Box 1
Contains 16 Results:
Tax assessments and receipts, 1765-1889
Most items are receipts for payment of parish levies and taxes on real estate and personal property.
Other receipts, invoices, vouchers, 1765-1896 and undated
Receipts acknowledge payments for purchases, services, and debts.
Promissory notes and bonds, 1770-1889
Promissory notes indicate terms for the repayment of loans or payments for services provided.
Account statements, 1786-1891 and undated
These items range from brief mention of an item purchased to several pages from a firm’s account book.
Probate and estate documents, 1774-1866 and undated
In most cases the deceased are members of the Wilkin family or Wilkin family members are administrators of the estates. Among the deceased are Jacob Coffman, multiple Godfrey Wilkins, Benjamin Layman, John Wilkin, Jacob Wilkin, and Peter Miller.
Property documents, 1788-1885 and undated
These include copies of deeds, receipts for recording deeds or registering inherited land, boundary descriptions, and a property sale notice.
Court documents, 1790-1862 and undated
Included are a guardian indenture, an apprentice indenture, receipts for issuing and recording court documents, vouchers for payments to witnesses, orders to a sheriff to summon witnesses, and receipts for payment of court settlements.
Correspondence, 1809-1894 and undated
John Wilkin is the writer or recipient of many items. Some are to or from relatives who have moved to the Midwest. Topics include land, crops, finding wives, and money. Some correspondence with a Mr. E. Duvall involves forming a Branch Society related to alchemy and mining.
Envelopes, 1890 and undated
There are four empty envelopes; addressees are Isaiah Funkhauser, Dr. E. Duvall, and John Wilkins.
Military documents, 1778-1815
These ten items include certificates for service, supplies, and attendance at a Court Martial during or just after the Revolution. A return for May 1815 of a company of Virginia militia commanded by Captain Samuel Bare has numbers only – no names.
Church documents, 1841-1854 and undated
Medicine and chemicals, 1864 and undated
These eight items include medical prescriptions and lists of chemicals.
Poetry, 1867 and undated
There are three poems of unknown origin, though one has three or four names on the back, including Edwina V. Hatfield.
Printed ephemera, 1873-1922 and undated
Among about twenty-five items are candidate lists for an 1873 election in Shenandoah County, newspaper clippings, Sunday school lessons, blank checks, ads for medical products, and a large ad for a Bible.
Fragments and scraps, 1757-1856 and undated
There are approximately fifty items, most of which range from small fragments to significant portions of various types of documents. Other items include scrap paper with scribbles and a page of repetitions of statements apparently assigned to a student for disciplinary purposes.
German-language documents, 1763-1856 and undated
These thirty-five documents apparently are written in German or a combination of German and English. There are a variety of formats, but translation is required to reveal purpose and content.