Maben Jones Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
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Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Maben Jones Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
5.00 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Maben Jones Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of and collected by Maben Jones, a genealogist from Columbia, S.C. Includes Jones' genealogical notes, correspondence, and research papers, including photocopied correspondence, legal papers, and other primary source material concerning the Jones family, Flippen family, LeGrand family, Dibrell family, Walker family, Walton family, Scott family, Woodson family and West family. Most of the families that Jones was interested in were from Buckingham County, Va.

Copies of indentures and legal papers.

Copies of wills, 1676-1837: Daniel Hix 1735 Peter Le Grand 1735 Warren Walker 1785 Benjamin Walker 1781 William Miller 1708 Isaac Hughes 1758 Martha Hughes 1779 Bartholemew Cox 1730/31 George Cox 1727 Thomas Webb 1721/22 Sarah Hobson 1806 Thomas Hobson 1726 Thomas Walton 1771 William Hatcher 1676/7 Major John Hatcher 1837 Sarah Hatcher 1804 John Woodson 1700 Benjamin Woodson 1735 Benjamin Woodson 1762 John Woodson 1789 John Woodson 1791 John Woodson 1793

243 pages. Typescript.

243 pages. Typescript.

243 pages. Typescript.

Typescript.

Notes and correspondence about Le Grand family labelled by Maben Jones "File 1. Le Grand (Vital)"

Notes and correspondence about Le Grand family labelled by Maben Jones "File 1. Le Grand (Vital)"

Notes and correspondence about Le Grand family labelled by Maben Jones "File 1. Le Grand (Vital)"

Notes and correspondence about Le Grand family labelled by Maben Jones "File 1. Le Grand (Vital)"

Notes and correspondence about Le Grand family labelled by Maben Jones "File 1. Le Grand (Vital)"

Notes and correspondence about Le Grand family labelled "File 2: Le Grand (Vital)"

Notes and correspondence about Le Grand family labelled "Le Grand."

Notes and correspondence about Le Grand family labelled "Le Grand."

Notes and correspondence about Le Grand family labelled "Le Grand."

Notes and correspondence about Le Grand family labelled "Le Grand."

Also includes misc. notes and copies of letters.

Concerns the descendants of Charles Lee Jones.

Concerns descendants of Charles Lee Jones.

Concerns descendants of Charles Lee Jones.

Primarily concerns the descendants of Charles Lee Jones. There are also copies of letters and notes.

Concerns descendants of Charles Lee Jones.

Concerns descendants of Charles Lee Jones.

Concerns descendants of Charles Lee Jones.

Concerns descendants of Charles Lee Jones.

Concerns the descendants of Michael Jones

Will of James Jones (abstract), 1838 Will of John Jones, 1793 Will of Thomas Jones, 1799 Deed of Michael Jones to John Hargis, 1762 Deed of Theodorick Webb to Anthony Dibrell, 1761 Correspondence re the above, 1931-1932

Acquisition information:
Gift