Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Sharp family history papers
MSS 16822
Archival Resource Key
/repositories/3/resources/1629
8.4 Cubic Feet
4 cubic foot boxes, 5 document boxes, 1 half-size legal document box, and 2 bibles in CMI boxes.
1980s-2010s
English
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was a gift from Al Sharp to the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 30 December 2019, January 2020, and 22 February 2023. The collection came in as three accretions.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into 4 series. Series 1. Limestone Farm. Series 2. James Monroe and Enslavement of Hemings family members. Series 3. McQuiddy family papers. Series 4. Sharp Genealogy and Court Records in Virginia.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Sharp bought 590 acres of land from Nelson Anderson in 1761 in Keswick, Virginia. He gave about 200 acres of the land to his son in 1780. Robert Sharp Jr. built Limestone Farm in 1794. James Monroe bought 175 acres of the land from Thomas Sharp in 1816. George C. Blaetterman bought the property in 1828. Bill and Pooh Johnson are the current owners of the property and successfully applied for a National Historic Landmark Registry. The limestone is thought to have been used by Thomas Jefferson for Monticello and the University of Virginia. Included is Al Sharp's research about Hemings family members that were enslaved at Limestone Farm by President James Monroe.
Included are family papers of relatives of the Sharp family: Colonel John Todd McQuiddy (1828-1885)
Preferred Citation
MSS 16822, Sharp Family History papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.
Content Description
Sharp family papers that include correspondence, documents, diagrams, architecture and photographs of the Limestone farm which was built by his ancestor in the eighteenth century. William McQuiddy family letters and images, cased photographs, a photo album, carte-de-visites, and family bible records. Sharp family genealogy and court records in Virginia.
Color photographs
Enslaved laborers
Architecture -- Virginia -- Albemarle County.
Series 1. Limestone FarmArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2487571980's-2019EnglishApplication and notes for Limestone Farm to be a National Historic LandmarkArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2487811995English11Application for Limestone Farm to be a National Historic LandmarkArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2487832005-2007English13Drawings (coordinates) for Limestone Farm houseArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24878616Sketches (blueprints) for Limestone Farm houseArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24878717Plats and photographs (scans/photocopies) of Limestone FarmArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24878821Photographs of Limestone FarmArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24879522Land Tax Limestone FarmArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248789183523History of Limestone FarmArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24879024Deeds and indentures (photocopies) of previous owners (Blaetterman, Purvis) Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24879225Limestone Farm owner: BlaettermanArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24879326Architectural study of Monroe Law Office at Limestone Farm by Harris/Tiller (K. Edward Lay course at UVA)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248796197828Excavation project at Limestone FarmArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248797200329Limestone Files CDArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248798210Frank E. Grizzard, Jr., "Documentary History of the Construction of the Buildings at the University of Virginia"Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248799English31Limestone articles about brick and buildingArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24880032Articles (Preservation Briefs)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24880133Articles: Common Places Readings in Vernacular ArchitectureArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24880234James Dinsmore- construction (joiner) at Monticello (1800's) and genealogy of Dinsmore familyArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24880335Leitch- owners of property at 230 Court Square, Charlottesville, Virginia and family genealogy Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24880436Bag of limestoneArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248997Series 2. James Monroe family genealogy and enslavement of Hemings family members (Sharp research)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2487581860-1950EnglishResearch on James Monroe enslavement of Hemings family members (photocopies and notes)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24880537Photocopy of sale and manumission deed for Mary HemingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24880638Monroe family genealogyArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24880739Monroe family genealogyArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24880841Monroe land deeds (photocopies) and notesArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24880942Research on Monroe and finding aid about his correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24881043Series 3. McQuiddy family papers, ancestors of the Sharp familyArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2487591864-2009EnglishSeparated MaterialsTwo books were removed from the collection to be catalogued separately. Edna Kay herbst Day & David newton McQuiddy, "The McQuitty/McQuiddy/McQuady Family" Oracle Press. Baton Rouge, LA.1984; E. G De Montgomery, "Origin and History of the Montgomerys" William Blackwood and Sons, LTD. Edinburgh and London. 1948.
Photograph of Colonel John Todd McQuiddy (1828-1885)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24881144Photograph of William Hartwell McQuiddy 1860-1886 (son of John Todd McQuiddy)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24881245Photograph of Kate Lewis McQuiddy 1858-1950 (daughter of John Todd McQuiddy)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24881346McQuiddy family carte-de-visites (Kate Lewis McQuiddy. Colonel John Todd McQuiddy. Mary Reading McQuiddy Williams-mother of John Todd, Hallie McQuiddy Montgomery)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24881451Encased photograph possibly Cordelia Pearson McQuiddy (wife of John Todd McQuiddy)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24881652Encased photograph (unidentified)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24881553Encased photograph of unidentified womanArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24881754Photographs of Jean Cleveland Hall and Nina MontgomeryArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24881855McQuiddy family letters and honorable discharge of John Todd McQuiddleArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2488191864-1936English56Harriet (Halycon) Pearson Montgomery Bible recordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24882057Legal Votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor Election Plymouth, MassachussettsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248821181258Miscellaneous newspaper clipping from Muslim OutlookArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248822December 2, 192259Scope and ContentsThe Muslim Outlook was started as a daily in 1922. This was the first daily English newspaper ever owned by a Muslim and was brought out with the object of voicing the feelings of the Muslims in North-Western India. In the first year of its publication the paper enjoyed a circulation of 1,800 copies a day.
The Muslim Outlook was a champion of the Pan-Islamic movement and was a modern paper in every sense. The display of news was quite up-to-date with two to five-decker head-lines set in different varieties of type. When the paper ceased its publication in 1932, its circulation had risen to 2,260.
Source:
NewsKit Publishing Platform Accessed 5/14/24
https://www.dawn.com/news/1358484
McQuiddy PhotoalbumArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2488236Series 4. Sharp family genealogy and court records in Virginia Addition 2Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248769Lank(g)ford-Nelson and AmherstArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24882671Lank(g)ford-AugustaArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24882772Thomas, Jr.- Mission HomeArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24882873Marriages-LangfordArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24882974Pleasants ChildrenArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24883075Parks B. LangfordArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24883176UntitledArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24883277Langford- Jonathan and DescendantsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24883378Thomas LankfordArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24883479UntitledArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248835710UntitledArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248836711George Asa LangfordArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248837712Langford-LouisaArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248838713UntitledArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248839714Lan(g)kford Civil War Service RecordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248840715Matthew LankfordArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248841716UntitledArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248842717UntitledArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248843718Bailey-AlbemarleArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248844719UntitledArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248845720Early Lan(g)kford-AugustaArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248846721LangfordArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248847722Albemarle, Amherst, Nelson Personal Property TaxArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248848723UntitledArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248849724Bailey-Charleston, WVa, Saunders, LangfordArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248850725Nathan Lankford BibleArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248851726William LangfordArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248852727UntitledArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248853728Langford-Moore's Creek, AlbemarleArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248854729UntitledArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248855730Langford-Green CreekArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248856731A. W. Breiner and AssociatesArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248857732UntitledArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248858733UntitledArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248859734West to Milley-PleasantArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248860735Al SharpArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248861736LangfordArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24891681UntitledArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24891782Sharp and the WorldArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24891883Langford Pittsylvania County, Halifax, LynchburgArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24891984Lewis Co., West VirginiaArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24892085Bunch-MooreArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24892186Langford-Lankford, VirginiaArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24892287Thomas LankfordArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24892388GibsonArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24892489LangfordArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248925810Langford Buck MountainArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248926811LangfordArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248927812BurkArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248928813UntitledArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248929814WhalleyArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248930815UntitledArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248931816J. M. ShiflettArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248932817Hall EnterprisesArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248933818Hall Enterprises 7-12Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248934819Hall 7-27 Old Home PlaceArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248935820DavisArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248936821Gibson 7-25Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248937822BlackwellArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248938823Hackett-ThompsonArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248939824Book: A New Century Beckons: A History of The Army and Navy ClubArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248940825Book: Grey Geese Calling: A History of the 11th Bombardment Group Heavy (H) in the Pacific, 1940-1945. W. M. Cleveland-Editor (inscribed)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248941826Book: Mosquitos in Korea. W. M. Cleveland. (inscription by W. M. Cleveland "Monty" Published for the Mosquito Association, Inc. by Peter E. Randall Publisher. Portsmouth. 1991.Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248942827Book: Henrico County Virginia Court Order Book No. 1 Part One: 1 October 1781-9 July 1783. Cypalcorp. Iberian Publishing Company. Athens, Georgia. 2019.Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248943828Book: Henrico County Virginia Court Order Book No. 1 Part Two: 21 July-3 November 1784. Cypalcorp. Iberian Publishing Company. Athens, Georgia. 2020Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248944829Book: Henrico County Virginia Proceedings of the Commissioners Respecting the Records of Henrico Court Destroyed by the Enemy (Annotated). Cypacorp. Iberian Publishing Company. Athens, Georgia. 2018.Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248945830Harvey G. SharpArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248946English91James N. SharpArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24894792All the President's Men galley proof copies part 1-2Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24894893-4Will of James H. Langford (copy)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24894995Sharp of SalemArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248950English101Samuel/MassachusettsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248951102-3Samuek Sharp of Salem MaArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248952104Montgomery County GISArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248953105Shadrack BattlesArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248954106Redfird Sharp New JerseyArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248955107Wm Redford Sharp New JerseyArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248956108-9Tom KingArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2489571010King-SharpArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2489581011-12Robert and Grizella SharpArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2489591013Edward SharpArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2489601014Henrico Deeds 1714-1718Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2489611015UntitledArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2489621016Elizabeth JonesArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2489631017Vauxhall IslandArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2489641018MappingArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2489651019Jamestown ArchArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2489661020Salem/MBCArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2489671021Cumberland County Mutual AssuranceArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248968111Court SquareArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248969112Sanborn Maps Court SquareArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2489701886-1969113Court Square HistoryArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248971114Party WallsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248972115UntitledArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248973116Virginia Marriage Records IndexArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2489741853-1859121Virginia Marriage Records 1880-89Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248975122Rockbridge County Court OrdersArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248976123Cumberland Original DeedsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248977124Virginia Marriage Records 1860-69Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248978125-6Cumberland Order BookArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248979127-8Virginia Marriage Records Index 1870-79Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/248980129Albemarle Court Order BookArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2489811210The Sandy Point PuzzleArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2489821211Henrico Personal Property TaxesArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2489831212Louisa County Courts Minute BooksArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2489841213Mecklenberg County Court Order Book 4Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2489941214-15Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Sharp bibleArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24899513Laura Sharp bibleArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24899614