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Library of Virginia 2002 Trenton Hizer Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia Watlington family papers, 1811-1862 23828b Personal papers collection, acc. 23828b. .1 cu. ft. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

Watlington family papers, 1811-1862. Accession 23828b. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

 Acquisition Information

Purchased from Cooper's Old Book Shop, 119 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia, 14 May 1952.

 Biographical/Historical Information

Nathaniel Watlington (d. 1816) was a prominent citizen of Gloucester County, Virginia. He had two sons by his first marriage, Nathaniel and Armistead Watlington. Nathaniel Sr. and his second wife, Massey Watlington, had five children: Paul, Clever, Isabella, Sterling and Charlotte. Paul Watlington (d. 1840) and his wife, Frances Sarah Watlington, had at least one son, Thomas R. Watlington, who lived in King William County, Virginia. Isabella Watlington married Rowland Finch.

 Scope and Content Information

Papers, 1811-1862, of the Watlington family of Gloucester County, Virginia, consisting mainly of receipts, accounts, correspondence, promissory notes, tax receipts, court receipts, court records, plats, purchase orders, inventories, sales lists, receipts for slave hires, and subscriptions. This material concerns mostly Paul Watlington (d. 1840) and his wife, Frances Sarah Watlington.