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Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Mineral City Mining","Manufacturing and Land Company","Louisa County Board of Supervisors","University of Virginia","Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company","Arminius Chemical Company","Nelms \u0026 Wise","Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company","Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company","Waynesboro City Times","Louisa News and Farmer","Louisa County News","Louisa Guano Company","Rich \u0026 Cornevin","Grocers and Meat Dealers","Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law","Independent Order of Odd Fellows","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke","Louisa Lumber Company","Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company","Hazelbrook Home School","Pyrites Chemical Mining Company","Bibb, Harmon and Company","law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise","Slate Hill Mine","Arminius Mine","Walnut Grove Gold Mine","Morrison Mine","Bridgewater Mills","The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company","Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm","Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company","South Planing Mills","Virginia Pyrites Mining Company","New Pinos Altos Company","Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company","The Caledonia Mine","Richmond Female Seminary","Pasteur Institute","Central State Hospital","Williamsburg asylum","Valley Seminary","Hollins Institute","Richmond Female Institute","Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia","William and Mary","Ricardo Sugar Estate","Pantops Academy","Randolph-Macon College","Episcopal Church","Brown's University School","Grange","Roanoke Democratic Convention","Virginia State Democratic Committee","United States House of Representatives","H.C. Buck, Jr. Company","law firm of Bibb and Bibb","Methodist Episcopal Church","Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference","Pottierville Post Office","John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall","Goochland Academy","Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South","Captain Bentley Brown's Company","New Hope Church","Philo Mathematician Society","House of Delegates","Constitutional Convention","John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro.","Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias","Cumberland Sanitorium","Virginia House of Delegates","Central Lunatic Asylum","Division of Motor Vehicles","Haile Gold Mines, Inc.","Democratic National Convention","Louisa County Democratic Committee","Craig Kennels and Game Farm","Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company","The Old Dominion Phonograph Company","C \u0026 O Railroad","Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Arminius Mines","Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company","Buckner family","Bibb Family","Bibb family","Key Family","Buckner","W. E. Bibb","Baldwin M. Buckner","Boyd M. Smith","Reuben Lindsay Gordon","John G. May","William Worth Smith, Jr.","Robert F. Moss","John Q. Rhodes","William Emmet Bibb","Boyd Smith","Carl Nolting","William T. Bibb","Lucy A. Bibb","Bibb","W.E. Bibb","James E. Bibb","John Pendleton Bibb","William C. Bibb","Kate Lester Cammack","Janet Herndon Bibb","Emmet Cammack Bibb","William Chew Bibb","Rebecca Sterrett Bibb","Kathleen Bibb","Walter N. Cole","W.L. Bishop","J.R. Crank","Charles Goodloe","Thomas J. Harmon","B.M. (Hasher) Loving","Ella R. Moss","Samuel H. Parsons","J.F. Reynolds","Helen Summers","James Bibb","T.J. Harmon","J.T. Booz","Kate Crammack Bibb","John P. Bibb","John H. Chandler","Kate CrammackBibb","William E. Bibb","George A. Haynes","William Henry Adams","Henry Perry","Elizabeth Adams","Adams","Mr. Rogers","Reuben Davis","Bishop","Goodwin","Smith","Richard P. Bell","A.C. Braxton","James R. Caton","Fairfax Cary Christian","M.H. Crump","Charles W. Cunningham","Oliver Duncan","John B. Dye","Horace M. Engle","Edward L. Evans","S.G. Evans","John Fleming","D.C. Gallagher","W.S. Harris","Ernest A. Hoen","Samuel Morais Hyneman","W.B. Jeffrey","R.F. Knox","T.C. Leake, Jr.","J.B. Levy","W.A. Little","H.M. McDonald","Robert F. Morris","George W. Palmer","John A. Partridge","R.N. Pool","William B. Tinsley","John F. Walker","J.J. Weicher","James D. West","J.F. Wingfield","Rosa P. Chiles","Lucy Bibb","Mollie Bibb","Ella Rachel Broadhead","J.F. Bickers","E.G. Briscoe","George [Cammack ?]","Clarence A. Bibb","Elizabeth Hicks Corron","Janet Bibb","William F. Broadhead","Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead","J.H. Bibb","Theodore Roosevelt","John J. Trice","Samuel Andrews","Louis H. Wondree","Isaac Harris","Robert Barret","James G. Boxley","Frank Mills","Susan Waddy","Philip Sheridan","John Wallace","J.B. Winston","Winston","Jim Bibb","R.B. Shackelford","C.H.R. Doringh","Edna Beckwith","Alex J. Wedderburn","James C. Hill","Claude Swanson","R.E. Boykin","Paul C. Edmunds","H.D. Flood","James Hay","Jed. Hotchkiss","Eppa Hunton, Sr","William A. Jones","W.H.F. Lee","William McComb","William B. McIlwaine","James Mann","S.R. Moore","F.F. Ninde","W.B. Pendleton","Henry R. Pollard","R. Carter Scott","J. Hoge Tyler","Samuel W. Williams","George D. Wise","John W. Daniel","Thomas S. Martin","J. Taylor Ellyson","William A. Little","E.E. Meredith","John F. Rixey","Charles T. O'Ferrall","R.R. Powell","John Boxley","H.C. Buck, Jr.","John Chiles","Mary Fletcher","R.L. Gordon","George H. Johnson","Joseph R. Mosby","J.Q. Rhodes","Ellis Sharp","J.G. Thomasson","John J. Boxley, Jr.","Virginia Boxley","W.S. Poindexter","Poindexter","Townshead","William Baughan","Elizabeth P. Sledd","Alice E. Wyatt","Bettie B. Brick","Buckner","Mary Grace","Garland J. Harris","Mary Harris","Joseph","Sandy","Henry Francisco","Lewis Johnson","Richard Lewis","Nelson","Harvey","Austin","E.R. Watson","Annie Brown","Bonnie Brown","James Henry Bullock","Lewis Holliday","Benjamin Marshall","Robert Mason","Robert Mino","Henry Meredith","Andrew Myers","Franklin Page","Elizabeth Page","A.V. Parrish","Richard Petters","Elisha Purington","Charles Rollins","William A. Tompkins","E.B. Brock","John Terrell","Clayton","C.T. Brown","A.J. Yarbough","W.S. Kirk","Warner Hall","Susannah D. Mills","Dr. Buckner","Horace Buckner","General Johnston","Robert Buckner","H. Buckner","Gordon","William F. Gordon","Alice Maud Winston","Nellie Blair Hunt","Daniel Gordon","R.L. Gordon, Jr.","Maury Morris","A.B. Grymes","William F. Gordon, Jr.","Mary Jane Gordon","Alexander T. Gordon","J.O. Winston","B.L. Gordon","Cassius Carter","John Goodwin May","Mary L. (Baker) Massie","W.J. Underwood","Jeff Porter","Mamie Thomas","J.B. Thomas","L.J. Haley","George S. Shackelford","Gladys May","William Gilman","H.V. Winston","W.C. Bibb","Rhodes","Carl H. Nolting","R.P. Talley","W.R. Goodwin","P.B. Porter","A.G. Hill","W.O. Smith","J.W. Flannagan","D. Boyd Smith","William Worth Smith Jr.","Charles C. Carlin","Howard W. Smith","A. Willis Robertson","William Worth Smith","Lucinda Lewis Smith","Lucy Winston Sims","F.W. Sims","Howard Smith","English"],"unitid_tesim":["4171"],"normalized_title_ssm":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"collection_title_tesim":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"collection_ssim":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift 1955 February 17"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["18,250 items"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of the papers of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003elawyer, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW. E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910) and other \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eCourt House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd M. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, Virginia State\n senator, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelection materials, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eManufacturing and Land Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003esheriff, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers include correspondence, business \u0026amp; legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections\u003c/title\u003ebut unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb Family\u003c/famname\u003e(Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eFamilies (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Board of Supervisors\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n February 17, 1953.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1891) and \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. post 1899), was a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSalem\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eareas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also involved with the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026amp; 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003e, including the correspondence\n between \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, his sons, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Box 1), and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003emarried \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Lester Cammack\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Herndon Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1878-1959), \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmmet Cammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1879-1888), \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Sterrett Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1888-1941), \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eKathleen Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1890-1964) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter N. Cole\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eover business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1927) a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eClay Valley Brick and Tile Works\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 9), sale of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003elots and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover junction\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e(1891 April 1). \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e(real estate), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.T. Booz\u003c/persname\u003ewere both editors and\n proprietors of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWaynesboro City Times\u003c/corpname\u003e, established\n January 6, 1891. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ealso established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa News and Farmer\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1879, changing\n its name to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County News\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Guano Company\u003c/corpname\u003epartnership between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn P. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. Chandler\u003c/persname\u003eset up to manufacture\n guano in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRich \u0026amp; Cornevin\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrocers and Meat Dealers\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942), another son\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate CrammackBibb\u003c/persname\u003e, include business \u0026amp;\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb \u0026amp; Bibb, Attorneys at Law\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n papers pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIndependent Order of Odd Fellows\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026amp; receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness correspondence includes land transactions in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; business matters of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment Company of\n Roanoke\u003c/corpname\u003e, Virginia, and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Lumber Company\u003c/corpname\u003e( \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge A. Haynes\u003c/persname\u003e, general commission\n merchant, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026amp; 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's 150 acre farm in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Jun 9 \u0026amp; 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ewoman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eFarmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894 Apr 9); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHazelbrook Home School\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1895 Apr 18 \u0026amp;\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Henry Adams\u003c/persname\u003e(1842-1930) son of\n General \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Perry\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, and mining engineer, to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003etook an option on the property from\n its owner in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ein March 1883. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eserved as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003easked \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eto secure legal protection against a \n \u003cpersname\u003eMr. Rogers\u003c/persname\u003ewho had been threatening to\n shoot \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003eon sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e[ca. 1897\n ?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Davis\u003c/persname\u003elands as the town site of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, in 1890. \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand several others decided to\n promote \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003ethrough the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003epurchased several lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003efor himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003e's lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003e, development of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eGoodwin\u003c/persname\u003etract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003eeventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003ewas also apparently associated with\n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e(see boxes 24-26) in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, a member of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003eoffice of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon and Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, along with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, widow of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eSheriff \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw office of Nelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourt clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, a postal clerk of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHenrico County\u003c/geogname\u003e, accused of\n embezzlement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSlate Hill Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWalnut Grove Gold Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMorrison Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the following topics: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBridgewater Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e, barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSmith\u003c/persname\u003evs \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein November 1900.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals with letters in these files include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard P. Bell\u003c/persname\u003e(law office); \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.C. Braxton\u003c/persname\u003e(lawyer); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames R. Caton\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eFairfax Cary Christian\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCoalter \u0026amp; Wise law firm\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eM.H. Crump\u003c/persname\u003e(land agent); \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles W. Cunningham\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDingee, Weinman \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eOliver Duncan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn B. Dye\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace M. Engle\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward L. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth Planing Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eS.G. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fleming\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Pyrites Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eD.C. Gallagher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eErnest A. Hoen\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Morais Hyneman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Jeffrey\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Pinos Altos Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChihuahua, Mexico\u003c/geogname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.F. Knox\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.C. Leake, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Levy\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.M. McDonald\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDominion Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Morris\u003c/persname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge W. Palmer\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Partridge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.N. Pool\u003c/persname\u003e(President of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIngalls Iron \u0026amp; Coal Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. Tinsley\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Walker\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.J. Weicher\u003c/persname\u003e(manager of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Caledonia Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames D. West\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Wingfield\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin \n \u003cpersname\u003eRosa P. Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, author of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDown Among the Crackers\u003c/title\u003e(1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(?-1891); his sisters, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMollie Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003e. Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n \u003cpersname\u003eClarence A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026amp; Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eClifton Forge, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Hicks Corron\u003c/persname\u003e, page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's illness while at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Apr 19\n \u0026amp; May 4); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, husband of \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Bibb Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026amp; 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.H. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's notes on \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003egenealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026amp; Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCuba\u003c/geogname\u003e(n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewhile he was a patient at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentioning political offices, \n \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, and political affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe small number of legal cases of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Trice\u003c/persname\u003eand the executors of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Andrews\u003c/persname\u003eEstate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026amp; theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026amp; 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n \u003cpersname\u003eLouis H. Wondree\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Aug 14 \u0026amp; Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026amp; Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral State Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n \u003cpersname\u003eIsaac Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Barret\u003c/persname\u003e, to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames G. Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Mills\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusan Waddy\u003c/persname\u003einvolving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliamsburg asylum\u003c/corpname\u003e(1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip Sheridan\u003c/persname\u003efor three months by\n African-American \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wallace\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Nov 25); possible \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003erelatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eValley Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e\u0026amp; Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003e, Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026amp;\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCleveland\u003c/geogname\u003eslant (1892 Apr 24); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eat \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1893 Jul 28\n \u0026amp; 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n \u003cpersname\u003eJim Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, by another member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Oct 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ebitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliam and Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.B. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003ere \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's mother at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1898 Feb 2 \u0026amp; 10);\n the Cuban \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRicardo Sugar Estate\u003c/corpname\u003ebelonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.H.R. Doringh\u003c/persname\u003e(1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026amp; 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePantops Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Aug 17 \u0026amp; 25, and\n Sep 6); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Sep 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's interest in joining the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEpiscopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdna Beckwith\u003c/persname\u003efor mental treatment in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899-1900); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrown's University School\u003c/corpname\u003e(1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eKey Family\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (1904 Jan 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe political correspondence discusses \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrange\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlex J. Wedderburn\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jan 25); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026amp; 10); violence in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026amp; 13); many letters supporting \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003efor commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026amp; 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026amp; 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRoanoke Democratic Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eseeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames C. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003emine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026amp; 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003esenatorial contest of 1899; \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the correspondents in the political files\n include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR.E. Boykin\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003ePaul C. Edmunds\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Nov 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eH.D. Flood\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 May 14, Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Hay\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Nov 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJed. Hotchkiss\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEppa Hunton, Sr\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McComb\u003c/persname\u003e(1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. McIlwaine\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Mann\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eS.R. Moore\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026amp; 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eF.F. Ninde\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Sep 5)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Pendleton\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry R. Pollard\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Mar 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR. Carter Scott\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jul 6 \u0026amp; 12)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Apr 19; May 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJ. Hoge Tyler\u003c/persname\u003e(1900 Mar 2)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eSamuel W. Williams\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eGeorge D. Wise\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Dec 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Daniel\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas S. Martin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScottsville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Taylor Ellyson\u003c/persname\u003e, the Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia State Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e, a Virginia Senator\n representing \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.E. Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Rixey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles T. O'Ferrall\u003c/persname\u003e, members of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited States House of Representatives\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n and \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.R. Powell\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026amp;\n Businesses\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003eand the accounts of his\n children \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Boxley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e. The letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eare concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNewark, New Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Poindexter\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, over \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's property to cars at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eaccording to specifications. The \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw firm of Bibb and Bibb\u003c/corpname\u003eapparently\n represented the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein the dispute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epapers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e, a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ephysician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n \u003cpersname\u003eTownshead\u003c/persname\u003e. Items in the accounts \u0026amp;\n receipts of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner\u003c/famname\u003efamily include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMethodist Episcopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003eon \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMadison Circuit, Virginia Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026amp; 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePottierville Post Office\u003c/corpname\u003eaccount (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Baughan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth P. Sledd\u003c/persname\u003e(1850 Jan 31); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall\u003c/corpname\u003erental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGoochland Academy\u003c/corpname\u003etuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026amp; 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eeducation receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice E. Wyatt\u003c/persname\u003e(1864 Jul 30), \n \u003cpersname\u003eBettie B. Brick\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouthfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South\u003c/corpname\u003e(1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Grace\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eGarland J. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eSandy\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Francisco\u003c/persname\u003e(1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Johnson\u003c/persname\u003eto learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Lewis\u003c/persname\u003e(1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n \u003cpersname\u003eNelson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHarvey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eAustin\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.R. Watson\u003c/persname\u003e\"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present are receipts for several persons hired by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eafter the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAnnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBonnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Aug 8)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Henry Bullock\u003c/persname\u003e(1869 Jan 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eLewis Holliday\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Sep 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin Marshall\u003c/persname\u003e, freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mason\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Jul 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mino\u003c/persname\u003er, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026amp; 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Jan 7)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Myers\u003c/persname\u003e(1882 Feb 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eFranklin Page\u003c/persname\u003e, son of freedwoman \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Page\u003c/persname\u003e, by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eA.V. Parrish\u003c/persname\u003e(1885 Mar 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRichard Petters\u003c/persname\u003e(1870 Nov 14 \u0026amp; Dec\n 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eElisha Purington\u003c/persname\u003e(1872 Apr 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eCharles Rollins\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 19)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Tompkins\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003ebusiness correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.B. Brock\u003c/persname\u003e(1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eto work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Terrell\u003c/persname\u003eseeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCaptain Bentley Brown's Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n \u003cpersname\u003eClayton\u003c/persname\u003ewill not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.T. Brown\u003c/persname\u003eand squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026amp; 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.J. Yarbough\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Kirk\u003c/persname\u003e, married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWarner Hall\u003c/persname\u003edisability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusannah D. Mills\u003c/persname\u003eon the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epersonal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n \u003cpersname\u003eDr. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand his wayward son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1888), out West in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Louis\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e, and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral Johnston\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGeorgia\u003c/geogname\u003eand his participation in the\n Battle of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Hope Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1864 Jun 23); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e, describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBrazil\u003c/geogname\u003eof a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmazon River\u003c/geogname\u003e, and a request to present a\n speech before the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePhilo Mathematician Society\u003c/corpname\u003eon July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNebraska\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMinnesota\u003c/geogname\u003e(1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e(1874 Feb 22); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ehas his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eabout \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eH. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eis not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026amp; 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efor sixteen years, elected\n to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eConstitutional Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEdgewoth, Albemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003eand educated\n privately by his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and was married (1884)\n first to \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Maud Winston\u003c/persname\u003e(1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n \u003cpersname\u003eNellie Blair Hunt\u003c/persname\u003e. The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Gordon\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaury Morris\u003c/persname\u003eof fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1887 Apr 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.B. Grymes\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Jane Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1852-1891), \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander T. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.O. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e, sister, \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCassius Carter\u003c/persname\u003e. Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMetz, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Aug 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Goodwin May\u003c/persname\u003eare chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn F. Tolley \u0026amp; Bro.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary L. (Baker) Massie\u003c/persname\u003evs the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrand Lodge Knights of Pythias\u003c/corpname\u003e; the\n estates of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.J. Underwood\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJeff Porter\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003cpersname\u003eMamie Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eDivorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n \u003cpersname\u003eL.J. Haley\u003c/persname\u003e(1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge S. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003e(1914 Jun 16); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCumberland Sanitorium\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLebanon, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e(1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n \u003cpersname\u003eGladys May\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003eduring World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe business and legal papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), sheriff of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, include: a letter from \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Gilman\u003c/persname\u003eto Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia House of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ewhere, \"I\n trust \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003ewill be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral Lunatic Asylum\u003c/corpname\u003enear \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003ewho was probably headed for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.V. Winston\u003c/persname\u003easking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003ewas the law partner of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ein the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. In 1936, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003ebecame director of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDivision of Motor Vehicles\u003c/corpname\u003efor \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. He served as a member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHaile Gold Mines, Inc.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1937 Jul 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003eand the declaration of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003efor candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl H. Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(1933\n May 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the papers related to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and politics are:\n the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLouisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll;\u003c/title\u003eelection returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026amp; n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026amp; Miscellaneous Documents.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusinesses represented in this series include: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCraig Kennels and Game Farm\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJackson Telephone and Telegraph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Old Dominion Phonograph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. The directors of this company were \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.P. Talley\u003c/persname\u003e(President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(Vice-President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.R. Goodwin\u003c/persname\u003e(General Manager), \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003e(Secretary \u0026amp; Treasurer,\n replaced by \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003ein June 1890), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.O. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.W. Flannagan\u003c/persname\u003e. Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003eand then \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e, and was concerned with a new \n \u003ccorpname\u003eC \u0026amp; O Railroad\u003c/corpname\u003edepot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026amp; 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTolersville\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026amp; receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Boyd Smith Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003emines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, who was also President of the\n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mines\u003c/corpname\u003eand much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand his company, law suits\n against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewho was his legal representative\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026amp; October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical \u0026amp; Mining\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003estore script (see separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eD. Boyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eto his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1901).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1887-?), a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eState Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles C. Carlin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward W. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eA. Willis Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFauquier County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucinda Lewis Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand was educated at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Winston Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, daughter of Judge \n \u003cpersname\u003eF.W. Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, and became a dairy farmer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. His only brother was\n Representative \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward Smith\u003c/persname\u003eof the Eighth District.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Bound Volumes \u0026amp; Oversize Material\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of the papers of the \n Louisa County lawyer, \n W. E. Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Flood","James Hay","Jed. Hotchkiss","Eppa Hunton, Sr","William A. Jones","W.H.F. Lee","William McComb","William B. McIlwaine","James Mann","S.R. Moore","F.F. Ninde","W.B. Pendleton","Henry R. Pollard","R. Carter Scott","J. Hoge Tyler","Samuel W. Williams","George D. Wise","John W. Daniel","Thomas S. Martin","J. Taylor Ellyson","William A. Little","E.E. Meredith","John F. Rixey","Charles T. O'Ferrall","R.R. Powell","John Boxley","H.C. Buck, Jr.","John Chiles","Mary Fletcher","R.L. Gordon","George H. Johnson","Joseph R. Mosby","J.Q. Rhodes","Ellis Sharp","J.G. Thomasson","John J. Boxley, Jr.","Virginia Boxley","W.S. Poindexter","Poindexter","Townshead","William Baughan","Elizabeth P. Sledd","Alice E. Wyatt","Bettie B. Brick","Buckner","Mary Grace","Garland J. Harris","Mary Harris","Joseph","Sandy","Henry Francisco","Lewis Johnson","Richard Lewis","Nelson","Harvey","Austin","E.R. Watson","Annie Brown","Bonnie Brown","James Henry Bullock","Lewis Holliday","Benjamin Marshall","Robert Mason","Robert Mino","Henry Meredith","Andrew Myers","Franklin Page","Elizabeth Page","A.V. Parrish","Richard Petters","Elisha Purington","Charles Rollins","William A. Tompkins","E.B. Brock","John Terrell","Clayton","C.T. Brown","A.J. Yarbough","W.S. Kirk","Warner Hall","Susannah D. Mills","Dr. Buckner","Horace Buckner","General Johnston","Robert Buckner","H. Buckner","Gordon","William F. Gordon","Alice Maud Winston","Nellie Blair Hunt","Daniel Gordon","R.L. Gordon, Jr.","Maury Morris","A.B. Grymes","William F. Gordon, Jr.","Mary Jane Gordon","Alexander T. Gordon","J.O. Winston","B.L. Gordon","Cassius Carter","John Goodwin May","Mary L. (Baker) Massie","W.J. Underwood","Jeff Porter","Mamie Thomas","J.B. Thomas","L.J. Haley","George S. Shackelford","Gladys May","William Gilman","H.V. Winston","W.C. Bibb","Rhodes","Carl H. Nolting","R.P. Talley","W.R. Goodwin","P.B. Porter","A.G. 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Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Mineral City Mining","Manufacturing and Land Company","Louisa County Board of Supervisors","University of Virginia","Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company","Arminius Chemical Company","Nelms \u0026 Wise","Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company","Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company","Waynesboro City Times","Louisa News and Farmer","Louisa County News","Louisa Guano Company","Rich \u0026 Cornevin","Grocers and Meat Dealers","Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law","Independent Order of Odd Fellows","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke","Louisa Lumber Company","Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company","Hazelbrook Home School","Pyrites Chemical Mining Company","Bibb, Harmon and Company","law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise","Slate Hill Mine","Arminius Mine","Walnut Grove Gold Mine","Morrison Mine","Bridgewater Mills","The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company","Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm","Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company","South Planing Mills","Virginia Pyrites Mining Company","New Pinos Altos Company","Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company","The Caledonia Mine","Richmond Female Seminary","Pasteur Institute","Central State Hospital","Williamsburg asylum","Valley Seminary","Hollins Institute","Richmond Female Institute","Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia","William and Mary","Ricardo Sugar Estate","Pantops Academy","Randolph-Macon College","Episcopal Church","Brown's University School","Grange","Roanoke Democratic Convention","Virginia State Democratic Committee","United States House of Representatives","H.C. Buck, Jr. Company","law firm of Bibb and Bibb","Methodist Episcopal Church","Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference","Pottierville Post Office","John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall","Goochland Academy","Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South","Captain Bentley Brown's Company","New Hope Church","Philo Mathematician Society","House of Delegates","Constitutional Convention","John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro.","Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias","Cumberland Sanitorium","Virginia House of Delegates","Central Lunatic Asylum","Division of Motor Vehicles","Haile Gold Mines, Inc.","Democratic National Convention","Louisa County Democratic Committee","Craig Kennels and Game Farm","Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company","The Old Dominion Phonograph Company","C \u0026 O Railroad","Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Arminius Mines","Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company","Buckner family","Bibb Family","Bibb family","Key Family","Buckner","W. E. Bibb","Baldwin M. Buckner","Boyd M. 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Evans","S.G. Evans","John Fleming","D.C. Gallagher","W.S. Harris","Ernest A. Hoen","Samuel Morais Hyneman","W.B. Jeffrey","R.F. Knox","T.C. Leake, Jr.","J.B. Levy","W.A. Little","H.M. McDonald","Robert F. Morris","George W. Palmer","John A. Partridge","R.N. Pool","William B. Tinsley","John F. Walker","J.J. Weicher","James D. West","J.F. Wingfield","Rosa P. Chiles","Lucy Bibb","Mollie Bibb","Ella Rachel Broadhead","J.F. Bickers","E.G. Briscoe","George [Cammack ?]","Clarence A. Bibb","Elizabeth Hicks Corron","Janet Bibb","William F. Broadhead","Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead","J.H. Bibb","Theodore Roosevelt","John J. Trice","Samuel Andrews","Louis H. Wondree","Isaac Harris","Robert Barret","James G. Boxley","Frank Mills","Susan Waddy","Philip Sheridan","John Wallace","J.B. Winston","Winston","Jim Bibb","R.B. Shackelford","C.H.R. Doringh","Edna Beckwith","Alex J. Wedderburn","James C. Hill","Claude Swanson","R.E. Boykin","Paul C. Edmunds","H.D. Flood","James Hay","Jed. Hotchkiss","Eppa Hunton, Sr","William A. Jones","W.H.F. Lee","William McComb","William B. McIlwaine","James Mann","S.R. Moore","F.F. Ninde","W.B. Pendleton","Henry R. Pollard","R. Carter Scott","J. Hoge Tyler","Samuel W. Williams","George D. Wise","John W. Daniel","Thomas S. Martin","J. Taylor Ellyson","William A. Little","E.E. Meredith","John F. Rixey","Charles T. O'Ferrall","R.R. Powell","John Boxley","H.C. Buck, Jr.","John Chiles","Mary Fletcher","R.L. Gordon","George H. Johnson","Joseph R. Mosby","J.Q. Rhodes","Ellis Sharp","J.G. Thomasson","John J. Boxley, Jr.","Virginia Boxley","W.S. Poindexter","Poindexter","Townshead","William Baughan","Elizabeth P. Sledd","Alice E. Wyatt","Bettie B. Brick","Buckner","Mary Grace","Garland J. Harris","Mary Harris","Joseph","Sandy","Henry Francisco","Lewis Johnson","Richard Lewis","Nelson","Harvey","Austin","E.R. 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Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910) and other \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eCourt House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd M. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, Virginia State\n senator, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelection materials, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eManufacturing and Land Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003esheriff, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers include correspondence, business \u0026amp; legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections\u003c/title\u003ebut unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb Family\u003c/famname\u003e(Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eFamilies (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Board of Supervisors\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n February 17, 1953.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1891) and \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. post 1899), was a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSalem\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eareas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also involved with the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026amp; 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003e, including the correspondence\n between \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, his sons, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Box 1), and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003emarried \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Lester Cammack\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Herndon Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1878-1959), \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmmet Cammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1879-1888), \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Sterrett Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1888-1941), \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eKathleen Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1890-1964) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter N. Cole\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eover business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1927) a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eClay Valley Brick and Tile Works\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 9), sale of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003elots and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover junction\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e(1891 April 1). \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e(real estate), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.T. Booz\u003c/persname\u003ewere both editors and\n proprietors of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWaynesboro City Times\u003c/corpname\u003e, established\n January 6, 1891. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ealso established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa News and Farmer\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1879, changing\n its name to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County News\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Guano Company\u003c/corpname\u003epartnership between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn P. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. Chandler\u003c/persname\u003eset up to manufacture\n guano in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRich \u0026amp; Cornevin\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrocers and Meat Dealers\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942), another son\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate CrammackBibb\u003c/persname\u003e, include business \u0026amp;\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb \u0026amp; Bibb, Attorneys at Law\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n papers pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIndependent Order of Odd Fellows\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026amp; receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness correspondence includes land transactions in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; business matters of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment Company of\n Roanoke\u003c/corpname\u003e, Virginia, and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Lumber Company\u003c/corpname\u003e( \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge A. Haynes\u003c/persname\u003e, general commission\n merchant, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026amp; 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's 150 acre farm in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Jun 9 \u0026amp; 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ewoman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eFarmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894 Apr 9); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHazelbrook Home School\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1895 Apr 18 \u0026amp;\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Henry Adams\u003c/persname\u003e(1842-1930) son of\n General \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Perry\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, and mining engineer, to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003etook an option on the property from\n its owner in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ein March 1883. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eserved as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003easked \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eto secure legal protection against a \n \u003cpersname\u003eMr. Rogers\u003c/persname\u003ewho had been threatening to\n shoot \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003eon sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e[ca. 1897\n ?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Davis\u003c/persname\u003elands as the town site of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, in 1890. \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand several others decided to\n promote \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003ethrough the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003epurchased several lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003efor himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003e's lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003e, development of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eGoodwin\u003c/persname\u003etract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003eeventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003ewas also apparently associated with\n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e(see boxes 24-26) in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, a member of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003eoffice of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon and Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, along with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, widow of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eSheriff \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw office of Nelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourt clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, a postal clerk of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHenrico County\u003c/geogname\u003e, accused of\n embezzlement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSlate Hill Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWalnut Grove Gold Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMorrison Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the following topics: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBridgewater Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e, barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSmith\u003c/persname\u003evs \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein November 1900.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals with letters in these files include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard P. Bell\u003c/persname\u003e(law office); \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.C. Braxton\u003c/persname\u003e(lawyer); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames R. Caton\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eFairfax Cary Christian\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCoalter \u0026amp; Wise law firm\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eM.H. Crump\u003c/persname\u003e(land agent); \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles W. Cunningham\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDingee, Weinman \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eOliver Duncan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn B. Dye\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace M. Engle\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward L. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth Planing Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eS.G. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fleming\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Pyrites Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eD.C. Gallagher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eErnest A. Hoen\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Morais Hyneman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Jeffrey\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Pinos Altos Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChihuahua, Mexico\u003c/geogname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.F. Knox\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.C. Leake, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Levy\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.M. McDonald\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDominion Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Morris\u003c/persname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge W. Palmer\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Partridge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.N. Pool\u003c/persname\u003e(President of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIngalls Iron \u0026amp; Coal Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. Tinsley\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Walker\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.J. Weicher\u003c/persname\u003e(manager of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Caledonia Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames D. West\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Wingfield\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin \n \u003cpersname\u003eRosa P. Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, author of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDown Among the Crackers\u003c/title\u003e(1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(?-1891); his sisters, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMollie Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003e. Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n \u003cpersname\u003eClarence A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026amp; Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eClifton Forge, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Hicks Corron\u003c/persname\u003e, page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's illness while at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Apr 19\n \u0026amp; May 4); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, husband of \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Bibb Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026amp; 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.H. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's notes on \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003egenealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026amp; Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCuba\u003c/geogname\u003e(n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewhile he was a patient at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentioning political offices, \n \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, and political affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe small number of legal cases of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Trice\u003c/persname\u003eand the executors of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Andrews\u003c/persname\u003eEstate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026amp; theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026amp; 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n \u003cpersname\u003eLouis H. Wondree\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Aug 14 \u0026amp; Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026amp; Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral State Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n \u003cpersname\u003eIsaac Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Barret\u003c/persname\u003e, to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames G. Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Mills\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusan Waddy\u003c/persname\u003einvolving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliamsburg asylum\u003c/corpname\u003e(1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip Sheridan\u003c/persname\u003efor three months by\n African-American \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wallace\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Nov 25); possible \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003erelatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eValley Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e\u0026amp; Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003e, Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026amp;\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCleveland\u003c/geogname\u003eslant (1892 Apr 24); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eat \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1893 Jul 28\n \u0026amp; 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n \u003cpersname\u003eJim Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, by another member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Oct 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ebitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliam and Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.B. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003ere \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's mother at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1898 Feb 2 \u0026amp; 10);\n the Cuban \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRicardo Sugar Estate\u003c/corpname\u003ebelonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.H.R. Doringh\u003c/persname\u003e(1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026amp; 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePantops Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Aug 17 \u0026amp; 25, and\n Sep 6); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Sep 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's interest in joining the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEpiscopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdna Beckwith\u003c/persname\u003efor mental treatment in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899-1900); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrown's University School\u003c/corpname\u003e(1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eKey Family\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (1904 Jan 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe political correspondence discusses \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrange\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlex J. Wedderburn\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jan 25); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026amp; 10); violence in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026amp; 13); many letters supporting \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003efor commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026amp; 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026amp; 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRoanoke Democratic Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eseeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames C. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003emine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026amp; 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003esenatorial contest of 1899; \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the correspondents in the political files\n include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR.E. Boykin\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003ePaul C. Edmunds\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Nov 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eH.D. Flood\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 May 14, Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Hay\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Nov 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJed. Hotchkiss\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEppa Hunton, Sr\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McComb\u003c/persname\u003e(1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. McIlwaine\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Mann\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eS.R. Moore\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026amp; 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eF.F. Ninde\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Sep 5)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Pendleton\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry R. Pollard\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Mar 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR. Carter Scott\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jul 6 \u0026amp; 12)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Apr 19; May 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJ. Hoge Tyler\u003c/persname\u003e(1900 Mar 2)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eSamuel W. Williams\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eGeorge D. Wise\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Dec 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Daniel\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas S. Martin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScottsville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Taylor Ellyson\u003c/persname\u003e, the Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia State Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e, a Virginia Senator\n representing \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.E. Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Rixey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles T. O'Ferrall\u003c/persname\u003e, members of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited States House of Representatives\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n and \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.R. Powell\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026amp;\n Businesses\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003eand the accounts of his\n children \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Boxley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e. The letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eare concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNewark, New Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Poindexter\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, over \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's property to cars at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eaccording to specifications. The \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw firm of Bibb and Bibb\u003c/corpname\u003eapparently\n represented the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein the dispute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epapers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e, a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ephysician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n \u003cpersname\u003eTownshead\u003c/persname\u003e. Items in the accounts \u0026amp;\n receipts of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner\u003c/famname\u003efamily include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMethodist Episcopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003eon \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMadison Circuit, Virginia Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026amp; 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePottierville Post Office\u003c/corpname\u003eaccount (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Baughan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth P. Sledd\u003c/persname\u003e(1850 Jan 31); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall\u003c/corpname\u003erental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGoochland Academy\u003c/corpname\u003etuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026amp; 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eeducation receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice E. Wyatt\u003c/persname\u003e(1864 Jul 30), \n \u003cpersname\u003eBettie B. Brick\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouthfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South\u003c/corpname\u003e(1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Grace\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eGarland J. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eSandy\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Francisco\u003c/persname\u003e(1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Johnson\u003c/persname\u003eto learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Lewis\u003c/persname\u003e(1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n \u003cpersname\u003eNelson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHarvey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eAustin\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.R. Watson\u003c/persname\u003e\"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present are receipts for several persons hired by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eafter the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAnnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBonnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Aug 8)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Henry Bullock\u003c/persname\u003e(1869 Jan 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eLewis Holliday\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Sep 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin Marshall\u003c/persname\u003e, freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mason\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Jul 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mino\u003c/persname\u003er, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026amp; 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Jan 7)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Myers\u003c/persname\u003e(1882 Feb 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eFranklin Page\u003c/persname\u003e, son of freedwoman \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Page\u003c/persname\u003e, by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eA.V. Parrish\u003c/persname\u003e(1885 Mar 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRichard Petters\u003c/persname\u003e(1870 Nov 14 \u0026amp; Dec\n 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eElisha Purington\u003c/persname\u003e(1872 Apr 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eCharles Rollins\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 19)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Tompkins\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003ebusiness correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.B. Brock\u003c/persname\u003e(1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eto work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Terrell\u003c/persname\u003eseeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCaptain Bentley Brown's Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n \u003cpersname\u003eClayton\u003c/persname\u003ewill not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.T. Brown\u003c/persname\u003eand squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026amp; 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.J. Yarbough\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Kirk\u003c/persname\u003e, married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWarner Hall\u003c/persname\u003edisability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusannah D. Mills\u003c/persname\u003eon the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epersonal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n \u003cpersname\u003eDr. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand his wayward son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1888), out West in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Louis\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e, and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral Johnston\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGeorgia\u003c/geogname\u003eand his participation in the\n Battle of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Hope Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1864 Jun 23); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e, describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBrazil\u003c/geogname\u003eof a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmazon River\u003c/geogname\u003e, and a request to present a\n speech before the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePhilo Mathematician Society\u003c/corpname\u003eon July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNebraska\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMinnesota\u003c/geogname\u003e(1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e(1874 Feb 22); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ehas his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eabout \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eH. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eis not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026amp; 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efor sixteen years, elected\n to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eConstitutional Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEdgewoth, Albemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003eand educated\n privately by his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and was married (1884)\n first to \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Maud Winston\u003c/persname\u003e(1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n \u003cpersname\u003eNellie Blair Hunt\u003c/persname\u003e. The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Gordon\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaury Morris\u003c/persname\u003eof fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1887 Apr 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.B. Grymes\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Jane Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1852-1891), \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander T. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.O. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e, sister, \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCassius Carter\u003c/persname\u003e. Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMetz, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Aug 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Goodwin May\u003c/persname\u003eare chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn F. Tolley \u0026amp; Bro.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary L. (Baker) Massie\u003c/persname\u003evs the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrand Lodge Knights of Pythias\u003c/corpname\u003e; the\n estates of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.J. Underwood\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJeff Porter\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003cpersname\u003eMamie Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eDivorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n \u003cpersname\u003eL.J. Haley\u003c/persname\u003e(1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge S. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003e(1914 Jun 16); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCumberland Sanitorium\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLebanon, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e(1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n \u003cpersname\u003eGladys May\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003eduring World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe business and legal papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), sheriff of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, include: a letter from \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Gilman\u003c/persname\u003eto Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia House of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ewhere, \"I\n trust \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003ewill be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral Lunatic Asylum\u003c/corpname\u003enear \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003ewho was probably headed for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.V. Winston\u003c/persname\u003easking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003ewas the law partner of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ein the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. In 1936, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003ebecame director of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDivision of Motor Vehicles\u003c/corpname\u003efor \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. He served as a member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHaile Gold Mines, Inc.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1937 Jul 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003eand the declaration of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003efor candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl H. Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(1933\n May 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the papers related to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and politics are:\n the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLouisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll;\u003c/title\u003eelection returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026amp; n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026amp; Miscellaneous Documents.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusinesses represented in this series include: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCraig Kennels and Game Farm\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJackson Telephone and Telegraph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Old Dominion Phonograph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. The directors of this company were \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.P. Talley\u003c/persname\u003e(President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(Vice-President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.R. Goodwin\u003c/persname\u003e(General Manager), \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003e(Secretary \u0026amp; Treasurer,\n replaced by \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003ein June 1890), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.O. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.W. Flannagan\u003c/persname\u003e. Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003eand then \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e, and was concerned with a new \n \u003ccorpname\u003eC \u0026amp; O Railroad\u003c/corpname\u003edepot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026amp; 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTolersville\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026amp; receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Boyd Smith Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003emines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, who was also President of the\n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mines\u003c/corpname\u003eand much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand his company, law suits\n against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewho was his legal representative\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026amp; October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical \u0026amp; Mining\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003estore script (see separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eD. Boyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eto his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1901).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1887-?), a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eState Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles C. Carlin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward W. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eA. Willis Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFauquier County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucinda Lewis Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand was educated at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Winston Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, daughter of Judge \n \u003cpersname\u003eF.W. Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, and became a dairy farmer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. His only brother was\n Representative \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward Smith\u003c/persname\u003eof the Eighth District.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Bound Volumes \u0026amp; Oversize Material\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of the papers of the \n Louisa County lawyer, \n W. E. Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Mineral City Mining","Manufacturing and Land Company","Louisa County Board of Supervisors","University of Virginia","Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company","Arminius Chemical Company","Nelms \u0026 Wise","Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company","Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company","Waynesboro City Times","Louisa News and Farmer","Louisa County News","Louisa Guano Company","Rich \u0026 Cornevin","Grocers and Meat Dealers","Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law","Independent Order of Odd Fellows","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke","Louisa Lumber Company","Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company","Hazelbrook Home School","Pyrites Chemical Mining Company","Bibb, Harmon and Company","law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise","Slate Hill Mine","Arminius Mine","Walnut Grove Gold Mine","Morrison Mine","Bridgewater Mills","The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company","Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm","Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company","South Planing Mills","Virginia Pyrites Mining Company","New Pinos Altos Company","Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company","The Caledonia Mine","Richmond Female Seminary","Pasteur Institute","Central State Hospital","Williamsburg asylum","Valley Seminary","Hollins Institute","Richmond Female Institute","Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia","William and Mary","Ricardo Sugar Estate","Pantops Academy","Randolph-Macon College","Episcopal Church","Brown's University School","Grange","Roanoke Democratic Convention","Virginia State Democratic Committee","United States House of Representatives","H.C. Buck, Jr. Company","law firm of Bibb and Bibb","Methodist Episcopal Church","Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference","Pottierville Post Office","John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall","Goochland Academy","Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South","Captain Bentley Brown's Company","New Hope Church","Philo Mathematician Society","House of Delegates","Constitutional Convention","John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro.","Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias","Cumberland Sanitorium","Virginia House of Delegates","Central Lunatic Asylum","Division of Motor Vehicles","Haile Gold Mines, Inc.","Democratic National Convention","Louisa County Democratic Committee","Craig Kennels and Game Farm","Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company","The Old Dominion Phonograph Company","C \u0026 O Railroad","Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Arminius Mines","Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company","Buckner family","Bibb Family","Bibb family","Key Family","Buckner","W. E. Bibb","Baldwin M. Buckner","Boyd M. Smith","Reuben Lindsay Gordon","John G. May","William Worth Smith, Jr.","Robert F. Moss","John Q. Rhodes","William Emmet Bibb","Boyd Smith","Carl Nolting","William T. Bibb","Lucy A. Bibb","Bibb","W.E. Bibb","James E. Bibb","John Pendleton Bibb","William C. Bibb","Kate Lester Cammack","Janet Herndon Bibb","Emmet Cammack Bibb","William Chew Bibb","Rebecca Sterrett Bibb","Kathleen Bibb","Walter N. Cole","W.L. Bishop","J.R. Crank","Charles Goodloe","Thomas J. Harmon","B.M. (Hasher) Loving","Ella R. Moss","Samuel H. Parsons","J.F. Reynolds","Helen Summers","James Bibb","T.J. Harmon","J.T. Booz","Kate Crammack Bibb","John P. Bibb","John H. Chandler","Kate CrammackBibb","William E. Bibb","George A. Haynes","William Henry Adams","Henry Perry","Elizabeth Adams","Adams","Mr. Rogers","Reuben Davis","Bishop","Goodwin","Smith","Richard P. Bell","A.C. Braxton","James R. Caton","Fairfax Cary Christian","M.H. Crump","Charles W. Cunningham","Oliver Duncan","John B. Dye","Horace M. Engle","Edward L. Evans","S.G. Evans","John Fleming","D.C. Gallagher","W.S. Harris","Ernest A. Hoen","Samuel Morais Hyneman","W.B. Jeffrey","R.F. Knox","T.C. Leake, Jr.","J.B. Levy","W.A. Little","H.M. McDonald","Robert F. Morris","George W. Palmer","John A. Partridge","R.N. Pool","William B. Tinsley","John F. Walker","J.J. Weicher","James D. West","J.F. Wingfield","Rosa P. Chiles","Lucy Bibb","Mollie Bibb","Ella Rachel Broadhead","J.F. Bickers","E.G. Briscoe","George [Cammack ?]","Clarence A. Bibb","Elizabeth Hicks Corron","Janet Bibb","William F. Broadhead","Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead","J.H. Bibb","Theodore Roosevelt","John J. Trice","Samuel Andrews","Louis H. Wondree","Isaac Harris","Robert Barret","James G. Boxley","Frank Mills","Susan Waddy","Philip Sheridan","John Wallace","J.B. Winston","Winston","Jim Bibb","R.B. Shackelford","C.H.R. Doringh","Edna Beckwith","Alex J. Wedderburn","James C. Hill","Claude Swanson","R.E. Boykin","Paul C. Edmunds","H.D. Flood","James Hay","Jed. Hotchkiss","Eppa Hunton, Sr","William A. Jones","W.H.F. Lee","William McComb","William B. McIlwaine","James Mann","S.R. Moore","F.F. Ninde","W.B. Pendleton","Henry R. Pollard","R. Carter Scott","J. Hoge Tyler","Samuel W. Williams","George D. Wise","John W. Daniel","Thomas S. Martin","J. Taylor Ellyson","William A. Little","E.E. Meredith","John F. Rixey","Charles T. O'Ferrall","R.R. Powell","John Boxley","H.C. Buck, Jr.","John Chiles","Mary Fletcher","R.L. Gordon","George H. Johnson","Joseph R. Mosby","J.Q. Rhodes","Ellis Sharp","J.G. Thomasson","John J. Boxley, Jr.","Virginia Boxley","W.S. Poindexter","Poindexter","Townshead","William Baughan","Elizabeth P. Sledd","Alice E. Wyatt","Bettie B. Brick","Buckner","Mary Grace","Garland J. Harris","Mary Harris","Joseph","Sandy","Henry Francisco","Lewis Johnson","Richard Lewis","Nelson","Harvey","Austin","E.R. Watson","Annie Brown","Bonnie Brown","James Henry Bullock","Lewis Holliday","Benjamin Marshall","Robert Mason","Robert Mino","Henry Meredith","Andrew Myers","Franklin Page","Elizabeth Page","A.V. Parrish","Richard Petters","Elisha Purington","Charles Rollins","William A. Tompkins","E.B. Brock","John Terrell","Clayton","C.T. Brown","A.J. Yarbough","W.S. Kirk","Warner Hall","Susannah D. Mills","Dr. Buckner","Horace Buckner","General Johnston","Robert Buckner","H. Buckner","Gordon","William F. Gordon","Alice Maud Winston","Nellie Blair Hunt","Daniel Gordon","R.L. Gordon, Jr.","Maury Morris","A.B. Grymes","William F. Gordon, Jr.","Mary Jane Gordon","Alexander T. Gordon","J.O. Winston","B.L. Gordon","Cassius Carter","John Goodwin May","Mary L. (Baker) Massie","W.J. Underwood","Jeff Porter","Mamie Thomas","J.B. Thomas","L.J. Haley","George S. Shackelford","Gladys May","William Gilman","H.V. Winston","W.C. Bibb","Rhodes","Carl H. Nolting","R.P. Talley","W.R. Goodwin","P.B. Porter","A.G. Hill","W.O. Smith","J.W. Flannagan","D. Boyd Smith","William Worth Smith Jr.","Charles C. Carlin","Howard W. Smith","A. Willis Robertson","William Worth Smith","Lucinda Lewis Smith","Lucy Winston Sims","F.W. Sims","Howard Smith","English"],"unitid_tesim":["4171"],"normalized_title_ssm":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"collection_title_tesim":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"collection_ssim":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift 1955 February 17"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["18,250 items"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of the papers of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003elawyer, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW. E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910) and other \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eCourt House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd M. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, Virginia State\n senator, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelection materials, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eManufacturing and Land Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003esheriff, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers include correspondence, business \u0026amp; legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections\u003c/title\u003ebut unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb Family\u003c/famname\u003e(Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eFamilies (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Board of Supervisors\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n February 17, 1953.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1891) and \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. post 1899), was a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSalem\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eareas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also involved with the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026amp; 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003e, including the correspondence\n between \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, his sons, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Box 1), and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003emarried \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Lester Cammack\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Herndon Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1878-1959), \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmmet Cammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1879-1888), \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Sterrett Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1888-1941), \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eKathleen Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1890-1964) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter N. Cole\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eover business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1927) a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eClay Valley Brick and Tile Works\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 9), sale of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003elots and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover junction\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e(1891 April 1). \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e(real estate), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.T. Booz\u003c/persname\u003ewere both editors and\n proprietors of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWaynesboro City Times\u003c/corpname\u003e, established\n January 6, 1891. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ealso established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa News and Farmer\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1879, changing\n its name to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County News\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Guano Company\u003c/corpname\u003epartnership between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn P. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. Chandler\u003c/persname\u003eset up to manufacture\n guano in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRich \u0026amp; Cornevin\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrocers and Meat Dealers\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942), another son\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate CrammackBibb\u003c/persname\u003e, include business \u0026amp;\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb \u0026amp; Bibb, Attorneys at Law\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n papers pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIndependent Order of Odd Fellows\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026amp; receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness correspondence includes land transactions in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; business matters of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment Company of\n Roanoke\u003c/corpname\u003e, Virginia, and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Lumber Company\u003c/corpname\u003e( \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge A. Haynes\u003c/persname\u003e, general commission\n merchant, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026amp; 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's 150 acre farm in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Jun 9 \u0026amp; 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ewoman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eFarmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894 Apr 9); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHazelbrook Home School\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1895 Apr 18 \u0026amp;\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Henry Adams\u003c/persname\u003e(1842-1930) son of\n General \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Perry\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, and mining engineer, to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003etook an option on the property from\n its owner in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ein March 1883. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eserved as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003easked \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eto secure legal protection against a \n \u003cpersname\u003eMr. Rogers\u003c/persname\u003ewho had been threatening to\n shoot \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003eon sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e[ca. 1897\n ?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Davis\u003c/persname\u003elands as the town site of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, in 1890. \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand several others decided to\n promote \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003ethrough the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003epurchased several lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003efor himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003e's lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003e, development of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eGoodwin\u003c/persname\u003etract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003eeventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003ewas also apparently associated with\n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e(see boxes 24-26) in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, a member of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003eoffice of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon and Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, along with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, widow of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eSheriff \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw office of Nelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourt clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, a postal clerk of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHenrico County\u003c/geogname\u003e, accused of\n embezzlement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSlate Hill Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWalnut Grove Gold Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMorrison Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the following topics: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBridgewater Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e, barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSmith\u003c/persname\u003evs \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein November 1900.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals with letters in these files include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard P. Bell\u003c/persname\u003e(law office); \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.C. Braxton\u003c/persname\u003e(lawyer); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames R. Caton\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eFairfax Cary Christian\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCoalter \u0026amp; Wise law firm\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eM.H. Crump\u003c/persname\u003e(land agent); \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles W. Cunningham\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDingee, Weinman \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eOliver Duncan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn B. Dye\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace M. Engle\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward L. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth Planing Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eS.G. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fleming\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Pyrites Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eD.C. Gallagher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eErnest A. Hoen\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Morais Hyneman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Jeffrey\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Pinos Altos Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChihuahua, Mexico\u003c/geogname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.F. Knox\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.C. Leake, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Levy\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.M. McDonald\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDominion Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Morris\u003c/persname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge W. Palmer\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Partridge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.N. Pool\u003c/persname\u003e(President of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIngalls Iron \u0026amp; Coal Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. Tinsley\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Walker\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.J. Weicher\u003c/persname\u003e(manager of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Caledonia Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames D. West\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Wingfield\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin \n \u003cpersname\u003eRosa P. Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, author of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDown Among the Crackers\u003c/title\u003e(1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(?-1891); his sisters, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMollie Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003e. Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n \u003cpersname\u003eClarence A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026amp; Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eClifton Forge, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Hicks Corron\u003c/persname\u003e, page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's illness while at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Apr 19\n \u0026amp; May 4); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, husband of \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Bibb Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026amp; 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.H. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's notes on \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003egenealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026amp; Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCuba\u003c/geogname\u003e(n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewhile he was a patient at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentioning political offices, \n \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, and political affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe small number of legal cases of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Trice\u003c/persname\u003eand the executors of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Andrews\u003c/persname\u003eEstate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026amp; theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026amp; 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n \u003cpersname\u003eLouis H. Wondree\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Aug 14 \u0026amp; Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026amp; Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral State Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n \u003cpersname\u003eIsaac Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Barret\u003c/persname\u003e, to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames G. Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Mills\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusan Waddy\u003c/persname\u003einvolving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliamsburg asylum\u003c/corpname\u003e(1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip Sheridan\u003c/persname\u003efor three months by\n African-American \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wallace\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Nov 25); possible \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003erelatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eValley Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e\u0026amp; Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003e, Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026amp;\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCleveland\u003c/geogname\u003eslant (1892 Apr 24); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eat \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1893 Jul 28\n \u0026amp; 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n \u003cpersname\u003eJim Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, by another member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Oct 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ebitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliam and Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.B. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003ere \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's mother at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1898 Feb 2 \u0026amp; 10);\n the Cuban \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRicardo Sugar Estate\u003c/corpname\u003ebelonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.H.R. Doringh\u003c/persname\u003e(1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026amp; 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePantops Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Aug 17 \u0026amp; 25, and\n Sep 6); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Sep 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's interest in joining the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEpiscopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdna Beckwith\u003c/persname\u003efor mental treatment in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899-1900); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrown's University School\u003c/corpname\u003e(1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eKey Family\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (1904 Jan 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe political correspondence discusses \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrange\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlex J. Wedderburn\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jan 25); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026amp; 10); violence in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026amp; 13); many letters supporting \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003efor commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026amp; 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026amp; 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRoanoke Democratic Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eseeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames C. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003emine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026amp; 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003esenatorial contest of 1899; \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the correspondents in the political files\n include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR.E. Boykin\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003ePaul C. Edmunds\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Nov 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eH.D. Flood\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 May 14, Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Hay\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Nov 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJed. Hotchkiss\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEppa Hunton, Sr\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McComb\u003c/persname\u003e(1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. McIlwaine\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Mann\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eS.R. Moore\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026amp; 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eF.F. Ninde\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Sep 5)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Pendleton\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry R. Pollard\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Mar 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR. Carter Scott\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jul 6 \u0026amp; 12)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Apr 19; May 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJ. Hoge Tyler\u003c/persname\u003e(1900 Mar 2)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eSamuel W. Williams\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eGeorge D. Wise\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Dec 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Daniel\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas S. Martin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScottsville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Taylor Ellyson\u003c/persname\u003e, the Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia State Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e, a Virginia Senator\n representing \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.E. Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Rixey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles T. O'Ferrall\u003c/persname\u003e, members of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited States House of Representatives\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n and \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.R. Powell\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026amp;\n Businesses\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003eand the accounts of his\n children \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Boxley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e. The letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eare concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNewark, New Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Poindexter\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, over \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's property to cars at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eaccording to specifications. The \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw firm of Bibb and Bibb\u003c/corpname\u003eapparently\n represented the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein the dispute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epapers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e, a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ephysician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n \u003cpersname\u003eTownshead\u003c/persname\u003e. Items in the accounts \u0026amp;\n receipts of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner\u003c/famname\u003efamily include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMethodist Episcopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003eon \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMadison Circuit, Virginia Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026amp; 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePottierville Post Office\u003c/corpname\u003eaccount (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Baughan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth P. Sledd\u003c/persname\u003e(1850 Jan 31); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall\u003c/corpname\u003erental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGoochland Academy\u003c/corpname\u003etuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026amp; 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eeducation receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice E. Wyatt\u003c/persname\u003e(1864 Jul 30), \n \u003cpersname\u003eBettie B. Brick\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouthfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South\u003c/corpname\u003e(1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Grace\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eGarland J. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eSandy\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Francisco\u003c/persname\u003e(1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Johnson\u003c/persname\u003eto learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Lewis\u003c/persname\u003e(1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n \u003cpersname\u003eNelson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHarvey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eAustin\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.R. Watson\u003c/persname\u003e\"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present are receipts for several persons hired by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eafter the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAnnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBonnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Aug 8)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Henry Bullock\u003c/persname\u003e(1869 Jan 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eLewis Holliday\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Sep 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin Marshall\u003c/persname\u003e, freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mason\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Jul 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mino\u003c/persname\u003er, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026amp; 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Jan 7)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Myers\u003c/persname\u003e(1882 Feb 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eFranklin Page\u003c/persname\u003e, son of freedwoman \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Page\u003c/persname\u003e, by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eA.V. Parrish\u003c/persname\u003e(1885 Mar 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRichard Petters\u003c/persname\u003e(1870 Nov 14 \u0026amp; Dec\n 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eElisha Purington\u003c/persname\u003e(1872 Apr 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eCharles Rollins\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 19)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Tompkins\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003ebusiness correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.B. Brock\u003c/persname\u003e(1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eto work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Terrell\u003c/persname\u003eseeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCaptain Bentley Brown's Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n \u003cpersname\u003eClayton\u003c/persname\u003ewill not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.T. Brown\u003c/persname\u003eand squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026amp; 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.J. Yarbough\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Kirk\u003c/persname\u003e, married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWarner Hall\u003c/persname\u003edisability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusannah D. Mills\u003c/persname\u003eon the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epersonal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n \u003cpersname\u003eDr. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand his wayward son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1888), out West in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Louis\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e, and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral Johnston\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGeorgia\u003c/geogname\u003eand his participation in the\n Battle of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Hope Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1864 Jun 23); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e, describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBrazil\u003c/geogname\u003eof a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmazon River\u003c/geogname\u003e, and a request to present a\n speech before the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePhilo Mathematician Society\u003c/corpname\u003eon July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNebraska\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMinnesota\u003c/geogname\u003e(1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e(1874 Feb 22); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ehas his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eabout \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eH. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eis not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026amp; 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efor sixteen years, elected\n to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eConstitutional Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEdgewoth, Albemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003eand educated\n privately by his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and was married (1884)\n first to \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Maud Winston\u003c/persname\u003e(1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n \u003cpersname\u003eNellie Blair Hunt\u003c/persname\u003e. The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Gordon\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaury Morris\u003c/persname\u003eof fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1887 Apr 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.B. Grymes\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Jane Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1852-1891), \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander T. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.O. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e, sister, \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCassius Carter\u003c/persname\u003e. Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMetz, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Aug 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Goodwin May\u003c/persname\u003eare chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn F. Tolley \u0026amp; Bro.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary L. (Baker) Massie\u003c/persname\u003evs the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrand Lodge Knights of Pythias\u003c/corpname\u003e; the\n estates of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.J. Underwood\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJeff Porter\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003cpersname\u003eMamie Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eDivorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n \u003cpersname\u003eL.J. Haley\u003c/persname\u003e(1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge S. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003e(1914 Jun 16); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCumberland Sanitorium\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLebanon, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e(1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n \u003cpersname\u003eGladys May\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003eduring World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe business and legal papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), sheriff of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, include: a letter from \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Gilman\u003c/persname\u003eto Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia House of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ewhere, \"I\n trust \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003ewill be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral Lunatic Asylum\u003c/corpname\u003enear \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003ewho was probably headed for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.V. Winston\u003c/persname\u003easking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003ewas the law partner of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ein the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. In 1936, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003ebecame director of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDivision of Motor Vehicles\u003c/corpname\u003efor \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. He served as a member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHaile Gold Mines, Inc.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1937 Jul 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003eand the declaration of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003efor candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl H. Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(1933\n May 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the papers related to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and politics are:\n the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLouisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll;\u003c/title\u003eelection returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026amp; n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026amp; Miscellaneous Documents.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusinesses represented in this series include: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCraig Kennels and Game Farm\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJackson Telephone and Telegraph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Old Dominion Phonograph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. The directors of this company were \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.P. Talley\u003c/persname\u003e(President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(Vice-President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.R. Goodwin\u003c/persname\u003e(General Manager), \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003e(Secretary \u0026amp; Treasurer,\n replaced by \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003ein June 1890), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.O. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.W. Flannagan\u003c/persname\u003e. Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003eand then \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e, and was concerned with a new \n \u003ccorpname\u003eC \u0026amp; O Railroad\u003c/corpname\u003edepot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026amp; 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTolersville\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026amp; receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Boyd Smith Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003emines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, who was also President of the\n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mines\u003c/corpname\u003eand much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand his company, law suits\n against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewho was his legal representative\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026amp; October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical \u0026amp; Mining\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003estore script (see separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eD. Boyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eto his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1901).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1887-?), a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eState Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles C. Carlin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward W. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eA. Willis Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFauquier County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucinda Lewis Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand was educated at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Winston Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, daughter of Judge \n \u003cpersname\u003eF.W. Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, and became a dairy farmer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. His only brother was\n Representative \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward Smith\u003c/persname\u003eof the Eighth District.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Bound Volumes \u0026amp; Oversize Material\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of the papers of the \n Louisa County lawyer, \n W. E. Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Mineral City Mining","Manufacturing and Land Company","Louisa County Board of Supervisors","University of Virginia","Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company","Arminius Chemical Company","Nelms \u0026 Wise","Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company","Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company","Waynesboro City Times","Louisa News and Farmer","Louisa County News","Louisa Guano Company","Rich \u0026 Cornevin","Grocers and Meat Dealers","Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law","Independent Order of Odd Fellows","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke","Louisa Lumber Company","Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company","Hazelbrook Home School","Pyrites Chemical Mining Company","Bibb, Harmon and Company","law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise","Slate Hill Mine","Arminius Mine","Walnut Grove Gold Mine","Morrison Mine","Bridgewater Mills","The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company","Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm","Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company","South Planing Mills","Virginia Pyrites Mining Company","New Pinos Altos Company","Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company","The Caledonia Mine","Richmond Female Seminary","Pasteur Institute","Central State Hospital","Williamsburg asylum","Valley Seminary","Hollins Institute","Richmond Female Institute","Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia","William and Mary","Ricardo Sugar Estate","Pantops Academy","Randolph-Macon College","Episcopal Church","Brown's University School","Grange","Roanoke Democratic Convention","Virginia State Democratic Committee","United States House of Representatives","H.C. Buck, Jr. Company","law firm of Bibb and Bibb","Methodist Episcopal Church","Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference","Pottierville Post Office","John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall","Goochland Academy","Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South","Captain Bentley Brown's Company","New Hope Church","Philo Mathematician Society","House of Delegates","Constitutional Convention","John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro.","Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias","Cumberland Sanitorium","Virginia House of Delegates","Central Lunatic Asylum","Division of Motor Vehicles","Haile Gold Mines, Inc.","Democratic National Convention","Louisa County Democratic Committee","Craig Kennels and Game Farm","Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company","The Old Dominion Phonograph Company","C \u0026 O Railroad","Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Arminius Mines","Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company","Buckner family","Bibb Family","Bibb family","Key Family","Buckner","W. E. Bibb","Baldwin M. Buckner","Boyd M. 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Evans","S.G. Evans","John Fleming","D.C. Gallagher","W.S. Harris","Ernest A. Hoen","Samuel Morais Hyneman","W.B. Jeffrey","R.F. Knox","T.C. Leake, Jr.","J.B. Levy","W.A. Little","H.M. McDonald","Robert F. Morris","George W. Palmer","John A. Partridge","R.N. Pool","William B. Tinsley","John F. Walker","J.J. Weicher","James D. West","J.F. Wingfield","Rosa P. Chiles","Lucy Bibb","Mollie Bibb","Ella Rachel Broadhead","J.F. Bickers","E.G. Briscoe","George [Cammack ?]","Clarence A. Bibb","Elizabeth Hicks Corron","Janet Bibb","William F. Broadhead","Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead","J.H. Bibb","Theodore Roosevelt","John J. Trice","Samuel Andrews","Louis H. Wondree","Isaac Harris","Robert Barret","James G. Boxley","Frank Mills","Susan Waddy","Philip Sheridan","John Wallace","J.B. Winston","Winston","Jim Bibb","R.B. Shackelford","C.H.R. Doringh","Edna Beckwith","Alex J. Wedderburn","James C. Hill","Claude Swanson","R.E. Boykin","Paul C. Edmunds","H.D. Flood","James Hay","Jed. 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Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Mineral City Mining","Manufacturing and Land Company","Louisa County Board of Supervisors","University of Virginia","Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company","Arminius Chemical Company","Nelms \u0026 Wise","Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company","Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company","Waynesboro City Times","Louisa News and Farmer","Louisa County News","Louisa Guano Company","Rich \u0026 Cornevin","Grocers and Meat Dealers","Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law","Independent Order of Odd Fellows","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke","Louisa Lumber Company","Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company","Hazelbrook Home School","Pyrites Chemical Mining Company","Bibb, Harmon and Company","law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise","Slate Hill Mine","Arminius Mine","Walnut Grove Gold Mine","Morrison Mine","Bridgewater Mills","The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company","Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm","Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company","South Planing Mills","Virginia Pyrites Mining Company","New Pinos Altos Company","Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company","The Caledonia Mine","Richmond Female Seminary","Pasteur Institute","Central State Hospital","Williamsburg asylum","Valley Seminary","Hollins Institute","Richmond Female Institute","Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia","William and Mary","Ricardo Sugar Estate","Pantops Academy","Randolph-Macon College","Episcopal Church","Brown's University School","Grange","Roanoke Democratic Convention","Virginia State Democratic Committee","United States House of Representatives","H.C. Buck, Jr. Company","law firm of Bibb and Bibb","Methodist Episcopal Church","Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference","Pottierville Post Office","John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall","Goochland Academy","Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South","Captain Bentley Brown's Company","New Hope Church","Philo Mathematician Society","House of Delegates","Constitutional Convention","John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro.","Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias","Cumberland Sanitorium","Virginia House of Delegates","Central Lunatic Asylum","Division of Motor Vehicles","Haile Gold Mines, Inc.","Democratic National Convention","Louisa County Democratic Committee","Craig Kennels and Game Farm","Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company","The Old Dominion Phonograph Company","C \u0026 O Railroad","Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Arminius Mines","Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company","Buckner family","Bibb Family","Bibb family","Key Family","Buckner","W. E. Bibb","Baldwin M. Buckner","Boyd M. Smith","Reuben Lindsay Gordon","John G. May","William Worth Smith, Jr.","Robert F. Moss","John Q. Rhodes","William Emmet Bibb","Boyd Smith","Carl Nolting","William T. Bibb","Lucy A. Bibb","Bibb","W.E. Bibb","James E. Bibb","John Pendleton Bibb","William C. Bibb","Kate Lester Cammack","Janet Herndon Bibb","Emmet Cammack Bibb","William Chew Bibb","Rebecca Sterrett Bibb","Kathleen Bibb","Walter N. Cole","W.L. Bishop","J.R. Crank","Charles Goodloe","Thomas J. Harmon","B.M. (Hasher) Loving","Ella R. Moss","Samuel H. Parsons","J.F. Reynolds","Helen Summers","James Bibb","T.J. Harmon","J.T. Booz","Kate Crammack Bibb","John P. Bibb","John H. Chandler","Kate CrammackBibb","William E. Bibb","George A. Haynes","William Henry Adams","Henry Perry","Elizabeth Adams","Adams","Mr. Rogers","Reuben Davis","Bishop","Goodwin","Smith","Richard P. Bell","A.C. Braxton","James R. Caton","Fairfax Cary Christian","M.H. Crump","Charles W. Cunningham","Oliver Duncan","John B. Dye","Horace M. Engle","Edward L. Evans","S.G. Evans","John Fleming","D.C. Gallagher","W.S. Harris","Ernest A. Hoen","Samuel Morais Hyneman","W.B. Jeffrey","R.F. Knox","T.C. Leake, Jr.","J.B. Levy","W.A. Little","H.M. McDonald","Robert F. Morris","George W. Palmer","John A. Partridge","R.N. Pool","William B. Tinsley","John F. Walker","J.J. Weicher","James D. West","J.F. Wingfield","Rosa P. Chiles","Lucy Bibb","Mollie Bibb","Ella Rachel Broadhead","J.F. Bickers","E.G. Briscoe","George [Cammack ?]","Clarence A. Bibb","Elizabeth Hicks Corron","Janet Bibb","William F. Broadhead","Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead","J.H. Bibb","Theodore Roosevelt","John J. Trice","Samuel Andrews","Louis H. Wondree","Isaac Harris","Robert Barret","James G. Boxley","Frank Mills","Susan Waddy","Philip Sheridan","John Wallace","J.B. Winston","Winston","Jim Bibb","R.B. Shackelford","C.H.R. Doringh","Edna Beckwith","Alex J. Wedderburn","James C. Hill","Claude Swanson","R.E. Boykin","Paul C. Edmunds","H.D. Flood","James Hay","Jed. Hotchkiss","Eppa Hunton, Sr","William A. Jones","W.H.F. Lee","William McComb","William B. McIlwaine","James Mann","S.R. Moore","F.F. Ninde","W.B. Pendleton","Henry R. Pollard","R. Carter Scott","J. Hoge Tyler","Samuel W. Williams","George D. Wise","John W. Daniel","Thomas S. Martin","J. Taylor Ellyson","William A. Little","E.E. Meredith","John F. Rixey","Charles T. O'Ferrall","R.R. Powell","John Boxley","H.C. Buck, Jr.","John Chiles","Mary Fletcher","R.L. Gordon","George H. Johnson","Joseph R. Mosby","J.Q. Rhodes","Ellis Sharp","J.G. Thomasson","John J. Boxley, Jr.","Virginia Boxley","W.S. Poindexter","Poindexter","Townshead","William Baughan","Elizabeth P. Sledd","Alice E. Wyatt","Bettie B. Brick","Buckner","Mary Grace","Garland J. Harris","Mary Harris","Joseph","Sandy","Henry Francisco","Lewis Johnson","Richard Lewis","Nelson","Harvey","Austin","E.R. Watson","Annie Brown","Bonnie Brown","James Henry Bullock","Lewis Holliday","Benjamin Marshall","Robert Mason","Robert Mino","Henry Meredith","Andrew Myers","Franklin Page","Elizabeth Page","A.V. Parrish","Richard Petters","Elisha Purington","Charles Rollins","William A. Tompkins","E.B. Brock","John Terrell","Clayton","C.T. Brown","A.J. Yarbough","W.S. Kirk","Warner Hall","Susannah D. Mills","Dr. Buckner","Horace Buckner","General Johnston","Robert Buckner","H. Buckner","Gordon","William F. Gordon","Alice Maud Winston","Nellie Blair Hunt","Daniel Gordon","R.L. Gordon, Jr.","Maury Morris","A.B. Grymes","William F. Gordon, Jr.","Mary Jane Gordon","Alexander T. Gordon","J.O. Winston","B.L. Gordon","Cassius Carter","John Goodwin May","Mary L. (Baker) Massie","W.J. Underwood","Jeff Porter","Mamie Thomas","J.B. Thomas","L.J. Haley","George S. Shackelford","Gladys May","William Gilman","H.V. Winston","W.C. Bibb","Rhodes","Carl H. Nolting","R.P. Talley","W.R. Goodwin","P.B. Porter","A.G. Hill","W.O. Smith","J.W. Flannagan","D. Boyd Smith","William Worth Smith Jr.","Charles C. Carlin","Howard W. Smith","A. Willis Robertson","William Worth Smith","Lucinda Lewis Smith","Lucy Winston Sims","F.W. Sims","Howard Smith","English"],"unitid_tesim":["4171"],"normalized_title_ssm":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"collection_title_tesim":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"collection_ssim":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift 1955 February 17"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["18,250 items"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of the papers of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003elawyer, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW. E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910) and other \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eCourt House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd M. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, Virginia State\n senator, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelection materials, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eManufacturing and Land Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003esheriff, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers include correspondence, business \u0026amp; legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections\u003c/title\u003ebut unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb Family\u003c/famname\u003e(Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eFamilies (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Board of Supervisors\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n February 17, 1953.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1891) and \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. post 1899), was a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSalem\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eareas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also involved with the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026amp; 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003e, including the correspondence\n between \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, his sons, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Box 1), and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003emarried \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Lester Cammack\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Herndon Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1878-1959), \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmmet Cammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1879-1888), \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Sterrett Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1888-1941), \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eKathleen Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1890-1964) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter N. Cole\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eover business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1927) a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eClay Valley Brick and Tile Works\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 9), sale of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003elots and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover junction\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e(1891 April 1). \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e(real estate), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.T. Booz\u003c/persname\u003ewere both editors and\n proprietors of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWaynesboro City Times\u003c/corpname\u003e, established\n January 6, 1891. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ealso established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa News and Farmer\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1879, changing\n its name to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County News\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Guano Company\u003c/corpname\u003epartnership between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn P. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. Chandler\u003c/persname\u003eset up to manufacture\n guano in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRich \u0026amp; Cornevin\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrocers and Meat Dealers\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942), another son\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate CrammackBibb\u003c/persname\u003e, include business \u0026amp;\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb \u0026amp; Bibb, Attorneys at Law\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n papers pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIndependent Order of Odd Fellows\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026amp; receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness correspondence includes land transactions in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; business matters of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment Company of\n Roanoke\u003c/corpname\u003e, Virginia, and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Lumber Company\u003c/corpname\u003e( \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge A. Haynes\u003c/persname\u003e, general commission\n merchant, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026amp; 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's 150 acre farm in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Jun 9 \u0026amp; 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ewoman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eFarmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894 Apr 9); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHazelbrook Home School\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1895 Apr 18 \u0026amp;\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Henry Adams\u003c/persname\u003e(1842-1930) son of\n General \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Perry\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, and mining engineer, to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003etook an option on the property from\n its owner in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ein March 1883. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eserved as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003easked \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eto secure legal protection against a \n \u003cpersname\u003eMr. Rogers\u003c/persname\u003ewho had been threatening to\n shoot \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003eon sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e[ca. 1897\n ?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Davis\u003c/persname\u003elands as the town site of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, in 1890. \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand several others decided to\n promote \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003ethrough the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003epurchased several lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003efor himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003e's lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003e, development of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eGoodwin\u003c/persname\u003etract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003eeventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003ewas also apparently associated with\n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e(see boxes 24-26) in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, a member of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003eoffice of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon and Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, along with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, widow of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eSheriff \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw office of Nelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourt clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, a postal clerk of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHenrico County\u003c/geogname\u003e, accused of\n embezzlement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSlate Hill Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWalnut Grove Gold Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMorrison Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the following topics: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBridgewater Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e, barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSmith\u003c/persname\u003evs \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein November 1900.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals with letters in these files include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard P. Bell\u003c/persname\u003e(law office); \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.C. Braxton\u003c/persname\u003e(lawyer); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames R. Caton\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eFairfax Cary Christian\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCoalter \u0026amp; Wise law firm\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eM.H. Crump\u003c/persname\u003e(land agent); \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles W. Cunningham\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDingee, Weinman \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eOliver Duncan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn B. Dye\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace M. Engle\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward L. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth Planing Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eS.G. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fleming\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Pyrites Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eD.C. Gallagher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eErnest A. Hoen\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Morais Hyneman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Jeffrey\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Pinos Altos Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChihuahua, Mexico\u003c/geogname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.F. Knox\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.C. Leake, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Levy\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.M. McDonald\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDominion Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Morris\u003c/persname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge W. Palmer\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Partridge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.N. Pool\u003c/persname\u003e(President of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIngalls Iron \u0026amp; Coal Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. Tinsley\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Walker\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.J. Weicher\u003c/persname\u003e(manager of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Caledonia Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames D. West\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Wingfield\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin \n \u003cpersname\u003eRosa P. Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, author of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDown Among the Crackers\u003c/title\u003e(1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(?-1891); his sisters, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMollie Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003e. Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n \u003cpersname\u003eClarence A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026amp; Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eClifton Forge, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Hicks Corron\u003c/persname\u003e, page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's illness while at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Apr 19\n \u0026amp; May 4); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, husband of \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Bibb Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026amp; 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.H. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's notes on \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003egenealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026amp; Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCuba\u003c/geogname\u003e(n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewhile he was a patient at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentioning political offices, \n \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, and political affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe small number of legal cases of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Trice\u003c/persname\u003eand the executors of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Andrews\u003c/persname\u003eEstate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026amp; theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026amp; 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n \u003cpersname\u003eLouis H. Wondree\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Aug 14 \u0026amp; Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026amp; Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral State Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n \u003cpersname\u003eIsaac Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Barret\u003c/persname\u003e, to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames G. Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Mills\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusan Waddy\u003c/persname\u003einvolving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliamsburg asylum\u003c/corpname\u003e(1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip Sheridan\u003c/persname\u003efor three months by\n African-American \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wallace\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Nov 25); possible \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003erelatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eValley Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e\u0026amp; Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003e, Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026amp;\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCleveland\u003c/geogname\u003eslant (1892 Apr 24); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eat \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1893 Jul 28\n \u0026amp; 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n \u003cpersname\u003eJim Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, by another member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Oct 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ebitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliam and Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.B. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003ere \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's mother at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1898 Feb 2 \u0026amp; 10);\n the Cuban \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRicardo Sugar Estate\u003c/corpname\u003ebelonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.H.R. Doringh\u003c/persname\u003e(1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026amp; 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePantops Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Aug 17 \u0026amp; 25, and\n Sep 6); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Sep 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's interest in joining the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEpiscopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdna Beckwith\u003c/persname\u003efor mental treatment in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899-1900); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrown's University School\u003c/corpname\u003e(1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eKey Family\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (1904 Jan 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe political correspondence discusses \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrange\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlex J. Wedderburn\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jan 25); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026amp; 10); violence in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026amp; 13); many letters supporting \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003efor commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026amp; 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026amp; 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRoanoke Democratic Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eseeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames C. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003emine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026amp; 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003esenatorial contest of 1899; \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the correspondents in the political files\n include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR.E. Boykin\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003ePaul C. Edmunds\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Nov 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eH.D. Flood\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 May 14, Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Hay\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Nov 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJed. Hotchkiss\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEppa Hunton, Sr\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McComb\u003c/persname\u003e(1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. McIlwaine\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Mann\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eS.R. Moore\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026amp; 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eF.F. Ninde\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Sep 5)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Pendleton\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry R. Pollard\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Mar 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR. Carter Scott\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jul 6 \u0026amp; 12)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Apr 19; May 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJ. Hoge Tyler\u003c/persname\u003e(1900 Mar 2)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eSamuel W. Williams\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eGeorge D. Wise\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Dec 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Daniel\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas S. Martin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScottsville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Taylor Ellyson\u003c/persname\u003e, the Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia State Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e, a Virginia Senator\n representing \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.E. Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Rixey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles T. O'Ferrall\u003c/persname\u003e, members of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited States House of Representatives\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n and \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.R. Powell\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026amp;\n Businesses\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003eand the accounts of his\n children \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Boxley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e. The letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eare concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNewark, New Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Poindexter\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, over \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's property to cars at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eaccording to specifications. The \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw firm of Bibb and Bibb\u003c/corpname\u003eapparently\n represented the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein the dispute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epapers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e, a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ephysician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n \u003cpersname\u003eTownshead\u003c/persname\u003e. Items in the accounts \u0026amp;\n receipts of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner\u003c/famname\u003efamily include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMethodist Episcopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003eon \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMadison Circuit, Virginia Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026amp; 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePottierville Post Office\u003c/corpname\u003eaccount (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Baughan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth P. Sledd\u003c/persname\u003e(1850 Jan 31); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall\u003c/corpname\u003erental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGoochland Academy\u003c/corpname\u003etuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026amp; 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eeducation receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice E. Wyatt\u003c/persname\u003e(1864 Jul 30), \n \u003cpersname\u003eBettie B. Brick\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouthfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South\u003c/corpname\u003e(1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Grace\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eGarland J. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eSandy\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Francisco\u003c/persname\u003e(1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Johnson\u003c/persname\u003eto learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Lewis\u003c/persname\u003e(1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n \u003cpersname\u003eNelson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHarvey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eAustin\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.R. Watson\u003c/persname\u003e\"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present are receipts for several persons hired by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eafter the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAnnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBonnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Aug 8)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Henry Bullock\u003c/persname\u003e(1869 Jan 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eLewis Holliday\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Sep 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin Marshall\u003c/persname\u003e, freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mason\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Jul 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mino\u003c/persname\u003er, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026amp; 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Jan 7)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Myers\u003c/persname\u003e(1882 Feb 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eFranklin Page\u003c/persname\u003e, son of freedwoman \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Page\u003c/persname\u003e, by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eA.V. Parrish\u003c/persname\u003e(1885 Mar 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRichard Petters\u003c/persname\u003e(1870 Nov 14 \u0026amp; Dec\n 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eElisha Purington\u003c/persname\u003e(1872 Apr 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eCharles Rollins\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 19)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Tompkins\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003ebusiness correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.B. Brock\u003c/persname\u003e(1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eto work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Terrell\u003c/persname\u003eseeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCaptain Bentley Brown's Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n \u003cpersname\u003eClayton\u003c/persname\u003ewill not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.T. Brown\u003c/persname\u003eand squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026amp; 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.J. Yarbough\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Kirk\u003c/persname\u003e, married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWarner Hall\u003c/persname\u003edisability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusannah D. Mills\u003c/persname\u003eon the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epersonal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n \u003cpersname\u003eDr. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand his wayward son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1888), out West in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Louis\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e, and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral Johnston\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGeorgia\u003c/geogname\u003eand his participation in the\n Battle of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Hope Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1864 Jun 23); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e, describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBrazil\u003c/geogname\u003eof a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmazon River\u003c/geogname\u003e, and a request to present a\n speech before the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePhilo Mathematician Society\u003c/corpname\u003eon July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNebraska\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMinnesota\u003c/geogname\u003e(1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e(1874 Feb 22); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ehas his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eabout \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eH. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eis not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026amp; 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efor sixteen years, elected\n to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eConstitutional Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEdgewoth, Albemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003eand educated\n privately by his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and was married (1884)\n first to \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Maud Winston\u003c/persname\u003e(1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n \u003cpersname\u003eNellie Blair Hunt\u003c/persname\u003e. The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Gordon\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaury Morris\u003c/persname\u003eof fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1887 Apr 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.B. Grymes\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Jane Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1852-1891), \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander T. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.O. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e, sister, \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCassius Carter\u003c/persname\u003e. Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMetz, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Aug 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Goodwin May\u003c/persname\u003eare chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn F. Tolley \u0026amp; Bro.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary L. (Baker) Massie\u003c/persname\u003evs the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrand Lodge Knights of Pythias\u003c/corpname\u003e; the\n estates of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.J. Underwood\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJeff Porter\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003cpersname\u003eMamie Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eDivorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n \u003cpersname\u003eL.J. Haley\u003c/persname\u003e(1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge S. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003e(1914 Jun 16); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCumberland Sanitorium\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLebanon, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e(1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n \u003cpersname\u003eGladys May\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003eduring World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe business and legal papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), sheriff of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, include: a letter from \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Gilman\u003c/persname\u003eto Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia House of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ewhere, \"I\n trust \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003ewill be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral Lunatic Asylum\u003c/corpname\u003enear \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003ewho was probably headed for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.V. Winston\u003c/persname\u003easking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003ewas the law partner of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ein the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. In 1936, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003ebecame director of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDivision of Motor Vehicles\u003c/corpname\u003efor \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. He served as a member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHaile Gold Mines, Inc.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1937 Jul 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003eand the declaration of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003efor candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl H. Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(1933\n May 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the papers related to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and politics are:\n the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLouisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll;\u003c/title\u003eelection returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026amp; n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026amp; Miscellaneous Documents.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusinesses represented in this series include: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCraig Kennels and Game Farm\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJackson Telephone and Telegraph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Old Dominion Phonograph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. The directors of this company were \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.P. Talley\u003c/persname\u003e(President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(Vice-President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.R. Goodwin\u003c/persname\u003e(General Manager), \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003e(Secretary \u0026amp; Treasurer,\n replaced by \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003ein June 1890), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.O. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.W. Flannagan\u003c/persname\u003e. Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003eand then \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e, and was concerned with a new \n \u003ccorpname\u003eC \u0026amp; O Railroad\u003c/corpname\u003edepot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026amp; 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTolersville\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026amp; receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Boyd Smith Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003emines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, who was also President of the\n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mines\u003c/corpname\u003eand much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand his company, law suits\n against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewho was his legal representative\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026amp; October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical \u0026amp; Mining\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003estore script (see separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eD. Boyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eto his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1901).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1887-?), a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eState Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles C. Carlin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward W. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eA. Willis Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFauquier County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucinda Lewis Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand was educated at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Winston Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, daughter of Judge \n \u003cpersname\u003eF.W. Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, and became a dairy farmer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. His only brother was\n Representative \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward Smith\u003c/persname\u003eof the Eighth District.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Bound Volumes \u0026amp; Oversize Material\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of the papers of the \n Louisa County lawyer, \n W. E. Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Mineral City Mining","Manufacturing and Land Company","Louisa County Board of Supervisors","University of Virginia","Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company","Arminius Chemical Company","Nelms \u0026 Wise","Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company","Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company","Waynesboro City Times","Louisa News and Farmer","Louisa County News","Louisa Guano Company","Rich \u0026 Cornevin","Grocers and Meat Dealers","Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law","Independent Order of Odd Fellows","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke","Louisa Lumber Company","Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company","Hazelbrook Home School","Pyrites Chemical Mining Company","Bibb, Harmon and Company","law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise","Slate Hill Mine","Arminius Mine","Walnut Grove Gold Mine","Morrison Mine","Bridgewater Mills","The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company","Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm","Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company","South Planing Mills","Virginia Pyrites Mining Company","New Pinos Altos Company","Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company","The Caledonia Mine","Richmond Female Seminary","Pasteur Institute","Central State Hospital","Williamsburg asylum","Valley Seminary","Hollins Institute","Richmond Female Institute","Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia","William and Mary","Ricardo Sugar Estate","Pantops Academy","Randolph-Macon College","Episcopal Church","Brown's University School","Grange","Roanoke Democratic Convention","Virginia State Democratic Committee","United States House of Representatives","H.C. Buck, Jr. Company","law firm of Bibb and Bibb","Methodist Episcopal Church","Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference","Pottierville Post Office","John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall","Goochland Academy","Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South","Captain Bentley Brown's Company","New Hope Church","Philo Mathematician Society","House of Delegates","Constitutional Convention","John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro.","Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias","Cumberland Sanitorium","Virginia House of Delegates","Central Lunatic Asylum","Division of Motor Vehicles","Haile Gold Mines, Inc.","Democratic National Convention","Louisa County Democratic Committee","Craig Kennels and Game Farm","Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company","The Old Dominion Phonograph Company","C \u0026 O Railroad","Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Arminius Mines","Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company","Buckner family","Bibb Family","Bibb family","Key Family","Buckner","W. E. Bibb","Baldwin M. Buckner","Boyd M. Smith","Reuben Lindsay Gordon","John G. May","William Worth Smith, Jr.","Robert F. Moss","John Q. Rhodes","William Emmet Bibb","Boyd Smith","Carl Nolting","William T. Bibb","Lucy A. Bibb","Bibb","W.E. Bibb","James E. Bibb","John Pendleton Bibb","William C. Bibb","Kate Lester Cammack","Janet Herndon Bibb","Emmet Cammack Bibb","William Chew Bibb","Rebecca Sterrett Bibb","Kathleen Bibb","Walter N. Cole","W.L. Bishop","J.R. Crank","Charles Goodloe","Thomas J. Harmon","B.M. (Hasher) Loving","Ella R. Moss","Samuel H. Parsons","J.F. Reynolds","Helen Summers","James Bibb","T.J. Harmon","J.T. Booz","Kate Crammack Bibb","John P. Bibb","John H. Chandler","Kate CrammackBibb","William E. Bibb","George A. Haynes","William Henry Adams","Henry Perry","Elizabeth Adams","Adams","Mr. Rogers","Reuben Davis","Bishop","Goodwin","Smith","Richard P. Bell","A.C. Braxton","James R. Caton","Fairfax Cary Christian","M.H. Crump","Charles W. Cunningham","Oliver Duncan","John B. Dye","Horace M. Engle","Edward L. Evans","S.G. Evans","John Fleming","D.C. Gallagher","W.S. Harris","Ernest A. Hoen","Samuel Morais Hyneman","W.B. Jeffrey","R.F. Knox","T.C. Leake, Jr.","J.B. Levy","W.A. Little","H.M. McDonald","Robert F. Morris","George W. Palmer","John A. Partridge","R.N. Pool","William B. Tinsley","John F. Walker","J.J. Weicher","James D. West","J.F. Wingfield","Rosa P. Chiles","Lucy Bibb","Mollie Bibb","Ella Rachel Broadhead","J.F. Bickers","E.G. Briscoe","George [Cammack ?]","Clarence A. Bibb","Elizabeth Hicks Corron","Janet Bibb","William F. Broadhead","Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead","J.H. Bibb","Theodore Roosevelt","John J. Trice","Samuel Andrews","Louis H. Wondree","Isaac Harris","Robert Barret","James G. Boxley","Frank Mills","Susan Waddy","Philip Sheridan","John Wallace","J.B. Winston","Winston","Jim Bibb","R.B. Shackelford","C.H.R. Doringh","Edna Beckwith","Alex J. Wedderburn","James C. Hill","Claude Swanson","R.E. Boykin","Paul C. Edmunds","H.D. Flood","James Hay","Jed. Hotchkiss","Eppa Hunton, Sr","William A. Jones","W.H.F. Lee","William McComb","William B. McIlwaine","James Mann","S.R. Moore","F.F. Ninde","W.B. Pendleton","Henry R. Pollard","R. Carter Scott","J. Hoge Tyler","Samuel W. Williams","George D. Wise","John W. Daniel","Thomas S. Martin","J. Taylor Ellyson","William A. Little","E.E. Meredith","John F. Rixey","Charles T. O'Ferrall","R.R. Powell","John Boxley","H.C. Buck, Jr.","John Chiles","Mary Fletcher","R.L. Gordon","George H. Johnson","Joseph R. Mosby","J.Q. Rhodes","Ellis Sharp","J.G. Thomasson","John J. Boxley, Jr.","Virginia Boxley","W.S. Poindexter","Poindexter","Townshead","William Baughan","Elizabeth P. Sledd","Alice E. Wyatt","Bettie B. Brick","Buckner","Mary Grace","Garland J. Harris","Mary Harris","Joseph","Sandy","Henry Francisco","Lewis Johnson","Richard Lewis","Nelson","Harvey","Austin","E.R. Watson","Annie Brown","Bonnie Brown","James Henry Bullock","Lewis Holliday","Benjamin Marshall","Robert Mason","Robert Mino","Henry Meredith","Andrew Myers","Franklin Page","Elizabeth Page","A.V. Parrish","Richard Petters","Elisha Purington","Charles Rollins","William A. Tompkins","E.B. Brock","John Terrell","Clayton","C.T. Brown","A.J. Yarbough","W.S. Kirk","Warner Hall","Susannah D. Mills","Dr. Buckner","Horace Buckner","General Johnston","Robert Buckner","H. Buckner","Gordon","William F. Gordon","Alice Maud Winston","Nellie Blair Hunt","Daniel Gordon","R.L. Gordon, Jr.","Maury Morris","A.B. Grymes","William F. Gordon, Jr.","Mary Jane Gordon","Alexander T. Gordon","J.O. Winston","B.L. Gordon","Cassius Carter","John Goodwin May","Mary L. (Baker) Massie","W.J. Underwood","Jeff Porter","Mamie Thomas","J.B. Thomas","L.J. Haley","George S. Shackelford","Gladys May","William Gilman","H.V. Winston","W.C. Bibb","Rhodes","Carl H. Nolting","R.P. Talley","W.R. Goodwin","P.B. Porter","A.G. Hill","W.O. Smith","J.W. Flannagan","D. Boyd Smith","William Worth Smith Jr.","Charles C. Carlin","Howard W. Smith","A. Willis Robertson","William Worth Smith","Lucinda Lewis Smith","Lucy Winston Sims","F.W. Sims","Howard Smith","English"],"unitid_tesim":["4171"],"normalized_title_ssm":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"collection_title_tesim":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"collection_ssim":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift 1955 February 17"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["18,250 items"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of the papers of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003elawyer, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW. E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910) and other \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eCourt House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd M. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, Virginia State\n senator, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelection materials, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eManufacturing and Land Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003esheriff, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers include correspondence, business \u0026amp; legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections\u003c/title\u003ebut unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb Family\u003c/famname\u003e(Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eFamilies (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Board of Supervisors\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n February 17, 1953.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1891) and \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. post 1899), was a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSalem\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eareas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also involved with the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026amp; 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003e, including the correspondence\n between \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, his sons, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Box 1), and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003emarried \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Lester Cammack\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Herndon Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1878-1959), \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmmet Cammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1879-1888), \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Sterrett Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1888-1941), \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eKathleen Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1890-1964) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter N. Cole\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eover business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1927) a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eClay Valley Brick and Tile Works\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 9), sale of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003elots and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover junction\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e(1891 April 1). \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e(real estate), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.T. Booz\u003c/persname\u003ewere both editors and\n proprietors of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWaynesboro City Times\u003c/corpname\u003e, established\n January 6, 1891. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ealso established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa News and Farmer\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1879, changing\n its name to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County News\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Guano Company\u003c/corpname\u003epartnership between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn P. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. Chandler\u003c/persname\u003eset up to manufacture\n guano in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRich \u0026amp; Cornevin\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrocers and Meat Dealers\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942), another son\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate CrammackBibb\u003c/persname\u003e, include business \u0026amp;\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb \u0026amp; Bibb, Attorneys at Law\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n papers pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIndependent Order of Odd Fellows\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026amp; receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness correspondence includes land transactions in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; business matters of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment Company of\n Roanoke\u003c/corpname\u003e, Virginia, and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Lumber Company\u003c/corpname\u003e( \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge A. Haynes\u003c/persname\u003e, general commission\n merchant, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026amp; 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's 150 acre farm in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Jun 9 \u0026amp; 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ewoman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eFarmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894 Apr 9); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHazelbrook Home School\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1895 Apr 18 \u0026amp;\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Henry Adams\u003c/persname\u003e(1842-1930) son of\n General \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Perry\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, and mining engineer, to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003etook an option on the property from\n its owner in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ein March 1883. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eserved as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003easked \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eto secure legal protection against a \n \u003cpersname\u003eMr. Rogers\u003c/persname\u003ewho had been threatening to\n shoot \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003eon sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e[ca. 1897\n ?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Davis\u003c/persname\u003elands as the town site of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, in 1890. \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand several others decided to\n promote \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003ethrough the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003epurchased several lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003efor himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003e's lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003e, development of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eGoodwin\u003c/persname\u003etract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003eeventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003ewas also apparently associated with\n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e(see boxes 24-26) in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, a member of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003eoffice of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon and Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, along with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, widow of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eSheriff \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw office of Nelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourt clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, a postal clerk of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHenrico County\u003c/geogname\u003e, accused of\n embezzlement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSlate Hill Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWalnut Grove Gold Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMorrison Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the following topics: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBridgewater Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e, barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSmith\u003c/persname\u003evs \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein November 1900.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals with letters in these files include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard P. Bell\u003c/persname\u003e(law office); \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.C. Braxton\u003c/persname\u003e(lawyer); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames R. Caton\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eFairfax Cary Christian\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCoalter \u0026amp; Wise law firm\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eM.H. Crump\u003c/persname\u003e(land agent); \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles W. Cunningham\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDingee, Weinman \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eOliver Duncan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn B. Dye\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace M. Engle\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward L. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth Planing Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eS.G. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fleming\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Pyrites Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eD.C. Gallagher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eErnest A. Hoen\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Morais Hyneman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Jeffrey\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Pinos Altos Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChihuahua, Mexico\u003c/geogname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.F. Knox\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.C. Leake, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Levy\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.M. McDonald\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDominion Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Morris\u003c/persname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge W. Palmer\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Partridge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.N. Pool\u003c/persname\u003e(President of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIngalls Iron \u0026amp; Coal Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. Tinsley\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Walker\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.J. Weicher\u003c/persname\u003e(manager of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Caledonia Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames D. West\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Wingfield\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin \n \u003cpersname\u003eRosa P. Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, author of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDown Among the Crackers\u003c/title\u003e(1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(?-1891); his sisters, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMollie Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003e. Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n \u003cpersname\u003eClarence A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026amp; Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eClifton Forge, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Hicks Corron\u003c/persname\u003e, page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's illness while at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Apr 19\n \u0026amp; May 4); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, husband of \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Bibb Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026amp; 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.H. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's notes on \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003egenealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026amp; Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCuba\u003c/geogname\u003e(n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewhile he was a patient at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentioning political offices, \n \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, and political affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe small number of legal cases of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Trice\u003c/persname\u003eand the executors of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Andrews\u003c/persname\u003eEstate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026amp; theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026amp; 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n \u003cpersname\u003eLouis H. Wondree\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Aug 14 \u0026amp; Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026amp; Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral State Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n \u003cpersname\u003eIsaac Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Barret\u003c/persname\u003e, to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames G. Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Mills\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusan Waddy\u003c/persname\u003einvolving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliamsburg asylum\u003c/corpname\u003e(1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip Sheridan\u003c/persname\u003efor three months by\n African-American \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wallace\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Nov 25); possible \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003erelatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eValley Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e\u0026amp; Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003e, Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026amp;\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCleveland\u003c/geogname\u003eslant (1892 Apr 24); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eat \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1893 Jul 28\n \u0026amp; 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n \u003cpersname\u003eJim Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, by another member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Oct 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ebitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliam and Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.B. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003ere \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's mother at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1898 Feb 2 \u0026amp; 10);\n the Cuban \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRicardo Sugar Estate\u003c/corpname\u003ebelonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.H.R. Doringh\u003c/persname\u003e(1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026amp; 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePantops Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Aug 17 \u0026amp; 25, and\n Sep 6); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Sep 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's interest in joining the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEpiscopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdna Beckwith\u003c/persname\u003efor mental treatment in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899-1900); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrown's University School\u003c/corpname\u003e(1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eKey Family\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (1904 Jan 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe political correspondence discusses \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrange\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlex J. Wedderburn\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jan 25); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026amp; 10); violence in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026amp; 13); many letters supporting \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003efor commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026amp; 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026amp; 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRoanoke Democratic Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eseeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames C. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003emine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026amp; 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003esenatorial contest of 1899; \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the correspondents in the political files\n include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR.E. Boykin\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003ePaul C. Edmunds\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Nov 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eH.D. Flood\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 May 14, Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Hay\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Nov 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJed. Hotchkiss\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEppa Hunton, Sr\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McComb\u003c/persname\u003e(1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. McIlwaine\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Mann\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eS.R. Moore\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026amp; 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eF.F. Ninde\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Sep 5)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Pendleton\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry R. Pollard\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Mar 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR. Carter Scott\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jul 6 \u0026amp; 12)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Apr 19; May 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJ. Hoge Tyler\u003c/persname\u003e(1900 Mar 2)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eSamuel W. Williams\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eGeorge D. Wise\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Dec 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Daniel\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas S. Martin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScottsville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Taylor Ellyson\u003c/persname\u003e, the Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia State Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e, a Virginia Senator\n representing \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.E. Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Rixey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles T. O'Ferrall\u003c/persname\u003e, members of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited States House of Representatives\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n and \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.R. Powell\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026amp;\n Businesses\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003eand the accounts of his\n children \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Boxley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e. The letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eare concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNewark, New Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Poindexter\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, over \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's property to cars at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eaccording to specifications. The \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw firm of Bibb and Bibb\u003c/corpname\u003eapparently\n represented the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein the dispute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epapers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e, a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ephysician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n \u003cpersname\u003eTownshead\u003c/persname\u003e. Items in the accounts \u0026amp;\n receipts of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner\u003c/famname\u003efamily include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMethodist Episcopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003eon \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMadison Circuit, Virginia Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026amp; 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePottierville Post Office\u003c/corpname\u003eaccount (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Baughan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth P. Sledd\u003c/persname\u003e(1850 Jan 31); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall\u003c/corpname\u003erental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGoochland Academy\u003c/corpname\u003etuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026amp; 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eeducation receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice E. Wyatt\u003c/persname\u003e(1864 Jul 30), \n \u003cpersname\u003eBettie B. Brick\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouthfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South\u003c/corpname\u003e(1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Grace\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eGarland J. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eSandy\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Francisco\u003c/persname\u003e(1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Johnson\u003c/persname\u003eto learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Lewis\u003c/persname\u003e(1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n \u003cpersname\u003eNelson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHarvey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eAustin\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.R. Watson\u003c/persname\u003e\"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present are receipts for several persons hired by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eafter the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAnnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBonnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Aug 8)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Henry Bullock\u003c/persname\u003e(1869 Jan 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eLewis Holliday\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Sep 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin Marshall\u003c/persname\u003e, freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mason\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Jul 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mino\u003c/persname\u003er, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026amp; 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Jan 7)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Myers\u003c/persname\u003e(1882 Feb 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eFranklin Page\u003c/persname\u003e, son of freedwoman \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Page\u003c/persname\u003e, by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eA.V. Parrish\u003c/persname\u003e(1885 Mar 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRichard Petters\u003c/persname\u003e(1870 Nov 14 \u0026amp; Dec\n 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eElisha Purington\u003c/persname\u003e(1872 Apr 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eCharles Rollins\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 19)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Tompkins\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003ebusiness correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.B. Brock\u003c/persname\u003e(1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eto work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Terrell\u003c/persname\u003eseeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCaptain Bentley Brown's Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n \u003cpersname\u003eClayton\u003c/persname\u003ewill not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.T. Brown\u003c/persname\u003eand squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026amp; 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.J. Yarbough\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Kirk\u003c/persname\u003e, married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWarner Hall\u003c/persname\u003edisability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusannah D. Mills\u003c/persname\u003eon the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epersonal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n \u003cpersname\u003eDr. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand his wayward son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1888), out West in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Louis\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e, and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral Johnston\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGeorgia\u003c/geogname\u003eand his participation in the\n Battle of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Hope Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1864 Jun 23); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e, describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBrazil\u003c/geogname\u003eof a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmazon River\u003c/geogname\u003e, and a request to present a\n speech before the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePhilo Mathematician Society\u003c/corpname\u003eon July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNebraska\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMinnesota\u003c/geogname\u003e(1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e(1874 Feb 22); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ehas his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eabout \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eH. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eis not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026amp; 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efor sixteen years, elected\n to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eConstitutional Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEdgewoth, Albemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003eand educated\n privately by his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and was married (1884)\n first to \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Maud Winston\u003c/persname\u003e(1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n \u003cpersname\u003eNellie Blair Hunt\u003c/persname\u003e. The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Gordon\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaury Morris\u003c/persname\u003eof fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1887 Apr 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.B. Grymes\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Jane Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1852-1891), \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander T. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.O. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e, sister, \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCassius Carter\u003c/persname\u003e. Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMetz, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Aug 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Goodwin May\u003c/persname\u003eare chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn F. Tolley \u0026amp; Bro.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary L. (Baker) Massie\u003c/persname\u003evs the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrand Lodge Knights of Pythias\u003c/corpname\u003e; the\n estates of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.J. Underwood\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJeff Porter\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003cpersname\u003eMamie Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eDivorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n \u003cpersname\u003eL.J. Haley\u003c/persname\u003e(1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge S. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003e(1914 Jun 16); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCumberland Sanitorium\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLebanon, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e(1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n \u003cpersname\u003eGladys May\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003eduring World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe business and legal papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), sheriff of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, include: a letter from \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Gilman\u003c/persname\u003eto Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia House of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ewhere, \"I\n trust \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003ewill be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral Lunatic Asylum\u003c/corpname\u003enear \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003ewho was probably headed for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.V. Winston\u003c/persname\u003easking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003ewas the law partner of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ein the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. In 1936, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003ebecame director of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDivision of Motor Vehicles\u003c/corpname\u003efor \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. He served as a member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHaile Gold Mines, Inc.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1937 Jul 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003eand the declaration of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003efor candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl H. Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(1933\n May 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the papers related to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and politics are:\n the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLouisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll;\u003c/title\u003eelection returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026amp; n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026amp; Miscellaneous Documents.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusinesses represented in this series include: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCraig Kennels and Game Farm\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJackson Telephone and Telegraph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Old Dominion Phonograph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. The directors of this company were \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.P. Talley\u003c/persname\u003e(President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(Vice-President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.R. Goodwin\u003c/persname\u003e(General Manager), \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003e(Secretary \u0026amp; Treasurer,\n replaced by \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003ein June 1890), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.O. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.W. Flannagan\u003c/persname\u003e. Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003eand then \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e, and was concerned with a new \n \u003ccorpname\u003eC \u0026amp; O Railroad\u003c/corpname\u003edepot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026amp; 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTolersville\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026amp; receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Boyd Smith Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003emines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, who was also President of the\n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mines\u003c/corpname\u003eand much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand his company, law suits\n against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewho was his legal representative\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026amp; October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical \u0026amp; Mining\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003estore script (see separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eD. Boyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eto his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1901).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1887-?), a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eState Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles C. Carlin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward W. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eA. Willis Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFauquier County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucinda Lewis Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand was educated at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Winston Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, daughter of Judge \n \u003cpersname\u003eF.W. Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, and became a dairy farmer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. His only brother was\n Representative \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward Smith\u003c/persname\u003eof the Eighth District.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Bound Volumes \u0026amp; Oversize Material\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of the papers of the \n Louisa County lawyer, \n W. E. Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Mineral City Mining","Manufacturing and Land Company","Louisa County Board of Supervisors","University of Virginia","Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company","Arminius Chemical Company","Nelms \u0026 Wise","Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company","Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company","Waynesboro City Times","Louisa News and Farmer","Louisa County News","Louisa Guano Company","Rich \u0026 Cornevin","Grocers and Meat Dealers","Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law","Independent Order of Odd Fellows","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke","Louisa Lumber Company","Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company","Hazelbrook Home School","Pyrites Chemical Mining Company","Bibb, Harmon and Company","law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise","Slate Hill Mine","Arminius Mine","Walnut Grove Gold Mine","Morrison Mine","Bridgewater Mills","The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company","Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm","Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company","South Planing Mills","Virginia Pyrites Mining Company","New Pinos Altos Company","Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company","The Caledonia Mine","Richmond Female Seminary","Pasteur Institute","Central State Hospital","Williamsburg asylum","Valley Seminary","Hollins Institute","Richmond Female Institute","Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia","William and Mary","Ricardo Sugar Estate","Pantops Academy","Randolph-Macon College","Episcopal Church","Brown's University School","Grange","Roanoke Democratic Convention","Virginia State Democratic Committee","United States House of Representatives","H.C. Buck, Jr. Company","law firm of Bibb and Bibb","Methodist Episcopal Church","Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference","Pottierville Post Office","John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall","Goochland Academy","Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South","Captain Bentley Brown's Company","New Hope Church","Philo Mathematician Society","House of Delegates","Constitutional Convention","John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro.","Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias","Cumberland Sanitorium","Virginia House of Delegates","Central Lunatic Asylum","Division of Motor Vehicles","Haile Gold Mines, Inc.","Democratic National Convention","Louisa County Democratic Committee","Craig Kennels and Game Farm","Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company","The Old Dominion Phonograph Company","C \u0026 O Railroad","Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Arminius Mines","Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company","Buckner family","Bibb Family","Bibb family","Key Family","Buckner","W. E. Bibb","Baldwin M. Buckner","Boyd M. Smith","Reuben Lindsay Gordon","John G. May","William Worth Smith, Jr.","Robert F. Moss","John Q. Rhodes","William Emmet Bibb","Boyd Smith","Carl Nolting","William T. Bibb","Lucy A. Bibb","Bibb","W.E. Bibb","James E. Bibb","John Pendleton Bibb","William C. Bibb","Kate Lester Cammack","Janet Herndon Bibb","Emmet Cammack Bibb","William Chew Bibb","Rebecca Sterrett Bibb","Kathleen Bibb","Walter N. Cole","W.L. Bishop","J.R. Crank","Charles Goodloe","Thomas J. Harmon","B.M. (Hasher) Loving","Ella R. Moss","Samuel H. Parsons","J.F. Reynolds","Helen Summers","James Bibb","T.J. Harmon","J.T. Booz","Kate Crammack Bibb","John P. Bibb","John H. Chandler","Kate CrammackBibb","William E. Bibb","George A. Haynes","William Henry Adams","Henry Perry","Elizabeth Adams","Adams","Mr. Rogers","Reuben Davis","Bishop","Goodwin","Smith","Richard P. Bell","A.C. Braxton","James R. Caton","Fairfax Cary Christian","M.H. Crump","Charles W. Cunningham","Oliver Duncan","John B. Dye","Horace M. Engle","Edward L. Evans","S.G. Evans","John Fleming","D.C. Gallagher","W.S. Harris","Ernest A. Hoen","Samuel Morais Hyneman","W.B. Jeffrey","R.F. Knox","T.C. Leake, Jr.","J.B. Levy","W.A. Little","H.M. McDonald","Robert F. Morris","George W. Palmer","John A. Partridge","R.N. Pool","William B. Tinsley","John F. Walker","J.J. Weicher","James D. West","J.F. Wingfield","Rosa P. Chiles","Lucy Bibb","Mollie Bibb","Ella Rachel Broadhead","J.F. Bickers","E.G. Briscoe","George [Cammack ?]","Clarence A. Bibb","Elizabeth Hicks Corron","Janet Bibb","William F. Broadhead","Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead","J.H. Bibb","Theodore Roosevelt","John J. Trice","Samuel Andrews","Louis H. Wondree","Isaac Harris","Robert Barret","James G. Boxley","Frank Mills","Susan Waddy","Philip Sheridan","John Wallace","J.B. Winston","Winston","Jim Bibb","R.B. Shackelford","C.H.R. Doringh","Edna Beckwith","Alex J. Wedderburn","James C. Hill","Claude Swanson","R.E. Boykin","Paul C. Edmunds","H.D. Flood","James Hay","Jed. Hotchkiss","Eppa Hunton, Sr","William A. Jones","W.H.F. Lee","William McComb","William B. McIlwaine","James Mann","S.R. Moore","F.F. Ninde","W.B. Pendleton","Henry R. Pollard","R. Carter Scott","J. Hoge Tyler","Samuel W. Williams","George D. Wise","John W. Daniel","Thomas S. Martin","J. Taylor Ellyson","William A. Little","E.E. Meredith","John F. Rixey","Charles T. O'Ferrall","R.R. Powell","John Boxley","H.C. Buck, Jr.","John Chiles","Mary Fletcher","R.L. Gordon","George H. Johnson","Joseph R. Mosby","J.Q. Rhodes","Ellis Sharp","J.G. Thomasson","John J. Boxley, Jr.","Virginia Boxley","W.S. Poindexter","Poindexter","Townshead","William Baughan","Elizabeth P. Sledd","Alice E. Wyatt","Bettie B. Brick","Buckner","Mary Grace","Garland J. Harris","Mary Harris","Joseph","Sandy","Henry Francisco","Lewis Johnson","Richard Lewis","Nelson","Harvey","Austin","E.R. Watson","Annie Brown","Bonnie Brown","James Henry Bullock","Lewis Holliday","Benjamin Marshall","Robert Mason","Robert Mino","Henry Meredith","Andrew Myers","Franklin Page","Elizabeth Page","A.V. Parrish","Richard Petters","Elisha Purington","Charles Rollins","William A. Tompkins","E.B. Brock","John Terrell","Clayton","C.T. Brown","A.J. Yarbough","W.S. Kirk","Warner Hall","Susannah D. Mills","Dr. Buckner","Horace Buckner","General Johnston","Robert Buckner","H. Buckner","Gordon","William F. Gordon","Alice Maud Winston","Nellie Blair Hunt","Daniel Gordon","R.L. Gordon, Jr.","Maury Morris","A.B. Grymes","William F. Gordon, Jr.","Mary Jane Gordon","Alexander T. Gordon","J.O. Winston","B.L. Gordon","Cassius Carter","John Goodwin May","Mary L. (Baker) Massie","W.J. Underwood","Jeff Porter","Mamie Thomas","J.B. Thomas","L.J. Haley","George S. Shackelford","Gladys May","William Gilman","H.V. Winston","W.C. Bibb","Rhodes","Carl H. Nolting","R.P. Talley","W.R. Goodwin","P.B. Porter","A.G. Hill","W.O. Smith","J.W. Flannagan","D. Boyd Smith","William Worth Smith Jr.","Charles C. Carlin","Howard W. Smith","A. Willis Robertson","William Worth Smith","Lucinda Lewis Smith","Lucy Winston Sims","F.W. Sims","Howard Smith","English"],"unitid_tesim":["4171"],"normalized_title_ssm":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"collection_title_tesim":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"collection_ssim":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift 1955 February 17"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["18,250 items"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of the papers of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003elawyer, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW. E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910) and other \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eCourt House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd M. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, Virginia State\n senator, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelection materials, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eManufacturing and Land Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003esheriff, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers include correspondence, business \u0026amp; legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections\u003c/title\u003ebut unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb Family\u003c/famname\u003e(Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eFamilies (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Board of Supervisors\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n February 17, 1953.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1891) and \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. post 1899), was a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSalem\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eareas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also involved with the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026amp; 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003e, including the correspondence\n between \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, his sons, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Box 1), and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003emarried \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Lester Cammack\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Herndon Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1878-1959), \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmmet Cammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1879-1888), \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Sterrett Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1888-1941), \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eKathleen Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1890-1964) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter N. Cole\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eover business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1927) a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eClay Valley Brick and Tile Works\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 9), sale of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003elots and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover junction\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e(1891 April 1). \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e(real estate), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.T. Booz\u003c/persname\u003ewere both editors and\n proprietors of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWaynesboro City Times\u003c/corpname\u003e, established\n January 6, 1891. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ealso established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa News and Farmer\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1879, changing\n its name to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County News\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Guano Company\u003c/corpname\u003epartnership between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn P. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. Chandler\u003c/persname\u003eset up to manufacture\n guano in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRich \u0026amp; Cornevin\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrocers and Meat Dealers\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942), another son\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate CrammackBibb\u003c/persname\u003e, include business \u0026amp;\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb \u0026amp; Bibb, Attorneys at Law\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n papers pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIndependent Order of Odd Fellows\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026amp; receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness correspondence includes land transactions in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; business matters of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment Company of\n Roanoke\u003c/corpname\u003e, Virginia, and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Lumber Company\u003c/corpname\u003e( \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge A. Haynes\u003c/persname\u003e, general commission\n merchant, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026amp; 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's 150 acre farm in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Jun 9 \u0026amp; 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ewoman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eFarmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894 Apr 9); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHazelbrook Home School\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1895 Apr 18 \u0026amp;\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Henry Adams\u003c/persname\u003e(1842-1930) son of\n General \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Perry\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, and mining engineer, to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003etook an option on the property from\n its owner in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ein March 1883. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eserved as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003easked \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eto secure legal protection against a \n \u003cpersname\u003eMr. Rogers\u003c/persname\u003ewho had been threatening to\n shoot \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003eon sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e[ca. 1897\n ?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Davis\u003c/persname\u003elands as the town site of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, in 1890. \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand several others decided to\n promote \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003ethrough the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003epurchased several lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003efor himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003e's lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003e, development of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eGoodwin\u003c/persname\u003etract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003eeventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003ewas also apparently associated with\n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e(see boxes 24-26) in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, a member of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003eoffice of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon and Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, along with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, widow of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eSheriff \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw office of Nelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourt clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, a postal clerk of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHenrico County\u003c/geogname\u003e, accused of\n embezzlement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSlate Hill Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWalnut Grove Gold Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMorrison Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the following topics: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBridgewater Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e, barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSmith\u003c/persname\u003evs \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein November 1900.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals with letters in these files include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard P. Bell\u003c/persname\u003e(law office); \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.C. Braxton\u003c/persname\u003e(lawyer); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames R. Caton\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eFairfax Cary Christian\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCoalter \u0026amp; Wise law firm\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eM.H. Crump\u003c/persname\u003e(land agent); \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles W. Cunningham\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDingee, Weinman \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eOliver Duncan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn B. Dye\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace M. Engle\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward L. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth Planing Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eS.G. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fleming\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Pyrites Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eD.C. Gallagher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eErnest A. Hoen\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Morais Hyneman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Jeffrey\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Pinos Altos Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChihuahua, Mexico\u003c/geogname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.F. Knox\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.C. Leake, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Levy\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.M. McDonald\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDominion Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Morris\u003c/persname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge W. Palmer\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Partridge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.N. Pool\u003c/persname\u003e(President of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIngalls Iron \u0026amp; Coal Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. Tinsley\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Walker\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.J. Weicher\u003c/persname\u003e(manager of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Caledonia Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames D. West\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Wingfield\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin \n \u003cpersname\u003eRosa P. Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, author of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDown Among the Crackers\u003c/title\u003e(1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(?-1891); his sisters, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMollie Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003e. Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n \u003cpersname\u003eClarence A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026amp; Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eClifton Forge, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Hicks Corron\u003c/persname\u003e, page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's illness while at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Apr 19\n \u0026amp; May 4); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, husband of \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Bibb Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026amp; 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.H. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's notes on \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003egenealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026amp; Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCuba\u003c/geogname\u003e(n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewhile he was a patient at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentioning political offices, \n \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, and political affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe small number of legal cases of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Trice\u003c/persname\u003eand the executors of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Andrews\u003c/persname\u003eEstate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026amp; theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026amp; 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n \u003cpersname\u003eLouis H. Wondree\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Aug 14 \u0026amp; Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026amp; Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral State Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n \u003cpersname\u003eIsaac Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Barret\u003c/persname\u003e, to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames G. Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Mills\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusan Waddy\u003c/persname\u003einvolving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliamsburg asylum\u003c/corpname\u003e(1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip Sheridan\u003c/persname\u003efor three months by\n African-American \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wallace\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Nov 25); possible \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003erelatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eValley Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e\u0026amp; Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003e, Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026amp;\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCleveland\u003c/geogname\u003eslant (1892 Apr 24); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eat \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1893 Jul 28\n \u0026amp; 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n \u003cpersname\u003eJim Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, by another member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Oct 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ebitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliam and Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.B. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003ere \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's mother at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1898 Feb 2 \u0026amp; 10);\n the Cuban \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRicardo Sugar Estate\u003c/corpname\u003ebelonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.H.R. Doringh\u003c/persname\u003e(1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026amp; 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePantops Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Aug 17 \u0026amp; 25, and\n Sep 6); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Sep 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's interest in joining the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEpiscopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdna Beckwith\u003c/persname\u003efor mental treatment in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899-1900); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrown's University School\u003c/corpname\u003e(1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eKey Family\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (1904 Jan 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe political correspondence discusses \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrange\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlex J. Wedderburn\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jan 25); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026amp; 10); violence in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026amp; 13); many letters supporting \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003efor commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026amp; 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026amp; 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRoanoke Democratic Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eseeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames C. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003emine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026amp; 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003esenatorial contest of 1899; \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the correspondents in the political files\n include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR.E. Boykin\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003ePaul C. Edmunds\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Nov 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eH.D. Flood\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 May 14, Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Hay\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Nov 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJed. Hotchkiss\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEppa Hunton, Sr\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McComb\u003c/persname\u003e(1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. McIlwaine\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Mann\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eS.R. Moore\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026amp; 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eF.F. Ninde\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Sep 5)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Pendleton\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry R. Pollard\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Mar 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR. Carter Scott\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jul 6 \u0026amp; 12)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Apr 19; May 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJ. Hoge Tyler\u003c/persname\u003e(1900 Mar 2)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eSamuel W. Williams\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eGeorge D. Wise\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Dec 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Daniel\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas S. Martin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScottsville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Taylor Ellyson\u003c/persname\u003e, the Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia State Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e, a Virginia Senator\n representing \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.E. Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Rixey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles T. O'Ferrall\u003c/persname\u003e, members of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited States House of Representatives\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n and \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.R. Powell\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026amp;\n Businesses\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003eand the accounts of his\n children \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Boxley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e. The letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eare concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNewark, New Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Poindexter\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, over \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's property to cars at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eaccording to specifications. The \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw firm of Bibb and Bibb\u003c/corpname\u003eapparently\n represented the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein the dispute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epapers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e, a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ephysician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n \u003cpersname\u003eTownshead\u003c/persname\u003e. Items in the accounts \u0026amp;\n receipts of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner\u003c/famname\u003efamily include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMethodist Episcopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003eon \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMadison Circuit, Virginia Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026amp; 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePottierville Post Office\u003c/corpname\u003eaccount (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Baughan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth P. Sledd\u003c/persname\u003e(1850 Jan 31); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall\u003c/corpname\u003erental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGoochland Academy\u003c/corpname\u003etuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026amp; 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eeducation receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice E. Wyatt\u003c/persname\u003e(1864 Jul 30), \n \u003cpersname\u003eBettie B. Brick\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouthfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South\u003c/corpname\u003e(1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Grace\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eGarland J. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eSandy\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Francisco\u003c/persname\u003e(1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Johnson\u003c/persname\u003eto learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Lewis\u003c/persname\u003e(1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n \u003cpersname\u003eNelson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHarvey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eAustin\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.R. Watson\u003c/persname\u003e\"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present are receipts for several persons hired by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eafter the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAnnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBonnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Aug 8)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Henry Bullock\u003c/persname\u003e(1869 Jan 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eLewis Holliday\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Sep 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin Marshall\u003c/persname\u003e, freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mason\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Jul 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mino\u003c/persname\u003er, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026amp; 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Jan 7)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Myers\u003c/persname\u003e(1882 Feb 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eFranklin Page\u003c/persname\u003e, son of freedwoman \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Page\u003c/persname\u003e, by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eA.V. Parrish\u003c/persname\u003e(1885 Mar 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRichard Petters\u003c/persname\u003e(1870 Nov 14 \u0026amp; Dec\n 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eElisha Purington\u003c/persname\u003e(1872 Apr 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eCharles Rollins\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 19)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Tompkins\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003ebusiness correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.B. Brock\u003c/persname\u003e(1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eto work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Terrell\u003c/persname\u003eseeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCaptain Bentley Brown's Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n \u003cpersname\u003eClayton\u003c/persname\u003ewill not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.T. Brown\u003c/persname\u003eand squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026amp; 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.J. Yarbough\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Kirk\u003c/persname\u003e, married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWarner Hall\u003c/persname\u003edisability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusannah D. Mills\u003c/persname\u003eon the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epersonal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n \u003cpersname\u003eDr. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand his wayward son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1888), out West in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Louis\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e, and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral Johnston\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGeorgia\u003c/geogname\u003eand his participation in the\n Battle of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Hope Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1864 Jun 23); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e, describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBrazil\u003c/geogname\u003eof a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmazon River\u003c/geogname\u003e, and a request to present a\n speech before the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePhilo Mathematician Society\u003c/corpname\u003eon July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNebraska\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMinnesota\u003c/geogname\u003e(1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e(1874 Feb 22); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ehas his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eabout \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eH. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eis not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026amp; 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efor sixteen years, elected\n to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eConstitutional Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEdgewoth, Albemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003eand educated\n privately by his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and was married (1884)\n first to \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Maud Winston\u003c/persname\u003e(1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n \u003cpersname\u003eNellie Blair Hunt\u003c/persname\u003e. The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Gordon\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaury Morris\u003c/persname\u003eof fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1887 Apr 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.B. Grymes\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Jane Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1852-1891), \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander T. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.O. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e, sister, \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCassius Carter\u003c/persname\u003e. Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMetz, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Aug 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Goodwin May\u003c/persname\u003eare chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn F. Tolley \u0026amp; Bro.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary L. (Baker) Massie\u003c/persname\u003evs the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrand Lodge Knights of Pythias\u003c/corpname\u003e; the\n estates of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.J. Underwood\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJeff Porter\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003cpersname\u003eMamie Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eDivorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n \u003cpersname\u003eL.J. Haley\u003c/persname\u003e(1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge S. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003e(1914 Jun 16); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCumberland Sanitorium\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLebanon, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e(1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n \u003cpersname\u003eGladys May\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003eduring World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe business and legal papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), sheriff of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, include: a letter from \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Gilman\u003c/persname\u003eto Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia House of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ewhere, \"I\n trust \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003ewill be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral Lunatic Asylum\u003c/corpname\u003enear \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003ewho was probably headed for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.V. Winston\u003c/persname\u003easking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003ewas the law partner of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ein the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. In 1936, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003ebecame director of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDivision of Motor Vehicles\u003c/corpname\u003efor \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. He served as a member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHaile Gold Mines, Inc.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1937 Jul 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003eand the declaration of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003efor candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl H. Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(1933\n May 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the papers related to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and politics are:\n the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLouisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll;\u003c/title\u003eelection returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026amp; n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026amp; Miscellaneous Documents.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusinesses represented in this series include: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCraig Kennels and Game Farm\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJackson Telephone and Telegraph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Old Dominion Phonograph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. The directors of this company were \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.P. Talley\u003c/persname\u003e(President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(Vice-President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.R. Goodwin\u003c/persname\u003e(General Manager), \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003e(Secretary \u0026amp; Treasurer,\n replaced by \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003ein June 1890), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.O. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.W. Flannagan\u003c/persname\u003e. Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003eand then \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e, and was concerned with a new \n \u003ccorpname\u003eC \u0026amp; O Railroad\u003c/corpname\u003edepot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026amp; 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTolersville\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026amp; receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Boyd Smith Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003emines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, who was also President of the\n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mines\u003c/corpname\u003eand much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand his company, law suits\n against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewho was his legal representative\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026amp; October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical \u0026amp; Mining\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003estore script (see separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eD. Boyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eto his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1901).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1887-?), a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eState Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles C. Carlin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward W. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eA. Willis Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFauquier County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucinda Lewis Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand was educated at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Winston Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, daughter of Judge \n \u003cpersname\u003eF.W. Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, and became a dairy farmer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. His only brother was\n Representative \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward Smith\u003c/persname\u003eof the Eighth District.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Bound Volumes \u0026amp; Oversize Material\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of the papers of the \n Louisa County lawyer, \n W. E. Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Mineral City Mining","Manufacturing and Land Company","Louisa County Board of Supervisors","University of Virginia","Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company","Arminius Chemical Company","Nelms \u0026 Wise","Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company","Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company","Waynesboro City Times","Louisa News and Farmer","Louisa County News","Louisa Guano Company","Rich \u0026 Cornevin","Grocers and Meat Dealers","Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law","Independent Order of Odd Fellows","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke","Louisa Lumber Company","Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company","Hazelbrook Home School","Pyrites Chemical Mining Company","Bibb, Harmon and Company","law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise","Slate Hill Mine","Arminius Mine","Walnut Grove Gold Mine","Morrison Mine","Bridgewater Mills","The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company","Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm","Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company","South Planing Mills","Virginia Pyrites Mining Company","New Pinos Altos Company","Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company","The Caledonia Mine","Richmond Female Seminary","Pasteur Institute","Central State Hospital","Williamsburg asylum","Valley Seminary","Hollins Institute","Richmond Female Institute","Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia","William and Mary","Ricardo Sugar Estate","Pantops Academy","Randolph-Macon College","Episcopal Church","Brown's University School","Grange","Roanoke Democratic Convention","Virginia State Democratic Committee","United States House of Representatives","H.C. Buck, Jr. Company","law firm of Bibb and Bibb","Methodist Episcopal Church","Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference","Pottierville Post Office","John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall","Goochland Academy","Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South","Captain Bentley Brown's Company","New Hope Church","Philo Mathematician Society","House of Delegates","Constitutional Convention","John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro.","Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias","Cumberland Sanitorium","Virginia House of Delegates","Central Lunatic Asylum","Division of Motor Vehicles","Haile Gold Mines, Inc.","Democratic National Convention","Louisa County Democratic Committee","Craig Kennels and Game Farm","Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company","The Old Dominion Phonograph Company","C \u0026 O Railroad","Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Arminius Mines","Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company","Buckner family","Bibb Family","Bibb family","Key Family","Buckner","W. E. Bibb","Baldwin M. Buckner","Boyd M. Smith","Reuben Lindsay Gordon","John G. May","William Worth Smith, Jr.","Robert F. Moss","John Q. Rhodes","William Emmet Bibb","Boyd Smith","Carl Nolting","William T. Bibb","Lucy A. Bibb","Bibb","W.E. Bibb","James E. Bibb","John Pendleton Bibb","William C. Bibb","Kate Lester Cammack","Janet Herndon Bibb","Emmet Cammack Bibb","William Chew Bibb","Rebecca Sterrett Bibb","Kathleen Bibb","Walter N. Cole","W.L. Bishop","J.R. Crank","Charles Goodloe","Thomas J. Harmon","B.M. (Hasher) Loving","Ella R. Moss","Samuel H. Parsons","J.F. Reynolds","Helen Summers","James Bibb","T.J. Harmon","J.T. Booz","Kate Crammack Bibb","John P. Bibb","John H. Chandler","Kate CrammackBibb","William E. Bibb","George A. Haynes","William Henry Adams","Henry Perry","Elizabeth Adams","Adams","Mr. Rogers","Reuben Davis","Bishop","Goodwin","Smith","Richard P. Bell","A.C. Braxton","James R. Caton","Fairfax Cary Christian","M.H. Crump","Charles W. Cunningham","Oliver Duncan","John B. Dye","Horace M. Engle","Edward L. Evans","S.G. Evans","John Fleming","D.C. Gallagher","W.S. Harris","Ernest A. Hoen","Samuel Morais Hyneman","W.B. Jeffrey","R.F. Knox","T.C. Leake, Jr.","J.B. Levy","W.A. Little","H.M. McDonald","Robert F. Morris","George W. Palmer","John A. Partridge","R.N. Pool","William B. Tinsley","John F. Walker","J.J. Weicher","James D. West","J.F. Wingfield","Rosa P. Chiles","Lucy Bibb","Mollie Bibb","Ella Rachel Broadhead","J.F. Bickers","E.G. Briscoe","George [Cammack ?]","Clarence A. Bibb","Elizabeth Hicks Corron","Janet Bibb","William F. Broadhead","Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead","J.H. Bibb","Theodore Roosevelt","John J. Trice","Samuel Andrews","Louis H. Wondree","Isaac Harris","Robert Barret","James G. Boxley","Frank Mills","Susan Waddy","Philip Sheridan","John Wallace","J.B. Winston","Winston","Jim Bibb","R.B. Shackelford","C.H.R. Doringh","Edna Beckwith","Alex J. Wedderburn","James C. Hill","Claude Swanson","R.E. Boykin","Paul C. Edmunds","H.D. Flood","James Hay","Jed. Hotchkiss","Eppa Hunton, Sr","William A. Jones","W.H.F. Lee","William McComb","William B. McIlwaine","James Mann","S.R. Moore","F.F. Ninde","W.B. Pendleton","Henry R. Pollard","R. Carter Scott","J. Hoge Tyler","Samuel W. Williams","George D. Wise","John W. Daniel","Thomas S. Martin","J. Taylor Ellyson","William A. Little","E.E. Meredith","John F. Rixey","Charles T. O'Ferrall","R.R. Powell","John Boxley","H.C. Buck, Jr.","John Chiles","Mary Fletcher","R.L. Gordon","George H. Johnson","Joseph R. Mosby","J.Q. Rhodes","Ellis Sharp","J.G. Thomasson","John J. Boxley, Jr.","Virginia Boxley","W.S. Poindexter","Poindexter","Townshead","William Baughan","Elizabeth P. Sledd","Alice E. Wyatt","Bettie B. Brick","Buckner","Mary Grace","Garland J. Harris","Mary Harris","Joseph","Sandy","Henry Francisco","Lewis Johnson","Richard Lewis","Nelson","Harvey","Austin","E.R. Watson","Annie Brown","Bonnie Brown","James Henry Bullock","Lewis Holliday","Benjamin Marshall","Robert Mason","Robert Mino","Henry Meredith","Andrew Myers","Franklin Page","Elizabeth Page","A.V. Parrish","Richard Petters","Elisha Purington","Charles Rollins","William A. Tompkins","E.B. Brock","John Terrell","Clayton","C.T. Brown","A.J. Yarbough","W.S. Kirk","Warner Hall","Susannah D. Mills","Dr. Buckner","Horace Buckner","General Johnston","Robert Buckner","H. Buckner","Gordon","William F. Gordon","Alice Maud Winston","Nellie Blair Hunt","Daniel Gordon","R.L. Gordon, Jr.","Maury Morris","A.B. Grymes","William F. Gordon, Jr.","Mary Jane Gordon","Alexander T. Gordon","J.O. Winston","B.L. Gordon","Cassius Carter","John Goodwin May","Mary L. (Baker) Massie","W.J. Underwood","Jeff Porter","Mamie Thomas","J.B. Thomas","L.J. Haley","George S. Shackelford","Gladys May","William Gilman","H.V. Winston","W.C. Bibb","Rhodes","Carl H. Nolting","R.P. Talley","W.R. Goodwin","P.B. Porter","A.G. Hill","W.O. Smith","J.W. Flannagan","D. Boyd Smith","William Worth Smith Jr.","Charles C. Carlin","Howard W. Smith","A. Willis Robertson","William Worth Smith","Lucinda Lewis Smith","Lucy Winston Sims","F.W. Sims","Howard Smith","English"],"unitid_tesim":["4171"],"normalized_title_ssm":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"collection_title_tesim":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"collection_ssim":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift 1955 February 17"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["18,250 items"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of the papers of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003elawyer, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW. E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910) and other \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eCourt House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd M. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, Virginia State\n senator, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelection materials, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eManufacturing and Land Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003esheriff, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers include correspondence, business \u0026amp; legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections\u003c/title\u003ebut unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb Family\u003c/famname\u003e(Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eFamilies (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Board of Supervisors\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n February 17, 1953.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1891) and \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. post 1899), was a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSalem\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eareas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also involved with the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026amp; 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003e, including the correspondence\n between \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, his sons, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Box 1), and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003emarried \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Lester Cammack\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Herndon Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1878-1959), \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmmet Cammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1879-1888), \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Sterrett Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1888-1941), \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eKathleen Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1890-1964) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter N. Cole\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eover business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1927) a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eClay Valley Brick and Tile Works\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 9), sale of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003elots and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover junction\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e(1891 April 1). \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e(real estate), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.T. Booz\u003c/persname\u003ewere both editors and\n proprietors of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWaynesboro City Times\u003c/corpname\u003e, established\n January 6, 1891. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ealso established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa News and Farmer\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1879, changing\n its name to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County News\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Guano Company\u003c/corpname\u003epartnership between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn P. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. Chandler\u003c/persname\u003eset up to manufacture\n guano in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRich \u0026amp; Cornevin\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrocers and Meat Dealers\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942), another son\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate CrammackBibb\u003c/persname\u003e, include business \u0026amp;\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb \u0026amp; Bibb, Attorneys at Law\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n papers pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIndependent Order of Odd Fellows\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026amp; receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness correspondence includes land transactions in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; business matters of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment Company of\n Roanoke\u003c/corpname\u003e, Virginia, and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Lumber Company\u003c/corpname\u003e( \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge A. Haynes\u003c/persname\u003e, general commission\n merchant, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026amp; 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's 150 acre farm in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Jun 9 \u0026amp; 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ewoman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eFarmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894 Apr 9); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHazelbrook Home School\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1895 Apr 18 \u0026amp;\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Henry Adams\u003c/persname\u003e(1842-1930) son of\n General \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Perry\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, and mining engineer, to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003etook an option on the property from\n its owner in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ein March 1883. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eserved as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003easked \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eto secure legal protection against a \n \u003cpersname\u003eMr. Rogers\u003c/persname\u003ewho had been threatening to\n shoot \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003eon sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e[ca. 1897\n ?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Davis\u003c/persname\u003elands as the town site of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, in 1890. \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand several others decided to\n promote \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003ethrough the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003epurchased several lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003efor himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003e's lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003e, development of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eGoodwin\u003c/persname\u003etract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003eeventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003ewas also apparently associated with\n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e(see boxes 24-26) in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, a member of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003eoffice of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon and Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, along with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, widow of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eSheriff \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw office of Nelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourt clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, a postal clerk of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHenrico County\u003c/geogname\u003e, accused of\n embezzlement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSlate Hill Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWalnut Grove Gold Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMorrison Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the following topics: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBridgewater Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e, barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSmith\u003c/persname\u003evs \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein November 1900.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals with letters in these files include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard P. Bell\u003c/persname\u003e(law office); \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.C. Braxton\u003c/persname\u003e(lawyer); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames R. Caton\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eFairfax Cary Christian\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCoalter \u0026amp; Wise law firm\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eM.H. Crump\u003c/persname\u003e(land agent); \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles W. Cunningham\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDingee, Weinman \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eOliver Duncan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn B. Dye\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace M. Engle\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward L. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth Planing Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eS.G. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fleming\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Pyrites Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eD.C. Gallagher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eErnest A. Hoen\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Morais Hyneman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Jeffrey\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Pinos Altos Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChihuahua, Mexico\u003c/geogname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.F. Knox\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.C. Leake, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Levy\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.M. McDonald\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDominion Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Morris\u003c/persname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge W. Palmer\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Partridge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.N. Pool\u003c/persname\u003e(President of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIngalls Iron \u0026amp; Coal Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. Tinsley\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Walker\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.J. Weicher\u003c/persname\u003e(manager of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Caledonia Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames D. West\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Wingfield\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin \n \u003cpersname\u003eRosa P. Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, author of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDown Among the Crackers\u003c/title\u003e(1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(?-1891); his sisters, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMollie Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003e. Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n \u003cpersname\u003eClarence A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026amp; Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eClifton Forge, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Hicks Corron\u003c/persname\u003e, page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's illness while at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Apr 19\n \u0026amp; May 4); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, husband of \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Bibb Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026amp; 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.H. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's notes on \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003egenealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026amp; Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCuba\u003c/geogname\u003e(n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewhile he was a patient at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentioning political offices, \n \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, and political affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe small number of legal cases of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Trice\u003c/persname\u003eand the executors of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Andrews\u003c/persname\u003eEstate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026amp; theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026amp; 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n \u003cpersname\u003eLouis H. Wondree\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Aug 14 \u0026amp; Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026amp; Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral State Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n \u003cpersname\u003eIsaac Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Barret\u003c/persname\u003e, to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames G. Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Mills\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusan Waddy\u003c/persname\u003einvolving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliamsburg asylum\u003c/corpname\u003e(1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip Sheridan\u003c/persname\u003efor three months by\n African-American \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wallace\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Nov 25); possible \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003erelatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eValley Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e\u0026amp; Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003e, Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026amp;\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCleveland\u003c/geogname\u003eslant (1892 Apr 24); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eat \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1893 Jul 28\n \u0026amp; 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n \u003cpersname\u003eJim Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, by another member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Oct 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ebitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliam and Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.B. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003ere \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's mother at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1898 Feb 2 \u0026amp; 10);\n the Cuban \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRicardo Sugar Estate\u003c/corpname\u003ebelonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.H.R. Doringh\u003c/persname\u003e(1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026amp; 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePantops Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Aug 17 \u0026amp; 25, and\n Sep 6); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Sep 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's interest in joining the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEpiscopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdna Beckwith\u003c/persname\u003efor mental treatment in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899-1900); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrown's University School\u003c/corpname\u003e(1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eKey Family\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (1904 Jan 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe political correspondence discusses \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrange\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlex J. Wedderburn\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jan 25); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026amp; 10); violence in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026amp; 13); many letters supporting \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003efor commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026amp; 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026amp; 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRoanoke Democratic Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eseeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames C. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003emine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026amp; 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003esenatorial contest of 1899; \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the correspondents in the political files\n include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR.E. Boykin\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003ePaul C. Edmunds\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Nov 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eH.D. Flood\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 May 14, Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Hay\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Nov 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJed. Hotchkiss\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEppa Hunton, Sr\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McComb\u003c/persname\u003e(1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. McIlwaine\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Mann\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eS.R. Moore\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026amp; 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eF.F. Ninde\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Sep 5)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Pendleton\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry R. Pollard\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Mar 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR. Carter Scott\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jul 6 \u0026amp; 12)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Apr 19; May 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJ. Hoge Tyler\u003c/persname\u003e(1900 Mar 2)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eSamuel W. Williams\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eGeorge D. Wise\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Dec 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Daniel\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas S. Martin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScottsville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Taylor Ellyson\u003c/persname\u003e, the Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia State Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e, a Virginia Senator\n representing \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.E. Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Rixey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles T. O'Ferrall\u003c/persname\u003e, members of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited States House of Representatives\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n and \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.R. Powell\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026amp;\n Businesses\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003eand the accounts of his\n children \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Boxley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e. The letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eare concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNewark, New Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Poindexter\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, over \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's property to cars at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eaccording to specifications. The \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw firm of Bibb and Bibb\u003c/corpname\u003eapparently\n represented the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein the dispute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epapers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e, a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ephysician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n \u003cpersname\u003eTownshead\u003c/persname\u003e. Items in the accounts \u0026amp;\n receipts of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner\u003c/famname\u003efamily include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMethodist Episcopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003eon \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMadison Circuit, Virginia Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026amp; 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePottierville Post Office\u003c/corpname\u003eaccount (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Baughan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth P. Sledd\u003c/persname\u003e(1850 Jan 31); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall\u003c/corpname\u003erental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGoochland Academy\u003c/corpname\u003etuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026amp; 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eeducation receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice E. Wyatt\u003c/persname\u003e(1864 Jul 30), \n \u003cpersname\u003eBettie B. Brick\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouthfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South\u003c/corpname\u003e(1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Grace\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eGarland J. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eSandy\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Francisco\u003c/persname\u003e(1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Johnson\u003c/persname\u003eto learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Lewis\u003c/persname\u003e(1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n \u003cpersname\u003eNelson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHarvey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eAustin\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.R. Watson\u003c/persname\u003e\"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present are receipts for several persons hired by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eafter the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAnnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBonnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Aug 8)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Henry Bullock\u003c/persname\u003e(1869 Jan 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eLewis Holliday\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Sep 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin Marshall\u003c/persname\u003e, freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mason\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Jul 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mino\u003c/persname\u003er, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026amp; 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Jan 7)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Myers\u003c/persname\u003e(1882 Feb 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eFranklin Page\u003c/persname\u003e, son of freedwoman \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Page\u003c/persname\u003e, by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eA.V. Parrish\u003c/persname\u003e(1885 Mar 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRichard Petters\u003c/persname\u003e(1870 Nov 14 \u0026amp; Dec\n 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eElisha Purington\u003c/persname\u003e(1872 Apr 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eCharles Rollins\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 19)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Tompkins\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003ebusiness correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.B. Brock\u003c/persname\u003e(1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eto work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Terrell\u003c/persname\u003eseeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCaptain Bentley Brown's Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n \u003cpersname\u003eClayton\u003c/persname\u003ewill not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.T. Brown\u003c/persname\u003eand squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026amp; 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.J. Yarbough\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Kirk\u003c/persname\u003e, married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWarner Hall\u003c/persname\u003edisability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusannah D. Mills\u003c/persname\u003eon the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epersonal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n \u003cpersname\u003eDr. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand his wayward son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1888), out West in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Louis\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e, and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral Johnston\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGeorgia\u003c/geogname\u003eand his participation in the\n Battle of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Hope Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1864 Jun 23); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e, describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBrazil\u003c/geogname\u003eof a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmazon River\u003c/geogname\u003e, and a request to present a\n speech before the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePhilo Mathematician Society\u003c/corpname\u003eon July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNebraska\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMinnesota\u003c/geogname\u003e(1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e(1874 Feb 22); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ehas his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eabout \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eH. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eis not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026amp; 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efor sixteen years, elected\n to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eConstitutional Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEdgewoth, Albemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003eand educated\n privately by his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and was married (1884)\n first to \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Maud Winston\u003c/persname\u003e(1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n \u003cpersname\u003eNellie Blair Hunt\u003c/persname\u003e. The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Gordon\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaury Morris\u003c/persname\u003eof fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1887 Apr 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.B. Grymes\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Jane Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1852-1891), \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander T. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.O. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e, sister, \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCassius Carter\u003c/persname\u003e. Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMetz, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Aug 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Goodwin May\u003c/persname\u003eare chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn F. Tolley \u0026amp; Bro.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary L. (Baker) Massie\u003c/persname\u003evs the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrand Lodge Knights of Pythias\u003c/corpname\u003e; the\n estates of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.J. Underwood\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJeff Porter\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003cpersname\u003eMamie Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eDivorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n \u003cpersname\u003eL.J. Haley\u003c/persname\u003e(1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge S. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003e(1914 Jun 16); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCumberland Sanitorium\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLebanon, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e(1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n \u003cpersname\u003eGladys May\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003eduring World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe business and legal papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), sheriff of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, include: a letter from \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Gilman\u003c/persname\u003eto Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia House of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ewhere, \"I\n trust \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003ewill be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral Lunatic Asylum\u003c/corpname\u003enear \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003ewho was probably headed for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.V. Winston\u003c/persname\u003easking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003ewas the law partner of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ein the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. In 1936, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003ebecame director of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDivision of Motor Vehicles\u003c/corpname\u003efor \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. He served as a member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHaile Gold Mines, Inc.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1937 Jul 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003eand the declaration of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003efor candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl H. Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(1933\n May 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the papers related to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and politics are:\n the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLouisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll;\u003c/title\u003eelection returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026amp; n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026amp; Miscellaneous Documents.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusinesses represented in this series include: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCraig Kennels and Game Farm\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJackson Telephone and Telegraph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Old Dominion Phonograph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. The directors of this company were \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.P. Talley\u003c/persname\u003e(President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(Vice-President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.R. Goodwin\u003c/persname\u003e(General Manager), \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003e(Secretary \u0026amp; Treasurer,\n replaced by \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003ein June 1890), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.O. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.W. Flannagan\u003c/persname\u003e. Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003eand then \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e, and was concerned with a new \n \u003ccorpname\u003eC \u0026amp; O Railroad\u003c/corpname\u003edepot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026amp; 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTolersville\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026amp; receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Boyd Smith Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003emines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, who was also President of the\n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mines\u003c/corpname\u003eand much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand his company, law suits\n against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewho was his legal representative\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026amp; October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical \u0026amp; Mining\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003estore script (see separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eD. Boyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eto his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1901).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1887-?), a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eState Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles C. Carlin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward W. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eA. Willis Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFauquier County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucinda Lewis Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand was educated at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Winston Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, daughter of Judge \n \u003cpersname\u003eF.W. Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, and became a dairy farmer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. His only brother was\n Representative \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward Smith\u003c/persname\u003eof the Eighth District.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Bound Volumes \u0026amp; Oversize Material\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of the papers of the \n Louisa County lawyer, \n W. E. Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Mineral City Mining","Manufacturing and Land Company","Louisa County Board of Supervisors","University of Virginia","Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company","Arminius Chemical Company","Nelms \u0026 Wise","Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company","Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company","Waynesboro City Times","Louisa News and Farmer","Louisa County News","Louisa Guano Company","Rich \u0026 Cornevin","Grocers and Meat Dealers","Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law","Independent Order of Odd Fellows","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke","Louisa Lumber Company","Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company","Hazelbrook Home School","Pyrites Chemical Mining Company","Bibb, Harmon and Company","law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise","Slate Hill Mine","Arminius Mine","Walnut Grove Gold Mine","Morrison Mine","Bridgewater Mills","The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company","Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm","Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company","South Planing Mills","Virginia Pyrites Mining Company","New Pinos Altos Company","Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company","The Caledonia Mine","Richmond Female Seminary","Pasteur Institute","Central State Hospital","Williamsburg asylum","Valley Seminary","Hollins Institute","Richmond Female Institute","Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia","William and Mary","Ricardo Sugar Estate","Pantops Academy","Randolph-Macon College","Episcopal Church","Brown's University School","Grange","Roanoke Democratic Convention","Virginia State Democratic Committee","United States House of Representatives","H.C. Buck, Jr. Company","law firm of Bibb and Bibb","Methodist Episcopal Church","Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference","Pottierville Post Office","John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall","Goochland Academy","Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South","Captain Bentley Brown's Company","New Hope Church","Philo Mathematician Society","House of Delegates","Constitutional Convention","John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro.","Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias","Cumberland Sanitorium","Virginia House of Delegates","Central Lunatic Asylum","Division of Motor Vehicles","Haile Gold Mines, Inc.","Democratic National Convention","Louisa County Democratic Committee","Craig Kennels and Game Farm","Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company","The Old Dominion Phonograph Company","C \u0026 O Railroad","Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Arminius Mines","Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company","Buckner family","Bibb Family","Bibb family","Key Family","Buckner","W. E. Bibb","Baldwin M. Buckner","Boyd M. Smith","Reuben Lindsay Gordon","John G. May","William Worth Smith, Jr.","Robert F. Moss","John Q. Rhodes","William Emmet Bibb","Boyd Smith","Carl Nolting","William T. Bibb","Lucy A. Bibb","Bibb","W.E. Bibb","James E. Bibb","John Pendleton Bibb","William C. Bibb","Kate Lester Cammack","Janet Herndon Bibb","Emmet Cammack Bibb","William Chew Bibb","Rebecca Sterrett Bibb","Kathleen Bibb","Walter N. Cole","W.L. Bishop","J.R. Crank","Charles Goodloe","Thomas J. Harmon","B.M. (Hasher) Loving","Ella R. Moss","Samuel H. Parsons","J.F. Reynolds","Helen Summers","James Bibb","T.J. Harmon","J.T. Booz","Kate Crammack Bibb","John P. Bibb","John H. Chandler","Kate CrammackBibb","William E. Bibb","George A. Haynes","William Henry Adams","Henry Perry","Elizabeth Adams","Adams","Mr. Rogers","Reuben Davis","Bishop","Goodwin","Smith","Richard P. Bell","A.C. Braxton","James R. Caton","Fairfax Cary Christian","M.H. Crump","Charles W. Cunningham","Oliver Duncan","John B. Dye","Horace M. Engle","Edward L. Evans","S.G. Evans","John Fleming","D.C. Gallagher","W.S. Harris","Ernest A. Hoen","Samuel Morais Hyneman","W.B. Jeffrey","R.F. Knox","T.C. Leake, Jr.","J.B. Levy","W.A. Little","H.M. McDonald","Robert F. Morris","George W. Palmer","John A. Partridge","R.N. Pool","William B. Tinsley","John F. Walker","J.J. Weicher","James D. West","J.F. Wingfield","Rosa P. Chiles","Lucy Bibb","Mollie Bibb","Ella Rachel Broadhead","J.F. Bickers","E.G. Briscoe","George [Cammack ?]","Clarence A. Bibb","Elizabeth Hicks Corron","Janet Bibb","William F. Broadhead","Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead","J.H. Bibb","Theodore Roosevelt","John J. Trice","Samuel Andrews","Louis H. Wondree","Isaac Harris","Robert Barret","James G. Boxley","Frank Mills","Susan Waddy","Philip Sheridan","John Wallace","J.B. Winston","Winston","Jim Bibb","R.B. Shackelford","C.H.R. Doringh","Edna Beckwith","Alex J. Wedderburn","James C. Hill","Claude Swanson","R.E. Boykin","Paul C. Edmunds","H.D. Flood","James Hay","Jed. Hotchkiss","Eppa Hunton, Sr","William A. Jones","W.H.F. Lee","William McComb","William B. McIlwaine","James Mann","S.R. Moore","F.F. Ninde","W.B. Pendleton","Henry R. Pollard","R. Carter Scott","J. Hoge Tyler","Samuel W. Williams","George D. Wise","John W. Daniel","Thomas S. Martin","J. Taylor Ellyson","William A. Little","E.E. Meredith","John F. Rixey","Charles T. O'Ferrall","R.R. Powell","John Boxley","H.C. Buck, Jr.","John Chiles","Mary Fletcher","R.L. Gordon","George H. Johnson","Joseph R. Mosby","J.Q. Rhodes","Ellis Sharp","J.G. Thomasson","John J. Boxley, Jr.","Virginia Boxley","W.S. Poindexter","Poindexter","Townshead","William Baughan","Elizabeth P. Sledd","Alice E. Wyatt","Bettie B. Brick","Buckner","Mary Grace","Garland J. Harris","Mary Harris","Joseph","Sandy","Henry Francisco","Lewis Johnson","Richard Lewis","Nelson","Harvey","Austin","E.R. Watson","Annie Brown","Bonnie Brown","James Henry Bullock","Lewis Holliday","Benjamin Marshall","Robert Mason","Robert Mino","Henry Meredith","Andrew Myers","Franklin Page","Elizabeth Page","A.V. Parrish","Richard Petters","Elisha Purington","Charles Rollins","William A. Tompkins","E.B. Brock","John Terrell","Clayton","C.T. Brown","A.J. Yarbough","W.S. Kirk","Warner Hall","Susannah D. Mills","Dr. Buckner","Horace Buckner","General Johnston","Robert Buckner","H. Buckner","Gordon","William F. Gordon","Alice Maud Winston","Nellie Blair Hunt","Daniel Gordon","R.L. Gordon, Jr.","Maury Morris","A.B. Grymes","William F. Gordon, Jr.","Mary Jane Gordon","Alexander T. Gordon","J.O. Winston","B.L. Gordon","Cassius Carter","John Goodwin May","Mary L. (Baker) Massie","W.J. Underwood","Jeff Porter","Mamie Thomas","J.B. Thomas","L.J. Haley","George S. Shackelford","Gladys May","William Gilman","H.V. Winston","W.C. Bibb","Rhodes","Carl H. Nolting","R.P. Talley","W.R. Goodwin","P.B. Porter","A.G. Hill","W.O. Smith","J.W. Flannagan","D. Boyd Smith","William Worth Smith Jr.","Charles C. Carlin","Howard W. Smith","A. Willis Robertson","William Worth Smith","Lucinda Lewis Smith","Lucy Winston Sims","F.W. Sims","Howard Smith","English"],"unitid_tesim":["4171"],"normalized_title_ssm":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"collection_title_tesim":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"collection_ssim":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift 1955 February 17"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["18,250 items"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of the papers of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003elawyer, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW. E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910) and other \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eCourt House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd M. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, Virginia State\n senator, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelection materials, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eManufacturing and Land Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003esheriff, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers include correspondence, business \u0026amp; legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections\u003c/title\u003ebut unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb Family\u003c/famname\u003e(Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eFamilies (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Board of Supervisors\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n February 17, 1953.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1891) and \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. post 1899), was a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSalem\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eareas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also involved with the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026amp; 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003e, including the correspondence\n between \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, his sons, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Box 1), and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003emarried \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Lester Cammack\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Herndon Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1878-1959), \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmmet Cammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1879-1888), \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Sterrett Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1888-1941), \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eKathleen Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1890-1964) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter N. Cole\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eover business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1927) a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eClay Valley Brick and Tile Works\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 9), sale of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003elots and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover junction\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e(1891 April 1). \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e(real estate), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.T. Booz\u003c/persname\u003ewere both editors and\n proprietors of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWaynesboro City Times\u003c/corpname\u003e, established\n January 6, 1891. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ealso established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa News and Farmer\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1879, changing\n its name to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County News\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Guano Company\u003c/corpname\u003epartnership between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn P. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. Chandler\u003c/persname\u003eset up to manufacture\n guano in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRich \u0026amp; Cornevin\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrocers and Meat Dealers\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942), another son\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate CrammackBibb\u003c/persname\u003e, include business \u0026amp;\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb \u0026amp; Bibb, Attorneys at Law\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n papers pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIndependent Order of Odd Fellows\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026amp; receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness correspondence includes land transactions in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; business matters of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment Company of\n Roanoke\u003c/corpname\u003e, Virginia, and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Lumber Company\u003c/corpname\u003e( \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge A. Haynes\u003c/persname\u003e, general commission\n merchant, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026amp; 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's 150 acre farm in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Jun 9 \u0026amp; 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ewoman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eFarmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894 Apr 9); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHazelbrook Home School\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1895 Apr 18 \u0026amp;\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Henry Adams\u003c/persname\u003e(1842-1930) son of\n General \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Perry\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, and mining engineer, to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003etook an option on the property from\n its owner in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ein March 1883. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eserved as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003easked \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eto secure legal protection against a \n \u003cpersname\u003eMr. Rogers\u003c/persname\u003ewho had been threatening to\n shoot \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003eon sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e[ca. 1897\n ?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Davis\u003c/persname\u003elands as the town site of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, in 1890. \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand several others decided to\n promote \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003ethrough the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003epurchased several lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003efor himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003e's lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003e, development of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eGoodwin\u003c/persname\u003etract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003eeventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003ewas also apparently associated with\n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e(see boxes 24-26) in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, a member of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003eoffice of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon and Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, along with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, widow of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eSheriff \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw office of Nelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourt clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, a postal clerk of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHenrico County\u003c/geogname\u003e, accused of\n embezzlement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSlate Hill Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWalnut Grove Gold Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMorrison Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the following topics: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBridgewater Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e, barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSmith\u003c/persname\u003evs \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein November 1900.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals with letters in these files include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard P. Bell\u003c/persname\u003e(law office); \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.C. Braxton\u003c/persname\u003e(lawyer); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames R. Caton\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eFairfax Cary Christian\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCoalter \u0026amp; Wise law firm\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eM.H. Crump\u003c/persname\u003e(land agent); \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles W. Cunningham\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDingee, Weinman \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eOliver Duncan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn B. Dye\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace M. Engle\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward L. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth Planing Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eS.G. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fleming\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Pyrites Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eD.C. Gallagher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eErnest A. Hoen\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Morais Hyneman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Jeffrey\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Pinos Altos Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChihuahua, Mexico\u003c/geogname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.F. Knox\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.C. Leake, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Levy\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.M. McDonald\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDominion Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Morris\u003c/persname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge W. Palmer\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Partridge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.N. Pool\u003c/persname\u003e(President of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIngalls Iron \u0026amp; Coal Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. Tinsley\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Walker\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.J. Weicher\u003c/persname\u003e(manager of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Caledonia Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames D. West\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Wingfield\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin \n \u003cpersname\u003eRosa P. Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, author of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDown Among the Crackers\u003c/title\u003e(1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(?-1891); his sisters, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMollie Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003e. Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n \u003cpersname\u003eClarence A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026amp; Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eClifton Forge, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Hicks Corron\u003c/persname\u003e, page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's illness while at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Apr 19\n \u0026amp; May 4); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, husband of \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Bibb Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026amp; 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.H. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's notes on \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003egenealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026amp; Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCuba\u003c/geogname\u003e(n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewhile he was a patient at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentioning political offices, \n \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, and political affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe small number of legal cases of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Trice\u003c/persname\u003eand the executors of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Andrews\u003c/persname\u003eEstate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026amp; theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026amp; 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n \u003cpersname\u003eLouis H. Wondree\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Aug 14 \u0026amp; Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026amp; Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral State Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n \u003cpersname\u003eIsaac Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Barret\u003c/persname\u003e, to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames G. Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Mills\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusan Waddy\u003c/persname\u003einvolving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliamsburg asylum\u003c/corpname\u003e(1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip Sheridan\u003c/persname\u003efor three months by\n African-American \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wallace\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Nov 25); possible \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003erelatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eValley Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e\u0026amp; Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003e, Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026amp;\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCleveland\u003c/geogname\u003eslant (1892 Apr 24); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eat \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1893 Jul 28\n \u0026amp; 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n \u003cpersname\u003eJim Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, by another member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Oct 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ebitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliam and Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.B. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003ere \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's mother at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1898 Feb 2 \u0026amp; 10);\n the Cuban \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRicardo Sugar Estate\u003c/corpname\u003ebelonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.H.R. Doringh\u003c/persname\u003e(1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026amp; 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePantops Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Aug 17 \u0026amp; 25, and\n Sep 6); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Sep 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's interest in joining the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEpiscopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdna Beckwith\u003c/persname\u003efor mental treatment in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899-1900); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrown's University School\u003c/corpname\u003e(1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eKey Family\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (1904 Jan 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe political correspondence discusses \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrange\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlex J. Wedderburn\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jan 25); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026amp; 10); violence in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026amp; 13); many letters supporting \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003efor commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026amp; 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026amp; 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRoanoke Democratic Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eseeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames C. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003emine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026amp; 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003esenatorial contest of 1899; \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the correspondents in the political files\n include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR.E. Boykin\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003ePaul C. Edmunds\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Nov 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eH.D. Flood\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 May 14, Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Hay\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Nov 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJed. Hotchkiss\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEppa Hunton, Sr\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McComb\u003c/persname\u003e(1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. McIlwaine\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Mann\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eS.R. Moore\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026amp; 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eF.F. Ninde\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Sep 5)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Pendleton\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry R. Pollard\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Mar 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR. Carter Scott\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jul 6 \u0026amp; 12)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Apr 19; May 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJ. Hoge Tyler\u003c/persname\u003e(1900 Mar 2)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eSamuel W. Williams\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eGeorge D. Wise\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Dec 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Daniel\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas S. Martin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScottsville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Taylor Ellyson\u003c/persname\u003e, the Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia State Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e, a Virginia Senator\n representing \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.E. Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Rixey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles T. O'Ferrall\u003c/persname\u003e, members of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited States House of Representatives\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n and \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.R. Powell\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026amp;\n Businesses\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003eand the accounts of his\n children \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Boxley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e. The letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eare concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNewark, New Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Poindexter\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, over \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's property to cars at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eaccording to specifications. The \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw firm of Bibb and Bibb\u003c/corpname\u003eapparently\n represented the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein the dispute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epapers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e, a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ephysician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n \u003cpersname\u003eTownshead\u003c/persname\u003e. Items in the accounts \u0026amp;\n receipts of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner\u003c/famname\u003efamily include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMethodist Episcopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003eon \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMadison Circuit, Virginia Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026amp; 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePottierville Post Office\u003c/corpname\u003eaccount (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Baughan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth P. Sledd\u003c/persname\u003e(1850 Jan 31); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall\u003c/corpname\u003erental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGoochland Academy\u003c/corpname\u003etuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026amp; 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eeducation receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice E. Wyatt\u003c/persname\u003e(1864 Jul 30), \n \u003cpersname\u003eBettie B. Brick\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouthfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South\u003c/corpname\u003e(1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Grace\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eGarland J. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eSandy\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Francisco\u003c/persname\u003e(1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Johnson\u003c/persname\u003eto learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Lewis\u003c/persname\u003e(1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n \u003cpersname\u003eNelson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHarvey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eAustin\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.R. Watson\u003c/persname\u003e\"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present are receipts for several persons hired by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eafter the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAnnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBonnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Aug 8)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Henry Bullock\u003c/persname\u003e(1869 Jan 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eLewis Holliday\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Sep 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin Marshall\u003c/persname\u003e, freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mason\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Jul 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mino\u003c/persname\u003er, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026amp; 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Jan 7)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Myers\u003c/persname\u003e(1882 Feb 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eFranklin Page\u003c/persname\u003e, son of freedwoman \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Page\u003c/persname\u003e, by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eA.V. Parrish\u003c/persname\u003e(1885 Mar 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRichard Petters\u003c/persname\u003e(1870 Nov 14 \u0026amp; Dec\n 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eElisha Purington\u003c/persname\u003e(1872 Apr 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eCharles Rollins\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 19)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Tompkins\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003ebusiness correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.B. Brock\u003c/persname\u003e(1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eto work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Terrell\u003c/persname\u003eseeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCaptain Bentley Brown's Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n \u003cpersname\u003eClayton\u003c/persname\u003ewill not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.T. Brown\u003c/persname\u003eand squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026amp; 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.J. Yarbough\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Kirk\u003c/persname\u003e, married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWarner Hall\u003c/persname\u003edisability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusannah D. Mills\u003c/persname\u003eon the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epersonal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n \u003cpersname\u003eDr. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand his wayward son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1888), out West in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Louis\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e, and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral Johnston\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGeorgia\u003c/geogname\u003eand his participation in the\n Battle of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Hope Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1864 Jun 23); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e, describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBrazil\u003c/geogname\u003eof a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmazon River\u003c/geogname\u003e, and a request to present a\n speech before the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePhilo Mathematician Society\u003c/corpname\u003eon July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNebraska\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMinnesota\u003c/geogname\u003e(1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e(1874 Feb 22); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ehas his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eabout \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eH. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eis not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026amp; 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efor sixteen years, elected\n to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eConstitutional Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEdgewoth, Albemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003eand educated\n privately by his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and was married (1884)\n first to \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Maud Winston\u003c/persname\u003e(1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n \u003cpersname\u003eNellie Blair Hunt\u003c/persname\u003e. The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Gordon\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaury Morris\u003c/persname\u003eof fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1887 Apr 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.B. Grymes\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Jane Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1852-1891), \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander T. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.O. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e, sister, \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCassius Carter\u003c/persname\u003e. Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMetz, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Aug 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Goodwin May\u003c/persname\u003eare chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn F. Tolley \u0026amp; Bro.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary L. (Baker) Massie\u003c/persname\u003evs the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrand Lodge Knights of Pythias\u003c/corpname\u003e; the\n estates of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.J. Underwood\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJeff Porter\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003cpersname\u003eMamie Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eDivorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n \u003cpersname\u003eL.J. Haley\u003c/persname\u003e(1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge S. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003e(1914 Jun 16); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCumberland Sanitorium\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLebanon, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e(1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n \u003cpersname\u003eGladys May\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003eduring World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe business and legal papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), sheriff of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, include: a letter from \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Gilman\u003c/persname\u003eto Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia House of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ewhere, \"I\n trust \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003ewill be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral Lunatic Asylum\u003c/corpname\u003enear \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003ewho was probably headed for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.V. Winston\u003c/persname\u003easking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003ewas the law partner of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ein the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. In 1936, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003ebecame director of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDivision of Motor Vehicles\u003c/corpname\u003efor \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. He served as a member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHaile Gold Mines, Inc.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1937 Jul 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003eand the declaration of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003efor candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl H. Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(1933\n May 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the papers related to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and politics are:\n the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLouisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll;\u003c/title\u003eelection returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026amp; n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026amp; Miscellaneous Documents.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusinesses represented in this series include: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCraig Kennels and Game Farm\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJackson Telephone and Telegraph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Old Dominion Phonograph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. The directors of this company were \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.P. Talley\u003c/persname\u003e(President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(Vice-President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.R. Goodwin\u003c/persname\u003e(General Manager), \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003e(Secretary \u0026amp; Treasurer,\n replaced by \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003ein June 1890), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.O. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.W. Flannagan\u003c/persname\u003e. Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003eand then \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e, and was concerned with a new \n \u003ccorpname\u003eC \u0026amp; O Railroad\u003c/corpname\u003edepot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026amp; 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTolersville\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026amp; receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Boyd Smith Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003emines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, who was also President of the\n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mines\u003c/corpname\u003eand much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand his company, law suits\n against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewho was his legal representative\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026amp; October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical \u0026amp; Mining\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003estore script (see separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eD. Boyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eto his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1901).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1887-?), a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eState Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles C. Carlin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward W. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eA. Willis Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFauquier County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucinda Lewis Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand was educated at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Winston Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, daughter of Judge \n \u003cpersname\u003eF.W. Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, and became a dairy farmer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. His only brother was\n Representative \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward Smith\u003c/persname\u003eof the Eighth District.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Bound Volumes \u0026amp; Oversize Material\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of the papers of the \n Louisa County lawyer, \n W. E. Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["4171"],"text":["4171","W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940","18,250 items","This collection consists of the papers of the \n Louisa County lawyer, \n W. E. Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Mineral City Mining","Manufacturing and Land Company","Louisa County Board of Supervisors","University of Virginia","Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company","Arminius Chemical Company","Nelms \u0026 Wise","Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company","Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company","Waynesboro City Times","Louisa News and Farmer","Louisa County News","Louisa Guano Company","Rich \u0026 Cornevin","Grocers and Meat Dealers","Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law","Independent Order of Odd Fellows","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke","Louisa Lumber Company","Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company","Hazelbrook Home School","Pyrites Chemical Mining Company","Bibb, Harmon and Company","law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise","Slate Hill Mine","Arminius Mine","Walnut Grove Gold Mine","Morrison Mine","Bridgewater Mills","The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company","Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm","Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company","South Planing Mills","Virginia Pyrites Mining Company","New Pinos Altos Company","Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company","The Caledonia Mine","Richmond Female Seminary","Pasteur Institute","Central State Hospital","Williamsburg asylum","Valley Seminary","Hollins Institute","Richmond Female Institute","Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia","William and Mary","Ricardo Sugar Estate","Pantops Academy","Randolph-Macon College","Episcopal Church","Brown's University School","Grange","Roanoke Democratic Convention","Virginia State Democratic Committee","United States House of Representatives","H.C. Buck, Jr. Company","law firm of Bibb and Bibb","Methodist Episcopal Church","Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference","Pottierville Post Office","John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall","Goochland Academy","Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South","Captain Bentley Brown's Company","New Hope Church","Philo Mathematician Society","House of Delegates","Constitutional Convention","John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro.","Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias","Cumberland Sanitorium","Virginia House of Delegates","Central Lunatic Asylum","Division of Motor Vehicles","Haile Gold Mines, Inc.","Democratic National Convention","Louisa County Democratic Committee","Craig Kennels and Game Farm","Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company","The Old Dominion Phonograph Company","C \u0026 O Railroad","Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Arminius Mines","Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company","Buckner family","Bibb Family","Bibb family","Key Family","Buckner","W. E. Bibb","Baldwin M. Buckner","Boyd M. Smith","Reuben Lindsay Gordon","John G. May","William Worth Smith, Jr.","Robert F. Moss","John Q. Rhodes","William Emmet Bibb","Boyd Smith","Carl Nolting","William T. Bibb","Lucy A. Bibb","Bibb","W.E. Bibb","James E. Bibb","John Pendleton Bibb","William C. Bibb","Kate Lester Cammack","Janet Herndon Bibb","Emmet Cammack Bibb","William Chew Bibb","Rebecca Sterrett Bibb","Kathleen Bibb","Walter N. Cole","W.L. Bishop","J.R. Crank","Charles Goodloe","Thomas J. Harmon","B.M. (Hasher) Loving","Ella R. Moss","Samuel H. Parsons","J.F. Reynolds","Helen Summers","James Bibb","T.J. Harmon","J.T. Booz","Kate Crammack Bibb","John P. Bibb","John H. Chandler","Kate CrammackBibb","William E. Bibb","George A. Haynes","William Henry Adams","Henry Perry","Elizabeth Adams","Adams","Mr. Rogers","Reuben Davis","Bishop","Goodwin","Smith","Richard P. Bell","A.C. Braxton","James R. Caton","Fairfax Cary Christian","M.H. Crump","Charles W. Cunningham","Oliver Duncan","John B. Dye","Horace M. Engle","Edward L. Evans","S.G. Evans","John Fleming","D.C. Gallagher","W.S. Harris","Ernest A. Hoen","Samuel Morais Hyneman","W.B. Jeffrey","R.F. Knox","T.C. Leake, Jr.","J.B. Levy","W.A. Little","H.M. McDonald","Robert F. Morris","George W. Palmer","John A. Partridge","R.N. Pool","William B. Tinsley","John F. Walker","J.J. Weicher","James D. West","J.F. Wingfield","Rosa P. Chiles","Lucy Bibb","Mollie Bibb","Ella Rachel Broadhead","J.F. Bickers","E.G. Briscoe","George [Cammack ?]","Clarence A. Bibb","Elizabeth Hicks Corron","Janet Bibb","William F. Broadhead","Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead","J.H. Bibb","Theodore Roosevelt","John J. Trice","Samuel Andrews","Louis H. Wondree","Isaac Harris","Robert Barret","James G. Boxley","Frank Mills","Susan Waddy","Philip Sheridan","John Wallace","J.B. Winston","Winston","Jim Bibb","R.B. Shackelford","C.H.R. Doringh","Edna Beckwith","Alex J. Wedderburn","James C. Hill","Claude Swanson","R.E. Boykin","Paul C. Edmunds","H.D. Flood","James Hay","Jed. Hotchkiss","Eppa Hunton, Sr","William A. Jones","W.H.F. Lee","William McComb","William B. McIlwaine","James Mann","S.R. Moore","F.F. Ninde","W.B. Pendleton","Henry R. Pollard","R. Carter Scott","J. Hoge Tyler","Samuel W. Williams","George D. Wise","John W. Daniel","Thomas S. Martin","J. Taylor Ellyson","William A. Little","E.E. Meredith","John F. Rixey","Charles T. O'Ferrall","R.R. Powell","John Boxley","H.C. Buck, Jr.","John Chiles","Mary Fletcher","R.L. Gordon","George H. Johnson","Joseph R. Mosby","J.Q. Rhodes","Ellis Sharp","J.G. Thomasson","John J. Boxley, Jr.","Virginia Boxley","W.S. Poindexter","Poindexter","Townshead","William Baughan","Elizabeth P. Sledd","Alice E. Wyatt","Bettie B. Brick","Buckner","Mary Grace","Garland J. Harris","Mary Harris","Joseph","Sandy","Henry Francisco","Lewis Johnson","Richard Lewis","Nelson","Harvey","Austin","E.R. Watson","Annie Brown","Bonnie Brown","James Henry Bullock","Lewis Holliday","Benjamin Marshall","Robert Mason","Robert Mino","Henry Meredith","Andrew Myers","Franklin Page","Elizabeth Page","A.V. Parrish","Richard Petters","Elisha Purington","Charles Rollins","William A. Tompkins","E.B. Brock","John Terrell","Clayton","C.T. Brown","A.J. Yarbough","W.S. Kirk","Warner Hall","Susannah D. Mills","Dr. Buckner","Horace Buckner","General Johnston","Robert Buckner","H. Buckner","Gordon","William F. Gordon","Alice Maud Winston","Nellie Blair Hunt","Daniel Gordon","R.L. Gordon, Jr.","Maury Morris","A.B. Grymes","William F. Gordon, Jr.","Mary Jane Gordon","Alexander T. Gordon","J.O. Winston","B.L. Gordon","Cassius Carter","John Goodwin May","Mary L. (Baker) Massie","W.J. Underwood","Jeff Porter","Mamie Thomas","J.B. Thomas","L.J. Haley","George S. Shackelford","Gladys May","William Gilman","H.V. Winston","W.C. Bibb","Rhodes","Carl H. Nolting","R.P. Talley","W.R. Goodwin","P.B. Porter","A.G. Hill","W.O. Smith","J.W. Flannagan","D. Boyd Smith","William Worth Smith Jr.","Charles C. Carlin","Howard W. Smith","A. Willis Robertson","William Worth Smith","Lucinda Lewis Smith","Lucy Winston Sims","F.W. Sims","Howard Smith","English"],"unitid_tesim":["4171"],"normalized_title_ssm":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"collection_title_tesim":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"collection_ssim":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift 1955 February 17"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["18,250 items"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of the papers of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003elawyer, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW. E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910) and other \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eCourt House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd M. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, Virginia State\n senator, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelection materials, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eManufacturing and Land Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003esheriff, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers include correspondence, business \u0026amp; legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections\u003c/title\u003ebut unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb Family\u003c/famname\u003e(Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eFamilies (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Board of Supervisors\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n February 17, 1953.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1891) and \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. post 1899), was a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSalem\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eareas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also involved with the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026amp; 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003e, including the correspondence\n between \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, his sons, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Box 1), and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003emarried \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Lester Cammack\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Herndon Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1878-1959), \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmmet Cammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1879-1888), \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Sterrett Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1888-1941), \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eKathleen Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1890-1964) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter N. Cole\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eover business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1927) a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eClay Valley Brick and Tile Works\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 9), sale of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003elots and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover junction\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e(1891 April 1). \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e(real estate), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.T. Booz\u003c/persname\u003ewere both editors and\n proprietors of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWaynesboro City Times\u003c/corpname\u003e, established\n January 6, 1891. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ealso established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa News and Farmer\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1879, changing\n its name to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County News\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Guano Company\u003c/corpname\u003epartnership between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn P. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. Chandler\u003c/persname\u003eset up to manufacture\n guano in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRich \u0026amp; Cornevin\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrocers and Meat Dealers\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942), another son\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate CrammackBibb\u003c/persname\u003e, include business \u0026amp;\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb \u0026amp; Bibb, Attorneys at Law\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n papers pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIndependent Order of Odd Fellows\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026amp; receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness correspondence includes land transactions in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; business matters of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment Company of\n Roanoke\u003c/corpname\u003e, Virginia, and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Lumber Company\u003c/corpname\u003e( \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge A. Haynes\u003c/persname\u003e, general commission\n merchant, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026amp; 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's 150 acre farm in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Jun 9 \u0026amp; 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ewoman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eFarmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894 Apr 9); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHazelbrook Home School\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1895 Apr 18 \u0026amp;\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Henry Adams\u003c/persname\u003e(1842-1930) son of\n General \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Perry\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, and mining engineer, to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003etook an option on the property from\n its owner in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ein March 1883. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eserved as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003easked \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eto secure legal protection against a \n \u003cpersname\u003eMr. Rogers\u003c/persname\u003ewho had been threatening to\n shoot \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003eon sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e[ca. 1897\n ?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Davis\u003c/persname\u003elands as the town site of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, in 1890. \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand several others decided to\n promote \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003ethrough the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003epurchased several lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003efor himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003e's lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003e, development of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eGoodwin\u003c/persname\u003etract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003eeventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003ewas also apparently associated with\n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e(see boxes 24-26) in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, a member of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003eoffice of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon and Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, along with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, widow of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eSheriff \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw office of Nelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourt clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, a postal clerk of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHenrico County\u003c/geogname\u003e, accused of\n embezzlement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSlate Hill Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWalnut Grove Gold Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMorrison Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the following topics: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBridgewater Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e, barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSmith\u003c/persname\u003evs \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein November 1900.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals with letters in these files include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard P. Bell\u003c/persname\u003e(law office); \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.C. Braxton\u003c/persname\u003e(lawyer); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames R. Caton\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eFairfax Cary Christian\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCoalter \u0026amp; Wise law firm\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eM.H. Crump\u003c/persname\u003e(land agent); \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles W. Cunningham\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDingee, Weinman \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eOliver Duncan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn B. Dye\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace M. Engle\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward L. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth Planing Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eS.G. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fleming\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Pyrites Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eD.C. Gallagher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eErnest A. Hoen\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Morais Hyneman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Jeffrey\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Pinos Altos Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChihuahua, Mexico\u003c/geogname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.F. Knox\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.C. Leake, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Levy\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.M. McDonald\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDominion Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Morris\u003c/persname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge W. Palmer\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Partridge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.N. Pool\u003c/persname\u003e(President of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIngalls Iron \u0026amp; Coal Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. Tinsley\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Walker\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.J. Weicher\u003c/persname\u003e(manager of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Caledonia Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames D. West\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Wingfield\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin \n \u003cpersname\u003eRosa P. Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, author of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDown Among the Crackers\u003c/title\u003e(1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(?-1891); his sisters, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMollie Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003e. Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n \u003cpersname\u003eClarence A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026amp; Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eClifton Forge, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Hicks Corron\u003c/persname\u003e, page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's illness while at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Apr 19\n \u0026amp; May 4); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, husband of \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Bibb Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026amp; 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.H. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's notes on \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003egenealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026amp; Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCuba\u003c/geogname\u003e(n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewhile he was a patient at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentioning political offices, \n \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, and political affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe small number of legal cases of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Trice\u003c/persname\u003eand the executors of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Andrews\u003c/persname\u003eEstate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026amp; theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026amp; 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n \u003cpersname\u003eLouis H. Wondree\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Aug 14 \u0026amp; Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026amp; Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral State Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n \u003cpersname\u003eIsaac Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Barret\u003c/persname\u003e, to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames G. Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Mills\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusan Waddy\u003c/persname\u003einvolving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliamsburg asylum\u003c/corpname\u003e(1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip Sheridan\u003c/persname\u003efor three months by\n African-American \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wallace\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Nov 25); possible \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003erelatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eValley Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e\u0026amp; Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003e, Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026amp;\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCleveland\u003c/geogname\u003eslant (1892 Apr 24); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eat \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1893 Jul 28\n \u0026amp; 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n \u003cpersname\u003eJim Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, by another member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Oct 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ebitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliam and Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.B. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003ere \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's mother at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1898 Feb 2 \u0026amp; 10);\n the Cuban \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRicardo Sugar Estate\u003c/corpname\u003ebelonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.H.R. Doringh\u003c/persname\u003e(1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026amp; 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePantops Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Aug 17 \u0026amp; 25, and\n Sep 6); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Sep 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's interest in joining the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEpiscopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdna Beckwith\u003c/persname\u003efor mental treatment in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899-1900); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrown's University School\u003c/corpname\u003e(1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eKey Family\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (1904 Jan 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe political correspondence discusses \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrange\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlex J. Wedderburn\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jan 25); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026amp; 10); violence in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026amp; 13); many letters supporting \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003efor commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026amp; 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026amp; 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRoanoke Democratic Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eseeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames C. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003emine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026amp; 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003esenatorial contest of 1899; \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the correspondents in the political files\n include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR.E. Boykin\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003ePaul C. Edmunds\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Nov 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eH.D. Flood\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 May 14, Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Hay\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Nov 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJed. Hotchkiss\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEppa Hunton, Sr\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McComb\u003c/persname\u003e(1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. McIlwaine\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Mann\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eS.R. Moore\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026amp; 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eF.F. Ninde\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Sep 5)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Pendleton\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry R. Pollard\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Mar 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR. Carter Scott\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jul 6 \u0026amp; 12)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Apr 19; May 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJ. Hoge Tyler\u003c/persname\u003e(1900 Mar 2)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eSamuel W. Williams\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eGeorge D. Wise\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Dec 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Daniel\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas S. Martin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScottsville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Taylor Ellyson\u003c/persname\u003e, the Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia State Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e, a Virginia Senator\n representing \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.E. Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Rixey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles T. O'Ferrall\u003c/persname\u003e, members of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited States House of Representatives\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n and \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.R. Powell\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026amp;\n Businesses\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003eand the accounts of his\n children \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Boxley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e. The letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eare concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNewark, New Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Poindexter\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, over \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's property to cars at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eaccording to specifications. The \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw firm of Bibb and Bibb\u003c/corpname\u003eapparently\n represented the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein the dispute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epapers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e, a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ephysician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n \u003cpersname\u003eTownshead\u003c/persname\u003e. Items in the accounts \u0026amp;\n receipts of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner\u003c/famname\u003efamily include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMethodist Episcopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003eon \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMadison Circuit, Virginia Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026amp; 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePottierville Post Office\u003c/corpname\u003eaccount (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Baughan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth P. Sledd\u003c/persname\u003e(1850 Jan 31); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall\u003c/corpname\u003erental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGoochland Academy\u003c/corpname\u003etuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026amp; 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eeducation receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice E. Wyatt\u003c/persname\u003e(1864 Jul 30), \n \u003cpersname\u003eBettie B. Brick\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouthfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South\u003c/corpname\u003e(1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Grace\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eGarland J. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eSandy\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Francisco\u003c/persname\u003e(1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Johnson\u003c/persname\u003eto learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Lewis\u003c/persname\u003e(1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n \u003cpersname\u003eNelson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHarvey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eAustin\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.R. Watson\u003c/persname\u003e\"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present are receipts for several persons hired by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eafter the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAnnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBonnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Aug 8)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Henry Bullock\u003c/persname\u003e(1869 Jan 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eLewis Holliday\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Sep 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin Marshall\u003c/persname\u003e, freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mason\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Jul 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mino\u003c/persname\u003er, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026amp; 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Jan 7)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Myers\u003c/persname\u003e(1882 Feb 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eFranklin Page\u003c/persname\u003e, son of freedwoman \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Page\u003c/persname\u003e, by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eA.V. Parrish\u003c/persname\u003e(1885 Mar 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRichard Petters\u003c/persname\u003e(1870 Nov 14 \u0026amp; Dec\n 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eElisha Purington\u003c/persname\u003e(1872 Apr 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eCharles Rollins\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 19)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Tompkins\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003ebusiness correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.B. Brock\u003c/persname\u003e(1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eto work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Terrell\u003c/persname\u003eseeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCaptain Bentley Brown's Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n \u003cpersname\u003eClayton\u003c/persname\u003ewill not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.T. Brown\u003c/persname\u003eand squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026amp; 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.J. Yarbough\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Kirk\u003c/persname\u003e, married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWarner Hall\u003c/persname\u003edisability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusannah D. Mills\u003c/persname\u003eon the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epersonal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n \u003cpersname\u003eDr. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand his wayward son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1888), out West in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Louis\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e, and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral Johnston\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGeorgia\u003c/geogname\u003eand his participation in the\n Battle of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Hope Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1864 Jun 23); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e, describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBrazil\u003c/geogname\u003eof a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmazon River\u003c/geogname\u003e, and a request to present a\n speech before the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePhilo Mathematician Society\u003c/corpname\u003eon July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNebraska\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMinnesota\u003c/geogname\u003e(1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e(1874 Feb 22); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ehas his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eabout \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eH. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eis not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026amp; 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efor sixteen years, elected\n to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eConstitutional Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEdgewoth, Albemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003eand educated\n privately by his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and was married (1884)\n first to \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Maud Winston\u003c/persname\u003e(1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n \u003cpersname\u003eNellie Blair Hunt\u003c/persname\u003e. The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Gordon\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaury Morris\u003c/persname\u003eof fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1887 Apr 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.B. Grymes\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Jane Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1852-1891), \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander T. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.O. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e, sister, \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCassius Carter\u003c/persname\u003e. Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMetz, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Aug 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Goodwin May\u003c/persname\u003eare chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn F. Tolley \u0026amp; Bro.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary L. (Baker) Massie\u003c/persname\u003evs the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrand Lodge Knights of Pythias\u003c/corpname\u003e; the\n estates of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.J. Underwood\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJeff Porter\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003cpersname\u003eMamie Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eDivorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n \u003cpersname\u003eL.J. Haley\u003c/persname\u003e(1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge S. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003e(1914 Jun 16); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCumberland Sanitorium\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLebanon, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e(1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n \u003cpersname\u003eGladys May\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003eduring World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe business and legal papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), sheriff of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, include: a letter from \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Gilman\u003c/persname\u003eto Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia House of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ewhere, \"I\n trust \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003ewill be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral Lunatic Asylum\u003c/corpname\u003enear \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003ewho was probably headed for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.V. Winston\u003c/persname\u003easking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003ewas the law partner of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ein the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. In 1936, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003ebecame director of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDivision of Motor Vehicles\u003c/corpname\u003efor \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. He served as a member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHaile Gold Mines, Inc.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1937 Jul 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003eand the declaration of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003efor candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl H. Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(1933\n May 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the papers related to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and politics are:\n the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLouisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll;\u003c/title\u003eelection returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026amp; n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026amp; Miscellaneous Documents.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusinesses represented in this series include: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCraig Kennels and Game Farm\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJackson Telephone and Telegraph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Old Dominion Phonograph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. The directors of this company were \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.P. Talley\u003c/persname\u003e(President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(Vice-President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.R. Goodwin\u003c/persname\u003e(General Manager), \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003e(Secretary \u0026amp; Treasurer,\n replaced by \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003ein June 1890), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.O. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.W. Flannagan\u003c/persname\u003e. Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003eand then \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e, and was concerned with a new \n \u003ccorpname\u003eC \u0026amp; O Railroad\u003c/corpname\u003edepot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026amp; 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTolersville\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026amp; receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Boyd Smith Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003emines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, who was also President of the\n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mines\u003c/corpname\u003eand much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand his company, law suits\n against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewho was his legal representative\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026amp; October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical \u0026amp; Mining\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003estore script (see separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eD. Boyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eto his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1901).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1887-?), a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eState Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles C. Carlin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward W. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eA. Willis Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFauquier County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucinda Lewis Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand was educated at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Winston Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, daughter of Judge \n \u003cpersname\u003eF.W. Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, and became a dairy farmer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. His only brother was\n Representative \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward Smith\u003c/persname\u003eof the Eighth District.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Bound Volumes \u0026amp; Oversize Material\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of the papers of the \n Louisa County lawyer, \n W. E. Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Mineral City Mining","Manufacturing and Land Company","Louisa County Board of Supervisors","University of Virginia","Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company","Arminius Chemical Company","Nelms \u0026 Wise","Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company","Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company","Waynesboro City Times","Louisa News and Farmer","Louisa County News","Louisa Guano Company","Rich \u0026 Cornevin","Grocers and Meat Dealers","Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law","Independent Order of Odd Fellows","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke","Louisa Lumber Company","Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company","Hazelbrook Home School","Pyrites Chemical Mining Company","Bibb, Harmon and Company","law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise","Slate Hill Mine","Arminius Mine","Walnut Grove Gold Mine","Morrison Mine","Bridgewater Mills","The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company","Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm","Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company","South Planing Mills","Virginia Pyrites Mining Company","New Pinos Altos Company","Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company","The Caledonia Mine","Richmond Female Seminary","Pasteur Institute","Central State Hospital","Williamsburg asylum","Valley Seminary","Hollins Institute","Richmond Female Institute","Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia","William and Mary","Ricardo Sugar Estate","Pantops Academy","Randolph-Macon College","Episcopal Church","Brown's University School","Grange","Roanoke Democratic Convention","Virginia State Democratic Committee","United States House of Representatives","H.C. Buck, Jr. Company","law firm of Bibb and Bibb","Methodist Episcopal Church","Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference","Pottierville Post Office","John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall","Goochland Academy","Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South","Captain Bentley Brown's Company","New Hope Church","Philo Mathematician Society","House of Delegates","Constitutional Convention","John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro.","Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias","Cumberland Sanitorium","Virginia House of Delegates","Central Lunatic Asylum","Division of Motor Vehicles","Haile Gold Mines, Inc.","Democratic National Convention","Louisa County Democratic Committee","Craig Kennels and Game Farm","Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company","The Old Dominion Phonograph Company","C \u0026 O Railroad","Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Arminius Mines","Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company","Buckner family","Bibb Family","Bibb family","Key Family","Buckner","W. E. Bibb","Baldwin M. Buckner","Boyd M. 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Evans","S.G. Evans","John Fleming","D.C. Gallagher","W.S. Harris","Ernest A. Hoen","Samuel Morais Hyneman","W.B. Jeffrey","R.F. Knox","T.C. Leake, Jr.","J.B. Levy","W.A. Little","H.M. McDonald","Robert F. Morris","George W. Palmer","John A. Partridge","R.N. Pool","William B. Tinsley","John F. Walker","J.J. Weicher","James D. West","J.F. Wingfield","Rosa P. Chiles","Lucy Bibb","Mollie Bibb","Ella Rachel Broadhead","J.F. Bickers","E.G. Briscoe","George [Cammack ?]","Clarence A. Bibb","Elizabeth Hicks Corron","Janet Bibb","William F. Broadhead","Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead","J.H. Bibb","Theodore Roosevelt","John J. Trice","Samuel Andrews","Louis H. Wondree","Isaac Harris","Robert Barret","James G. Boxley","Frank Mills","Susan Waddy","Philip Sheridan","John Wallace","J.B. Winston","Winston","Jim Bibb","R.B. Shackelford","C.H.R. Doringh","Edna Beckwith","Alex J. Wedderburn","James C. Hill","Claude Swanson","R.E. Boykin","Paul C. Edmunds","H.D. Flood","James Hay","Jed. 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Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. Boyd Smith to his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n Bibb (1901).","Series IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers","This series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n William Worth Smith, Jr. (1887-?), a \n Virginia State Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n William Worth Smith Jr. 's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n Claude Swanson , \n Charles C. Carlin , \n Howard W. Smith , and \n A. Willis Robertson . \n William Worth Smith Jr. was born in \n Fauquier County to \n William Worth Smith and \n Lucinda Lewis Smith and was educated at \n Randolph-Macon College and the \n University of Virginia , receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n Lucy Winston Sims , daughter of Judge \n F.W. Sims , and became a dairy farmer in \n Louisa County . His only brother was\n Representative \n Howard Smith of the Eighth District.","Series V: Bound Volumes \u0026 Oversize Material","This series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Mineral City Mining","Manufacturing and Land Company","Louisa County Board of Supervisors","University of Virginia","Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company","Arminius Chemical Company","Nelms \u0026 Wise","Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company","Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company","Waynesboro City Times","Louisa News and Farmer","Louisa County News","Louisa Guano Company","Rich \u0026 Cornevin","Grocers and Meat Dealers","Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law","Independent Order of Odd Fellows","Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke","Louisa Lumber Company","Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company","Hazelbrook Home School","Pyrites Chemical Mining Company","Bibb, Harmon and Company","law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise","Slate Hill Mine","Arminius Mine","Walnut Grove Gold Mine","Morrison Mine","Bridgewater Mills","The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company","Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm","Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company","South Planing Mills","Virginia Pyrites Mining Company","New Pinos Altos Company","Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company","The Caledonia Mine","Richmond Female Seminary","Pasteur Institute","Central State Hospital","Williamsburg asylum","Valley Seminary","Hollins Institute","Richmond Female Institute","Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia","William and Mary","Ricardo Sugar Estate","Pantops Academy","Randolph-Macon College","Episcopal Church","Brown's University School","Grange","Roanoke Democratic Convention","Virginia State Democratic Committee","United States House of Representatives","H.C. Buck, Jr. Company","law firm of Bibb and Bibb","Methodist Episcopal Church","Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference","Pottierville Post Office","John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall","Goochland Academy","Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South","Captain Bentley Brown's Company","New Hope Church","Philo Mathematician Society","House of Delegates","Constitutional Convention","John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro.","Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias","Cumberland Sanitorium","Virginia House of Delegates","Central Lunatic Asylum","Division of Motor Vehicles","Haile Gold Mines, Inc.","Democratic National Convention","Louisa County Democratic Committee","Craig Kennels and Game Farm","Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company","The Old Dominion Phonograph Company","C \u0026 O Railroad","Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company","Arminius Mines","Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company","Buckner family","Bibb Family","Bibb family","Key Family","Buckner","W. E. Bibb","Baldwin M. Buckner","Boyd M. Smith","Reuben Lindsay Gordon","John G. May","William Worth Smith, Jr.","Robert F. Moss","John Q. Rhodes","William Emmet Bibb","Boyd Smith","Carl Nolting","William T. Bibb","Lucy A. Bibb","Bibb","W.E. Bibb","James E. Bibb","John Pendleton Bibb","William C. Bibb","Kate Lester Cammack","Janet Herndon Bibb","Emmet Cammack Bibb","William Chew Bibb","Rebecca Sterrett Bibb","Kathleen Bibb","Walter N. Cole","W.L. Bishop","J.R. Crank","Charles Goodloe","Thomas J. Harmon","B.M. (Hasher) Loving","Ella R. Moss","Samuel H. Parsons","J.F. Reynolds","Helen Summers","James Bibb","T.J. Harmon","J.T. Booz","Kate Crammack Bibb","John P. Bibb","John H. Chandler","Kate CrammackBibb","William E. Bibb","George A. Haynes","William Henry Adams","Henry Perry","Elizabeth Adams","Adams","Mr. Rogers","Reuben Davis","Bishop","Goodwin","Smith","Richard P. Bell","A.C. Braxton","James R. Caton","Fairfax Cary Christian","M.H. Crump","Charles W. Cunningham","Oliver Duncan","John B. Dye","Horace M. Engle","Edward L. Evans","S.G. Evans","John Fleming","D.C. Gallagher","W.S. Harris","Ernest A. Hoen","Samuel Morais Hyneman","W.B. Jeffrey","R.F. Knox","T.C. Leake, Jr.","J.B. Levy","W.A. Little","H.M. McDonald","Robert F. Morris","George W. Palmer","John A. Partridge","R.N. Pool","William B. Tinsley","John F. Walker","J.J. Weicher","James D. West","J.F. Wingfield","Rosa P. Chiles","Lucy Bibb","Mollie Bibb","Ella Rachel Broadhead","J.F. Bickers","E.G. Briscoe","George [Cammack ?]","Clarence A. Bibb","Elizabeth Hicks Corron","Janet Bibb","William F. Broadhead","Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead","J.H. Bibb","Theodore Roosevelt","John J. Trice","Samuel Andrews","Louis H. Wondree","Isaac Harris","Robert Barret","James G. Boxley","Frank Mills","Susan Waddy","Philip Sheridan","John Wallace","J.B. Winston","Winston","Jim Bibb","R.B. Shackelford","C.H.R. Doringh","Edna Beckwith","Alex J. Wedderburn","James C. Hill","Claude Swanson","R.E. Boykin","Paul C. Edmunds","H.D. Flood","James Hay","Jed. Hotchkiss","Eppa Hunton, Sr","William A. Jones","W.H.F. Lee","William McComb","William B. McIlwaine","James Mann","S.R. Moore","F.F. Ninde","W.B. Pendleton","Henry R. Pollard","R. Carter Scott","J. Hoge Tyler","Samuel W. Williams","George D. Wise","John W. Daniel","Thomas S. Martin","J. Taylor Ellyson","William A. Little","E.E. Meredith","John F. Rixey","Charles T. O'Ferrall","R.R. Powell","John Boxley","H.C. Buck, Jr.","John Chiles","Mary Fletcher","R.L. Gordon","George H. Johnson","Joseph R. Mosby","J.Q. Rhodes","Ellis Sharp","J.G. Thomasson","John J. Boxley, Jr.","Virginia Boxley","W.S. Poindexter","Poindexter","Townshead","William Baughan","Elizabeth P. Sledd","Alice E. Wyatt","Bettie B. Brick","Buckner","Mary Grace","Garland J. Harris","Mary Harris","Joseph","Sandy","Henry Francisco","Lewis Johnson","Richard Lewis","Nelson","Harvey","Austin","E.R. Watson","Annie Brown","Bonnie Brown","James Henry Bullock","Lewis Holliday","Benjamin Marshall","Robert Mason","Robert Mino","Henry Meredith","Andrew Myers","Franklin Page","Elizabeth Page","A.V. Parrish","Richard Petters","Elisha Purington","Charles Rollins","William A. Tompkins","E.B. Brock","John Terrell","Clayton","C.T. Brown","A.J. Yarbough","W.S. Kirk","Warner Hall","Susannah D. Mills","Dr. Buckner","Horace Buckner","General Johnston","Robert Buckner","H. Buckner","Gordon","William F. Gordon","Alice Maud Winston","Nellie Blair Hunt","Daniel Gordon","R.L. Gordon, Jr.","Maury Morris","A.B. Grymes","William F. Gordon, Jr.","Mary Jane Gordon","Alexander T. Gordon","J.O. Winston","B.L. Gordon","Cassius Carter","John Goodwin May","Mary L. (Baker) Massie","W.J. Underwood","Jeff Porter","Mamie Thomas","J.B. Thomas","L.J. Haley","George S. Shackelford","Gladys May","William Gilman","H.V. Winston","W.C. Bibb","Rhodes","Carl H. Nolting","R.P. Talley","W.R. Goodwin","P.B. Porter","A.G. Hill","W.O. Smith","J.W. Flannagan","D. Boyd Smith","William Worth Smith Jr.","Charles C. Carlin","Howard W. Smith","A. Willis Robertson","William Worth Smith","Lucinda Lewis Smith","Lucy Winston Sims","F.W. Sims","Howard Smith","English"],"unitid_tesim":["4171"],"normalized_title_ssm":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"collection_title_tesim":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"collection_ssim":["W.E. Bibb Papers \n 1830-1940"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift 1955 February 17"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["18,250 items"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of the papers of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003elawyer, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW. E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910) and other \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eCourt House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd M. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, Virginia State\n senator, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelection materials, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eManufacturing and Land Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003esheriff, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers include correspondence, business \u0026amp; legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections\u003c/title\u003ebut unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb Family\u003c/famname\u003e(Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eFamilies (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ePapers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Board of Supervisors\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n February 17, 1953.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Emmet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1910), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1891) and \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(d. post 1899), was a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSalem\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eareas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also involved with the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026amp; 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003e, including the correspondence\n between \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, his sons, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Box 1), and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003emarried \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Lester Cammack\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Herndon Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1878-1959), \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmmet Cammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1879-1888), \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Sterrett Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1888-1941), \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eKathleen Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1890-1964) who married \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter N. Cole\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eover business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1927) a \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ealumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eClay Valley Brick and Tile Works\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 9), sale of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003elots and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover junction\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke\u003c/geogname\u003e(1891 April 1). \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e(real estate), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.T. Booz\u003c/persname\u003ewere both editors and\n proprietors of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWaynesboro City Times\u003c/corpname\u003e, established\n January 6, 1891. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ealso established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa News and Farmer\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1879, changing\n its name to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County News\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pendleton Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1963), son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Guano Company\u003c/corpname\u003epartnership between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn P. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. Chandler\u003c/persname\u003eset up to manufacture\n guano in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRich \u0026amp; Cornevin\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrocers and Meat Dealers\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Chew Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1882-1942), another son\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate CrammackBibb\u003c/persname\u003e, include business \u0026amp;\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb \u0026amp; Bibb, Attorneys at Law\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n papers pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIndependent Order of Odd Fellows\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026amp; receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n \u003cfamname\u003eBibb family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness correspondence includes land transactions in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBasic City\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; business matters of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGuarantee Title \u0026amp; Investment Company of\n Roanoke\u003c/corpname\u003e, Virginia, and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa Lumber Company\u003c/corpname\u003e( \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eKate Crammack Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge A. Haynes\u003c/persname\u003e, general commission\n merchant, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026amp; 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's 150 acre farm in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Jun 9 \u0026amp; 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ewoman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eFarmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894 Apr 9); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHazelbrook Home School\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1895 Apr 18 \u0026amp;\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eMineral, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Henry Adams\u003c/persname\u003e(1842-1930) son of\n General \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Perry\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, and mining engineer, to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003etook an option on the property from\n its owner in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ein March 1883. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eserved as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003easked \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eto secure legal protection against a \n \u003cpersname\u003eMr. Rogers\u003c/persname\u003ewho had been threatening to\n shoot \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdams\u003c/persname\u003eon sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e[ca. 1897\n ?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.L. Bishop\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Davis\u003c/persname\u003elands as the town site of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, in 1890. \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eand several others decided to\n promote \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003ethrough the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003epurchased several lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003efor himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003e's lots in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003e, development of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eGoodwin\u003c/persname\u003etract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003eeventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBishop\u003c/persname\u003ewas also apparently associated with\n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e(see boxes 24-26) in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.R. Crank\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Reynolds\u003c/persname\u003e, both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas J. Harmon\u003c/persname\u003e, a member of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003eoffice of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBibb, Harmon and Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, along with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.M. (Hasher) Loving\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla R. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, widow of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eSheriff \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Summers\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw office of Nelms \u0026amp; Wise\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel H. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourt clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Goodloe\u003c/persname\u003e, a postal clerk of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHenrico County\u003c/geogname\u003e, accused of\n embezzlement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSlate Hill Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWalnut Grove Gold Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMorrison Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the following topics: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBridgewater Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e, barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSmith\u003c/persname\u003evs \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewas appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Pyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein November 1900.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals with letters in these files include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard P. Bell\u003c/persname\u003e(law office); \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.C. Braxton\u003c/persname\u003e(lawyer); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames R. Caton\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eFairfax Cary Christian\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCoalter \u0026amp; Wise law firm\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eM.H. Crump\u003c/persname\u003e(land agent); \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles W. Cunningham\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDingee, Weinman \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eOliver Duncan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn B. Dye\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace M. Engle\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward L. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth Planing Mills\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eS.G. Evans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fleming\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Pyrites Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eD.C. Gallagher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eErnest A. Hoen\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Morais Hyneman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Jeffrey\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Pinos Altos Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChihuahua, Mexico\u003c/geogname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.F. Knox\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eT.C. Leake, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Levy\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.M. McDonald\u003c/persname\u003e( \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDominion Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Morris\u003c/persname\u003e(barytes); \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge W. Palmer\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Partridge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.N. Pool\u003c/persname\u003e(President of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIngalls Iron \u0026amp; Coal Company\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. Tinsley\u003c/persname\u003e(attorney); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Walker\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.J. Weicher\u003c/persname\u003e(manager of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Caledonia Mine\u003c/corpname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames D. West\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Wingfield\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eand his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousin \n \u003cpersname\u003eRosa P. Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, author of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDown Among the Crackers\u003c/title\u003e(1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(?-1891); his sisters, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMollie Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003e. Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam T. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n \u003cpersname\u003eClarence A. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026amp; Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eClifton Forge, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Hicks Corron\u003c/persname\u003e, page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's illness while at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Apr 19\n \u0026amp; May 4); death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, husband of \n \u003cpersname\u003eElla Rachel Bibb Broadhead\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026amp; 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.H. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e's notes on \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003egenealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026amp; Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCuba\u003c/geogname\u003e(n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's cousins \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.G. Briscoe\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge [Cammack ?]\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ewhile he was a patient at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentioning political offices, \n \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, and political affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe small number of legal cases of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eare arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Trice\u003c/persname\u003eand the executors of the \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Andrews\u003c/persname\u003eEstate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026amp; theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026amp; 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n \u003cpersname\u003eLouis H. Wondree\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Aug 14 \u0026amp; Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026amp; Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral State Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n \u003cpersname\u003eIsaac Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Barret\u003c/persname\u003e, to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames G. Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Mills\u003c/persname\u003e(1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusan Waddy\u003c/persname\u003einvolving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliamsburg asylum\u003c/corpname\u003e(1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip Sheridan\u003c/persname\u003efor three months by\n African-American \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wallace\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Nov 25); possible \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003erelatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eValley Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWaynesboro\u003c/geogname\u003e, Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e\u0026amp; Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003e, Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026amp;\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCleveland\u003c/geogname\u003eslant (1892 Apr 24); \n \u003cpersname\u003eJanet Bibb\u003c/persname\u003eat \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Female Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1893 Jul 28\n \u0026amp; 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n \u003cpersname\u003eJim Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e, by another member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e(1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 Oct 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003ebitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliam and Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.B. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003ere \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's mother at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCismont, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1898 Feb 2 \u0026amp; 10);\n the Cuban \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRicardo Sugar Estate\u003c/corpname\u003ebelonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.H.R. Doringh\u003c/persname\u003e(1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026amp; 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePantops Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Aug 17 \u0026amp; 25, and\n Sep 6); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Sep 5); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's interest in joining the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEpiscopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdna Beckwith\u003c/persname\u003efor mental treatment in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e(1899-1900); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrown's University School\u003c/corpname\u003e(1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n \u003cfamname\u003eKey Family\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (1904 Jan 14).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe political correspondence discusses \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003epolitics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrange\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlex J. Wedderburn\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jan 25); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026amp; 10); violence in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026amp; 13); many letters supporting \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003efor commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026amp; 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026amp; 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePasteur Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRoanoke Democratic Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e(1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003eseeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames C. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003emine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026amp; 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003esenatorial contest of 1899; \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the correspondents in the political files\n include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR.E. Boykin\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003ePaul C. Edmunds\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Nov 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eH.D. Flood\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 May 14, Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Hay\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Nov 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJed. Hotchkiss\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEppa Hunton, Sr\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McComb\u003c/persname\u003e(1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam B. McIlwaine\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Mann\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Sep 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eS.R. Moore\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026amp; 20)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eF.F. Ninde\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Sep 5)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eW.B. Pendleton\u003c/persname\u003e(1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry R. Pollard\u003c/persname\u003e(1897 Mar 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eR. Carter Scott\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Jul 6 \u0026amp; 12)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Apr 19; May 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJ. Hoge Tyler\u003c/persname\u003e(1900 Mar 2)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eSamuel W. Williams\u003c/persname\u003e(1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eGeorge D. Wise\u003c/persname\u003e(1893 Dec 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Daniel\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas S. Martin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScottsville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Taylor Ellyson\u003c/persname\u003e, the Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia State Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Little\u003c/persname\u003e, a Virginia Senator\n representing \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.E. Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Rixey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles T. O'Ferrall\u003c/persname\u003e, members of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited States House of Representatives\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n and \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.R. Powell\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026amp;\n Businesses\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003efamilies, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn G. May\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Boxley\u003c/persname\u003eand the accounts of his\n children \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn J. Boxley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia Boxley\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Chiles\u003c/persname\u003e, which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Fletcher\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e; the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph R. Mosby\u003c/persname\u003e, administered by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.G. Thomasson\u003c/persname\u003e. The letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllis Sharp\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eare concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNewark, New Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Poindexter\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, over \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n \u003cpersname\u003ePoindexter\u003c/persname\u003e's property to cars at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eaccording to specifications. The \n \u003ccorpname\u003elaw firm of Bibb and Bibb\u003c/corpname\u003eapparently\n represented the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eH.C. Buck, Jr. Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein the dispute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epapers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBaldwin M. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e, a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003ephysician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n \u003cpersname\u003eTownshead\u003c/persname\u003e. Items in the accounts \u0026amp;\n receipts of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner\u003c/famname\u003efamily include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMethodist Episcopal Church\u003c/corpname\u003eon \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMadison Circuit, Virginia Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026amp; 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePottierville Post Office\u003c/corpname\u003eaccount (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Baughan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth P. Sledd\u003c/persname\u003e(1850 Jan 31); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall\u003c/corpname\u003erental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGoochland Academy\u003c/corpname\u003etuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026amp; 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eeducation receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice E. Wyatt\u003c/persname\u003e(1864 Jul 30), \n \u003cpersname\u003eBettie B. Brick\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSouthfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South\u003c/corpname\u003e(1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Grace\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eGarland J. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinston\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Harris\u003c/persname\u003e(1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eSandy\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Francisco\u003c/persname\u003e(1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Johnson\u003c/persname\u003eto learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Lewis\u003c/persname\u003e(1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n \u003cpersname\u003eNelson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHarvey\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eAustin\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.R. Watson\u003c/persname\u003e\"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present are receipts for several persons hired by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003eafter the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAnnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Dec 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBonnie Brown\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Aug 8)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJames Henry Bullock\u003c/persname\u003e(1869 Jan 21)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eLewis Holliday\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Sep 11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin Marshall\u003c/persname\u003e, freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mason\u003c/persname\u003e(1875 Jul 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert Mino\u003c/persname\u003er, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026amp; 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eHenry Meredith\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Jan 7)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Myers\u003c/persname\u003e(1882 Feb 15)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eFranklin Page\u003c/persname\u003e, son of freedwoman \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Page\u003c/persname\u003e, by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eA.V. Parrish\u003c/persname\u003e(1885 Mar 6)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRichard Petters\u003c/persname\u003e(1870 Nov 14 \u0026amp; Dec\n 23)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eElisha Purington\u003c/persname\u003e(1872 Apr 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eCharles Rollins\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 19)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Tompkins\u003c/persname\u003e(1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003ebusiness correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n \u003cpersname\u003eE.B. Brock\u003c/persname\u003e(1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eto work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Terrell\u003c/persname\u003eseeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCaptain Bentley Brown's Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n \u003cpersname\u003eClayton\u003c/persname\u003ewill not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n \u003cpersname\u003eC.T. Brown\u003c/persname\u003eand squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026amp; 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e(1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.J. Yarbough\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.S. Kirk\u003c/persname\u003e, married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n \u003cpersname\u003eWarner Hall\u003c/persname\u003edisability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusannah D. Mills\u003c/persname\u003eon the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cfamname\u003eBuckner family\u003c/famname\u003epersonal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n \u003cpersname\u003eDr. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eand his wayward son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1888), out West in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Louis\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e, and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n \u003cpersname\u003eBuckner\u003c/persname\u003e's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral Johnston\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGeorgia\u003c/geogname\u003eand his participation in the\n Battle of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNew Hope Church\u003c/corpname\u003e(1864 Jun 23); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e, describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBrazil\u003c/geogname\u003eof a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmazon River\u003c/geogname\u003e, and a request to present a\n speech before the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePhilo Mathematician Society\u003c/corpname\u003eon July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNebraska\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMinnesota\u003c/geogname\u003e(1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaton Rouge\u003c/geogname\u003e(1874 Feb 22); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003ehas his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eabout \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace Buckner\u003c/persname\u003e([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eH. Buckner\u003c/persname\u003eis not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026amp; 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eReuben Lindsay Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003efor sixteen years, elected\n to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eConstitutional Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEdgewoth, Albemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003eand educated\n privately by his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and was married (1884)\n first to \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Maud Winston\u003c/persname\u003e(1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n \u003cpersname\u003eNellie Blair Hunt\u003c/persname\u003e. The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Gordon\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaury Morris\u003c/persname\u003eof fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGordon\u003c/persname\u003e's mother (1887 Apr 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.B. Grymes\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam F. Gordon, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Jane Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1852-1891), \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander T. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.O. Winston\u003c/persname\u003e, sister, \n \u003cpersname\u003eB.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCassius Carter\u003c/persname\u003e. Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMetz, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e(1887 Aug 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Goodwin May\u003c/persname\u003eare chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn F. Tolley \u0026amp; Bro.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary L. (Baker) Massie\u003c/persname\u003evs the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrand Lodge Knights of Pythias\u003c/corpname\u003e; the\n estates of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.J. Underwood\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJeff Porter\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003cpersname\u003eMamie Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Thomas\u003c/persname\u003eDivorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n \u003cpersname\u003eL.J. Haley\u003c/persname\u003e(1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.L. Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e(1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge S. Shackelford\u003c/persname\u003e(1914 Jun 16); the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCumberland Sanitorium\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLebanon, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e(1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n \u003cpersname\u003eGladys May\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003eduring World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe business and legal papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert F. Moss\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1883), sheriff of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, include: a letter from \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Gilman\u003c/persname\u003eto Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia House of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003ewhere, \"I\n trust \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003ewill be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentral Lunatic Asylum\u003c/corpname\u003enear \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003ewho was probably headed for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003e(1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n \u003cpersname\u003eH.V. Winston\u003c/persname\u003easking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Q. Rhodes\u003c/persname\u003ewas the law partner of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.C. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ein the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. In 1936, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003ebecame director of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDivision of Motor Vehicles\u003c/corpname\u003efor \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. He served as a member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHaile Gold Mines, Inc.\u003c/corpname\u003e(1937 Jul 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003eand the declaration of \n \u003cpersname\u003eRhodes\u003c/persname\u003efor candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl H. Nolting\u003c/persname\u003e, Chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLouisa County Democratic Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(1933\n May 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the papers related to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003eelections and politics are:\n the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLouisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll;\u003c/title\u003eelection returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026amp; n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026amp; Miscellaneous Documents.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusinesses represented in this series include: \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCraig Kennels and Game Farm\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTrevilians, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJackson Telephone and Telegraph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Old Dominion Phonograph Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e; and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. The directors of this company were \n \u003cpersname\u003eR.P. Talley\u003c/persname\u003e(President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.H.F. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(Vice-President), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.R. Goodwin\u003c/persname\u003e(General Manager), \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003e(Secretary \u0026amp; Treasurer,\n replaced by \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003ein June 1890), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003e(Attorney), \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.O. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.F. Bickers\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ.W. Flannagan\u003c/persname\u003e. Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eP.B. Porter\u003c/persname\u003eand then \n \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Hill\u003c/persname\u003e, and was concerned with a new \n \u003ccorpname\u003eC \u0026amp; O Railroad\u003c/corpname\u003edepot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026amp; 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTolersville\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral City\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026amp; receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMineral\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003esee the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Boyd Smith Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003emines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, who was also President of the\n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003e.\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArminius Mines\u003c/corpname\u003eand much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand his company, law suits\n against \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eW.E. Bibb\u003c/persname\u003ewho was his legal representative\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa\u003c/geogname\u003eand who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Mining \u0026amp; Chemical Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n \u003cpersname\u003eBoyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003e's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026amp; October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePyrites Chemical \u0026amp; Mining\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003estore script (see separate folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eD. Boyd Smith\u003c/persname\u003eto his father, one from his\n wife [Bliss ?] (1902 May 14), and a photograph of [Bliss ?]\n and Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBibb\u003c/persname\u003e(1901).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists chiefly of the legal cases handled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1887-?), a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eState Senator from 1924-1934,\n arranged alphabetically by the name of the claimant. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's papers are\n concerned predominantly with the collection of debts for his\n clients but they also contain separate folders of a slander\n case, cases of divorce, the purchase of \"Ionia Farm, and law\n suits. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence\n folder includes letters of a political nature from \n \u003cpersname\u003eClaude Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles C. Carlin\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward W. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eA. Willis Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFauquier County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Worth Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucinda Lewis Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand was educated at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon College\u003c/corpname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, receiving his law\n degree in 1910. He was married to \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Winston Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, daughter of Judge \n \u003cpersname\u003eF.W. Sims\u003c/persname\u003e, and became a dairy farmer in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e. His only brother was\n Representative \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward Smith\u003c/persname\u003eof the Eighth District.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Bound Volumes \u0026amp; Oversize Material\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series has three subseries based on the size of the\n items, a) boxed bound volumes, b) 2M bound volumes and c)\n oversize folders, and arranged alphabetically within subseries\n according to the name of the individual or business concerned\n with the item.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of the papers of the \n Louisa County lawyer, \n W. E. Bibb (1848-1910) and other \n Louisa County families, ca. 1830-1940, ca.\n 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M\n volumes) of a non-official character removed from private\n offices on the premises of the \n Louisa County Court House. Among the\n earliest items are those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner and the \n Buckner family of \n Louisa County . Other persons or subjects\n in the collection include Captain \n Boyd M. Smith , \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon , \n John G. May , \n William Worth Smith, Jr. , Virginia State\n senator, \n Louisa County election materials, \n Mineral City Mining , \n Manufacturing and Land Company , \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), \n Louisa County sheriff, and \n John Q. Rhodes .","The papers include correspondence, business \u0026 legal\n papers, political papers, and bound volumes, arranged\n alphabetically under the name of the family or individual.\n Papers within each folder are arranged chronologically unless\n otherwise noted in the guide. A number of prominent Virginians\n appear in this collection and are cited in \n The National Union Catalog of\n Manuscript Collections but unless they are specifically\n mentioned in this guide or have their own folder the subject\n of the letter is usually a legal or business matter; this is\n especially true of the prominent people who are lawyers.","The collection has been arranged in five series, 1) \n William Emmet Bibb and the \n Bibb Family (Boxes 1-14), 2) Miscellaneous \n Louisa County Families (Boxes 15-24), 3) \n Boyd Smith Papers (Boxes 24-26), 4) \n William Worth Smith, Jr. Papers (Boxes\n 26-33), and 5) Bound Volumes pertaining to people in all of\n the previous four series (Boxes 34-43). These papers were\n given to the Library by \n Carl Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Board of Supervisors on\n February 17, 1953.","Series I: W.E. Bibb and Bibb Family Papers","William Emmet Bibb (1848-1910), son of \n William T. Bibb (d. 1891) and \n Lucy A. Bibb (d. post 1899), was a \n University of Virginia alumnus\n (1868-1869), a lawyer, businessman, and former State senator\n (1887-1895), of \n Roanoke and \n Louisa County, Virginia , whose\n correspondence and other papers (Boxes 1-14) were chiefly\n concerned with his law practice and allied business\n activities, especially real estate development and mineral\n speculation companies, which were widespread but centered in\n the \n Roanoke - \n Salem , \n Charlottesville , \n Lynchburg , \n Waynesboro , and \n Louisa County areas, and correspondence\n pertaining to \n Virginia and \n Louisa County politics. \n Bibb was also involved with the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company of \n Mineral, Virginia , but these papers have\n been separated and grouped together (see Boxes 20-23, and\n Boxes 40-42, \u0026 2M bound volumes listing, for bound volumes\n pertaining to the company).","Also present in this series are the papers of other members\n of the \n Bibb family , including the correspondence\n between \n W.E. Bibb and his brother, \n James E. Bibb , his sons, \n John Pendleton Bibb and \n William C. Bibb (Box 1), and the \n Bibb family correspondence including his\n mother and father, sisters, and others (Box 8). \n Bibb married \n Kate Lester Cammack (1855-1942) on\n December 28, 1876, and they had five children: \n Janet Herndon Bibb (1878-1959), \n Emmet Cammack Bibb (1879-1888), \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942) who married \n Rebecca Sterrett Bibb (1888-1941), \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), and \n Kathleen Bibb (1890-1964) who married \n Walter N. Cole .","Several individuals or companies who frequently\n corresponded with \n Bibb over business or legal matters have\n their own folders (see boxes 5-7) and include: the \n Arminius Chemical Company , \n W.L. Bishop , \n J.R. Crank , \n Charles Goodloe , \n Thomas J. Harmon , Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , Mining Properties\n (miscellaneous), \n Ella R. Moss , \n Nelms \u0026 Wise , \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n J.F. Reynolds , and \n Helen Summers .","The correspondence between \n James E. Bibb (1855-1927) a \n University of Virginia alumnus (1871-1872)\n and his brother, \n W.E. Bibb , is chiefly concerned with\n business deals they have in common, especially a plan by \n James Bibb to purchase a fire clay deposit\n on Ogg's farm in order to make bricks, eventually called the \n Clay Valley Brick and Tile Works ,\n beginning with his letters of April 1891 and continuing\n through 1894, including the mention of a strike by\n African-American workers at the brick works (1891 Sep 14).\n Other topics include: a purchase of a mill in \n Basic City (1890 Dec 9), sale of \n Basic City lots and \n James Bibb 's collateral (1890 Nov 20),\n land schemes involving buying up land around \n Hanover junction (1890 Dec 8), and a list\n of lots purchased in the name of the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment\n Company of \n Roanoke (1891 April 1). \n James E. Bibb was also a part of the Real\n Estate Exchange office of \n Bibb, Harmon \u0026 Company , with \n W.E. Bibb (attorney), \n T.J. Harmon (real estate), and \n James E. Bibb (notary public). Also\n occasionally mentioned is \n James Bibb 's involvement in the\n publication of weekly newspapers. \n James E. Bibb and \n J.T. Booz were both editors and\n proprietors of \n Waynesboro City Times , established\n January 6, 1891. \n Bibb also established the Democratic\n newspaper the \n Louisa News and Farmer in 1879, changing\n its name to the \n Louisa County News in 1891, and continuing\n to edit it until its sale in 1903. For other reference to\n common business deals with his brother see Mining Properties\n in Box 7.","The papers of \n John Pendleton Bibb (1884-1963), son of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate Crammack Bibb (1855-1942), consist\n mainly of business and legal papers with some personal\n correspondence about social events. The business and legal\n papers include those related to the \n Louisa Guano Company partnership between \n John P. Bibb and \n John H. Chandler set up to manufacture\n guano in \n Louisa County , inquiries about the\n purchase of various pieces of machinery, and his work settling\n the accounts as a trustee for \n Rich \u0026 Cornevin , \n Grocers and Meat Dealers , \n Louisa, Virginia (separate folder).","The papers of \n William Chew Bibb (1882-1942), another son\n of \n W.E. Bibb and \n Kate CrammackBibb , include business \u0026\n legal papers predominantly related to his legal practice in\n partnership with his father as \n Bibb \u0026 Bibb, Attorneys at Law and\n papers pertaining to the \n Independent Order of Odd Fellows .","The papers of \n William E. Bibb are separated according to\n the type of material, such as accounts \u0026 receipts,\n business correspondence, correspondence with particular\n individuals or businesses, \n Bibb family correspondence, legal cases with\n the divorce proceedings filed separately, correspondence\n pertaining to his legal practice, personal correspondence, and\n correspondence of a political nature with some individual\n folders.","Business correspondence includes land transactions in \n Basic City , \n Waynesboro , \n Staunton , \n Louisa County , and \n Roanoke, Virginia ; business matters of\n the \n Guarantee Title \u0026 Investment Company of\n Roanoke , Virginia, and the \n Louisa Lumber Company ( \n Bibb was the President of both companies);\n medical bills of Mrs. \n Kate Crammack Bibb (see also personal\n correspondence); children's educational bills; tobacco sales\n to \n George A. Haynes , general commission\n merchant, \n Richmond ; interest in an hotel property\n (1891 Jan 11 \u0026 1891 Jan 21); disagreements over bills and\n requests for payment; orders for merchandise and machinery;\n the sale of \n Bibb 's 150 acre farm in \n Louisa County (1890 Jun 9 \u0026 1890 Jul\n 1); inquiries concerning a teaching job; a \n Louisa County woman having to close her\n boarding house because her daughter had scarlet fever (1892\n Dec 29); cancer treatment (1894 Jan 6); property of the \n Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Manufacturing\n Company (1894 Apr 9); \n Hazelbrook Home School , \n Trevilians, Virginia (1895 Apr 18 \u0026\n 1895 Apr 23; 1896 Feb 14); and African-American tobacco\n sellers (1899 Feb 14).","Bibb 's correspondence with \n Arminius Chemical Company Mineral, Virginia , includes many letters\n from the company's general manager \n William Henry Adams (1842-1930) son of\n General \n Henry Perry and \n Elizabeth Adams , and mining engineer, to \n W.E. Bibb concerning the legal aspects of\n the mining and marketing of pyrites and sulfur ore. \n Adams took an option on the property from\n its owner in \n New York in March 1883. \n Bibb served as the local legal\n representative of the company. In one letter, \n Adams asked \n Bibb to secure legal protection against a \n Mr. Rogers who had been threatening to\n shoot \n Adams on sight (1895 Apr 8-1895 Apr 10);\n this correspondence also discusses a lawsuit against the \n Arminius Chemical Company [ca. 1897\n ?].","W.L. Bishop (1855-1915), an engineer and\n surveyor, was employed to lay out the \n Reuben Davis lands as the town site of \n Mineral and he drew up the original plan\n of lots for sale in \n Mineral City, Virginia , in 1890. \n W.E. Bibb and several others decided to\n promote \n Mineral City through the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company , and \n Bishop purchased several lots in \n Mineral for himself. Their correspondence\n discusses \n Bishop 's lots in \n Mineral , development of the \n Goodwin tract (1893 Aug 17), other\n properties, and legal questions. \n Bishop eventually went bankrupt after the\n Panic of 1893. \n Bishop was also apparently associated with\n Boyd Smith (see boxes 24-26) in the \n Pyrites Chemical Mining Company .","Other individuals who merit a separate folder based on the\n quantity of their business correspondence include \n J.R. Crank and \n J.F. Reynolds , both manufacturers of pine\n and white oak lumber; \n Thomas J. Harmon , a member of the \n Waynesboro office of \n Bibb, Harmon and Company , along with \n Bibb and his brother James, handling real\n estate deals whose correspondence discusses some of the same\n business as those of \n James E. Bibb ; several women with\n detailed correspondence about their financial affairs, Mrs. \n B.M. (Hasher) Loving , \n Ella R. Moss , widow of \n Louisa County Sheriff \n Robert F. Moss , and \n Helen Summers ; the \n law office of Nelms \u0026 Wise ; \n Samuel H. Parsons , \n Louisa County court clerk concerning his\n proposed book on legal forms; and \n Bibb 's cousin, \n Charles Goodloe , a postal clerk of \n Henrico County , accused of\n embezzlement.","Also included in this group are three folders of\n correspondence dealing with speculation of miscellaneous\n mining properties by \n W.E. Bibb , as business ventures. These\n letters include negotiations with lawyers, real estate agents,\n the owners of mining properties and representatives of\n companies wishing to purchase mined ore or options on various\n properties. Subjects in these files include the following\n mines: \n Slate Hill Mine , \n Arminius Mine , \n Walnut Grove Gold Mine , \n Morrison Mine , and the following topics: \n Bridgewater Mills , barytes, pyrites, and\n the suit of \n Smith vs \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company . \n Bibb was appointed Special Commissioner to\n sell \n The Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical\n Company in November 1900.","Individuals with letters in these files include: \n Richard P. Bell (law office); \n A.C. Braxton (lawyer); \n James R. Caton (attorney); \n Fairfax Cary Christian ; \n Coalter \u0026 Wise law firm ; \n M.H. Crump (land agent); \n Charles W. Cunningham ; \n Dingee, Weinman \u0026 Company (barytes); \n Oliver Duncan ; \n John B. Dye ; \n Horace M. Engle ; \n Edward L. Evans ( \n South Planing Mills ); \n S.G. Evans ; \n John Fleming ( \n Virginia Pyrites Mining Company ); \n D.C. Gallagher ; \n W.S. Harris ; \n Ernest A. Hoen ; \n Samuel Morais Hyneman ; \n W.B. Jeffrey ( \n New Pinos Altos Company , \n Chihuahua, Mexico ); \n R.F. Knox ; \n T.C. Leake, Jr. ; \n J.B. Levy ; \n W.A. Little ; \n H.M. McDonald ( \n Dominion Mining \u0026 Chemical Company ); \n Robert F. Morris (barytes); \n George W. Palmer ; \n John A. Partridge ; \n R.N. Pool (President of \n Ingalls Iron \u0026 Coal Company ); \n William B. Tinsley (attorney); \n John F. Walker ; \n J.J. Weicher (manager of \n The Caledonia Mine ); \n James D. West ; and \n J.F. Wingfield .","The family correspondence reflects the occasional strained\n relations between \n Bibb and his brother and sisters, and\n includes correspondence with \n Bibb 's cousin \n Rosa P. Chiles , author of \n Down Among the Crackers (1890\n Sep 11; 1894 Aug 13; 1895 Nov 19; and n.d.); his father, \n William T. Bibb (?-1891); his sisters, \n Lucy Bibb , \n Mollie Bibb , and \n Ella Rachel Broadhead , his\n brother-in-law, \n J.F. Bickers , and cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] . Family letters\n discusses the following subjects: morphine addiction (1890 May\n 8 and [ante 1891 Mar 18]); death of \n William T. Bibb (1891 May 18); mention of\n the marriage proposal of \n Clarence A. Bibb to \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Apr 29); dress-making\n business and marital problems of \n Lucy Bibb (1891 Oct 8, Nov 5, \u0026 Dec\n 18, and following); reference to a lynching of\n African-Americans at \n Clifton Forge, Virginia , probably the\n participants in the riot of 1891; see Clifton Forge Virginia\n Scenic Busy Friendly by \n Elizabeth Hicks Corron , page 55 (1891 Nov\n 5); \n Janet Bibb 's illness while at \n Richmond Female Seminary (1895 Apr 19\n \u0026 May 4); death of \n William F. Broadhead , husband of \n Ella Rachel Bibb Broadhead , \n Cismont, Virginia (1899 Jan 3, Apr 18, 21,\n \u0026 24) and her subsequent problems as guardian of his\n children and the settling of the estate (1900 Jan 9 -1902 Feb\n 14); Uncle \n J.H. Bibb 's notes on \n Bibb genealogy (1903 Mar 15 \u0026 Sep 5);\n and references to the Spanish-American War and a possible trip\n to \n Cuba (n.d.). Also present are undated\n letters written by \n Bibb 's cousins \n E.G. Briscoe and \n George [Cammack ?] to \n Bibb while he was a patient at the \n Pasteur Institute , \n New York , mentioning political offices, \n Theodore Roosevelt 's drive for applicants\n for his police force, places to see in \n New York , and political affairs.","The small number of legal cases of \n W.E. Bibb are arranged alphabetically with\n separate folders for the divorce cases and the suit between \n John J. Trice and the executors of the \n Samuel Andrews Estate. His legal\n correspondence files are more extensive and include letters\n concerning typical legal tasks such as abstracts of title, the\n drawing up of wills and deeds, conducting lawsuits, estate\n settlements, and correspondence with other lawyers about legal\n cases and trials.","Legal correspondence involving mental illness or asylums\n include: sorcery \u0026 theft (1898 Dec 14); suicide threat\n (1898 Dec 28 \u0026 29); the mental instability of a sister\n involving the orchestra leader \n Louis H. Wondree (1901 Aug 14 \u0026 Sep 30\n attached); a case of sexual impropriety (1897 Nov 18, 22, 30,\n \u0026 Dec 13); the female asylum too crowded (1899 Apr 25);\n the \"colored insane\" asylum too crowded so the inmates are\n kept in jail (1899 Oct 5); a brief report on two inmates at \n Central State Hospital (1898 Feb 8); a\n report on \n Isaac Harris (1899 Nov 8) and a woman said\n to be on a \"rampage\" (n.d.).","Other topics include the witness of an ex-slave, \n Robert Barret , to the Union sentiments of\n the father of \n James G. Boxley (1899 Apr 3); the sale of\n whiskey on election day (1900 Jun 26); the alleged Union\n service of \n Frank Mills (1899 Apr 12); pensions for\n old ex-Confederate soldiers (1900 Mar 7); the murder trial of \n Susan Waddy involving an infant (1900 Jul\n 7); a debtor whose husband is in the \n Williamsburg asylum (1900 Sep 7); a strike\n on the railroad (1900 Jun 11); the sale of whiskey to mine\n employees (1901 Jun 4); application for payment for services\n rendered the Union under General \n Philip Sheridan for three months by\n African-American \n John Wallace (1895 Nov 25); possible \n Bibb relatives (1896 Apr 10); the \n Valley Seminary , \n Waynesboro , Dr. \n J.B. Winston \u0026 Mrs. \n Winston , Principals (1896 Nov 30 \u0026\n Dec 26); and a seduction charge (1897 Nov 12).","Personal correspondence contains the following topics: a\n discussion of politics with an anti- \n Cleveland slant (1892 Apr 24); \n Janet Bibb at \n Hollins Institute (1892 Dec 24); Janet and\n the \n Richmond Female Institute (1893 Jul 28\n \u0026 1894 Oct 15); the search for a \n Jim Bibb , by another member of the \n Sturdevants Battery, Light Artillery, Army of\n Northern Virginia (1895 Jun 10); an autobiographical\n sketch written by \n W.E. Bibb (1895 Oct 12); \n Bibb bitten by a possibly rabid dog (1896\n Apr 4); the governor's race (1896 Dec 21); sons to attend \n William and Mary (1897 Jul 12); Dr. \n R.B. Shackelford re \n Bibb 's mother at \n Cismont, Virginia (1898 Feb 2 \u0026 10);\n the Cuban \n Ricardo Sugar Estate belonging to \n C.H.R. Doringh (1815? -?) ruined by the\n Spanish-American War (1898 May 5 \u0026 18, and 1899 Jan 14); \n Pantops Academy (1898 Aug 17 \u0026 25, and\n Sep 6); \n Randolph-Macon College (1898 Sep 5); \n Bibb 's interest in joining the \n Episcopal Church (1898 Oct 26); a stamp\n collector (1899 Jan 17); Dr. \n Edna Beckwith for mental treatment in \n New York (1899-1900); \n Brown's University School (1901 Jul 4, Nov\n 13, Dec 7; 1902 Jan 29); and the \n Key Family genealogy (1904 Jan 14).","The political correspondence discusses \n Louisa County politics, the Democratic\n party nominations and political recommendations for jobs based\n on party loyalty. Topics include: the reorganization of the \n Grange in \n Louisa and \n Alex J. Wedderburn (1893 Jan 25); \n Bibb 's campaign for senator (1893 Apr 8\n \u0026 10); violence in the \n Louisa County courthouse (1893 Jul 11\n \u0026 13); many letters supporting \n Bibb for commonwealth's attorney in 1895,\n some mentioning compensation for missing work to vote (1895\n scattered); African-American support for \n Bibb (1895 May 6); a proposed amendment to\n the Constitution to allow ex-slave owners to be recompensed\n for the emancipation of their slaves (1896 Feb 7 \u0026 22, Apr\n 1 \u0026 14; 1903 Feb 20 and attached undated copy of the\n bill); the \"silver question\" (1896 Feb 22); mention of his\n treatment at the \n Pasteur Institute (1896 Apr 10); a very\n full political letter discussing the Democratic lock on \n Virginia elections and the 1896\n Presidential contest (1896 Oct 12); letters from persons\n seeking the office of Chairman of the \n Roanoke Democratic Convention (1897 Jun\n 29, Jul 1, 4, 5, 7, 15, 22; and Aug 6); \n Bibb seeking the position of railroad\n commissioner (1897 Jul 25, 29, 31; Aug 20, 24; Sep 16, 17, 18,\n 20, 21, 24, 27; Oct 3, 4, 8, 9; Nov 10, 19); letter stressing\n the strength of the current railroad commissioner, \n James C. Hill (1897 Oct 4); voting\n tendencies by the men at the \n Arminius Chemical Company mine (1897 Oct\n 30); direct tax question (1897 Nov 8 -1898 Jan 24); mining\n lands bill (1898 Jan 26; Feb 18 \u0026 22; and 1900 Feb 21);\n the \n Virginia senatorial contest of 1899; \n Claude Swanson 's nomination for governor\n (1901 Jun 3); advisability of holding primary elections (1903\n Aug 13); and prohibition and the local option bill (n.d.).","Some of the correspondents in the political files\n include:","R.E. Boykin (1897 Dec 14)","Paul C. Edmunds (1893 Nov 10)","H.D. Flood (1897 May 14, Sep 21)","James Hay (1892 Nov 16)","Jed. Hotchkiss (1898 Feb 18; n.d. postal\n card)","Eppa Hunton, Sr (1893 Jun 23; Jul 1)","William A. Jones (1897 Sep 10)","W.H.F. Lee (1890 Apr 18; 1898 May 16)","William McComb (1896 Sep 18, 30; Oct\n 17)","William B. McIlwaine (1897 Sep 21)","James Mann (1897 Sep 20)","S.R. Moore (1897 Nov 8, 15, \u0026 20)","F.F. Ninde (1892 Sep 5)","W.B. Pendleton (1898 Jan 30; 1899 Mar\n 21)","Henry R. Pollard (1897 Mar 23)","R. Carter Scott (1893 Jul 6 \u0026 12)","Claude Swanson (1901 Apr 19; May 11)","J. Hoge Tyler (1900 Mar 2)","Samuel W. Williams (1901 Jan 12, Jun 3,\n Aug 10; 1903 Jun 15)","George D. Wise (1893 Dec 6)","Individuals in the political correspondence files who have\n their own folders include: United States Senators \n John W. Daniel , \n Lynchburg, Virginia , and \n Thomas S. Martin , \n Scottsville, Virginia ; \n J. Taylor Ellyson , the Chairman of the \n Virginia State Democratic Committee ; \n William A. Little , a Virginia Senator\n representing \n Louisa County ; \n E.E. Meredith , \n John F. Rixey , and \n Charles T. O'Ferrall , members of the \n United States House of Representatives ;\n and \n R.R. Powell .","Series II: Miscellaneous Louisa County Families \u0026\n Businesses","This group of papers consists of miscellaneous \n Louisa families, \n Louisa County elections and miscellaneous\n political papers, and businesses not large enough to merit a\n separate series, arranged alphabetically by the name of the\n individual, family, or business. Individuals and families\n include: \n John Boxley ; \n H.C. Buck, Jr. ; the \n Buckner family ; \n John Chiles ; \n Mary Fletcher ; \n R.L. Gordon ; \n George H. Johnson ; \n John G. May ; \n Joseph R. Mosby ; \n Robert F. Moss ; \n J.Q. Rhodes ; \n Ellis Sharp ; and \n J.G. Thomasson .","Several of these files involve the settling of an estate or\n the setting up of a guardian for children; these include the\n estate of \n John Boxley and the accounts of his\n children \n John J. Boxley, Jr. and \n Virginia Boxley ; the estate of \n John Chiles , which includes a list of\n slaves (1846 Jan 3); the estate of \n Mary Fletcher , administered by Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner ; the estate of \n Joseph R. Mosby , administered by \n James E. Bibb ; and the guardianship of\n the brothers and sisters of \n J.G. Thomasson . The letters of \n Ellis Sharp and his wife discuss their\n separation and divorce proceedings.","The papers of \n H.C. Buck, Jr. are concerned with a court\n case involving a lawsuit between \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company , \n Newark, New Jersey , and \n W.S. Poindexter of \n Louisa, Virginia , over \n Poindexter 's failure to fulfill a\n contract to cut, saw, and deliver timber on \n Poindexter 's property to cars at \n Louisa according to specifications. The \n law firm of Bibb and Bibb apparently\n represented the \n H.C. Buck, Jr. Company in the dispute.","The \n Buckner family papers are among the earliest\n in this collection and are chiefly those of Dr. \n Baldwin M. Buckner , a \n Louisa County physician, who married Mary,\n \"Moldy\" (d. 1864), the daughter of [William P. ?] \n Townshead . Items in the accounts \u0026\n receipts of the \n Buckner family include: the accounts of the\n parsonage committee for the \n Methodist Episcopal Church on \n Madison Circuit, Virginia Conference (1838\n Apr 21-25, May 12 \u0026 24; 1839 Mar 28); \n Pottierville Post Office account (1850\n Jan; 1851 Jan); marriage license for \n William Baughan and \n Elizabeth P. Sledd (1850 Jan 31); \n John Marshall Division Temperance\n Hall rental receipt (1850 Nov 20); \n Goochland Academy tuition (1852 Dec 29;\n 1853 Jan 1 \u0026 23; 1855 Nov 2); \n Louisa County education receipt (1855 Dec\n 10); receipt for teacher's services, \n Alice E. Wyatt (1864 Jul 30), \n Bettie B. Brick (1865 Mar 15; 1866 Mar\n 15); fee for delivery of baby (1865; 1866 Jun 12); tuition of\n poor children paid by \n Buckner (1853 Dec 24); the sale of the \n Southfield Church, Methodist Episcopal,\n South (1876 Apr 10); and a reference to brandy and a\n still (1870 Oct 4).","Accounts and receipts involving slaves or slavery include:\n tax receipts for slaves (1851; 1857; 1861; 1862; and 1863);\n the estate sale of two slaves (1853 Jan 1); bill of sale for a\n girl named \n Mary Grace from \n Garland J. Harris (1853 Dec 22); a slave\n hire of \n Winston from \n Mary Harris (1856 Apr 24); a bill of sale\n for two men, \n Joseph and \n Sandy , from \n Henry Francisco (1857 Jan 6); a slave hire\n of \n Joseph from \n Buckner to \n Lewis Johnson to learn the art of\n shoemaking (1862 Feb 24); receipt for medicine and a visit for\n a slave woman (1863 Sep 19); the service of overseer \n Richard Lewis (1858 Dec 30; and 1859 Dec\n 28); slave hires for \n Nelson , \n Harvey , and \n Austin (1865 Jan 1); and a receipt to \n E.R. Watson \"for defending a slave\" (1862\n Nov 16).","Also present are receipts for several persons hired by \n Buckner after the Civil War, some of which\n are known freedmen and may include other former slaves. These\n individuals include:","Annie Brown (1881 Dec 14)","Bonnie Brown (1883 Aug 8)","James Henry Bullock (1869 Jan 21)","Lewis Holliday (1875 Sep 11)","Benjamin Marshall , freedwoman's son (1869\n Jan 6)","Robert Mason (1875 Jul 14)","Robert Mino r, freedman (1868 Jul 11; Oct\n 7; Dec 24; 1869 May 1 \u0026 14)","Henry Meredith (1881 Jan 7)","Andrew Myers (1882 Feb 15)","Franklin Page , son of freedwoman \n Elizabeth Page , by consent of husband\n James (1870 Jan 14)","A.V. Parrish (1885 Mar 6)","Richard Petters (1870 Nov 14 \u0026 Dec\n 23)","Elisha Purington (1872 Apr 1)","Charles Rollins (1881 Sep 19)","William A. Tompkins (1883 Jan 9; 1885 Jan\n 10)","Buckner business correspondence mentions\n the following subjects: slaves belonging to the mother of \n E.B. Brock (1855 Dec 22); the lack of\n success in getting farmers to come to \n Virginia to work the farms for half shares\n (1870 Dec 15); the widow of \n John Terrell seeking a pension based on\n the service of her husband with \n Captain Bentley Brown's Company (1871 Dec\n 20); the estate of \n Buckner 's mother (1873 Aug 21);\n references to prejudice, \" \n Clayton will not rent again if any of the\n negroes do\" (1873 Sep 10); malpractice accusations of \n C.T. Brown and squabbles over the teaching\n payments (1874 Sep 25, Oct 1, 3, \u0026 5); an inquiry about a\n pyrite mine near \n Buckner (1884 Apr 7); a marriage\n certificate needed for \n A.J. Yarbough and \n W.S. Kirk , married 1881 Oct 11, due to\n death of husband in an accident (1885 Sep 12); \n Warner Hall disability certificate (1885\n Sep 20); and the dependence of \n Susannah D. Mills on the hire of her\n slaves to pay family expenses [pre 1865].","The \n Buckner family personal correspondence is\n chiefly between \n Dr. Buckner and his wayward son, \n Horace Buckner (d. 1888), out West in \n St. Louis , \n Baton Rouge , and elsewhere, and includes:\n the birth of a son to Baldwin and Moldy (1854 Oct 11); the\n death of little Matt (1856 Nov 9); the visit of Yankees\n frightening \n Buckner 's wife Moldy and the death of\n Moldy (1864 Apr 20); \n Horace Buckner with \n General Johnston in \n Georgia and his participation in the\n Battle of \n New Hope Church (1864 Jun 23); \n Horace Buckner from \n Mobile, Alabama , describes the replacing\n of all southern officials by a military government and Yankee\n sympathizers, African-Americans working on shares in\n agricultural jobs, the emigration to \n Brazil of a flourishing colony of\n Southerners, an offer to take charge of a mercantile business\n on a branch of the \n Amazon River , and a request to present a\n speech before the \n Philo Mathematician Society on July fourth\n (1867 Jun 8); a \"testimonial\" for chances in advancement out\n West (1869 Dec 11); a description of \n Nebraska and \n Minnesota (1870 Dec 24); a reference to\n astrology (1871 Apr 24); and industrial accident in \n Horace Buckner 's dyeing and tailoring\n establishment (1871 Sep 26); a reference to \"Mardi Gras\" in \n Baton Rouge (1874 Feb 22); \n Horace Buckner 's problem with gambling\n and drinking (1875 May 13); \n Horace Buckner has his hand bitten through\n in a fracas on Saturday (1876 Feb 9); his brother \n Robert Buckner about \n Horace Buckner ([187?); a testimonial that\n Captain \n H. Buckner is not dissipated (1880 May\n 11); and the amputation of a woman's knee due to cancer (1882\n Sep 14 \u0026 27).","The papers of \n Reuben Lindsay Gordon (1855-1939),\n Commonwealth's Attorney for \n Louisa County for sixteen years, elected\n to the \n House of Delegates in 1914 where he served\n until 1928, and member of the \n Constitutional Convention in 1901-1902,\n consist of business and legal papers and correspondence. \n Gordon was born in \n Edgewoth, Albemarle County and educated\n privately by his father, \n William F. Gordon , and was married (1884)\n first to \n Alice Maud Winston (1860-1919) and\n subsequently to \n Nellie Blair Hunt . The business and legal\n papers include a reference to elections in \n Louisa County , including \n Daniel Gordon and \n R.L. Gordon, Jr. (1881 Sep 6); a mention\n by \n Maury Morris of fox hunting (1880 Sep 16);\n a suit involving an African-American male (1886 Jul 13); and\n the death of \n Gordon 's mother (1887 Apr 9).","Correspondents include \n A.B. Grymes , \n William F. Gordon, Jr. , \n Mary Jane Gordon (1852-1891), \n Alexander T. Gordon (1862-1943), his\n brother-in-law, \n J.O. Winston , sister, \n B.L. Gordon , and \n Cassius Carter . Subjects in the\n correspondence include opportunities for lawyers in \n Texas (1884 Aug 26); work as a locating\n engineer for a railroad in \n Texas (1887 Apr 3); and the poor postal\n service in \n Metz, Texas (1887 Aug 27).","The papers of \n John Goodwin May are chiefly concerned\n with his legal duties as a practicing lawyer in \n Louisa County , with separate folders for\n correspondence concerning the installation of an electric\n light plant for the town of \n Louisa (1903) and the inventory of stock\n of \n John F. Tolley \u0026 Bro. (1905). The\n legal cases folder contains a suit by \n Mary L. (Baker) Massie vs the \n Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; the\n estates of \n W.J. Underwood and \n Jeff Porter ; and the \n Mamie Thomas and \n J.B. Thomas Divorce Case. His personal and\n political correspondence includes: a disagreement with the\n Rev. \n L.J. Haley (1904 Sep 1; 1905 Aug 30); the\n death of May's father (1913 Mar 18); a controversy with \n R.L. Gordon (1913 Mar 25); correspondence\n with \n George S. Shackelford (1914 Jun 16); the \n Cumberland Sanitorium , \n Lebanon, Tennessee (1916 Jul 3); offer of\n services to the government during World War I (1917 Jun 30-Aug\n 27); warning not to use cocaine with another remedy (1917 Nov\n 8); and a description of her student life by his daughter \n Gladys May in \n Baltimore during World War I (1917 Nov 23,\n n.d.).","The business and legal papers of \n Robert F. Moss (d. 1883), sheriff of \n Louisa County , include: a letter from \n William Gilman to Moss regarding the next\n election to the \n Virginia House of Delegates where, \"I\n trust \n Louisa will be redeemed and that instead\n of negroes and white Radicals I will meet a simon pure\n Virginian delegation from your good old county,\" (1875 Oct\n 25); notification of the escape of an inmate from the \n Central Lunatic Asylum near \n Richmond who was probably headed for \n Louisa (1881 Feb 16); and concerning the\n primary election, \n H.V. Winston asking for support in the\n upcoming election (1880 Jul 1).","John Q. Rhodes was the law partner of \n W.C. Bibb in the 1920's and his business\n and legal papers chiefly pertain to his legal work in \n Louisa County . In 1936, \n Rhodes became director of the \n Division of Motor Vehicles for \n Virginia . He served as a member of the \n House of Delegates from 1930-1934. His\n correspondence contains very little personal material and is\n chiefly concerned with the legal cases he represented. An\n unusual item in the business and legal papers is a prospectus\n of the \n Haile Gold Mines, Inc. (1937 Jul 15).","The personal and political folder contains a booklet of\n admission tickets for delegates to the 1924 \n Democratic National Convention in \n New York and the declaration of \n Rhodes for candidacy with supporting\n papers for the \n House of Delegates from \n Louisa County to \n Carl H. Nolting , Chairman of the \n Louisa County Democratic Committee (1933\n May 9).","Among the papers related to \n Louisa County elections and politics are:\n the \n Louisa Camp Confederate Veterans\n Roll; election returns (n.d.); poll books; used primary\n election ballots for 1905; and voting lists (1895 \u0026 n.d.)\n with separate \"white\" and \"colored\" lists. There is also some\n political material in a folder labelled \"Miscellaneous:\n Political \u0026 Miscellaneous Documents.\"","Businesses represented in this series include: \n Craig Kennels and Game Farm , \n Trevilians, Virginia , all concerning debt\n collection; a lawsuit involving the \n Jackson Telephone and Telegraph Company ; \n The Old Dominion Phonograph Company , \n Roanoke, Virginia , containing an annual\n report (1890) and stock certificates belonging to \n W.E. Bibb ; and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company . The directors of this company were \n R.P. Talley (President), \n W.H.F. Lee (Vice-President), \n W.R. Goodwin (General Manager), \n P.B. Porter (Secretary \u0026 Treasurer,\n replaced by \n A.G. Hill in June 1890), \n W.E. Bibb (Attorney), \n W.O. Smith , \n J.F. Bickers , and \n J.W. Flannagan . Most of the\n correspondence was handled by \n P.B. Porter and then \n A.G. Hill , and was concerned with a new \n C \u0026 O Railroad depot (1890 Apr 11\n \u0026 19), a petition to change the name of the town of \n Tolersville to \n Mineral City (1890 Apr 17), questions\n about the charter, the prospectus of the company, the purchase\n of stock shares, and advertisements concerning the property.\n Other types of papers include: bills \u0026 receipts, financial\n statements, pay rolls, printed material, and a time book (for\n bound volumes pertaining to the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see Boxes 40-42). For a recent discussion of\n the history of \n Mineral and the \n Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land\n Company see the Louisa County Historical Magazine,\n Spring 1990 Mineral Centennial Issue, Volume 21, No. 1, pages\n 15-27.","Series III: Boyd Smith Papers","The \n Boyd Smith mines were first opened about\n 1886 by \n Boyd Smith , who was also President of the\n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company .\n The mines were never as successful as the nearby \n Arminius Mines and much of his business\n and legal papers deal with claims made against \n Boyd Smith and his company, law suits\n against \n Boyd Smith , and attempts to interest\n various mining companies in purchasing his mines in \n Louisa County . There is a fair amount of\n correspondence with \n W.E. Bibb who was his legal representative\n in \n Louisa and who was appointed Special\n Commissioner to sell the \n Pyrites Mining \u0026 Chemical Company in\n November of 1900. These files also contain \n Boyd Smith 's personal business and legal\n papers such as late life insurance payments, bills, and other\n matters. Also present are inventories of the stores and tools\n at the pyrite mines listed for potential buyers of the\n property (1900 August \u0026 October; 1901 Apr) and examples of\n the \n Pyrites Chemical \u0026 Mining\n Company store script (see separate folder).","The folder of family and personal correspondence,\n 1897-1903, contains mainly letters from his son, \n D. 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