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Scope and Contents Three combined accessions on the Hill Family. "Genealogical Record of Mrs. Page Morris, wife of Judge Page Morris" for the Colonial Dames (19pages). Typed transcripts of 4 Brunswick County legal records for members of the Hill Family (1740-1762) and transcripts of legal records of Robert Hill of Virginia and his descendants with an original and transcript of a letter from Francis Watkins of St. Louis, MO to his Uncle dated January 15, 1844.

Ledger used to record the genealogy of the Holladay Family beginning with the will of Capt. Anthony Holladay of Isle of Wight in 1719. Part of the ledger is separated into A-Z tabs by first name. Includes hand transcriptions of wills, deeds and other legal documents. The last third of the ledger includes scattered notes from 1896-1900 on 5 medical cases treated by the writer of the ledger, probably in Portsmouth, Virginia. Includes letter from the War Department to Miss Mildred M. Holladay of Portsmouth, Virginia saying Joseph Holladay served as ensign of the 6th Virginia Regiment.

Scope and Contents Typed transcripts of various publications on the Holt Family, related families and locations. Includes a 1943 letter from Florence Malborne Davies of Petersburg, Virginia to Mrs. Holt; a DAR membership form for Mrs. Annie Holt Smith of Mobile, Alabama; transcription of an 1828 letter from D. Saunders, Jr. (husband of Lucy Saunders Holt), possibly in Richmond, VA to Mrs. John S. Holt of Augusta, GA about the power attorney for Uncle Julius Saunders and copy of a report "The Davis Family (Davies and David) in Wales and America, Genealogy of Morgan David of Pennsylvania" by Harry Alexander Davis, 1927. Includes genealogical information on the Saunders Family.

Scope and Contents Genealogy of S. Reed Johnson, born 1831 in Pittsburgh, PA contributed as part of "American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking" in 1891. 1 page. Copy of part of "Johnston of That Ilk and of Caskieben c. 1550" by Lorand V. Johnson, M.D., 1931. Approximately 20 pages.

Photocopy of a letter from Unk Lucas of Falmouth, Virginia to Lily O'Bannon of Sperryville, Virginia about the Latham Family, August 5, 1907. Mss. Acc. 200.261.

Scope and Contents "Notes regarding Reverend Francis Prioleau Lee of South Carolina" compiled by Claudia Stuart Cole, his Granddaughter, from family records and data. London, 1927. Newspaper clipping about Richard Henry Lee, dated 1879 and a pamphlet, "Calendar of the Lee Manuscripts in Harvard University Library." Newspaper clipping on Robert E. Lee, dated 1881.

Scope and Contents Handwritten notebook with notes entitled "John Morton and Descendants, Partial List" about John Morton of Ireland who settled in Alleghany County, PA. Written by W.S. Morton. 31 pages. 1864 letter from C. Morton to James with Morton Genealogy and later notes up to1877 from possibly "Thomas A. Morton" and others.

Scope and Contents Cardboard card with coat-of-arms of the Randolph Family. Photocopy of a report entitled "The Randolph Family, a Genealogy" by Gerald S. Cowden, undated, 50 pages. Photocopy of the family record of the Randolph Family, with an index, undated, 50 pages. Photocopy of a Randolph Family tree, beginning with Elizabeth Randolph who married Richard Bland, 4 pages. Typed transcription of an article "Randolph Family No. 1" written for "the Critic." Typed transcription of a letter from William M. Randolph of Memphis, Tennessee to G.M. Wilson of Richmond, Virginia about the Randolph Family, dated September 27, 1907. Report entitled "Genealogy of the Henry Randolph Family of Virginia" compiled by George Matthews Wilson, February 10, 1904, 9 pages. Other items include newspaper articles and transcripts of wills.Items donated by various people, including Wassell Randolph of Memphis, TN (1956) and Herbert R. Preston, Jr. of Baltimore, MD (1977).

Scope and Contents A book about the Stratham Family, "The Descent of the Family of Statham" by Rev. S. P. H. Statham, published 1824/25 by the Times Book Company Limited in London. Includes handwritten notes throughout the book, possibly by Mary Beaumont Statham who gave the book to William and Mary. A printed family chart (22 x 22) entitled "Pedigree of Statham, of Virginia" compiled by Miss Mary Beaumont Statham of Lynchburg, VA and Washington, DC., possibly in 1932. Includes handwritten additions.