Margaret Burroughs Aull Papers, 1883-2006 (bulk 1985-2005)

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:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Margaret Burroughs Aull Papers, 1883-2006. Accession 42691. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Margaret Burroughs Aull Papers, 1883-2006. Accession 42691. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1883-2006, of Margaret Burroughs Aull (1918-2011) of Borger, Hutchinson County, Texas, containing genealogical research files on the Burroughs family, and the allied families of Aull, Bondurant, Booth, Cocke, Faure, Foose, Ford, Hayter, Hon, Maxey, Parker, Pierce, and Thaxton, including lines that settled in Amelia, Bedford, Buckingham, Franklin, Goochland, and Henrico Counties, Virginia, and Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, and Texas. The collection also contains files related to her involvement in various hereditary and patriotic organizations.

The collection includes abstracts, copies, and transcriptions of Bible records, census records, deeds, land patents and grants, military records, parish registers, tax records, wills and other estate administration records, and published sources. There are also brochures and guidebooks, clippings, family group sheets, genealogical charts and pedigrees, maps, newsletters, obituaries, and photographs. There is also information on Aull's ancestor, James Burroughs (1794-1861) and his plantation, where Booker T. Washington (1856-1913) was born into slavery.

Much of Aull's research was used to apply for membership in various organizations, including the Daughters of the American Revolution, Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia, National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, National Society Magna Charta Dames, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. There are application papers, constitutions and bylaws, information on projects and programs organized by the groups, publications, and yearbooks.

Biographical / historical:

Margaret Ann Burroughs was born in Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa on 14 January 1918. She was the daughter of Rev. Ursa Earl Burroughs (1882-1969) and Vera Alice Parker (1882-1960). She graduated from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. She married George Frederick Aull (1914-2001) in Borger, Hutchinson County, Texas on 8 March 1940. Margaret Burroughs Aull taught high school English in Borger for 32 years. After retirement, she volunteered teaching English as a second language at Frank Phillips College, and she also wrote a newspaper column for the Borger News-Herald entitled "Aull's Well." Aull died in Lubbock, Texas on 19 March 2011, and is buried in New Hope Cemetery in Liberty, Missouri.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Margaret Burroughs Aull, Amarillo, Texas.
Physical description:
12 cubic feet (27 boxes).