Gaines Family Papers, 1766-1905

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

Restricted access: Original Civil War battle field maps; serve photocopies in map collection.

Preferred citation:

Gaines Family Papers, 1766-1905. Accession 24417. Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Creator:
Gaines Family
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Gaines Family Papers, 1766-1905. Accession 24417. Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1766-1905, of the Gaines family of Charlotte County, Virginia, consisting of wills from King William and King and Queen Counties, Virginia; a deed from Hanover County, Virginia; announcement for medical lectures by Charles Bell Gibson; stock certificate for the Marysville Plank Road in Charlotte and Campbell Counties, Virginia; a deposition from Hanover County; correspondence of the Gaines family of Charlotte County and Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War; correspondence from Joseph E. Johnston to William Gaines concerning the elections of 1878; and a circular letter regarding Company B, 14th Virginia Cavalry. Collection also contains judicial records from the Chancery District Court in Williamsburg, Virginia for Garlick et al v Pollard et al. Also contains genealogical notes on the Camm and Garlick families of King William and King and Queen Counties. Also includes a letter by Colonel Norman Smith of the 13th New Hampshire Infantry, and maps of the battle fields of Cold Harbor, Fredericksburg, Getty's Station, and Fort Harrison.

Biographical / historical:

The Gaines family was a prominent family in Charlotte, Hanover, King and Queen, and King William Counties, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
Gift, 3 January 1956 from Mrs. Ormonde Smith, Petersburg, Virginia.
Physical description:
65 leaves and 28 pages