Legal Documents, 1835-1877
Scope and Contents
1835 note for purchases at estate sale by Warner T. Taliaferro; 1849 note to the Commissioner of Revenue of Gloucester County, transferring 802 acres from C.S. Jones to Richard P. Jones; 1844 indenture between the company of Curtis Jones and Robert C. Curtis; 1845-6 bonds; 1851 final payment for the purchase of Lands End; 1863 list of "negroes and their ages"; 1875 appraisal by Richard P. Jones and R. M. Page for personal estate of Sam Bolling; and a 1877 payment by Richard W. Jones to James D. Pointer for Richard P. Jones' coffin. Also includes an 1890 letter to Mary from George B. Harrison, about English property of Coryndon Carpenter, which by his 1776 will "devised two small farms in Cornwall to his brother Nathaniel Carpenter...of King and Queen County...after his death to be sold and the proceeds to be divided between the four sons of Dr. Carpenter: Coryndon, William Fauntleroy, Bushrod and Nathaniel; and 1830-1852 guardian account records for Maria G. Curtis and R. P. Jones with C. C. Curtis the guardian of Maria.
Dates
- Creation: 1835-1877
Creator
- From the Collection: Jones family (Family)
- From the Collection: Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908 (Person)
- From the Collection: Curtis family (Family)
- From the Collection: Foster, Adam (Person)
- From the Collection: Jones, Mary Fauntleroy (Person)
- From the Collection: Jones, Mary Throckmorton (Person)
- From the Collection: Jones, Richard P. (Person)
- From the Collection: Jones, Warner Throckmorton (Person)
- From the Collection: Page family (Family)
- From the Collection: Taliaferro family. (Family)
- From the Collection: Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827 (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Extent
From the Collection: 1.75 Linear Feet
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository