Perrin family
Family
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Eleanor W. Perrin Diaries
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 96 P42
Scope and Contents
Diaries; 1922-1967, of Eleanor Wormley Perrin of "Goshen," Gloucester County, Va. These forty-five diaries span nearly a half century, from 1922 to 1967, and document life in 20th century Virginia. Perrin's diaries discuss local events, female social life, national events such as wars and politics, hurricanes, the death of family and friends, and other topics. Toward the end of Perrins's life her diary entries increase in length and intimateness, often expressing loneliness and reflecting...
Dates:
1922-1967
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Perrin Family Bibles
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 93 P42
Scope and Contents
Consists of three Bibles owned by the Perrin family; a 1751, 1819, and 1838 editions that contain family information and genealogy back to the 1740s. The 1751 Bible contains a list of slave children births and ages.
Dates:
1751-1838; Majority of material found in 1751, 1819 and 1838
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
John Tayloe Perrin Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 P42
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1770-1931, of the Perrin family of Gloucester County, Va. Chiefly the diaries and writings of John Tayloe Perrin. Includes farm books, scrapbooks, accounts, wills, and articles by Perrin.
Dates:
1770-1931
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
William K. Perrin Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 95 P42
Scope and Contents
Business letters, 1833-1839, to Major William K. Perrin and 1855, 1860, to his son-in-law Wyndham Kemp, both of Gloucester County, Virginia from Perrin's step-son Robert W. Nicolson in Uniontown, Perry County, Alabama, about the management of a cotton plantation. Letters mention purchasing land, growing and selling cotton management of slaves, legal and banking matters and uprising of the Creek Indians. Papers, 1800-1855 and n.d., relating to the hiring out and management of slaves of...
Dates:
1732-1902; Majority of material found in 1820-1858
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Tabb Family Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 01102
Scope and Contents
Diary kept by members of the Tabb family, entitled, "Summerville Diary." Written by Rebecca Lloyd Tabb and Mary Lee Tabb as well as other members of the Tabb family. The diary records activities such as baseball, card games, teas, gardening, John Tabb's school, visits from neighbors and relatives, the Christmas celebration of 1910 and Rebecca Lloyd Tabb's wedding to Henry Bouldin. It also describes a visit of the Tabb parents to the University of Virginia for their son Warner Throckmorton...
Dates:
1909-1911
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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- Gloucester County (Va.)--History--20th century 3
- Correspondence 2
- Diaries 2
- Gloucester County (Va.)--History--18th century 2
- Gloucester County (Va.)--History--19th century 2
- Legal documents 2
- Slavery--Virginia--18th century 2
- Slavery--Virginia--19th century 2
- Account books 1
- American diaries--Women authors 1
- Baseball--History 1
- Bible records 1
- Bibles 1
- Creek Indians 1
- Financial records 1
- Gloucester County (Va.)--Genealogy. 1
- Gloucester County (Va.)--History 1
- Gloucester County (Va.)--Social life and customs 1
- Indentures 1
- Indians of North America--Virginia 1
- Manuscripts (document genre) 1
- Merchants--Virginia--History--18th century 1
- Merchants--Virginia--History--19th century 1
- Plantation life 1
- Plantations 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Slavery--Virginia--History 1
- Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century 1
- Virginia--Cotton Farms--19th century 1
- Virginia--History--20th century 1
- Women--History--Virginia 1
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