Deneufville Family Papers, 1785-ca. 1850.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, primarily 1785-1815, of brothers Jean Augustine (1763-1838) and Peter Robert Deneufville (d. 1809). Included are letters from merchants, customers, and friends; bonds; receipts; a copy of Peter Robert Deneufville's will in which he stipulates that his slave Betty and her children be freed and given some articles of clothing and bedding and fifty pounds Virginia currency; a letter between two of Augustine's granddaughters; a land grant from the governor of Georgia, Edward Telfair, to Daniel McLane; and indentures between various Deneufville relatives. Names prominent in the papers include Robert Anderson, Andrew Buchanan, James Lee, John Saunders, John Taliaferro, Edward Teagle, and Dr. Wiscart.

Biographical / historical:

The brothers Jean Augustine (1763-1838) and Peter Robert Deneufville (d. 1809), came to Hanover County and Williamsburg, Va., from France about 1780 and became merchants.

Acquisition information:
Gift, 1941.
Arrangement:

Chronologically arranged.

Physical description:
18 items.