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Box 1

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Other documents, described by Mr. Harris, 1773-1941

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id254500
Scope and Contents From the File: Only 512 documents were found in the box. Numbers from 1x to 512x have been penciled on the outside of each folded document, the ‘x’ to distinguish the numbers from numbers on the Abstracts of Title in another series. A spreadsheet https://wm1693.box.com/s/1v78ugniltighwiexej9ncfar7knq63e has been created with entries for each of the 512 documents, giving number, date, grantor, grantee, type of document, trustee for deeds of trust, location, and Deed Book citation when applicable. More than...
Dates: 1773-1941

Will of William Brown, 1773 October 23

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id254897
Scope and Contents

“Copy of the Will of William Brown, Dec’d of James City County, Virginia dated October 23, 1773 which is of historical interest because it contains numerous provisions making disposition of his extensive land and negro slave holdings.” [The document is dated “1776” on the outside.]

Dates: 1773 October 23

Will of William Browne, 1808 January 31

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id254902
Scope and Contents

“Copy of the Will of William Browne, Dec’d of James City County, dated January 31, 1808 which is of historical interest for the same reason as the aforesaid.”

Dates: 1808 January 31

Letter, Leopold M. Brown to Ashton Dovell, with clipping, 1941 and undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id254903
Scope and Contents

A handwritten undated letter enclosing a clipping from the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot dated March 25, 1941 from Leopold M. Brown of Norfolk, Virginia to Ashton Dovell.

Dates: 1941 and undated