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

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Barnes Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. 39.1 B26
Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence, chiefly 1820-1875, of Newman Williamson Barnes and his wife Margaret W.(Tomlin) Barnes of Richmond, Virginia and "Greenfield," Culpeper County, Virginia and to their daughter, Margaret W. Barnes. Letters concern life in Falmouth, Virginia and also concern Fredericksburg, Virginia. Correspondents are members of the Braxton, Coalter, Tomlin and Oliver families. Letters contain social and family news.

Dates: 1797-1926; Majority of material found in 1818-1875

Civil War Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.1 C76
Scope and Contents The Civil War Collection is an artificial collection of material, chiefly 1861-1865, pertaining to the American Civil War including items from both Union and Confederate forces. The collection includes official correspondence, general and special orders, descriptions of campaigns and battles, articles concerning the war, and artifacts. There are pardons, poems, songs, autographs, maps, muster rolls, pen and ink sketches of camp life, engineers' drawings, and a memorandum of signals used by...
Dates: 1856-1940

Colvin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 C72
Scope and Contents Papers of the Coleman, Davis and Pannill families of Orange and Culpeper counties, Va. Includes correspondence, 1827-1838, of William Davis with Peter F. Armstead, Linn Banks and William B. Wallace concerning the collection of money owed by Wallace. The papers include Davis's accounts and papers relating to his estate. There are also land records concerning Orange County, Va. and leases from Alexander Spotswood (1676-1740) and Alexander Spotswood (ca. 1746-1818.) Collection includes Sale...
Dates: 1734-1839

Cook-Luttrell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 C77
Scope and Contents Correspondence, business, tax and legal records, primarily 1848-1890, of various members of the Cook and Luttrell Families of Culpeper and Rappahannock Counties, Virginia. The Cook family correspondence is concentrated between 1855 and 1858 and discusses the migration of several members of the family to western Virginia and Missouri, courtship and marriage, farming, and detailed accounts of family visits. The Luttrell correspondence, 1874-1890, contains letters to Mollie Luttrell...
Dates: 1848-1890

A. G. Corbin Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ap7
Scope and Contents

Account book, 1852-1857, of A. G. Corbin, Castleton, Culpeper County, Va. and of Eldorado, [Va.]

Dates: 1852-1857

Culpeper County (Va.) Merchant's Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame21u Oversize
Scope and Contents

Account book of an unknown merchant in the vicinity of Culpeper County, Virginia.

Dates: 1847-1851

Luttrell-Cooke Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 L97
Scope and Contents Personal papers and business accounts; 1820-1900; of the Luttrell and Cooke families of Rappahannock and Culpeper Counties. Includes correspondence (personal and business) between Luttrell and Cooke families, the Garth family, Ficklen family, and family in West Virginia. Papers discuss Buchanan's inauguration, Sons of Temperance, and the difficulties of a doctor trying to establish a practice at Bridgewater, Va. Also includes letters; 1853-1859; from family in Missouri which discuss living...
Dates: 1820-1900

Petty Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 P46
Scope and Contents

Letters, 1841-1849, received by Elizabeth Petty, John S. Petty and William James Petty all of Colvin's Tavern, Culpeper County, Va. Correspondents are John T. Massy, John Petty and Edward J. Willis.

Dates: 1841-1849

Philip B. Duvall and Walker Jones Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Am7
Scope and Contents

Fee book, 1841-1855, of [Philip B.] Duvall and [Walter] Jones, physicians [Rappahannock County, Va. ?] which includes a list of prices for various medical procedures, and a newspaper clipping on medical prices in Culpeper County, Va.

Dates: 1841-1855

Edward B. Smith Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV As4
Scope and Contents

Ledger, 1859-1867, of Edward B. Smith, Piedmont Academy, Culpeper County, Va. which includes Smith family data; "Morven Farm" account, 1881-1888, with Edward B. Smith; and loose papers.

Dates: 1859-1888; Majority of material found in 1859-1867