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This folder contains the membership list including the grave marker committee, Cross of Service reports, and the rummage sale reports.

1922-1925 Partial List of Rockbridge Children of the Confederacy. Rockbridge Grays Chapter Children of the Confederacy 1935-1941. LOCATION: AC 106 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 3) FOLDER 11

This book contains information on Stonewall Jackson Hospital and treasurer's reports.

Minutes of the 37th and 39th Annual Conventions held in Fredericksburg and Petersburg, Virginia.

This folder contains: genealogy for DAR application for B.W. Fry Shafer – c/o Mary Ackerly - 1828 legal statement of settlement of estate of William Lovell (two pages handwritten) - Invitation to VMI commencement proceedings 1925 - Miscellaneous souvenirs and newspaper clippings Mary Ackerly - Mary Ackerly resignation as Chairwoman of Confederate Memorial Association fund May 25, 1933 LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 4 - Reports of Commissioner of Revenue of Rockbridge County 1929, 1930, 1931

This folder contains: Peaks of Otter Chapter, DAR Daughters of the American Revolution invitation to unveiling of tablet in memory of Bedford's Volunteer Company which fought in the Battle of Point Pleasant – Oct. 10, 1931 Bedford, VA - Notary Public Commission of Mary Ackerly Feb. 28, 1917 - Notes on 36th Annual Convention Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy, Lynchburg, VA Oct. 1931 - Newspaper clipping The Winchester Sun Dec. 29, 1933 references National Monument at Boonesboro/sale of antiques by Mrs. G. Harris Field/1797 coin of King George III - Mary Ackerly's Address Book - Bibliography likely related to 'Our Kin' – The genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County, Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker [CALL NO. F232.B4 A17 1976] - Mary Ackerly Insurance Policy ($1,000) premiums paid - Cancelled check The First National Bank of Lexington June 1, 1932 Mary D. Ackerly "June expenses" to Mrs. John P. Ackerly, Sr. - Circulars re: 'Our Kin' – The genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County, Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains:- "Love You. M." ribbon - Letters that appear to pertain to the Fieldmont farm of Mary Ackerly Field in Fauquier County including land deeds, surveys, etc. • Copy of William S. Pickett's will Jan. 10, 1798 [James Pickett and William Pickett appointed executors] 7 • Obligation of sale of land to James Pickett April 15, 1824 • Copy of deed/land survey April 8, 1826 given under hand & seal June 20, 1838 • Combs vs Pickett letter addressed to Major B Powell. Middleburg no date including letter from James Pickett 7 • James Pickett to Major B. Powell, Middleburg, December 26, 1826 [in re: claim on Sanford Pickett's land] - Letter Mar, 7, 1840 (Jackson [Mississippi?])to Mr. & Mrs. Pickett announcing the death of their daughter from "Sister in the Best of Bonds Sarah Holloway" - Letter Oct. 22, 1849 to John Pickett "Dear Brother Pickett" from Washington, DC chatting mostly about buildings in the city "Your sincere & affectionate friend Wm T Ince" - Letter Apr. 29, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - "Love You. M." ribbon - Letters that appear to pertain to the Fieldmont farm of Mary Ackerly Field in Fauquier County including land deeds, surveys, etc. • Copy of William S. Pickett's will Jan. 10, 1798 [James Pickett and William Pickett appointed executors] 7 • Obligation of sale of land to James Pickett April 15, 1824 • Copy of deed/land survey April 8, 1826 given under hand & seal June 20, 1838 • Combs vs Pickett letter addressed to Major B Powell. Middleburg no date including letter from James Pickett 7 • James Pickett to Major B. Powell, Middleburg, December 26, 1826 [in re: claim on Sanford Pickett's land] - Letter Mar, 7, 1840 (Jackson [Mississippi?])to Mr. & Mrs. Pickett announcing the death of their daughter from "Sister in the Best of Bonds Sarah Holloway" - Letter Oct. 22, 1849 to John Pickett "Dear Brother Pickett" from Washington, DC chatting mostly about buildings in the city "Your sincere & affectionate friend Wm T Ince" - Letter Apr. 29, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Dec, 7, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Apr. 19, 1848 from Saint Farm [?] "My dear brother" mostly discussion of a silk dress for sister Ann; signed "Your affectionate sister, Eloise" - Letter to John Pickett, - Sept. 24, 1848 Dudley Wayne Co., NC "Dear Friend" mostly about young ladies; B.A. Curtis - Letter Oct. 25, 1866 from Holly Springs, "My Dear John" re: John Pickett's departure from Fruit Farm; writer's departure from Holly Springs "my headquarters during the war" to Columbia [SC?] "Your brother Thomas" 7 - Letter Apr. 20, 1849 [?] Salem Station "Mr. Jno Pickett" re "Foster H. account" signed "Thos. R. Foster" - P.W. Dawe's Last Will and Testament Nov. 5, 1844 - Letter Mat 13, 1869 "My dear Bro. Pickett" concerning religious labors with numerous pious quotes "Yr. Brother H.W. Dodge" - Letter Dec. 25, 1866 Dear Mr. Pickett from Charlottesville – Christmas remembrances to "My dear Pastor" … from "Your fond and attached friend L. Octovia Harris" "PS – I am sorry I haven't a photograph ready to send you" - Letter Apr. 12, 1867 from Office of B&O Railroad Parkersburg "Dear John" chatty letter from A. G. Pickett including political comments re: franchise of negroes "in the hands of the madmen now ruling the country with despotic sway" "It is said 30,000 of the best citizens of West Virginia are disenfranchised" - Letter Sept. 9, 1883 from Memphis, TN "Dear Lee" lively letter from young man with little money and few 'cloths to ware' [sic] but who does have a job [Hampton Herron & Co. Cotton Factors] signed Jno. P. Pickett - Letter in faded ink and in poor shape Mar. 20, 1883 [?] Success P.O. "My Dear Nellie" apparently reporting in detail on death of sister Kate [incomplete] - "Love You. M." ribbon - Letters that appear to pertain to the Fieldmont farm of Mary Ackerly Field in Fauquier County including land deeds, surveys, etc. • Copy of William S. Pickett's will Jan. 10, 1798 [James Pickett and William Pickett appointed executors] 7 • Obligation of sale of land to James Pickett April 1824 • Copy of deed/land survey April 8, 1826 given under hand & seal June 20, 1838 • Combs vs Pickett letter addressed to Major B Powell. Middleburg no date including letter from James Pickett • James Pickett to Major B. Powell, Middleburg, December 26, 1826 [in re: claim on Sanford Pickett's land] - Letter Mar, 7, 1840 (Jackson [Mississippi?])to Mr. & Mrs. Pickett announcing the death of their daughter from "Sister in the Best of Bonds Sarah Holloway" - Letter Oct. 22, 1849 to John Pickett "Dear Brother Pickett" from Washington, DC chatting mostly about buildings in the city "Your sincere & affectionate friend Wm T Ince" - Letter Apr. 29, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Dec, 7, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Apr. 19, 1848 from Saint Farm [?] "My dear brother" mostly discussion of a silk dress for sister Ann; signed "Your affectionate sister, Eloise" - Letter to John Pickett, - Sept. 24, 1848 Dudley Wayne Co., NC "Dear Friend" mostly about young ladies; B.A. Curtis - Letter Oct. 25, 1866 from Holly Springs, "My Dear John" re: John Pickett's departure from Fruit Farm; writer's departure from Holly Springs "my headquarters during the war" to Columbia [SC?] "Your brother Thomas" 7 - Letter Apr. 20, 1849 [?] Salem Station "Mr. Jno Pickett" re "Foster H. account" signed "Thos. R. Foster" - P.W. Dawe's Last Will and Testament Nov. 5, 1844 - Letter Mat 13, 1869 "My dear Bro. Pickett" concerning religious labors with numerous pious quotes "Yr. Brother H.W. Dodge" - Letter Dec. 25, 1866 Dear Mr. Pickett from Charlottesville – Christmas remembrances to "My dear Pastor" … from "Your fond and attached friend L. Octovia Harris" "PS – I am sorry I haven't a photograph ready to send you" - Letter Apr. 12, 1867 from Office of B&O Railroad Parkersburg "Dear John" chatty letter from A. G. Pickett including political comments re: franchise of negroes "in the hands of the madmen now ruling the country with despotic sway" "It is said 30,000 of the best citizens of West Virginia are disenfranchised" - Letter Sept. 9, 1883 from Memphis, TN "Dear Lee" lively letter from young man with little money and few 'cloths to ware' [sic] but who does have a job [Hampton Herron & Co. Cotton Factors] signed Jno. P. Pickett - Letter in faded ink and in poor shape Mar. 20, 1883 [?] Success P.O. "My Dear Nellie" apparently reporting in detail on death of sister Kate [incomplete] - Letter June 8, 1850 to Mr. William Ackerly Lexington, VA from George W. Bowsman re: unanswered letter to "Mr. Letcher, an attorney in Lexington" concerning some of Bowsman's wife's property. Attached note by Lucy Ackerly reads "Wm. Ackerly was the father of my grandfather Jno. Paul Ackerly. Wm. Ackerly died Aug. 4, 1853, my great grandfather" - Letter July 15, 1932 from Conna White Ackerly (Mrs. William) to her daughter, Lucy, at University of Virginia sent from Big Island, GA where her mother was visiting - Letter Jan. 16, 1878 (?) to Lucy Ackerly at Summer, VA from her cousin N. E. White written from Lone Pine mainly about how dull Christmas was - Letter Nov. 12, 1867 Cleveland to John [Pickett] considerably damaged and written cross-over… "Cousin John… I could not believe that you were less my sincere friend or felt less interested in me because you were no longer my pastor" signature illegible - Letter Sept. 9, 1878 to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Mary Denham Talcott, Pasadena, CA for whom Mary was named - Letter Sept. 9, 1878 to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Mary Denham Talcott, Pasadena, CA for whom Mary was named - Letter Feb. 26, 1895 Lone Pine VA "Grandmama" (mother of Mrs. W.P. Ackerly to Mary Ackerly… full of news of sicknesses and deaths - Series of Letters from John Milton White to his daughter Lonna B. White Ackerly (Mrs. John Ackerly) Oct. 22, 1890; May 16, 1892; Aug. 2, 1892; Apr. 16, 1893; June 3, 1894; Mar. 4, 1897; Dec. 22, 1916.

This folder contains:- Letter to Mary Ackerly from J. P. Bell acknowledging receipt of check settling account on Our Kin Jan. 6, 1931 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker winding up loose ends on financing of Our Kin Jan. 7, 1931 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Jan. 8, 1931 "A severe attack of pink eye in both eyes, starting on November 15th, and still continuing, has prevented an earlier acknowledgment of your nice letter of November 20th…. My eyes are getting better, but the oculist warns I must use them very little—and very carefully—for several weeks to come… I appreciated your card at Christmas, and hope that you had a jolly Holiday season. My sister had all the family to Christmas dinner—an annual custom now—and it was nice to be together…" - Letter to Mary Ackerly from C.S. Hook, Atlantic City, NJ Jan. 24, 1931 appears to be offers for old books she has to sell; references letter from her of Oct. 4, 1930 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from William MacFarlane Jones enclosing application forms to join The Sons of the American Revolution—Virginia Chapter. Lists among members "the late Attorney General Wm. A. Anderson and the present Congressman Harry St. George Tucker" Jan. 27, 1931 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker mentioning that Mary is sick in bed with the flu and stating that Lula is planning a survey of "manor houses" in Bedford Feb. 5, 1931 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Feb. 11, 1931 attaching a letter from General Magazine Corporation of Boston, MA requesting an "editorial copy" of Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker Mar. 16, 1931 reporting on her activities - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Mar. 27, 1931 referencing a Colonel Robert Bolling, but also "We are having glorious Spring days here, and I am enjoying long walks. Hope you are well and that all goes happily with you." - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Apr. 9, 1931 thanking her for helping to research Colonel Robert Bolling, but also "My sister and I spent a most happy Easter with some friends in New Jersey who have a lovely home only half an hour from New York. Last Friday (Good Friday) we heard a wonderful presentation of 'Parsifal' at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, and last Saturday saw Walter Hampden in an interesting play, the Admirable Crichton. The only drawback was that, coming down on the train last Monday, I took a heavy cold, and am now in that 'snuffling' stage which is most disagreeable…. You certainly had a hard time of it, with your illness, and will have to take things easy until you are quite well again. Getting out and digging in the ground will be the best thing in the world for you; it is 72 here today, and I am just back from a fine walk." - Letter from Cornelia Burks Dillard to Mary Ackerly June 3, 1931 requesting return of photo of Martin Burks ("not the Judge") - Letter of recommendation regarding Mary Ackerly's teaching credentials from Harrington Waddell, Principal of Lexington High School June 10, 1931 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from W. Harris, Jr. Kansas City, Missouri June 27, 1931 five pages long-hand asking about Thorp, Casson, and Bruce lines. States he has massive amounts of material on Calloway. Very complimentary of Our Kin - Letter from "Mrs. John Ackerly to Lucy—in pencil—Aug. 20, 1931 mentions canning (64 quarts of peaches; 30 quarts of tomatoes). "Heard there is typhoid about 'on Buffalo." - Letter to Mary Ackerly from W. Harris, Jr. Kansas City, Missouri Sept. 9, 1931 acknowledging letter of Sept. 8, 1931 discussing Calloways and asking about Thorp descendants in Bedford and Campbell County - Letter to Mary Ackerly from "Cousin Ralph" Oct. 13, 1931 reporting on Smokey Mt, NC convalescence from operation - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker Dec. 4, 1931 "Now tell me about 'Uncle Harris [Fields]… Has he said 'come with me' yet? Lula warns not to go live in a big house on a big farm unless he gives you a big allowance… Also enclosed some calculations on the back of paper from First National Bank of Lexington - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Homer B. Ledford of Manchester, KY Jan. 2, 1932 asking about early lines of White family & Bollings before 1807 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from C.K. Hill of Harriman Tennessee Mar. 16, 1932 inquiring about 18th century Holladay family - Christmas Postcard to Mary Ackerly Dec. 12, 1931 from Mrs. A.E. Hart of Los Angeles, CA great praise for Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker June 23, 1932 three pages of genealogical talk plus separate sheet of notes from Goochland County records - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker July 9, 1932 genealogical loose ends then activity in Bedford and family matters - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Ernest C. Arnold of Oklahoma City Sept. 24, 1932 re: genealogy of Hatchers - Letter to Mary Ackerly from R. R. White of Manchester, KY Sept. 30, 1932 reporting on his research about White family - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Institute of American Genealogy in Chicago thanking her for copy of Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. H. B. Earthman of Decatur, GA Nov. 10, 1932 asking for information about two Bolling lines - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Louis N. Savage of Rockport, IND Nov. 11, 1932 asking for information on early history of Savage/Bolling family since his niece wishes to join the DAR - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Jane Gladney of Stamps, AK Nov. 14, 1932 regarding Lynchfield Burks genealogy - Letter to Mary Ackerly ("My Dear Cousin Mary") from Benjamin Sledd Dec. 26, 1932 congratulating her on her marriage to George Harris Field.

This folder contains:- Two page historical sketch of Hollins College 1923, 1924, 1925 - Letters among W. W. Ackerly's wartime buddies concerning wartime news 1942 + With the Colors publication of Mar. 17, 1942 with picture of FDR on the cover referencing his 60th birthday - Letter Sept. 4, 1939 from William W. Ackerly, Esq. to Circuit Court Loudoun County asking for date of deed of trust from Mary D.A. Field (widow) to L. R. Bartenstein and "myself" covering sale of farm