John P. Taliaferro lived in Gloucester County and Ware Neck, Virginia. He was married to Eleanora W. Anderson. He is buried at the Ware Church Cemetery.
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Duval Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Material collected by Mollie Wellford (Taliaferro) Duval including: Taliaferro family papers, 1825-1872, which include two letters written from Richmond, Va. in June and July 1862 from John P. Taliaferro of the 26th Regt. Va. Vols., C.S.A., to his wife, with news of Civil War battles, causalities, friends, and relatives; collected genealogical material of the following families of Gloucester Co., Va.: Wormeley, Wellford, Duval, Walke, Taliaferro, Tayloe, Nelson, Perrin, Taylor, Jones, Hansford, and Tabb; and genealogical material regarding Mrs. Duval's husband's (John Tabb Duval) descent from Richard Henry Lee, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and from Pocahontas.
Taliaferro Family Letters: 13 June 1825. Copy of an agreement between [?] Anderson and [?] Walker. Frag. 1859. "A list of my negroes to hire out for the year 1859" by unknown author. 1 January 1860. A promissory note to pay John P. Taliaferro sixteen dollars for the hire of Eliza for the year 1860. Signed by Wm. Vaughan. April 18,1860-May 11,1860. Entries in a diary describe the daily duties of the "hands" and social activities of the author. June 12-22 [1862] [John P. Taliaferro], Richmond, Va. to his wife, n.p. Describes trip to the mountains for his health, mentions friends he met along the way, expects an appointment in the Q.M. Department â€" $100 per month, expects a battle that day but doesn't believe it as he hears McClellan is falling back to the York River, authorities are ready to defend Richmond and waiting for a demonstration on the part of McClellan, has heard slaves left and took his wife's best dresses, learns of neighbors' dining with the Yankees and taking Oath of Allegiance to the Yankees, also two merchants refuse to take Confederate money, two days fight here, mentions causalities, goes today to the 26th Regt. Va. Vols, news of relatives and friends. 4 pp. AL. 3 July 1862. John P. Taliaferro, Richmond. Va., to his wife, n.p. Complains that she hasn't given any news, a battle started last Thursday and is still going on, the enemy is routed, mentions causalities, relatives there, 800 dead Yankees in one field with dead horses, fears Richmond will be unhealthy. 4 pp. AL 20 June 1872. Eleanora Taliaferro, Gloucester County, [Va.] to the Board of Visitors, Va. Military] Institute, asking for a place in the school for her youngest son, "a bright and promising Boy of Sixteen," including note from Alex[ande]r G. Taliaferro to "Cousin Eleanora" stating this is a copy of the application made by him in her name. 2 pp. Cy of ALS.
Collected genealogical material of the following families of Gloucester Co., Va.: Wormeley, Wellford, Duval, Walke, Taliaferro, Taylee, Nelson, Perrin/Taylor, Jones, Hansford, and Tabb.
Collected genealogical material of the following families of Gloucester Co., Va.: Wormeley, Wellford, Duval, Walke, Taliaferro, Taylee, Nelson, Perrin/Taylor, Jones, Hansford, and Tabb.
Folder 4: Collected genealogical material of the following families of Gloucester Co., Va.: Wormeley, Wellford, Duval, Walke, Taliaferro, Taylee, Nelson, Perrin/Taylor, Jones, Hansford, and Tabb.
Documents illustrating John Tabb Duval's (husband of Mollie Wellford Taliaferro Duval) descent from Richard Henry Lee and Pocahontas.
Autographs of John Strode Barbour, Thomas Henry Bayley, John Warwick Daniel, and Charles Triplett O'Ferrall.