Daniel-Payne-Estate-inventoryPayne, Daniel Estate inventoryDaniel Payne Estate inventory SC 01811Veronica ParkerSpecial Collections Research Center

2023 January 20

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-05-15 13:31:50 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Special Collections Research Center Daniel Payne estate inventory SC 01811 /repositories/2/resources/9611 0.1 Linear Feet One legal sized folder. 1843 - 1844 1935 English Content Description

A 10 page estate account inventory record by Daniel Payne, the executor of Lawrence Washington's estate, Wakefield Plantation in Westmoreland Co., VA. The inventory names 18 enslaved people. 3 unnamed enslaved children are also listed. Also included is a postcard with an image of Wakefield.

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 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Gary A. Barranger- Class of 1973, Law 1976.

 Arrangement

This collection is arranged in one series, Series I: Administrative papers

 Preferred Citation

Daniel Payne Estate inventory, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

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 Real estate management Westmoreland County (Va.)--History--19th century Slavery Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century Slavery--Southern States--History Slavery--United States--History--19th century Inventories Gary A. Barranger- Class of 1973, Law 1976 Series I. Administrative papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/593435Scope and Contents

This series contains a 10 page estate account inventory record by Daniel Payne, the executor of Lawrence Washington's estate, Wakefield Plantation in Westmoreland Co., VA. The inventory names 18 enslaved people. 3 unnamed enslaved children are also listed. Also included is a postcard with an image of Wakefield.

Daniel Payne Estate inventory/repositories/2/archival_objects/5934361843 - 18441935Small Collections Box 1261Series II. Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/593629Postcard from "mother" to Sara/repositories/2/archival_objects/593630Small Collections Box 1261Scope and Contents

Postcard depicting Wakefield, the birthplace of George Washington.