Warner T. Jones Papers

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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
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Preferred citation:

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

Summary

Extent:
2674.00 Items
Creator:
Jones, Warner Throckmorton
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1807-1891, of Warner T. Jones, judge of Gloucester County, Virginia; his brother Richard P. Jones; and his nephew John R. Page. Papers include letters concerning the Jones family and the Seawell family.

Prominent correspondents include John Randolph Bryan, Joseph Bryan, Samuel Bassett French, James Barron Hope, Charles Triplett O'Ferall, William Booth Taliaferro, John Randolph Tucker, and Lyon Gardiner Tyler. Collection includes printed advertisements for sewing and knitting machines

This series is arranged in chronological order by date.

Enclosure: Business card of Jeremiah Hall, attorney-at-law.

Enclosure: Printed questionnaire concerning agricultural associations. November 1, 1858. 3 pages. Printed document.

Enclosure: Memorandum of an address.

Scope and Contents Enclosure: Summons in the suit John P. Sutton vs. William Haynes, Gloucester County, Virginia. Signed by Thomas R. [Rile ?], J. P. March 9, 1872.

Invitation to a reception.

Scope and Contents Including a note by James Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, to Warner T. Jones, Gloucester Court House, Virginia Enclosure: Account due The Norfolk Landmark by Warner T. Jones. July 13, 1874.

Scope and Contents Official notification of Warner T. Jones' election as judge for Gloucester County.

Scope and Contents Including a note by B.B. Douglas, to Warner T. Jones, dated April 18, 1875.

Re: financial conditions at the College of William & Mary.

Postal card.

Postal card.

Enclosure: Stamped envelope addressed to Kirkpatrick & Blackford.

Enclosure: Report of the Hampton Oyster Convention, held Dec. 16, 1885... to the General Assembly, by John B. Donovan. 12 pp.

Postal card. Re: College of William & Mary.

Re: College of William & Mary.

Re: letter to Jones as a member of the Board of Visitors of William and Mary College and Lyon's desire to be considered for the vacancy of the Chair of Natural Science.

Re: College of William & Mary.

Re: College of William & Mary.

Typewritten letter. Re: Presidency at the College of William & Mary. Including reference letters for Junius E. Leigh dating from August 8, 1873 to August 17, 1888.

Re: repairs to the buildings and financial affairs of the College of William and Mary.

Re: College of William & Mary.

Re: College of William & Mary.

Re: College of William & Mary.

Re: repairs to the buildings and the selection of a President for the College of William & Mary.

Re: Presidency at the College.

Re: Presidency at the College of William & Mary.

Re: College of William & Mary.

Re: College of William & Mary.

Scope and Contents Including a note from Polk Miller, Richmond, Virginia, to Warner T. Jones, Gloucester Court House, Virginia (on same page as above) TNS.

Fragment.

Note: letter was written just before the Civil War.

Suit in Gloucester County, Virginia.

Mathews County, Virginia.

Suit in Gloucester County, Virginia.

Gloucester County, Virginia.

Gloucester County.

Suit in Gloucester Co.

Gloucester County.

Gloucester County.

Descent of title to certain property in Richmond, Virginia.

Gloucester County.

Gloucester County.

Gloucester County.

Draft.

Gloucester County.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Receipt of C.C. Curtis.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Suit in Gloucester County.

2 drafts. Indenture covering a vessel.

Invoice for goods bought from T. H. Hughes & Co.

Papers concerning the sale of Enfield by Warner T. Jones, trustee.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Settlement of a dispute between Charles Evans and Simon Evans concerning land in Ware Neck, Gloucester County.

Gloucester County.

Items concerning trust deeds covering two tracts of land in Mathews County called Spring Dale and Spring Hill.

Gloucester County.

Middlesex County.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Papers relating to the pension claim filed by the mother of David Griffin, a negro soldier who enlisted in the United States Army, at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1863.

Memoranda of lands sold by A. V. Hayes.

Agreement concerning the lease of a tract of land in Gloucester County called Hook Farm.

Joel Hayes et als. vs. Susan Hayes et als. Suit in Gloucester County, concerning the administration of the estate of Joel Hayes by John A. B. Thornton.

Joel Hayes et als. vs. Susan Hayes et als. Suit in Gloucester County, concerning the administration of the estate of Joel Hayes by John A. B. Thornton. Accounts.

Joel Hayes et als. vs. Susan Hayes et als. Suit in Gloucester County, concerning the administration of the estate of Joel Hayes by John A. B. Thornton. Miscellaneous suits.

Thomas H. Hughes & Co., merchants. Accounts & invoices. Note: Joel Hayes was a partner in this firm.

Joel Hayes & Co. Saw Mill.

Hayes & Rowe. Saw Mill.

Hayes, Rowe & Co. Saw Mill.

Hayes, Rowe & Thornton. Saw Mill. Accounts and correspondence.

1 item. 228 pages. Ledger of Hayes, Rowe & Thornton. Saw Mill

Incomplete draft of an indenture of a tract of land in Gloucester County.

Surveyor's plat, 1867 and promissory note 1865.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Suits in Gloucester County.

Gloucester County.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Suits against Peter B. Hughes for debts. Gloucester County.

Legal fees due Wyndham Kemp.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Including statement of debts and agreement to transfer to creditors a portion of Lands End, an estate in Gloucester County. Includes list of the number of hands hired; no names.

Suits against Walter F. Jones for debt. Note: Walter F. Jones executed trust deeds in 1858 and 1859, covering a tract of land in Gloucester County, called Waverley.

225 items, including 2 memorandum books.

Including correspondence.

Commissioner in chancery, Gloucester County.

Gloucester County.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Including accounts of Mrs. Susan Linebough.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Suits in Gloucester County.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Invoice due W. H. Herbert.

Power of attorney for the division of certain property in England.

Papers concerning a tract of land in Gloucester County, called Portan.

Account with her trustee under the will of William P. Smith.

Suit in Gloucester County.

James T. Fleming vs. William Robins and Augustine W. Robins. Suit in Gloucester County.

Suit in Elizabeth City County.

Fee bills due to John R. Cary and paid by A. W. Robins.

Suits in Gloucester County.

Suits against Joshua F. Ross in Gloucester County.

Abstracts of mortgages given by Joshua F. Ross on a tract of land called Lower White Marsh.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Invoices and notes of Joshua F. Ross.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Indenture covering a tract of land in Gloucester County.

Suits in Gloucester County against Jasper C. Rowe and William H. Rowe for debt.

Suite in Gloucester County against Jasper C. Rowe and William O. Rowe.

Suits in Gloucester County against John H. Rowe and William H. Rowe for debt.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Suits in Gloucester County against William H. Rowe for debt.

George Brewer vs. William H. Roy's executors et al. Suit in Gloucester County.

A.D. Saunders & Co. vs. W.T. Taliaferro, executor of William H. Roy.

Warner T. Taliaferro, Jr., and Thomas T. Taliaferro, executors of William H. Roy vs. Euphan W. Roy et als. Suit in Mathews County.

Opinion of James Lyons on the will of William H. Roy.

174 items.

Scope and Contents 78 pages. 12 1/2" x 8". Account book of Warner T. Taliaferro, executor, with Mrs. Euphan W. Roy. Gloucester County.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Subscription.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Suits against Robert H. and Wade E. Stubblefield for debt. Gloucester County.

Trust deed of Mrs. K. V. Tabb to John Newstead Tabb. Covering a tract of land called Crow 's Point, a part of White Marsh, in Gloucester County. July 17, 1880. 4 pages. Advertisement of trustee's sale of Crow's Point. Signed by John N. Tabb. September 27, 1884.

Suit in Gloucester County.

Gloucester County.

Scope and Contents Deed of trust covering a tract of land in Guinea Neck, Gloucester County, and a schooner called the Samuel C. Hulse.

Benjamin G. Tompkins, executor of Elizabeth P. Tompkins vs. Maria B. Tompkins et als; and Henry W. Tabb et al. vs. John W. Jarvis, administrator of Elizabeth P. Tompkins. Suits in Mathews County.

70 items. Correspondence of Maxwell T. Clarke with Warner T. Jones.

62 items. Papers relating to the lease of Warner Hall.

20 items. Papers relating to the sale of timber from Warner Hall.

Lumber and other materials used for the maintenance of Warner Hall.

Accounts of estate of Archibald Willey with Sterling Rowe, administrator of estate, and accounts of four Willey children with Warner T. Jones, receiver, and Sterling Rowe, guardian. Volume includes accounts of Carrington & Clark with Warner T. Jones.

Account book containing accounts of Willey children: Odavia E. Willey, Thomas F. Willey, and Archibald H. Willey with Warner T. Jones, receiver.

Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Gilderoy Williams. Criminal suit in Gloucester County.

Commonwealth of Virginia vs. John Williams. Criminal suit in Gloucester County.

Manuscript.

Biographical / historical:

Student (1836-1840) and member of Board of Visitors (1873-1891) at William and Mary. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Acquisition information:
Purchased: 2,674 items, 4/28/1936.
Arrangement:

Organization: This collection is organized into three Series: 1. Correspondence, 2. Legal Papers, and 3. Miscellaneous Papers. Arrangement: In the first series, the collection is arranged chronologically by date with those items without dates located at the end of each series. The first series is divided into subseries in ten year increments, resulting in six subseries. In the second series, the collection is arranged alphabetically by subject or persons last name. The seven subseries in the second series were created for subjects or persons with multiple folders.