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The largest set of letters within the collection is comprised of the wartime letters of William H. Earhart, serving in Company B, 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion, nearly all of these being addressed to wife Nancy Earhart. Also included are letters from Confederate soldiers James L. Cassell (51st Virginia Infantry), David Earhart (4th Virginia Infantry), and Thomas Johnson. Also included are several wartime letters from extended family members, relaying news of family and friends, as well as war news. Other letters within the series were written by family members who settled in Missouri and Texas and provide family news and discussions of local conditions and affairs. The series also includes a typed transcript of a letter from Samuel and Jane Shannon of Davidson County, North Carolina (now Tennessee), discussing road construction, conflicts with Native Americans, land transactions, and crop conditions.  ","Series II, Financial/Legal Papers: This series includes several deeds for properties held by the Earhart family, including land in Missouri. The series also includes receipts issued by local tax collectors and merchants to John Grayson, Lawrence Earhart, Nancy Earhart, and William H. Earhart. Arranged by document type, then alphabetically by recipient. ","Series III, Photographs: Included in this small collection are four photographs: a studio portrait of Virginia Earhart Boykin, two snapshots likely of James Warren Earhart II (one with an older woman, possibly his mother) in military uniform; and a wedding photo identified on the reverse side as \"J. W. E. III\" (probably James Warren Earhart III). ","Nancy Elvira Williams Earhart was born in Virginia on November 7, 1838. She married William H. Earhart, son of George and Nancy Taylor Earhart, who was born in Montgomery County, Virginia, on June 10, 1828. The Earharts resided at various times in the counties of Carroll, Montgomery, and Pulaski, Virginia. They had eight children: Lawrence (1860-1950), Mary (1862-1884), George Lee (1866-1906), Alexander (1868-1896), Lula (1870-1922), William (1872-1933), James (1874-1938), and Ada (1876-1890). During the Civil War, on May 23, 1863, William Earhart enlisted with the Confederate Army in Pulaski, Virginia, and served in Company B, 30th Battalion, Virginia Sharpshooters. He was taken prisoner on September 19, 1864, and was confined at Camp Chase, Ohio, and then sent to New Orleans, Louisiana, before being released. William H. Earhart died in Pulaski County, Virginia, on April 20, 1881; Nancy E. Earhart died in Montgomery County on February 6, 1918. Both were buried in Earhart Family Cemetery at Ellett (Montgomery County).","Nancy and William's youngest son James Warren Earhart (1874-1938) married Sallie Virginia Hays (1876-1972). The couple had several children, including Virginia Earhart Boykin (1907-1999), who married Edward Carrington Venable Boykin in 1961; and James Warren Earhart, Jr. (1909-2000), who married  Lucy Payne Waddell Earhart (1911-1985). ","William H. Earhart was the brother of David G. Earhart, who also has a collection in the archives  here . ","\nAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database.  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U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Year: 1870; Census Place: Wassee, Pulaski, Virginia; Roll: M593_1674; Page: 55A  Ancestry","Year: 1880; Census Place: Highwassie, Pulaski, Virginia; Roll: 1386; Page: 248b; Enumeration District: 058  Ancestry","Year: 1920; Census Place: Fork Union, Fluvanna, Virginia; Roll: T625_1889; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 95  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.  Ancestry","Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101142132  Ancestry","Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014  Ancestry","Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014  Ancestry","Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Divorce Records, 1918-2014  Ancestry","The guide to the Earhart Family Papers Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Earhart Family Collection was completed in July 2024.","This collection is related to the David Earhart Collection, Ms2022-017. The finding aid can be found  here .","This collection contains correspondence, receipts, deeds, and photographs of the Nancy Elvira and William Hank Earhart family, residents of Carroll, Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Virginia. Included are letters from William Hank Earhart while serving in Company B, 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion, as well as letters from other extended family members, some serving in the Confederate Army, some at home, relaying family news and descriptions of camp and local domestic activities and conditions. Also included among the correspondence are letters from Charles H. Miller, Blacksburg attorney and brother-in-law of William H. Earhart, together with letters from extended family members in Bates County, Missouri, and Grayson County, Texas. A set of legal and financial papers includes deeds for property held by members of the Earhart family, together with receipts issued by local tax collectors and merchants to various family members. A small collection of four family photographs, including a studio portrait of Virginia Earhart Boykin, completes the collection.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . 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","Series III, Photographs: Included in this small collection are four photographs: a studio portrait of Virginia Earhart Boykin, two snapshots likely of James Warren Earhart II (one with an older woman, possibly his mother) in military uniform; and a wedding photo identified on the reverse side as \"J. W. E. III\" (probably James Warren Earhart III). "],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNancy Elvira Williams Earhart was born in Virginia on November 7, 1838. She married William H. Earhart, son of George and Nancy Taylor Earhart, who was born in Montgomery County, Virginia, on June 10, 1828. The Earharts resided at various times in the counties of Carroll, Montgomery, and Pulaski, Virginia. They had eight children: Lawrence (1860-1950), Mary (1862-1884), George Lee (1866-1906), Alexander (1868-1896), Lula (1870-1922), William (1872-1933), James (1874-1938), and Ada (1876-1890). 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Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/290367867:1732?tid=\u0026amp;pid=\u0026amp;queryId=d9d02634-e964-4c5a-a2ce-89eb6d1dd3ea\u0026amp;_phsrc=sRZ63\u0026amp;_phstart=successSource\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101142132 \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/12115332:9279?tid=\u0026amp;pid=\u0026amp;queryId=2b7baeca-250c-4cf2-8ba7-987dafeddf75\u0026amp;_phsrc=sRZ65\u0026amp;_phstart=successSource\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014 \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/15725354:9279\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014 \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/14797614:9279?tid=\u0026amp;pid=\u0026amp;queryId=d9d02634-e964-4c5a-a2ce-89eb6d1dd3ea\u0026amp;_phsrc=sRZ63\u0026amp;_phstart=successSource\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Divorce Records, 1918-2014 \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/3644829:9280\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Nancy Elvira Williams Earhart was born in Virginia on November 7, 1838. She married William H. Earhart, son of George and Nancy Taylor Earhart, who was born in Montgomery County, Virginia, on June 10, 1828. The Earharts resided at various times in the counties of Carroll, Montgomery, and Pulaski, Virginia. They had eight children: Lawrence (1860-1950), Mary (1862-1884), George Lee (1866-1906), Alexander (1868-1896), Lula (1870-1922), William (1872-1933), James (1874-1938), and Ada (1876-1890). During the Civil War, on May 23, 1863, William Earhart enlisted with the Confederate Army in Pulaski, Virginia, and served in Company B, 30th Battalion, Virginia Sharpshooters. He was taken prisoner on September 19, 1864, and was confined at Camp Chase, Ohio, and then sent to New Orleans, Louisiana, before being released. William H. Earhart died in Pulaski County, Virginia, on April 20, 1881; Nancy E. Earhart died in Montgomery County on February 6, 1918. Both were buried in Earhart Family Cemetery at Ellett (Montgomery County).","Nancy and William's youngest son James Warren Earhart (1874-1938) married Sallie Virginia Hays (1876-1972). The couple had several children, including Virginia Earhart Boykin (1907-1999), who married Edward Carrington Venable Boykin in 1961; and James Warren Earhart, Jr. (1909-2000), who married  Lucy Payne Waddell Earhart (1911-1985). ","William H. Earhart was the brother of David G. Earhart, who also has a collection in the archives  here . ","\nAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Year: 1870; Census Place: Wassee, Pulaski, Virginia; Roll: M593_1674; Page: 55A  Ancestry","Year: 1880; Census Place: Highwassie, Pulaski, Virginia; Roll: 1386; Page: 248b; Enumeration District: 058  Ancestry","Year: 1920; Census Place: Fork Union, Fluvanna, Virginia; Roll: T625_1889; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 95  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.  Ancestry","Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101142132  Ancestry","Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014  Ancestry","Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014  Ancestry","Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Divorce Records, 1918-2014  Ancestry"],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Earhart Family Papers Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003cextref href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/extref\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Earhart Family Papers Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ )."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Earhart Family Papers, 1788-1928, Ms2024-074, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Earhart Family Papers, 1788-1928, Ms2024-074, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the Earhart Family Collection was completed in July 2024.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the Earhart Family Collection was completed in July 2024."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is related to the David Earhart Collection, Ms2022-017. The finding aid can be found \u003ca href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2213.xml;query=david%20earhart;brand=default\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["This collection is related to the David Earhart Collection, Ms2022-017. The finding aid can be found  here ."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains correspondence, receipts, deeds, and photographs of the Nancy Elvira and William Hank Earhart family, residents of Carroll, Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Virginia. Included are letters from William Hank Earhart while serving in Company B, 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion, as well as letters from other extended family members, some serving in the Confederate Army, some at home, relaying family news and descriptions of camp and local domestic activities and conditions. Also included among the correspondence are letters from Charles H. Miller, Blacksburg attorney and brother-in-law of William H. Earhart, together with letters from extended family members in Bates County, Missouri, and Grayson County, Texas. A set of legal and financial papers includes deeds for property held by members of the Earhart family, together with receipts issued by local tax collectors and merchants to various family members. A small collection of four family photographs, including a studio portrait of Virginia Earhart Boykin, completes the collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains correspondence, receipts, deeds, and photographs of the Nancy Elvira and William Hank Earhart family, residents of Carroll, Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Virginia. Included are letters from William Hank Earhart while serving in Company B, 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion, as well as letters from other extended family members, some serving in the Confederate Army, some at home, relaying family news and descriptions of camp and local domestic activities and conditions. Also included among the correspondence are letters from Charles H. Miller, Blacksburg attorney and brother-in-law of William H. Earhart, together with letters from extended family members in Bates County, Missouri, and Grayson County, Texas. A set of legal and financial papers includes deeds for property held by members of the Earhart family, together with receipts issued by local tax collectors and merchants to various family members. A small collection of four family photographs, including a studio portrait of Virginia Earhart Boykin, completes the collection."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_4481b41b6063a227d917332513449ff7\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection contains correspondence, receipts, deeds, and photographs of the Wiliam Hank and Nancy Elvira Earhart extended family.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["This collection contains correspondence, receipts, deeds, and photographs of the Wiliam Hank and Nancy Elvira Earhart extended family."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"language_ssim":["Materials in this collection are in English."],"total_component_count_is":38,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-04-30T23:28:36.691Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4294_c01_c08"}},{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4294","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Earhart Family Papers","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4294#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"This collection contains correspondence, receipts, deeds, and photographs of the Wiliam Hank and Nancy Elvira Earhart extended family.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4294#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4294","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4294","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4294","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4294","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_4294.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Earhart Family Papers","title_ssm":["Earhart Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Earhart Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1788-1928"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1788-1928"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Ms.2024.074"],"text":["Ms.2024.074","Earhart Family Papers","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Montgomery County (Va.)","Civil War","The collection is open for research.","The collection is organized in three series by type of material:","Series I, Correspondence: The correspondence consists largely of letters between members of the extended Earhart family, along with other unknown recipients. The largest set of letters within the collection is comprised of the wartime letters of William H. Earhart, serving in Company B, 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion, nearly all of these being addressed to wife Nancy Earhart. Also included are letters from Confederate soldiers James L. Cassell (51st Virginia Infantry), David Earhart (4th Virginia Infantry), and Thomas Johnson. Also included are several wartime letters from extended family members, relaying news of family and friends, as well as war news. Other letters within the series were written by family members who settled in Missouri and Texas and provide family news and discussions of local conditions and affairs. The series also includes a typed transcript of a letter from Samuel and Jane Shannon of Davidson County, North Carolina (now Tennessee), discussing road construction, conflicts with Native Americans, land transactions, and crop conditions.  ","Series II, Financial/Legal Papers: This series includes several deeds for properties held by the Earhart family, including land in Missouri. The series also includes receipts issued by local tax collectors and merchants to John Grayson, Lawrence Earhart, Nancy Earhart, and William H. Earhart. Arranged by document type, then alphabetically by recipient. ","Series III, Photographs: Included in this small collection are four photographs: a studio portrait of Virginia Earhart Boykin, two snapshots likely of James Warren Earhart II (one with an older woman, possibly his mother) in military uniform; and a wedding photo identified on the reverse side as \"J. W. E. III\" (probably James Warren Earhart III). ","Nancy Elvira Williams Earhart was born in Virginia on November 7, 1838. She married William H. Earhart, son of George and Nancy Taylor Earhart, who was born in Montgomery County, Virginia, on June 10, 1828. The Earharts resided at various times in the counties of Carroll, Montgomery, and Pulaski, Virginia. They had eight children: Lawrence (1860-1950), Mary (1862-1884), George Lee (1866-1906), Alexander (1868-1896), Lula (1870-1922), William (1872-1933), James (1874-1938), and Ada (1876-1890). During the Civil War, on May 23, 1863, William Earhart enlisted with the Confederate Army in Pulaski, Virginia, and served in Company B, 30th Battalion, Virginia Sharpshooters. He was taken prisoner on September 19, 1864, and was confined at Camp Chase, Ohio, and then sent to New Orleans, Louisiana, before being released. William H. Earhart died in Pulaski County, Virginia, on April 20, 1881; Nancy E. Earhart died in Montgomery County on February 6, 1918. Both were buried in Earhart Family Cemetery at Ellett (Montgomery County).","Nancy and William's youngest son James Warren Earhart (1874-1938) married Sallie Virginia Hays (1876-1972). The couple had several children, including Virginia Earhart Boykin (1907-1999), who married Edward Carrington Venable Boykin in 1961; and James Warren Earhart, Jr. (1909-2000), who married  Lucy Payne Waddell Earhart (1911-1985). ","William H. Earhart was the brother of David G. Earhart, who also has a collection in the archives  here . ","\nAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database.  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The finding aid can be found  here .","This collection contains correspondence, receipts, deeds, and photographs of the Nancy Elvira and William Hank Earhart family, residents of Carroll, Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Virginia. Included are letters from William Hank Earhart while serving in Company B, 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion, as well as letters from other extended family members, some serving in the Confederate Army, some at home, relaying family news and descriptions of camp and local domestic activities and conditions. Also included among the correspondence are letters from Charles H. Miller, Blacksburg attorney and brother-in-law of William H. Earhart, together with letters from extended family members in Bates County, Missouri, and Grayson County, Texas. A set of legal and financial papers includes deeds for property held by members of the Earhart family, together with receipts issued by local tax collectors and merchants to various family members. A small collection of four family photographs, including a studio portrait of Virginia Earhart Boykin, completes the collection.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . 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The series also includes a typed transcript of a letter from Samuel and Jane Shannon of Davidson County, North Carolina (now Tennessee), discussing road construction, conflicts with Native Americans, land transactions, and crop conditions.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries II, Financial/Legal Papers: This series includes several deeds for properties held by the Earhart family, including land in Missouri. The series also includes receipts issued by local tax collectors and merchants to John Grayson, Lawrence Earhart, Nancy Earhart, and William H. Earhart. Arranged by document type, then alphabetically by recipient. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries III, Photographs: Included in this small collection are four photographs: a studio portrait of Virginia Earhart Boykin, two snapshots likely of James Warren Earhart II (one with an older woman, possibly his mother) in military uniform; and a wedding photo identified on the reverse side as \"J. W. E. 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Other letters within the series were written by family members who settled in Missouri and Texas and provide family news and discussions of local conditions and affairs. The series also includes a typed transcript of a letter from Samuel and Jane Shannon of Davidson County, North Carolina (now Tennessee), discussing road construction, conflicts with Native Americans, land transactions, and crop conditions.  ","Series II, Financial/Legal Papers: This series includes several deeds for properties held by the Earhart family, including land in Missouri. The series also includes receipts issued by local tax collectors and merchants to John Grayson, Lawrence Earhart, Nancy Earhart, and William H. Earhart. Arranged by document type, then alphabetically by recipient. ","Series III, Photographs: Included in this small collection are four photographs: a studio portrait of Virginia Earhart Boykin, two snapshots likely of James Warren Earhart II (one with an older woman, possibly his mother) in military uniform; and a wedding photo identified on the reverse side as \"J. W. E. III\" (probably James Warren Earhart III). "],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNancy Elvira Williams Earhart was born in Virginia on November 7, 1838. She married William H. Earhart, son of George and Nancy Taylor Earhart, who was born in Montgomery County, Virginia, on June 10, 1828. The Earharts resided at various times in the counties of Carroll, Montgomery, and Pulaski, Virginia. They had eight children: Lawrence (1860-1950), Mary (1862-1884), George Lee (1866-1906), Alexander (1868-1896), Lula (1870-1922), William (1872-1933), James (1874-1938), and Ada (1876-1890). During the Civil War, on May 23, 1863, William Earhart enlisted with the Confederate Army in Pulaski, Virginia, and served in Company B, 30th Battalion, Virginia Sharpshooters. He was taken prisoner on September 19, 1864, and was confined at Camp Chase, Ohio, and then sent to New Orleans, Louisiana, before being released. William H. Earhart died in Pulaski County, Virginia, on April 20, 1881; Nancy E. Earhart died in Montgomery County on February 6, 1918. Both were buried in Earhart Family Cemetery at Ellett (Montgomery County).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNancy and William's youngest son James Warren Earhart (1874-1938) married Sallie Virginia Hays (1876-1972). The couple had several children, including Virginia Earhart Boykin (1907-1999), who married Edward Carrington Venable Boykin in 1961; and James Warren Earhart, Jr. (1909-2000), who married  Lucy Payne Waddell Earhart (1911-1985). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H. Earhart was the brother of David G. Earhart, who also has a collection in the archives \u003ca href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2213.xml;query=david%20earhart;brand=default\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/172141411:60525\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/172141410:60525\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/71817911:60525\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/65308087:60525\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHistorical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/3680472:1555\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/95647077:60525\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/65308060:60525\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/57641010:60525\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/57641042:60525\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/57640927:60525\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/57640711:60525\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/57639934:60525\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/152019232:60525\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYear: 1870; Census Place: Wassee, Pulaski, Virginia; Roll: M593_1674; Page: 55A \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/40360612:7163\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYear: 1880; Census Place: Highwassie, Pulaski, Virginia; Roll: 1386; Page: 248b; Enumeration District: 058 \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/13982171:6742?tid=\u0026amp;pid=\u0026amp;queryId=62c138b8-a130-43c7-84da-7f1aa6d4766c\u0026amp;_phsrc=sRZ61\u0026amp;_phstart=successSource\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYear: 1920; Census Place: Fork Union, Fluvanna, Virginia; Roll: T625_1889; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 95 \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/100928688:6061\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAncestry.com. U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/290367867:1732?tid=\u0026amp;pid=\u0026amp;queryId=d9d02634-e964-4c5a-a2ce-89eb6d1dd3ea\u0026amp;_phsrc=sRZ63\u0026amp;_phstart=successSource\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101142132 \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/12115332:9279?tid=\u0026amp;pid=\u0026amp;queryId=2b7baeca-250c-4cf2-8ba7-987dafeddf75\u0026amp;_phsrc=sRZ65\u0026amp;_phstart=successSource\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014 \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/15725354:9279\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014 \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/14797614:9279?tid=\u0026amp;pid=\u0026amp;queryId=d9d02634-e964-4c5a-a2ce-89eb6d1dd3ea\u0026amp;_phsrc=sRZ63\u0026amp;_phstart=successSource\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Divorce Records, 1918-2014 \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/3644829:9280\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Nancy Elvira Williams Earhart was born in Virginia on November 7, 1838. She married William H. Earhart, son of George and Nancy Taylor Earhart, who was born in Montgomery County, Virginia, on June 10, 1828. The Earharts resided at various times in the counties of Carroll, Montgomery, and Pulaski, Virginia. They had eight children: Lawrence (1860-1950), Mary (1862-1884), George Lee (1866-1906), Alexander (1868-1896), Lula (1870-1922), William (1872-1933), James (1874-1938), and Ada (1876-1890). During the Civil War, on May 23, 1863, William Earhart enlisted with the Confederate Army in Pulaski, Virginia, and served in Company B, 30th Battalion, Virginia Sharpshooters. He was taken prisoner on September 19, 1864, and was confined at Camp Chase, Ohio, and then sent to New Orleans, Louisiana, before being released. William H. Earhart died in Pulaski County, Virginia, on April 20, 1881; Nancy E. Earhart died in Montgomery County on February 6, 1918. Both were buried in Earhart Family Cemetery at Ellett (Montgomery County).","Nancy and William's youngest son James Warren Earhart (1874-1938) married Sallie Virginia Hays (1876-1972). The couple had several children, including Virginia Earhart Boykin (1907-1999), who married Edward Carrington Venable Boykin in 1961; and James Warren Earhart, Jr. (1909-2000), who married  Lucy Payne Waddell Earhart (1911-1985). ","William H. Earhart was the brother of David G. Earhart, who also has a collection in the archives  here . ","\nAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Year: 1870; Census Place: Wassee, Pulaski, Virginia; Roll: M593_1674; Page: 55A  Ancestry","Year: 1880; Census Place: Highwassie, Pulaski, Virginia; Roll: 1386; Page: 248b; Enumeration District: 058  Ancestry","Year: 1920; Census Place: Fork Union, Fluvanna, Virginia; Roll: T625_1889; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 95  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.  Ancestry","Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101142132  Ancestry","Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014  Ancestry","Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014  Ancestry","Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Divorce Records, 1918-2014  Ancestry"],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Earhart Family Papers Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003cextref href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/extref\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Earhart Family Papers Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ )."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Earhart Family Papers, 1788-1928, Ms2024-074, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Earhart Family Papers, 1788-1928, Ms2024-074, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the Earhart Family Collection was completed in July 2024.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the Earhart Family Collection was completed in July 2024."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is related to the David Earhart Collection, Ms2022-017. The finding aid can be found \u003ca href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2213.xml;query=david%20earhart;brand=default\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["This collection is related to the David Earhart Collection, Ms2022-017. The finding aid can be found  here ."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains correspondence, receipts, deeds, and photographs of the Nancy Elvira and William Hank Earhart family, residents of Carroll, Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Virginia. Included are letters from William Hank Earhart while serving in Company B, 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion, as well as letters from other extended family members, some serving in the Confederate Army, some at home, relaying family news and descriptions of camp and local domestic activities and conditions. Also included among the correspondence are letters from Charles H. Miller, Blacksburg attorney and brother-in-law of William H. Earhart, together with letters from extended family members in Bates County, Missouri, and Grayson County, Texas. A set of legal and financial papers includes deeds for property held by members of the Earhart family, together with receipts issued by local tax collectors and merchants to various family members. A small collection of four family photographs, including a studio portrait of Virginia Earhart Boykin, completes the collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains correspondence, receipts, deeds, and photographs of the Nancy Elvira and William Hank Earhart family, residents of Carroll, Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Virginia. Included are letters from William Hank Earhart while serving in Company B, 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion, as well as letters from other extended family members, some serving in the Confederate Army, some at home, relaying family news and descriptions of camp and local domestic activities and conditions. Also included among the correspondence are letters from Charles H. Miller, Blacksburg attorney and brother-in-law of William H. Earhart, together with letters from extended family members in Bates County, Missouri, and Grayson County, Texas. A set of legal and financial papers includes deeds for property held by members of the Earhart family, together with receipts issued by local tax collectors and merchants to various family members. A small collection of four family photographs, including a studio portrait of Virginia Earhart Boykin, completes the collection."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_4481b41b6063a227d917332513449ff7\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection contains correspondence, receipts, deeds, and photographs of the Wiliam Hank and Nancy Elvira Earhart extended family.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["This collection contains correspondence, receipts, deeds, and photographs of the Wiliam Hank and Nancy Elvira Earhart extended family."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"language_ssim":["Materials in this collection are in English."],"total_component_count_is":38,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-04-30T23:28:36.691Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4294","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4294","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4294","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4294","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_4294.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Earhart Family Papers","title_ssm":["Earhart Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Earhart Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1788-1928"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1788-1928"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Ms.2024.074"],"text":["Ms.2024.074","Earhart Family Papers","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Montgomery County (Va.)","Civil War","The collection is open for research.","The collection is organized in three series by type of material:","Series I, Correspondence: The correspondence consists largely of letters between members of the extended Earhart family, along with other unknown recipients. The largest set of letters within the collection is comprised of the wartime letters of William H. Earhart, serving in Company B, 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion, nearly all of these being addressed to wife Nancy Earhart. Also included are letters from Confederate soldiers James L. Cassell (51st Virginia Infantry), David Earhart (4th Virginia Infantry), and Thomas Johnson. Also included are several wartime letters from extended family members, relaying news of family and friends, as well as war news. Other letters within the series were written by family members who settled in Missouri and Texas and provide family news and discussions of local conditions and affairs. The series also includes a typed transcript of a letter from Samuel and Jane Shannon of Davidson County, North Carolina (now Tennessee), discussing road construction, conflicts with Native Americans, land transactions, and crop conditions.  ","Series II, Financial/Legal Papers: This series includes several deeds for properties held by the Earhart family, including land in Missouri. The series also includes receipts issued by local tax collectors and merchants to John Grayson, Lawrence Earhart, Nancy Earhart, and William H. Earhart. Arranged by document type, then alphabetically by recipient. ","Series III, Photographs: Included in this small collection are four photographs: a studio portrait of Virginia Earhart Boykin, two snapshots likely of James Warren Earhart II (one with an older woman, possibly his mother) in military uniform; and a wedding photo identified on the reverse side as \"J. W. E. III\" (probably James Warren Earhart III). ","Nancy Elvira Williams Earhart was born in Virginia on November 7, 1838. She married William H. Earhart, son of George and Nancy Taylor Earhart, who was born in Montgomery County, Virginia, on June 10, 1828. The Earharts resided at various times in the counties of Carroll, Montgomery, and Pulaski, Virginia. They had eight children: Lawrence (1860-1950), Mary (1862-1884), George Lee (1866-1906), Alexander (1868-1896), Lula (1870-1922), William (1872-1933), James (1874-1938), and Ada (1876-1890). During the Civil War, on May 23, 1863, William Earhart enlisted with the Confederate Army in Pulaski, Virginia, and served in Company B, 30th Battalion, Virginia Sharpshooters. He was taken prisoner on September 19, 1864, and was confined at Camp Chase, Ohio, and then sent to New Orleans, Louisiana, before being released. William H. Earhart died in Pulaski County, Virginia, on April 20, 1881; Nancy E. Earhart died in Montgomery County on February 6, 1918. Both were buried in Earhart Family Cemetery at Ellett (Montgomery County).","Nancy and William's youngest son James Warren Earhart (1874-1938) married Sallie Virginia Hays (1876-1972). The couple had several children, including Virginia Earhart Boykin (1907-1999), who married Edward Carrington Venable Boykin in 1961; and James Warren Earhart, Jr. (1909-2000), who married  Lucy Payne Waddell Earhart (1911-1985). ","William H. Earhart was the brother of David G. Earhart, who also has a collection in the archives  here . ","\nAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Year: 1870; Census Place: Wassee, Pulaski, Virginia; Roll: M593_1674; Page: 55A  Ancestry","Year: 1880; Census Place: Highwassie, Pulaski, Virginia; Roll: 1386; Page: 248b; Enumeration District: 058  Ancestry","Year: 1920; Census Place: Fork Union, Fluvanna, Virginia; Roll: T625_1889; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 95  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.  Ancestry","Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101142132  Ancestry","Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014  Ancestry","Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014  Ancestry","Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Divorce Records, 1918-2014  Ancestry","The guide to the Earhart Family Papers Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Earhart Family Collection was completed in July 2024.","This collection is related to the David Earhart Collection, Ms2022-017. The finding aid can be found  here .","This collection contains correspondence, receipts, deeds, and photographs of the Nancy Elvira and William Hank Earhart family, residents of Carroll, Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Virginia. Included are letters from William Hank Earhart while serving in Company B, 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion, as well as letters from other extended family members, some serving in the Confederate Army, some at home, relaying family news and descriptions of camp and local domestic activities and conditions. Also included among the correspondence are letters from Charles H. Miller, Blacksburg attorney and brother-in-law of William H. Earhart, together with letters from extended family members in Bates County, Missouri, and Grayson County, Texas. A set of legal and financial papers includes deeds for property held by members of the Earhart family, together with receipts issued by local tax collectors and merchants to various family members. A small collection of four family photographs, including a studio portrait of Virginia Earhart Boykin, completes the collection.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","This collection contains correspondence, receipts, deeds, and photographs of the Wiliam Hank and Nancy Elvira Earhart extended family.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Materials in this collection are in English."],"unitid_tesim":["Ms.2024.074"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Earhart Family Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Earhart Family Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Earhart Family Papers"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The collection was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in June 2024."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Montgomery County (Va.)","Civil War"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Montgomery County (Va.)","Civil War"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box"],"extent_tesim":["0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box"],"date_range_isim":[1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open for research.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open for research."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is organized in three series by type of material:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries I, Correspondence: The correspondence consists largely of letters between members of the extended Earhart family, along with other unknown recipients. The largest set of letters within the collection is comprised of the wartime letters of William H. Earhart, serving in Company B, 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion, nearly all of these being addressed to wife Nancy Earhart. Also included are letters from Confederate soldiers James L. Cassell (51st Virginia Infantry), David Earhart (4th Virginia Infantry), and Thomas Johnson. Also included are several wartime letters from extended family members, relaying news of family and friends, as well as war news. Other letters within the series were written by family members who settled in Missouri and Texas and provide family news and discussions of local conditions and affairs. 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Other letters within the series were written by family members who settled in Missouri and Texas and provide family news and discussions of local conditions and affairs. The series also includes a typed transcript of a letter from Samuel and Jane Shannon of Davidson County, North Carolina (now Tennessee), discussing road construction, conflicts with Native Americans, land transactions, and crop conditions.  ","Series II, Financial/Legal Papers: This series includes several deeds for properties held by the Earhart family, including land in Missouri. The series also includes receipts issued by local tax collectors and merchants to John Grayson, Lawrence Earhart, Nancy Earhart, and William H. Earhart. Arranged by document type, then alphabetically by recipient. ","Series III, Photographs: Included in this small collection are four photographs: a studio portrait of Virginia Earhart Boykin, two snapshots likely of James Warren Earhart II (one with an older woman, possibly his mother) in military uniform; and a wedding photo identified on the reverse side as \"J. W. E. III\" (probably James Warren Earhart III). "],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNancy Elvira Williams Earhart was born in Virginia on November 7, 1838. She married William H. Earhart, son of George and Nancy Taylor Earhart, who was born in Montgomery County, Virginia, on June 10, 1828. The Earharts resided at various times in the counties of Carroll, Montgomery, and Pulaski, Virginia. They had eight children: Lawrence (1860-1950), Mary (1862-1884), George Lee (1866-1906), Alexander (1868-1896), Lula (1870-1922), William (1872-1933), James (1874-1938), and Ada (1876-1890). During the Civil War, on May 23, 1863, William Earhart enlisted with the Confederate Army in Pulaski, Virginia, and served in Company B, 30th Battalion, Virginia Sharpshooters. He was taken prisoner on September 19, 1864, and was confined at Camp Chase, Ohio, and then sent to New Orleans, Louisiana, before being released. William H. Earhart died in Pulaski County, Virginia, on April 20, 1881; Nancy E. Earhart died in Montgomery County on February 6, 1918. Both were buried in Earhart Family Cemetery at Ellett (Montgomery County).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNancy and William's youngest son James Warren Earhart (1874-1938) married Sallie Virginia Hays (1876-1972). The couple had several children, including Virginia Earhart Boykin (1907-1999), who married Edward Carrington Venable Boykin in 1961; and James Warren Earhart, Jr. (1909-2000), who married  Lucy Payne Waddell Earhart (1911-1985). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H. Earhart was the brother of David G. 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She married William H. Earhart, son of George and Nancy Taylor Earhart, who was born in Montgomery County, Virginia, on June 10, 1828. The Earharts resided at various times in the counties of Carroll, Montgomery, and Pulaski, Virginia. They had eight children: Lawrence (1860-1950), Mary (1862-1884), George Lee (1866-1906), Alexander (1868-1896), Lula (1870-1922), William (1872-1933), James (1874-1938), and Ada (1876-1890). During the Civil War, on May 23, 1863, William Earhart enlisted with the Confederate Army in Pulaski, Virginia, and served in Company B, 30th Battalion, Virginia Sharpshooters. He was taken prisoner on September 19, 1864, and was confined at Camp Chase, Ohio, and then sent to New Orleans, Louisiana, before being released. William H. Earhart died in Pulaski County, Virginia, on April 20, 1881; Nancy E. Earhart died in Montgomery County on February 6, 1918. 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Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/57640927:60525\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/57640711:60525\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/57639934:60525\"\u003eAncestry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. 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She married William H. Earhart, son of George and Nancy Taylor Earhart, who was born in Montgomery County, Virginia, on June 10, 1828. The Earharts resided at various times in the counties of Carroll, Montgomery, and Pulaski, Virginia. They had eight children: Lawrence (1860-1950), Mary (1862-1884), George Lee (1866-1906), Alexander (1868-1896), Lula (1870-1922), William (1872-1933), James (1874-1938), and Ada (1876-1890). During the Civil War, on May 23, 1863, William Earhart enlisted with the Confederate Army in Pulaski, Virginia, and served in Company B, 30th Battalion, Virginia Sharpshooters. He was taken prisoner on September 19, 1864, and was confined at Camp Chase, Ohio, and then sent to New Orleans, Louisiana, before being released. William H. Earhart died in Pulaski County, Virginia, on April 20, 1881; Nancy E. Earhart died in Montgomery County on February 6, 1918. Both were buried in Earhart Family Cemetery at Ellett (Montgomery County).","Nancy and William's youngest son James Warren Earhart (1874-1938) married Sallie Virginia Hays (1876-1972). The couple had several children, including Virginia Earhart Boykin (1907-1999), who married Edward Carrington Venable Boykin in 1961; and James Warren Earhart, Jr. (1909-2000), who married  Lucy Payne Waddell Earhart (1911-1985). ","William H. Earhart was the brother of David G. Earhart, who also has a collection in the archives  here . ","\nAncestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Ancestry","Ancestry.com. 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The finding aid can be found \u003ca href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2213.xml;query=david%20earhart;brand=default\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["This collection is related to the David Earhart Collection, Ms2022-017. The finding aid can be found  here ."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains correspondence, receipts, deeds, and photographs of the Nancy Elvira and William Hank Earhart family, residents of Carroll, Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Virginia. Included are letters from William Hank Earhart while serving in Company B, 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion, as well as letters from other extended family members, some serving in the Confederate Army, some at home, relaying family news and descriptions of camp and local domestic activities and conditions. Also included among the correspondence are letters from Charles H. Miller, Blacksburg attorney and brother-in-law of William H. Earhart, together with letters from extended family members in Bates County, Missouri, and Grayson County, Texas. A set of legal and financial papers includes deeds for property held by members of the Earhart family, together with receipts issued by local tax collectors and merchants to various family members. A small collection of four family photographs, including a studio portrait of Virginia Earhart Boykin, completes the collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains correspondence, receipts, deeds, and photographs of the Nancy Elvira and William Hank Earhart family, residents of Carroll, Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Virginia. Included are letters from William Hank Earhart while serving in Company B, 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion, as well as letters from other extended family members, some serving in the Confederate Army, some at home, relaying family news and descriptions of camp and local domestic activities and conditions. Also included among the correspondence are letters from Charles H. Miller, Blacksburg attorney and brother-in-law of William H. Earhart, together with letters from extended family members in Bates County, Missouri, and Grayson County, Texas. A set of legal and financial papers includes deeds for property held by members of the Earhart family, together with receipts issued by local tax collectors and merchants to various family members. A small collection of four family photographs, including a studio portrait of Virginia Earhart Boykin, completes the collection."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_4481b41b6063a227d917332513449ff7\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection contains correspondence, receipts, deeds, and photographs of the Wiliam Hank and Nancy Elvira Earhart extended family.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["This collection contains correspondence, receipts, deeds, and photographs of the Wiliam Hank and Nancy Elvira Earhart extended family."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"language_ssim":["Materials in this collection are in 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