Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
William and Anne Fleming Family papers
Baxter, Anne Christian Fleming
Fleming, William
WLU.Coll.0009
/repositories/5/resources/11
9.5 Linear Feet
four boxes, five oversize folders, one account volume
1 Reels
1 microfilm reel. Contains index.
circa 1754-1833, 2000
English
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William and Anne Fleming Family Papers (WLU Coll. 0009), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers created by or related to William and Anne Fleming and several family members on Anne's side, including her parents, Israel and Elizabeth, and her brother, William.
The subjects include Fleming's accounts of his trips to Kentucky, his journal of the first Kentucky convention of which he served as chair, letters about business, Kentucky land claims, and family affairs. There are commissions, wills and estate inventories, land surveys and indentures, a manuscript map, and documents related to Indigenous nations. Other documents mention enslaved people, usually those who were to be inherited. One folder holds items specific to Kentucky but there are other documents throughout the collection that also have relevance to Kentucky, such as correspondence, land records, and receipts. Daniel Boone's name can be found throughout the collection as he was hired to survey land within what is now Kentucky. Notable signatures within the collection include Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, James Monroe, and Benjamin Harrison. The collection also includes an account book kept by Fleming between 1765-1783. Some accounts are medical in nature. Lastly, the collection holds George Baxter's honorary degree from the University of South Carolina dated circa 1812.
There are transcriptions for correspondence and other items which were done in 2000.
Biographical Note
William Fleming was born in Scotland on Feburary 18, 1729. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and served in the British navy. He moved to the colony of Virginia in 1755, landing first in Norfolk before moving to Williamsburg. There, he was commissioned as an ensign to serve under Col. George Washington. He engaged in border warfare. Fleming eventually settled in Staunton where he married Anne Christian on April 9, 1763. He gave up medicine for farming in Botetourt County (now Montgomery) at his estate called Bellmont. From 1777-1779, he represented several districts, including Kentucky, in the Virginia Senate. He took an active part in Western Affairs, twice heading commissions to Kentucky. In his last appearance as a public servant, Fleming represented Botetourt in the state convention which ratified the Federal Constitution. Fleming died on August 5, 1795.
Anne Christian Fleming was born in 1744 in Staunton, Virginia to Israel and Elizabeth Christian. She had two siblings: William and Rosanna. Anne and William Fleming married in 1763. They had two children: Ebenezer and Annie.
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Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219731764-177211Transcriptions of 1764-1772 Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/21974200012Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219751773-177413Transcriptions of 1773-1774 Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/21976200014Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219771775-177815Transcriptions of 1775-1778 Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219782000, undated16Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/21979177917Transcriptions of 1779 Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219802000, undated18Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219811780-178219Transcriptions of 1780-1782 Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219822000, undated110Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219831783-1784111Transcriptions of 1783-1784 Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219842000, undated112Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219851785-1786113Transcriptions of 1785-1786 Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219862000, undated114Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219871787115Transcriptions of 1787 Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219882000, undated116Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219891788-1789117Transcriptions of 1788-1789 Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219902000, undated118Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219911790-1792119Transcriptions of 1790-1792 Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219922000, undated120Correspondence (printed scan)/repositories/5/archival_objects/219931791 April 28121Transcription of 1791 April 28 Letter/repositories/5/archival_objects/219942000, undated122Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/222101791 May 24Folder 1Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219951793-1795123Transcriptions of 1793-1795 Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219962000124Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219971796-179921Transcriptions of 1796-1799 Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219982000, undated22Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/219991800-180423Transcriptions of 1800-1804 Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/220002000, undated24Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/220011805-180925Transcriptions of 1805-1809 Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/220022000, undated26Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/220031811-181727Transcriptions of 1811-1817 Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/220042000, undated28Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/220051825 March 2629Transcription of 1825 March 26 Letter/repositories/5/archival_objects/220062000210Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/22007undated211Transcriptions of undated Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/220082000, undated212Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/22009undated213Transcriptions of undated Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/220102000, undated214William Fleming Diary/repositories/5/archival_objects/220111782-1790215Transcription of Diary/repositories/5/archival_objects/22012undated216Genealogy/repositories/5/archival_objects/22013undated217Journal documenting the first Kentucky Convention/repositories/5/archival_objects/220141784-1785218Transcription of Journal/repositories/5/archival_objects/220152000, undated219Land Records/repositories/5/archival_objects/222151767, 1769, 1772, 1783, 1785-1786Folder 2Land Records/repositories/5/archival_objects/220161768, 1772-1775, 1777, 1779-1785220Scope and ContentsIncludes 1768 and 1773 deeds of gift of land to Anne Fleming from her father
Land Records/repositories/5/archival_objects/222161787, 1800, undatedFolder 3Land Records/repositories/5/archival_objects/220171786-1790, 1799221Land Records/repositories/5/archival_objects/220181804, 1813, 1817-1819222Land Records/repositories/5/archival_objects/220191827, undated223Amendments Proposed to the New Convolution [?] of Government in Addition to the Declaration of Rights/repositories/5/archival_objects/22284undated224"To the Chiefs and Warriors of the Shawnee Nation" document/repositories/5/archival_objects/22285undated225Rations for the Officers at Fort Chiswell/repositories/5/archival_objects/333621760 November 20-1761 May 1226Recruiting Orders from Adam Stephen/repositories/5/archival_objects/33363176231Appointment by the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia/repositories/5/archival_objects/333641776 April 432Servitude Indenture/repositories/5/archival_objects/333651769 August 1633"Illinois Indian Deed" signed at Fort Gage/repositories/5/archival_objects/333661773 July 2034Queries and Instructions from Governor [Patrick] Henry/repositories/5/archival_objects/22286circa 1784-178535Documents specific to Kentucky County/Commonwealth of/repositories/5/archival_objects/22287circa 1779-1782, 1790, 180836Statement of Funds of Union Theological Seminary/repositories/5/archival_objects/222881833 April 1137Anne Fleming Estate/repositories/5/archival_objects/222891780, 180138William Fleming Estate/repositories/5/archival_objects/222901795-1796, 1805, 1808-180939Israel Christian Estate/repositories/5/archival_objects/222911785-1789, 1791, 1799310Elizabeth Christian Estate/repositories/5/archival_objects/222921790-1791311GeneralThere is a document related to Elizabeth also in Folder 6 of this box.
William Christian Estate/repositories/5/archival_objects/222931786 May312John McIlhaney Estate/repositories/5/archival_objects/222941791313Account Book Pages/repositories/5/archival_objects/222951779-1783314Scope and ContentsIncludes information related to land ownership, list of books and pamphlets, financial information, payments made to Commissioners and the State of Virginia.
Receipts and Treasury Warrants/repositories/5/archival_objects/222961780-1786, 1790-1792, 1799-1807315Scope and ContentsThis folder includes a 1783 receipt handwritten by Daniel Boone for land he surveyed.
Miscellaneous/repositories/5/archival_objects/222971763-1766, 1777, 1779, 1780, 1794, 1809, undated316Scope and ContentsIncludes a list of distances between towns and cities, testimony (1780), prayer (1809), copy of an act for disclaiming lands (1794), printed letter from the Board of War dated July 8, 1779 asking for information of the "numbers and strength of the militias of the several counties within the4 state," financial document of Israel Christian, 1763-1766, Order from the House of Delegates for the care of armies, 1777 November 27, document regarding expedition against the Indians, 1777 August 29, broadside "Acts of General Assembly passed October Session, 1777"
Fragments/repositories/5/archival_objects/22298317Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/222991847, undated318Index to the Collection/repositories/5/archival_objects/22300319Card Index to the Collection/repositories/5/archival_objects/223014Kentucky Gazette Extra/repositories/5/archival_objects/222111795 January 17Folder 1Military Appointments/repositories/5/archival_objects/22212circa 1754, 1755, 1762, circa 1771-1775Folder 1Scope and Contentscirca 1754 fragment issued by Robert Dinwiddie and signed by George Washington, August 25, 1755 appointment issued by Robert Dinwiddie, 1762 appointment issued by Francis Fauquier, circa 1771-1775 appointment issued by John Murray, Earl of Dunmore (part of the document is missing)
Manuscript documenting meeting between John Connolly and the "Indians at Pitsburg" [Pittsburgh]/repositories/5/archival_objects/222141774 June 29Folder 1Scope and ContentsThe leaders of the Native American contingent were named as Captain White Eyes, Captain Johnny, and Weyandahila.
Resolutions regarding Kentucky/repositories/5/archival_objects/222831785 May 27Folder 1Manuscript Map of Virginia, Kentucky, and North Carolina/repositories/5/archival_objects/22302circa late 1700sFolder 4George Baxter's Honorary Degree from the University of South Carolina/repositories/5/archival_objects/22369circa 1812Folder 5Account Book/repositories/5/archival_objects/223081765-17831