Barron family
Family
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Baird Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 B16
Scope and Contents
Collection includes papers, 1656-1848, concerning Essex County, Va. including land records and wills, many of which relate to the Rowzee family. Many of the records date from the seventeenth century. The collection also includes correspondence, 1830-1920, of members of the Baird family including letters, 1859-1911, of Edward R. Baird while attending the University of Virginia, serving in Pickett's Division and as superintendent of schools in Essex County. There are...
Dates:
1656-1922; Majority of material found in 1656-1848
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Barron Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 B29
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence of three generations of Samuel Barrons, all of whom were involved in naval affairs. Papers, 1793-1809, of Samuel Barron (1765-1810), commander of one of the Mediterranean squadrons sent to defeat Tripoli. Papers concern naval business and the War with Tripoli. Includes correspondence with his brother James Barron, Stephen Decatur, William Eaton (concerning his controversy with Tobias Lear over the Tripolitan peace settlement), Tobias Lear, Edward Preble, John...
Dates:
1793-1942
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
James Barron Papers (II)
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 B27 II
Scope and Contents
Manuscript biography of Commodore James Barron by William O. Stevens prepared circa 1940s. Originally entitled "The Man Who Killed Dectur, Commodore James Barron, USN," but published in 1969 by the Chesapeake Historical Society as "An Affair of Honor".
Dates:
1940-1962
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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- African Americans--Medical care--Virginia 1
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- Essex County (Va.)--History--17th century 1
- Essex County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
- Essex County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
- Financial records 1
- Genealogical tables 1
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- Physicians--Virginia--Charlottesville 1
- Slavery--Virginia--19th century 1
- Surveys (documents) 1
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