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Amherst County (Va.)--History--19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Amherst County Glade Road petition

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01812
Content Description

The Amherst County Glade Road petition contains information in regards to rerouting a road from wet to dry land. On one side of the petition, petitioners address the county court of Amherst while the other side includes an address from Wm Kent, Chas M. Wates, and B. P. Moniss, individuals who were appointed to review and report the proposed change.

Dates: 1869

Austin-Twyman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 69 Au7
Scope and Contents Papers, 1765 (1800-1890) 1939, of the Austin, Twyman, Spiller and Horsley families of Amherst and Buckingham counties, Virginia.The papers include correspondence, accounts, legal papers and manuscript volumes. Includes papers of Archibald Austin (1772-1837), member of Congress, 1817-1819, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1815-1816, 1835-1837, his wife, Grace R. (Booker) Austin and their children, James M. Austin, John Austin and Bernard Austin, Grace Austin and Frances...
Dates: 1765-1939

P. H. Garland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 G18
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of letters, 1827, of P.H. Garland (Mrs. D.S. Garland) to her daughter, Sally Garland Waller in New Glasgow, Amherst County, Va. and in Richmond, Va.; and typescript of letter from Lucy [Ann Waller] Govan to her father William [Macon] Waller.

Dates: circa 1939

Pollard & Martin Accounts

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame103
Scope and Contents

Accounts, 1790-1791, of Pollard & Martin, merchants, of Amherst County, Va. which also includes a ledger, 1785-1790, of an unidentified merchant.

Dates: 1785-1791; Majority of material found in 1790-1791

T. & E. Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame28u Oversize
Scope and Contents

Journal, 1853-1861, of "T. & E," merchants of Amherst Court House, Va.

Dates: 1853-1861