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","\"Life-Preservers.\" [advertisement] The Democratic Mirror, 6 March 1861. ","Loudoun Cemetery Database, Thomas Balch Library, Town of Leesburg. ","Saffer, Wynne C. 2002. Loudoun votes 1867-1966: a Civil War legacy. \nWestminster, Md: Willow Bend Books. ","United States, Robert N. Scott, H. M. Lazelle, George B. Davis, Leslie J. Perry, \nJoseph W. Kirkley, Fred C. Ainsworth, John S. Moodey, and Calvin D. \nCowles. 1880. The War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the official \nrecords of the Union and Confederate armies. Washington, D.C.: Govt. \nPrint. Off. V. LI, Pt. 1, pp 33-34. ","Virginia Ordnance Department, Records, 1861-1865. Accession 38943, State \nRecords Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. ","Wallace, Lee A. 1990. 17th Virginia Infantry. ","George R. Head (1822-1894) was a prominent political, business, and military\nleader of Leesburg, Virginia. The son of George Head (1783-1870) and Mary \nGover Head (1785-1823), he was one of six children from this marriage. After \nHead's mother's death in 1823, his father married Hannah J. Gover (1799-after \n1870). Both Head and his father served in the 57th Regiment of the VA Militia. In \n1848, Head married Sarah Virginia Gover (1823-before 1878), and the couple \nhad six children, four who survived to adulthood: Ann 'Nannie' Head (1849-\nafter 1880), William Head (1852 - 1892), Rosellar Head Johnson (1853 - 1885), \nand Susan Virginia Head (1855 - 1912). He was a member of the Methodist \nEpiscopal Church. Active in public life, Head served as a Justice of the Peace \nand as a member of the Leesburg Town Council beginning in 1858. He also \nestablished himself in business as a whitesmith or tinsmith, producing a number \nof goods including guns. In March 1861, he placed an advertisement in The \nMirror announcing that he had just received \"a fine lot of Colt's Revolvers which \nwill be sold at reduced prices.\"\n","Upon the occurrence of John Brown's raid of the government armory and arsenal\nat Harpers Ferry on 16 October 1869, Charles B. Tebbs, among many others in \nLoudoun County, participated in raising a volunteer company 'The Loudoun \nGuard' for the protection of the border. This company, ostensibly attached to the \n57th Regiment (Loudoun County), Virginia Militia, was accepted into state service \nat Leesburg on 22 April 1861, under the command of Captain Tebbs. Head \nserved as First Lieutenant. On 24 April 1861, the Loudoun Guard was ordered to \nproceed to Alexandria, Virginia, where it was officially mustered into service on \n23 May 1861, by Major George W. Brent (1821-1872) as part of the newly \norganized 17th Regiment Virginia Infantry. The next day the Loudoun Guard was \nsent to Manassas Junction and nearby Camp Pickens, where Captain Tebbs \nremained in command of the Loudoun Guard until June when he was promoted \nto Lieutenant Colonel and reassigned to the 8th Virginia Regiment. On June 29, \n1861, Head was appointed Captain of Company C of the 17th Virginia Infantry \nRegiment, one of ten companies in the newly formed unit. ","As Captain, Head oversaw daily duty rosters, correspondence, and requisition\nrecords for Company C dating between 1861 and April 1862. He also managed \npayroll, funds, and supplies for the company. He was noted for his actions on 18 \nJuly 1861 at Blackburn's Ford just before the First Battle of Manassas. In his \nreport of the action Colonel Montgomery D. Course noted \"gallant conduct\" of \nHead and four other officers \"who were actively and fearlessly employed during \nthe engagement\" where \"the fire was hottest.\" After this engagement the 17th \nVirginia was stationed at Camp Harrison near Fairfax Courthouse. The Regiment \nwas reorganized at Yorktown, Virginia in April 1862 during the Siege of \nYorktown. On 23 April 1862, Head narrowly avoided being struck by an exploding \nshell whole on duty at Dam Number 4. There is no record of Head incurring an \ninjury during this incident. On 28 April 1862, Head was re-elected Captain of \nCompany C, but resigned his commission shortly after his election.","In September of 1862 he was recommended for an appointment to the \nOrdinance Department. Created by the General Assembly of Virginia on 25 \nJanuary 1861, the Virginia Ordinance Department was leased to the Confederate \nGovernment and took charge of maintaining the Richmond Armory and \nmanufacturing arms for the war effort. Head served the Ordinance Department in \nLynchburg and at the Virginia Armory in Richmond until the end of the War. In \nJanuary 1864 Head was sent to Lynchburg to investigate issues with the \nmanufacture of \"Williams Guns\", a breech loading rapid fire canon first deployed \nby the Confederacy at the Battle of Seven Pines on 31 May 1862. Head \nconfirmed the guns were defective. ","Following the end of the Civil War, Head returned to Leesburg and established a \nbusiness manufacturing stoves. He continued to be active in politics, serving as \na Magistrate for the 8th District in 1868, as Mayor of Leesburg from 1869-1884 \nand as a Town Councilman for more than 40 years. Head was an active \nDemocrat, and was Chairman of the Loudoun County Democratic Committee \nfrom 1892-1894. He was regularly nominated as a candidate for the House of \nDelegates, winning elections in 1879 and 1890. In 1885 and 1886 he was \nappointed to serve as Leesburg's Postmaster by President Grover Cleveland \n(1837-1908). Head was active in the Clinton Hatcher Camp of Confederate \nVeterans and in fraternal organizations. He was a Mason and was elected as a \nGrandmaster of the Oddfellows in 1869. His death was recorded in the 1 \nFebruary 1894 edition of The Mirror with an obituary entitled \"A Valuable Citizen \nPasses Away.\" Head is buried in Union Cemetery. ","Laura Christiansen, 25 July 2016\n","Civil War Research Collection, 1859-1865 (SC 0095);\nLoudoun County Military Records (M 015); Preservation Society of Loudoun \nCounty Cemetery Committee Records, 1990 (M 006); Leesburg Civil War \nCollection, 1861-1865, (M 075); Town of Leesburg, Virginia Records, 1813-\npresent; Clinton Hatcher Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans Collection (M \n025).","The George R. Head collection consists of materials created or collected by\nCaptain George R. Head (1822-1894) of Leesburg, Virginia. The collection \nincludes family correspondence and papers, military correspondence and \nrecords, publications, currency and ephemera. The collection also contains \nartifacts including a canteen, haversack, holster, belt and buckles used by Head \nduring the American Civil War. A 2005 inventory of documents, typed \ntranscriptions of selected letters and documents in the collection, and research \nrelated to George R. Head's confederate military service accompanies the \ncollection. ","Family correspondence and papers are arranged chronologically and date from \n1847-1897. Correspondence includes letters to and from family members and \nfrom Head's fellow Odd Fellows and Masonic Lodge members. Of note are \nletters sent by Head to his wife Sarah Gover Head during June and July of 1862. \nOther Loudoun county correspondents include George Head's brother Reverend \nNelson Head (1811 -1902), George W. Janney (1821-1873), and Edward \nNichols (1847-1923). Family papers contain a handwritten funeral announcement \nfor Lydia Head (fl. 1775 -1832), paternal grandmother of George R. Head and \nepitaphs drafted for his wife Sarah Virginia Gover and for her father, Samuel \nGover, Jr. (1795-1875). ","The bulk of the collection relates to Head's military service, first with the 57th \nRegiment, Virginia Militia, at the outset of the Civil War as 1st Lieutenant in the \nLoudoun Guard and later as Captain of Company C, of the Virginia 17th Infantry \nRegiment. Included are daily rosters, correspondence, and requisition records \nfor the Company C dating between 1861 and April 1862 when Head resigned his \ncommission. In September of 1862 he was recommended for an appointment to \nthe Ordinance Department. Correspondence and records from Head's Ordinance \nDepartment service are included in the collection. Letters relating to the Head's \ninvestigation of inherent problems with Williams Guns are of particular note. \nOther Civil War era materials include pamphlets, currency, and other ephemera \nsuch as postal covers. Artifacts in the collection also relate to Head's military \nservice. Included are a canteen, haversack, holster, belt, belt buckles, and five \nbuttons used or worn by Head during the American Civil War. The canteen is \nparticularly unique. The design is similar to other tin drum canteens issued by the \nConfederacy in 1861; however, Head's canteen features a hand-drawn image of \nthe seal of Virginia including the motto Sic Semper Tyrannis and the figures of \nVirtus and Tyrannus. Two small leather coin purses are also in the collection. ","Physical characteristics and conditions affect use of this \nmaterial. Photocopying not permitted. Some materials may require special \nhandling. \n","The George R. 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Souders. 2011. Between Reb and Yank: A \nCivil War History of Northern Loudoun County, Virginia. Jefferson, N.C.: \nMcFarland \u0026amp; Company, Inc., Publishers. \u003c/bibref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cbibref\u003e\"Death of Capt. Geo. R. Head.\" The Mirror, 1 February 1894, p. 2. \u003c/bibref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cbibref\u003eFind A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi [accessed \n25 July 2016]. \u003c/bibref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cbibref\u003eGeorge R. 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Active in public life, Head served as a Justice of the Peace \nand as a member of the Leesburg Town Council beginning in 1858. He also \nestablished himself in business as a whitesmith or tinsmith, producing a number \nof goods including guns. In March 1861, he placed an advertisement in The \nMirror announcing that he had just received \"a fine lot of Colt's Revolvers which \nwill be sold at reduced prices.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUpon the occurrence of John Brown's raid of the government armory and arsenal\nat Harpers Ferry on 16 October 1869, Charles B. Tebbs, among many others in \nLoudoun County, participated in raising a volunteer company 'The Loudoun \nGuard' for the protection of the border. This company, ostensibly attached to the \n57th Regiment (Loudoun County), Virginia Militia, was accepted into state service \nat Leesburg on 22 April 1861, under the command of Captain Tebbs. Head \nserved as First Lieutenant. On 24 April 1861, the Loudoun Guard was ordered to \nproceed to Alexandria, Virginia, where it was officially mustered into service on \n23 May 1861, by Major George W. Brent (1821-1872) as part of the newly \norganized 17th Regiment Virginia Infantry. The next day the Loudoun Guard was \nsent to Manassas Junction and nearby Camp Pickens, where Captain Tebbs \nremained in command of the Loudoun Guard until June when he was promoted \nto Lieutenant Colonel and reassigned to the 8th Virginia Regiment. On June 29, \n1861, Head was appointed Captain of Company C of the 17th Virginia Infantry \nRegiment, one of ten companies in the newly formed unit. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Captain, Head oversaw daily duty rosters, correspondence, and requisition\nrecords for Company C dating between 1861 and April 1862. He also managed \npayroll, funds, and supplies for the company. He was noted for his actions on 18 \nJuly 1861 at Blackburn's Ford just before the First Battle of Manassas. In his \nreport of the action Colonel Montgomery D. Course noted \"gallant conduct\" of \nHead and four other officers \"who were actively and fearlessly employed during \nthe engagement\" where \"the fire was hottest.\" After this engagement the 17th \nVirginia was stationed at Camp Harrison near Fairfax Courthouse. The Regiment \nwas reorganized at Yorktown, Virginia in April 1862 during the Siege of \nYorktown. On 23 April 1862, Head narrowly avoided being struck by an exploding \nshell whole on duty at Dam Number 4. There is no record of Head incurring an \ninjury during this incident. On 28 April 1862, Head was re-elected Captain of \nCompany C, but resigned his commission shortly after his election.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn September of 1862 he was recommended for an appointment to the \nOrdinance Department. Created by the General Assembly of Virginia on 25 \nJanuary 1861, the Virginia Ordinance Department was leased to the Confederate \nGovernment and took charge of maintaining the Richmond Armory and \nmanufacturing arms for the war effort. Head served the Ordinance Department in \nLynchburg and at the Virginia Armory in Richmond until the end of the War. In \nJanuary 1864 Head was sent to Lynchburg to investigate issues with the \nmanufacture of \"Williams Guns\", a breech loading rapid fire canon first deployed \nby the Confederacy at the Battle of Seven Pines on 31 May 1862. Head \nconfirmed the guns were defective. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing the end of the Civil War, Head returned to Leesburg and established a \nbusiness manufacturing stoves. He continued to be active in politics, serving as \na Magistrate for the 8th District in 1868, as Mayor of Leesburg from 1869-1884 \nand as a Town Councilman for more than 40 years. 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After \nHead's mother's death in 1823, his father married Hannah J. Gover (1799-after \n1870). Both Head and his father served in the 57th Regiment of the VA Militia. In \n1848, Head married Sarah Virginia Gover (1823-before 1878), and the couple \nhad six children, four who survived to adulthood: Ann 'Nannie' Head (1849-\nafter 1880), William Head (1852 - 1892), Rosellar Head Johnson (1853 - 1885), \nand Susan Virginia Head (1855 - 1912). He was a member of the Methodist \nEpiscopal Church. Active in public life, Head served as a Justice of the Peace \nand as a member of the Leesburg Town Council beginning in 1858. He also \nestablished himself in business as a whitesmith or tinsmith, producing a number \nof goods including guns. In March 1861, he placed an advertisement in The \nMirror announcing that he had just received \"a fine lot of Colt's Revolvers which \nwill be sold at reduced prices.\"\n","Upon the occurrence of John Brown's raid of the government armory and arsenal\nat Harpers Ferry on 16 October 1869, Charles B. Tebbs, among many others in \nLoudoun County, participated in raising a volunteer company 'The Loudoun \nGuard' for the protection of the border. This company, ostensibly attached to the \n57th Regiment (Loudoun County), Virginia Militia, was accepted into state service \nat Leesburg on 22 April 1861, under the command of Captain Tebbs. Head \nserved as First Lieutenant. On 24 April 1861, the Loudoun Guard was ordered to \nproceed to Alexandria, Virginia, where it was officially mustered into service on \n23 May 1861, by Major George W. Brent (1821-1872) as part of the newly \norganized 17th Regiment Virginia Infantry. The next day the Loudoun Guard was \nsent to Manassas Junction and nearby Camp Pickens, where Captain Tebbs \nremained in command of the Loudoun Guard until June when he was promoted \nto Lieutenant Colonel and reassigned to the 8th Virginia Regiment. On June 29, \n1861, Head was appointed Captain of Company C of the 17th Virginia Infantry \nRegiment, one of ten companies in the newly formed unit. ","As Captain, Head oversaw daily duty rosters, correspondence, and requisition\nrecords for Company C dating between 1861 and April 1862. He also managed \npayroll, funds, and supplies for the company. He was noted for his actions on 18 \nJuly 1861 at Blackburn's Ford just before the First Battle of Manassas. In his \nreport of the action Colonel Montgomery D. Course noted \"gallant conduct\" of \nHead and four other officers \"who were actively and fearlessly employed during \nthe engagement\" where \"the fire was hottest.\" After this engagement the 17th \nVirginia was stationed at Camp Harrison near Fairfax Courthouse. The Regiment \nwas reorganized at Yorktown, Virginia in April 1862 during the Siege of \nYorktown. On 23 April 1862, Head narrowly avoided being struck by an exploding \nshell whole on duty at Dam Number 4. There is no record of Head incurring an \ninjury during this incident. On 28 April 1862, Head was re-elected Captain of \nCompany C, but resigned his commission shortly after his election.","In September of 1862 he was recommended for an appointment to the \nOrdinance Department. Created by the General Assembly of Virginia on 25 \nJanuary 1861, the Virginia Ordinance Department was leased to the Confederate \nGovernment and took charge of maintaining the Richmond Armory and \nmanufacturing arms for the war effort. Head served the Ordinance Department in \nLynchburg and at the Virginia Armory in Richmond until the end of the War. In \nJanuary 1864 Head was sent to Lynchburg to investigate issues with the \nmanufacture of \"Williams Guns\", a breech loading rapid fire canon first deployed \nby the Confederacy at the Battle of Seven Pines on 31 May 1862. Head \nconfirmed the guns were defective. ","Following the end of the Civil War, Head returned to Leesburg and established a \nbusiness manufacturing stoves. He continued to be active in politics, serving as \na Magistrate for the 8th District in 1868, as Mayor of Leesburg from 1869-1884 \nand as a Town Councilman for more than 40 years. Head was an active \nDemocrat, and was Chairman of the Loudoun County Democratic Committee \nfrom 1892-1894. He was regularly nominated as a candidate for the House of \nDelegates, winning elections in 1879 and 1890. 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In September of 1862 he was recommended for an appointment to \nthe Ordinance Department. Correspondence and records from Head's Ordinance \nDepartment service are included in the collection. Letters relating to the Head's \ninvestigation of inherent problems with Williams Guns are of particular note. \nOther Civil War era materials include pamphlets, currency, and other ephemera \nsuch as postal covers. Artifacts in the collection also relate to Head's military \nservice. Included are a canteen, haversack, holster, belt, belt buckles, and five \nbuttons used or worn by Head during the American Civil War. The canteen is \nparticularly unique. The design is similar to other tin drum canteens issued by the \nConfederacy in 1861; however, Head's canteen features a hand-drawn image of \nthe seal of Virginia including the motto Sic Semper Tyrannis and the figures of \nVirtus and Tyrannus. 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Of note are \nletters sent by Head to his wife Sarah Gover Head during June and July of 1862. \nOther Loudoun county correspondents include George Head's brother Reverend \nNelson Head (1811 -1902), George W. Janney (1821-1873), and Edward \nNichols (1847-1923). Family papers contain a handwritten funeral announcement \nfor Lydia Head (fl. 1775 -1832), paternal grandmother of George R. Head and \nepitaphs drafted for his wife Sarah Virginia Gover and for her father, Samuel \nGover, Jr. (1795-1875). ","The bulk of the collection relates to Head's military service, first with the 57th \nRegiment, Virginia Militia, at the outset of the Civil War as 1st Lieutenant in the \nLoudoun Guard and later as Captain of Company C, of the Virginia 17th Infantry \nRegiment. Included are daily rosters, correspondence, and requisition records \nfor the Company C dating between 1861 and April 1862 when Head resigned his \ncommission. In September of 1862 he was recommended for an appointment to \nthe Ordinance Department. Correspondence and records from Head's Ordinance \nDepartment service are included in the collection. Letters relating to the Head's \ninvestigation of inherent problems with Williams Guns are of particular note. \nOther Civil War era materials include pamphlets, currency, and other ephemera \nsuch as postal covers. Artifacts in the collection also relate to Head's military \nservice. Included are a canteen, haversack, holster, belt, belt buckles, and five \nbuttons used or worn by Head during the American Civil War. The canteen is \nparticularly unique. The design is similar to other tin drum canteens issued by the \nConfederacy in 1861; however, Head's canteen features a hand-drawn image of \nthe seal of Virginia including the motto Sic Semper Tyrannis and the figures of \nVirtus and Tyrannus. Two small leather coin purses are also in the collection. 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","\"Life-Preservers.\" [advertisement] The Democratic Mirror, 6 March 1861. ","Loudoun Cemetery Database, Thomas Balch Library, Town of Leesburg. ","Saffer, Wynne C. 2002. Loudoun votes 1867-1966: a Civil War legacy. \nWestminster, Md: Willow Bend Books. ","United States, Robert N. Scott, H. M. Lazelle, George B. Davis, Leslie J. Perry, \nJoseph W. Kirkley, Fred C. Ainsworth, John S. Moodey, and Calvin D. \nCowles. 1880. The War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the official \nrecords of the Union and Confederate armies. Washington, D.C.: Govt. \nPrint. Off. V. LI, Pt. 1, pp 33-34. ","Virginia Ordnance Department, Records, 1861-1865. Accession 38943, State \nRecords Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. ","Wallace, Lee A. 1990. 17th Virginia Infantry. ","George R. Head (1822-1894) was a prominent political, business, and military\nleader of Leesburg, Virginia. The son of George Head (1783-1870) and Mary \nGover Head (1785-1823), he was one of six children from this marriage. After \nHead's mother's death in 1823, his father married Hannah J. Gover (1799-after \n1870). Both Head and his father served in the 57th Regiment of the VA Militia. In \n1848, Head married Sarah Virginia Gover (1823-before 1878), and the couple \nhad six children, four who survived to adulthood: Ann 'Nannie' Head (1849-\nafter 1880), William Head (1852 - 1892), Rosellar Head Johnson (1853 - 1885), \nand Susan Virginia Head (1855 - 1912). He was a member of the Methodist \nEpiscopal Church. Active in public life, Head served as a Justice of the Peace \nand as a member of the Leesburg Town Council beginning in 1858. He also \nestablished himself in business as a whitesmith or tinsmith, producing a number \nof goods including guns. In March 1861, he placed an advertisement in The \nMirror announcing that he had just received \"a fine lot of Colt's Revolvers which \nwill be sold at reduced prices.\"\n","Upon the occurrence of John Brown's raid of the government armory and arsenal\nat Harpers Ferry on 16 October 1869, Charles B. Tebbs, among many others in \nLoudoun County, participated in raising a volunteer company 'The Loudoun \nGuard' for the protection of the border. This company, ostensibly attached to the \n57th Regiment (Loudoun County), Virginia Militia, was accepted into state service \nat Leesburg on 22 April 1861, under the command of Captain Tebbs. Head \nserved as First Lieutenant. On 24 April 1861, the Loudoun Guard was ordered to \nproceed to Alexandria, Virginia, where it was officially mustered into service on \n23 May 1861, by Major George W. Brent (1821-1872) as part of the newly \norganized 17th Regiment Virginia Infantry. The next day the Loudoun Guard was \nsent to Manassas Junction and nearby Camp Pickens, where Captain Tebbs \nremained in command of the Loudoun Guard until June when he was promoted \nto Lieutenant Colonel and reassigned to the 8th Virginia Regiment. On June 29, \n1861, Head was appointed Captain of Company C of the 17th Virginia Infantry \nRegiment, one of ten companies in the newly formed unit. ","As Captain, Head oversaw daily duty rosters, correspondence, and requisition\nrecords for Company C dating between 1861 and April 1862. He also managed \npayroll, funds, and supplies for the company. He was noted for his actions on 18 \nJuly 1861 at Blackburn's Ford just before the First Battle of Manassas. In his \nreport of the action Colonel Montgomery D. Course noted \"gallant conduct\" of \nHead and four other officers \"who were actively and fearlessly employed during \nthe engagement\" where \"the fire was hottest.\" After this engagement the 17th \nVirginia was stationed at Camp Harrison near Fairfax Courthouse. The Regiment \nwas reorganized at Yorktown, Virginia in April 1862 during the Siege of \nYorktown. On 23 April 1862, Head narrowly avoided being struck by an exploding \nshell whole on duty at Dam Number 4. There is no record of Head incurring an \ninjury during this incident. On 28 April 1862, Head was re-elected Captain of \nCompany C, but resigned his commission shortly after his election.","In September of 1862 he was recommended for an appointment to the \nOrdinance Department. Created by the General Assembly of Virginia on 25 \nJanuary 1861, the Virginia Ordinance Department was leased to the Confederate \nGovernment and took charge of maintaining the Richmond Armory and \nmanufacturing arms for the war effort. Head served the Ordinance Department in \nLynchburg and at the Virginia Armory in Richmond until the end of the War. In \nJanuary 1864 Head was sent to Lynchburg to investigate issues with the \nmanufacture of \"Williams Guns\", a breech loading rapid fire canon first deployed \nby the Confederacy at the Battle of Seven Pines on 31 May 1862. Head \nconfirmed the guns were defective. ","Following the end of the Civil War, Head returned to Leesburg and established a \nbusiness manufacturing stoves. He continued to be active in politics, serving as \na Magistrate for the 8th District in 1868, as Mayor of Leesburg from 1869-1884 \nand as a Town Councilman for more than 40 years. Head was an active \nDemocrat, and was Chairman of the Loudoun County Democratic Committee \nfrom 1892-1894. He was regularly nominated as a candidate for the House of \nDelegates, winning elections in 1879 and 1890. In 1885 and 1886 he was \nappointed to serve as Leesburg's Postmaster by President Grover Cleveland \n(1837-1908). Head was active in the Clinton Hatcher Camp of Confederate \nVeterans and in fraternal organizations. He was a Mason and was elected as a \nGrandmaster of the Oddfellows in 1869. His death was recorded in the 1 \nFebruary 1894 edition of The Mirror with an obituary entitled \"A Valuable Citizen \nPasses Away.\" Head is buried in Union Cemetery. ","Laura Christiansen, 25 July 2016\n","Civil War Research Collection, 1859-1865 (SC 0095);\nLoudoun County Military Records (M 015); Preservation Society of Loudoun \nCounty Cemetery Committee Records, 1990 (M 006); Leesburg Civil War \nCollection, 1861-1865, (M 075); Town of Leesburg, Virginia Records, 1813-\npresent; Clinton Hatcher Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans Collection (M \n025).","The George R. Head collection consists of materials created or collected by\nCaptain George R. Head (1822-1894) of Leesburg, Virginia. 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Family papers contain a handwritten funeral announcement \nfor Lydia Head (fl. 1775 -1832), paternal grandmother of George R. Head and \nepitaphs drafted for his wife Sarah Virginia Gover and for her father, Samuel \nGover, Jr. (1795-1875). ","The bulk of the collection relates to Head's military service, first with the 57th \nRegiment, Virginia Militia, at the outset of the Civil War as 1st Lieutenant in the \nLoudoun Guard and later as Captain of Company C, of the Virginia 17th Infantry \nRegiment. Included are daily rosters, correspondence, and requisition records \nfor the Company C dating between 1861 and April 1862 when Head resigned his \ncommission. In September of 1862 he was recommended for an appointment to \nthe Ordinance Department. Correspondence and records from Head's Ordinance \nDepartment service are included in the collection. 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Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi [accessed \n25 July 2016]. ","George R. Head Collection (M 0105), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA. ","\"History of the Seventeenth Virginia Infantry, C.S.A.\" \nhttp://www.fairfaxrifles.org/history.html [accessed 31 January 2016]. ","\"Life-Preservers.\" [advertisement] The Democratic Mirror, 6 March 1861. ","Loudoun Cemetery Database, Thomas Balch Library, Town of Leesburg. ","Saffer, Wynne C. 2002. Loudoun votes 1867-1966: a Civil War legacy. \nWestminster, Md: Willow Bend Books. ","United States, Robert N. Scott, H. M. Lazelle, George B. Davis, Leslie J. Perry, \nJoseph W. Kirkley, Fred C. Ainsworth, John S. Moodey, and Calvin D. \nCowles. 1880. The War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the official \nrecords of the Union and Confederate armies. Washington, D.C.: Govt. \nPrint. Off. V. LI, Pt. 1, pp 33-34. ","Virginia Ordnance Department, Records, 1861-1865. Accession 38943, State \nRecords Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. ","Wallace, Lee A. 1990. 17th Virginia Infantry. "],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge R. Head (1822-1894) was a prominent political, business, and military\nleader of Leesburg, Virginia. The son of George Head (1783-1870) and Mary \nGover Head (1785-1823), he was one of six children from this marriage. After \nHead's mother's death in 1823, his father married Hannah J. Gover (1799-after \n1870). Both Head and his father served in the 57th Regiment of the VA Militia. In \n1848, Head married Sarah Virginia Gover (1823-before 1878), and the couple \nhad six children, four who survived to adulthood: Ann 'Nannie' Head (1849-\nafter 1880), William Head (1852 - 1892), Rosellar Head Johnson (1853 - 1885), \nand Susan Virginia Head (1855 - 1912). He was a member of the Methodist \nEpiscopal Church. Active in public life, Head served as a Justice of the Peace \nand as a member of the Leesburg Town Council beginning in 1858. He also \nestablished himself in business as a whitesmith or tinsmith, producing a number \nof goods including guns. In March 1861, he placed an advertisement in The \nMirror announcing that he had just received \"a fine lot of Colt's Revolvers which \nwill be sold at reduced prices.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUpon the occurrence of John Brown's raid of the government armory and arsenal\nat Harpers Ferry on 16 October 1869, Charles B. Tebbs, among many others in \nLoudoun County, participated in raising a volunteer company 'The Loudoun \nGuard' for the protection of the border. This company, ostensibly attached to the \n57th Regiment (Loudoun County), Virginia Militia, was accepted into state service \nat Leesburg on 22 April 1861, under the command of Captain Tebbs. Head \nserved as First Lieutenant. On 24 April 1861, the Loudoun Guard was ordered to \nproceed to Alexandria, Virginia, where it was officially mustered into service on \n23 May 1861, by Major George W. Brent (1821-1872) as part of the newly \norganized 17th Regiment Virginia Infantry. The next day the Loudoun Guard was \nsent to Manassas Junction and nearby Camp Pickens, where Captain Tebbs \nremained in command of the Loudoun Guard until June when he was promoted \nto Lieutenant Colonel and reassigned to the 8th Virginia Regiment. On June 29, \n1861, Head was appointed Captain of Company C of the 17th Virginia Infantry \nRegiment, one of ten companies in the newly formed unit. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Captain, Head oversaw daily duty rosters, correspondence, and requisition\nrecords for Company C dating between 1861 and April 1862. He also managed \npayroll, funds, and supplies for the company. He was noted for his actions on 18 \nJuly 1861 at Blackburn's Ford just before the First Battle of Manassas. In his \nreport of the action Colonel Montgomery D. Course noted \"gallant conduct\" of \nHead and four other officers \"who were actively and fearlessly employed during \nthe engagement\" where \"the fire was hottest.\" After this engagement the 17th \nVirginia was stationed at Camp Harrison near Fairfax Courthouse. The Regiment \nwas reorganized at Yorktown, Virginia in April 1862 during the Siege of \nYorktown. On 23 April 1862, Head narrowly avoided being struck by an exploding \nshell whole on duty at Dam Number 4. There is no record of Head incurring an \ninjury during this incident. On 28 April 1862, Head was re-elected Captain of \nCompany C, but resigned his commission shortly after his election.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn September of 1862 he was recommended for an appointment to the \nOrdinance Department. Created by the General Assembly of Virginia on 25 \nJanuary 1861, the Virginia Ordinance Department was leased to the Confederate \nGovernment and took charge of maintaining the Richmond Armory and \nmanufacturing arms for the war effort. Head served the Ordinance Department in \nLynchburg and at the Virginia Armory in Richmond until the end of the War. In \nJanuary 1864 Head was sent to Lynchburg to investigate issues with the \nmanufacture of \"Williams Guns\", a breech loading rapid fire canon first deployed \nby the Confederacy at the Battle of Seven Pines on 31 May 1862. Head \nconfirmed the guns were defective. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing the end of the Civil War, Head returned to Leesburg and established a \nbusiness manufacturing stoves. He continued to be active in politics, serving as \na Magistrate for the 8th District in 1868, as Mayor of Leesburg from 1869-1884 \nand as a Town Councilman for more than 40 years. Head was an active \nDemocrat, and was Chairman of the Loudoun County Democratic Committee \nfrom 1892-1894. He was regularly nominated as a candidate for the House of \nDelegates, winning elections in 1879 and 1890. In 1885 and 1886 he was \nappointed to serve as Leesburg's Postmaster by President Grover Cleveland \n(1837-1908). Head was active in the Clinton Hatcher Camp of Confederate \nVeterans and in fraternal organizations. He was a Mason and was elected as a \nGrandmaster of the Oddfellows in 1869. His death was recorded in the 1 \nFebruary 1894 edition of The Mirror with an obituary entitled \"A Valuable Citizen \nPasses Away.\" Head is buried in Union Cemetery. \u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["George R. Head (1822-1894) was a prominent political, business, and military\nleader of Leesburg, Virginia. The son of George Head (1783-1870) and Mary \nGover Head (1785-1823), he was one of six children from this marriage. After \nHead's mother's death in 1823, his father married Hannah J. Gover (1799-after \n1870). Both Head and his father served in the 57th Regiment of the VA Militia. In \n1848, Head married Sarah Virginia Gover (1823-before 1878), and the couple \nhad six children, four who survived to adulthood: Ann 'Nannie' Head (1849-\nafter 1880), William Head (1852 - 1892), Rosellar Head Johnson (1853 - 1885), \nand Susan Virginia Head (1855 - 1912). He was a member of the Methodist \nEpiscopal Church. Active in public life, Head served as a Justice of the Peace \nand as a member of the Leesburg Town Council beginning in 1858. He also \nestablished himself in business as a whitesmith or tinsmith, producing a number \nof goods including guns. In March 1861, he placed an advertisement in The \nMirror announcing that he had just received \"a fine lot of Colt's Revolvers which \nwill be sold at reduced prices.\"\n","Upon the occurrence of John Brown's raid of the government armory and arsenal\nat Harpers Ferry on 16 October 1869, Charles B. Tebbs, among many others in \nLoudoun County, participated in raising a volunteer company 'The Loudoun \nGuard' for the protection of the border. This company, ostensibly attached to the \n57th Regiment (Loudoun County), Virginia Militia, was accepted into state service \nat Leesburg on 22 April 1861, under the command of Captain Tebbs. Head \nserved as First Lieutenant. On 24 April 1861, the Loudoun Guard was ordered to \nproceed to Alexandria, Virginia, where it was officially mustered into service on \n23 May 1861, by Major George W. Brent (1821-1872) as part of the newly \norganized 17th Regiment Virginia Infantry. The next day the Loudoun Guard was \nsent to Manassas Junction and nearby Camp Pickens, where Captain Tebbs \nremained in command of the Loudoun Guard until June when he was promoted \nto Lieutenant Colonel and reassigned to the 8th Virginia Regiment. On June 29, \n1861, Head was appointed Captain of Company C of the 17th Virginia Infantry \nRegiment, one of ten companies in the newly formed unit. ","As Captain, Head oversaw daily duty rosters, correspondence, and requisition\nrecords for Company C dating between 1861 and April 1862. He also managed \npayroll, funds, and supplies for the company. He was noted for his actions on 18 \nJuly 1861 at Blackburn's Ford just before the First Battle of Manassas. In his \nreport of the action Colonel Montgomery D. Course noted \"gallant conduct\" of \nHead and four other officers \"who were actively and fearlessly employed during \nthe engagement\" where \"the fire was hottest.\" After this engagement the 17th \nVirginia was stationed at Camp Harrison near Fairfax Courthouse. The Regiment \nwas reorganized at Yorktown, Virginia in April 1862 during the Siege of \nYorktown. On 23 April 1862, Head narrowly avoided being struck by an exploding \nshell whole on duty at Dam Number 4. There is no record of Head incurring an \ninjury during this incident. On 28 April 1862, Head was re-elected Captain of \nCompany C, but resigned his commission shortly after his election.","In September of 1862 he was recommended for an appointment to the \nOrdinance Department. Created by the General Assembly of Virginia on 25 \nJanuary 1861, the Virginia Ordinance Department was leased to the Confederate \nGovernment and took charge of maintaining the Richmond Armory and \nmanufacturing arms for the war effort. Head served the Ordinance Department in \nLynchburg and at the Virginia Armory in Richmond until the end of the War. In \nJanuary 1864 Head was sent to Lynchburg to investigate issues with the \nmanufacture of \"Williams Guns\", a breech loading rapid fire canon first deployed \nby the Confederacy at the Battle of Seven Pines on 31 May 1862. Head \nconfirmed the guns were defective. ","Following the end of the Civil War, Head returned to Leesburg and established a \nbusiness manufacturing stoves. He continued to be active in politics, serving as \na Magistrate for the 8th District in 1868, as Mayor of Leesburg from 1869-1884 \nand as a Town Councilman for more than 40 years. Head was an active \nDemocrat, and was Chairman of the Loudoun County Democratic Committee \nfrom 1892-1894. He was regularly nominated as a candidate for the House of \nDelegates, winning elections in 1879 and 1890. In 1885 and 1886 he was \nappointed to serve as Leesburg's Postmaster by President Grover Cleveland \n(1837-1908). Head was active in the Clinton Hatcher Camp of Confederate \nVeterans and in fraternal organizations. He was a Mason and was elected as a \nGrandmaster of the Oddfellows in 1869. His death was recorded in the 1 \nFebruary 1894 edition of The Mirror with an obituary entitled \"A Valuable Citizen \nPasses Away.\" Head is buried in Union Cemetery. "],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge R. Head Collection, 1814 - 1901 (M 0105), Thomas Balch \nLibrary, Leesburg, VA. \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["George R. 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Head collection consists of materials created or collected by\nCaptain George R. Head (1822-1894) of Leesburg, Virginia. The collection \nincludes family correspondence and papers, military correspondence and \nrecords, publications, currency and ephemera. The collection also contains \nartifacts including a canteen, haversack, holster, belt and buckles used by Head \nduring the American Civil War. A 2005 inventory of documents, typed \ntranscriptions of selected letters and documents in the collection, and research \nrelated to George R. Head's confederate military service accompanies the \ncollection. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily correspondence and papers are arranged chronologically and date from \n1847-1897. Correspondence includes letters to and from family members and \nfrom Head's fellow Odd Fellows and Masonic Lodge members. Of note are \nletters sent by Head to his wife Sarah Gover Head during June and July of 1862. \nOther Loudoun county correspondents include George Head's brother Reverend \nNelson Head (1811 -1902), George W. Janney (1821-1873), and Edward \nNichols (1847-1923). Family papers contain a handwritten funeral announcement \nfor Lydia Head (fl. 1775 -1832), paternal grandmother of George R. Head and \nepitaphs drafted for his wife Sarah Virginia Gover and for her father, Samuel \nGover, Jr. (1795-1875). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of the collection relates to Head's military service, first with the 57th \nRegiment, Virginia Militia, at the outset of the Civil War as 1st Lieutenant in the \nLoudoun Guard and later as Captain of Company C, of the Virginia 17th Infantry \nRegiment. Included are daily rosters, correspondence, and requisition records \nfor the Company C dating between 1861 and April 1862 when Head resigned his \ncommission. In September of 1862 he was recommended for an appointment to \nthe Ordinance Department. Correspondence and records from Head's Ordinance \nDepartment service are included in the collection. Letters relating to the Head's \ninvestigation of inherent problems with Williams Guns are of particular note. \nOther Civil War era materials include pamphlets, currency, and other ephemera \nsuch as postal covers. Artifacts in the collection also relate to Head's military \nservice. Included are a canteen, haversack, holster, belt, belt buckles, and five \nbuttons used or worn by Head during the American Civil War. The canteen is \nparticularly unique. The design is similar to other tin drum canteens issued by the \nConfederacy in 1861; however, Head's canteen features a hand-drawn image of \nthe seal of Virginia including the motto Sic Semper Tyrannis and the figures of \nVirtus and Tyrannus. Two small leather coin purses are also in the collection. \u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The George R. Head collection consists of materials created or collected by\nCaptain George R. Head (1822-1894) of Leesburg, Virginia. The collection \nincludes family correspondence and papers, military correspondence and \nrecords, publications, currency and ephemera. The collection also contains \nartifacts including a canteen, haversack, holster, belt and buckles used by Head \nduring the American Civil War. A 2005 inventory of documents, typed \ntranscriptions of selected letters and documents in the collection, and research \nrelated to George R. Head's confederate military service accompanies the \ncollection. ","Family correspondence and papers are arranged chronologically and date from \n1847-1897. Correspondence includes letters to and from family members and \nfrom Head's fellow Odd Fellows and Masonic Lodge members. Of note are \nletters sent by Head to his wife Sarah Gover Head during June and July of 1862. \nOther Loudoun county correspondents include George Head's brother Reverend \nNelson Head (1811 -1902), George W. Janney (1821-1873), and Edward \nNichols (1847-1923). Family papers contain a handwritten funeral announcement \nfor Lydia Head (fl. 1775 -1832), paternal grandmother of George R. Head and \nepitaphs drafted for his wife Sarah Virginia Gover and for her father, Samuel \nGover, Jr. (1795-1875). ","The bulk of the collection relates to Head's military service, first with the 57th \nRegiment, Virginia Militia, at the outset of the Civil War as 1st Lieutenant in the \nLoudoun Guard and later as Captain of Company C, of the Virginia 17th Infantry \nRegiment. Included are daily rosters, correspondence, and requisition records \nfor the Company C dating between 1861 and April 1862 when Head resigned his \ncommission. In September of 1862 he was recommended for an appointment to \nthe Ordinance Department. Correspondence and records from Head's Ordinance \nDepartment service are included in the collection. Letters relating to the Head's \ninvestigation of inherent problems with Williams Guns are of particular note. \nOther Civil War era materials include pamphlets, currency, and other ephemera \nsuch as postal covers. Artifacts in the collection also relate to Head's military \nservice. Included are a canteen, haversack, holster, belt, belt buckles, and five \nbuttons used or worn by Head during the American Civil War. The canteen is \nparticularly unique. The design is similar to other tin drum canteens issued by the \nConfederacy in 1861; however, Head's canteen features a hand-drawn image of \nthe seal of Virginia including the motto Sic Semper Tyrannis and the figures of \nVirtus and Tyrannus. Two small leather coin purses are also in the collection. "],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePhysical characteristics and conditions affect use of this \nmaterial. Photocopying not permitted. Some materials may require special \nhandling. \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["Physical characteristics and conditions affect use of this \nmaterial. Photocopying not permitted. Some materials may require special \nhandling. \n"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe George R. Head collection consists of materials created or collected by \nCaptain George R. Head (1822-1894) of Leesburg, Virginia. The collection \nincludes family correspondence and papers, military correspondence and \nrecords, publications, currency and ephemera. The collection also contains \nartifacts including a canteen, haversack, holster, belt and buckles used by Head \nduring the American Civil War. A 2005 inventory of documents, typed \ntranscriptions of selected letters and documents in the collection, and research \nrelated to George R. Head's confederate military service accompanies the \ncollection. \n\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The George R. Head collection consists of materials created or collected by \nCaptain George R. Head (1822-1894) of Leesburg, Virginia. The collection \nincludes family correspondence and papers, military correspondence and \nrecords, publications, currency and ephemera. The collection also contains \nartifacts including a canteen, haversack, holster, belt and buckles used by Head \nduring the American Civil War. A 2005 inventory of documents, typed \ntranscriptions of selected letters and documents in the collection, and research \nrelated to George R. 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Loudoun Times-Mirror . 2 February 2000, page A17.","The Ferguson family lived in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, but owned Belmont, a farm near Leesburg, Virginia, that they used as a summer residence. Their daughter, Anna Louise Ferguson (1883-1973) married William Thomas Clagett (W.T.C.) Rogers (1875-1930) of Leesburg in the chapel at Belmont on 7 June 1910. W.T.C. Rogers had several siblings, including Mary Oden Rogers (1868-1905) and Christina Rogers Wildman (1873-1943). Mary died before her brother's marriage. She drowned at a sanatorium in New York where she was being treated for an unspecified illness.  Although she never married she was engaged at the time of her death. Christina married and had two daughters, Anne (called Anna) Snowden Wildman Dyer (1895-1973) and Christine Wildman (1898-1958).\n","After their marriage, W.T.C. and Anna Rogers lived at Belmont for several years then settled in the town of Leesburg. They had two children, Nancy Graham Rogers (14 October 1912-27 January 2000) and William Thomas Clagett Rogers, Jr. (1914-1985). Nancy Graham Rogers graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1934 and taught science for a short time at Aldie High School. She eventually became a virologist working in medical research for the United States government at Walter Reed Medical Center. The U.S. War Department awarded her the Exceptional Civilian Service Medal in 1946 for her wartime work developing a typhus vaccine. In addition to her work in virology, Rogers was an award-winning photographer and had an interest in botany, speleology, and the study of bats. Life Magazine published a photograph of her working with bats in a Virginia cave in their 10 September 1956 issue. Her love of photography and botany produced an extensive slide collection of wildflower photographs from all over the world. Rogers was a member of the Leesburg Garden Club and left her collection of daffodils to the club. She was also an active member of St. James Episcopal Church. Although Rogers never married, her diary indicates she had an active social life in high school and college and was once engaged to a doctor, Albert C. Johnson (fl. 1930s). She kept his letters to her from 1937 to 1939, though there is no explanation of why they did not marry. Nancy Rogers died 27 January 2000 in Leesburg and is buried in Union Cemetery in Leesburg.","None\n","Teckla H. Cox, 14 September 2012\n","Leesburg Garden Club Collection, 1920- (M 044).\n","The manuscript materials consist of personal and business correspondence of Nancy Graham Rogers, including letters from her fiance, Albert C. Johnson. There are also letters Rogers inherited from her mother, Anna, including one from her father to her grandmother asking for Anna's hand in marriage. There are business receipts, correspondence, tax information, and material regarding the estates of relatives for whom Rogers served as executor, including Anne Snowden Wildman Dyer and Christine Wildman. The collection also includes scrapbooks, Nancy's mother's wedding book, and a small diary Rogers kept from 1932 to 1935. An account book marked \"Turkeys and Chickens 1915\" was used as a scrapbook, probably by Anna Rogers, and contains clippings and expenses. A journal also used as a scrapbook, probably by Anna Rogers, contains recipes, family expenses for 1914, and clippings. There are two scrapbooks compiled by Mary Oden Rogers containing clippings and pictures. Some loose material in the scrapbooks was removed and placed in folders. Separation sheets detailing where these materials were placed were put in the scrapbooks. \n","The visual materials include family snapshots including photographs documenting trips, family outings, homes, and friends; a large number of color slides of wildflowers taken by Rogers; and a large photograph album that belonged to Mary Oden Rogers containing pictures of a summer in Maine.","No physical characteristics affect use of this material. Visual materials may require special handling.\n","The manuscript materials consist of personal and business correspondence of Nancy Graham Rogers, including letters from her fiance, Albert C. Johnson. There are also letters Rogers inherited from her mother, Anna, including one from her father to her grandmother asking for Anna's hand in marriage. There are business receipts, correspondence, tax information, and material regarding the estates of relatives for whom Rogers served as executor, including Anne Snowden Wildman Dyer and Christine Wildman. 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She was also an active member of St. James Episcopal Church. Although Rogers never married, her diary indicates she had an active social life in high school and college and was once engaged to a doctor, Albert C. Johnson (fl. 1930s). She kept his letters to her from 1937 to 1939, though there is no explanation of why they did not marry. Nancy Rogers died 27 January 2000 in Leesburg and is buried in Union Cemetery in Leesburg.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Ferguson family lived in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, but owned Belmont, a farm near Leesburg, Virginia, that they used as a summer residence. Their daughter, Anna Louise Ferguson (1883-1973) married William Thomas Clagett (W.T.C.) Rogers (1875-1930) of Leesburg in the chapel at Belmont on 7 June 1910. W.T.C. Rogers had several siblings, including Mary Oden Rogers (1868-1905) and Christina Rogers Wildman (1873-1943). Mary died before her brother's marriage. She drowned at a sanatorium in New York where she was being treated for an unspecified illness.  Although she never married she was engaged at the time of her death. Christina married and had two daughters, Anne (called Anna) Snowden Wildman Dyer (1895-1973) and Christine Wildman (1898-1958).\n","After their marriage, W.T.C. and Anna Rogers lived at Belmont for several years then settled in the town of Leesburg. They had two children, Nancy Graham Rogers (14 October 1912-27 January 2000) and William Thomas Clagett Rogers, Jr. (1914-1985). Nancy Graham Rogers graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1934 and taught science for a short time at Aldie High School. She eventually became a virologist working in medical research for the United States government at Walter Reed Medical Center. The U.S. War Department awarded her the Exceptional Civilian Service Medal in 1946 for her wartime work developing a typhus vaccine. 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An account book marked \"Turkeys and Chickens 1915\" was used as a scrapbook, probably by Anna Rogers, and contains clippings and expenses. A journal also used as a scrapbook, probably by Anna Rogers, contains recipes, family expenses for 1914, and clippings. There are two scrapbooks compiled by Mary Oden Rogers containing clippings and pictures. Some loose material in the scrapbooks was removed and placed in folders. 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There are business receipts, correspondence, tax information, and material regarding the estates of relatives for whom Rogers served as executor, including Anne Snowden Wildman Dyer and Christine Wildman. The collection also includes scrapbooks, Nancy's mother's wedding book, and a small diary Rogers kept from 1932 to 1935. An account book marked \"Turkeys and Chickens 1915\" was used as a scrapbook, probably by Anna Rogers, and contains clippings and expenses. A journal also used as a scrapbook, probably by Anna Rogers, contains recipes, family expenses for 1914, and clippings. There are two scrapbooks compiled by Mary Oden Rogers containing clippings and pictures. Some loose material in the scrapbooks was removed and placed in folders. Separation sheets detailing where these materials were placed were put in the scrapbooks. \n","The visual materials include family snapshots including photographs documenting trips, family outings, homes, and friends; a large number of color slides of wildflowers taken by Rogers; and a large photograph album that belonged to Mary Oden Rogers containing pictures of a summer in Maine."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo physical characteristics affect use of this material. Visual materials may require special handling.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["No physical characteristics affect use of this material. Visual materials may require special handling.\n"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe manuscript materials consist of personal and business correspondence of Nancy Graham Rogers, including letters from her fiance, Albert C. Johnson. There are also letters Rogers inherited from her mother, Anna, including one from her father to her grandmother asking for Anna's hand in marriage. There are business receipts, correspondence, tax information, and material regarding the estates of relatives for whom Rogers served as executor, including Anne Snowden Wildman Dyer and Christine Wildman. The collection also includes scrapbooks, Nancy's mother's wedding book, and a small diary Rogers kept from 1932 to 1935. An account book marked \"Turkeys and Chickens 1915\" was used as a scrapbook, probably by Anna Rogers, and contains clippings and expenses. A journal also used as a scrapbook, probably by Anna Rogers, contains recipes, family expenses for 1914, and clippings. There are two scrapbooks compiled by Mary Oden Rogers containing clippings and pictures. Some loose material in the scrapbooks was removed and placed in folders. 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He did occasionally own slaves, but they usually came to his household as part of a business transaction with someone liquidating his estate or paying debts to Janney, who would then sell them quickly. Janney regularly hired slaves from nearby farms when he needed labor or household help. Despite his known sympathies and trade with the Confederate forces, Janney was able to secure passes from the US Provost Marshal to cross the Potomac River at Point of Rocks, MD, and engaged in trade with the US Army. In 1863 he signed an oath of allegiance to the United States, which he reaffirmed at the conclusion of the Civil War.","After the Civil War, Janney's business ventures saw continued success. He began working with partners in many of his stores. The store in Hamilton was known as Janney \u0026 Slaymaker as well as VanDevanter \u0026 Janney; a business in Baltimore was known first as Ridenour, Janney \u0026 Co., then Janney, Jordan \u0026 Co. He invested in a real estate venture in Pana, Illinois. Janney was an active member of the International Order of Odd Fellows and a founding member of the Hamilton-Thompson Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. At their organizational meeting on 5 May 1868, Janney was appointed \"Worshipful Master.\"","Janney died unexpectedly, after a short illness, while in Baltimore on 26 October 1873. His wife, Mary, lived until 1913. They are both buried in Union Cemetery in Leesburg.","None\n","Donna Jamison and Elizabeth E. Preston, 31 March 2014\n","None\n","The collection is made up of the business and personal papers of George W. Janney. The business papers contain accounts and inventories from various stores, court records, tax and insurance information, and paperwork from the settlement of his father's estate. 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His father was a storekeeper and businessman with stores in Hamilton and Evansville (in what is now West Virginia). Janney joined his father in business, and in the 1840s they began businesses in Gainsboro, VA, Wardensville, VA (now WV), and Berlin (now Brunswick), Maryland. Janney traded in agricultural products, such as guano, farm implements, and seed, as well as dry goods like fabric, household items, and hardware. He bought much of his supply of goods from merchants in Baltimore, and spent considerable time there.\n","He married Mary Compher (1822-1913), from the Lovettsville area, on 31 December 1844. He had been courting her for some time, but Mary's mother did not approve of the match and the couple eloped to Frederick, MD. The Janneys had seven children, including John Compher Janney (1851-1880) who became a treasurer of the town of Hamilton. ","Janney's father died in 1850, leaving him to administer his estate and take over operations of all the businesses. Janney appears to have sold his father's interest in the Evansville store, but continued to maintain the Hamilton store. His family moved house with some regularity, living in Hamilton, Barry (MD), Berlin (MD), and Baltimore (MD). In the 1850s he served as an officer in the Loudoun and Berlin Bridge Company; Janney was appointed postmaster of Barry, MD in 1851 and Hamilton in 1859. ","He did not serve in the Civil War, but his sympathies were with the Confederacy. When the Confederate government reappointed postmasters in Loudoun County, Janney kept his position in Hamilton. He did occasionally own slaves, but they usually came to his household as part of a business transaction with someone liquidating his estate or paying debts to Janney, who would then sell them quickly. Janney regularly hired slaves from nearby farms when he needed labor or household help. Despite his known sympathies and trade with the Confederate forces, Janney was able to secure passes from the US Provost Marshal to cross the Potomac River at Point of Rocks, MD, and engaged in trade with the US Army. In 1863 he signed an oath of allegiance to the United States, which he reaffirmed at the conclusion of the Civil War.","After the Civil War, Janney's business ventures saw continued success. He began working with partners in many of his stores. The store in Hamilton was known as Janney \u0026 Slaymaker as well as VanDevanter \u0026 Janney; a business in Baltimore was known first as Ridenour, Janney \u0026 Co., then Janney, Jordan \u0026 Co. He invested in a real estate venture in Pana, Illinois. Janney was an active member of the International Order of Odd Fellows and a founding member of the Hamilton-Thompson Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. At their organizational meeting on 5 May 1868, Janney was appointed \"Worshipful Master.\"","Janney died unexpectedly, after a short illness, while in Baltimore on 26 October 1873. His wife, Mary, lived until 1913. They are both buried in Union Cemetery in Leesburg."],"otherfindaid_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNone\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"otherfindaid_heading_ssm":["Other Finding Aid\n"],"otherfindaid_tesim":["None\n"],"phystech_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNone\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"phystech_heading_ssm":["Technical Requirements\n"],"phystech_tesim":["None\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge W. Janney Collection (M 093), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["George W. Janney Collection (M 093), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.\n"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDonna Jamison and Elizabeth E. Preston, 31 March 2014\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information\n"],"processinfo_tesim":["Donna Jamison and Elizabeth E. 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Washington's letters in particular discuss the selling of Exeter after Wilson Selden's death. Discussions of the plantation's business side frequently reference the enslaved people on the plantation. Correspondence from William Ball, Exeter's overseer, offers a glimpse of the plantation's business expenses and the production of oats, wheat, and corn on the plantation. Pencil-written annotations from a previous owner of the collection, highlights mentions of enslaved people and clarifies vague handwriting.\n","\nThe Exeter Collection's secondary source materials, several articles on the plantation written between 1960 and 2001, cover the history of the property after 1849. The collection holds a copy of Penelope M. Osburn's 1960 The Bulletin of the Loudoun County Historical Society article, \"Exeter: Its History and Architecture.\" The article provides a detailed overview of Exeter from 1796 to 1867. 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