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Taliaferro family

 Family

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Duval Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00250
Scope and Contents 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,...
Dates: 1825-1872
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Jones Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 69 J71
Scope and Contents Papers, 1826-1916, of the Jones family of "Land's End," Gloucester County, Virginia, and related families of Curtis, Taliaferro, Page and Harrison. Includes correspondence, genealogical notes, obituaries, legal files, real estate material, notes concerning Land's End, Petsworth Parish (Gloucester County), Yorktown, and the homes of the Cringan family and the Mackenzie family, and Bible records of the Jones and Fauntleroy families.The first two accessions, which compose the bulk...
Dates: 1826-1916
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Merchant's Account Book, Gloucester County, Virginia

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame12u
Scope and Contents

Ledger, 1830-1836, of an unidentified merchant, [Gloucester County, Va. ?], which includes accounts with members of the Taliaferro family.

Dates: 1830-1836
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Philip A. Taliaferro Letter to his Nephew

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00107
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Philip Taliaferro to an unnamed nephew dated Dec. 4, 1853. He's replying to the nephew's assertion that Taliaferro doesn't want his mother to live in her "old home at Belle Ville." Taliaferro goes into great detail to explain what he actually said and why and discusses his mother's age and health.

Dates: 1853 December 4
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Taliaferro Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.609
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, financial, legal and other written material of the John P. Taliaferro Family and Richard P. Taliaferro Family of Gloucester and Ware Neck, Virginia. Richard P. Taliaferro was the son of John P. Taliaferro. Genealogical material on the Fox, Oliver and Read family included. Includes a 1857 letter from a servant, possibly a slave, asking for her "mistress" to bring Patsy for a visit and a 1856 list of hired out slaves.

Dates: 1846-1895
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

William Booth Taliaferro Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 T15
Scope and Contents Papers, 1811-1954, of William Booth Taliaferro and his family of Gloucester County, Va. Taliaferro's papers consist of diaries, letterbook (while at Harpers Ferry), correspondence, speeches, memoirs and accounts. The collection also includes papers of his wife, Sally Nivison Lyons Taliaferro (including diaries), his ancestors, siblings and descendants, as well as photographs, genealogical notes and artifacts of the Taliaferro family.There are papers of other people who are not...
Dates: 1811-1954
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

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Gloucester County (Va.)--History--19th century 4
Correspondence 3
Genealogy 3
Slavery--Virginia--19th century 3
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 3
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Financial records 2
Gloucester County (Va.)--History 2
Legal documents 2
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 2
Account books 1
Agendas (administrative records) 1
Barbour County (W. Va.)--History, Military--19th century. 1
College of William and Mary--History--19th century 1
Deeds 1
Diaries 1
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--19th century 1
Gloucester County (Va.)--Genealogy. 1
Gloucester County (Va.)--History--20th century 1
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859 1
King and Queen County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Land's End (Gloucester County, Va.) 1
Ledgers (Accounting) 1
Manuscripts (document genre) 1
Maps 1
Merchants--Virginia--Gloucester County 1
Merchants--Virginia--History--19th century 1
Petsworth Parish (Gloucester County, Va.) 1
Photographs 1
Programs 1
Receipts (financial records) 1
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
Reports 1
Slave labor 1
Slaves--Virginia--Social conditions 1
Technical reports 1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps 1
United States--History--Mexican War, 1845-1848 1
United States--Politics and Government 1
United States--Slavery 1
Virginia Military Institute--History--19th century 1
Virginia--Genealogy 1
Virginia--Maps 1
Virginia--Politics and Government 1
Virginia--Religious history 1
Ware Neck (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Women--Virginia--Social life and customs 1
Yorktown (Va.)--History--19th century 1
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