Jamestown (Va.)--History--19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
James City County and City of Williamsburg Personal Property Tax Books
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 68 J23
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of 69 Property Tax Books and 3 Land Tax Books for James City County, Virginia, 1866-1948, and 42 Property Tax Books and 2 Land Tax Books for Williamsburg, Virginia, 1865-1927. Most years contain two sections within one book: one section for "White" property owners and one section for "Colored" property owners. Many of the James City County records have separate books or are divided into Powhatan, Jamestown and Stone House districts. For the years...
Dates:
1865-1949
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Morecock Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 M81
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1881-1937 and n.d., relating to the history of Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown, Va. collected by members of the Morecock family of Williamsburg, Va. Includes photographs, pamphlets, Christmas cards, postcards, and wood-cut prints depicting the Powder Magazine, Bruton Parish Church, the Courthouse of 1770, the Yorktown Monument, the church tower at Jamestown as well as souvenirs of the Yorktown Centennial, 1881 and the Jamestown Exposition, 1907.
Dates:
1881-1937
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
William H. Phillips Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 P54
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1838-1865, of the Crowder and Phillips families of Lunenburg and Mecklenburg counties, Virginia. Includes letters, 1861-1865, of William H. Phillips while serving in the 14th Virginia Infantry Regiment on Jamestown Island, at Chester, Virginia and near Farmville, Virginia.
Dates:
1838-1865
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center