grove, Virginia to Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. In the Civil War diaries, he describes medical care of soldiers and lists monthly figures of wounded and dead for the Second Corps field hospital. He discusses going onto the battlefield after the fighting stopped at First Manassas, the scene on the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; performing his first amputation; and his efforts to continue his medical education during the Civil War. Additionally, this series contains correspondence about Apperson's business career, 1900 and 1910, a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, and photographs of John Apperson, Elizabeth Black, and their children.","Series VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers, 1889-1977, and Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers, 1827-1984: Research files on the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion compose the bulk of these two series. Materials also include publications pertaining to family history; correspondence with the Rockford, Illinois Historical Society regarding research on Germanicus Kent; correspondence related to other genealogy research; the recollections of Elizabeth Black Apperson about Blacksburg history and buildings; family photographs and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Alexander Black house in Blacksburg; and family artifacts.","Series VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks, 1933-1950: The scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings detailing Harvey B. Apperson's political career and Democratic Party politics in the Roanoke area in the 1930s and in Richmond in the 1940s. Additionally, there are letters and telegrams of congratulation Apperson received when he was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1947, telegrams and letters of condolence his wife received upon his death four months later, photographs, and political ephemera.","Series IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1826-1965: Legal documents and correspondence pertain to the division of proceeds of mining investments among the Apperson descendants of Harvey Black. The series also contains maps of Black and Apperson property in Blacksburg, ca. 1949.","Series X. Assorted Papers, 1872, 1912: The last series includes two items, the Louise Caton Travel Diary, 1912, and The Christian Union publication, 1872. The diary of Louise Caton's four-month tour of Europe in 1912 describes her voyage from New York to Genoa on the Laxmia and from Liverpool back to New York on the Celtic. The relationship of Louise Caton to the Black, Kent, and Apperson families is unknown.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","This collection contains the papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. It includes the American Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. Apperson, cotton books and correspondence of Germanicus Kent, nineteenth-century account books of a Blacksburg general store, 1912 European travel diary, and the political scrapbooks of State Senator and Attorney General Harvey B. Apperson.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","A. W. Luster","Confederate States of America. Army. 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Elizabeth Black's father Harvey Black and John S. Apperson served together in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade during the American Civil War. Black was a regimental surgeon and Apperson was a hospital steward under his command.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn S. Apperson (1837-1908) was born in Locust Grove, Virginia, and moved to Smyth County in 1859. He took a job splitting rails and began to study medicine under local physician William Faris. In 1861, Apperson enlisted in the Smyth Blues, organized as Company D, 4th Virginia. After the Civil War, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, earning a degree in 1867. He returned to Smyth County and married Victoria Hull in 1868. They lived in Chilhowie, and Apperson practiced medicine and farmed. They had seven children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Apperson's first wife died in 1887. The same year, he took a job as assistant physician under Harvey Black at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia in Marion. When Harvey Black died in 1888, Apperson resigned his position at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum and established a medical practice in Marion. In 1889, he married Elizabeth, daughter of his friend and mentor Harvey Black. They had four children: Harvey, Alexander, Kent, and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter his second marriage, John Apperson pursued a career in business. He was one of eight founders of Staley's Creek Manganese and Iron Company. In 1906, he expanded the operations of the Marion Foundry and Milling Company into the Marion Foundry and Machine Works. He also promoted the building of the Marion and Rye Valley Railroad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1892, the Virginia Board of World's Fair Managers employed Apperson to collect items and transport Virginia exhibits to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Apperson died in Marion in 1908. His wife Elizabeth died in Blacksburg in 1942.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarvey Black Apperson (1890-1948), the oldest child of John Apperson and Elizabeth Black, lived in Salem, Virginia, and practiced law in Roanoke for thirty years. He became active in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. In a special election in 1933, he was elected to represent Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties and the cities of Radford and Roanoke in the State Senate. He served on the State Corporation Commission from 1944 to 1947 and was Chairman of the Commission from June 1944 to 1947. Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General in August 1947, and he took office October 7, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Richmond on February 2, 1948. Alexander Apperson worked at the Marion Foundry and Machine Works for a period and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGermanicus Kent (1791-1861) and Arabella Amiss Kent (1809-1951), parents of Harvey Black's wife Mary, are also documented in this collection. Germanicus Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and attended Yale College. Circa 1822, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked as a cotton merchant. In 1827, he married Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg. According to a family account, Germanicus Kent left Huntsville in 1834 at the insistence of his brother Aratus Kent, a missionary in Illinois who opposed slavery. Aratus Kent was a founder of Beloit and Rockford colleges in Illinois. The family moved to Illinois in 1834. Lewis Kent (also known as Lewis Lemon), who was enslaved by Germanicus Kent in North Carolina when he was a boy, moved with the family and later purchased his freedom and settled in Iowa. Germanicus Kent is considered a founder of the town of Rockford, Illinois, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Mary Kent, born in 1836, was the first child of European ancestry born in Rockford. The family returned to Arabella's hometown of Blacksburg in 1843.\u003c/p\u003e    ","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003chead\u003eSources\u003c/head\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eGlenn L. McMullen, \"Tending the Wounded: Two Virginians in the Confederate Medical Corps,\" Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 1991), 172-183\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eA Surgeon with Stonewall Jackson: The Civil War Letters of Dr. Harvey Black, edited by Glenn L. McMullen (Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1995)\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eBiographical sketches of John S. Apperson by Glenn McMullen and of Harvey Black Apperson, by Crandall Shiflett in John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tartar, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1 (The Library of Virginia, 1998), 181-183\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\"Germanicus A. Kent: Founder of Rockford, Illinois,\" published by the Rockford Historical Society, n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["In 1889, Elizabeth Black of Blacksburg, Virginia, married John Apperson of Marion, joining the Black and Kent families of Blacksburg with the Apperson family. Elizabeth Black's father Harvey Black and John S. Apperson served together in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade during the American Civil War. Black was a regimental surgeon and Apperson was a hospital steward under his command.","Harvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg.","On August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863.","After the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors.","From 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.","John S. Apperson (1837-1908) was born in Locust Grove, Virginia, and moved to Smyth County in 1859. He took a job splitting rails and began to study medicine under local physician William Faris. In 1861, Apperson enlisted in the Smyth Blues, organized as Company D, 4th Virginia. After the Civil War, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, earning a degree in 1867. He returned to Smyth County and married Victoria Hull in 1868. They lived in Chilhowie, and Apperson practiced medicine and farmed. They had seven children.","John Apperson's first wife died in 1887. The same year, he took a job as assistant physician under Harvey Black at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia in Marion. When Harvey Black died in 1888, Apperson resigned his position at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum and established a medical practice in Marion. In 1889, he married Elizabeth, daughter of his friend and mentor Harvey Black. They had four children: Harvey, Alexander, Kent, and Mary.","After his second marriage, John Apperson pursued a career in business. He was one of eight founders of Staley's Creek Manganese and Iron Company. In 1906, he expanded the operations of the Marion Foundry and Milling Company into the Marion Foundry and Machine Works. He also promoted the building of the Marion and Rye Valley Railroad.","In 1892, the Virginia Board of World's Fair Managers employed Apperson to collect items and transport Virginia exhibits to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Apperson died in Marion in 1908. His wife Elizabeth died in Blacksburg in 1942.","Harvey Black Apperson (1890-1948), the oldest child of John Apperson and Elizabeth Black, lived in Salem, Virginia, and practiced law in Roanoke for thirty years. He became active in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. In a special election in 1933, he was elected to represent Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties and the cities of Radford and Roanoke in the State Senate. He served on the State Corporation Commission from 1944 to 1947 and was Chairman of the Commission from June 1944 to 1947. Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General in August 1947, and he took office October 7, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Richmond on February 2, 1948. Alexander Apperson worked at the Marion Foundry and Machine Works for a period and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama.","Germanicus Kent (1791-1861) and Arabella Amiss Kent (1809-1951), parents of Harvey Black's wife Mary, are also documented in this collection. Germanicus Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and attended Yale College. Circa 1822, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked as a cotton merchant. In 1827, he married Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg. According to a family account, Germanicus Kent left Huntsville in 1834 at the insistence of his brother Aratus Kent, a missionary in Illinois who opposed slavery. Aratus Kent was a founder of Beloit and Rockford colleges in Illinois. The family moved to Illinois in 1834. Lewis Kent (also known as Lewis Lemon), who was enslaved by Germanicus Kent in North Carolina when he was a boy, moved with the family and later purchased his freedom and settled in Iowa. Germanicus Kent is considered a founder of the town of Rockford, Illinois, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Mary Kent, born in 1836, was the first child of European ancestry born in Rockford. The family returned to Arabella's hometown of Blacksburg in 1843.","Sources\n      Glenn L. McMullen, \"Tending the Wounded: Two Virginians in the Confederate Medical Corps,\" Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 1991), 172-183\n      A Surgeon with Stonewall Jackson: The Civil War Letters of Dr. Harvey Black, edited by Glenn L. McMullen (Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1995)\n      Biographical sketches of John S. Apperson by Glenn McMullen and of Harvey Black Apperson, by Crandall Shiflett in John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tartar, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1 (The Library of Virginia, 1998), 181-183\n      \"Germanicus A. Kent: Founder of Rockford, Illinois,\" published by the Rockford Historical Society, n.d."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers were previously organized into three collections: the Black Family Papers, Ms1974-003; the Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-017; and the Kent Family Papers, Ms1974-018. They were further processed and merged into one collection in 2002. Additional description was completed in 2021.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree boxes are unprocessed. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The papers were previously organized into three collections: the Black Family Papers, Ms1974-003; the Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-017; and the Kent Family Papers, Ms1974-018. They were further processed and merged into one collection in 2002. Additional description was completed in 2021.","Three boxes are unprocessed. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1474.xml\"\u003eJames Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1779.xml\"\u003eElizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2503.xml\"\u003eMedical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black, Ms2009-084\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2361.xml\"\u003eBell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:","James Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031","Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045","Medical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black, Ms2009-084","Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (bulk 1821-1948) documents the families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection comprises American Civil War letters of Dr. Harvey Black, Civil War diaries of John Apperson, records and correspondence pertaining to nineteenth-century Blacksburg residents Edwin Amiss, his sister Arabella Amiss Kent, and her husband Germanicus Kent, cotton trader and Rockford, Illinois pioneer; and account books, correspondence, and photographs of several members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection is divided into the following major series: Harvey Black Papers, Black Family Papers, Germanicus Kent Papers, Black Family Business Records, John S. Apperson Papers, Mary E. Apperson Papers, Alexander Apperson Papers, and Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I. Harvey Black Papers, 1847-1888, contains the following subseries: Diaries, Civil War Letters, General Correspondence, Medical Career Records, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. It also includes one photograph, ca. 1865, of Harvey Black.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDating 1861 to 1864, the Civil War Letters document Black's experiences as a regimental surgeon in the Stonewall Brigade and as surgeon in charge of the Second Corps field hospital. The series comprises letters Black wrote to his wife Mary (Molly) in Blacksburg. Black usually wrote to his wife two to three days after a major battle and reported who, from Blacksburg, had been killed or wounded. He describes the effects of disease on the troops, looking for his brother-in-law Lewis Kent among the Union wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the delirium of Stonewall Jackson as he lay dying at Guinea Station, and the difficulties of keeping his family clothed and fed during the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Diaries consist of a short diary Black kept of his journey from Christiansburg to Mexico to fight in the Mexican War and a diary of a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee in the fall of 1849. The Mexican War diary details Black's trip from Christiansburg to Norfolk and eventually Buena Vista, but provides little information about serving in the war. Both diaries contain mainly Black's observations about the towns and cities he passes through. The diary of the trip west compares culture and society in Virginia and the West and references encounters with Virginians who had moved west.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Correspondence, 1847-1871, comprises two letters Black wrote while he was studying medicine at the University of Virginia, his proposal of marriage to Mary (Molly) Kent, and a folder of letters Black received from family members between 1848 and 1871. One letter describes pioneering in Island County, Washington Territory, in 1853; and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regard the establishment of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, forerunner of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Medical Career Records, dating 1848 to 1888, documents Harvey Black's medical career before and after the Civil War and letters of recommendation for the position of Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia and the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia. This series also contains an 1887 annual report for the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Records span the years 1870 to 1873. This small series consists of a subscription list for the Preston and Olin Institute, an early history of the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and certificates of appointment to the college's Board of Visitors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. Black Family Papers, 1779-1911 (bulk 1845-1911): Materials include an 1845 bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Adaline; an 1856 letter from Charles to Alexander Black; photographs of Alexander Black, Kent Black, and Kent's wife Mary Bell Black; a 1911 letter from Mary Kent to her children; and a quilt given to Kent Black by his medical patients, ca. 1890. Additionally, the series has the wedding register of Mary and Kent Black and an invitation to the 1885 Blacksburg Grand Annual Ball.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Germanicus Kent Papers, 1818-1899: The series comprises Germanicus Kent's cotton books and correspondence with his sons Lewis and John, his brother Aratus Kent, and his brother-in- law Edwin Amiss. The cotton books document Kent's experience as a cotton merchant based in Huntsville, Alabama, 1821 to 1823. They provide lists of cotton prices and copies of correspondence to clients in Nashville and New Orleans. The correspondence describes life in Blacksburg in the 1830s, the Kent family's decision to settle in Virginia after living in Illinois, and Kent's business investments in the west and in Blacksburg. Letters from Edwin Amiss to Arabella and Germanicus Kent pertain to Arabella Kent continuing to enslave people by inheriting her mother's estate. An 1860 letter from Germanicus Kent to Aratus Kent discusses Germanicus Kent's desire to establish contact with the man he formerly enslaved Lewis Lemon Kent, then living in Iowa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Black Family Business Records, 1832-1924: Account books for mercantile establishments in Blacksburg make up the bulk of this series.. It also contains an account book for A.W. Luster; a 1908 inventory for W. Stone \u0026amp; Son; and a copy of an undated newspaper advertisement for A. Black and Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. John S. Apperson Papers, 1858-1915: John Apperson's Civil War Diary is the centerpiece. The diary consist of Apperson's account of his journey, in 1859, from his home in Locust Grove, Virginia to Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. In the Civil War diaries, he describes medical care of soldiers and lists monthly figures of wounded and dead for the Second Corps field hospital. He discusses going onto the battlefield after the fighting stopped at First Manassas, the scene on the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; performing his first amputation; and his efforts to continue his medical education during the Civil War. Additionally, this series contains correspondence about Apperson's business career, 1900 and 1910, a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, and photographs of John Apperson, Elizabeth Black, and their children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers, 1889-1977, and Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers, 1827-1984: Research files on the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion compose the bulk of these two series. Materials also include publications pertaining to family history; correspondence with the Rockford, Illinois Historical Society regarding research on Germanicus Kent; correspondence related to other genealogy research; the recollections of Elizabeth Black Apperson about Blacksburg history and buildings; family photographs and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Alexander Black house in Blacksburg; and family artifacts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks, 1933-1950: The scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings detailing Harvey B. Apperson's political career and Democratic Party politics in the Roanoke area in the 1930s and in Richmond in the 1940s. Additionally, there are letters and telegrams of congratulation Apperson received when he was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1947, telegrams and letters of condolence his wife received upon his death four months later, photographs, and political ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1826-1965: Legal documents and correspondence pertain to the division of proceeds of mining investments among the Apperson descendants of Harvey Black. The series also contains maps of Black and Apperson property in Blacksburg, ca. 1949.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries X. Assorted Papers, 1872, 1912: The last series includes two items, the Louise Caton Travel Diary, 1912, and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Christian Union\u003c/emph\u003e publication, 1872. The diary of Louise Caton's four-month tour of Europe in 1912 describes her voyage from New York to Genoa on the Laxmia and from Liverpool back to New York on the Celtic. The relationship of Louise Caton to the Black, Kent, and Apperson families is unknown.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (bulk 1821-1948) documents the families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection comprises American Civil War letters of Dr. Harvey Black, Civil War diaries of John Apperson, records and correspondence pertaining to nineteenth-century Blacksburg residents Edwin Amiss, his sister Arabella Amiss Kent, and her husband Germanicus Kent, cotton trader and Rockford, Illinois pioneer; and account books, correspondence, and photographs of several members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection is divided into the following major series: Harvey Black Papers, Black Family Papers, Germanicus Kent Papers, Black Family Business Records, John S. Apperson Papers, Mary E. Apperson Papers, Alexander Apperson Papers, and Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks.","Series I. Harvey Black Papers, 1847-1888, contains the following subseries: Diaries, Civil War Letters, General Correspondence, Medical Career Records, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. It also includes one photograph, ca. 1865, of Harvey Black.","Dating 1861 to 1864, the Civil War Letters document Black's experiences as a regimental surgeon in the Stonewall Brigade and as surgeon in charge of the Second Corps field hospital. The series comprises letters Black wrote to his wife Mary (Molly) in Blacksburg. Black usually wrote to his wife two to three days after a major battle and reported who, from Blacksburg, had been killed or wounded. He describes the effects of disease on the troops, looking for his brother-in-law Lewis Kent among the Union wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the delirium of Stonewall Jackson as he lay dying at Guinea Station, and the difficulties of keeping his family clothed and fed during the war.","The Diaries consist of a short diary Black kept of his journey from Christiansburg to Mexico to fight in the Mexican War and a diary of a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee in the fall of 1849. The Mexican War diary details Black's trip from Christiansburg to Norfolk and eventually Buena Vista, but provides little information about serving in the war. Both diaries contain mainly Black's observations about the towns and cities he passes through. The diary of the trip west compares culture and society in Virginia and the West and references encounters with Virginians who had moved west.","General Correspondence, 1847-1871, comprises two letters Black wrote while he was studying medicine at the University of Virginia, his proposal of marriage to Mary (Molly) Kent, and a folder of letters Black received from family members between 1848 and 1871. One letter describes pioneering in Island County, Washington Territory, in 1853; and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regard the establishment of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, forerunner of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.","The Medical Career Records, dating 1848 to 1888, documents Harvey Black's medical career before and after the Civil War and letters of recommendation for the position of Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia and the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia. This series also contains an 1887 annual report for the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia.","The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Records span the years 1870 to 1873. This small series consists of a subscription list for the Preston and Olin Institute, an early history of the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and certificates of appointment to the college's Board of Visitors.","Series II. Black Family Papers, 1779-1911 (bulk 1845-1911): Materials include an 1845 bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Adaline; an 1856 letter from Charles to Alexander Black; photographs of Alexander Black, Kent Black, and Kent's wife Mary Bell Black; a 1911 letter from Mary Kent to her children; and a quilt given to Kent Black by his medical patients, ca. 1890. Additionally, the series has the wedding register of Mary and Kent Black and an invitation to the 1885 Blacksburg Grand Annual Ball.","Series III. Germanicus Kent Papers, 1818-1899: The series comprises Germanicus Kent's cotton books and correspondence with his sons Lewis and John, his brother Aratus Kent, and his brother-in- law Edwin Amiss. The cotton books document Kent's experience as a cotton merchant based in Huntsville, Alabama, 1821 to 1823. They provide lists of cotton prices and copies of correspondence to clients in Nashville and New Orleans. The correspondence describes life in Blacksburg in the 1830s, the Kent family's decision to settle in Virginia after living in Illinois, and Kent's business investments in the west and in Blacksburg. Letters from Edwin Amiss to Arabella and Germanicus Kent pertain to Arabella Kent continuing to enslave people by inheriting her mother's estate. An 1860 letter from Germanicus Kent to Aratus Kent discusses Germanicus Kent's desire to establish contact with the man he formerly enslaved Lewis Lemon Kent, then living in Iowa.","Series IV. Black Family Business Records, 1832-1924: Account books for mercantile establishments in Blacksburg make up the bulk of this series.. It also contains an account book for A.W. Luster; a 1908 inventory for W. Stone \u0026 Son; and a copy of an undated newspaper advertisement for A. Black and Company.","Series V. John S. Apperson Papers, 1858-1915: John Apperson's Civil War Diary is the centerpiece. The diary consist of Apperson's account of his journey, in 1859, from his home in Locust Grove, Virginia to Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. In the Civil War diaries, he describes medical care of soldiers and lists monthly figures of wounded and dead for the Second Corps field hospital. He discusses going onto the battlefield after the fighting stopped at First Manassas, the scene on the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; performing his first amputation; and his efforts to continue his medical education during the Civil War. Additionally, this series contains correspondence about Apperson's business career, 1900 and 1910, a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, and photographs of John Apperson, Elizabeth Black, and their children.","Series VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers, 1889-1977, and Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers, 1827-1984: Research files on the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion compose the bulk of these two series. Materials also include publications pertaining to family history; correspondence with the Rockford, Illinois Historical Society regarding research on Germanicus Kent; correspondence related to other genealogy research; the recollections of Elizabeth Black Apperson about Blacksburg history and buildings; family photographs and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Alexander Black house in Blacksburg; and family artifacts.","Series VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks, 1933-1950: The scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings detailing Harvey B. Apperson's political career and Democratic Party politics in the Roanoke area in the 1930s and in Richmond in the 1940s. Additionally, there are letters and telegrams of congratulation Apperson received when he was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1947, telegrams and letters of condolence his wife received upon his death four months later, photographs, and political ephemera.","Series IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1826-1965: Legal documents and correspondence pertain to the division of proceeds of mining investments among the Apperson descendants of Harvey Black. The series also contains maps of Black and Apperson property in Blacksburg, ca. 1949.","Series X. Assorted Papers, 1872, 1912: The last series includes two items, the Louise Caton Travel Diary, 1912, and The Christian Union publication, 1872. The diary of Louise Caton's four-month tour of Europe in 1912 describes her voyage from New York to Genoa on the Laxmia and from Liverpool back to New York on the Celtic. The relationship of Louise Caton to the Black, Kent, and Apperson families is unknown."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_36b4a62ab56ab232aa259e6ea40349e2\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection contains the papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. It includes the American Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. Apperson, cotton books and correspondence of Germanicus Kent, nineteenth-century account books of a Blacksburg general store, 1912 European travel diary, and the political scrapbooks of State Senator and Attorney General Harvey B. Apperson.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["This collection contains the papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. 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The material\n         relates to the \n         Smith familyof \n         Staunton, the \n         Lewis familyof \n         Sweet Springs(now \n         West Virginia) and the \n         Cochran familyof \n         Charlottesvilleand \n         Staunton.","Folly Farmwas founded by \n         Joseph Smithin 1818 and is located about\n         two miles south of \n         Stauntonon Route 11. It has a serpentine\n         wall which was designed by \n         Thomas Jefferson.","Correspondence of the \n         Cochran familyis mainly concerned with\n         family relationships. A few letters relate events in the Civil\n         War. An October 17, 1861 letter speaks of an overcoat factory\n         founded by \n         Stauntonwomen. In a letter to \n         Maggie Cochran(July 1, 1862) the victory\n         over McClellan at \n         Frasyers Farmis described. A letter to \n         Mittie Cochran(September 2, 1861)\n         mentions an engagement near \n         Fairfax. \n         Joseph S. Cochranattended the \n         University of Virginiaand a letter from\n         him (October 7, 1890) mentions his impressions of Professors \n         [Albert Henry] Tuttleand \n         [John William] Mallet.","Letters between \n         John Lewis Cochranand his mother \n         Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochrandeals\n         chiefly with family matters. The letter of September 7, 1857\n         mentions the status of their business operations. An\n         interesting letter (June 27, 1848) gives a view of slavery and\n         abolitionists. \n         Nannie Cochran's death and its effects is\n         mentioned in August 20, 1863.","Letters between \n         Howe Peyton Cochranand his mother \n         Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochranare about\n         personal affairs and the Civil War. The early letters concern \n         Howe Peyton Cochran's attendance of the \n         Hanover Academywhere he was very bored\n         and often homesick except when he traveled to \n         Richmond. Some interesting Civil War\n         letters are July 27, Sept 5, 14, \u0026 20, 1861. \n         Howe Peyton Cochranleft the active\n         service when a substitute was bought for him (May 23, 1862). A\n         n.d. letter mentions \n         Monticello hospitalbeing condemned due to\n         Typhoid fever. The letter of August 16, 1863 mentions the\n         deaths of \n         Nannie Cohranand \n         Maggie Cochran.","Letters between \n         Willie Lynn Cochranand his mother \n         Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochranwere written\n         while \n         Willie Lynn Cochranattended school in \n         Brownsburgand mostly contain pleas for\n         more letters from home.","Letters between \n         Howe Peyton Cochranand his wife \n         Nannie L. (Carrington) Cochran(married\n         December 18, 1860), written during the Civil War, are chiefly\n         personal in nature but many contain a little information about\n         the war. Some of the more important letters are as follows.\n         His letter of January 5, 1861 describes the commanding\n         officers of \n         Howe Peyton Cochran's regiment ( \n         1st regiment Virginia Artillery) which\n         included General Magruder, Colonels Sulakowski, \n         Tom Cobb, \n         Howell Cobb, Montagne, Ward, and Major\n         Brown. Letters of December 8, 11, 13, \u0026 16 detail\n         preparations for an attack that never occurred. Letters of\n         February 24, 25 discuss the problems in the company and an\n         expedition that did not start. The letters of March 1862 also\n         give the problems of the company and preparations for a large\n         battle near \n         Yorktown. The letters of April 1862\n         contain references to the skirmishes occurring at \n         Yorktown. The letters of May 9 and 14,\n         1862 gives a sketch of the battle of \n         Williamsburgwhich \n         Howe Peyton Cochran's regiment did not\n         participate in. Nearly every letter also contains a plan to\n         get out of the service or at least out of his present company\n         and into an office job: Some of the schemes include becoming a\n         teacher at \n         Randolph Macon, becoming a clerk in the\n         war department, or joining his brother \n         James Cochran's unit. A son ( \n         Campbell Carrington Cochran, named for \n         Nannie Cochran's brother who died during\n         the war) was born on July 31, 1863, and \n         Nannie Cochrandied, apparently as a\n         result of complications from childbirth, on August 11,\n         1863.","Joseph D. Cochran's application for a \n         University of Missourichemistry chair\n         mentions his teachers (August 8, 1890) while at the \n         University of Virginiaand \n         College of Richmond. The letter of August\n         21, 1890 states he received references from Professors \n         [John William] Mallet, \n         [Francis Perry] Dunnington, \n         [George Frederick] Holmes, and \n         [Ormond] Stoneof the \n         University of Virginia, Professor Puryear\n         of the \n         College of Richmond, and his present\n         congressman \n         [Henry St. George] Tucker.","In Letters to \n         Campbell Carrington Cochran, two stirring\n         accounts of the virtue of \n         Nannie Cochranand her death are given on\n         the first birthday of \n         Campbell Carrington Cochran, July 31,\n         1864.","In Letters to \n         Henry Cochranfamily affairs are\n         discussed. An October 11, 1862 letter mentions prices of basic\n         foods and how the state is covered with blood, \"Turn whichever\n         way you may nothing meets your eye, but maimed and bleeding\n         soldiers.\" A January 15, 1863 letter mentions the death of \n         Maggie Cochranfrom Typhoid Fever and\n         pneumonia. On March 18, 1863, there is a reference to the\n         battle of \n         Culpepper. A March 31, 1863 letter\n         mentions houses and hospitals being destroyed to use the wood\n         for fuel. An April 16, 1863 letter mentions the prices of\n         food.","Letters to \n         Howe Peyton Cochrancontain more letters\n         about family affairs. Howe was perusing a teaching job at \n         Randolph Maconand the letters of November\n         20, \u0026 27, 1861 mention the peculiarity of the trustees who\n         wished for their teachers to be Methodist and in the military.\n         A letter of April 14, 1862 mentions the death of \n         Campbell Carrington( \n         Nannie Cochran's brother) after the\n         battle of \n         Cournifon April 11, 1862.","Letters to Colonel and Mrs. \n         James C. Cochraninclude correspondence\n         between their sons \n         John L. Cochran, \n         Joseph D. Cochran, and daughter \n         Anne Cochranwho went to \n         Gainesville, Floridabecause of \n         John Cochran's ill health in 1886. The\n         letters give the progression of \n         John Cochran's sickness which did not\n         improve substantially and eventually caused his death in\n         February 1887 after his return to \n         Staunton.","Letters to \n         John Cochrancontains an interesting\n         letter (February 17, 1830) on the price and selling of\n         hogs.","Letters to \n         Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochrancontain\n         letters from her brother \n         Thomas Preston Lewiswho served with the \n         War Departmentin the 1850's. There are\n         two interesting letters: January 5, 1852 which mentions the\n         visit of a Magyar to \n         Congresswho apparently impressed\n         everyone, and the concern of the American government over \n         Napoleon Bonapartewho was coming to power\n         in \n         France; and, March 6, 1859 which mentions\n         the factional wars going on in congress and the affect it had\n         on the treasury.","The first few letters to \n         Nannie (Carrington) Cochranare from\n         relations and friends unable to attend her and \n         Howe Peyton Cochran's wedding. The letter\n         of June 10, 1861 is from \n         John Lewis Cochranand contains very\n         interesting Civil War information, including the Union's\n         treatment of prisoners.","The letters to \n         Thomas Preston Lewishave been removed\n         from a letter book containing mostly business letters. There\n         is an index which has been placed at the back of the second\n         folder. \n         Thomas Preston Lewisreceived the right to\n         practice law in \n         Virginiaon September 3, 1847. He received\n         appointments in the \n         census bureau(October 8, 1850 -#48), and\n         later the \n         War Departmentbased on recommendations by\n         Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart(November 15,\n         1850.) \n         Thomas Preston Lewis' ancestors fought in\n         the battle of \n         Point Pleasantand an attempt had been\n         made to have that battle declared the first of the\n         revolutionary war (August 24, 1858 -#1). A no date letter (#8)\n         contains an inventory of debts \n         Thomas Preston Lewishas at a store and\n         gives prices. Letters of December 29, 1853 (#16 and #20) are\n         introduction letters written by \n         John Buchanan Floyd. October 21, 1851\n         (#48) is a letter from \n         William Sparrow. March 6, 1866 (#159)\n         states that \n         Thomas Preston Lewislost all land in the\n         war and is now broke. Letters of February 14, 1866 (#161),\n         January 21, 1867 (#162) concern \n         Thomas Preston Lewistrying to collect on\n         his debts. \n         Thomas Preston Lewisattempted to have his\n         political disability resulting from service with the\n         confederacy removed (February 25, 1869 -#166, January 24, 1870\n         -#174, January 29, 1870 -#175.) Apparently this attempt was\n         successful because \n         Thomas Preston Lewisreceived help from \n         John F. Lewisin getting an appointment\n         (October 6, 1869 -#169, March 29, 1870 -#183.) \n         John F. Lewishad assisted \n         Thomas Preston Lewisbefore getting him\n         appointed as an assistant to the registrar in 1867 (September\n         28, 1867 -#189.) December 23, 1869 (#168) is from \n         B. F. Ballardand mentions that he will\n         call for a new \n         West Virginiaconstitution. Three letters\n         concern the sale of land held in \n         Iowawhich \n         Thomas Preston Lewisgot from his debt\n         collection (July 13, 1869 -#171, May 12, 1868 -#173, and July\n         25, 1869 -#174.) An item dated April 20, 1871 (#180) is a\n         notice placed by \n         Thomas Preston Lewisto bring all claims\n         for the pensions of veterans of the War of 1812. An August 21,\n         1871 (#196) letter contains an analysis of \n         Rawley Springsin \n         Rockingham County, Virginia. Letters of\n         December 7, 1870 (#204,) February 4, 1873 (#204,) and December\n         18, 1874 (#206) refer to \n         Thomas Preston Lewisstarting and running\n         a school for boys. The school must not have been too\n         successful because the letters of November 12, 1873 and\n         December 1874 (both #207) mention relatives sending what money\n         they can to \n         Thomas Preston Lewis. On September 10,\n         1874 (#209) there is an interesting letter on the \n         Floridaschool system.","Letters to \n         Ann M. Peytonfrom her sister \n         Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochranmention the \n         Cochran family's move from \n         Stauntonto \n         Charlottesville(October 24, 1826.) A\n         letter in June 1836 mentions the death of their sister\n         Mary.","Letters to \n         Joseph Smithcontain many applications for\n         loans. \n         Joseph Smithserved in the \n         General Assemblyfrom December 1, 1817 to\n         February 26, 1818 (December 2, 1817.) There is a letter dated\n         January 26, 1832 from \n         R. S. Brookewhich concerns the debate in\n         the \n         General Assemblyover slavery and the\n         conflict abolition has with personal property and\n         compensation. An item of January 13, 1860 values the land held\n         by \n         Joseph Smithto be $74,900.","Letters to \n         Joseph Smithfrom \n         William Widdifieldare mainly concerned\n         with the collection of a debt from \n         David Paul Brown. A letter of March 3,\n         1862 mentions \n         Joseph Smith's brothers \n         Abraham Smithand \n         Silas H. Smith.","Appointments contain some of the appointments and\n         promotions of the families. \n         James Cochranwas appointed justice of the\n         peace in \n         Augusta countyin 1798. There are \n         Joseph Smith's military promotions while\n         a member of \n         Virginia's 32nd militia. \n         James Cochranwas appointed Postmaster of \n         Folly Millsin 1874.","Business Papers contain bills, receipts and promissory\n         notes. One bill of June 15, 1815 is from \n         Joseph Smithto the \n         United Statesfor determining the number\n         of taxable people and taxable items in \n         Augusta county; the total number of\n         taxable people was 589. \n         Joseph Smithwas a life member of the \n         Virginia Agricultural Society(October 11,\n         1854.) Also there are five \n         South Carolinabonds issued after the\n         Civil War, but never cashed in.","Essays and Poetry include a poem lamenting the death of \n         Elizabeth Battaile Smith(November 17,\n         1810), a poem about an insane hospital in \n         Boston(March 1830), an obituary of \n         Magdalene Crawford(May 21, 1849), and\n         lecture notes to teach Physics (n.d.)","French Spoliation claims represent the attempt to get money\n         for the damages done by the French before 1800. The \n         United States, however, had exonerated\n         the French from having to pay so many felt the \n         Federal governmentshould pay the\n         damages.","Inventories of Debts due \n         Joseph Smithcontain detailed lists of\n         everyone and every business which owed \n         Joseph Smithmoney. The amounts were\n         considerable, some reaching as high as $134,000.","Legal documents contain mostly deeds and a few court case\n         decisions.","Slave Lists list all the slaves owned by \n         Joseph Smithand are divided into those\n         which are hired out and those which remain at home. A n.d.\n         item lists the amount spent on some of the slaves for\n         Christmas gifts.","Miscellaneous material includes a confirmation certificate\n         of \n         Ann (Price) Smith(June 5, 1811), lottery\n         tickets (1812), report cards of \n         Campbell Carrington Cochran(1872), a\n         survey attempting to promote the new South (1894), and\n         business cards of \n         Joseph Smithand Dr. \n         Henry Cochran.","See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. Library. 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The material\n         relates to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSmith family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e, the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eLewis family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSweet Springs\u003c/geogname\u003e(now \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWest Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e) and the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCochran family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003eFolly Farm\u003c/corpname\u003ewas founded by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003ein 1818 and is located about\n         two miles south of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003eon Route 11. It has a serpentine\n         wall which was designed by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Jefferson\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCochran family\u003c/famname\u003eis mainly concerned with\n         family relationships. A few letters relate events in the Civil\n         War. An October 17, 1861 letter speaks of an overcoat factory\n         founded by \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003ewomen. In a letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMaggie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e(July 1, 1862) the victory\n         over McClellan at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFrasyers Farm\u003c/corpname\u003eis described. A letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMittie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e(September 2, 1861)\n         mentions an engagement near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFairfax\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph S. Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eattended the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a letter from\n         him (October 7, 1890) mentions his impressions of Professors \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Albert Henry] Tuttle\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[John William] Mallet\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Lewis Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eand his mother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003edeals\n         chiefly with family matters. The letter of September 7, 1857\n         mentions the status of their business operations. An\n         interesting letter (June 27, 1848) gives a view of slavery and\n         abolitionists. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's death and its effects is\n         mentioned in August 20, 1863.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eand his mother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eare about\n         personal affairs and the Civil War. The early letters concern \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's attendance of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHanover Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ewhere he was very bored\n         and often homesick except when he traveled to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e. Some interesting Civil War\n         letters are July 27, Sept 5, 14, \u0026amp; 20, 1861. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eleft the active\n         service when a substitute was bought for him (May 23, 1862). A\n         n.d. letter mentions \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMonticello hospital\u003c/corpname\u003ebeing condemned due to\n         Typhoid fever. The letter of August 16, 1863 mentions the\n         deaths of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Cohran\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMaggie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWillie Lynn Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eand his mother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003ewere written\n         while \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWillie Lynn Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eattended school in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBrownsburg\u003c/geogname\u003eand mostly contain pleas for\n         more letters from home.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie L. (Carrington) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e(married\n         December 18, 1860), written during the Civil War, are chiefly\n         personal in nature but many contain a little information about\n         the war. Some of the more important letters are as follows.\n         His letter of January 5, 1861 describes the commanding\n         officers of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's regiment ( \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e1st regiment Virginia Artillery\u003c/corpname\u003e) which\n         included General Magruder, Colonels Sulakowski, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eTom Cobb\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowell Cobb\u003c/persname\u003e, Montagne, Ward, and Major\n         Brown. Letters of December 8, 11, 13, \u0026amp; 16 detail\n         preparations for an attack that never occurred. Letters of\n         February 24, 25 discuss the problems in the company and an\n         expedition that did not start. The letters of March 1862 also\n         give the problems of the company and preparations for a large\n         battle near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e. The letters of April 1862\n         contain references to the skirmishes occurring at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e. The letters of May 9 and 14,\n         1862 gives a sketch of the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003ewhich \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's regiment did not\n         participate in. Nearly every letter also contains a plan to\n         get out of the service or at least out of his present company\n         and into an office job: Some of the schemes include becoming a\n         teacher at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph Macon\u003c/corpname\u003e, becoming a clerk in the\n         war department, or joining his brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's unit. A son ( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCampbell Carrington Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e, named for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's brother who died during\n         the war) was born on July 31, 1863, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003edied, apparently as a\n         result of complications from childbirth, on August 11,\n         1863.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJoseph D. Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's application for a \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Missouri\u003c/corpname\u003echemistry chair\n         mentions his teachers (August 8, 1890) while at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCollege of Richmond\u003c/corpname\u003e. The letter of August\n         21, 1890 states he received references from Professors \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[John William] Mallet\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Francis Perry] Dunnington\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[George Frederick] Holmes\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Ormond] Stone\u003c/persname\u003eof the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, Professor Puryear\n         of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCollege of Richmond\u003c/corpname\u003e, and his present\n         congressman \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Henry St. George] Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIn Letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCampbell Carrington Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e, two stirring\n         accounts of the virtue of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eand her death are given on\n         the first birthday of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCampbell Carrington Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e, July 31,\n         1864.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIn Letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cochran\u003c/persname\u003efamily affairs are\n         discussed. An October 11, 1862 letter mentions prices of basic\n         foods and how the state is covered with blood, \"Turn whichever\n         way you may nothing meets your eye, but maimed and bleeding\n         soldiers.\" A January 15, 1863 letter mentions the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMaggie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003efrom Typhoid Fever and\n         pneumonia. On March 18, 1863, there is a reference to the\n         battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCulpepper\u003c/geogname\u003e. A March 31, 1863 letter\n         mentions houses and hospitals being destroyed to use the wood\n         for fuel. An April 16, 1863 letter mentions the prices of\n         food.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003econtain more letters\n         about family affairs. Howe was perusing a teaching job at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph Macon\u003c/corpname\u003eand the letters of November\n         20, \u0026amp; 27, 1861 mention the peculiarity of the trustees who\n         wished for their teachers to be Methodist and in the military.\n         A letter of April 14, 1862 mentions the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCampbell Carrington\u003c/persname\u003e( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's brother) after the\n         battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCournif\u003c/geogname\u003eon April 11, 1862.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Colonel and Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames C. Cochran\u003c/persname\u003einclude correspondence\n         between their sons \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn L. Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph D. Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e, and daughter \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Cochran\u003c/persname\u003ewho went to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGainesville, Florida\u003c/geogname\u003ebecause of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's ill health in 1886. The\n         letters give the progression of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's sickness which did not\n         improve substantially and eventually caused his death in\n         February 1887 after his return to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cochran\u003c/persname\u003econtains an interesting\n         letter (February 17, 1830) on the price and selling of\n         hogs.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003econtain\n         letters from her brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ewho served with the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWar Department\u003c/corpname\u003ein the 1850's. There are\n         two interesting letters: January 5, 1852 which mentions the\n         visit of a Magyar to \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCongress\u003c/corpname\u003ewho apparently impressed\n         everyone, and the concern of the American government over \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNapoleon Bonaparte\u003c/persname\u003ewho was coming to power\n         in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e; and, March 6, 1859 which mentions\n         the factional wars going on in congress and the affect it had\n         on the treasury.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe first few letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie (Carrington) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eare from\n         relations and friends unable to attend her and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's wedding. The letter\n         of June 10, 1861 is from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Lewis Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eand contains very\n         interesting Civil War information, including the Union's\n         treatment of prisoners.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ehave been removed\n         from a letter book containing mostly business letters. There\n         is an index which has been placed at the back of the second\n         folder. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ereceived the right to\n         practice law in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eon September 3, 1847. He received\n         appointments in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ecensus bureau\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 8, 1850 -#48), and\n         later the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWar Department\u003c/corpname\u003ebased on recommendations by\n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Hugh Holmes Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e(November 15,\n         1850.) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003e' ancestors fought in\n         the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePoint Pleasant\u003c/geogname\u003eand an attempt had been\n         made to have that battle declared the first of the\n         revolutionary war (August 24, 1858 -#1). A no date letter (#8)\n         contains an inventory of debts \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ehas at a store and\n         gives prices. Letters of December 29, 1853 (#16 and #20) are\n         introduction letters written by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan Floyd\u003c/persname\u003e. October 21, 1851\n         (#48) is a letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Sparrow\u003c/persname\u003e. March 6, 1866 (#159)\n         states that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003elost all land in the\n         war and is now broke. Letters of February 14, 1866 (#161),\n         January 21, 1867 (#162) concern \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003etrying to collect on\n         his debts. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003eattempted to have his\n         political disability resulting from service with the\n         confederacy removed (February 25, 1869 -#166, January 24, 1870\n         -#174, January 29, 1870 -#175.) Apparently this attempt was\n         successful because \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ereceived help from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ein getting an appointment\n         (October 6, 1869 -#169, March 29, 1870 -#183.) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ehad assisted \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ebefore getting him\n         appointed as an assistant to the registrar in 1867 (September\n         28, 1867 -#189.) December 23, 1869 (#168) is from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. Ballard\u003c/persname\u003eand mentions that he will\n         call for a new \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWest Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003econstitution. Three letters\n         concern the sale of land held in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eIowa\u003c/geogname\u003ewhich \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003egot from his debt\n         collection (July 13, 1869 -#171, May 12, 1868 -#173, and July\n         25, 1869 -#174.) An item dated April 20, 1871 (#180) is a\n         notice placed by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003eto bring all claims\n         for the pensions of veterans of the War of 1812. An August 21,\n         1871 (#196) letter contains an analysis of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRawley Springs\u003c/geogname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRockingham County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Letters of\n         December 7, 1870 (#204,) February 4, 1873 (#204,) and December\n         18, 1874 (#206) refer to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003estarting and running\n         a school for boys. The school must not have been too\n         successful because the letters of November 12, 1873 and\n         December 1874 (both #207) mention relatives sending what money\n         they can to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003e. On September 10,\n         1874 (#209) there is an interesting letter on the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003eschool system.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn M. Peyton\u003c/persname\u003efrom her sister \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003emention the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCochran family\u003c/famname\u003e's move from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003e(October 24, 1826.) A\n         letter in June 1836 mentions the death of their sister\n         Mary.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003econtain many applications for\n         loans. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003eserved in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeneral Assembly\u003c/corpname\u003efrom December 1, 1817 to\n         February 26, 1818 (December 2, 1817.) There is a letter dated\n         January 26, 1832 from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eR. S. Brooke\u003c/persname\u003ewhich concerns the debate in\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeneral Assembly\u003c/corpname\u003eover slavery and the\n         conflict abolition has with personal property and\n         compensation. An item of January 13, 1860 values the land held\n         by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003eto be $74,900.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Widdifield\u003c/persname\u003eare mainly concerned\n         with the collection of a debt from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Paul Brown\u003c/persname\u003e. A letter of March 3,\n         1862 mentions \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003e's brothers \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSilas H. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAppointments contain some of the appointments and\n         promotions of the families. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Cochran\u003c/persname\u003ewas appointed justice of the\n         peace in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAugusta county\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1798. There are \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003e's military promotions while\n         a member of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia's 32nd militia\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Cochran\u003c/persname\u003ewas appointed Postmaster of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFolly Mills\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1874.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eBusiness Papers contain bills, receipts and promissory\n         notes. One bill of June 15, 1815 is from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003eto the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003efor determining the number\n         of taxable people and taxable items in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAugusta county\u003c/geogname\u003e; the total number of\n         taxable people was 589. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003ewas a life member of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Agricultural Society\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 11,\n         1854.) Also there are five \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003ebonds issued after the\n         Civil War, but never cashed in.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eEssays and Poetry include a poem lamenting the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Battaile Smith\u003c/persname\u003e(November 17,\n         1810), a poem about an insane hospital in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoston\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 1830), an obituary of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMagdalene Crawford\u003c/persname\u003e(May 21, 1849), and\n         lecture notes to teach Physics (n.d.)\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFrench Spoliation claims represent the attempt to get money\n         for the damages done by the French before 1800. The \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003e, however, had exonerated\n         the French from having to pay so many felt the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFederal government\u003c/corpname\u003eshould pay the\n         damages.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eInventories of Debts due \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003econtain detailed lists of\n         everyone and every business which owed \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003emoney. The amounts were\n         considerable, some reaching as high as $134,000.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLegal documents contain mostly deeds and a few court case\n         decisions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSlave Lists list all the slaves owned by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand are divided into those\n         which are hired out and those which remain at home. A n.d.\n         item lists the amount spent on some of the slaves for\n         Christmas gifts.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous material includes a confirmation certificate\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn (Price) Smith\u003c/persname\u003e(June 5, 1811), lottery\n         tickets (1812), report cards of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCampbell Carrington Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e(1872), a\n         survey attempting to promote the new South (1894), and\n         business cards of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection of 842 items, 1774-1891, n.d., consists of\n         correspondence, business and legal papers, account books and a\n         survey book belonging to various families. The material\n         relates to the \n         Smith familyof \n         Staunton, the \n         Lewis familyof \n         Sweet Springs(now \n         West Virginia) and the \n         Cochran familyof \n         Charlottesvilleand \n         Staunton.","Folly Farmwas founded by \n         Joseph Smithin 1818 and is located about\n         two miles south of \n         Stauntonon Route 11. It has a serpentine\n         wall which was designed by \n         Thomas Jefferson.","Correspondence of the \n         Cochran familyis mainly concerned with\n         family relationships. A few letters relate events in the Civil\n         War. An October 17, 1861 letter speaks of an overcoat factory\n         founded by \n         Stauntonwomen. In a letter to \n         Maggie Cochran(July 1, 1862) the victory\n         over McClellan at \n         Frasyers Farmis described. A letter to \n         Mittie Cochran(September 2, 1861)\n         mentions an engagement near \n         Fairfax. \n         Joseph S. Cochranattended the \n         University of Virginiaand a letter from\n         him (October 7, 1890) mentions his impressions of Professors \n         [Albert Henry] Tuttleand \n         [John William] Mallet.","Letters between \n         John Lewis Cochranand his mother \n         Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochrandeals\n         chiefly with family matters. The letter of September 7, 1857\n         mentions the status of their business operations. An\n         interesting letter (June 27, 1848) gives a view of slavery and\n         abolitionists. \n         Nannie Cochran's death and its effects is\n         mentioned in August 20, 1863.","Letters between \n         Howe Peyton Cochranand his mother \n         Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochranare about\n         personal affairs and the Civil War. The early letters concern \n         Howe Peyton Cochran's attendance of the \n         Hanover Academywhere he was very bored\n         and often homesick except when he traveled to \n         Richmond. Some interesting Civil War\n         letters are July 27, Sept 5, 14, \u0026 20, 1861. \n         Howe Peyton Cochranleft the active\n         service when a substitute was bought for him (May 23, 1862). A\n         n.d. letter mentions \n         Monticello hospitalbeing condemned due to\n         Typhoid fever. The letter of August 16, 1863 mentions the\n         deaths of \n         Nannie Cohranand \n         Maggie Cochran.","Letters between \n         Willie Lynn Cochranand his mother \n         Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochranwere written\n         while \n         Willie Lynn Cochranattended school in \n         Brownsburgand mostly contain pleas for\n         more letters from home.","Letters between \n         Howe Peyton Cochranand his wife \n         Nannie L. (Carrington) Cochran(married\n         December 18, 1860), written during the Civil War, are chiefly\n         personal in nature but many contain a little information about\n         the war. Some of the more important letters are as follows.\n         His letter of January 5, 1861 describes the commanding\n         officers of \n         Howe Peyton Cochran's regiment ( \n         1st regiment Virginia Artillery) which\n         included General Magruder, Colonels Sulakowski, \n         Tom Cobb, \n         Howell Cobb, Montagne, Ward, and Major\n         Brown. Letters of December 8, 11, 13, \u0026 16 detail\n         preparations for an attack that never occurred. Letters of\n         February 24, 25 discuss the problems in the company and an\n         expedition that did not start. The letters of March 1862 also\n         give the problems of the company and preparations for a large\n         battle near \n         Yorktown. The letters of April 1862\n         contain references to the skirmishes occurring at \n         Yorktown. The letters of May 9 and 14,\n         1862 gives a sketch of the battle of \n         Williamsburgwhich \n         Howe Peyton Cochran's regiment did not\n         participate in. Nearly every letter also contains a plan to\n         get out of the service or at least out of his present company\n         and into an office job: Some of the schemes include becoming a\n         teacher at \n         Randolph Macon, becoming a clerk in the\n         war department, or joining his brother \n         James Cochran's unit. A son ( \n         Campbell Carrington Cochran, named for \n         Nannie Cochran's brother who died during\n         the war) was born on July 31, 1863, and \n         Nannie Cochrandied, apparently as a\n         result of complications from childbirth, on August 11,\n         1863.","Joseph D. Cochran's application for a \n         University of Missourichemistry chair\n         mentions his teachers (August 8, 1890) while at the \n         University of Virginiaand \n         College of Richmond. The letter of August\n         21, 1890 states he received references from Professors \n         [John William] Mallet, \n         [Francis Perry] Dunnington, \n         [George Frederick] Holmes, and \n         [Ormond] Stoneof the \n         University of Virginia, Professor Puryear\n         of the \n         College of Richmond, and his present\n         congressman \n         [Henry St. George] Tucker.","In Letters to \n         Campbell Carrington Cochran, two stirring\n         accounts of the virtue of \n         Nannie Cochranand her death are given on\n         the first birthday of \n         Campbell Carrington Cochran, July 31,\n         1864.","In Letters to \n         Henry Cochranfamily affairs are\n         discussed. An October 11, 1862 letter mentions prices of basic\n         foods and how the state is covered with blood, \"Turn whichever\n         way you may nothing meets your eye, but maimed and bleeding\n         soldiers.\" A January 15, 1863 letter mentions the death of \n         Maggie Cochranfrom Typhoid Fever and\n         pneumonia. On March 18, 1863, there is a reference to the\n         battle of \n         Culpepper. A March 31, 1863 letter\n         mentions houses and hospitals being destroyed to use the wood\n         for fuel. An April 16, 1863 letter mentions the prices of\n         food.","Letters to \n         Howe Peyton Cochrancontain more letters\n         about family affairs. Howe was perusing a teaching job at \n         Randolph Maconand the letters of November\n         20, \u0026 27, 1861 mention the peculiarity of the trustees who\n         wished for their teachers to be Methodist and in the military.\n         A letter of April 14, 1862 mentions the death of \n         Campbell Carrington( \n         Nannie Cochran's brother) after the\n         battle of \n         Cournifon April 11, 1862.","Letters to Colonel and Mrs. \n         James C. Cochraninclude correspondence\n         between their sons \n         John L. Cochran, \n         Joseph D. Cochran, and daughter \n         Anne Cochranwho went to \n         Gainesville, Floridabecause of \n         John Cochran's ill health in 1886. The\n         letters give the progression of \n         John Cochran's sickness which did not\n         improve substantially and eventually caused his death in\n         February 1887 after his return to \n         Staunton.","Letters to \n         John Cochrancontains an interesting\n         letter (February 17, 1830) on the price and selling of\n         hogs.","Letters to \n         Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochrancontain\n         letters from her brother \n         Thomas Preston Lewiswho served with the \n         War Departmentin the 1850's. There are\n         two interesting letters: January 5, 1852 which mentions the\n         visit of a Magyar to \n         Congresswho apparently impressed\n         everyone, and the concern of the American government over \n         Napoleon Bonapartewho was coming to power\n         in \n         France; and, March 6, 1859 which mentions\n         the factional wars going on in congress and the affect it had\n         on the treasury.","The first few letters to \n         Nannie (Carrington) Cochranare from\n         relations and friends unable to attend her and \n         Howe Peyton Cochran's wedding. The letter\n         of June 10, 1861 is from \n         John Lewis Cochranand contains very\n         interesting Civil War information, including the Union's\n         treatment of prisoners.","The letters to \n         Thomas Preston Lewishave been removed\n         from a letter book containing mostly business letters. There\n         is an index which has been placed at the back of the second\n         folder. \n         Thomas Preston Lewisreceived the right to\n         practice law in \n         Virginiaon September 3, 1847. He received\n         appointments in the \n         census bureau(October 8, 1850 -#48), and\n         later the \n         War Departmentbased on recommendations by\n         Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart(November 15,\n         1850.) \n         Thomas Preston Lewis' ancestors fought in\n         the battle of \n         Point Pleasantand an attempt had been\n         made to have that battle declared the first of the\n         revolutionary war (August 24, 1858 -#1). A no date letter (#8)\n         contains an inventory of debts \n         Thomas Preston Lewishas at a store and\n         gives prices. Letters of December 29, 1853 (#16 and #20) are\n         introduction letters written by \n         John Buchanan Floyd. October 21, 1851\n         (#48) is a letter from \n         William Sparrow. March 6, 1866 (#159)\n         states that \n         Thomas Preston Lewislost all land in the\n         war and is now broke. Letters of February 14, 1866 (#161),\n         January 21, 1867 (#162) concern \n         Thomas Preston Lewistrying to collect on\n         his debts. \n         Thomas Preston Lewisattempted to have his\n         political disability resulting from service with the\n         confederacy removed (February 25, 1869 -#166, January 24, 1870\n         -#174, January 29, 1870 -#175.) Apparently this attempt was\n         successful because \n         Thomas Preston Lewisreceived help from \n         John F. Lewisin getting an appointment\n         (October 6, 1869 -#169, March 29, 1870 -#183.) \n         John F. Lewishad assisted \n         Thomas Preston Lewisbefore getting him\n         appointed as an assistant to the registrar in 1867 (September\n         28, 1867 -#189.) December 23, 1869 (#168) is from \n         B. F. Ballardand mentions that he will\n         call for a new \n         West Virginiaconstitution. Three letters\n         concern the sale of land held in \n         Iowawhich \n         Thomas Preston Lewisgot from his debt\n         collection (July 13, 1869 -#171, May 12, 1868 -#173, and July\n         25, 1869 -#174.) An item dated April 20, 1871 (#180) is a\n         notice placed by \n         Thomas Preston Lewisto bring all claims\n         for the pensions of veterans of the War of 1812. An August 21,\n         1871 (#196) letter contains an analysis of \n         Rawley Springsin \n         Rockingham County, Virginia. Letters of\n         December 7, 1870 (#204,) February 4, 1873 (#204,) and December\n         18, 1874 (#206) refer to \n         Thomas Preston Lewisstarting and running\n         a school for boys. The school must not have been too\n         successful because the letters of November 12, 1873 and\n         December 1874 (both #207) mention relatives sending what money\n         they can to \n         Thomas Preston Lewis. On September 10,\n         1874 (#209) there is an interesting letter on the \n         Floridaschool system.","Letters to \n         Ann M. Peytonfrom her sister \n         Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochranmention the \n         Cochran family's move from \n         Stauntonto \n         Charlottesville(October 24, 1826.) A\n         letter in June 1836 mentions the death of their sister\n         Mary.","Letters to \n         Joseph Smithcontain many applications for\n         loans. \n         Joseph Smithserved in the \n         General Assemblyfrom December 1, 1817 to\n         February 26, 1818 (December 2, 1817.) There is a letter dated\n         January 26, 1832 from \n         R. S. Brookewhich concerns the debate in\n         the \n         General Assemblyover slavery and the\n         conflict abolition has with personal property and\n         compensation. An item of January 13, 1860 values the land held\n         by \n         Joseph Smithto be $74,900.","Letters to \n         Joseph Smithfrom \n         William Widdifieldare mainly concerned\n         with the collection of a debt from \n         David Paul Brown. A letter of March 3,\n         1862 mentions \n         Joseph Smith's brothers \n         Abraham Smithand \n         Silas H. Smith.","Appointments contain some of the appointments and\n         promotions of the families. \n         James Cochranwas appointed justice of the\n         peace in \n         Augusta countyin 1798. There are \n         Joseph Smith's military promotions while\n         a member of \n         Virginia's 32nd militia. \n         James Cochranwas appointed Postmaster of \n         Folly Millsin 1874.","Business Papers contain bills, receipts and promissory\n         notes. One bill of June 15, 1815 is from \n         Joseph Smithto the \n         United Statesfor determining the number\n         of taxable people and taxable items in \n         Augusta county; the total number of\n         taxable people was 589. \n         Joseph Smithwas a life member of the \n         Virginia Agricultural Society(October 11,\n         1854.) Also there are five \n         South Carolinabonds issued after the\n         Civil War, but never cashed in.","Essays and Poetry include a poem lamenting the death of \n         Elizabeth Battaile Smith(November 17,\n         1810), a poem about an insane hospital in \n         Boston(March 1830), an obituary of \n         Magdalene Crawford(May 21, 1849), and\n         lecture notes to teach Physics (n.d.)","French Spoliation claims represent the attempt to get money\n         for the damages done by the French before 1800. The \n         United States, however, had exonerated\n         the French from having to pay so many felt the \n         Federal governmentshould pay the\n         damages.","Inventories of Debts due \n         Joseph Smithcontain detailed lists of\n         everyone and every business which owed \n         Joseph Smithmoney. The amounts were\n         considerable, some reaching as high as $134,000.","Legal documents contain mostly deeds and a few court case\n         decisions.","Slave Lists list all the slaves owned by \n         Joseph Smithand are divided into those\n         which are hired out and those which remain at home. A n.d.\n         item lists the amount spent on some of the slaves for\n         Christmas gifts.","Miscellaneous material includes a confirmation certificate\n         of \n         Ann (Price) Smith(June 5, 1811), lottery\n         tickets (1812), report cards of \n         Campbell Carrington Cochran(1872), a\n         survey attempting to promote the new South (1894), and\n         business cards of \n         Joseph Smithand Dr. \n         Henry Cochran."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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(White) Humes; 2) \n         James Lowry White(d. ca. 1838); 3) \n         Eleanor White(d. 1852); 4) \n         Ann Eliza (White) Hannum; 5) \n         William Young Conn White(1812-1882); 6) \n         Thomas W. White(1817-?); 7) \n         Newton K. White; 8) \n         Addison White; 9) \n         Milton White.","William King(1769-1808), owner of the\n         saltworks at \n         Saltville, Virginia, married \n         Mary Triggin 1799. After his death in\n         1808, \n         Mary Trigg Kingmarried \n         Francis Smithand they produced at least\n         one daughter, \n         Mary Trigg Smith. \n         Wyndham Robertson(1803-1888) married \n         Mary Trigg Smithand had the following\n         known children: 1) \n         William Robertson(d. post 1859); 2) \n         Mary Robertson(1831-1867) m. 1856 \n         William Willis Blackford(1831-1905); 3) \n         Frank Smith Robertson(1841?-1926) m. [ca.\n         1868] \n         Stella Wheeler; 4) \n         Catherine Robertsonm. 1867 \n         James L. White(1842-1914); 5) \n         Pocahontas Robertsonm. \n         Connally F. Trigg(1847-?); 6) \n         Wyndham Robertson, Jr.m. \n         Flora Henderson.","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","The \n         White familypapers contain 1,190 items (4\n         Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.5 linear feet), 1794-1921, chiefly the\n         correspondence, business and legal papers of the \n         Whiteand \n         Robertsonfamilies of \n         Abingdon, Virginia. These closely related\n         families were two of the leading participants in the business\n         and political life of Southwest \n         Virginiaduring the nineteenth century.\n         The business papers of Col. \n         James White(1770-1838), other papers\n         concerning the settlement of his estate, and the business and\n         correspondence of the \n         White family, chiefly of \n         William Young Conn White(1812-1882), all\n         contain material relating to the development of business and\n         industry in Southwest \n         Virginiaand its economic ties to \n         Tennesseeand \n         Alabamabefore and after the Civil\n         War.","The first two series of the \n         White familypapers contain Col. \n         James White's own business papers,\n         1807-1838, and papers relating to the settlement of his vast\n         estate, 1838-1878. Col. White was involved in a number of\n         mercantile interests (up to some forty-five at one time) in\n         addition to the saltworks at \n         Saltville, Washington County. This\n         included business interests in the states of \n         Virginia, \n         Tennessee, \n         Alabama, and \n         Georgia, and investments in lead mines in\n         Wythe County, iron furnaces, cotton\n         plantations, and slaves. His property was worth at least\n         $750,000 at the time of his death. Unfortunately, Col. White's\n         business papers do not furnish a complete picture of any of\n         these interests.","Col. White moved to \n         Abingdon, Virginiaabout 1795. Prior to\n         his arrival there, White had worked for \n         Talbot, Jones \u0026 Company, a \n         Baltimoremerchandising house, who\n         supplied him with enough goods to set up his own business. He\n         married Miss \n         Eliza Wilsonin 1798 and began expanding\n         his business by becoming a partner of such men as Mr.\n         Henderson in \n         Abingdonand \n         William Lynnin \n         Alabama.","One of his most important business enterprises was the\n         leasing of the saltworks at \n         Saltville, Virginia, from the executors\n         of the \n         William Kingestate. Because the chain of\n         ownership and control of the saltworks is somewhat confusing,\n         the following short history of ownership will clarify White's\n         own involvement in the property.","General \n         Francis Prestonand his family had owned\n         the salt lick when \n         William King(1769-1808) purchased the\n         land west of their claim in 1795. By 1799, King had erected\n         furnaces and began the manufacture of salt. He also rented the\n         Preston Salinesuntil his death in 1808.\n         According to his will, the salt works were carried on by his\n         brother, \n         James King, \n         William Trigg, and \n         William King's wife, \n         Mary Trigg King, and their executors\n         until 1819, when it was leased to \n         John Sanders. Sanders sold his lease\n         rights to \n         James Whitewho leased the operations\n         until 1833. Other individuals leased this property until the\n         formation of the \n         Holston Salt \u0026 Plaster Companyin\n         1864. The \n         King Saltworksproduced from 90,000 to\n         100,000 bushels of salt per year. During the Civil War, it was\n         the largest supplier of salt to the Confederacy.","The business papers of Col. White contain several items\n         related to his salt interests including: papers concerning the\n         estate of \n         William Kingand the saltworks (October\n         27, 1820; May 14, 1821; April 3, June 7, \u0026 October 4,\n         1823; and September 1834); extracts from \n         John Hardies' disposition concerning salt\n         prices, 1824-1829 (April 7, 1829); and other legal papers\n         regarding the saltworks (May 26, 1830; September 8, 1831;\n         April 1833; November 7, 1834; March 12 \u0026 September 27,\n         1836; May 26, 1837; and August 15, 1838); a valuation of\n         buildings at \n         Saltville(undated) and a memorandum\n         regarding the account books at \n         Saltville(undated).","His business papers also include the balances on the \n         Saltvillebooks (1820-1835). Papers\n         concerning cotton shipments (1837-1838) and his other\n         mercantile interests (August 25, 1821 and April 16, 1835) are\n         present but do not adequately represent the extent of his\n         involvement.","The settlement of the estate of Col. \n         James Whitewas not completed until 1878\n         and the records in the second series show the extent of\n         White's assets at his death, especially the slave and land\n         inventories (ca. 1838), a notebook regarding the estate of \n         James White, 1843-1863, and a commonplace\n         book record of the division of his property (ca. 1851).","An inventory entitled \"Inventory and appraisement of the\n         personal property belonging to the estate of Col. James White\n         deceased\" is an especially useful summation of Col. White's\n         economic status at the time of his death. It contains entries\n         for: merchandise (pp. 1-18); small notes (pp. 19-37); salt due\n         bills (p. 38); appraisements of property in \n         Clay County, Kentucky, and the \n         Limestoneand \n         BellefontePlantations in \n         Alabama(pp. 39-44); sales of personal\n         property (pp. 45-46); dividends, cash received and notes (p.\n         47); various agreements (pp. 60-121); and settlement of the\n         estate (pp. 126-129). The volume also has notes regarding the\n         periodic examination of the accounts by the commissioner which\n         were recorded by the court, 1839-1871.","The correspondence of the \n         White familyincludes many letters\n         concerning business matters; of special note are the letters\n         of \n         Thomas Wilson White(1817-? ) to his\n         brother \n         William Young Conn White(1812-1882), both\n         sons of Col. \n         James White. \n         Thomas Whitewas the manager of the\n         family's plantation \" \n         Bellefonte, \" near \n         Huntsville, Alabama, and his letters give\n         a detailed account of its affairs (Feb., Nov., and Dec. 1843;\n         Jan. 1844; Sep., Nov., and Dec. 1845; Feb., Apr., and Dec.\n         1846; Jun. 1847; Jul. 1848; Mar. and May 1849; Mar. and Jul.\n         1851; Feb.-Apr. 1852; Apr. 1854; Oct. 1857; Jan., Apr., \u0026\n         Jun. 1858; Jul., \u0026 Sep.-Oct. 1859; Nov. 1862; Jul. 1874;\n         Mar., Apr., and Dec. 1876; Feb. and Jun. 1877; and Mar.\n         1878).","Other topics of interest in the \n         White familycorrespondence include: slavery\n         (January 1, 1840; August 26, 1841; April 25 \u0026 November 29,\n         1846; January 23, 1858 and July 16, 1859); the salt\n         merchandising business (November 28, 1842), banking and\n         financial difficulties (February 9, 1843; June 1, 1847; and\n         October 13, \u0026 16, 1857); and cotton prices (January 21,\n         1844; November 23, 1845; February 28, 1846; and April 29,\n         1854).","The fourth group of papers include the legal,\n         miscellaneous, and business papers of the \n         White family. Of note in the legal papers\n         are the following: an inventory and appraisement of the\n         estates of \n         Eliza Whiteand \n         Eleanor W. White(1851-1880); an indenture\n         regarding the saltworks between \n         James Whiteand \n         William King(August 4, 1823); and land\n         grants signed by various governors of \n         Virginia, including \n         James Pleasants, \n         James Wood, and \n         John Tyler, Sr.","Miscellaneous papers include a copy of a talk concerning\n         Judge \n         Peter Johnson(1763-1831) who grew up at \"\n         Longwood\" near \n         Farmville, Virginia(undated) and a copy\n         of The Daily Express of \n         Petersburg, Virginia(April 18, 1864).","The business papers of the \n         White familyshow their widespread business\n         interests, especially those of the \n         Saltvillesaltworks and their lead mines\n         in \n         Wythe County, Virginia. The account of\n         Dr. \n         Alexander Prestonwith \n         Eliza White(December 1839), containing\n         fees for medicines and doctor visits, sheds light on the types\n         of treatment occurring on a large plantation with many slaves.\n         A list of articles bought at a sale (August 22- 26, 1842)\n         includes livestock and slave prices.","Several of these papers deal with the \n         White family's continued interest in the \n         King Saltworks, which later became the \n         Holston Salt and Plaster Company(Dec.,\n         1855; Sep., 1862; Jan., 1866; Apr., 1872; Sep., 1874; Jun.,\n         and Oct., 1875; Feb., and May 1876; and Apr., 1877). There is\n         also other material concerning the \n         Holston Salt and Plaster Companyin the\n         years, 1872-1881.","A large amount of material in the business papers concerns\n         the lead mines in \n         Wythe Countyunder the company names of \n         Austinville Lead Mining Company, \n         Union Lead Mines Company, and \n         Wythe Lead and Zinc Mine Company(Feb. and\n         May 1856; Nov. 1857; Nov. 1864; Nov. 1865; Jul. and Dec. 1866;\n         Mar., May, Jul.-Dec. 1874; Jan. 1875; Dec. 1876; and Jan.-Apr.\n         1877). The bulk of the material on the lead mines is located\n         within the years 1874-1880.","The collection also contains a small group of papers\n         concerning the \n         Campell family, 1853-1882. One letter,\n         August 23, 1862, describes some of the economic difficulties\n         resulting from the Civil War.","The next series consists of the \n         Robertson familypapers. \n         James Lowry White(1842-1914), son of \n         William Young Conn White, married \n         Catherine Markham Robertson, daughter of\n         Governor \n         Wyndham Robertson(1803-1883), who resided\n         at the \" \n         Meadows, \" near \n         Abingdon, Virginia.","The papers of \n         Powhatan Robertson, a brother of \n         Wyndham Robertson, include: reports on\n         his college work (1815-1816) and essays written by him at \n         William and Mary(undated); three small\n         travel diaries describing his European Tour through \n         France, \n         Italy, and \n         Switzerland(October 12-November 25, 1818,\n         November 26-December 22, 1818, and January 3-May 2, 1819); and\n         letters describing the government and people of \n         Switzerlandand predicting that the growth\n         of Russian power and influence would continue into the next\n         century (June 9, 1819), and a speech by \n         John Randolphduring the Missouri\n         Compromise debate (February 22, 1820).","The correspondence of the \n         Robertson familycontains several Civil War\n         letters of interest: \n         Frank Robertson's description of Major \n         John Pelham(1838-1863) who fell at \n         Kelly's Ford(March 19, 1863); bands of\n         men pillaging the country (April 1865); and reconstruction\n         politics and settlement (June 6, 1865).","The letters to \n         Kate (Robertson) Whitecontain several\n         Civil War letters from her brother Frank, who served as a\n         captain under \n         J. E. B. Stuart, about his life as an\n         officer and skirmishes ( [ca. 1860 ?]; August 25, 1861; May 7,\n         July 26, and August 3, 1862; April 5 \u0026 18, 1863; and an\n         attempt by Federal forces to capture the saltworks at \n         Abingdon(October 17, [1864]). There are\n         also many letters from \n         Wyndham Robertsonand \n         Mary Frances Trigg Robertsonto their\n         children, especially Kate.","See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. Library. 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Special\n            Collections Dept.","Talbot, Jones \u0026 Company","Preston Salines","Holston Salt \u0026 Plaster Company","King Saltworks","Limestone","Bellefonte","Longwood","Holston Salt and Plaster Company","Austinville Lead Mining Company","Union Lead Mines Company","Wythe Lead and Zinc Mine Company","Meadows","William and Mary","White and Buchanan","Southwest Virginia, Norfolk \u0026 Western\n                  Railroad Company","Abingdon Development\n                  Company","O.W. Gray \u0026 Son","White family","White","Robertson","Campell family","Robertson family","Campbell Family","Robertson Family"],"access_terms_ssm":["See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was given to the Library by Mr. William\n            Young Conn White of Abingdon, Virginia, on July 10,\n            1985."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["ca. 1190 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe White family papers are arranged in seven series: 1)\n         business papers of Colonel James White; 2) papers regarding\n         the settlement of the James White estate; 3) correspondence of\n         the White family; 4) legal, business \u0026amp; miscellaneous\n         papers of the White \u0026amp; related families; 5) papers of the\n         Campbell family; 6) papers of the Robertson family; 7)\n         oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThis arrangement has retained as much of the organization\n         imposed by a former departmental field archivist as\n         possible.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The White family papers are arranged in seven series: 1)\n         business papers of Colonel James White; 2) papers regarding\n         the settlement of the James White estate; 3) correspondence of\n         the White family; 4) legal, business \u0026 miscellaneous\n         papers of the White \u0026 related families; 5) papers of the\n         Campbell family; 6) papers of the Robertson family; 7)\n         oversize items.","This arrangement has retained as much of the organization\n         imposed by a former departmental field archivist as\n         possible."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eColonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003e(1770-1838) married \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza Wilson\u003c/persname\u003ein 1798 and they had the\n         following known children: 1) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJane C. (White) Humes\u003c/persname\u003e; 2) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Lowry White\u003c/persname\u003e(d. ca. 1838); 3) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor White\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1852); 4) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn Eliza (White) Hannum\u003c/persname\u003e; 5) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Young Conn White\u003c/persname\u003e(1812-1882); 6) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas W. White\u003c/persname\u003e(1817-?); 7) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNewton K. White\u003c/persname\u003e; 8) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAddison White\u003c/persname\u003e; 9) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton White\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam King\u003c/persname\u003e(1769-1808), owner of the\n         saltworks at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, married \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Trigg\u003c/persname\u003ein 1799. After his death in\n         1808, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Trigg King\u003c/persname\u003emarried \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand they produced at least\n         one daughter, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Trigg Smith\u003c/persname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWyndham Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e(1803-1888) married \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Trigg Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand had the following\n         known children: 1) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e(d. post 1859); 2) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e(1831-1867) m. 1856 \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Willis Blackford\u003c/persname\u003e(1831-1905); 3) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Smith Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e(1841?-1926) m. [ca.\n         1868] \n         \u003cpersname\u003eStella Wheeler\u003c/persname\u003e; 4) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCatherine Robertson\u003c/persname\u003em. 1867 \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames L. White\u003c/persname\u003e(1842-1914); 5) \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePocahontas Robertson\u003c/persname\u003em. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eConnally F. Trigg\u003c/persname\u003e(1847-?); 6) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWyndham Robertson, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003em. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFlora Henderson\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Genealogical Information re the White \u0026 Robertson\n         families"],"bioghist_tesim":["Colonel \n         James White(1770-1838) married \n         Eliza Wilsonin 1798 and they had the\n         following known children: 1) \n         Jane C. (White) Humes; 2) \n         James Lowry White(d. ca. 1838); 3) \n         Eleanor White(d. 1852); 4) \n         Ann Eliza (White) Hannum; 5) \n         William Young Conn White(1812-1882); 6) \n         Thomas W. White(1817-?); 7) \n         Newton K. White; 8) \n         Addison White; 9) \n         Milton White.","William King(1769-1808), owner of the\n         saltworks at \n         Saltville, Virginia, married \n         Mary Triggin 1799. After his death in\n         1808, \n         Mary Trigg Kingmarried \n         Francis Smithand they produced at least\n         one daughter, \n         Mary Trigg Smith. \n         Wyndham Robertson(1803-1888) married \n         Mary Trigg Smithand had the following\n         known children: 1) \n         William Robertson(d. post 1859); 2) \n         Mary Robertson(1831-1867) m. 1856 \n         William Willis Blackford(1831-1905); 3) \n         Frank Smith Robertson(1841?-1926) m. [ca.\n         1868] \n         Stella Wheeler; 4) \n         Catherine Robertsonm. 1867 \n         James L. White(1842-1914); 5) \n         Pocahontas Robertsonm. \n         Connally F. Trigg(1847-?); 6) \n         Wyndham Robertson, Jr.m. \n         Flora Henderson."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eWhite Family\n            Papers, Accession 9372, -b, -c, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["White Family\n            Papers, Accession 9372, -b, -c, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003epapers contain 1,190 items (4\n         Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.5 linear feet), 1794-1921, chiefly the\n         correspondence, business and legal papers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite\u003c/famname\u003eand \n         \u003cfamname\u003eRobertson\u003c/famname\u003efamilies of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. These closely related\n         families were two of the leading participants in the business\n         and political life of Southwest \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eduring the nineteenth century.\n         The business papers of Col. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003e(1770-1838), other papers\n         concerning the settlement of his estate, and the business and\n         correspondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003e, chiefly of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Young Conn White\u003c/persname\u003e(1812-1882), all\n         contain material relating to the development of business and\n         industry in Southwest \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eand its economic ties to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTennessee\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlabama\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and after the Civil\n         War.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe first two series of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003epapers contain Col. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003e's own business papers,\n         1807-1838, and papers relating to the settlement of his vast\n         estate, 1838-1878. Col. White was involved in a number of\n         mercantile interests (up to some forty-five at one time) in\n         addition to the saltworks at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville, Washington County\u003c/geogname\u003e. This\n         included business interests in the states of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlabama\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGeorgia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and investments in lead mines in\n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWythe County\u003c/geogname\u003e, iron furnaces, cotton\n         plantations, and slaves. His property was worth at least\n         $750,000 at the time of his death. Unfortunately, Col. White's\n         business papers do not furnish a complete picture of any of\n         these interests.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCol. White moved to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003eabout 1795. Prior to\n         his arrival there, White had worked for \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eTalbot, Jones \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, a \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003emerchandising house, who\n         supplied him with enough goods to set up his own business. He\n         married Miss \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza Wilson\u003c/persname\u003ein 1798 and began expanding\n         his business by becoming a partner of such men as Mr.\n         Henderson in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Lynn\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlabama\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOne of his most important business enterprises was the\n         leasing of the saltworks at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, from the executors\n         of the \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam King\u003c/persname\u003eestate. Because the chain of\n         ownership and control of the saltworks is somewhat confusing,\n         the following short history of ownership will clarify White's\n         own involvement in the property.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eGeneral \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Preston\u003c/persname\u003eand his family had owned\n         the salt lick when \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam King\u003c/persname\u003e(1769-1808) purchased the\n         land west of their claim in 1795. By 1799, King had erected\n         furnaces and began the manufacture of salt. He also rented the\n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePreston Salines\u003c/corpname\u003euntil his death in 1808.\n         According to his will, the salt works were carried on by his\n         brother, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames King\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Trigg\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam King\u003c/persname\u003e's wife, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Trigg King\u003c/persname\u003e, and their executors\n         until 1819, when it was leased to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e. Sanders sold his lease\n         rights to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003ewho leased the operations\n         until 1833. Other individuals leased this property until the\n         formation of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHolston Salt \u0026amp; Plaster Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein\n         1864. The \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKing Saltworks\u003c/corpname\u003eproduced from 90,000 to\n         100,000 bushels of salt per year. During the Civil War, it was\n         the largest supplier of salt to the Confederacy.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe business papers of Col. White contain several items\n         related to his salt interests including: papers concerning the\n         estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam King\u003c/persname\u003eand the saltworks (October\n         27, 1820; May 14, 1821; April 3, June 7, \u0026amp; October 4,\n         1823; and September 1834); extracts from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hardies\u003c/persname\u003e' disposition concerning salt\n         prices, 1824-1829 (April 7, 1829); and other legal papers\n         regarding the saltworks (May 26, 1830; September 8, 1831;\n         April 1833; November 7, 1834; March 12 \u0026amp; September 27,\n         1836; May 26, 1837; and August 15, 1838); a valuation of\n         buildings at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville\u003c/geogname\u003e(undated) and a memorandum\n         regarding the account books at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville\u003c/geogname\u003e(undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eHis business papers also include the balances on the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville\u003c/geogname\u003ebooks (1820-1835). Papers\n         concerning cotton shipments (1837-1838) and his other\n         mercantile interests (August 25, 1821 and April 16, 1835) are\n         present but do not adequately represent the extent of his\n         involvement.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe settlement of the estate of Col. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003ewas not completed until 1878\n         and the records in the second series show the extent of\n         White's assets at his death, especially the slave and land\n         inventories (ca. 1838), a notebook regarding the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003e, 1843-1863, and a commonplace\n         book record of the division of his property (ca. 1851).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAn inventory entitled \"Inventory and appraisement of the\n         personal property belonging to the estate of Col. James White\n         deceased\" is an especially useful summation of Col. White's\n         economic status at the time of his death. It contains entries\n         for: merchandise (pp. 1-18); small notes (pp. 19-37); salt due\n         bills (p. 38); appraisements of property in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eClay County, Kentucky\u003c/geogname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLimestone\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBellefonte\u003c/corpname\u003ePlantations in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(pp. 39-44); sales of personal\n         property (pp. 45-46); dividends, cash received and notes (p.\n         47); various agreements (pp. 60-121); and settlement of the\n         estate (pp. 126-129). The volume also has notes regarding the\n         periodic examination of the accounts by the commissioner which\n         were recorded by the court, 1839-1871.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003eincludes many letters\n         concerning business matters; of special note are the letters\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Wilson White\u003c/persname\u003e(1817-? ) to his\n         brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Young Conn White\u003c/persname\u003e(1812-1882), both\n         sons of Col. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas White\u003c/persname\u003ewas the manager of the\n         family's plantation \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBellefonte\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHuntsville, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e, and his letters give\n         a detailed account of its affairs (Feb., Nov., and Dec. 1843;\n         Jan. 1844; Sep., Nov., and Dec. 1845; Feb., Apr., and Dec.\n         1846; Jun. 1847; Jul. 1848; Mar. and May 1849; Mar. and Jul.\n         1851; Feb.-Apr. 1852; Apr. 1854; Oct. 1857; Jan., Apr., \u0026amp;\n         Jun. 1858; Jul., \u0026amp; Sep.-Oct. 1859; Nov. 1862; Jul. 1874;\n         Mar., Apr., and Dec. 1876; Feb. and Jun. 1877; and Mar.\n         1878).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOther topics of interest in the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence include: slavery\n         (January 1, 1840; August 26, 1841; April 25 \u0026amp; November 29,\n         1846; January 23, 1858 and July 16, 1859); the salt\n         merchandising business (November 28, 1842), banking and\n         financial difficulties (February 9, 1843; June 1, 1847; and\n         October 13, \u0026amp; 16, 1857); and cotton prices (January 21,\n         1844; November 23, 1845; February 28, 1846; and April 29,\n         1854).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe fourth group of papers include the legal,\n         miscellaneous, and business papers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003e. Of note in the legal papers\n         are the following: an inventory and appraisement of the\n         estates of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza White\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor W. White\u003c/persname\u003e(1851-1880); an indenture\n         regarding the saltworks between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam King\u003c/persname\u003e(August 4, 1823); and land\n         grants signed by various governors of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Pleasants\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Wood\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tyler, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous papers include a copy of a talk concerning\n         Judge \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e(1763-1831) who grew up at \"\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLongwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFarmville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(undated) and a copy\n         of The Daily Express of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 18, 1864).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe business papers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003eshow their widespread business\n         interests, especially those of the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville\u003c/geogname\u003esaltworks and their lead mines\n         in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWythe County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. The account of\n         Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Preston\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza White\u003c/persname\u003e(December 1839), containing\n         fees for medicines and doctor visits, sheds light on the types\n         of treatment occurring on a large plantation with many slaves.\n         A list of articles bought at a sale (August 22- 26, 1842)\n         includes livestock and slave prices.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these papers deal with the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003e's continued interest in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKing Saltworks\u003c/corpname\u003e, which later became the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHolston Salt and Plaster Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(Dec.,\n         1855; Sep., 1862; Jan., 1866; Apr., 1872; Sep., 1874; Jun.,\n         and Oct., 1875; Feb., and May 1876; and Apr., 1877). There is\n         also other material concerning the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHolston Salt and Plaster Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein the\n         years, 1872-1881.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eA large amount of material in the business papers concerns\n         the lead mines in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWythe County\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the company names of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAustinville Lead Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUnion Lead Mines Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWythe Lead and Zinc Mine Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(Feb. and\n         May 1856; Nov. 1857; Nov. 1864; Nov. 1865; Jul. and Dec. 1866;\n         Mar., May, Jul.-Dec. 1874; Jan. 1875; Dec. 1876; and Jan.-Apr.\n         1877). The bulk of the material on the lead mines is located\n         within the years 1874-1880.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection also contains a small group of papers\n         concerning the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCampell family\u003c/famname\u003e, 1853-1882. One letter,\n         August 23, 1862, describes some of the economic difficulties\n         resulting from the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe next series consists of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eRobertson family\u003c/famname\u003epapers. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Lowry White\u003c/persname\u003e(1842-1914), son of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Young Conn White\u003c/persname\u003e, married \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCatherine Markham Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e, daughter of\n         Governor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWyndham Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e(1803-1883), who resided\n         at the \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMeadows\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePowhatan Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e, a brother of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWyndham Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e, include: reports on\n         his college work (1815-1816) and essays written by him at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliam and Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e(undated); three small\n         travel diaries describing his European Tour through \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSwitzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e(October 12-November 25, 1818,\n         November 26-December 22, 1818, and January 3-May 2, 1819); and\n         letters describing the government and people of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSwitzerland\u003c/geogname\u003eand predicting that the growth\n         of Russian power and influence would continue into the next\n         century (June 9, 1819), and a speech by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Randolph\u003c/persname\u003eduring the Missouri\n         Compromise debate (February 22, 1820).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eRobertson family\u003c/famname\u003econtains several Civil War\n         letters of interest: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e's description of Major \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pelham\u003c/persname\u003e(1838-1863) who fell at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKelly's Ford\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 19, 1863); bands of\n         men pillaging the country (April 1865); and reconstruction\n         politics and settlement (June 6, 1865).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eKate (Robertson) White\u003c/persname\u003econtain several\n         Civil War letters from her brother Frank, who served as a\n         captain under \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJ. E. B. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e, about his life as an\n         officer and skirmishes ( [ca. 1860 ?]; August 25, 1861; May 7,\n         July 26, and August 3, 1862; April 5 \u0026amp; 18, 1863; and an\n         attempt by Federal forces to capture the saltworks at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon\u003c/geogname\u003e(October 17, [1864]). There are\n         also many letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWyndham Robertson\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Frances Trigg Robertson\u003c/persname\u003eto their\n         children, especially Kate.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The \n         White familypapers contain 1,190 items (4\n         Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.5 linear feet), 1794-1921, chiefly the\n         correspondence, business and legal papers of the \n         Whiteand \n         Robertsonfamilies of \n         Abingdon, Virginia. These closely related\n         families were two of the leading participants in the business\n         and political life of Southwest \n         Virginiaduring the nineteenth century.\n         The business papers of Col. \n         James White(1770-1838), other papers\n         concerning the settlement of his estate, and the business and\n         correspondence of the \n         White family, chiefly of \n         William Young Conn White(1812-1882), all\n         contain material relating to the development of business and\n         industry in Southwest \n         Virginiaand its economic ties to \n         Tennesseeand \n         Alabamabefore and after the Civil\n         War.","The first two series of the \n         White familypapers contain Col. \n         James White's own business papers,\n         1807-1838, and papers relating to the settlement of his vast\n         estate, 1838-1878. Col. White was involved in a number of\n         mercantile interests (up to some forty-five at one time) in\n         addition to the saltworks at \n         Saltville, Washington County. This\n         included business interests in the states of \n         Virginia, \n         Tennessee, \n         Alabama, and \n         Georgia, and investments in lead mines in\n         Wythe County, iron furnaces, cotton\n         plantations, and slaves. His property was worth at least\n         $750,000 at the time of his death. Unfortunately, Col. White's\n         business papers do not furnish a complete picture of any of\n         these interests.","Col. White moved to \n         Abingdon, Virginiaabout 1795. Prior to\n         his arrival there, White had worked for \n         Talbot, Jones \u0026 Company, a \n         Baltimoremerchandising house, who\n         supplied him with enough goods to set up his own business. He\n         married Miss \n         Eliza Wilsonin 1798 and began expanding\n         his business by becoming a partner of such men as Mr.\n         Henderson in \n         Abingdonand \n         William Lynnin \n         Alabama.","One of his most important business enterprises was the\n         leasing of the saltworks at \n         Saltville, Virginia, from the executors\n         of the \n         William Kingestate. Because the chain of\n         ownership and control of the saltworks is somewhat confusing,\n         the following short history of ownership will clarify White's\n         own involvement in the property.","General \n         Francis Prestonand his family had owned\n         the salt lick when \n         William King(1769-1808) purchased the\n         land west of their claim in 1795. By 1799, King had erected\n         furnaces and began the manufacture of salt. He also rented the\n         Preston Salinesuntil his death in 1808.\n         According to his will, the salt works were carried on by his\n         brother, \n         James King, \n         William Trigg, and \n         William King's wife, \n         Mary Trigg King, and their executors\n         until 1819, when it was leased to \n         John Sanders. Sanders sold his lease\n         rights to \n         James Whitewho leased the operations\n         until 1833. Other individuals leased this property until the\n         formation of the \n         Holston Salt \u0026 Plaster Companyin\n         1864. The \n         King Saltworksproduced from 90,000 to\n         100,000 bushels of salt per year. During the Civil War, it was\n         the largest supplier of salt to the Confederacy.","The business papers of Col. White contain several items\n         related to his salt interests including: papers concerning the\n         estate of \n         William Kingand the saltworks (October\n         27, 1820; May 14, 1821; April 3, June 7, \u0026 October 4,\n         1823; and September 1834); extracts from \n         John Hardies' disposition concerning salt\n         prices, 1824-1829 (April 7, 1829); and other legal papers\n         regarding the saltworks (May 26, 1830; September 8, 1831;\n         April 1833; November 7, 1834; March 12 \u0026 September 27,\n         1836; May 26, 1837; and August 15, 1838); a valuation of\n         buildings at \n         Saltville(undated) and a memorandum\n         regarding the account books at \n         Saltville(undated).","His business papers also include the balances on the \n         Saltvillebooks (1820-1835). Papers\n         concerning cotton shipments (1837-1838) and his other\n         mercantile interests (August 25, 1821 and April 16, 1835) are\n         present but do not adequately represent the extent of his\n         involvement.","The settlement of the estate of Col. \n         James Whitewas not completed until 1878\n         and the records in the second series show the extent of\n         White's assets at his death, especially the slave and land\n         inventories (ca. 1838), a notebook regarding the estate of \n         James White, 1843-1863, and a commonplace\n         book record of the division of his property (ca. 1851).","An inventory entitled \"Inventory and appraisement of the\n         personal property belonging to the estate of Col. James White\n         deceased\" is an especially useful summation of Col. White's\n         economic status at the time of his death. It contains entries\n         for: merchandise (pp. 1-18); small notes (pp. 19-37); salt due\n         bills (p. 38); appraisements of property in \n         Clay County, Kentucky, and the \n         Limestoneand \n         BellefontePlantations in \n         Alabama(pp. 39-44); sales of personal\n         property (pp. 45-46); dividends, cash received and notes (p.\n         47); various agreements (pp. 60-121); and settlement of the\n         estate (pp. 126-129). The volume also has notes regarding the\n         periodic examination of the accounts by the commissioner which\n         were recorded by the court, 1839-1871.","The correspondence of the \n         White familyincludes many letters\n         concerning business matters; of special note are the letters\n         of \n         Thomas Wilson White(1817-? ) to his\n         brother \n         William Young Conn White(1812-1882), both\n         sons of Col. \n         James White. \n         Thomas Whitewas the manager of the\n         family's plantation \" \n         Bellefonte, \" near \n         Huntsville, Alabama, and his letters give\n         a detailed account of its affairs (Feb., Nov., and Dec. 1843;\n         Jan. 1844; Sep., Nov., and Dec. 1845; Feb., Apr., and Dec.\n         1846; Jun. 1847; Jul. 1848; Mar. and May 1849; Mar. and Jul.\n         1851; Feb.-Apr. 1852; Apr. 1854; Oct. 1857; Jan., Apr., \u0026\n         Jun. 1858; Jul., \u0026 Sep.-Oct. 1859; Nov. 1862; Jul. 1874;\n         Mar., Apr., and Dec. 1876; Feb. and Jun. 1877; and Mar.\n         1878).","Other topics of interest in the \n         White familycorrespondence include: slavery\n         (January 1, 1840; August 26, 1841; April 25 \u0026 November 29,\n         1846; January 23, 1858 and July 16, 1859); the salt\n         merchandising business (November 28, 1842), banking and\n         financial difficulties (February 9, 1843; June 1, 1847; and\n         October 13, \u0026 16, 1857); and cotton prices (January 21,\n         1844; November 23, 1845; February 28, 1846; and April 29,\n         1854).","The fourth group of papers include the legal,\n         miscellaneous, and business papers of the \n         White family. Of note in the legal papers\n         are the following: an inventory and appraisement of the\n         estates of \n         Eliza Whiteand \n         Eleanor W. White(1851-1880); an indenture\n         regarding the saltworks between \n         James Whiteand \n         William King(August 4, 1823); and land\n         grants signed by various governors of \n         Virginia, including \n         James Pleasants, \n         James Wood, and \n         John Tyler, Sr.","Miscellaneous papers include a copy of a talk concerning\n         Judge \n         Peter Johnson(1763-1831) who grew up at \"\n         Longwood\" near \n         Farmville, Virginia(undated) and a copy\n         of The Daily Express of \n         Petersburg, Virginia(April 18, 1864).","The business papers of the \n         White familyshow their widespread business\n         interests, especially those of the \n         Saltvillesaltworks and their lead mines\n         in \n         Wythe County, Virginia. The account of\n         Dr. \n         Alexander Prestonwith \n         Eliza White(December 1839), containing\n         fees for medicines and doctor visits, sheds light on the types\n         of treatment occurring on a large plantation with many slaves.\n         A list of articles bought at a sale (August 22- 26, 1842)\n         includes livestock and slave prices.","Several of these papers deal with the \n         White family's continued interest in the \n         King Saltworks, which later became the \n         Holston Salt and Plaster Company(Dec.,\n         1855; Sep., 1862; Jan., 1866; Apr., 1872; Sep., 1874; Jun.,\n         and Oct., 1875; Feb., and May 1876; and Apr., 1877). There is\n         also other material concerning the \n         Holston Salt and Plaster Companyin the\n         years, 1872-1881.","A large amount of material in the business papers concerns\n         the lead mines in \n         Wythe Countyunder the company names of \n         Austinville Lead Mining Company, \n         Union Lead Mines Company, and \n         Wythe Lead and Zinc Mine Company(Feb. and\n         May 1856; Nov. 1857; Nov. 1864; Nov. 1865; Jul. and Dec. 1866;\n         Mar., May, Jul.-Dec. 1874; Jan. 1875; Dec. 1876; and Jan.-Apr.\n         1877). The bulk of the material on the lead mines is located\n         within the years 1874-1880.","The collection also contains a small group of papers\n         concerning the \n         Campell family, 1853-1882. One letter,\n         August 23, 1862, describes some of the economic difficulties\n         resulting from the Civil War.","The next series consists of the \n         Robertson familypapers. \n         James Lowry White(1842-1914), son of \n         William Young Conn White, married \n         Catherine Markham Robertson, daughter of\n         Governor \n         Wyndham Robertson(1803-1883), who resided\n         at the \" \n         Meadows, \" near \n         Abingdon, Virginia.","The papers of \n         Powhatan Robertson, a brother of \n         Wyndham Robertson, include: reports on\n         his college work (1815-1816) and essays written by him at \n         William and Mary(undated); three small\n         travel diaries describing his European Tour through \n         France, \n         Italy, and \n         Switzerland(October 12-November 25, 1818,\n         November 26-December 22, 1818, and January 3-May 2, 1819); and\n         letters describing the government and people of \n         Switzerlandand predicting that the growth\n         of Russian power and influence would continue into the next\n         century (June 9, 1819), and a speech by \n         John Randolphduring the Missouri\n         Compromise debate (February 22, 1820).","The correspondence of the \n         Robertson familycontains several Civil War\n         letters of interest: \n         Frank Robertson's description of Major \n         John Pelham(1838-1863) who fell at \n         Kelly's Ford(March 19, 1863); bands of\n         men pillaging the country (April 1865); and reconstruction\n         politics and settlement (June 6, 1865).","The letters to \n         Kate (Robertson) Whitecontain several\n         Civil War letters from her brother Frank, who served as a\n         captain under \n         J. E. B. Stuart, about his life as an\n         officer and skirmishes ( [ca. 1860 ?]; August 25, 1861; May 7,\n         July 26, and August 3, 1862; April 5 \u0026 18, 1863; and an\n         attempt by Federal forces to capture the saltworks at \n         Abingdon(October 17, [1864]). There are\n         also many letters from \n         Wyndham Robertsonand \n         Mary Frances Trigg Robertsonto their\n         children, especially Kate."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Correspondence (Box 1)","II. Legal and Financial Papers (Boxes 2-3)","III. Miscellaneous Papers (Box 4)","IV. Notebooks and Bound Volumes (Boxes 5-7)","V. Papers of \n          James B. Baylor and the \n          United States Coast \u0026 Geodetic\n         Survey (Boxes 8-11)","VI. Oversize Items \u0026 2M Volumes","John Baylor 1 ( \n         1650- \n         1720) resident of \n          Gloucester County, Virginia, and later \n          King and Queen County, Virginia, married \n          Lucy Todd O'Brien (ca.1681-?) of \n          New Kent County, Virginia, in \n         1698. They were believed to have had three\n         offspring, \n          Frances Baylor, \n          Robert Baylor, and \n          John Baylor 2. The children of their son,\n         Colonel \n          John2 Baylor ( \n         1705- \n         1772), and \n          Frances Walker (?- \n         1783) were as follows:","1) \n          Courtney Baylor m. Jasper Clayton of \n          Gloucester County","2) \n          Lucy Baylor m. \n          John Armistead","3) \n          Frances Baylor m. \n          John Nicholson","4) \n          Elizabeth Baylor unmarried","5) \n          John Baylor 3 ( \n         1750- \n         1808) m. \n          Frances Norton ( \n         1760- \n         1815) in \n         1778","6) \n          George Baylor ( \n         1752- \n         1784) m. \n          Lucy Page in \n         1778","7) \n          Walker Baylor ( ? - \n         1823) m. \n          Jane Bledsoe","8) \n          Robert Baylor m. Miss Gwynne","The children of \n          John Baylor 3 and \n          Frances Norton were:","1) \n          Frances Courtney Baylor ( \n         1779- \n         1780)","2) \n          Courtney Orange Baylor ( \n         1781-? ) m. _____ Fox","3) \n          Lucy Elizabeth Todd Baylor ( ? - \n         1823) m. [Sen. \n          John H. Upshaw ] in \n         1809","4) \n          Louisa Henrietta Baylor m. [ \n          William T. Upshaw ]","5) \n          Susanna Frances Baylor ( \n         1783- \n         1837) m. \n          John Sutton","6) \n          John Baylor 4 m. \n          Maria Ann Roy ( \n         1790- \n         1850) in \n         1819","7) Dr. \n          George Daniel Baylor m. Miss Lewis","The issue of \n          John Baylor 4 and \n          Maria Ann Roy was Dr. \n          John Roy Baylor","John Baylor ( \n         1821- \n         1897) who married \n          Anne Bowen of \n          Albemarle County and produced the\n         following offspring:","1) Captain \n          James Bowen Baylor ( \n         1849- \n         1924) m. \n          Ellen Carter Bruce (died ca. \n         1899) in ca. \n         1881, producing three children: \n          Evelyn Courtney Blackford Baylor, \n          Anne Baylor, and \n          John Baylor ( \n         1890- \n         1968).","2) \n          Maria Roy Baylor","3) \n          John Roy Baylor, Jr. ( \n         1851- \n         1926) m. \n          Julia Howard","The papers of the \n             Baylor family of \"Newmarket,\" \n             Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, contain ca.\n            2000 items (11 Hollinger boxes, 4.5 linear feet),\n            1653-1915, and consist of correspondence, legal and\n            financial papers, ledgers, genealogical material, students\n            notebooks and bound volumes, scrapbooks, photographs, a\n            diary, literary compositions, military papers pertaining to\n            the Revolutionary War, newsclippings, the records of James Bowen Baylor and the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and miscellaneous papers.\n        These papers pertain to John Baylor (1650-1720) of \n             Gloucester County, and King and Queen County, Virginia, and his wife, \n             Lucy Todd O'Brien of New Kent County, Virginia, and four generations of their descendants. The \n             John Baylor ledgers, 1719-1755, reveal that John Baylor was a wealthy merchant,\n            planter, and shipowner. He also served as a burgess, representing Gloucester County in the 1693 General Assembly and King and Queen County in 1718.\n        John Baylor's son, John Baylor (1705-1772), greatly increased the family landholdings when he received a royal\n            land grant in 1726 in what was to become Caroline County, Virginia. John Baylor was educated in \n             England, at the \n             Putney Grammer School and \n             Caius College, \n             Cambridge. While in \n             England, he developed a keen interest\n            in thoroughbred horses and horse racing, going so far as to\n            name his new home, \" \n             Newmarket, \" for the famous English\n            racing center. He became an important colonial horse\n            importer and breeder whose stables greatly contributed to\n            the development of American thoroughbreds. \n             John Baylor also rendered public\n            service to the newly formed county of \n             Caroline, as a colonel in the county\n            militia and a burgess in 1742-1749, and 1756-1765.\n        All four of the sons of \n             John Baylor (1705-1772) contributed in\n            some way to the American effort during the Revolutionary\n            War. \n             John Baylor (1750-1808), the heir of \" \n             Newmarket, \" while unable to fight due\n            to a childhood injury, gave financial support to the war\n            effort. He later had difficulties in shedding his\n            reputation as a \"Tory\" because he had gone back to \n             England in 1778 to marry his cousin, \n             Frances Norton (1760-1815) and had to\n            live in \n             Europe until they could obtain a return\n            passage to \n             America.\n        \n                George Baylor (1752-1784) was a member\n            of the \n             Caroline County Committee of Safety,\n            1775-1776, and from 1775-1777, he was aide-de-camp of\n            General \n             George Washington. He was commanding\n            officer of the \n             3rd Regiment Light Dragoons when he was\n            wounded and captured on September 28, 1778. He was\n            eventually exchanged and his regiment was consolidated with\n            the \n             First Continental Dragoons on November\n            9, 1782, which he commanded until the end of the war. On\n            September 30, 1783, he received his commission as a Brevet\n            Brigadier General.\n        \n                Walker Baylor served as a lieutenant\n            and captain of the \n             3rd Regiment Light Dragoons during the\n            Revolution. He along with his other brother \n             Robert Baylor, who also served in the\n            Revolution, immigrated to \n             Kentucky. Later \n             Robert Baylor apparently settled in the\n             Pearl River area of the \n             Mississippi Territory.\n        The estate of \n             John Baylor (1750-1808) was hopelessly\n            entangled when he inherited it from his father in 1772 and\n            much of it was lost through his own ineptitude as a\n            businessman and the dishonesty of others. However, the\n            house and two thousand acres were entailed and could not be\n            alienated; these were passed on to his son, \n             John Baylor ( ? ), who married \n             Maria Ann Roy and produced Dr. \n             John Roy Baylor (1821-1897). It was Dr.\n             John Roy Baylor's son, Captain \n             James Bowen Baylor (1848-1924), who was\n            a member of the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey team.\n        The correspondence series contains the correspondence\n            from family members, friends, and business associates of\n            all the above generations of the \n             Baylor family, beginning with Colonel \n             John Baylor (1705-1772). Letters\n            pertaining to the sojourn of \n             John Baylor (1750-1808) in \n             England prior to and during the\n            Revolutionary War include the following: a reference to\n            Colonel \n             John Baylor's son at school in \n             Caius College, \n             Cambridge (August 12,1769); his\n            intentions of returning to the \n             United States (December 28, 1770); the\n            advice of \n             William Bond, a former teacher of \n             John Baylor, for him to seek further\n            educational opportunities upon the continent rather than to\n            return to college studies (July 15, 1773); \n             William Bond's request for \n             John Baylor to ignore \"national evils\"\n            and to visit \n             England (May 4, 1778); \n             John Baylor's trip to \n             England to wed his cousin, \n             Frances Norton (1778); a reference to\n            the Baylor's leaving \n             England, and comments concerning the\n            fashions and decadence of \n             England (May 4, 1779).\n        Correspondence concerning events leading up to and\n            including the Revolutionary War includes: \n             Sam Waterman's support of the Stamp\n            Act repeal and the danger of shipping livestock from \n             London to \n             John Baylor (March 6, 1766); a Mr.\n            Grand's letter refusing to advise \n             John Baylor due to threat of prison\n            (March 28, [1772]): copies of \n             Committee of Correspondence letters to \n             John Norton asking him to keep them\n            informed regarding events in \n             England and Acts of \n             Parliament and his reply (April 6,\n            \u0026 July 6, 1773); a recommendation for the Baron of\n            [Bonstetten] who served in the Danish and Prussian Wars\n            (September 27,1777); \n             John Baylor as a prisoner aboard a\n            British ship, Thomas [Thortican], possibly due to suspicion\n            that he was reportedly carrying a treaty between \n             France and the \n             United States (February 5, 1778); the\n            birth of Colonel \n             George Baylor's son (May 6, 1779); \n             Walker Baylor asking his brother to\n            send him some money to cover his expenses incurred in\n            fighting in the Revolution (August 13, 1779); a statement\n            of \n             Edmund Pendleton, the Chairman of the \n             Caroline Committee of Correspondence,\n            regarding the loyalty of \n             John Baylor to the colonial cause,\n            relating that \n             John Baylor supported the actions of\n            the Americans at \n             Lexington, and returned to \n             England only to marry (October 13,\n            1779); the statement of \n             George Baylor regarding the loyalty of\n            his brother evidenced by his opinion of events at \n             Lexington, and his recommendation of\n            Baron de Wolfen in the service of the \n             American Army, and concluding with the\n            explanation that \n             John Baylor did not fight due to a\n            physical infirmity acquired in his youth (October 14,1779);\n             John Wormeley requests \n             John Baylor to use his influence to\n            give him an escort to visit his father in \n             Virginia (August 16, 1782); and a\n            request for \n             George Baylor to help recover money\n            form one of the officers of his regiment for Mr. Alexander\n            (September 3, 1783).\n        Other subjects of note include: the tobacco growing and\n            export business (May 8, 1741; March 6, 1766; August 12,\n            1769; February 5, 1778; June 29, 1788; March 10, 1789; June\n            6, 1789; March 15, 1793; \u0026 February 5, 1790); iron and\n            forge business (October 11, 1771; \u0026 April 13, 1774);\n            horses and horse breeding (\"Sober John\"-October25, 1754;\n            \"Fearnought\"-March 21, 1771; October 30, 1756; March 6,\n            1766; and July 17, 1800); and a discussion about whether\n            the Spanish will allow free trade up the \n             Mississippi River and \n             Ohio River ([December 4], 1783).\n        Several letters mention slaves and slavery. Among these\n            are: slaves for sale (April 14, 1770; March 21, 1771;\n            September 14, 1771; \u0026 June 19, 1811); mention of slave\n            passes, a slave detained on the road for lack of one, and a\n            visit of slaves with the family in \n             Gloucester County, Virginia (July 12,\n            1813); the prices of slaves in the \n             Pearl River area of the \n             Mississippi Territory and prices of\n            hire (November 28, 1816); and a letter from a Quaker, \n             George Boone, of \n             Berks County, Pennsylvania, attempting\n            to verify that \n             James Martin, a black man who claimed\n            to have been born to free parents and wrongly sold as part\n            of Colonel \n             John Baylor's estate, was indeed a\n            free black and not legally owned by \n             Thomas Adams of \n             Orange County, Virginia (August 12,\n            1818).\n        There is a group of letters between \n             John Baylor, \n             John Frere, and \n             John Baylor's former teacher in \n             England, \n             William Bond, concerning education for\n            his two sons, \n             John Baylor and \n             George Daniel Baylor. This\n            correspondence sheds some light on the attempts of\n            Americans to educate their sons following the Revolution\n            and includes: a discussion of \n             Eton and \n             Rugby and changes that have occurred at\n             Cambridge (August 17, 1793); a\n            suggestion to try \n             Glasgow in \n             Scotland (March 1, 1796); the\n            possibility of using a tutor (February 27, 1797); terms to\n            secure a tutor from \n             England and his opinion of \n             Eton (October 2, 1797); and a\n            suggestion to use an American clergyman for a tutor (June\n            22, 1799 \u0026 June 30, 1800).\n        Other subjects mentioned include: the French Revolution\n            (July 2, August 17, and [September 18], 1793); a\n            description of fashions ([September 18], 1793); a\n            description of \n             Warm Springs, \n             Bath County, Virginia (August 26,\n            1805); the career of \n             Napoleon Bonaparte (June 30 \u0026 July\n            17, 1800); the settlement of \n             John Baylor's estate (December 26,\n            1801; \u0026 January 3, 1804); the \n             Louisiana Purchase (September 17,\n            1803); a woman's viewpoint and thoughts (April 9, 1802);\n            the interdiction of His Majesty's ships from American ports\n            and the War of 1812 (August 29, 1808; March 25, 1812; and\n            July 18, 1813); an excellent discussion of social and\n            economic life in \n             Pearl River, \n             Mississippi Territory (November 28,\n            1816); the financial difficulties of the \n             Baylor family (September 1, 1819; \u0026\n            July 25, 1820); a meteorite falling in \n             Washington, D.C. (March 18, 1821); the\n            celebration in \n             Richmond of the French victory over the\n            Turkish Dey of \n             Algiers (September 13, 1830); the\n            medical studies of \n             John Roy Baylor (January 31, 1842);\n            discussion of \n             George Catlin's book about American\n            Indians and the explorations of \n             John C. Fremont and \n             Charles Wilkes (April 30, 1846); a\n            detailed description of \n             William P. Palmer's trip to \n             Europe (October 30, 1865); and the\n            voyage of Presbyterian missionary \n             E. Lanc[aster] to \n             Rio De Janeiro (August 26, 1869).\n        Events during the Civil War period are represented by\n            the following: \n             William P. Palmer's comments\n            concerning \n             John Brown's raid at \n             Harper's Ferry and the preparations for\n            his hanging (November 22 \u0026 December 1, 1859); the\n            struggle for possession of the \n             Fredericksburg Water Power\n            Company (March 17 \u0026 November 3, 1863; \u0026\n            September 5, 1865); the building of \n             Confederate stables and cabins for a\n            camp in \n             Louisa near the gold mines of \n             Louisa County's \n             Walnut Grove and \n             Slate Grove, formerly owned by Yankee\n            speculators (December 30, 1863); requests for donations of\n            flour and foodstuffs for soldiers (February 25, 1865); and\n            the assassination of \n             Abraham Lincoln deplored (April 25,\n            1865). Related topics include the mention of seeing \n             Robert E. Lee at \n             White Sulpher Springs, West\n            Virginia (August 17, 1867) and a letter from \n             Henry Stephens Randall declining to\n            visit the Old Dominion until the scars of the Civil War are\n            healed (n.d.).\n        Other post-Civil War subjects include: racial tensions\n            (August 11, 1878) and the \n             Richmond riots during which a white\n            policeman was killed in \n             Old Market Hall (March 20, 1870); \n             John Roy Baylor's assurances that his\n            black tenant farmers were not involved in the violence in \n             Caroline County (n.d.); life in \n             St. Louis, Missouri (September \u0026\n            July 3, 1873); a description of a shoot-out in \n             Uvalde County, Texas (May 10, 1881);\n            the black vote during Reconstruction in \n             Virginia (October 28, 1889); mention of\n             Micajah Woods, the \n             University of Virginia, and \n             Monticello (October 21, 1887); and the \n             Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac Railroad\n            Company (March 21, 1873; \u0026 May 20, 1881).\n        Letters containing genealogical information include the\n            following families: the \n             Norton family (June 22, 1828); \n             Robert Baylor's (August 14, 1828); the\n             Frere family (June 28, 1872 \u0026 n.d.);\n            the \n             Roy family (March 21, 1887 \u0026 January\n            8, 1885); the \n             Braxton family (April 20, 1810); the \n             Baylor family (February 20, 1895); and\n            the \n             Texas \n                Baylor family (April 28 \u0026 May 2,\n            1894).\n        For a list of individual correspondents, please consult\n            the \n             Baylor family sliplist.\n        The next series of papers contain the legal and\n            financial papers of the \n             Baylor family. These include: the\n            amnesty papers of Dr. \n             John Roy Baylor (1865); land plats and\n            surveys (1701-1841) of \n             Virginia lands in \n             King William County, \n             King and Queen County, \n             Spotsylvania County, \n             Caroline County, \n             Pocahontas County, and \n             Orange County, many of which were done\n            by surveyor, \n             James Taylor; and other legal\n            documents such as indentures, bonds, deeds, land grants,\n            and bills of complaint. Items of special note are: copies\n            of land grants signed by \n             Alexander Spotswood (July 20, 1722) and\n             Hugh Drysdale (July 16, 1726); a list\n            of named slaves sold to \n             John Baylor (December 12, 1751);\n            charges against \n             Philip Easter, overseer for \n             John Baylor, particularly for\n            \"constantly driving of the Negroes for which I paid a great\n            deal of tobacco,\" especially old \n             Sarah, a midwife (ca. 1757); agreement\n            of \n             John Hatley Norton to buy \n             John Baylor's tobacco (December 12,\n            1776); a water lot rental (June 12, 1794); articles of\n            agreement concerning a grist mill in \n             Caroline County (June 18, 1813); the\n            pardon of \n             John Crowley signed by \n             James Madison and \n             James Monroe (September 11, 1815); an\n            indenture of 1820 with named slaves; a schedule of property\n            with a named slave (December 17, 1822); an agreement\n            concerning a mill with \n             P. Harrison as the miller (1831); a\n            certificate of exemption from active service in the \n             Confederate Army as an agriculturalist\n            (November 10, 1864); and a copy of a receipt concerning\n            work done on a gravel pit for the \n             Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac\n            Railroad (June 2, 1870).\n        This series also contains copies of the wills of \n             John Baylor (1705-1772), dated February\n            19, 1770, and \n             Frances Baylor (1760-1815), dated June\n            12, 1815, both mentioning family slaves by name.\n        The financial papers of the \n             Baylor family contain six small account\n            books, 1859-1870, listing payment to hired hands, one of\n            which contains the \n             Tiverton Farm Stockbook (1866); bank\n            statements; a farm book for the \n             Greenwood Farm; \n             John Baylor's receipt book, 1792-1795,\n            which mentions Negroes purchased (December 5, 1790), \n             George Baylor's estate (February 17,\n            1792), and Negroes sold (February 23, 1795); and other\n            miscellaneous financial papers.\n        Topics in the financial papers include the following: an\n            account with \n             Donald Robertson for \n             Robert Baylor and \n             Walker Baylor's schooling (April 1,\n            1772); Colonel Braxton's smith works (April 1736); the \n             Rappahannock River Forge belonging to \n             James Hunter (March 31, 1784); tobacco\n            accounts (1775-1776; 1782; June \u0026 August 1782, October\n            2, 1789; February 24, 1784; March 19 \u0026 December 11,\n            1875; and n.d.); horses and racing (January 16, 1741; July\n            11, 1777, May 29, 1767; November 15, 1774; April 1, 1756;\n            and list of horses, n.d.); an account for carpenter and\n            house work [1726]; an account with the \n             Swan Tavern (September 23, 1815); the\n            settling of \n             John Baylor's estate (1750-1808)\n            (January 5, 1812; May 29, 1811; October 27, 1812; September\n            10, 1815; October 2, 1819; June 1, 1821; August 3, 1821;\n            and n.d.); medical accounts (April 12, 1830); corn and meal\n            from \n             John Baylor's mill (January 1, 1830);\n            and a blacksmith account (January 1, 1875).\n        There are also accounts with the \n             Confederate government (November 14\n            \u0026 24, \u0026 December 12, 1863; March 24 \u0026 May 3,\n            1864; and February 4, 1865) and many concerning slaves and\n            slavery.\n        These include: duty paid on Negroes (1742-1744); claim\n            for payment for capturing and placing \n             John Baylor's runaway slave in the \n             Spotsylvania goal (April 16, 1744); the\n            sale of \n             George Baylor's slaves (November 28,\n            1786); slaves for hire (December 26, 1805; June 15, 1814);\n            hire of \" \n             Ned \" as a mason (October 2, 1814);\n            clothing for Negroes (1814); grog for servants (September\n            23, 1815); bills of sale for unnamed slaves (June 11,\n            1847); \n             Mary and daughter \n             Elizabeth (September 4, 1848); \n             Miles (February 20, 1849); \n             Pompey (June 11, 1847); slave boy, \n             Frank (January 15, 1851); \n             Kitty Brook and \n             Fanny (December 28, 1853); \n             George Cooper (June 18, 1857); and\n            slave hire (April 30, 1859 \u0026 ca. 1854).\n        The miscellaneous series contains a diary (1780) of \n             John Baylor 1750-1808) describing a\n            journey from \" \n             Newmarket \" to \n             Warm Springs, \n             Augusta County, Virginia, and\n            mentioning Dr. \n             [Thomas ?] Walker and his son, \n             Thomas Walker, of \n             Albemarle County, Virginia, and \n             John Baylor's \n             Orange plantations; genealogical\n            material pertaining to the \n             Roy family, \n             Baylor family, and \n             Norton family, and including\n            biographical sketches of \n             Mungo Roy and \n             John Baylor (1750-1808); a \"History of\n            the Early Church in Virginia\"; several literary\n            compositions by \n             Maria Roy Baylor; and a memorandum\n            book of \n             John Baylor (1750-1808) which describes\n            the beginning of his voyage on the Potomack (October 1775)\n            and furnishes a description of saltworks at \n             Portsmouth, [England] (1778).\n        Other material in this series includes military papers,\n            miscellaneous papers, newsclippings, and loose photographs.\n            Thirteen of the items in the military papers pertain to\n            Colonel \n             John Baylor (1705-1772) and the \n             Caroline militia, who served under\n            Colonel \n             George Washington in the construction\n            of a fort at \n             Winchester, Virginia, during the\n            French and Indian War, 1756-1757, and consist of company\n            returns, orders for payment, and receipts for payment.\n        The rest of the military papers consist of Revolutionary\n            War material, relating to \n             George Baylor, aide-de-camp to General\n             George Washington, 1775-1777, and\n            Commander of the \n             Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, and\n            the papers about clothing, arms, and other supplies,\n            regimental finances, roster of officers, and weekly returns\n            of the regiment. Among these papers are: a copy of a letter\n            from General Burgoyne to Colonel Phillipson concerning\n            military conditions and discussing his ill-fated \n             Saratoga campaign (October 20, 1777); a\n            mention of \n             George Baylor's upcoming marriage\n            (February 4, 1778); \n             B. Dade's request to be exchanged as a\n            prisoner of war (February 1779); monies owed for supplies\n            to \n             James Hunter with an itemized account\n            (October 12 \u0026 November 1, 1779); the problems and\n            arrangements involved in outfitting the regiment (February\n            4, June 6 \u0026 12, 1778; October 13, 1780; October 26,\n            1781 [2 letters]; November 2, 1781; April 3 \u0026 August\n            14, 1782); the difficulty of working with the \"financier \n             Robert Morris \" (October 13, 1780); an\n            outbreak of smallpox in the \n             Third Regiment at \n             Petersburg, Virginia (November 25,\n            1781); and an order for a review of the \n             Continental army for July 4, 1782. A\n            final item is a general order for a discharge from the \n             4th Regiment of \n             Virginia militia during the War of 1812\n            (April 10, 1814). For a list of individual correspondents,\n            please consult the original list in the control folder.\n        The miscellaneous folder contains the following: a\n            printed score sheet for archery (July 4, 1771); a list of\n            books, probably from the library of \n             John Baylor [ca. 1800 ?]; notes\n            concerning Blackstone's law; a pamphlet, \"The Lewis and\n            Clark Expedition,\" by \n             Grace Flandrau (n.d.); an oath to \"our\n            Sovereign Lord King George\" (n.d.); and a parochial report,\n             Emmanuel Church, \n             Greenwood Parish, Reverend \n             W.M. Nelson, Rector (n.d.).\n        The newsclippings, 1921-1933, concern \n             University of Virginia events, news of\n            the \n             Ivy area, the \n             Lewis Association of America, the \n             Lewis family, and historical\n            articles.\n        The loose photographs, mostly unidentified, include:\n            Mrs. Rutherford's children, \n             Rosa Rutherford, \n             Charles Frere and \n             Douglas Frere, possible photographs of\n            \" \n             Newmarket, \" and \n             University of Virginia professors.\n        The notebooks and bound volumes series contains the\n            following: a photograph album; school notebooks of \n             Maria Roy Baylor, \n             Frank Blackford, and \n             James B. Baylor; an expense book; two\n            scrapbooks of newsclippings; and the \n            Letters of Junius,hand\n            copied by \n             John Baylor (1769-1771).\n        Those volumes belonging to Dr. \n             John Roy Baylor include: a genealogical\n            and historical notebook (1872); a medical notebook and farm\n            expense book which records a controversy with the \n             Clayton family over slaves (1847-1851); a\n            farm account book, 1856-1892, with accounts with the \n             Fredericksburg Water Power Company, a\n            servant's account (June-August, 1865), and reports of wheat\n            crops; an account book with grape expenses, sheep\n            memorandum, apple accounts, and a mill account (1868-1874);\n            and another farm book with an account with the \n             Bowling Green Tanning Yard, and slave\n            hire records with named slaves (1847-1868).\n        The photograph album, apparently given to \n             John Roy Baylor by his granddaughter on\n            Christmas of 1887, contains photographs of the following: \n             Rosa Seddon Rutherford (1891 \u0026\n            n.d.); \n             Helen Rutherford Johnson; \n             James B. Baylor; \n             Frances Starke Bowen, of \" \n             Mirador, \" \n             Albemarle County (1886); \n             Fanny Courtenay Baylor (1886); the\n            mother of \n             Fanny Courtenay Baylor; a portrait of\n            Colonel \n             George Armistead; \n             Roy Ellerson Massie; General \n             Lewis Armistead (killed at \n             Gettysburg ); \n             Maria Roy Baylor; \n             Eloise Baylor (1885); \n             Julia Howard Baylor; and \n             John Roy Baylor.\n        The series containing the papers of \n             James B. Baylor and the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey consists of the financial records of the\n            survey teams led by \n             John Baylor, circular letters from the\n            home office in \n             Washington, D.C., the official\n            correspondence and reports of \n             John Baylor, photographs, printed\n            material, \n             United States government property\n            inventories, and bound volumes.\n        \n                James Bowen Baylor (1849-1924)\n            graduated with an engineering degree from the \n             University of Virginia in 1872 and was\n            appointed an aid in the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic Survey\n            Department in 1874, continuing to work as a field\n            agent throughout his career. His many assignments included:\n            the determination of the elements of earth's magnetism from\n             Canada to \n             Mexico; the survey of oyster grounds\n            in \n             Louisiana and \n             Virginia, 1889-1894; his appointment\n            as a Commissioner of the \n             United States Supreme Court to settle\n            the \n             Virginia - \n             Tennessee boundary line dispute,\n            establishing it in the middle of Main Street, \n             Bristol, 1900-1902; and also the\n            establishment of boundaries between \n             Virginia and \n             Maryland, \n             New York and \n             Pennsylvania, and the \n             United States and \n             Canada.\n        The Oyster Industry Protection Correspondence contains\n            much correspondence from \n             William Ellinger of \n             Fox Island, Virginia, who describes\n            himself as an oyster planter. Printed material consists of\n            death notices for \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey men, \n             Richard D. Cutts and \n             Benjamin Peirce (1880\u0026 1883), and\n            three pamphlets concerning the \n             United States and Canadian boundary,\n            the oyster laws of \n             Virginia, and a \n             Virginia Military Institute valedictory\n            address by \n             Edward Hutson Russell.\n        Oversize items include a survey of the lands of \n             John Roy Baylor (June 1847),\n            photographs of the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey, and a printed plan of the fairgrounds of\n            the \n             Virginia State Agricultural Society, \n             Richmond, 1854.\n        The three \n             Baylor family ledgers, 1719-1755, contain\n            many references to the purchase of slaves (see\n            addendum).","ADDENDUM RE THE BAYLOR LEDGERS\n        The three \n             Baylor family ledgers contain many\n            references concerning tobacco exports, the purchase of\n            merchandise, work done on various ships, and slaves, which\n            at times had their place of origin noted, as in \" \n             Madigaschar woman,\" \"man of \n             Callabar, \" and \" \n             Barbadoes negro.\" The accounts of the\n            first two ledgers are indexed in the front of the\n            volumes.\n        References to slavery occurring in volume one include\n            the following pages: 12, 13, 15, 17, 22-24, 26, 28, 35, 37,\n            39, 47, 49, 64-66, 68, 70-71, 77, 80-81, 83, 92-93,\n            101-102, 113-114, 127, 130, 134, 166, \u0026 175. References\n            to slavery in volume two include: 10, 16, 30, 34, 56,\n            63-64, 74, 86, 88, 102, 115, 123, 134, 183, \u0026 207.\n            Volume three pages include: 40, 71, 124, 130, 132, 135,\n            146, 148, 152-153, \u0026 155.\n        Occasionally the names of the slave ships and other\n            vessels are recorded in the ledgers with notes on the\n            contents purchased from them. These, along with their\n            volume and page number, are listed below.\n        \n                Ann \u0026 Sarah 1.96, 139, 150, \u0026\n            155\n        \n                Berkeley 1.38, 64, 71, 98, 121, 149,\n            \u0026 167; \u0026 2.50\n        \n                Betty 1.94\n        \n                Callabar 1.39, 68, \u0026 98; \u0026\n            2.96, 111, 136\n        \n                Greyhound 1.23, 37, 38, 65, 92, \u0026\n            96; \u0026 2.4, 54, \u0026 97\n        \n                Hunter 1.68\n        \n                Little John 1.9, 10, 12, 25, \u0026 75;\n            \u0026 2.116 \u0026 136\n        \n                Little York 2.124\n        \n                Lucy 1.94 \u0026 149\n        \n                Mattapony Pink 1.9, 33, 94, 99, 135,\n            145, 158, 180, \u0026 185\n        \n                Nassopenex Sloop 1.2, 5, 38, \u0026\n            75\n        \n                Parnel Galley 2.22\n        \n                Prince Eugene 1.139, 150, \u0026\n            162-164\n        \n                Twerton 1.15, 39, 103, \u0026 2.90\n        Other entries include: the Iron Mine Adventurers 1.1\n            \u0026 1.11; horses 1.28; the \n             Germana mines 2.188; \n             John Baylor's estate 2.73 \u0026 131;\n            quitrents for land in \n             Caroline County, \n             Spotsylvania County, \n             Orange County, and \n             King and Queen County 2.34 \u0026 79;\n            and doctor and midwife accounts 3.120-121, 142, \u0026 149.\n            Volume three also has many references to the manufacture\n            and repair of hardware, utensils, and agricultural\n            equipment. In addition, at the end of the last volume,\n            there is a list of memoranda concerning agreements and\n            contracts of \n             John Baylor, a memorandum of slaves\n            sold off \n             W. Lyde's plantation (November 30,\n            1742) and a list of all the Negroes belonging to Baylor in\n            1744.","See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Baylor Family Papers \n 1653-1915"],"collection_ssim":["Baylor Family Papers \n 1653-1915"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2257"],"unitid_tesim":["2257"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["John Baylor and \n          James Baylor Blackford"],"creator_ssim":["John Baylor and \n          James Baylor Blackford"],"access_terms_ssm":["See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was loaned to the Library by \n             John Baylor of Baltimore, Maryland, and \n             James Baylor Blackford of Richmond, Virginia, on \n            April 12, 1946, and was made a gift on \n            August 31, 1954."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2000 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe \n          Baylor Family Papers have been arranged in\n         the following six series:\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eI. Correspondence (Box 1)\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eII. Legal and Financial Papers (Boxes 2-3)\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIII. Miscellaneous Papers (Box 4)\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIV. Notebooks and Bound Volumes (Boxes 5-7)\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eV. Papers of \n          James B. Baylor and the \n          United States Coast \u0026amp; Geodetic\n         Survey (Boxes 8-11)\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eVI. Oversize Items \u0026amp; 2M Volumes\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The \n          Baylor Family Papers have been arranged in\n         the following six series:","I. Correspondence (Box 1)","II. Legal and Financial Papers (Boxes 2-3)","III. Miscellaneous Papers (Box 4)","IV. Notebooks and Bound Volumes (Boxes 5-7)","V. Papers of \n          James B. Baylor and the \n          United States Coast \u0026 Geodetic\n         Survey (Boxes 8-11)","VI. Oversize Items \u0026 2M Volumes"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\n             John Baylor 1 ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1650\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1720\u003c/date\u003e) resident of \n          Gloucester County, Virginia, and later \n          King and Queen County, Virginia, married \n          Lucy Todd O'Brien (ca.1681-?) of \n          New Kent County, Virginia, in \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1698\u003c/date\u003e. They were believed to have had three\n         offspring, \n          Frances Baylor, \n          Robert Baylor, and \n          John Baylor 2. The children of their son,\n         Colonel \n          John2 Baylor ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1705\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1772\u003c/date\u003e), and \n          Frances Walker (?- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1783\u003c/date\u003e) were as follows:\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e1) \n          Courtney Baylor m. Jasper Clayton of \n          Gloucester County \n         \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e2) \n          Lucy Baylor m. \n          John Armistead \n         \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e3) \n          Frances Baylor m. \n          John Nicholson \n         \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e4) \n          Elizabeth Baylor unmarried\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e5) \n          John Baylor 3 ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1750\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1808\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n          Frances Norton ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1760\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1815\u003c/date\u003e) in \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1778\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e6) \n          George Baylor ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1752\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1784\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n          Lucy Page in \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1778\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e7) \n          Walker Baylor ( ? - \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1823\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n          Jane Bledsoe \n         \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e8) \n          Robert Baylor m. Miss Gwynne\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe children of \n          John Baylor 3 and \n          Frances Norton were:\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e1) \n          Frances Courtney Baylor ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1779\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1780\u003c/date\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e2) \n          Courtney Orange Baylor ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1781\u003c/date\u003e-? ) m. _____ Fox\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e3) \n          Lucy Elizabeth Todd Baylor ( ? - \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1823\u003c/date\u003e) m. [Sen. \n          John H. Upshaw ] in \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1809\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e4) \n          Louisa Henrietta Baylor m. [ \n          William T. Upshaw ]\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e5) \n          Susanna Frances Baylor ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1783\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1837\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n          John Sutton \n         \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e6) \n          John Baylor 4 m. \n          Maria Ann Roy ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1790\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1850\u003c/date\u003e) in \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1819\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e7) Dr. \n          George Daniel Baylor m. Miss Lewis\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe issue of \n          John Baylor 4 and \n          Maria Ann Roy was Dr. \n          John Roy Baylor \n         \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\n             John Baylor ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1821\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1897\u003c/date\u003e) who married \n          Anne Bowen of \n          Albemarle County and produced the\n         following offspring:\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e1) Captain \n          James Bowen Baylor ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1849\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1924\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n          Ellen Carter Bruce (died ca. \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1899\u003c/date\u003e) in ca. \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1881\u003c/date\u003e, producing three children: \n          Evelyn Courtney Blackford Baylor, \n          Anne Baylor, and \n          John Baylor ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1890\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1968\u003c/date\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e2) \n          Maria Roy Baylor \n         \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e3) \n          John Roy Baylor, Jr. ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1851\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1926\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n          Julia Howard \n         \u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["John Baylor 1 ( \n         1650- \n         1720) resident of \n          Gloucester County, Virginia, and later \n          King and Queen County, Virginia, married \n          Lucy Todd O'Brien (ca.1681-?) of \n          New Kent County, Virginia, in \n         1698. They were believed to have had three\n         offspring, \n          Frances Baylor, \n          Robert Baylor, and \n          John Baylor 2. The children of their son,\n         Colonel \n          John2 Baylor ( \n         1705- \n         1772), and \n          Frances Walker (?- \n         1783) were as follows:","1) \n          Courtney Baylor m. Jasper Clayton of \n          Gloucester County","2) \n          Lucy Baylor m. \n          John Armistead","3) \n          Frances Baylor m. \n          John Nicholson","4) \n          Elizabeth Baylor unmarried","5) \n          John Baylor 3 ( \n         1750- \n         1808) m. \n          Frances Norton ( \n         1760- \n         1815) in \n         1778","6) \n          George Baylor ( \n         1752- \n         1784) m. \n          Lucy Page in \n         1778","7) \n          Walker Baylor ( ? - \n         1823) m. \n          Jane Bledsoe","8) \n          Robert Baylor m. Miss Gwynne","The children of \n          John Baylor 3 and \n          Frances Norton were:","1) \n          Frances Courtney Baylor ( \n         1779- \n         1780)","2) \n          Courtney Orange Baylor ( \n         1781-? ) m. _____ Fox","3) \n          Lucy Elizabeth Todd Baylor ( ? - \n         1823) m. [Sen. \n          John H. Upshaw ] in \n         1809","4) \n          Louisa Henrietta Baylor m. [ \n          William T. Upshaw ]","5) \n          Susanna Frances Baylor ( \n         1783- \n         1837) m. \n          John Sutton","6) \n          John Baylor 4 m. \n          Maria Ann Roy ( \n         1790- \n         1850) in \n         1819","7) Dr. \n          George Daniel Baylor m. Miss Lewis","The issue of \n          John Baylor 4 and \n          Maria Ann Roy was Dr. \n          John Roy Baylor","John Baylor ( \n         1821- \n         1897) who married \n          Anne Bowen of \n          Albemarle County and produced the\n         following offspring:","1) Captain \n          James Bowen Baylor ( \n         1849- \n         1924) m. \n          Ellen Carter Bruce (died ca. \n         1899) in ca. \n         1881, producing three children: \n          Evelyn Courtney Blackford Baylor, \n          Anne Baylor, and \n          John Baylor ( \n         1890- \n         1968).","2) \n          Maria Roy Baylor","3) \n          John Roy Baylor, Jr. ( \n         1851- \n         1926) m. \n          Julia Howard"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of the Baylor Family, Accession #2257, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of the Baylor Family, Accession #2257, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The papers of the \n             Baylor family of \"Newmarket,\" \n             Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, contain ca.\n            2000 items (11 Hollinger boxes, 4.5 linear feet),\n            1653-1915, and consist of correspondence, legal and\n            financial papers, ledgers, genealogical material, students\n            notebooks and bound volumes, scrapbooks, photographs, a\n            diary, literary compositions, military papers pertaining to\n            the Revolutionary War, newsclippings, the records of James Bowen Baylor and the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and miscellaneous papers.\n        These papers pertain to John Baylor (1650-1720) of \n             Gloucester County, and King and Queen County, Virginia, and his wife, \n             Lucy Todd O'Brien of New Kent County, Virginia, and four generations of their descendants. The \n             John Baylor ledgers, 1719-1755, reveal that John Baylor was a wealthy merchant,\n            planter, and shipowner. He also served as a burgess, representing Gloucester County in the 1693 General Assembly and King and Queen County in 1718.\n        John Baylor's son, John Baylor (1705-1772), greatly increased the family landholdings when he received a royal\n            land grant in 1726 in what was to become Caroline County, Virginia. John Baylor was educated in \n             England, at the \n             Putney Grammer School and \n             Caius College, \n             Cambridge. While in \n             England, he developed a keen interest\n            in thoroughbred horses and horse racing, going so far as to\n            name his new home, \" \n             Newmarket, \" for the famous English\n            racing center. He became an important colonial horse\n            importer and breeder whose stables greatly contributed to\n            the development of American thoroughbreds. \n             John Baylor also rendered public\n            service to the newly formed county of \n             Caroline, as a colonel in the county\n            militia and a burgess in 1742-1749, and 1756-1765.\n        All four of the sons of \n             John Baylor (1705-1772) contributed in\n            some way to the American effort during the Revolutionary\n            War. \n             John Baylor (1750-1808), the heir of \" \n             Newmarket, \" while unable to fight due\n            to a childhood injury, gave financial support to the war\n            effort. He later had difficulties in shedding his\n            reputation as a \"Tory\" because he had gone back to \n             England in 1778 to marry his cousin, \n             Frances Norton (1760-1815) and had to\n            live in \n             Europe until they could obtain a return\n            passage to \n             America.\n        \n                George Baylor (1752-1784) was a member\n            of the \n             Caroline County Committee of Safety,\n            1775-1776, and from 1775-1777, he was aide-de-camp of\n            General \n             George Washington. He was commanding\n            officer of the \n             3rd Regiment Light Dragoons when he was\n            wounded and captured on September 28, 1778. He was\n            eventually exchanged and his regiment was consolidated with\n            the \n             First Continental Dragoons on November\n            9, 1782, which he commanded until the end of the war. On\n            September 30, 1783, he received his commission as a Brevet\n            Brigadier General.\n        \n                Walker Baylor served as a lieutenant\n            and captain of the \n             3rd Regiment Light Dragoons during the\n            Revolution. He along with his other brother \n             Robert Baylor, who also served in the\n            Revolution, immigrated to \n             Kentucky. Later \n             Robert Baylor apparently settled in the\n             Pearl River area of the \n             Mississippi Territory.\n        The estate of \n             John Baylor (1750-1808) was hopelessly\n            entangled when he inherited it from his father in 1772 and\n            much of it was lost through his own ineptitude as a\n            businessman and the dishonesty of others. However, the\n            house and two thousand acres were entailed and could not be\n            alienated; these were passed on to his son, \n             John Baylor ( ? ), who married \n             Maria Ann Roy and produced Dr. \n             John Roy Baylor (1821-1897). It was Dr.\n             John Roy Baylor's son, Captain \n             James Bowen Baylor (1848-1924), who was\n            a member of the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey team.\n        The correspondence series contains the correspondence\n            from family members, friends, and business associates of\n            all the above generations of the \n             Baylor family, beginning with Colonel \n             John Baylor (1705-1772). Letters\n            pertaining to the sojourn of \n             John Baylor (1750-1808) in \n             England prior to and during the\n            Revolutionary War include the following: a reference to\n            Colonel \n             John Baylor's son at school in \n             Caius College, \n             Cambridge (August 12,1769); his\n            intentions of returning to the \n             United States (December 28, 1770); the\n            advice of \n             William Bond, a former teacher of \n             John Baylor, for him to seek further\n            educational opportunities upon the continent rather than to\n            return to college studies (July 15, 1773); \n             William Bond's request for \n             John Baylor to ignore \"national evils\"\n            and to visit \n             England (May 4, 1778); \n             John Baylor's trip to \n             England to wed his cousin, \n             Frances Norton (1778); a reference to\n            the Baylor's leaving \n             England, and comments concerning the\n            fashions and decadence of \n             England (May 4, 1779).\n        Correspondence concerning events leading up to and\n            including the Revolutionary War includes: \n             Sam Waterman's support of the Stamp\n            Act repeal and the danger of shipping livestock from \n             London to \n             John Baylor (March 6, 1766); a Mr.\n            Grand's letter refusing to advise \n             John Baylor due to threat of prison\n            (March 28, [1772]): copies of \n             Committee of Correspondence letters to \n             John Norton asking him to keep them\n            informed regarding events in \n             England and Acts of \n             Parliament and his reply (April 6,\n            \u0026 July 6, 1773); a recommendation for the Baron of\n            [Bonstetten] who served in the Danish and Prussian Wars\n            (September 27,1777); \n             John Baylor as a prisoner aboard a\n            British ship, Thomas [Thortican], possibly due to suspicion\n            that he was reportedly carrying a treaty between \n             France and the \n             United States (February 5, 1778); the\n            birth of Colonel \n             George Baylor's son (May 6, 1779); \n             Walker Baylor asking his brother to\n            send him some money to cover his expenses incurred in\n            fighting in the Revolution (August 13, 1779); a statement\n            of \n             Edmund Pendleton, the Chairman of the \n             Caroline Committee of Correspondence,\n            regarding the loyalty of \n             John Baylor to the colonial cause,\n            relating that \n             John Baylor supported the actions of\n            the Americans at \n             Lexington, and returned to \n             England only to marry (October 13,\n            1779); the statement of \n             George Baylor regarding the loyalty of\n            his brother evidenced by his opinion of events at \n             Lexington, and his recommendation of\n            Baron de Wolfen in the service of the \n             American Army, and concluding with the\n            explanation that \n             John Baylor did not fight due to a\n            physical infirmity acquired in his youth (October 14,1779);\n             John Wormeley requests \n             John Baylor to use his influence to\n            give him an escort to visit his father in \n             Virginia (August 16, 1782); and a\n            request for \n             George Baylor to help recover money\n            form one of the officers of his regiment for Mr. Alexander\n            (September 3, 1783).\n        Other subjects of note include: the tobacco growing and\n            export business (May 8, 1741; March 6, 1766; August 12,\n            1769; February 5, 1778; June 29, 1788; March 10, 1789; June\n            6, 1789; March 15, 1793; \u0026 February 5, 1790); iron and\n            forge business (October 11, 1771; \u0026 April 13, 1774);\n            horses and horse breeding (\"Sober John\"-October25, 1754;\n            \"Fearnought\"-March 21, 1771; October 30, 1756; March 6,\n            1766; and July 17, 1800); and a discussion about whether\n            the Spanish will allow free trade up the \n             Mississippi River and \n             Ohio River ([December 4], 1783).\n        Several letters mention slaves and slavery. Among these\n            are: slaves for sale (April 14, 1770; March 21, 1771;\n            September 14, 1771; \u0026 June 19, 1811); mention of slave\n            passes, a slave detained on the road for lack of one, and a\n            visit of slaves with the family in \n             Gloucester County, Virginia (July 12,\n            1813); the prices of slaves in the \n             Pearl River area of the \n             Mississippi Territory and prices of\n            hire (November 28, 1816); and a letter from a Quaker, \n             George Boone, of \n             Berks County, Pennsylvania, attempting\n            to verify that \n             James Martin, a black man who claimed\n            to have been born to free parents and wrongly sold as part\n            of Colonel \n             John Baylor's estate, was indeed a\n            free black and not legally owned by \n             Thomas Adams of \n             Orange County, Virginia (August 12,\n            1818).\n        There is a group of letters between \n             John Baylor, \n             John Frere, and \n             John Baylor's former teacher in \n             England, \n             William Bond, concerning education for\n            his two sons, \n             John Baylor and \n             George Daniel Baylor. This\n            correspondence sheds some light on the attempts of\n            Americans to educate their sons following the Revolution\n            and includes: a discussion of \n             Eton and \n             Rugby and changes that have occurred at\n             Cambridge (August 17, 1793); a\n            suggestion to try \n             Glasgow in \n             Scotland (March 1, 1796); the\n            possibility of using a tutor (February 27, 1797); terms to\n            secure a tutor from \n             England and his opinion of \n             Eton (October 2, 1797); and a\n            suggestion to use an American clergyman for a tutor (June\n            22, 1799 \u0026 June 30, 1800).\n        Other subjects mentioned include: the French Revolution\n            (July 2, August 17, and [September 18], 1793); a\n            description of fashions ([September 18], 1793); a\n            description of \n             Warm Springs, \n             Bath County, Virginia (August 26,\n            1805); the career of \n             Napoleon Bonaparte (June 30 \u0026 July\n            17, 1800); the settlement of \n             John Baylor's estate (December 26,\n            1801; \u0026 January 3, 1804); the \n             Louisiana Purchase (September 17,\n            1803); a woman's viewpoint and thoughts (April 9, 1802);\n            the interdiction of His Majesty's ships from American ports\n            and the War of 1812 (August 29, 1808; March 25, 1812; and\n            July 18, 1813); an excellent discussion of social and\n            economic life in \n             Pearl River, \n             Mississippi Territory (November 28,\n            1816); the financial difficulties of the \n             Baylor family (September 1, 1819; \u0026\n            July 25, 1820); a meteorite falling in \n             Washington, D.C. (March 18, 1821); the\n            celebration in \n             Richmond of the French victory over the\n            Turkish Dey of \n             Algiers (September 13, 1830); the\n            medical studies of \n             John Roy Baylor (January 31, 1842);\n            discussion of \n             George Catlin's book about American\n            Indians and the explorations of \n             John C. Fremont and \n             Charles Wilkes (April 30, 1846); a\n            detailed description of \n             William P. Palmer's trip to \n             Europe (October 30, 1865); and the\n            voyage of Presbyterian missionary \n             E. Lanc[aster] to \n             Rio De Janeiro (August 26, 1869).\n        Events during the Civil War period are represented by\n            the following: \n             William P. Palmer's comments\n            concerning \n             John Brown's raid at \n             Harper's Ferry and the preparations for\n            his hanging (November 22 \u0026 December 1, 1859); the\n            struggle for possession of the \n             Fredericksburg Water Power\n            Company (March 17 \u0026 November 3, 1863; \u0026\n            September 5, 1865); the building of \n             Confederate stables and cabins for a\n            camp in \n             Louisa near the gold mines of \n             Louisa County's \n             Walnut Grove and \n             Slate Grove, formerly owned by Yankee\n            speculators (December 30, 1863); requests for donations of\n            flour and foodstuffs for soldiers (February 25, 1865); and\n            the assassination of \n             Abraham Lincoln deplored (April 25,\n            1865). Related topics include the mention of seeing \n             Robert E. Lee at \n             White Sulpher Springs, West\n            Virginia (August 17, 1867) and a letter from \n             Henry Stephens Randall declining to\n            visit the Old Dominion until the scars of the Civil War are\n            healed (n.d.).\n        Other post-Civil War subjects include: racial tensions\n            (August 11, 1878) and the \n             Richmond riots during which a white\n            policeman was killed in \n             Old Market Hall (March 20, 1870); \n             John Roy Baylor's assurances that his\n            black tenant farmers were not involved in the violence in \n             Caroline County (n.d.); life in \n             St. Louis, Missouri (September \u0026\n            July 3, 1873); a description of a shoot-out in \n             Uvalde County, Texas (May 10, 1881);\n            the black vote during Reconstruction in \n             Virginia (October 28, 1889); mention of\n             Micajah Woods, the \n             University of Virginia, and \n             Monticello (October 21, 1887); and the \n             Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac Railroad\n            Company (March 21, 1873; \u0026 May 20, 1881).\n        Letters containing genealogical information include the\n            following families: the \n             Norton family (June 22, 1828); \n             Robert Baylor's (August 14, 1828); the\n             Frere family (June 28, 1872 \u0026 n.d.);\n            the \n             Roy family (March 21, 1887 \u0026 January\n            8, 1885); the \n             Braxton family (April 20, 1810); the \n             Baylor family (February 20, 1895); and\n            the \n             Texas \n                Baylor family (April 28 \u0026 May 2,\n            1894).\n        For a list of individual correspondents, please consult\n            the \n             Baylor family sliplist.\n        The next series of papers contain the legal and\n            financial papers of the \n             Baylor family. These include: the\n            amnesty papers of Dr. \n             John Roy Baylor (1865); land plats and\n            surveys (1701-1841) of \n             Virginia lands in \n             King William County, \n             King and Queen County, \n             Spotsylvania County, \n             Caroline County, \n             Pocahontas County, and \n             Orange County, many of which were done\n            by surveyor, \n             James Taylor; and other legal\n            documents such as indentures, bonds, deeds, land grants,\n            and bills of complaint. Items of special note are: copies\n            of land grants signed by \n             Alexander Spotswood (July 20, 1722) and\n             Hugh Drysdale (July 16, 1726); a list\n            of named slaves sold to \n             John Baylor (December 12, 1751);\n            charges against \n             Philip Easter, overseer for \n             John Baylor, particularly for\n            \"constantly driving of the Negroes for which I paid a great\n            deal of tobacco,\" especially old \n             Sarah, a midwife (ca. 1757); agreement\n            of \n             John Hatley Norton to buy \n             John Baylor's tobacco (December 12,\n            1776); a water lot rental (June 12, 1794); articles of\n            agreement concerning a grist mill in \n             Caroline County (June 18, 1813); the\n            pardon of \n             John Crowley signed by \n             James Madison and \n             James Monroe (September 11, 1815); an\n            indenture of 1820 with named slaves; a schedule of property\n            with a named slave (December 17, 1822); an agreement\n            concerning a mill with \n             P. Harrison as the miller (1831); a\n            certificate of exemption from active service in the \n             Confederate Army as an agriculturalist\n            (November 10, 1864); and a copy of a receipt concerning\n            work done on a gravel pit for the \n             Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac\n            Railroad (June 2, 1870).\n        This series also contains copies of the wills of \n             John Baylor (1705-1772), dated February\n            19, 1770, and \n             Frances Baylor (1760-1815), dated June\n            12, 1815, both mentioning family slaves by name.\n        The financial papers of the \n             Baylor family contain six small account\n            books, 1859-1870, listing payment to hired hands, one of\n            which contains the \n             Tiverton Farm Stockbook (1866); bank\n            statements; a farm book for the \n             Greenwood Farm; \n             John Baylor's receipt book, 1792-1795,\n            which mentions Negroes purchased (December 5, 1790), \n             George Baylor's estate (February 17,\n            1792), and Negroes sold (February 23, 1795); and other\n            miscellaneous financial papers.\n        Topics in the financial papers include the following: an\n            account with \n             Donald Robertson for \n             Robert Baylor and \n             Walker Baylor's schooling (April 1,\n            1772); Colonel Braxton's smith works (April 1736); the \n             Rappahannock River Forge belonging to \n             James Hunter (March 31, 1784); tobacco\n            accounts (1775-1776; 1782; June \u0026 August 1782, October\n            2, 1789; February 24, 1784; March 19 \u0026 December 11,\n            1875; and n.d.); horses and racing (January 16, 1741; July\n            11, 1777, May 29, 1767; November 15, 1774; April 1, 1756;\n            and list of horses, n.d.); an account for carpenter and\n            house work [1726]; an account with the \n             Swan Tavern (September 23, 1815); the\n            settling of \n             John Baylor's estate (1750-1808)\n            (January 5, 1812; May 29, 1811; October 27, 1812; September\n            10, 1815; October 2, 1819; June 1, 1821; August 3, 1821;\n            and n.d.); medical accounts (April 12, 1830); corn and meal\n            from \n             John Baylor's mill (January 1, 1830);\n            and a blacksmith account (January 1, 1875).\n        There are also accounts with the \n             Confederate government (November 14\n            \u0026 24, \u0026 December 12, 1863; March 24 \u0026 May 3,\n            1864; and February 4, 1865) and many concerning slaves and\n            slavery.\n        These include: duty paid on Negroes (1742-1744); claim\n            for payment for capturing and placing \n             John Baylor's runaway slave in the \n             Spotsylvania goal (April 16, 1744); the\n            sale of \n             George Baylor's slaves (November 28,\n            1786); slaves for hire (December 26, 1805; June 15, 1814);\n            hire of \" \n             Ned \" as a mason (October 2, 1814);\n            clothing for Negroes (1814); grog for servants (September\n            23, 1815); bills of sale for unnamed slaves (June 11,\n            1847); \n             Mary and daughter \n             Elizabeth (September 4, 1848); \n             Miles (February 20, 1849); \n             Pompey (June 11, 1847); slave boy, \n             Frank (January 15, 1851); \n             Kitty Brook and \n             Fanny (December 28, 1853); \n             George Cooper (June 18, 1857); and\n            slave hire (April 30, 1859 \u0026 ca. 1854).\n        The miscellaneous series contains a diary (1780) of \n             John Baylor 1750-1808) describing a\n            journey from \" \n             Newmarket \" to \n             Warm Springs, \n             Augusta County, Virginia, and\n            mentioning Dr. \n             [Thomas ?] Walker and his son, \n             Thomas Walker, of \n             Albemarle County, Virginia, and \n             John Baylor's \n             Orange plantations; genealogical\n            material pertaining to the \n             Roy family, \n             Baylor family, and \n             Norton family, and including\n            biographical sketches of \n             Mungo Roy and \n             John Baylor (1750-1808); a \"History of\n            the Early Church in Virginia\"; several literary\n            compositions by \n             Maria Roy Baylor; and a memorandum\n            book of \n             John Baylor (1750-1808) which describes\n            the beginning of his voyage on the Potomack (October 1775)\n            and furnishes a description of saltworks at \n             Portsmouth, [England] (1778).\n        Other material in this series includes military papers,\n            miscellaneous papers, newsclippings, and loose photographs.\n            Thirteen of the items in the military papers pertain to\n            Colonel \n             John Baylor (1705-1772) and the \n             Caroline militia, who served under\n            Colonel \n             George Washington in the construction\n            of a fort at \n             Winchester, Virginia, during the\n            French and Indian War, 1756-1757, and consist of company\n            returns, orders for payment, and receipts for payment.\n        The rest of the military papers consist of Revolutionary\n            War material, relating to \n             George Baylor, aide-de-camp to General\n             George Washington, 1775-1777, and\n            Commander of the \n             Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, and\n            the papers about clothing, arms, and other supplies,\n            regimental finances, roster of officers, and weekly returns\n            of the regiment. Among these papers are: a copy of a letter\n            from General Burgoyne to Colonel Phillipson concerning\n            military conditions and discussing his ill-fated \n             Saratoga campaign (October 20, 1777); a\n            mention of \n             George Baylor's upcoming marriage\n            (February 4, 1778); \n             B. Dade's request to be exchanged as a\n            prisoner of war (February 1779); monies owed for supplies\n            to \n             James Hunter with an itemized account\n            (October 12 \u0026 November 1, 1779); the problems and\n            arrangements involved in outfitting the regiment (February\n            4, June 6 \u0026 12, 1778; October 13, 1780; October 26,\n            1781 [2 letters]; November 2, 1781; April 3 \u0026 August\n            14, 1782); the difficulty of working with the \"financier \n             Robert Morris \" (October 13, 1780); an\n            outbreak of smallpox in the \n             Third Regiment at \n             Petersburg, Virginia (November 25,\n            1781); and an order for a review of the \n             Continental army for July 4, 1782. A\n            final item is a general order for a discharge from the \n             4th Regiment of \n             Virginia militia during the War of 1812\n            (April 10, 1814). For a list of individual correspondents,\n            please consult the original list in the control folder.\n        The miscellaneous folder contains the following: a\n            printed score sheet for archery (July 4, 1771); a list of\n            books, probably from the library of \n             John Baylor [ca. 1800 ?]; notes\n            concerning Blackstone's law; a pamphlet, \"The Lewis and\n            Clark Expedition,\" by \n             Grace Flandrau (n.d.); an oath to \"our\n            Sovereign Lord King George\" (n.d.); and a parochial report,\n             Emmanuel Church, \n             Greenwood Parish, Reverend \n             W.M. Nelson, Rector (n.d.).\n        The newsclippings, 1921-1933, concern \n             University of Virginia events, news of\n            the \n             Ivy area, the \n             Lewis Association of America, the \n             Lewis family, and historical\n            articles.\n        The loose photographs, mostly unidentified, include:\n            Mrs. Rutherford's children, \n             Rosa Rutherford, \n             Charles Frere and \n             Douglas Frere, possible photographs of\n            \" \n             Newmarket, \" and \n             University of Virginia professors.\n        The notebooks and bound volumes series contains the\n            following: a photograph album; school notebooks of \n             Maria Roy Baylor, \n             Frank Blackford, and \n             James B. Baylor; an expense book; two\n            scrapbooks of newsclippings; and the \n            Letters of Junius,hand\n            copied by \n             John Baylor (1769-1771).\n        Those volumes belonging to Dr. \n             John Roy Baylor include: a genealogical\n            and historical notebook (1872); a medical notebook and farm\n            expense book which records a controversy with the \n             Clayton family over slaves (1847-1851); a\n            farm account book, 1856-1892, with accounts with the \n             Fredericksburg Water Power Company, a\n            servant's account (June-August, 1865), and reports of wheat\n            crops; an account book with grape expenses, sheep\n            memorandum, apple accounts, and a mill account (1868-1874);\n            and another farm book with an account with the \n             Bowling Green Tanning Yard, and slave\n            hire records with named slaves (1847-1868).\n        The photograph album, apparently given to \n             John Roy Baylor by his granddaughter on\n            Christmas of 1887, contains photographs of the following: \n             Rosa Seddon Rutherford (1891 \u0026\n            n.d.); \n             Helen Rutherford Johnson; \n             James B. Baylor; \n             Frances Starke Bowen, of \" \n             Mirador, \" \n             Albemarle County (1886); \n             Fanny Courtenay Baylor (1886); the\n            mother of \n             Fanny Courtenay Baylor; a portrait of\n            Colonel \n             George Armistead; \n             Roy Ellerson Massie; General \n             Lewis Armistead (killed at \n             Gettysburg ); \n             Maria Roy Baylor; \n             Eloise Baylor (1885); \n             Julia Howard Baylor; and \n             John Roy Baylor.\n        The series containing the papers of \n             James B. Baylor and the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey consists of the financial records of the\n            survey teams led by \n             John Baylor, circular letters from the\n            home office in \n             Washington, D.C., the official\n            correspondence and reports of \n             John Baylor, photographs, printed\n            material, \n             United States government property\n            inventories, and bound volumes.\n        \n                James Bowen Baylor (1849-1924)\n            graduated with an engineering degree from the \n             University of Virginia in 1872 and was\n            appointed an aid in the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic Survey\n            Department in 1874, continuing to work as a field\n            agent throughout his career. His many assignments included:\n            the determination of the elements of earth's magnetism from\n             Canada to \n             Mexico; the survey of oyster grounds\n            in \n             Louisiana and \n             Virginia, 1889-1894; his appointment\n            as a Commissioner of the \n             United States Supreme Court to settle\n            the \n             Virginia - \n             Tennessee boundary line dispute,\n            establishing it in the middle of Main Street, \n             Bristol, 1900-1902; and also the\n            establishment of boundaries between \n             Virginia and \n             Maryland, \n             New York and \n             Pennsylvania, and the \n             United States and \n             Canada.\n        The Oyster Industry Protection Correspondence contains\n            much correspondence from \n             William Ellinger of \n             Fox Island, Virginia, who describes\n            himself as an oyster planter. Printed material consists of\n            death notices for \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey men, \n             Richard D. Cutts and \n             Benjamin Peirce (1880\u0026 1883), and\n            three pamphlets concerning the \n             United States and Canadian boundary,\n            the oyster laws of \n             Virginia, and a \n             Virginia Military Institute valedictory\n            address by \n             Edward Hutson Russell.\n        Oversize items include a survey of the lands of \n             John Roy Baylor (June 1847),\n            photographs of the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey, and a printed plan of the fairgrounds of\n            the \n             Virginia State Agricultural Society, \n             Richmond, 1854.\n        The three \n             Baylor family ledgers, 1719-1755, contain\n            many references to the purchase of slaves (see\n            addendum).","ADDENDUM RE THE BAYLOR LEDGERS\n        The three \n             Baylor family ledgers contain many\n            references concerning tobacco exports, the purchase of\n            merchandise, work done on various ships, and slaves, which\n            at times had their place of origin noted, as in \" \n             Madigaschar woman,\" \"man of \n             Callabar, \" and \" \n             Barbadoes negro.\" The accounts of the\n            first two ledgers are indexed in the front of the\n            volumes.\n        References to slavery occurring in volume one include\n            the following pages: 12, 13, 15, 17, 22-24, 26, 28, 35, 37,\n            39, 47, 49, 64-66, 68, 70-71, 77, 80-81, 83, 92-93,\n            101-102, 113-114, 127, 130, 134, 166, \u0026 175. References\n            to slavery in volume two include: 10, 16, 30, 34, 56,\n            63-64, 74, 86, 88, 102, 115, 123, 134, 183, \u0026 207.\n            Volume three pages include: 40, 71, 124, 130, 132, 135,\n            146, 148, 152-153, \u0026 155.\n        Occasionally the names of the slave ships and other\n            vessels are recorded in the ledgers with notes on the\n            contents purchased from them. These, along with their\n            volume and page number, are listed below.\n        \n                Ann \u0026 Sarah 1.96, 139, 150, \u0026\n            155\n        \n                Berkeley 1.38, 64, 71, 98, 121, 149,\n            \u0026 167; \u0026 2.50\n        \n                Betty 1.94\n        \n                Callabar 1.39, 68, \u0026 98; \u0026\n            2.96, 111, 136\n        \n                Greyhound 1.23, 37, 38, 65, 92, \u0026\n            96; \u0026 2.4, 54, \u0026 97\n        \n                Hunter 1.68\n        \n                Little John 1.9, 10, 12, 25, \u0026 75;\n            \u0026 2.116 \u0026 136\n        \n                Little York 2.124\n        \n                Lucy 1.94 \u0026 149\n        \n                Mattapony Pink 1.9, 33, 94, 99, 135,\n            145, 158, 180, \u0026 185\n        \n                Nassopenex Sloop 1.2, 5, 38, \u0026\n            75\n        \n                Parnel Galley 2.22\n        \n                Prince Eugene 1.139, 150, \u0026\n            162-164\n        \n                Twerton 1.15, 39, 103, \u0026 2.90\n        Other entries include: the Iron Mine Adventurers 1.1\n            \u0026 1.11; horses 1.28; the \n             Germana mines 2.188; \n             John Baylor's estate 2.73 \u0026 131;\n            quitrents for land in \n             Caroline County, \n             Spotsylvania County, \n             Orange County, and \n             King and Queen County 2.34 \u0026 79;\n            and doctor and midwife accounts 3.120-121, 142, \u0026 149.\n            Volume three also has many references to the manufacture\n            and repair of hardware, utensils, and agricultural\n            equipment. In addition, at the end of the last volume,\n            there is a list of memoranda concerning agreements and\n            contracts of \n             John Baylor, a memorandum of slaves\n            sold off \n             W. Lyde's plantation (November 30,\n            1742) and a list of all the Negroes belonging to Baylor in\n            1744."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":66,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:55:15.948Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe papers of the \n             Baylor family of \"Newmarket,\" \n             Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, contain ca.\n            2000 items (11 Hollinger boxes, 4.5 linear feet),\n            1653-1915, and consist of correspondence, legal and\n            financial papers, ledgers, genealogical material, students\n            notebooks and bound volumes, scrapbooks, photographs, a\n            diary, literary compositions, military papers pertaining to\n            the Revolutionary War, newsclippings, the records of James Bowen Baylor and the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and miscellaneous papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThese papers pertain to John Baylor (1650-1720) of \n             Gloucester County, and King and Queen County, Virginia, and his wife, \n             Lucy Todd O'Brien of New Kent County, Virginia, and four generations of their descendants. The \n             John Baylor ledgers, 1719-1755, reveal that John Baylor was a wealthy merchant,\n            planter, and shipowner. He also served as a burgess, representing Gloucester County in the 1693 General Assembly and King and Queen County in 1718.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eJohn Baylor's son, John Baylor (1705-1772), greatly increased the family landholdings when he received a royal\n            land grant in 1726 in what was to become Caroline County, Virginia. John Baylor was educated in \n             England, at the \n             Putney Grammer School and \n             Caius College, \n             Cambridge. While in \n             England, he developed a keen interest\n            in thoroughbred horses and horse racing, going so far as to\n            name his new home, \" \n             Newmarket, \" for the famous English\n            racing center. He became an important colonial horse\n            importer and breeder whose stables greatly contributed to\n            the development of American thoroughbreds. \n             John Baylor also rendered public\n            service to the newly formed county of \n             Caroline, as a colonel in the county\n            militia and a burgess in 1742-1749, and 1756-1765.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAll four of the sons of \n             John Baylor (1705-1772) contributed in\n            some way to the American effort during the Revolutionary\n            War. \n             John Baylor (1750-1808), the heir of \" \n             Newmarket, \" while unable to fight due\n            to a childhood injury, gave financial support to the war\n            effort. He later had difficulties in shedding his\n            reputation as a \"Tory\" because he had gone back to \n             England in 1778 to marry his cousin, \n             Frances Norton (1760-1815) and had to\n            live in \n             Europe until they could obtain a return\n            passage to \n             America.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                George Baylor (1752-1784) was a member\n            of the \n             Caroline County Committee of Safety,\n            1775-1776, and from 1775-1777, he was aide-de-camp of\n            General \n             George Washington. He was commanding\n            officer of the \n             3rd Regiment Light Dragoons when he was\n            wounded and captured on September 28, 1778. He was\n            eventually exchanged and his regiment was consolidated with\n            the \n             First Continental Dragoons on November\n            9, 1782, which he commanded until the end of the war. On\n            September 30, 1783, he received his commission as a Brevet\n            Brigadier General.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                Walker Baylor served as a lieutenant\n            and captain of the \n             3rd Regiment Light Dragoons during the\n            Revolution. He along with his other brother \n             Robert Baylor, who also served in the\n            Revolution, immigrated to \n             Kentucky. Later \n             Robert Baylor apparently settled in the\n             Pearl River area of the \n             Mississippi Territory.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe estate of \n             John Baylor (1750-1808) was hopelessly\n            entangled when he inherited it from his father in 1772 and\n            much of it was lost through his own ineptitude as a\n            businessman and the dishonesty of others. However, the\n            house and two thousand acres were entailed and could not be\n            alienated; these were passed on to his son, \n             John Baylor ( ? ), who married \n             Maria Ann Roy and produced Dr. \n             John Roy Baylor (1821-1897). It was Dr.\n             John Roy Baylor's son, Captain \n             James Bowen Baylor (1848-1924), who was\n            a member of the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey team.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe correspondence series contains the correspondence\n            from family members, friends, and business associates of\n            all the above generations of the \n             Baylor family, beginning with Colonel \n             John Baylor (1705-1772). Letters\n            pertaining to the sojourn of \n             John Baylor (1750-1808) in \n             England prior to and during the\n            Revolutionary War include the following: a reference to\n            Colonel \n             John Baylor's son at school in \n             Caius College, \n             Cambridge (August 12,1769); his\n            intentions of returning to the \n             United States (December 28, 1770); the\n            advice of \n             William Bond, a former teacher of \n             John Baylor, for him to seek further\n            educational opportunities upon the continent rather than to\n            return to college studies (July 15, 1773); \n             William Bond's request for \n             John Baylor to ignore \"national evils\"\n            and to visit \n             England (May 4, 1778); \n             John Baylor's trip to \n             England to wed his cousin, \n             Frances Norton (1778); a reference to\n            the Baylor's leaving \n             England, and comments concerning the\n            fashions and decadence of \n             England (May 4, 1779).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence concerning events leading up to and\n            including the Revolutionary War includes: \n             Sam Waterman's support of the Stamp\n            Act repeal and the danger of shipping livestock from \n             London to \n             John Baylor (March 6, 1766); a Mr.\n            Grand's letter refusing to advise \n             John Baylor due to threat of prison\n            (March 28, [1772]): copies of \n             Committee of Correspondence letters to \n             John Norton asking him to keep them\n            informed regarding events in \n             England and Acts of \n             Parliament and his reply (April 6,\n            \u0026amp; July 6, 1773); a recommendation for the Baron of\n            [Bonstetten] who served in the Danish and Prussian Wars\n            (September 27,1777); \n             John Baylor as a prisoner aboard a\n            British ship, Thomas [Thortican], possibly due to suspicion\n            that he was reportedly carrying a treaty between \n             France and the \n             United States (February 5, 1778); the\n            birth of Colonel \n             George Baylor's son (May 6, 1779); \n             Walker Baylor asking his brother to\n            send him some money to cover his expenses incurred in\n            fighting in the Revolution (August 13, 1779); a statement\n            of \n             Edmund Pendleton, the Chairman of the \n             Caroline Committee of Correspondence,\n            regarding the loyalty of \n             John Baylor to the colonial cause,\n            relating that \n             John Baylor supported the actions of\n            the Americans at \n             Lexington, and returned to \n             England only to marry (October 13,\n            1779); the statement of \n             George Baylor regarding the loyalty of\n            his brother evidenced by his opinion of events at \n             Lexington, and his recommendation of\n            Baron de Wolfen in the service of the \n             American Army, and concluding with the\n            explanation that \n             John Baylor did not fight due to a\n            physical infirmity acquired in his youth (October 14,1779);\n             John Wormeley requests \n             John Baylor to use his influence to\n            give him an escort to visit his father in \n             Virginia (August 16, 1782); and a\n            request for \n             George Baylor to help recover money\n            form one of the officers of his regiment for Mr. Alexander\n            (September 3, 1783).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther subjects of note include: the tobacco growing and\n            export business (May 8, 1741; March 6, 1766; August 12,\n            1769; February 5, 1778; June 29, 1788; March 10, 1789; June\n            6, 1789; March 15, 1793; \u0026amp; February 5, 1790); iron and\n            forge business (October 11, 1771; \u0026amp; April 13, 1774);\n            horses and horse breeding (\"Sober John\"-October25, 1754;\n            \"Fearnought\"-March 21, 1771; October 30, 1756; March 6,\n            1766; and July 17, 1800); and a discussion about whether\n            the Spanish will allow free trade up the \n             Mississippi River and \n             Ohio River ([December 4], 1783).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSeveral letters mention slaves and slavery. Among these\n            are: slaves for sale (April 14, 1770; March 21, 1771;\n            September 14, 1771; \u0026amp; June 19, 1811); mention of slave\n            passes, a slave detained on the road for lack of one, and a\n            visit of slaves with the family in \n             Gloucester County, Virginia (July 12,\n            1813); the prices of slaves in the \n             Pearl River area of the \n             Mississippi Territory and prices of\n            hire (November 28, 1816); and a letter from a Quaker, \n             George Boone, of \n             Berks County, Pennsylvania, attempting\n            to verify that \n             James Martin, a black man who claimed\n            to have been born to free parents and wrongly sold as part\n            of Colonel \n             John Baylor's estate, was indeed a\n            free black and not legally owned by \n             Thomas Adams of \n             Orange County, Virginia (August 12,\n            1818).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThere is a group of letters between \n             John Baylor, \n             John Frere, and \n             John Baylor's former teacher in \n             England, \n             William Bond, concerning education for\n            his two sons, \n             John Baylor and \n             George Daniel Baylor. This\n            correspondence sheds some light on the attempts of\n            Americans to educate their sons following the Revolution\n            and includes: a discussion of \n             Eton and \n             Rugby and changes that have occurred at\n             Cambridge (August 17, 1793); a\n            suggestion to try \n             Glasgow in \n             Scotland (March 1, 1796); the\n            possibility of using a tutor (February 27, 1797); terms to\n            secure a tutor from \n             England and his opinion of \n             Eton (October 2, 1797); and a\n            suggestion to use an American clergyman for a tutor (June\n            22, 1799 \u0026amp; June 30, 1800).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther subjects mentioned include: the French Revolution\n            (July 2, August 17, and [September 18], 1793); a\n            description of fashions ([September 18], 1793); a\n            description of \n             Warm Springs, \n             Bath County, Virginia (August 26,\n            1805); the career of \n             Napoleon Bonaparte (June 30 \u0026amp; July\n            17, 1800); the settlement of \n             John Baylor's estate (December 26,\n            1801; \u0026amp; January 3, 1804); the \n             Louisiana Purchase (September 17,\n            1803); a woman's viewpoint and thoughts (April 9, 1802);\n            the interdiction of His Majesty's ships from American ports\n            and the War of 1812 (August 29, 1808; March 25, 1812; and\n            July 18, 1813); an excellent discussion of social and\n            economic life in \n             Pearl River, \n             Mississippi Territory (November 28,\n            1816); the financial difficulties of the \n             Baylor family (September 1, 1819; \u0026amp;\n            July 25, 1820); a meteorite falling in \n             Washington, D.C. (March 18, 1821); the\n            celebration in \n             Richmond of the French victory over the\n            Turkish Dey of \n             Algiers (September 13, 1830); the\n            medical studies of \n             John Roy Baylor (January 31, 1842);\n            discussion of \n             George Catlin's book about American\n            Indians and the explorations of \n             John C. Fremont and \n             Charles Wilkes (April 30, 1846); a\n            detailed description of \n             William P. Palmer's trip to \n             Europe (October 30, 1865); and the\n            voyage of Presbyterian missionary \n             E. Lanc[aster] to \n             Rio De Janeiro (August 26, 1869).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eEvents during the Civil War period are represented by\n            the following: \n             William P. Palmer's comments\n            concerning \n             John Brown's raid at \n             Harper's Ferry and the preparations for\n            his hanging (November 22 \u0026amp; December 1, 1859); the\n            struggle for possession of the \n             Fredericksburg Water Power\n            Company (March 17 \u0026amp; November 3, 1863; \u0026amp;\n            September 5, 1865); the building of \n             Confederate stables and cabins for a\n            camp in \n             Louisa near the gold mines of \n             Louisa County's \n             Walnut Grove and \n             Slate Grove, formerly owned by Yankee\n            speculators (December 30, 1863); requests for donations of\n            flour and foodstuffs for soldiers (February 25, 1865); and\n            the assassination of \n             Abraham Lincoln deplored (April 25,\n            1865). Related topics include the mention of seeing \n             Robert E. Lee at \n             White Sulpher Springs, West\n            Virginia (August 17, 1867) and a letter from \n             Henry Stephens Randall declining to\n            visit the Old Dominion until the scars of the Civil War are\n            healed (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther post-Civil War subjects include: racial tensions\n            (August 11, 1878) and the \n             Richmond riots during which a white\n            policeman was killed in \n             Old Market Hall (March 20, 1870); \n             John Roy Baylor's assurances that his\n            black tenant farmers were not involved in the violence in \n             Caroline County (n.d.); life in \n             St. Louis, Missouri (September \u0026amp;\n            July 3, 1873); a description of a shoot-out in \n             Uvalde County, Texas (May 10, 1881);\n            the black vote during Reconstruction in \n             Virginia (October 28, 1889); mention of\n             Micajah Woods, the \n             University of Virginia, and \n             Monticello (October 21, 1887); and the \n             Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026amp; Potomac Railroad\n            Company (March 21, 1873; \u0026amp; May 20, 1881).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters containing genealogical information include the\n            following families: the \n             Norton family (June 22, 1828); \n             Robert Baylor's (August 14, 1828); the\n             Frere family (June 28, 1872 \u0026amp; n.d.);\n            the \n             Roy family (March 21, 1887 \u0026amp; January\n            8, 1885); the \n             Braxton family (April 20, 1810); the \n             Baylor family (February 20, 1895); and\n            the \n             Texas \n                Baylor family (April 28 \u0026amp; May 2,\n            1894).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eFor a list of individual correspondents, please consult\n            the \n             Baylor family sliplist.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe next series of papers contain the legal and\n            financial papers of the \n             Baylor family. These include: the\n            amnesty papers of Dr. \n             John Roy Baylor (1865); land plats and\n            surveys (1701-1841) of \n             Virginia lands in \n             King William County, \n             King and Queen County, \n             Spotsylvania County, \n             Caroline County, \n             Pocahontas County, and \n             Orange County, many of which were done\n            by surveyor, \n             James Taylor; and other legal\n            documents such as indentures, bonds, deeds, land grants,\n            and bills of complaint. Items of special note are: copies\n            of land grants signed by \n             Alexander Spotswood (July 20, 1722) and\n             Hugh Drysdale (July 16, 1726); a list\n            of named slaves sold to \n             John Baylor (December 12, 1751);\n            charges against \n             Philip Easter, overseer for \n             John Baylor, particularly for\n            \"constantly driving of the Negroes for which I paid a great\n            deal of tobacco,\" especially old \n             Sarah, a midwife (ca. 1757); agreement\n            of \n             John Hatley Norton to buy \n             John Baylor's tobacco (December 12,\n            1776); a water lot rental (June 12, 1794); articles of\n            agreement concerning a grist mill in \n             Caroline County (June 18, 1813); the\n            pardon of \n             John Crowley signed by \n             James Madison and \n             James Monroe (September 11, 1815); an\n            indenture of 1820 with named slaves; a schedule of property\n            with a named slave (December 17, 1822); an agreement\n            concerning a mill with \n             P. Harrison as the miller (1831); a\n            certificate of exemption from active service in the \n             Confederate Army as an agriculturalist\n            (November 10, 1864); and a copy of a receipt concerning\n            work done on a gravel pit for the \n             Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026amp; Potomac\n            Railroad (June 2, 1870).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis series also contains copies of the wills of \n             John Baylor (1705-1772), dated February\n            19, 1770, and \n             Frances Baylor (1760-1815), dated June\n            12, 1815, both mentioning family slaves by name.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe financial papers of the \n             Baylor family contain six small account\n            books, 1859-1870, listing payment to hired hands, one of\n            which contains the \n             Tiverton Farm Stockbook (1866); bank\n            statements; a farm book for the \n             Greenwood Farm; \n             John Baylor's receipt book, 1792-1795,\n            which mentions Negroes purchased (December 5, 1790), \n             George Baylor's estate (February 17,\n            1792), and Negroes sold (February 23, 1795); and other\n            miscellaneous financial papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eTopics in the financial papers include the following: an\n            account with \n             Donald Robertson for \n             Robert Baylor and \n             Walker Baylor's schooling (April 1,\n            1772); Colonel Braxton's smith works (April 1736); the \n             Rappahannock River Forge belonging to \n             James Hunter (March 31, 1784); tobacco\n            accounts (1775-1776; 1782; June \u0026amp; August 1782, October\n            2, 1789; February 24, 1784; March 19 \u0026amp; December 11,\n            1875; and n.d.); horses and racing (January 16, 1741; July\n            11, 1777, May 29, 1767; November 15, 1774; April 1, 1756;\n            and list of horses, n.d.); an account for carpenter and\n            house work [1726]; an account with the \n             Swan Tavern (September 23, 1815); the\n            settling of \n             John Baylor's estate (1750-1808)\n            (January 5, 1812; May 29, 1811; October 27, 1812; September\n            10, 1815; October 2, 1819; June 1, 1821; August 3, 1821;\n            and n.d.); medical accounts (April 12, 1830); corn and meal\n            from \n             John Baylor's mill (January 1, 1830);\n            and a blacksmith account (January 1, 1875).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThere are also accounts with the \n             Confederate government (November 14\n            \u0026amp; 24, \u0026amp; December 12, 1863; March 24 \u0026amp; May 3,\n            1864; and February 4, 1865) and many concerning slaves and\n            slavery.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThese include: duty paid on Negroes (1742-1744); claim\n            for payment for capturing and placing \n             John Baylor's runaway slave in the \n             Spotsylvania goal (April 16, 1744); the\n            sale of \n             George Baylor's slaves (November 28,\n            1786); slaves for hire (December 26, 1805; June 15, 1814);\n            hire of \" \n             Ned \" as a mason (October 2, 1814);\n            clothing for Negroes (1814); grog for servants (September\n            23, 1815); bills of sale for unnamed slaves (June 11,\n            1847); \n             Mary and daughter \n             Elizabeth (September 4, 1848); \n             Miles (February 20, 1849); \n             Pompey (June 11, 1847); slave boy, \n             Frank (January 15, 1851); \n             Kitty Brook and \n             Fanny (December 28, 1853); \n             George Cooper (June 18, 1857); and\n            slave hire (April 30, 1859 \u0026amp; ca. 1854).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous series contains a diary (1780) of \n             John Baylor 1750-1808) describing a\n            journey from \" \n             Newmarket \" to \n             Warm Springs, \n             Augusta County, Virginia, and\n            mentioning Dr. \n             [Thomas ?] Walker and his son, \n             Thomas Walker, of \n             Albemarle County, Virginia, and \n             John Baylor's \n             Orange plantations; genealogical\n            material pertaining to the \n             Roy family, \n             Baylor family, and \n             Norton family, and including\n            biographical sketches of \n             Mungo Roy and \n             John Baylor (1750-1808); a \"History of\n            the Early Church in Virginia\"; several literary\n            compositions by \n             Maria Roy Baylor; and a memorandum\n            book of \n             John Baylor (1750-1808) which describes\n            the beginning of his voyage on the Potomack (October 1775)\n            and furnishes a description of saltworks at \n             Portsmouth, [England] (1778).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther material in this series includes military papers,\n            miscellaneous papers, newsclippings, and loose photographs.\n            Thirteen of the items in the military papers pertain to\n            Colonel \n             John Baylor (1705-1772) and the \n             Caroline militia, who served under\n            Colonel \n             George Washington in the construction\n            of a fort at \n             Winchester, Virginia, during the\n            French and Indian War, 1756-1757, and consist of company\n            returns, orders for payment, and receipts for payment.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe rest of the military papers consist of Revolutionary\n            War material, relating to \n             George Baylor, aide-de-camp to General\n             George Washington, 1775-1777, and\n            Commander of the \n             Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, and\n            the papers about clothing, arms, and other supplies,\n            regimental finances, roster of officers, and weekly returns\n            of the regiment. Among these papers are: a copy of a letter\n            from General Burgoyne to Colonel Phillipson concerning\n            military conditions and discussing his ill-fated \n             Saratoga campaign (October 20, 1777); a\n            mention of \n             George Baylor's upcoming marriage\n            (February 4, 1778); \n             B. Dade's request to be exchanged as a\n            prisoner of war (February 1779); monies owed for supplies\n            to \n             James Hunter with an itemized account\n            (October 12 \u0026amp; November 1, 1779); the problems and\n            arrangements involved in outfitting the regiment (February\n            4, June 6 \u0026amp; 12, 1778; October 13, 1780; October 26,\n            1781 [2 letters]; November 2, 1781; April 3 \u0026amp; August\n            14, 1782); the difficulty of working with the \"financier \n             Robert Morris \" (October 13, 1780); an\n            outbreak of smallpox in the \n             Third Regiment at \n             Petersburg, Virginia (November 25,\n            1781); and an order for a review of the \n             Continental army for July 4, 1782. A\n            final item is a general order for a discharge from the \n             4th Regiment of \n             Virginia militia during the War of 1812\n            (April 10, 1814). For a list of individual correspondents,\n            please consult the original list in the control folder.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous folder contains the following: a\n            printed score sheet for archery (July 4, 1771); a list of\n            books, probably from the library of \n             John Baylor [ca. 1800 ?]; notes\n            concerning Blackstone's law; a pamphlet, \"The Lewis and\n            Clark Expedition,\" by \n             Grace Flandrau (n.d.); an oath to \"our\n            Sovereign Lord King George\" (n.d.); and a parochial report,\n             Emmanuel Church, \n             Greenwood Parish, Reverend \n             W.M. Nelson, Rector (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe newsclippings, 1921-1933, concern \n             University of Virginia events, news of\n            the \n             Ivy area, the \n             Lewis Association of America, the \n             Lewis family, and historical\n            articles.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe loose photographs, mostly unidentified, include:\n            Mrs. Rutherford's children, \n             Rosa Rutherford, \n             Charles Frere and \n             Douglas Frere, possible photographs of\n            \" \n             Newmarket, \" and \n             University of Virginia professors.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe notebooks and bound volumes series contains the\n            following: a photograph album; school notebooks of \n             Maria Roy Baylor, \n             Frank Blackford, and \n             James B. Baylor; an expense book; two\n            scrapbooks of newsclippings; and the \n            \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLetters of Junius,\u003c/title\u003ehand\n            copied by \n             John Baylor (1769-1771).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThose volumes belonging to Dr. \n             John Roy Baylor include: a genealogical\n            and historical notebook (1872); a medical notebook and farm\n            expense book which records a controversy with the \n             Clayton family over slaves (1847-1851); a\n            farm account book, 1856-1892, with accounts with the \n             Fredericksburg Water Power Company, a\n            servant's account (June-August, 1865), and reports of wheat\n            crops; an account book with grape expenses, sheep\n            memorandum, apple accounts, and a mill account (1868-1874);\n            and another farm book with an account with the \n             Bowling Green Tanning Yard, and slave\n            hire records with named slaves (1847-1868).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe photograph album, apparently given to \n             John Roy Baylor by his granddaughter on\n            Christmas of 1887, contains photographs of the following: \n             Rosa Seddon Rutherford (1891 \u0026amp;\n            n.d.); \n             Helen Rutherford Johnson; \n             James B. Baylor; \n             Frances Starke Bowen, of \" \n             Mirador, \" \n             Albemarle County (1886); \n             Fanny Courtenay Baylor (1886); the\n            mother of \n             Fanny Courtenay Baylor; a portrait of\n            Colonel \n             George Armistead; \n             Roy Ellerson Massie; General \n             Lewis Armistead (killed at \n             Gettysburg ); \n             Maria Roy Baylor; \n             Eloise Baylor (1885); \n             Julia Howard Baylor; and \n             John Roy Baylor.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe series containing the papers of \n             James B. Baylor and the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey consists of the financial records of the\n            survey teams led by \n             John Baylor, circular letters from the\n            home office in \n             Washington, D.C., the official\n            correspondence and reports of \n             John Baylor, photographs, printed\n            material, \n             United States government property\n            inventories, and bound volumes.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                James Bowen Baylor (1849-1924)\n            graduated with an engineering degree from the \n             University of Virginia in 1872 and was\n            appointed an aid in the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic Survey\n            Department in 1874, continuing to work as a field\n            agent throughout his career. His many assignments included:\n            the determination of the elements of earth's magnetism from\n             Canada to \n             Mexico; the survey of oyster grounds\n            in \n             Louisiana and \n             Virginia, 1889-1894; his appointment\n            as a Commissioner of the \n             United States Supreme Court to settle\n            the \n             Virginia - \n             Tennessee boundary line dispute,\n            establishing it in the middle of Main Street, \n             Bristol, 1900-1902; and also the\n            establishment of boundaries between \n             Virginia and \n             Maryland, \n             New York and \n             Pennsylvania, and the \n             United States and \n             Canada.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe Oyster Industry Protection Correspondence contains\n            much correspondence from \n             William Ellinger of \n             Fox Island, Virginia, who describes\n            himself as an oyster planter. Printed material consists of\n            death notices for \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey men, \n             Richard D. Cutts and \n             Benjamin Peirce (1880\u0026amp; 1883), and\n            three pamphlets concerning the \n             United States and Canadian boundary,\n            the oyster laws of \n             Virginia, and a \n             Virginia Military Institute valedictory\n            address by \n             Edward Hutson Russell.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOversize items include a survey of the lands of \n             John Roy Baylor (June 1847),\n            photographs of the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey, and a printed plan of the fairgrounds of\n            the \n             Virginia State Agricultural Society, \n             Richmond, 1854.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe three \n             Baylor family ledgers, 1719-1755, contain\n            many references to the purchase of slaves (see\n            addendum).\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e\n      ","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eADDENDUM RE THE BAYLOR LEDGERS\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe three \n             Baylor family ledgers contain many\n            references concerning tobacco exports, the purchase of\n            merchandise, work done on various ships, and slaves, which\n            at times had their place of origin noted, as in \" \n             Madigaschar woman,\" \"man of \n             Callabar, \" and \" \n             Barbadoes negro.\" The accounts of the\n            first two ledgers are indexed in the front of the\n            volumes.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eReferences to slavery occurring in volume one include\n            the following pages: 12, 13, 15, 17, 22-24, 26, 28, 35, 37,\n            39, 47, 49, 64-66, 68, 70-71, 77, 80-81, 83, 92-93,\n            101-102, 113-114, 127, 130, 134, 166, \u0026amp; 175. References\n            to slavery in volume two include: 10, 16, 30, 34, 56,\n            63-64, 74, 86, 88, 102, 115, 123, 134, 183, \u0026amp; 207.\n            Volume three pages include: 40, 71, 124, 130, 132, 135,\n            146, 148, 152-153, \u0026amp; 155.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOccasionally the names of the slave ships and other\n            vessels are recorded in the ledgers with notes on the\n            contents purchased from them. 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