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John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2002 Special Collections staff Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Descriptive Summary John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Hamner Family Land Papers, 1761-1844. MS 89.11 5 items. English Hamner Family. Administrative Information Access

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Hamner Family Land Papers, Manuscript MS 89.11, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

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Gift, 1989.

 Biographical/Historical Information

The Hamner family were property owners of Albemarle and Buckingham Counties, Virginia.

 Scope and Content Information

Papers consist of deeds, land grants, and a plat of Charles W. Hamner and others mostly for land in Buckingham County, Va. Included are a land grant (1761?) for land in Albemarle County to William Megginson from Gov. Francis Fauquier; deed (1825) for land in Buckingham County to Charles W. Hamner from Mary and Robert Rogers; deed for land in Buckingham County near Oakville to John C. Hamner from Joseph and Elizabeth Burke; copy of a plat (1837) of land near Back Island Creek in Buckingham County; and land grant (1827) for land in Buckingham County from Gov. William B. Giles to Charles W. Hamner.

 Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

 Index Terms Family Names: Hamner Family. Persons: Megginson, William. Hamner, Charles W. Rogers, Robert. Rogers, Mary. Burke, Elizabeth. Burke, Joseph. Subjects: Land grants--Virginia-- Buckingham County. Land grants--Virginia--Albemarle County. Deeds--Virginia--Buckingham County. Genre and Form Terms: Deeds. Geographical Names: Albemarle County (Va.)--History--18th century. Buckingham County (Va.)--History--18th century. Genre and Form Terms: Deeds--Virginia--Buckingham County. Land grants--Virginia--Albemarle County. Land grants--Virginia--Buckingham County. Plats--Virginia--Buckingham County. Contents List Land grant to William Megginson from Lt. Gov. Francis Fauquier for land in Ablemarle County, Virginia, 14 [January 1761] Deed. Mary and Robert Rogers to Charles W. Hamner. Land in Buckingham County, Virginia, on Wreckisland Creek, 27 September 1825. Land grant. Gov. William B. Giles to Charles W. Hamner. Land in Buckingham County, Virginia, 9 November 1827. Copy of plat drawn by Wyatt W. Hamner of land on Back Island Creek, Buckingham County, Virginia 2 November 1837. Deed. Joseph Burke and Elizabeth Burke to John C. Hamner. Sale of land in Buckingham County, near Oakville, 10 October 1844.