<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">Overton-B-Pettit-Papers</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Pettit, Overton B. papers</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Overton B. Pettit Papers <num>Mss. 39.2 P45</num></titleproper><author>Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections Research Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/wm.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2007-07-12</date></p><address><addressline>William &amp; Mary Special Collections Research Center</addressline><addressline>Earl Gregg Swem Library</addressline><addressline>400 Landrum Dr</addressline><addressline>Williamsburg, Virginia</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 757-221-3090</addressline><addressline>spcoll@wm.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-05-17 07:03:11 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>The collection description/finding aid is written in <language encodinganalog="041" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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<p>Deed, 1834, from John Duffield, wife Amanda A. Duffield, John Duffield, Jr., wife Frances Duffield, Henry M. Myers, wife Caroline M. Myers and William H. Duffield transferring their rights as heirs of David Ross (to the estate, "Cobbham," Cumberland County, Va.) to Frederick A. Ross, trustee; deed of trust, 1844, from Overton B. Pettit and wife Mary E. Pettit to William Fontaine and Abraham Shepherd, trustees for money owed to Samuel Pettit (includes "Cobbham," enslaved persons, equipment and crops); and attachment, 1850, on property of Overton B. Pettit.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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<p>Purchase</p>  </acqinfo>
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<p>Overton B. Pettit Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <subject source="lcsh">Cumberland County (Va.)--History--20th century</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Legal documents</subject>
    <subject source="local">Slavery--Virginia--19th century</subject>
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  <dsc><c id="aspace_a85e42941e0409d74e27ee213f512067" level="file"><did><unittitle>Papers</unittitle><unitid>id4000</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/204033</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1834-1850</unitdate><container altrender="Century Box" id="aspace_960f3514ccc37824b14efecfc2c2053b" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">Manuscripts Group 2 Box 24</container><container id="aspace_745d7a0c73bc83d1707a0023dd628e34" parent="aspace_960f3514ccc37824b14efecfc2c2053b" type="folder">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_33710f101ce49b72902dc82dc98e3392"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Scope and Contents 5 August 1834. Deed given by John Duffield and his wife Amanda A. Duffield, John Duffield, Jr. and his wife Frances Duffield, Henry M. Myers and his wife Caroline M.R. Myers, and William H. Duffield, transferring to Frederick A. Ross, trustee, all their rights as heirs of David Ross in the estate called "Cobbham" in Cumberland County, Va. 30 January 1844. Trust deed given by Overton B. Pettit and his wife Mary E. Pettit to William Fontaine arid Abraham Shepherd, Jr., trustees of Samuel B. Pettit, covering a tract of land in Cumberland County called "Cobbham" and certain personal property. 23 February 1850. An attachment in the suit of Edmund Johnson vs. 0verton B. Pettit.</p></scopecontent></c></dsc>
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