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Includes deeds, wills, legal documents, and church records (Christians Creek School House, Glebe Burying Ground, Old Stone Church, and Tinkling Spring Church.) 58 items. Purchased 1939 from C. J. Carrier of Bridgewater, VA.

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Artificial collection of papers relating to various counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Includes current West Virginia Counties of Berkeley, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Nicholas and Pendleton because the material was generated when these counties were part of Virginia.

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Artificial collection of papers relating to various counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Includes current West Virginia Counties of Berkeley, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Nicholas and Pendleton because the material was generated when these counties were part of Virginia.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Papers, 1767-1870, relating to Bedford County, Va. Includes accounts; bonds; bill of sale, 1783. for slave; copy of appointment, 1772, of James Steptoe as clerk of Bedford Court; and copy of land grant, 1792. Also includes letter, 1876, of A. Granville Bradley describing the Shenandoah Valley and list, undated, of soldiers who served in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution with notes on the formation of Campbell County, Va. Land Grant of 300 acres in...

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Receipts and invoices to and from various individuals.  Some names include:  Mr. Beaver, John Berk, Mr. Pendleton, Thomas Pugh, Jack Steward, John F. Woods, Charles Dudley, Jeremiah, Moses Eubank, Jacob Wolf, Leroy James and others.

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Scope and Contents Sally Phelps, aunt, Lynchburg, Virginia to Henry Bigger about purchasing a cow. Includes a registry receipt. August 6, 1884. Photocopy of a letter to "Willie Dear" (Mrs. L.B. Bigger of Bellevue, Bedford County) from unknown. July 29, 1886. D.W. Bigger to "My Dear Brother” (James H. Bigger) about receiving a photograph of him and about Christmas. December 3, 1894.

Scope and Contents Correspondence includes a mix of people with no obvious connection to one another, though some letters deal with legal matters. December 24, 1841, Tazewell Headen, Floyd C.H. to ( ) Goggin, Atty at Law, Liberty. Concerns summoning witnesses. December 12, 1843, William Daniel, Jr. of Lynchburg, Virginia to Joseph Wilson, Clerk, Bedford, Liberty (Virginia) about McKinney and Walker repaying debt from Harris and the dismissal of a suit on the validity of Even Snead’s will. February 6, 1847,...

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents 1869 and early 1900 receipts, one a United States Internal Revenue "receipt for special tax" for R.M. Dennis for a business of "retail dealer ...liquor" in Roscoe, St. Clair, Missouri for 1870. 1904-1909 letters to Mrs. E.M. Dennis of Bedford County, Virginia from other members of her family and E. Hilton Jackson, a Washington D.C. lawyer about a Claims Court case of (heirs of) Samuel Cline vs the United States where Samuel Cline says he lived in Rockingham County,...

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents A varied group of legal documents. Account sheet for Robert Fauster to Joel Terrell for 1750 with an 1769 note at the bottom by Chas Servis which states Terrell has "received no satisfaction for the above ballance." On reverse, a note by Jacob Early states "we the jewry find for the plaintiff..." Payment to "Sovereign Lord King George the third" for an ordinary license for William Mead in Bedford County, Virginia with William Mead and Isham Talbot as witnesses. February...

Scope and Contents Mostly receipts for Edward Merriman for purchases, but includes a letter, a military record and a recipe for "John M. Merryman's Cement Wash." May 24, 1850 letter to Edward Merriman, Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia from Joseph Anderson in Cincinnati, Ohio about the whereabouts and news of other members of the Merriman Family. December 15, 1898 document states that George S. Merriman was a Private in Company G, 2nd Regiment of the Virginia Volunteers who enrolled on June 24, 1898 to serve...

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Scope and Contents Poetry, prose and recipes written by different unknown people.  One "editorial" is about a tribute to the late Governor Kavanaugh of Maine.  Recipes include "Sponge Pudding" and "Chow Chow Pickle."  Includes a headache remedy.

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Letter from Charles J. Faulkner, in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to the President of William and Mary, at Williamsburg, Virginia, concerning the name of Berkeley County. September 8, 1873. 1 item.

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Bill of sale for $400, 1807, for the sale of a slave, Dick, by Henry Bowyer to John Robinson. Purchase. Charles Hamilton Auction in 1981.

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Agreement, 1883 August 18, of George W. Parrish to sell to William Jackson a portion of the tract of land in Brunswick County, Va. called "the Batt land."

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Papers, 1769-1951, relating to Buckingham County, Va. Includes a grant, 1769, of land to Samuel Megginson signed by Lord Botetourt ; indenture (deed) between Chambers and William Norvell, 1836; photograph, 1951, of the Bolling Family of "Rosney,"; and accounts and correspondence of the post office at Gravel Hill , Mattie J. West, postmaster (10 items). The materials that comprise this collection were donated to W&M Special Collections Research Center by Willam R....

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3 pieces

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1 piece.

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[11p.] 23 1/2 cm. Printed. 2 copies.

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By Rev. John Craig, first pastor of Old Stone Church in Augusta County, Virginia. 24, 14 p. 11x 8 3/3 inches. Mimeographed. 1 piece.

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14 p. 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Mimeographed. 1 piece.

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10 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. 1 piece.

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Content regarding payment for land purchased from George Ruebush. 1 piece.

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1 piece.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Artificial collection of papers relating to various counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Includes current West Virginia Counties of Berkeley, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Nicholas and Pendleton because the material was generated when these counties were part of Virginia.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Artificial collection of papers relating to various counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Includes current West Virginia Counties of Berkeley, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Nicholas and Pendleton because the material was generated when these counties were part of Virginia.