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

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Robert Blackwell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 B56
Scope and Contents

Letters, 1835-1859, written to Robert Blackwell "Brickland," Lochleven, Lunenburg County, Virginia from relatives in Tennessee and Texas; and business records of the Blackwell family mill, tanyard, store and farm. Includes papers relating to the lawsuit of Blackwell and Featherston v. Hawthorne; and a letter, 30 November 1847, from Upton E. Hardy to his guardian Robert Blackwell asking permission to leave because of his illness and discussing Benjamin Stoddert Ewell's advice to him.

Dates: 1797-1880

Thomas Bridgforth Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00146
Scope and Contents

Mathematics copybook kept by Thomas Bridgforth in Lunenburg County, Virginia. Gives rules for solving various problems and examples of calculations. Book has been laminated and rebound.

Dates: 1808

Clarence P. Jones, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01135
Scope and Contents

Legal documents of the family of Reps Jones (fl. 1773) of Lunenburg County, Va. Other members of the family were wife Lucretia Jones, sons Reps Jones, Drury Jones, William Jones, Thomas Jones, Stephen Jones and daughters Mary Ann Jones and Martha Jones. Collection also includes papers of Thomas and Robert Blackwell.

Dates: 1773-1915; Majority of material found in 1809-1821

Lunenburg County, Va. Docket

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Lev10
Scope and Contents

Docket, 1843, of processes served by J. A. Stokes, sheriff, of Lunenburg County, Virginiaa.

Dates: 1843

Lunenburg County, Va. Sheriff's Tax Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV T3
Scope and Contents

Tax book, 1843, of Tarlton W. Knight, Lunenburg County, Virginia.

Dates: 1843

Lucy K. Stokes Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV T2
Scope and Contents

Tax book, 1842, of Tarlton W. Knight, Sheriff, Lunenburg County, Virginia [Va.] which was later used as a scrapbook, 1880, by Lucy R. Stokes.

Dates: 1842-1880