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Series are based on original order and descriptions.","Martin Pence Farrier (1869-1946) and his son, Andrew Lewis Farrier (1895-1972) were lawyers in Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia. Their law firm represented some of the most important industries in Southwest Virginia, including the Norfolk and Western Railway Company, Appalachian Power Company, and several coal and lumber interests. ","M. P. Farrier was a clerk for Giles County, Virginia as early as 1894. He qualified to practice law on February 1, 1904, and then formed a partnership with Judge Martin Williams (1858-1934), which lasted until January 1, 1920. Farrier represented Giles and Bland counties in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1922 through 1923. In March 1923, he became Commissioner of Accounts for Giles County. The Williams and Farrier law firm reformed from January 1, 1924 thru July 1, 1934, when Farrier was appointed Trial Justice of Giles County. During this time period, M. P. Farrier also served as Treasurer of Bland County Lumber Company and Vice-President and member of the Board of Directors of Buchanan Coal Land Corp. ","A. L. Farrier served during World War I. He studied law under his father and qualified to practice in December 1938. A. L. and M. P. Farrier joined in a legal partnership on January 1, 1939. The partnership lasted until M. P. Farrier's death in 1946, and A. L. continued to practice law until his death in 1972.","Both men are buried in Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg, Virginia.","The guide to the Farrier Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","The collection is in its original order from the time of donation. Several set of files were rehoused in new boxes in 2011. The finding aid is from existing inventories and research done at the time of donation in 1974. Some descriptive information was added in 2013 and 2014. In 2017-2018, efforts were made to clean up the inventory, which had previously identified the materials as \"Box #\" with a date. Boxes were given titles based on the general contents included and the existing dates. In 2021, additional description was completed, including expanded Biographical Note, added Separated Materials note, updated and new inventory scope notes and box titles, and series imposed based upon 1974 descriptions.","The collection includes files from the firm of Williams and Farrier, later Farrier and Farrier. Materials include copies of deeds, title searches, land transactions, estate matters, loan contracts, divorce suits, small claims collection suits, ledgers, and correspondence. Additional details of some files are included in the original inventories, available on request.","Two series of files from a wooden cabinet. The first set deals mainly with land and estate matters, mostly from the early 1940s. The second set concerns estates. Files are from the office of Pearisburg attorneys, M. P. and A. L. Farrier and of Martin Williams and M. P. Farrier.","Files are from the office of Pearisburg attorneys, M. P. and A. L. Farrier.","Typed and hand written material concerning land transactions between Welford W. Dowdy and Virginia Dowdy Broadwell, Clarence Sarver, et al, and Everett Scott, Riley Warden and A. B. Allen, Henry Dalton and J.F. Rushbrook, Hallie Porterfield Stower and F. R. Parr and a title to the Mountain View Subdivision in Pearisburg, Va.","Farrier and Farrier negotiate several land transactions between Giles County land owners and the USDA Forest Service. Owners are trying to capitalize on the high demand for lumber resulting from its new usage in World War II.","Slight material concerning debts and taxes of the Little Stony Game and Fish Preserve, and a statement declaring M. P. Farrier trustee of the Preserve. See Federal Forest Service file concerning sale of the Preserve.","Various wills, presumably written by A. L. Farrier, for the following people: John H. Givens; Erastus E. Cook; Walter Gauties; James M. Dillard; Ada S. Lambert; Vance S. Lambert; William T. Doyle; Grace J. Kirk; G. A. Kessinger; and John Hundley Eller.","Files are from the office of Pearisburg attorneys, M. P. and A. L. Farrier.","An association of southwest Virginia businessmen, including M. P. Farrier, F. E. and W. B. Snidow, Martin Williams, and other prominent Giles County men, established for the purpose of exploiting coal and gas deposits in the area. The company does not appear to have done well. File contains mostly handwritten statements concerning debts and assets.","Substantial correspondence with Bancroft-Whitney Co. concerning the purchases of law books by M. P. and A. L. Farrier.","When the Bland County Lumber Co. went bankrupt some time after 1936, a commissioner was appointed to investigate the company's liabilities and assets. Material in this file consists mainly of M. P. Farrier's handwritten answers to a series of questions put to him by the commissioner. Farrier gives detailed information concerning land holdings and company debts. See related Bland Lumber Co. files (Bland County Lumber Co. v. Mrs. A. A. Strange and Bland Lumber Company Maps).","In his capacity as County Commissioner of Accounts, M. P. Farrier reviewed the accounts submitted by the administrator for the following estates: M. E. Gooch; A. J. Straley; O. S. Dillow; J. A. Stafford; W. E. P. Lucus; W. B. Staffoed; A. J. Smith; I. W. Peters; W. L. Price; J. A. Gusler; C. W. Shannon; L. A. Ritter; C. W. Straley; J. A. Bane; G. M. Henderson; and C. W. Meredith. He likewise reviewed the accounts submitted by guardians for the following people: A. J. Smith; W. O. Smith; M. L. Collins; M. W. Runions. January 1928-January 1938.","Similar to the above for following estates: J. W. T. Henderson; J. D. French; J. W. Stafford; E. G. Sarver; M. S. Woodyard; J. R. Emmons; M. T. Barger; W. A. Johnson; E. S. Johnson; J. F. Jewel; and John Brill. Also for guardians of M. L. Collins; Dewey and Almoa Daves; Margaret McNeely; George Akers, and Lewis Rowe. May 1934-November 1939.","M. P. Farrier, as Commissioner of Accounts for Giles County, reviews the statements of Minnie F. Davis, guardian for Leonard A. French, a minor.","Similar to above files for following estates: G. G. Lindsey; S. K. Bane; J. E. Tripton; M. G. J. Snidow; G. T. Fuller; P. N. Southern; J. H. Spangler; J. R. Johnston; A. E. Dunford; M. W. Mallory; Edward Lowe; Fount Johnson; J. T. S. Hoge; R. L. Elmore; J. W. Turner; J. M. Ratcliff; J. M. Farley; J. M. Givens. Likewise for the guardians of Donald and Arthur Stafford; M. L. Collins; Frank and Mary L. Johnston; L. B. and M. W. Bowen; O. B. Snidow; A. E. Epling; trusteeship over Harry J. James. April 1936-October 1940.","Similar to the above for the following estates: L. S. McElroth; E. B. French; M.E. Mottesheard; D. F. Hale; S. C. Overstreet; F. W. Williams; P. J. Muncy; S. D. Lucas; L. J. Smith; Albert Hutchinson; Sylvester Snodgrass; H. W. Morris; S. T. Pack; C. L. Simpkins; G. H. Dennis; W. B. Knight; I. P. Thompson; G. A. Shumate; Tom Smith; W. S. Dean; J. W. Turner; Frances Williams; N. E. Buckland; A. J. Straley; F. L. Johnston; J. L. Straley; and B. S. Huffman. Also for guardians of Robert Croy; Ernest Robertson; Fay, Louise, Irene and Johnston Smith; Brackett Porterfield; Rhoda E. Eplling; Llwellyn and Mary T. Johnson; Lula Porterfield; M. E. Stafford; Ilean and Crackett Straley; L. A. French; and Larry Woodyard. Wills of J. A. Adair and W. F. Webb. December 1922-April 1933.","Similar to above for the following estates: W. D. Ratcliff; E. S. Ratcliff; J. W. Meredith; L. M. Whittaker; A. J. Straley; J. E. Carson; F. H. Stafford; J. S. Eaton; E. J. Morris; H. H. Smith; S. K. Woods; Joshua Radford; A. W. Snidow; G. G. Lindsey; P. B. Wimmer and O. L. Williams. Also for guardians of Goodlow Straley, Johnson Smith, and I. S. Vaught. April 1937-January 1939.","Similar to above for the following estates: G. W. Nowlin; L. M. Thompson; J. D. Mann; A. B. hare; Sallie Hambrick; R. A. Pauley; S. V. White; A. D. Collins; A. P. Saunders; J. R. Emmons; Annie Dickinson; W. H. Thomas; J. M. Wright; C. B. Williams; G. L. Bane; W. T. Kirk; Louise Jarvis; S. L. Buckland; H. W. Mann; B. F. Riddle; M. F. Cooper; R. V. Wheeler; J. J. Topsail; G. G. Lindsey. Also for the guardians of Louis and O. P. Ferrell and Polly Ann and J. A. Eppley. September 1938-October 1943.","Similar to the above for the following estates: E. L. Buchanan; E. E. Montgomery; J. T. Bishop; M. A. Muncy; J. H. Duncan; Gertude Fisher; W. H. Reynolds; C. H. Wimmer; C. E. Cooper; B. M. Johnston; H. H. Wolfe; O. B. Quick; L. C. Williams; and Nannie Gordon. All material in this file is handwritten indicating that the statements are not final drafts. Also, about half have uncashed check to F. E. Snidow attached, indicating they were not recorded by the county clerk. September 1942-May 1945.","M. P. Farrier acting for the interest of the E. S. Dennis heirs, disposes of the property and real estate of E. S. Dennis in an attempt to satisfy the debts of the deceased. Extensive correspondence between Farrier and the two heirs. September 1921-February 1925.","Statements of claim against Dennis estate. March 1922-January 1930.","Office files of M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF).","Present are the receipts showing land taxes paid by J. D. Foote for 1916-1919. Majority of the material consists of deeds showing the extensive land holdings of Foote in Giles County.","Present are two receipts for a burial blot near Pearisburg, a Christmas card and Valentine card from his wife, and two letters from an acquaintance in Richmond.","MPF was a member of the county committee which investigated the prospect of establishing a county budget. The committee felt that a budget was unnecessary since the county's revenue was large enough to afford the freedom of action provided by a non-budget system. A detail statement of all assessed real estate and property in Giles County is presented, as well as a statement of yearly county expenditures. Files also contain a copy of the  Pearisburg Virginian , dated April 1, 1920, which has a series of articles and editorials concerning a county board for road improvement.","Some correspondence, but most material consists of copies of bills MPF wanted presented to the General Assembly. Bills concern: condemnation of private land; collection of taxes and levies; construction and maintenance of division fences; grants of public land; a new charter for the town of Narrows; terms of court for Giles County; sentencing felony convictions; right of land ownership; awarding and dissolving of injunctions; bonding of committees; certificates of acknowledgement; and regulation of judgments.","MPF was the patron of several bills before the General Assembly on the following subjects: partnerships, sale of estate property and dissolution injunctions. Copies of numerous other bills are included, received by MPF as a member of the General Assembly.","Extensive correspondence between Layman and MPF concerning cases on which they worked together. Layman, attorney from New Castle, seems to have collaborated with Farrier throughout their extensive careers.","MPF aided in the revision of the Pulaski and Giles Mutual Insurance Co. by-laws. He was also a policy holder.","Two notes and two contracts signed by Porterfield. Contracts concern the purchase of sheep and horses by Porterfield from MPF.","Present are deeds, loans, and contracts executed by MPF for Porterfield. There is also a statement of accounts for the estate of G. T. Porterfield.","Several drafts of petitions, bills, and resolutions presented to the Virginia Assembly concerning improvement, construction, and maintenance of public roads in Giles County.","MPF attempted to aid E. S. Ratcliff in his efforts to obtain full insurance benefits from the U. S. Veterans Bureau owing from his son's death. Mrs. Landona E. Ratcliff was receiving monthly check as a beneficiary of her son. Upon her death, E. S. Ratcliff sought to transfer the benefits to himself acting as administrator of his wife's estate.","Incorporation papers for the bank are present as well as several collection cases handled by MPF. In one incident, it appears A. L. Farrier resigned as cashier when his books came up $450 short during an audit. In another, Martin Williams, MPF, and A. L. Farrier were investigated by a state commission to determine their relationship to three lumber companies who borrowed heavily from the bank before folding.","Correspondence between Governor Trinkle and MPF concerning various bills before the General Assembly. The question of building a new system of public roads in Virginia seems to be a much-discussed issue.","MPF accepts a position as title examiner. Except for three letters between Farrier and company representatives, the majority of the material consists of blank forms.","Copies of wills: K. R. and N. L. Shumate; J. L. Harris; A. S. and J. W. Miller; B. L. Hale; L. L. Teel; Nannie Gordon; J. M. and M. J. Tuggle; C. E. Sonner; M. C. Bolton; E. J. Draper; A. L. Caldwell; and E. A. Keister.","Acting as guardian, MPF controlled a small amount of money belonging to each girl, from which he paid for items like schoolbooks, clothes, medicine, etc. until the girls came of age.","Office files of M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF).","Williams and Farrier and Farrier handle various matters for several churches in Giles County. Most common is the buying, selling, and granting of church land.","Office files from Farrier and Farrier (abbreviated F\u0026F), mostly from M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF).","Blank forms for incorporation of companies.","Materials concern MPF's sale of Brown's interest in land to pay off debt to the First National Bank of Pearisburg and Sinking Valley Creek Bank. See also Horton, E. W. v. Ellen E. Taylor, et al folder.","MPF represented Snidow who sold land he held in trust to pay off the owner's (Lula Gusler) debts. The remaining funds were distributed to Henry Gusler and other heirs.","Files from the offices of Martin Williams and M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF). Subjects range from Appalachian Electric Power Co. to Norfolk \u0026 Western, in rough alphabetical order.","Abstracts for land parcels in Giles County bought by Appalachian Electric Power Co.","IRS requests for detailed statement of 1917-1918; income tax reports from the company, June 1921-January 1922. Income tax reports for 1921 and 1923, December 1920-December 1923. Notes concerning asses and liabilities of the company, December 1919-June 1924.","Statements of shipments by the company, November 1919-December 1920. Claim against Strange Mining Co. seeking compensation for converting to war production and re-converting following World War I, November 1922. Materials concerning business operations, January 1920-January 1922.","Williams and Farrier correspondence as representation for the company, in particular land sales, timber and mineral rights, and contracts, January 1924-October 1927. IRS requests for tax reports, March 1922-June 1925.","File suggests either MPF or Williams served as trial judge.","File contains a deed between Dunn and J. H. Jervis, but makes no mention of Williams.","Bland County matters, March-October 1926. Tazewell matters, April 1927-September 1929. Suit v. I. P. King, March 1927-June 1929. Foreclosure suits, land sales, farm loan applications, title abstracts, detailed loan applications, April 1917-November 1929.","Files from the offices of Martin Williams and M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF). Subjects range from Norfolk \u0026 Western to Waddle, et al.","Include title searches conducted by attorneys in regard to loan and insurance applications, also in regard to land transactions.","Most files concern loan contracts and land transactions.","With a few exceptions, most of the material in this box concerns loan contracts and land transactions.","Includes material found loose at the front of the box. Consists of deeds, abstracts, court briefs, contracts, and correspondence connected to the work of Andrew L. Farrier.","Material found loose at the front of the box. Work by Williams \u0026 Farrier or Martin P. Farrier, including deeds, title abstracts, cancelled checks, and a report on improving Mountain Lake. There are also papers concerning the estate of Percy H. Brown.","Material deals mainly with land sales.","Includes Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Jennelle; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jennings; Mr. and Mrs. Mirent L. Johnson; Mr. and Mrs. Shuler J. Johnston; Mr. and Mrs. James M. Jones; Mrs. Marie S. Journell; and Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Journell.","Includes Carrie A. McGuire; Robert L. Meredith; Cloyd C. Morris; C. P. Martin; Edward K. McCoy; Lacy W. Moore; S. A. Martin; Mid-State Homes, Inc.; Earnest H. Lang; W. W. Lafon; and Hattie E. Miller.","Includes Okley Albert; John Peery; J. Maurice Payne: Clarence Pfeifer; Ernest G. Porterfield; Ira ELmer Price; Miller C. Porterfield; James W. Perkins; Jottie M. Pennington; A. C. Pyrtle; W. C. Price; Pauline S. Phlegar; Olonzo C. Proffitt; Bill Pillion; Grayson D. Pettrey; James W. Price; Aldon B. Porterfield; Sidney L. Peeters; H. R. Price; and William D. Parcell.","Includes Basil Radford, et al; T. S. Robertson; C. O. Rogers; Ernest B. Radford; Alice F. Runion; Donald L. Ray, et al; Thomas E. Robertson; Alice M. Ragsdale; and Dallas M. Ross.","Includes L. K. Smith; Dexter Stevers; Harvey C. Snidow; John L. Stafford; W. D. Sanders; H. G. Smith; Veda S. Smith; N. E. Short; Bertie Saunders; Elizabeth Snidow Payne; Darcie C. Shelor; Douglas E. Shorter; Hattie L. Sadler; Cecil M. Surratt; Billy B. St. Clair; G. H. Gerrell; C. R. Smith; W. S. Smith; John S. St. Clair; Sidney M. Scott; R. C. Stafford; C. P. Scott; F. W. Smith; L. M. Smith; R. G. Simon; A. H. Spangler; H. P. Smith; P. L. Stephens; J. J. Snidow; Sallie Stanley; M. L. Spangler; C. R. Spangler; C. M. Smith; and George Stevens.","Includes Maps and deeds for John F. Woodyard; Clarence H. Sadler; Muriel T. Wilson; Everett N. Williams, July-November 1970; and items for O. F. Vaught; Martin Viars; Kenneth P. Young.","Includes H. M. and J. A. Gusler; Sarah G. and L. A. Blevins; and William E. Going.","Includes Gladys M. and S. K. Johnston; Sterling R. and Eddie Johnson; William G. Johnston; Robert F. and Edna W. Johnston; and W. T. and Lucy H. Jamison.","Includes C. P. Logan; Earl B. Lucas; Luther Lucas; C. W. and L. K. Long Mason; C. A. Lucas; St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Newport); James D. Lafon; L. L. and J. Doak Lucas; Minor Lafon; and Wilbur W. Lafon.","Includes Billy Gene McCall; W. F. McCall; Joseph F. McGuire; Lucy P. McGuire; Bessie Phlegar McDonald; Robert H. McCall; and E. D. McClanahan.","Includes John J. Miller; Virgil Meadows; C. F. and Edward F. Mahaffey; J. R. Morris; J. L. Morris; and Campbell and Melvin D. Mutter.","Includes Janey B. Reel; S. D. Rickman; Calla M. Roy; and Charles G. Robertson.","Includes A. E. Shumate, Jr.; J. E. Sutphin; Leland G. Smith; J. B. Stanley; C. G. Sarver; James H. Sartin; W. A. Stiff; G. M. Scott; Frank B. Strader, Jr.; W. D. Sanders; Clarence Shortt; and Floyd A. Scott.","Includes Mrs. Grace. S. Williams; Vera B. and Randolph J. Wilburn; Nola J. Woods; William E. Williams; Charles C. Weaver; John F. Woodyard; Williams-Jamison Funeral Home; and John Lee Wilson.","Includes Kile C. Williams, March 1967, and A. P. Martin, May 1968.","Primarily includes small claim collection suits.","Includes Allen F. Eaton v. E. F. Conger; Eline's, Inc. v. L. E. Munsey; Gibson Candy Co. v. James A. Woods and Lucas; Giles County Motor Co. v. B. H. Taylor; and Lockwood Embree Sales Corp. v. Virginia Garage.","Includes Rich Creek Hardware Co. v. L. M. Cooper, September 1926-November 1929; Radford Sales Corp. v. W. A. Fletcher, May-June 1930; Rocky Gap Merchantile Co. v. W. G. Kitts, July-October 1930; Rocky Gap Merchantile Co. v. B. H. Barnett, July-October 1930; Catelberg Nation Jewelry Co. v. Mrs. Carrie Rowe, September-October 1932; and Rountree's Furniture Co. v. W. N. Hurley, April-May 1933.","Includes J. E. Shcrader v. J. H. Pruett; J. C. Shelton v. M. T. McArthur; Seidman Neckware Co. v. H. B. Shelton Co.; J. L. Sibold v. T. L. Litchford; and Spiegel v. Burman Blankenship.","Includes S. E. Stafford v. H. D. Sands; F. P. Snidow and Co. v. Floyd Kissinger; Shelton and Shelton v. Thompson and Taylor; Shelton and Shelton v. B. H. Taylor; Shelton and Shelton v. W. B. Snidow; Dr. S. A. Tuck v. Robert Jones; St. Clair v. Gordon; and St. Luke's Hospital v. George Chapman, dec'd.","Includes O. K. Caps v. Wolf Creek Merchantile Co.; Witten, T. F. v. D. M. St. Clair; Warlick Piano Rooms v. J. H., E. N., and Marshal Williams; Bluefield Plate Glass v. J. L. Warren; Montgomery Ward and Co. v. H. W. Williams; and  National Biscuit Co. v. Bob's Place.","Primarily small claim suits and court cases handled by Walker Williams.","Includes P. F. Ball; Lewis Bowles; J. H. Brown; Buchanan Coal Land Corp. to Kingston Coal Co.; Clarence Brooks, et al to W. J. Brooks; T. W. Kerr to J. W. Bailey, et al; J. L Breeding to V. M. Breeding; G. O. Beckner; and J. A. D. Bales to J. S. Andrews.","Includes Caldwell Sites Co.; Sidney Chewning; W. Caudill; Eliza Comer v. W. A. Comer; Mitchell Caudle; D. E. Conley; Mrs. Arch Caldwell; S. L. Creath; Lula Carter; Athrus Chambers; W. H. Calhoun; O. H. Cunningham; Cudahy Brothers Co.; Frank D. Claypool; Dode G. Caldwell; Henry Campbell; C. I. T. Corporation; and Constantine L. Cametas.","Includes John Draper; Frank S. Demsky; R. Frank Debusk; C. W. Dunford; Carey Dunn; Frank S. Douthat; and Bessie E. Douthat.","Includes J. W. Flannagan; Rocky Gap Flooring Co.; Hoge Hunter; Will Fuller; Farmers Exchange, Inc.; Federal Land Bank of Baltimore; Marvin Farley; Mrs. J. H. Fry; Everette Fletcher; Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland; Theo. R. Ferrell; Harper N. Frei; and George E. L. Fletcher.","Includes G. M. Hodge; Jack Harrell; Wilbur and Kemper Hale; Ransom B. Houchins; Frank Harless; H. F. Harless; and Beulah Holland.","Includes H. S. Edmunds; I. G. Reed; J. W. Cunningham; Standard Oil Co.; A. Ray Johnston; R. King Johnston; Emory Johnston; John Jarney; Robert A. Johnston; Mrs. Earl G. Johnson; and Mrs. Lucy Johnston.","Includes Cleo Lucas; Mrs. W. K. Leech; W. K. Lucas; Lon Link; Guy Lucas; D. O. Lawrence; and Larkin Co., Inc.","Includes J. C. Meadows; Montgomery Ward; Norton General Hospital v. E. E. Martin; Paul Martin; E. J. and Talma Martin; Harry Martin; Lee Moyer; D. H. Martin; Virginia Munsey; Cora Kerr, et al, and William Mills; Mrs. Clyde Martin; Bernard Mason; W. H. Malcom; F. E. Martin; Ann Meadows; W. S. Meadows; C. M. McClung and Co.; Merchantile Adjuster Publishing Co.; E. R. McLear; Jack Martin; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mallory; Woody Nolen; A. J. Nackley; J. A. Newberry; Josie Perdue; A. J. Porterfield; Virgil Pennington; W. H. Quam; John H. Painter; Roy Richardson (Gov. G. C. Peery); C. A. Payson; Pure Oil Co.; S. L. and E. N. Peters; Walter Prunty; K. M. Messer v. J. C. Perdue; W. D. Pearson; Star Amusement Co.; N. F. and M. B. Rowland; Ira Reed and the Rich Creek Supply Co.; Hugh N. Rakes; W. C. Rose and Co.; J. E. Robertson, et al; Mrs. T. F. Richardson; and Tom Rock.","Includes Roy Caudill Sadler; St. Elizabeth's General Hospital v. H. H. Smallwood; Star Amusement Co.; George Sayers; Mrs. W. C. St. Clair; Robert Snider; George C. Spangler; B. H. Taylor: Ottomar Strange; W. E. Snider; E. E. Snidow; Snow Church Directory Co.; W. A. Snidow, et al; H. M. Smith; J. T. Snidow; C. P., J. W., and P. F. Shrader; Maggie Songer, et al; and Simon Solins v. P. W. Strother.","Material also concerns the Town of Pearisburg and the law firm of Williams and Williams.","Includes J. W. Turner; Spear and Co. v. S. A. Thompson; Young v. B. J. Thompson; Howe, Cora and Medie Tabor; B. M. Teel v. Joe Troitino; W. A. Thornhill; Theodore T. Thomas; and University of Virginia.","Includes W. R. Williamson; Julia Woodyard; L. C. Williams; Walker A. Williams, I. E. Williams; Roy Witten; Charles Wilkenson; Claude Williams; George W. Wheeler; Mrs. Margaret Williamson; Harrison Woodyard; Martin Williams; J. W. Williams; W. F. Wright; J. W. Walker and Son; Roberta Shamson v. T. B. Shannon; John Walker; A. C. Williams; R. H. Woods v. J. E. Webb; Lewis Wall; F. H. Woods; Donald Williams and S. S. Williams; Fred Wells; L. C. Woodyard; Everette Wolf; Homer Wilson; J. H. Walker, Susie J. Walker; and J. J. Wicker.","Includes copies of title abstracts.","Includes title abstracts, loan contract, land sales, and a few court cases.","Includes land transactions, loan contracts, and a few claim suits in rough alphabetical order.","Includes S. J., J. H., and D. H. Walker; Harvey B. Wilson, et al to C. V. Wilson; D. W. Sanders to Ernest Hilton; Harry M. Douthat; Pearisburg Methodist Church; Morton King; Jack Turner; Noble D. Porterfield to T. M. Smith; C. B. Gilliam to the First Methodist Church of Pearisburg; J. L. Morris; and E. H. Dillon, et al to R. C. Dillon.","Includes contracts, court cases, land sales, collection suits, and court briefs.","Includes Hazel B. Keffer; Roy Dunford; G. W. Nowlin; J. W. Hale; W. H. Nickels; N \u0026 W Railway Co. annual passes; S. B. Nelson; Radford Finance Corp.; and A. K. Hylto.","Includse C. J. Presby (Prealey?); H. H. Powell; Martin Williams; Leonard Freeman; W. D. Payne; B. W. Porterfield; O. K. Phleager; Bank of Pocahontas; L. L. Prescott; J. P. Price; J. B. Pulliam; J. H. Price; Pulaski Grocery Co.; Pearisburg Virginian; Cleopatra Porterfield; Personal Services, Inc; Mrs. W. L. Piper; A. J. Porterfield; Mrs. W. P. Poindexter; R. F. Pritchard; Princeton Motor Co.; Pembroke Mutual Telephone  Co.; A. M. Pyne; First National Bank of Peterstown; Mattie Spangler; Sarah Ella Porterfield; Carrie Page; S. A., J. M., and R. W. Patteson; G. H. Parent Co.; Walter M. Perdue; and C. W. Peek and Co.","Includes Southeastern Finance Co.; T. G. Porterfield; Office rent receipts for M. P. Farrier; Roundtree Corp. v. W. N. Hurley; Richmond Office Supply Co.; Rawls-Dickson Candy Co.; Chas. S. Roller, Jr.; Mrs. Lacy Riggs; B. S. Ratcliff; A. W. Robertson; The Repass Adjustment Bureau; Frank Turner Shop; Richmond Adjustment Bureau; the Roanoke Hardware Co.; Roanoke Photo Finishing Co.; Miss Mary Rogers; Bruce Rader; W. H., H. M., and W. P. Reynolds; T. J. Pearson; Hugh Reid; Chief of delinquent tax section for Com. of Virginia; J. P. Royall; Harry H. Roberts; Ronceverte Small Loan Co.; and R. D. Rowley.","Includes Kate A. Simpson; A. E., E. J., and J. L. Straley; Atlee L. Smith; F. H. Stansill; Southwest Loan and Discount Co., Inc.; H. P. Sartin; D. C. Spangler; and Thomas B. Stanley.","Includes E. E. Sarver from Isaac Williams; M. L. and F. S. Williams; J. C. Williams v. Commercial Credit Co.; W. G. Williams; S. S., G. L., and C. B. Williams; and Donald L. and C. K. Williams.","Contents are similar to Box 36.","Includes deeds, correspondence, small claim collection, damage suits with a few land sales, divorce suits, and contract disputes.","The majority of material deals with small claim collection and damage suits, but there are also a few land sales, divorce suits, and contract disputes. (Material that was not in file folders have been arranged alphabetically in file folders.)","Includes record of expenses kept by A. L. Farrier.","Includes six checkbooks containing stubs and blank checks, which show outlays and deposits of Williams and Farrier and Farrier and Farrier law firms.","Includes list of collection cases handled by Martin Williams.","Includes list of cases and fees received.","Includes only one incomplete entry concerning a stock holder's meeting.","Includes collection suits, fees for services, and disbursement of funds.","Includes court suits, deeds, collection suits, court briefs, negatives, checks, and correspondence.","Includes personal accounts and fees received.","Includes expense, personal, and cash accounts.","Records concerning the settlement of the following estates: F. E. Dunkler; W. R. Powell, E. S. Denins; H. L. Eaton; and A. J. Hardwick.","Records kept by M. P. Farrier, admin. for estate.","Accounts kept in regard to timber operations on the land of J. J. Cole.","A statement of receipts and disbursements for the estate, agreed to by J. M. St. Clair, guardian, and recorded by M. P. Farrier.","Includes collections and disbursements, fees received, and estate settlement of the M. P. Farrier estate.","Includes deeds, correspondence, contracts, court suits, and materials pertaining to estate settlements and other legal matters.","Includes list of collection suits handled by Williams and Farrier.","Includes records of money and fees received, estate and court cases settled, and money disbursements.","Includes records of an unnamed estate with heirs G. W. Meredith, Lacy Meredith, and Helen E. Hendrickson.","Includes list of collection suits handled by Williams and Farrier.","Includes correspondence, court suits, contracts, records of receipts and disbursements, and general records concerning the settlement of Honaker and Feeney receivership of M. P. Farrier.","Includes three sets of letters from unmarked letter boxes in rough alphabetical order within each set.","Includes letters between M. P. Farrier and the heirs of the G. A. Shumate Estate.","Includes company's incorporation charter and stockholder's meetings, kept by M. P. Farrier, who was company secretary.","Includes record of incorporation and stockholder's meetings.","Includes check stubs and cancelled checks.","Inside cover is labeled Peters Mountain Mining Co., Narrows, Va., 1917. The title page and index have been cut out, however. On an inside page, in front of the few pages of records, is the title Crockett Mining Company), 1918. A few pages of records follow, with wages page and expenses incurred.","Includes deposit slips, notes, and records concerning the settlement of the estate in a box.","Records concern the Big Stony Railway Co., Bland County Lumber Co., the Camp Mfg. Co., the Flat Top Manganese Mines, E. S. Sufferin, and the Strange Mining Co.","Includes list of collection suits handled by M. P. Farrier.","Includes records for a lumber company, possibly Bland Lumber Co. [Index and title pages are missing.]","Includes only one suit for Walker A. Williams.","Records kept on numerous companies, individual and organizations concerning income from property or merchandise sold, expenses paid out, and payments and collections on outstanding debts.","Receipts and disbursements recorded by the receivers, Bernard Mason and M. P. Farrier, in the settlement of company's affairs.","Includes fees received by Farrier and statements of his personal finances.","Includes clients, court suits, land sales, etc., divided into six letter boxes and arranged alphabetically within each box.","The following publications (and additional titles) have been separated from the collection, and some are cataloged in the University Libraries:","South Eastern Reporter American and English Encyclopaedia of Law Cyclopaedia of Law Procedures American Jurisprudence  and  American Jurisprudence - Legal Forms Virginia Reports  and  Virginia Reports Annotated Ruling Case Law Pomeroy's Equity Jurisprudence Gregory's Forms Opinions of the Attorney General American Law Report South Eastern Digest Acts of Assembly Virginia State Bar Association Virginia and West Virginia Digest","Permission to publish material from Farrier Family Papers must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech. Since this collection includes legal files, the ability to publish materials may be limited or restricted. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives ( specref@vt.edu  or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","Please note:  This collection is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. 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In March 1923, he became Commissioner of Accounts for Giles County. The Williams and Farrier law firm reformed from January 1, 1924 thru July 1, 1934, when Farrier was appointed Trial Justice of Giles County. During this time period, M. P. Farrier also served as Treasurer of Bland County Lumber Company and Vice-President and member of the Board of Directors of Buchanan Coal Land Corp. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA. L. Farrier served during World War I. He studied law under his father and qualified to practice in December 1938. A. L. and M. P. Farrier joined in a legal partnership on January 1, 1939. The partnership lasted until M. P. Farrier's death in 1946, and A. L. continued to practice law until his death in 1972.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBoth men are buried in Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Martin Pence Farrier (1869-1946) and his son, Andrew Lewis Farrier (1895-1972) were lawyers in Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia. Their law firm represented some of the most important industries in Southwest Virginia, including the Norfolk and Western Railway Company, Appalachian Power Company, and several coal and lumber interests. ","M. P. Farrier was a clerk for Giles County, Virginia as early as 1894. He qualified to practice law on February 1, 1904, and then formed a partnership with Judge Martin Williams (1858-1934), which lasted until January 1, 1920. Farrier represented Giles and Bland counties in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1922 through 1923. In March 1923, he became Commissioner of Accounts for Giles County. The Williams and Farrier law firm reformed from January 1, 1924 thru July 1, 1934, when Farrier was appointed Trial Justice of Giles County. During this time period, M. P. Farrier also served as Treasurer of Bland County Lumber Company and Vice-President and member of the Board of Directors of Buchanan Coal Land Corp. ","A. L. Farrier served during World War I. He studied law under his father and qualified to practice in December 1938. A. L. and M. P. Farrier joined in a legal partnership on January 1, 1939. The partnership lasted until M. P. Farrier's death in 1946, and A. L. continued to practice law until his death in 1972.","Both men are buried in Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg, Virginia."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Farrier Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Farrier Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ )."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Farrier Family Papers, Ms1974-011, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Farrier Family Papers, Ms1974-011, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is in its original order from the time of donation. Several set of files were rehoused in new boxes in 2011. The finding aid is from existing inventories and research done at the time of donation in 1974. Some descriptive information was added in 2013 and 2014. In 2017-2018, efforts were made to clean up the inventory, which had previously identified the materials as \"Box #\" with a date. Boxes were given titles based on the general contents included and the existing dates. In 2021, additional description was completed, including expanded Biographical Note, added Separated Materials note, updated and new inventory scope notes and box titles, and series imposed based upon 1974 descriptions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The collection is in its original order from the time of donation. Several set of files were rehoused in new boxes in 2011. The finding aid is from existing inventories and research done at the time of donation in 1974. Some descriptive information was added in 2013 and 2014. In 2017-2018, efforts were made to clean up the inventory, which had previously identified the materials as \"Box #\" with a date. Boxes were given titles based on the general contents included and the existing dates. In 2021, additional description was completed, including expanded Biographical Note, added Separated Materials note, updated and new inventory scope notes and box titles, and series imposed based upon 1974 descriptions."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection includes files from the firm of Williams and Farrier, later Farrier and Farrier. Materials include copies of deeds, title searches, land transactions, estate matters, loan contracts, divorce suits, small claims collection suits, ledgers, and correspondence. Additional details of some files are included in the original inventories, available on request.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo series of files from a wooden cabinet. The first set deals mainly with land and estate matters, mostly from the early 1940s. The second set concerns estates. Files are from the office of Pearisburg attorneys, M. P. and A. L. Farrier and of Martin Williams and M. P. Farrier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFiles are from the office of Pearisburg attorneys, M. P. and A. L. Farrier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped and hand written material concerning land transactions between Welford W. Dowdy and Virginia Dowdy Broadwell, Clarence Sarver, et al, and Everett Scott, Riley Warden and A. B. Allen, Henry Dalton and J.F. Rushbrook, Hallie Porterfield Stower and F. R. Parr and a title to the Mountain View Subdivision in Pearisburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarrier and Farrier negotiate several land transactions between Giles County land owners and the USDA Forest Service. Owners are trying to capitalize on the high demand for lumber resulting from its new usage in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSlight material concerning debts and taxes of the Little Stony Game and Fish Preserve, and a statement declaring M. P. Farrier trustee of the Preserve. See Federal Forest Service file concerning sale of the Preserve.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious wills, presumably written by A. L. Farrier, for the following people: John H. Givens; Erastus E. Cook; Walter Gauties; James M. Dillard; Ada S. Lambert; Vance S. Lambert; William T. Doyle; Grace J. Kirk; G. A. Kessinger; and John Hundley Eller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFiles are from the office of Pearisburg attorneys, M. P. and A. L. Farrier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn association of southwest Virginia businessmen, including M. P. Farrier, F. E. and W. B. Snidow, Martin Williams, and other prominent Giles County men, established for the purpose of exploiting coal and gas deposits in the area. The company does not appear to have done well. File contains mostly handwritten statements concerning debts and assets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubstantial correspondence with Bancroft-Whitney Co. concerning the purchases of law books by M. P. and A. L. Farrier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhen the Bland County Lumber Co. went bankrupt some time after 1936, a commissioner was appointed to investigate the company's liabilities and assets. Material in this file consists mainly of M. P. Farrier's handwritten answers to a series of questions put to him by the commissioner. Farrier gives detailed information concerning land holdings and company debts. See related Bland Lumber Co. files (Bland County Lumber Co. v. Mrs. A. A. Strange and Bland Lumber Company Maps).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn his capacity as County Commissioner of Accounts, M. P. Farrier reviewed the accounts submitted by the administrator for the following estates: M. E. Gooch; A. J. Straley; O. S. Dillow; J. A. Stafford; W. E. P. Lucus; W. B. Staffoed; A. J. Smith; I. W. Peters; W. L. Price; J. A. Gusler; C. W. Shannon; L. A. Ritter; C. W. Straley; J. A. Bane; G. M. Henderson; and C. W. Meredith. He likewise reviewed the accounts submitted by guardians for the following people: A. J. Smith; W. O. Smith; M. L. Collins; M. W. Runions. January 1928-January 1938.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSimilar to the above for following estates: J. W. T. Henderson; J. D. French; J. W. Stafford; E. G. Sarver; M. S. Woodyard; J. R. Emmons; M. T. Barger; W. A. Johnson; E. S. Johnson; J. F. Jewel; and John Brill. Also for guardians of M. L. Collins; Dewey and Almoa Daves; Margaret McNeely; George Akers, and Lewis Rowe. May 1934-November 1939.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM. P. Farrier, as Commissioner of Accounts for Giles County, reviews the statements of Minnie F. Davis, guardian for Leonard A. French, a minor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSimilar to above files for following estates: G. G. Lindsey; S. K. Bane; J. E. Tripton; M. G. J. Snidow; G. T. Fuller; P. N. Southern; J. H. Spangler; J. R. Johnston; A. E. Dunford; M. W. Mallory; Edward Lowe; Fount Johnson; J. T. S. Hoge; R. L. Elmore; J. W. Turner; J. M. Ratcliff; J. M. Farley; J. M. Givens. Likewise for the guardians of Donald and Arthur Stafford; M. L. Collins; Frank and Mary L. Johnston; L. B. and M. W. Bowen; O. B. Snidow; A. E. Epling; trusteeship over Harry J. James. April 1936-October 1940.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSimilar to the above for the following estates: L. S. McElroth; E. B. French; M.E. Mottesheard; D. F. Hale; S. C. Overstreet; F. W. Williams; P. J. Muncy; S. D. Lucas; L. J. Smith; Albert Hutchinson; Sylvester Snodgrass; H. W. Morris; S. T. Pack; C. L. Simpkins; G. H. Dennis; W. B. Knight; I. P. Thompson; G. A. Shumate; Tom Smith; W. S. Dean; J. W. Turner; Frances Williams; N. E. Buckland; A. J. Straley; F. L. Johnston; J. L. Straley; and B. S. Huffman. Also for guardians of Robert Croy; Ernest Robertson; Fay, Louise, Irene and Johnston Smith; Brackett Porterfield; Rhoda E. Eplling; Llwellyn and Mary T. Johnson; Lula Porterfield; M. E. Stafford; Ilean and Crackett Straley; L. A. French; and Larry Woodyard. Wills of J. A. Adair and W. F. Webb. December 1922-April 1933.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSimilar to above for the following estates: W. D. Ratcliff; E. S. Ratcliff; J. W. Meredith; L. M. Whittaker; A. J. Straley; J. E. Carson; F. H. Stafford; J. S. Eaton; E. J. Morris; H. H. Smith; S. K. Woods; Joshua Radford; A. W. Snidow; G. G. Lindsey; P. B. Wimmer and O. L. Williams. Also for guardians of Goodlow Straley, Johnson Smith, and I. S. Vaught. April 1937-January 1939.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSimilar to above for the following estates: G. W. Nowlin; L. M. Thompson; J. D. Mann; A. B. hare; Sallie Hambrick; R. A. Pauley; S. V. White; A. D. Collins; A. P. Saunders; J. R. Emmons; Annie Dickinson; W. H. Thomas; J. M. Wright; C. B. Williams; G. L. Bane; W. T. Kirk; Louise Jarvis; S. L. Buckland; H. W. Mann; B. F. Riddle; M. F. Cooper; R. V. Wheeler; J. J. Topsail; G. G. Lindsey. Also for the guardians of Louis and O. P. Ferrell and Polly Ann and J. A. Eppley. September 1938-October 1943.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSimilar to the above for the following estates: E. L. Buchanan; E. E. Montgomery; J. T. Bishop; M. A. Muncy; J. H. Duncan; Gertude Fisher; W. H. Reynolds; C. H. Wimmer; C. E. Cooper; B. M. Johnston; H. H. Wolfe; O. B. Quick; L. C. Williams; and Nannie Gordon. All material in this file is handwritten indicating that the statements are not final drafts. Also, about half have uncashed check to F. E. Snidow attached, indicating they were not recorded by the county clerk. September 1942-May 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM. P. Farrier acting for the interest of the E. S. Dennis heirs, disposes of the property and real estate of E. S. Dennis in an attempt to satisfy the debts of the deceased. Extensive correspondence between Farrier and the two heirs. September 1921-February 1925.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eStatements of claim against Dennis estate. March 1922-January 1930.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffice files of M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePresent are the receipts showing land taxes paid by J. D. Foote for 1916-1919. Majority of the material consists of deeds showing the extensive land holdings of Foote in Giles County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePresent are two receipts for a burial blot near Pearisburg, a Christmas card and Valentine card from his wife, and two letters from an acquaintance in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMPF was a member of the county committee which investigated the prospect of establishing a county budget. The committee felt that a budget was unnecessary since the county's revenue was large enough to afford the freedom of action provided by a non-budget system. A detail statement of all assessed real estate and property in Giles County is presented, as well as a statement of yearly county expenditures. Files also contain a copy of the \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePearisburg Virginian\u003c/title\u003e, dated April 1, 1920, which has a series of articles and editorials concerning a county board for road improvement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome correspondence, but most material consists of copies of bills MPF wanted presented to the General Assembly. Bills concern: condemnation of private land; collection of taxes and levies; construction and maintenance of division fences; grants of public land; a new charter for the town of Narrows; terms of court for Giles County; sentencing felony convictions; right of land ownership; awarding and dissolving of injunctions; bonding of committees; certificates of acknowledgement; and regulation of judgments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMPF was the patron of several bills before the General Assembly on the following subjects: partnerships, sale of estate property and dissolution injunctions. Copies of numerous other bills are included, received by MPF as a member of the General Assembly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExtensive correspondence between Layman and MPF concerning cases on which they worked together. Layman, attorney from New Castle, seems to have collaborated with Farrier throughout their extensive careers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMPF aided in the revision of the Pulaski and Giles Mutual Insurance Co. by-laws. He was also a policy holder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo notes and two contracts signed by Porterfield. Contracts concern the purchase of sheep and horses by Porterfield from MPF.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePresent are deeds, loans, and contracts executed by MPF for Porterfield. There is also a statement of accounts for the estate of G. T. Porterfield.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral drafts of petitions, bills, and resolutions presented to the Virginia Assembly concerning improvement, construction, and maintenance of public roads in Giles County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMPF attempted to aid E. S. Ratcliff in his efforts to obtain full insurance benefits from the U. S. Veterans Bureau owing from his son's death. Mrs. Landona E. Ratcliff was receiving monthly check as a beneficiary of her son. Upon her death, E. S. Ratcliff sought to transfer the benefits to himself acting as administrator of his wife's estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncorporation papers for the bank are present as well as several collection cases handled by MPF. In one incident, it appears A. L. Farrier resigned as cashier when his books came up $450 short during an audit. In another, Martin Williams, MPF, and A. L. Farrier were investigated by a state commission to determine their relationship to three lumber companies who borrowed heavily from the bank before folding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Governor Trinkle and MPF concerning various bills before the General Assembly. The question of building a new system of public roads in Virginia seems to be a much-discussed issue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMPF accepts a position as title examiner. Except for three letters between Farrier and company representatives, the majority of the material consists of blank forms.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies of wills: K. R. and N. L. Shumate; J. L. Harris; A. S. and J. W. Miller; B. L. Hale; L. L. Teel; Nannie Gordon; J. M. and M. J. Tuggle; C. E. Sonner; M. C. Bolton; E. J. Draper; A. L. Caldwell; and E. A. Keister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eActing as guardian, MPF controlled a small amount of money belonging to each girl, from which he paid for items like schoolbooks, clothes, medicine, etc. until the girls came of age.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffice files of M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliams and Farrier and Farrier handle various matters for several churches in Giles County. Most common is the buying, selling, and granting of church land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffice files from Farrier and Farrier (abbreviated F\u0026amp;F), mostly from M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlank forms for incorporation of companies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials concern MPF's sale of Brown's interest in land to pay off debt to the First National Bank of Pearisburg and Sinking Valley Creek Bank. See also Horton, E. W. v. Ellen E. Taylor, et al folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMPF represented Snidow who sold land he held in trust to pay off the owner's (Lula Gusler) debts. The remaining funds were distributed to Henry Gusler and other heirs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFiles from the offices of Martin Williams and M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF). Subjects range from Appalachian Electric Power Co. to Norfolk \u0026amp; Western, in rough alphabetical order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbstracts for land parcels in Giles County bought by Appalachian Electric Power Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIRS requests for detailed statement of 1917-1918; income tax reports from the company, June 1921-January 1922. Income tax reports for 1921 and 1923, December 1920-December 1923. Notes concerning asses and liabilities of the company, December 1919-June 1924.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eStatements of shipments by the company, November 1919-December 1920. Claim against Strange Mining Co. seeking compensation for converting to war production and re-converting following World War I, November 1922. Materials concerning business operations, January 1920-January 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliams and Farrier correspondence as representation for the company, in particular land sales, timber and mineral rights, and contracts, January 1924-October 1927. IRS requests for tax reports, March 1922-June 1925.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFile suggests either MPF or Williams served as trial judge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFile contains a deed between Dunn and J. H. Jervis, but makes no mention of Williams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBland County matters, March-October 1926. Tazewell matters, April 1927-September 1929. Suit v. I. P. King, March 1927-June 1929. Foreclosure suits, land sales, farm loan applications, title abstracts, detailed loan applications, April 1917-November 1929.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFiles from the offices of Martin Williams and M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF). Subjects range from Norfolk \u0026amp; Western to Waddle, et al.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInclude title searches conducted by attorneys in regard to loan and insurance applications, also in regard to land transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost files concern loan contracts and land transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith a few exceptions, most of the material in this box concerns loan contracts and land transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material found loose at the front of the box. Consists of deeds, abstracts, court briefs, contracts, and correspondence connected to the work of Andrew L. Farrier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterial found loose at the front of the box. Work by Williams \u0026amp; Farrier or Martin P. Farrier, including deeds, title abstracts, cancelled checks, and a report on improving Mountain Lake. There are also papers concerning the estate of Percy H. Brown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterial deals mainly with land sales.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Jennelle; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jennings; Mr. and Mrs. Mirent L. Johnson; Mr. and Mrs. Shuler J. Johnston; Mr. and Mrs. James M. Jones; Mrs. Marie S. Journell; and Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Journell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Carrie A. McGuire; Robert L. Meredith; Cloyd C. Morris; C. P. Martin; Edward K. McCoy; Lacy W. Moore; S. A. Martin; Mid-State Homes, Inc.; Earnest H. Lang; W. W. Lafon; and Hattie E. Miller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Okley Albert; John Peery; J. Maurice Payne: Clarence Pfeifer; Ernest G. Porterfield; Ira ELmer Price; Miller C. Porterfield; James W. Perkins; Jottie M. Pennington; A. C. Pyrtle; W. C. Price; Pauline S. Phlegar; Olonzo C. Proffitt; Bill Pillion; Grayson D. Pettrey; James W. Price; Aldon B. Porterfield; Sidney L. Peeters; H. R. Price; and William D. Parcell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Basil Radford, et al; T. S. Robertson; C. O. Rogers; Ernest B. Radford; Alice F. Runion; Donald L. Ray, et al; Thomas E. Robertson; Alice M. Ragsdale; and Dallas M. Ross.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes L. K. Smith; Dexter Stevers; Harvey C. Snidow; John L. Stafford; W. D. Sanders; H. G. Smith; Veda S. Smith; N. E. Short; Bertie Saunders; Elizabeth Snidow Payne; Darcie C. Shelor; Douglas E. Shorter; Hattie L. Sadler; Cecil M. Surratt; Billy B. St. Clair; G. H. Gerrell; C. R. Smith; W. S. Smith; John S. St. Clair; Sidney M. Scott; R. C. Stafford; C. P. Scott; F. W. Smith; L. M. Smith; R. G. Simon; A. H. Spangler; H. P. Smith; P. L. Stephens; J. J. Snidow; Sallie Stanley; M. L. Spangler; C. R. Spangler; C. M. Smith; and George Stevens.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Maps and deeds for John F. Woodyard; Clarence H. Sadler; Muriel T. Wilson; Everett N. Williams, July-November 1970; and items for O. F. Vaught; Martin Viars; Kenneth P. Young.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes H. M. and J. A. Gusler; Sarah G. and L. A. Blevins; and William E. Going.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Gladys M. and S. K. Johnston; Sterling R. and Eddie Johnson; William G. Johnston; Robert F. and Edna W. Johnston; and W. T. and Lucy H. Jamison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes C. P. Logan; Earl B. Lucas; Luther Lucas; C. W. and L. K. Long Mason; C. A. Lucas; St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Newport); James D. Lafon; L. L. and J. Doak Lucas; Minor Lafon; and Wilbur W. Lafon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Billy Gene McCall; W. F. McCall; Joseph F. McGuire; Lucy P. McGuire; Bessie Phlegar McDonald; Robert H. McCall; and E. D. McClanahan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes John J. Miller; Virgil Meadows; C. F. and Edward F. Mahaffey; J. R. Morris; J. L. Morris; and Campbell and Melvin D. Mutter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Janey B. Reel; S. D. Rickman; Calla M. Roy; and Charles G. Robertson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes A. E. Shumate, Jr.; J. E. Sutphin; Leland G. Smith; J. B. Stanley; C. G. Sarver; James H. Sartin; W. A. Stiff; G. M. Scott; Frank B. Strader, Jr.; W. D. Sanders; Clarence Shortt; and Floyd A. Scott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Mrs. Grace. S. Williams; Vera B. and Randolph J. Wilburn; Nola J. Woods; William E. Williams; Charles C. Weaver; John F. Woodyard; Williams-Jamison Funeral Home; and John Lee Wilson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Kile C. Williams, March 1967, and A. P. Martin, May 1968.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrimarily includes small claim collection suits.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Allen F. Eaton v. E. F. Conger; Eline's, Inc. v. L. E. Munsey; Gibson Candy Co. v. James A. Woods and Lucas; Giles County Motor Co. v. B. H. Taylor; and Lockwood Embree Sales Corp. v. Virginia Garage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Rich Creek Hardware Co. v. L. M. Cooper, September 1926-November 1929; Radford Sales Corp. v. W. A. Fletcher, May-June 1930; Rocky Gap Merchantile Co. v. W. G. Kitts, July-October 1930; Rocky Gap Merchantile Co. v. B. H. Barnett, July-October 1930; Catelberg Nation Jewelry Co. v. Mrs. Carrie Rowe, September-October 1932; and Rountree's Furniture Co. v. W. N. Hurley, April-May 1933.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes J. E. Shcrader v. J. H. Pruett; J. C. Shelton v. M. T. McArthur; Seidman Neckware Co. v. H. B. Shelton Co.; J. L. Sibold v. T. L. Litchford; and Spiegel v. Burman Blankenship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes S. E. Stafford v. H. D. Sands; F. P. Snidow and Co. v. Floyd Kissinger; Shelton and Shelton v. Thompson and Taylor; Shelton and Shelton v. B. H. Taylor; Shelton and Shelton v. W. B. Snidow; Dr. S. A. Tuck v. Robert Jones; St. Clair v. Gordon; and St. Luke's Hospital v. George Chapman, dec'd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes O. K. Caps v. Wolf Creek Merchantile Co.; Witten, T. F. v. D. M. St. Clair; Warlick Piano Rooms v. J. H., E. N., and Marshal Williams; Bluefield Plate Glass v. J. L. Warren; Montgomery Ward and Co. v. H. W. Williams; and  National Biscuit Co. v. Bob's Place.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrimarily small claim suits and court cases handled by Walker Williams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes P. F. Ball; Lewis Bowles; J. H. Brown; Buchanan Coal Land Corp. to Kingston Coal Co.; Clarence Brooks, et al to W. J. Brooks; T. W. Kerr to J. W. Bailey, et al; J. L Breeding to V. M. Breeding; G. O. Beckner; and J. A. D. Bales to J. S. Andrews.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Caldwell Sites Co.; Sidney Chewning; W. Caudill; Eliza Comer v. W. A. Comer; Mitchell Caudle; D. E. Conley; Mrs. Arch Caldwell; S. L. Creath; Lula Carter; Athrus Chambers; W. H. Calhoun; O. H. Cunningham; Cudahy Brothers Co.; Frank D. Claypool; Dode G. Caldwell; Henry Campbell; C. I. T. Corporation; and Constantine L. Cametas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes John Draper; Frank S. Demsky; R. Frank Debusk; C. W. Dunford; Carey Dunn; Frank S. Douthat; and Bessie E. Douthat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes J. W. Flannagan; Rocky Gap Flooring Co.; Hoge Hunter; Will Fuller; Farmers Exchange, Inc.; Federal Land Bank of Baltimore; Marvin Farley; Mrs. J. H. Fry; Everette Fletcher; Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland; Theo. R. Ferrell; Harper N. Frei; and George E. L. Fletcher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes G. M. Hodge; Jack Harrell; Wilbur and Kemper Hale; Ransom B. Houchins; Frank Harless; H. F. Harless; and Beulah Holland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes H. S. Edmunds; I. G. Reed; J. W. Cunningham; Standard Oil Co.; A. Ray Johnston; R. King Johnston; Emory Johnston; John Jarney; Robert A. Johnston; Mrs. Earl G. Johnson; and Mrs. Lucy Johnston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Cleo Lucas; Mrs. W. K. Leech; W. K. Lucas; Lon Link; Guy Lucas; D. O. Lawrence; and Larkin Co., Inc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes J. C. Meadows; Montgomery Ward; Norton General Hospital v. E. E. Martin; Paul Martin; E. J. and Talma Martin; Harry Martin; Lee Moyer; D. H. Martin; Virginia Munsey; Cora Kerr, et al, and William Mills; Mrs. Clyde Martin; Bernard Mason; W. H. Malcom; F. E. Martin; Ann Meadows; W. S. Meadows; C. M. McClung and Co.; Merchantile Adjuster Publishing Co.; E. R. McLear; Jack Martin; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mallory; Woody Nolen; A. J. Nackley; J. A. Newberry; Josie Perdue; A. J. Porterfield; Virgil Pennington; W. H. Quam; John H. Painter; Roy Richardson (Gov. G. C. Peery); C. A. Payson; Pure Oil Co.; S. L. and E. N. Peters; Walter Prunty; K. M. Messer v. J. C. Perdue; W. D. Pearson; Star Amusement Co.; N. F. and M. B. Rowland; Ira Reed and the Rich Creek Supply Co.; Hugh N. Rakes; W. C. Rose and Co.; J. E. Robertson, et al; Mrs. T. F. Richardson; and Tom Rock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Roy Caudill Sadler; St. Elizabeth's General Hospital v. H. H. Smallwood; Star Amusement Co.; George Sayers; Mrs. W. C. St. Clair; Robert Snider; George C. Spangler; B. H. Taylor: Ottomar Strange; W. E. Snider; E. E. Snidow; Snow Church Directory Co.; W. A. Snidow, et al; H. M. Smith; J. T. Snidow; C. P., J. W., and P. F. Shrader; Maggie Songer, et al; and Simon Solins v. P. W. Strother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterial also concerns the Town of Pearisburg and the law firm of Williams and Williams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes J. W. Turner; Spear and Co. v. S. A. Thompson; Young v. B. J. Thompson; Howe, Cora and Medie Tabor; B. M. Teel v. Joe Troitino; W. A. Thornhill; Theodore T. Thomas; and University of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes W. R. Williamson; Julia Woodyard; L. C. Williams; Walker A. Williams, I. E. Williams; Roy Witten; Charles Wilkenson; Claude Williams; George W. Wheeler; Mrs. Margaret Williamson; Harrison Woodyard; Martin Williams; J. W. Williams; W. F. Wright; J. W. Walker and Son; Roberta Shamson v. T. B. Shannon; John Walker; A. C. Williams; R. H. Woods v. J. E. Webb; Lewis Wall; F. H. Woods; Donald Williams and S. S. Williams; Fred Wells; L. C. Woodyard; Everette Wolf; Homer Wilson; J. H. Walker, Susie J. Walker; and J. J. Wicker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of title abstracts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes title abstracts, loan contract, land sales, and a few court cases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes land transactions, loan contracts, and a few claim suits in rough alphabetical order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes S. J., J. H., and D. H. Walker; Harvey B. Wilson, et al to C. V. Wilson; D. W. Sanders to Ernest Hilton; Harry M. Douthat; Pearisburg Methodist Church; Morton King; Jack Turner; Noble D. Porterfield to T. M. Smith; C. B. Gilliam to the First Methodist Church of Pearisburg; J. L. Morris; and E. H. Dillon, et al to R. C. Dillon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes contracts, court cases, land sales, collection suits, and court briefs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Hazel B. Keffer; Roy Dunford; G. W. Nowlin; J. W. Hale; W. H. Nickels; N \u0026amp; W Railway Co. annual passes; S. B. Nelson; Radford Finance Corp.; and A. K. Hylto.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludse C. J. Presby (Prealey?); H. H. Powell; Martin Williams; Leonard Freeman; W. D. Payne; B. W. Porterfield; O. K. Phleager; Bank of Pocahontas; L. L. Prescott; J. P. Price; J. B. Pulliam; J. H. Price; Pulaski Grocery Co.; Pearisburg Virginian; Cleopatra Porterfield; Personal Services, Inc; Mrs. W. L. Piper; A. J. Porterfield; Mrs. W. P. Poindexter; R. F. Pritchard; Princeton Motor Co.; Pembroke Mutual Telephone  Co.; A. M. Pyne; First National Bank of Peterstown; Mattie Spangler; Sarah Ella Porterfield; Carrie Page; S. A., J. M., and R. W. Patteson; G. H. Parent Co.; Walter M. Perdue; and C. W. Peek and Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Southeastern Finance Co.; T. G. Porterfield; Office rent receipts for M. P. Farrier; Roundtree Corp. v. W. N. Hurley; Richmond Office Supply Co.; Rawls-Dickson Candy Co.; Chas. S. Roller, Jr.; Mrs. Lacy Riggs; B. S. Ratcliff; A. W. Robertson; The Repass Adjustment Bureau; Frank Turner Shop; Richmond Adjustment Bureau; the Roanoke Hardware Co.; Roanoke Photo Finishing Co.; Miss Mary Rogers; Bruce Rader; W. H., H. M., and W. P. Reynolds; T. J. Pearson; Hugh Reid; Chief of delinquent tax section for Com. of Virginia; J. P. Royall; Harry H. Roberts; Ronceverte Small Loan Co.; and R. D. Rowley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Kate A. Simpson; A. E., E. J., and J. L. Straley; Atlee L. Smith; F. H. Stansill; Southwest Loan and Discount Co., Inc.; H. P. Sartin; D. C. Spangler; and Thomas B. Stanley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes E. E. Sarver from Isaac Williams; M. L. and F. S. Williams; J. C. Williams v. Commercial Credit Co.; W. G. Williams; S. S., G. L., and C. B. Williams; and Donald L. and C. K. Williams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContents are similar to Box 36.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes deeds, correspondence, small claim collection, damage suits with a few land sales, divorce suits, and contract disputes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of material deals with small claim collection and damage suits, but there are also a few land sales, divorce suits, and contract disputes. (Material that was not in file folders have been arranged alphabetically in file folders.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes record of expenses kept by A. L. Farrier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes six checkbooks containing stubs and blank checks, which show outlays and deposits of Williams and Farrier and Farrier and Farrier law firms.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes list of collection cases handled by Martin Williams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes list of cases and fees received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes only one incomplete entry concerning a stock holder's meeting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes collection suits, fees for services, and disbursement of funds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes court suits, deeds, collection suits, court briefs, negatives, checks, and correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal accounts and fees received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes expense, personal, and cash accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecords concerning the settlement of the following estates: F. E. Dunkler; W. R. Powell, E. S. Denins; H. L. Eaton; and A. J. Hardwick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecords kept by M. P. Farrier, admin. for estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts kept in regard to timber operations on the land of J. J. Cole.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA statement of receipts and disbursements for the estate, agreed to by J. M. St. Clair, guardian, and recorded by M. P. Farrier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes collections and disbursements, fees received, and estate settlement of the M. P. Farrier estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes deeds, correspondence, contracts, court suits, and materials pertaining to estate settlements and other legal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes list of collection suits handled by Williams and Farrier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes records of money and fees received, estate and court cases settled, and money disbursements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes records of an unnamed estate with heirs G. W. Meredith, Lacy Meredith, and Helen E. Hendrickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes list of collection suits handled by Williams and Farrier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, court suits, contracts, records of receipts and disbursements, and general records concerning the settlement of Honaker and Feeney receivership of M. P. Farrier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes three sets of letters from unmarked letter boxes in rough alphabetical order within each set.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters between M. P. Farrier and the heirs of the G. A. Shumate Estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes company's incorporation charter and stockholder's meetings, kept by M. P. Farrier, who was company secretary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes record of incorporation and stockholder's meetings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes check stubs and cancelled checks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInside cover is labeled Peters Mountain Mining Co., Narrows, Va., 1917. The title page and index have been cut out, however. On an inside page, in front of the few pages of records, is the title Crockett Mining Company), 1918. A few pages of records follow, with wages page and expenses incurred.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes deposit slips, notes, and records concerning the settlement of the estate in a box.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecords concern the Big Stony Railway Co., Bland County Lumber Co., the Camp Mfg. Co., the Flat Top Manganese Mines, E. S. Sufferin, and the Strange Mining Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes list of collection suits handled by M. P. Farrier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes records for a lumber company, possibly Bland Lumber Co. [Index and title pages are missing.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes only one suit for Walker A. Williams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecords kept on numerous companies, individual and organizations concerning income from property or merchandise sold, expenses paid out, and payments and collections on outstanding debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts and disbursements recorded by the receivers, Bernard Mason and M. P. Farrier, in the settlement of company's affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes fees received by Farrier and statements of his personal finances.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes clients, court suits, land sales, etc., divided into six letter boxes and arranged alphabetically within each box.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection includes files from the firm of Williams and Farrier, later Farrier and Farrier. Materials include copies of deeds, title searches, land transactions, estate matters, loan contracts, divorce suits, small claims collection suits, ledgers, and correspondence. Additional details of some files are included in the original inventories, available on request.","Two series of files from a wooden cabinet. The first set deals mainly with land and estate matters, mostly from the early 1940s. The second set concerns estates. Files are from the office of Pearisburg attorneys, M. P. and A. L. Farrier and of Martin Williams and M. P. Farrier.","Files are from the office of Pearisburg attorneys, M. P. and A. L. Farrier.","Typed and hand written material concerning land transactions between Welford W. Dowdy and Virginia Dowdy Broadwell, Clarence Sarver, et al, and Everett Scott, Riley Warden and A. B. Allen, Henry Dalton and J.F. Rushbrook, Hallie Porterfield Stower and F. R. Parr and a title to the Mountain View Subdivision in Pearisburg, Va.","Farrier and Farrier negotiate several land transactions between Giles County land owners and the USDA Forest Service. Owners are trying to capitalize on the high demand for lumber resulting from its new usage in World War II.","Slight material concerning debts and taxes of the Little Stony Game and Fish Preserve, and a statement declaring M. P. Farrier trustee of the Preserve. See Federal Forest Service file concerning sale of the Preserve.","Various wills, presumably written by A. L. Farrier, for the following people: John H. Givens; Erastus E. Cook; Walter Gauties; James M. Dillard; Ada S. Lambert; Vance S. Lambert; William T. Doyle; Grace J. Kirk; G. A. Kessinger; and John Hundley Eller.","Files are from the office of Pearisburg attorneys, M. P. and A. L. Farrier.","An association of southwest Virginia businessmen, including M. P. Farrier, F. E. and W. B. Snidow, Martin Williams, and other prominent Giles County men, established for the purpose of exploiting coal and gas deposits in the area. The company does not appear to have done well. File contains mostly handwritten statements concerning debts and assets.","Substantial correspondence with Bancroft-Whitney Co. concerning the purchases of law books by M. P. and A. L. Farrier.","When the Bland County Lumber Co. went bankrupt some time after 1936, a commissioner was appointed to investigate the company's liabilities and assets. Material in this file consists mainly of M. P. Farrier's handwritten answers to a series of questions put to him by the commissioner. Farrier gives detailed information concerning land holdings and company debts. See related Bland Lumber Co. files (Bland County Lumber Co. v. Mrs. A. A. Strange and Bland Lumber Company Maps).","In his capacity as County Commissioner of Accounts, M. P. Farrier reviewed the accounts submitted by the administrator for the following estates: M. E. Gooch; A. J. Straley; O. S. Dillow; J. A. Stafford; W. E. P. Lucus; W. B. Staffoed; A. J. Smith; I. W. Peters; W. L. Price; J. A. Gusler; C. W. Shannon; L. A. Ritter; C. W. Straley; J. A. Bane; G. M. Henderson; and C. W. Meredith. He likewise reviewed the accounts submitted by guardians for the following people: A. J. Smith; W. O. Smith; M. L. Collins; M. W. Runions. January 1928-January 1938.","Similar to the above for following estates: J. W. T. Henderson; J. D. French; J. W. Stafford; E. G. Sarver; M. S. Woodyard; J. R. Emmons; M. T. Barger; W. A. Johnson; E. S. Johnson; J. F. Jewel; and John Brill. Also for guardians of M. L. Collins; Dewey and Almoa Daves; Margaret McNeely; George Akers, and Lewis Rowe. May 1934-November 1939.","M. P. Farrier, as Commissioner of Accounts for Giles County, reviews the statements of Minnie F. Davis, guardian for Leonard A. French, a minor.","Similar to above files for following estates: G. G. Lindsey; S. K. Bane; J. E. Tripton; M. G. J. Snidow; G. T. Fuller; P. N. Southern; J. H. Spangler; J. R. Johnston; A. E. Dunford; M. W. Mallory; Edward Lowe; Fount Johnson; J. T. S. Hoge; R. L. Elmore; J. W. Turner; J. M. Ratcliff; J. M. Farley; J. M. Givens. Likewise for the guardians of Donald and Arthur Stafford; M. L. Collins; Frank and Mary L. Johnston; L. B. and M. W. Bowen; O. B. Snidow; A. E. Epling; trusteeship over Harry J. James. April 1936-October 1940.","Similar to the above for the following estates: L. S. McElroth; E. B. French; M.E. Mottesheard; D. F. Hale; S. C. Overstreet; F. W. Williams; P. J. Muncy; S. D. Lucas; L. J. Smith; Albert Hutchinson; Sylvester Snodgrass; H. W. Morris; S. T. Pack; C. L. Simpkins; G. H. Dennis; W. B. Knight; I. P. Thompson; G. A. Shumate; Tom Smith; W. S. Dean; J. W. Turner; Frances Williams; N. E. Buckland; A. J. Straley; F. L. Johnston; J. L. Straley; and B. S. Huffman. Also for guardians of Robert Croy; Ernest Robertson; Fay, Louise, Irene and Johnston Smith; Brackett Porterfield; Rhoda E. Eplling; Llwellyn and Mary T. Johnson; Lula Porterfield; M. E. Stafford; Ilean and Crackett Straley; L. A. French; and Larry Woodyard. Wills of J. A. Adair and W. F. Webb. December 1922-April 1933.","Similar to above for the following estates: W. D. Ratcliff; E. S. Ratcliff; J. W. Meredith; L. M. Whittaker; A. J. Straley; J. E. Carson; F. H. Stafford; J. S. Eaton; E. J. Morris; H. H. Smith; S. K. Woods; Joshua Radford; A. W. Snidow; G. G. Lindsey; P. B. Wimmer and O. L. Williams. Also for guardians of Goodlow Straley, Johnson Smith, and I. S. Vaught. April 1937-January 1939.","Similar to above for the following estates: G. W. Nowlin; L. M. Thompson; J. D. Mann; A. B. hare; Sallie Hambrick; R. A. Pauley; S. V. White; A. D. Collins; A. P. Saunders; J. R. Emmons; Annie Dickinson; W. H. Thomas; J. M. Wright; C. B. Williams; G. L. Bane; W. T. Kirk; Louise Jarvis; S. L. Buckland; H. W. Mann; B. F. Riddle; M. F. Cooper; R. V. Wheeler; J. J. Topsail; G. G. Lindsey. Also for the guardians of Louis and O. P. Ferrell and Polly Ann and J. A. Eppley. September 1938-October 1943.","Similar to the above for the following estates: E. L. Buchanan; E. E. Montgomery; J. T. Bishop; M. A. Muncy; J. H. Duncan; Gertude Fisher; W. H. Reynolds; C. H. Wimmer; C. E. Cooper; B. M. Johnston; H. H. Wolfe; O. B. Quick; L. C. Williams; and Nannie Gordon. All material in this file is handwritten indicating that the statements are not final drafts. Also, about half have uncashed check to F. E. Snidow attached, indicating they were not recorded by the county clerk. September 1942-May 1945.","M. P. Farrier acting for the interest of the E. S. Dennis heirs, disposes of the property and real estate of E. S. Dennis in an attempt to satisfy the debts of the deceased. Extensive correspondence between Farrier and the two heirs. September 1921-February 1925.","Statements of claim against Dennis estate. March 1922-January 1930.","Office files of M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF).","Present are the receipts showing land taxes paid by J. D. Foote for 1916-1919. Majority of the material consists of deeds showing the extensive land holdings of Foote in Giles County.","Present are two receipts for a burial blot near Pearisburg, a Christmas card and Valentine card from his wife, and two letters from an acquaintance in Richmond.","MPF was a member of the county committee which investigated the prospect of establishing a county budget. The committee felt that a budget was unnecessary since the county's revenue was large enough to afford the freedom of action provided by a non-budget system. A detail statement of all assessed real estate and property in Giles County is presented, as well as a statement of yearly county expenditures. Files also contain a copy of the  Pearisburg Virginian , dated April 1, 1920, which has a series of articles and editorials concerning a county board for road improvement.","Some correspondence, but most material consists of copies of bills MPF wanted presented to the General Assembly. Bills concern: condemnation of private land; collection of taxes and levies; construction and maintenance of division fences; grants of public land; a new charter for the town of Narrows; terms of court for Giles County; sentencing felony convictions; right of land ownership; awarding and dissolving of injunctions; bonding of committees; certificates of acknowledgement; and regulation of judgments.","MPF was the patron of several bills before the General Assembly on the following subjects: partnerships, sale of estate property and dissolution injunctions. Copies of numerous other bills are included, received by MPF as a member of the General Assembly.","Extensive correspondence between Layman and MPF concerning cases on which they worked together. Layman, attorney from New Castle, seems to have collaborated with Farrier throughout their extensive careers.","MPF aided in the revision of the Pulaski and Giles Mutual Insurance Co. by-laws. He was also a policy holder.","Two notes and two contracts signed by Porterfield. Contracts concern the purchase of sheep and horses by Porterfield from MPF.","Present are deeds, loans, and contracts executed by MPF for Porterfield. There is also a statement of accounts for the estate of G. T. Porterfield.","Several drafts of petitions, bills, and resolutions presented to the Virginia Assembly concerning improvement, construction, and maintenance of public roads in Giles County.","MPF attempted to aid E. S. Ratcliff in his efforts to obtain full insurance benefits from the U. S. Veterans Bureau owing from his son's death. Mrs. Landona E. Ratcliff was receiving monthly check as a beneficiary of her son. Upon her death, E. S. Ratcliff sought to transfer the benefits to himself acting as administrator of his wife's estate.","Incorporation papers for the bank are present as well as several collection cases handled by MPF. In one incident, it appears A. L. Farrier resigned as cashier when his books came up $450 short during an audit. In another, Martin Williams, MPF, and A. L. Farrier were investigated by a state commission to determine their relationship to three lumber companies who borrowed heavily from the bank before folding.","Correspondence between Governor Trinkle and MPF concerning various bills before the General Assembly. The question of building a new system of public roads in Virginia seems to be a much-discussed issue.","MPF accepts a position as title examiner. Except for three letters between Farrier and company representatives, the majority of the material consists of blank forms.","Copies of wills: K. R. and N. L. Shumate; J. L. Harris; A. S. and J. W. Miller; B. L. Hale; L. L. Teel; Nannie Gordon; J. M. and M. J. Tuggle; C. E. Sonner; M. C. Bolton; E. J. Draper; A. L. Caldwell; and E. A. Keister.","Acting as guardian, MPF controlled a small amount of money belonging to each girl, from which he paid for items like schoolbooks, clothes, medicine, etc. until the girls came of age.","Office files of M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF).","Williams and Farrier and Farrier handle various matters for several churches in Giles County. Most common is the buying, selling, and granting of church land.","Office files from Farrier and Farrier (abbreviated F\u0026F), mostly from M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF).","Blank forms for incorporation of companies.","Materials concern MPF's sale of Brown's interest in land to pay off debt to the First National Bank of Pearisburg and Sinking Valley Creek Bank. See also Horton, E. W. v. Ellen E. Taylor, et al folder.","MPF represented Snidow who sold land he held in trust to pay off the owner's (Lula Gusler) debts. The remaining funds were distributed to Henry Gusler and other heirs.","Files from the offices of Martin Williams and M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF). Subjects range from Appalachian Electric Power Co. to Norfolk \u0026 Western, in rough alphabetical order.","Abstracts for land parcels in Giles County bought by Appalachian Electric Power Co.","IRS requests for detailed statement of 1917-1918; income tax reports from the company, June 1921-January 1922. Income tax reports for 1921 and 1923, December 1920-December 1923. Notes concerning asses and liabilities of the company, December 1919-June 1924.","Statements of shipments by the company, November 1919-December 1920. Claim against Strange Mining Co. seeking compensation for converting to war production and re-converting following World War I, November 1922. Materials concerning business operations, January 1920-January 1922.","Williams and Farrier correspondence as representation for the company, in particular land sales, timber and mineral rights, and contracts, January 1924-October 1927. IRS requests for tax reports, March 1922-June 1925.","File suggests either MPF or Williams served as trial judge.","File contains a deed between Dunn and J. H. Jervis, but makes no mention of Williams.","Bland County matters, March-October 1926. Tazewell matters, April 1927-September 1929. Suit v. I. P. King, March 1927-June 1929. Foreclosure suits, land sales, farm loan applications, title abstracts, detailed loan applications, April 1917-November 1929.","Files from the offices of Martin Williams and M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF). Subjects range from Norfolk \u0026 Western to Waddle, et al.","Include title searches conducted by attorneys in regard to loan and insurance applications, also in regard to land transactions.","Most files concern loan contracts and land transactions.","With a few exceptions, most of the material in this box concerns loan contracts and land transactions.","Includes material found loose at the front of the box. Consists of deeds, abstracts, court briefs, contracts, and correspondence connected to the work of Andrew L. Farrier.","Material found loose at the front of the box. Work by Williams \u0026 Farrier or Martin P. Farrier, including deeds, title abstracts, cancelled checks, and a report on improving Mountain Lake. There are also papers concerning the estate of Percy H. Brown.","Material deals mainly with land sales.","Includes Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Jennelle; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jennings; Mr. and Mrs. Mirent L. Johnson; Mr. and Mrs. Shuler J. Johnston; Mr. and Mrs. James M. Jones; Mrs. Marie S. Journell; and Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Journell.","Includes Carrie A. McGuire; Robert L. Meredith; Cloyd C. Morris; C. P. Martin; Edward K. McCoy; Lacy W. Moore; S. A. Martin; Mid-State Homes, Inc.; Earnest H. Lang; W. W. Lafon; and Hattie E. Miller.","Includes Okley Albert; John Peery; J. Maurice Payne: Clarence Pfeifer; Ernest G. Porterfield; Ira ELmer Price; Miller C. Porterfield; James W. Perkins; Jottie M. Pennington; A. C. Pyrtle; W. C. Price; Pauline S. Phlegar; Olonzo C. Proffitt; Bill Pillion; Grayson D. Pettrey; James W. Price; Aldon B. Porterfield; Sidney L. Peeters; H. R. Price; and William D. Parcell.","Includes Basil Radford, et al; T. S. Robertson; C. O. Rogers; Ernest B. Radford; Alice F. Runion; Donald L. Ray, et al; Thomas E. Robertson; Alice M. Ragsdale; and Dallas M. Ross.","Includes L. K. Smith; Dexter Stevers; Harvey C. Snidow; John L. Stafford; W. D. Sanders; H. G. Smith; Veda S. Smith; N. E. Short; Bertie Saunders; Elizabeth Snidow Payne; Darcie C. Shelor; Douglas E. Shorter; Hattie L. Sadler; Cecil M. Surratt; Billy B. St. Clair; G. H. Gerrell; C. R. Smith; W. S. Smith; John S. St. Clair; Sidney M. Scott; R. C. Stafford; C. P. Scott; F. W. Smith; L. M. Smith; R. G. Simon; A. H. Spangler; H. P. Smith; P. L. Stephens; J. J. Snidow; Sallie Stanley; M. L. Spangler; C. R. Spangler; C. M. Smith; and George Stevens.","Includes Maps and deeds for John F. Woodyard; Clarence H. Sadler; Muriel T. Wilson; Everett N. Williams, July-November 1970; and items for O. F. Vaught; Martin Viars; Kenneth P. Young.","Includes H. M. and J. A. Gusler; Sarah G. and L. A. Blevins; and William E. Going.","Includes Gladys M. and S. K. Johnston; Sterling R. and Eddie Johnson; William G. Johnston; Robert F. and Edna W. Johnston; and W. T. and Lucy H. Jamison.","Includes C. P. Logan; Earl B. Lucas; Luther Lucas; C. W. and L. K. Long Mason; C. A. Lucas; St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Newport); James D. Lafon; L. L. and J. Doak Lucas; Minor Lafon; and Wilbur W. Lafon.","Includes Billy Gene McCall; W. F. McCall; Joseph F. McGuire; Lucy P. McGuire; Bessie Phlegar McDonald; Robert H. McCall; and E. D. McClanahan.","Includes John J. Miller; Virgil Meadows; C. F. and Edward F. Mahaffey; J. R. Morris; J. L. Morris; and Campbell and Melvin D. Mutter.","Includes Janey B. Reel; S. D. Rickman; Calla M. Roy; and Charles G. Robertson.","Includes A. E. Shumate, Jr.; J. E. Sutphin; Leland G. Smith; J. B. Stanley; C. G. Sarver; James H. Sartin; W. A. Stiff; G. M. Scott; Frank B. Strader, Jr.; W. D. Sanders; Clarence Shortt; and Floyd A. Scott.","Includes Mrs. Grace. S. Williams; Vera B. and Randolph J. Wilburn; Nola J. Woods; William E. Williams; Charles C. Weaver; John F. Woodyard; Williams-Jamison Funeral Home; and John Lee Wilson.","Includes Kile C. Williams, March 1967, and A. P. Martin, May 1968.","Primarily includes small claim collection suits.","Includes Allen F. Eaton v. E. F. Conger; Eline's, Inc. v. L. E. Munsey; Gibson Candy Co. v. James A. Woods and Lucas; Giles County Motor Co. v. B. H. Taylor; and Lockwood Embree Sales Corp. v. Virginia Garage.","Includes Rich Creek Hardware Co. v. L. M. Cooper, September 1926-November 1929; Radford Sales Corp. v. W. A. Fletcher, May-June 1930; Rocky Gap Merchantile Co. v. W. G. Kitts, July-October 1930; Rocky Gap Merchantile Co. v. B. H. Barnett, July-October 1930; Catelberg Nation Jewelry Co. v. Mrs. Carrie Rowe, September-October 1932; and Rountree's Furniture Co. v. W. N. Hurley, April-May 1933.","Includes J. E. Shcrader v. J. H. Pruett; J. C. Shelton v. M. T. McArthur; Seidman Neckware Co. v. H. B. Shelton Co.; J. L. Sibold v. T. L. Litchford; and Spiegel v. Burman Blankenship.","Includes S. E. Stafford v. H. D. Sands; F. P. Snidow and Co. v. Floyd Kissinger; Shelton and Shelton v. Thompson and Taylor; Shelton and Shelton v. B. H. Taylor; Shelton and Shelton v. W. B. Snidow; Dr. S. A. Tuck v. Robert Jones; St. Clair v. Gordon; and St. Luke's Hospital v. George Chapman, dec'd.","Includes O. K. Caps v. Wolf Creek Merchantile Co.; Witten, T. F. v. D. M. St. Clair; Warlick Piano Rooms v. J. H., E. N., and Marshal Williams; Bluefield Plate Glass v. J. L. Warren; Montgomery Ward and Co. v. H. W. Williams; and  National Biscuit Co. v. Bob's Place.","Primarily small claim suits and court cases handled by Walker Williams.","Includes P. F. Ball; Lewis Bowles; J. H. Brown; Buchanan Coal Land Corp. to Kingston Coal Co.; Clarence Brooks, et al to W. J. Brooks; T. W. Kerr to J. W. Bailey, et al; J. L Breeding to V. M. Breeding; G. O. Beckner; and J. A. D. Bales to J. S. Andrews.","Includes Caldwell Sites Co.; Sidney Chewning; W. Caudill; Eliza Comer v. W. A. Comer; Mitchell Caudle; D. E. Conley; Mrs. Arch Caldwell; S. L. Creath; Lula Carter; Athrus Chambers; W. H. Calhoun; O. H. Cunningham; Cudahy Brothers Co.; Frank D. Claypool; Dode G. Caldwell; Henry Campbell; C. I. T. Corporation; and Constantine L. Cametas.","Includes John Draper; Frank S. Demsky; R. Frank Debusk; C. W. Dunford; Carey Dunn; Frank S. Douthat; and Bessie E. Douthat.","Includes J. W. Flannagan; Rocky Gap Flooring Co.; Hoge Hunter; Will Fuller; Farmers Exchange, Inc.; Federal Land Bank of Baltimore; Marvin Farley; Mrs. J. H. Fry; Everette Fletcher; Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland; Theo. R. Ferrell; Harper N. Frei; and George E. L. Fletcher.","Includes G. M. Hodge; Jack Harrell; Wilbur and Kemper Hale; Ransom B. Houchins; Frank Harless; H. F. Harless; and Beulah Holland.","Includes H. S. Edmunds; I. G. Reed; J. W. Cunningham; Standard Oil Co.; A. Ray Johnston; R. King Johnston; Emory Johnston; John Jarney; Robert A. Johnston; Mrs. Earl G. Johnson; and Mrs. Lucy Johnston.","Includes Cleo Lucas; Mrs. W. K. Leech; W. K. Lucas; Lon Link; Guy Lucas; D. O. Lawrence; and Larkin Co., Inc.","Includes J. C. Meadows; Montgomery Ward; Norton General Hospital v. E. E. Martin; Paul Martin; E. J. and Talma Martin; Harry Martin; Lee Moyer; D. H. Martin; Virginia Munsey; Cora Kerr, et al, and William Mills; Mrs. Clyde Martin; Bernard Mason; W. H. Malcom; F. E. Martin; Ann Meadows; W. S. Meadows; C. M. McClung and Co.; Merchantile Adjuster Publishing Co.; E. R. McLear; Jack Martin; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mallory; Woody Nolen; A. J. Nackley; J. A. Newberry; Josie Perdue; A. J. Porterfield; Virgil Pennington; W. H. Quam; John H. Painter; Roy Richardson (Gov. G. C. Peery); C. A. Payson; Pure Oil Co.; S. L. and E. N. Peters; Walter Prunty; K. M. Messer v. J. C. Perdue; W. D. Pearson; Star Amusement Co.; N. F. and M. B. Rowland; Ira Reed and the Rich Creek Supply Co.; Hugh N. Rakes; W. C. Rose and Co.; J. E. Robertson, et al; Mrs. T. F. Richardson; and Tom Rock.","Includes Roy Caudill Sadler; St. Elizabeth's General Hospital v. H. H. Smallwood; Star Amusement Co.; George Sayers; Mrs. W. C. St. Clair; Robert Snider; George C. Spangler; B. H. Taylor: Ottomar Strange; W. E. Snider; E. E. Snidow; Snow Church Directory Co.; W. A. Snidow, et al; H. M. Smith; J. T. Snidow; C. P., J. W., and P. F. Shrader; Maggie Songer, et al; and Simon Solins v. P. W. Strother.","Material also concerns the Town of Pearisburg and the law firm of Williams and Williams.","Includes J. W. Turner; Spear and Co. v. S. A. Thompson; Young v. B. J. Thompson; Howe, Cora and Medie Tabor; B. M. Teel v. Joe Troitino; W. A. Thornhill; Theodore T. Thomas; and University of Virginia.","Includes W. R. Williamson; Julia Woodyard; L. C. Williams; Walker A. Williams, I. E. Williams; Roy Witten; Charles Wilkenson; Claude Williams; George W. Wheeler; Mrs. Margaret Williamson; Harrison Woodyard; Martin Williams; J. W. Williams; W. F. Wright; J. W. Walker and Son; Roberta Shamson v. T. B. Shannon; John Walker; A. C. Williams; R. H. Woods v. J. E. Webb; Lewis Wall; F. H. Woods; Donald Williams and S. S. Williams; Fred Wells; L. C. Woodyard; Everette Wolf; Homer Wilson; J. H. Walker, Susie J. Walker; and J. J. Wicker.","Includes copies of title abstracts.","Includes title abstracts, loan contract, land sales, and a few court cases.","Includes land transactions, loan contracts, and a few claim suits in rough alphabetical order.","Includes S. J., J. H., and D. H. Walker; Harvey B. Wilson, et al to C. V. Wilson; D. W. Sanders to Ernest Hilton; Harry M. Douthat; Pearisburg Methodist Church; Morton King; Jack Turner; Noble D. Porterfield to T. M. Smith; C. B. Gilliam to the First Methodist Church of Pearisburg; J. L. Morris; and E. H. Dillon, et al to R. C. Dillon.","Includes contracts, court cases, land sales, collection suits, and court briefs.","Includes Hazel B. Keffer; Roy Dunford; G. W. Nowlin; J. W. Hale; W. H. Nickels; N \u0026 W Railway Co. annual passes; S. B. Nelson; Radford Finance Corp.; and A. K. Hylto.","Includse C. J. Presby (Prealey?); H. H. Powell; Martin Williams; Leonard Freeman; W. D. Payne; B. W. Porterfield; O. K. Phleager; Bank of Pocahontas; L. L. Prescott; J. P. Price; J. B. Pulliam; J. H. Price; Pulaski Grocery Co.; Pearisburg Virginian; Cleopatra Porterfield; Personal Services, Inc; Mrs. W. L. Piper; A. J. Porterfield; Mrs. W. P. Poindexter; R. F. Pritchard; Princeton Motor Co.; Pembroke Mutual Telephone  Co.; A. M. Pyne; First National Bank of Peterstown; Mattie Spangler; Sarah Ella Porterfield; Carrie Page; S. A., J. M., and R. W. Patteson; G. H. Parent Co.; Walter M. Perdue; and C. W. Peek and Co.","Includes Southeastern Finance Co.; T. G. Porterfield; Office rent receipts for M. P. Farrier; Roundtree Corp. v. W. N. Hurley; Richmond Office Supply Co.; Rawls-Dickson Candy Co.; Chas. S. Roller, Jr.; Mrs. Lacy Riggs; B. S. Ratcliff; A. W. Robertson; The Repass Adjustment Bureau; Frank Turner Shop; Richmond Adjustment Bureau; the Roanoke Hardware Co.; Roanoke Photo Finishing Co.; Miss Mary Rogers; Bruce Rader; W. H., H. M., and W. P. Reynolds; T. J. Pearson; Hugh Reid; Chief of delinquent tax section for Com. of Virginia; J. P. Royall; Harry H. Roberts; Ronceverte Small Loan Co.; and R. D. Rowley.","Includes Kate A. Simpson; A. E., E. J., and J. L. Straley; Atlee L. Smith; F. H. Stansill; Southwest Loan and Discount Co., Inc.; H. P. Sartin; D. C. Spangler; and Thomas B. Stanley.","Includes E. E. Sarver from Isaac Williams; M. L. and F. S. Williams; J. C. Williams v. Commercial Credit Co.; W. G. Williams; S. S., G. L., and C. B. Williams; and Donald L. and C. K. Williams.","Contents are similar to Box 36.","Includes deeds, correspondence, small claim collection, damage suits with a few land sales, divorce suits, and contract disputes.","The majority of material deals with small claim collection and damage suits, but there are also a few land sales, divorce suits, and contract disputes. (Material that was not in file folders have been arranged alphabetically in file folders.)","Includes record of expenses kept by A. L. Farrier.","Includes six checkbooks containing stubs and blank checks, which show outlays and deposits of Williams and Farrier and Farrier and Farrier law firms.","Includes list of collection cases handled by Martin Williams.","Includes list of cases and fees received.","Includes only one incomplete entry concerning a stock holder's meeting.","Includes collection suits, fees for services, and disbursement of funds.","Includes court suits, deeds, collection suits, court briefs, negatives, checks, and correspondence.","Includes personal accounts and fees received.","Includes expense, personal, and cash accounts.","Records concerning the settlement of the following estates: F. E. Dunkler; W. R. Powell, E. S. Denins; H. L. Eaton; and A. J. Hardwick.","Records kept by M. P. Farrier, admin. for estate.","Accounts kept in regard to timber operations on the land of J. J. Cole.","A statement of receipts and disbursements for the estate, agreed to by J. M. St. Clair, guardian, and recorded by M. P. Farrier.","Includes collections and disbursements, fees received, and estate settlement of the M. P. Farrier estate.","Includes deeds, correspondence, contracts, court suits, and materials pertaining to estate settlements and other legal matters.","Includes list of collection suits handled by Williams and Farrier.","Includes records of money and fees received, estate and court cases settled, and money disbursements.","Includes records of an unnamed estate with heirs G. W. Meredith, Lacy Meredith, and Helen E. Hendrickson.","Includes list of collection suits handled by Williams and Farrier.","Includes correspondence, court suits, contracts, records of receipts and disbursements, and general records concerning the settlement of Honaker and Feeney receivership of M. P. Farrier.","Includes three sets of letters from unmarked letter boxes in rough alphabetical order within each set.","Includes letters between M. P. Farrier and the heirs of the G. A. Shumate Estate.","Includes company's incorporation charter and stockholder's meetings, kept by M. P. Farrier, who was company secretary.","Includes record of incorporation and stockholder's meetings.","Includes check stubs and cancelled checks.","Inside cover is labeled Peters Mountain Mining Co., Narrows, Va., 1917. The title page and index have been cut out, however. On an inside page, in front of the few pages of records, is the title Crockett Mining Company), 1918. A few pages of records follow, with wages page and expenses incurred.","Includes deposit slips, notes, and records concerning the settlement of the estate in a box.","Records concern the Big Stony Railway Co., Bland County Lumber Co., the Camp Mfg. Co., the Flat Top Manganese Mines, E. S. Sufferin, and the Strange Mining Co.","Includes list of collection suits handled by M. P. Farrier.","Includes records for a lumber company, possibly Bland Lumber Co. [Index and title pages are missing.]","Includes only one suit for Walker A. Williams.","Records kept on numerous companies, individual and organizations concerning income from property or merchandise sold, expenses paid out, and payments and collections on outstanding debts.","Receipts and disbursements recorded by the receivers, Bernard Mason and M. P. 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On the night of July 23, 1863, his regiment's term of service having expired, Hawkes was among those who boarded the steamer  Henry Chouteau , bound for Cairo, Illinois, from which the 52nd would depart for Massachusetts. Hawkes, ill with dysentery, was expected after his recovery to accept an officer's commission in United States Colored Troops regiment. During the first night on the river, however, Hawkes disappeared and was assumed to have drowned.","The guide to the Joshua Gilman Hawkes Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Joshua Gilman Hawkes Papers commenced and was completed in January, 2013.","This collection contains letters of Joshua Gilman Hawkes, a sergeant in Company D, 52nd Massachusetts Infantry during the American Civil War. The letters commence with Hawkes writing from Camp Miller (Greenfield, Massachusetts). In a letter to his sister, Hawkes describes camp life, discusses personal acquaintances, and briefly mentions the Emancipation Proclamation. In successive letters, Hawkes reports movements of and conditions aboard the steamer  Illinois  and describes conditions in the Mississippi Delta and at New Orleans. In addition to relaying descriptions of skirmishes, troop movements, and incidents of camp life, Hawkes describes in detail his 1863 New Year's dinner and frequently describes in detail food and drink served in camp and found through foraging. He also relates the story of a runaway enslaved person and provides several lengthy descriptions of and anecdotes about contrabands and African-American soldiers. Hawkes expresses opinions on the conduct of the war and is critical in his assessment of the high command and the Lincoln administration, as well as the newspapers of the day. 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After serving as an apprentice manufacturer of sash doors and blinds, Hawkes attended school in Vermont. He graduated from Amherst Colege in 1859, and became principal of Conway Academy (Conway, Massachusetts). Hawkes left Conway in late 1861, returning to Lynnfield, where he resumed his studies and also took private lessons in military tactics. During the American Civil War, he enlisted in Company D, 52nd Massachusetts Infantry for a nine-month term of service on September 8, 1862. Eventually attaining the rank of sergeant, Hawkes participated in the occupation of Baton Rouge and the siege of Port Hudson. On the night of July 23, 1863, his regiment's term of service having expired, Hawkes was among those who boarded the steamer  Henry Chouteau , bound for Cairo, Illinois, from which the 52nd would depart for Massachusetts. Hawkes, ill with dysentery, was expected after his recovery to accept an officer's commission in United States Colored Troops regiment. During the first night on the river, however, Hawkes disappeared and was assumed to have drowned."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Joshua Gilman Hawkes Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Joshua Gilman Hawkes Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ )."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Joshua Gilman Hawkes Papers, Ms1979-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Joshua Gilman Hawkes Papers, Ms1979-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the Joshua Gilman Hawkes Papers commenced and was completed in January, 2013.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the Joshua Gilman Hawkes Papers commenced and was completed in January, 2013."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains letters of Joshua Gilman Hawkes, a sergeant in Company D, 52nd Massachusetts Infantry during the American Civil War. The letters commence with Hawkes writing from Camp Miller (Greenfield, Massachusetts). In a letter to his sister, Hawkes describes camp life, discusses personal acquaintances, and briefly mentions the Emancipation Proclamation. In successive letters, Hawkes reports movements of and conditions aboard the steamer \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eIllinois\u003c/title\u003e and describes conditions in the Mississippi Delta and at New Orleans. In addition to relaying descriptions of skirmishes, troop movements, and incidents of camp life, Hawkes describes in detail his 1863 New Year's dinner and frequently describes in detail food and drink served in camp and found through foraging. He also relates the story of a runaway enslaved person and provides several lengthy descriptions of and anecdotes about contrabands and African-American soldiers. Hawkes expresses opinions on the conduct of the war and is critical in his assessment of the high command and the Lincoln administration, as well as the newspapers of the day. Elsewhere, he writes of lice and fleas, the lack of hygiene among New York regiments, and the southern terrain and climate.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlso within the collection are a few antebellum items, including \"A Description of a Virginia Christmas,\" a poem written by Mary Hawkes in 1852; an anonymous Valentine poem; character references written on Hawkes' behalf;  and receipts for life insurance premiums. The collection also contains correspondence received by relatives following Hawkes' death. Included is a letter from J. W. Larkin intended for Hawkes and offering him a lieutenant's commission in a United States Colored Troops regiment. Among the remaining letters are several from friends and former schoolmates, containing memorial tributes to Hawkes. An 1870 letter from Hawkes' Amherst classmate Henry W. Smith is accompanied by a biographical sketch of Hawkes.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMany of the letters are marked \"copy,\" and these copies appear to have been made by a family member, probably sister Mary Hawkes, and probably shortly following Hawkes' death. Some of the original letters of condolence in the collection are accompanied by copies in this same hand. A few of the letters are accompanied by typed transcripts.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains letters of Joshua Gilman Hawkes, a sergeant in Company D, 52nd Massachusetts Infantry during the American Civil War. The letters commence with Hawkes writing from Camp Miller (Greenfield, Massachusetts). In a letter to his sister, Hawkes describes camp life, discusses personal acquaintances, and briefly mentions the Emancipation Proclamation. In successive letters, Hawkes reports movements of and conditions aboard the steamer  Illinois  and describes conditions in the Mississippi Delta and at New Orleans. In addition to relaying descriptions of skirmishes, troop movements, and incidents of camp life, Hawkes describes in detail his 1863 New Year's dinner and frequently describes in detail food and drink served in camp and found through foraging. He also relates the story of a runaway enslaved person and provides several lengthy descriptions of and anecdotes about contrabands and African-American soldiers. Hawkes expresses opinions on the conduct of the war and is critical in his assessment of the high command and the Lincoln administration, as well as the newspapers of the day. Elsewhere, he writes of lice and fleas, the lack of hygiene among New York regiments, and the southern terrain and climate.","Also within the collection are a few antebellum items, including \"A Description of a Virginia Christmas,\" a poem written by Mary Hawkes in 1852; an anonymous Valentine poem; character references written on Hawkes' behalf;  and receipts for life insurance premiums. The collection also contains correspondence received by relatives following Hawkes' death. Included is a letter from J. W. Larkin intended for Hawkes and offering him a lieutenant's commission in a United States Colored Troops regiment. Among the remaining letters are several from friends and former schoolmates, containing memorial tributes to Hawkes. An 1870 letter from Hawkes' Amherst classmate Henry W. Smith is accompanied by a biographical sketch of Hawkes.","Many of the letters are marked \"copy,\" and these copies appear to have been made by a family member, probably sister Mary Hawkes, and probably shortly following Hawkes' death. Some of the original letters of condolence in the collection are accompanied by copies in this same hand. A few of the letters are accompanied by typed transcripts."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_9a438ae252eb753afbb2cf2a9f8aae9f\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection contains the letters of Joshua Gilman Hawkes, a sergeant in Company D, 52nd Massachusetts Infantry during the American Civil War. It also includes letters to Hawkes' family from friends and relatives following Hawkes' death.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["This collection contains the letters of Joshua Gilman Hawkes, a sergeant in Company D, 52nd Massachusetts Infantry during the American Civil War. It also includes letters to Hawkes' family from friends and relatives following Hawkes' death."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Hawkes, Joshua Gilman, 1831-1863?"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"persname_ssim":["Hawkes, Joshua Gilman, 1831-1863?"],"language_ssim":["The materials in the collection are in English."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":31,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T02:01:42.929Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1338_c01"}},{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1920","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Antoine Gaujot and Julien E. 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Gaujot attended Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (VAMC) from 1889-90, class of 1893; now Virginia Tech. After Antoine earned his medal, \"Julien, his brother and a regular army officer, became obsessed with his brother's achievement. Referring to Antoine, Julien said 'He wears it for a watch fob, the damn civilian, I got to get me one of them things for myself if I bust.' Julien Gaujot received the medal for actions on the Mexican Border in 1914. He is the only soldier ever awarded the Medal for actions of a peacekeeping nature. In Douglas, Arizona, stray bullets from fighting among Mexican rebels and government troops caused American casualties. Julien Gaujot crossed the border under heavy fire. He moved between the two groups of belligerents for an hour, amongst heavy fire. This secured the safe passage of the Mexican soldiers and American prisoners over the border to the United States. His actions saved five Americans taken prisoner by the Mexicans, 25 Mexican soldiers plus Americans and Mexican rebels who would have died in continued fighting.\" ","Source:","\"Medal of Honor Recipients at Va Tech\", Virginia Tech Army ROTC,  http://www.armyrotc.vt.edu/aboutus/Medal_Honor.html , archived at  https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200332/www.armyrotc.vt.edu/aboutus/Medal_Honor.html , archived version accessed Jan. 24, 2023.","See also:","\"War Memorial Court: Medal of Honor recipients\", Virginia Tech,  https://www.vt.edu/about/locations/buildings/war-memorial-chapel-honor.html , accessed Jan. 24, 2023.","The guide to the Antoine Gaujot and Julien E. Gaujot Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Antoine Gaujot and Julien E. Gaujot Papers was completed in November 2013.","This collection contains John Coulter's notes for the book,  Ut prosim \"above \u0026 beyond\" : the story of Virginia Tech's Medal of Honor recipients  by John A. Coulter II ; editor, Richard T. Ball ; art editor, Carol Lee Irwin. A copy is in the Rare Book Collection with call number LD5655.A5 C5 2001.","The Antoine Gaujot and Julien E. Gaujot Papers contains the papers of two brothers who both attended Virginia Tech and received the Medal of Honor, and the collection includes articles, correspondences, military documents, and photographs. ","Julien Gaujot's papers consist of copies from Julien Gaujot's military file giving testimony towards his bravery and service at Agua Prieta, Mexico, on April 13, 1911, and documents awarding him the medal in August 1912. Antoine Gaujot papers include citations and military service, information regarding Antoine's murder by Julien's son in 1936, photographs, correspondence, Lt. Col. 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Referring to Antoine, Julien said 'He wears it for a watch fob, the damn civilian, I got to get me one of them things for myself if I bust.' Julien Gaujot received the medal for actions on the Mexican Border in 1914. He is the only soldier ever awarded the Medal for actions of a peacekeeping nature. In Douglas, Arizona, stray bullets from fighting among Mexican rebels and government troops caused American casualties. Julien Gaujot crossed the border under heavy fire. He moved between the two groups of belligerents for an hour, amongst heavy fire. This secured the safe passage of the Mexican soldiers and American prisoners over the border to the United States. 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Referring to Antoine, Julien said 'He wears it for a watch fob, the damn civilian, I got to get me one of them things for myself if I bust.' Julien Gaujot received the medal for actions on the Mexican Border in 1914. He is the only soldier ever awarded the Medal for actions of a peacekeeping nature. In Douglas, Arizona, stray bullets from fighting among Mexican rebels and government troops caused American casualties. Julien Gaujot crossed the border under heavy fire. He moved between the two groups of belligerents for an hour, amongst heavy fire. This secured the safe passage of the Mexican soldiers and American prisoners over the border to the United States. His actions saved five Americans taken prisoner by the Mexicans, 25 Mexican soldiers plus Americans and Mexican rebels who would have died in continued fighting.\" ","Source:","\"Medal of Honor Recipients at Va Tech\", Virginia Tech Army ROTC,  http://www.armyrotc.vt.edu/aboutus/Medal_Honor.html , archived at  https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200332/www.armyrotc.vt.edu/aboutus/Medal_Honor.html , archived version accessed Jan. 24, 2023.","See also:","\"War Memorial Court: Medal of Honor recipients\", Virginia Tech,  https://www.vt.edu/about/locations/buildings/war-memorial-chapel-honor.html , accessed Jan. 24, 2023."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Antoine Gaujot and Julien E. 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Preston established himself as a leader in the Virginia frontier by serving in the militia in the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars, in the House of Burgesses representing Augusta County from 1766 to 1768 and Botetourt County in 1769, and as County Lieutenant of Fincastle and Montgomery. He was appointed surveyor of Fincastle County in 1772 and moved his family to that area. He built Smithfield, named in honor of his wife, in 1773. 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Both names have been added to the corporate names associated with this collection.","The guide to the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","Processing was completed in September 1996, after initial processing in the 1980s. Additional description was completed in October 2009.","Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives houses a number of other collections containing information on the Preston family and Smithfield Plantation:","John Preston Deed, Ms2005-014","John Preston Papers, Ms1994-034","Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers, Ms1962-004","Preston Family (Charles Peale Didier Collection) Papers, Ms1985-020","Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003","William Preston Land Grant, Ms1994-027","George Green Shackelford Papers, Ms1983-008","The records largely document the recent history of Smithfield Plantation, ancestral home of the Preston family, focusing particularly on its restoration beginning in 1962. While much of the renovation occurred in the 1960s, many of the records detail other renovation projects done in the 1970s and 1980s. 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Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_99892500d53aacc16f6cb32c28f38312\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe records largely document the recent history of Smithfield Plantation, ancestral home of the Preston family, focusing particularly on its restoration beginning in 1962. While much of the renovation occurred in the 1960s, many of the records detail other renovation projects done in the 1970s and 1980s. The collection also includes historical and other related documents dating from before the original Preston family's residence at Smithfield.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The records largely document the recent history of Smithfield Plantation, ancestral home of the Preston family, focusing particularly on its restoration beginning in 1962. 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Preston established himself as a leader in the Virginia frontier by serving in the militia in the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars, in the House of Burgesses representing Augusta County from 1766 to 1768 and Botetourt County in 1769, and as County Lieutenant of Fincastle and Montgomery. He was appointed surveyor of Fincastle County in 1772 and moved his family to that area. He built Smithfield, named in honor of his wife, in 1773. 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He built Smithfield, named in honor of his wife, in 1773. Smithfield was the birthplace and home of three Virginia governors, including James Patton Preston (son of William), and John Buchanan Floyd and John Floyd, Jr. (grandsons of William).","George Green Shackelford, a professor of history from 1954 to 1986 (now Emeritus) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, or Virginia Tech, which is adjacent to the Smithfield property, spearheaded the restoration by forming the Montgomery County branch and adopting the project of preserving and restoring the Smithfield residence.","The APVA changed their name to Preservation Virginia in 2009. However, since the mateirals in this collection were created under the previous name, we have retained that for the collection title. 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Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_99892500d53aacc16f6cb32c28f38312\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe records largely document the recent history of Smithfield Plantation, ancestral home of the Preston family, focusing particularly on its restoration beginning in 1962. While much of the renovation occurred in the 1960s, many of the records detail other renovation projects done in the 1970s and 1980s. The collection also includes historical and other related documents dating from before the original Preston family's residence at Smithfield.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The records largely document the recent history of Smithfield Plantation, ancestral home of the Preston family, focusing particularly on its restoration beginning in 1962. 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Barred from the practice of law until 1871, due to restrictions on the service of ex-Confederates, Lucas turned to literature and became co-editor of the Baltimore  Southern Metropolis . Many of his poems were published in this magazine. He reentered the practice of law in 1871 and took a prominent role in the Democratic party politics of West Virginia, acting as Democratic elector in the elections of 1872 and 1876, to the legislature in 1884 and 1886, and as a member of the supreme court of appeals from 1889 to 1893.","Lucas's volumes of poetry include  The Wreath of Eglantine  (1869), with poems of his sister, Virginia,  and  Ballads and Madrigals  (1884). He wrote three plays about the Civil War. His books include  The Memoir of John Yates Beall  (1865) and  Nicaragua, War of the Filibusters  (1896). He was known as the \"poet of the Shenandoah Valley.\" He died at Rion Hall on June 24, 1909.","The guide to the  Daniel Bedinger Lucas Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Daniel Bedinger Lucas Papers, commenced and was completed in July 1995. Additional materials were processed in October 1997. The 2014 addition was processed in 2017.","Virgina Lucas Letter, 1861 (Ms2018-021).  Finding aid  for this collection is available online.","The Daniel Bedinger Lucas papers consist of scrapbooks, correspondence, poems and essays, newspapers, and other materials collected and created by Lucas, including several items created by his sister, Virginia Lucas, also a poet. Topics include Lucas's defense of John Yates Beall, the exploits of adventurer William Walker, the origin of General Robert E. 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A year later, he took a job with the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, getting promoted soon after. By late 1856, Gabriel was chief engineer of the Washington and Alexandria Railroad. He worked in the southwestern United States as a civil engineer from 1857 to 1859 surveying possible road routes. Gabriel continued to work as a civil engineer, often surveying possible road routes until the beginning of the American Civil War. While he was not a staunch secessionist, he did support the economic and social institution of slavery.  A Virginia loyalist and slaveholder, Gabriel held the idea that secession was necessary if state rights were oppressed. In April of 1861, he travelled to Richmond and began working as a lieutenant of engineers, making topographical surveys to assist in siting and erecting fortifications. Gabriel soon became Major Wharton, then Colonel, organizing regiments and marching into battle with General Floyd. 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Gabriel continued to serve in the Confederate forces, participating in operations in both the Western and Eastern Theaters, commanding divisions and brigades, and fighting in battles such as Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Cedar Creek, and Waynesboro. On June 4, 1865, Gabriel was paroled from Lynchburg, Virginia.","After the war, Gabriel went back to work at the railroad, overseeing the rebuilding of bridges damaged during the war. After a string of financial troubles, Gabriel ran for a seat in the House of Delegates, becoming a legislator in the Virginia General Assembly in 1871. During his time as state legislator, he helped establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, serving as a member of the Board of Visitors. Gabriel continued to run into business and financial trouble, borrowing money to start businesses like mills, hotels, and newspapers that failed, requiring the Whartons to sell or rent out much of their land to repay their debts. Nannie, frequently depressed and anxious about the state of their finances, managed their affairs when Gabriel went out West again in 1885 to work as an inspector of surveyors general and district land offices for the General Land Office in Washington. He continued to work away from home for the next few years, only returning to southwestern Virginia in 1889. On April 15th of the following year, Nannie died at the age of 46 after a long period of illness and emotional turmoil, most likely connected to earlier liver and bladder problems. After another failed business attempt, Gabriel ran for (and won) a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1897, supporting coining gold and silver, education, and state pensions for Confederate veterans. After dropping from the race the following term, Gabriel began to be more active in Confederate veterans' affairs, still struggling with his own debts. Gabriel seemed to care more about preserving the history of the war than continuing it. On May 11, 1906, he passed away at the age of 80.","The Wharton and Radford families held many enslaved people over the years, including Emeline Pate and Tim Lewis. Emeline and Tim entered a slave marriage in 1858. Purchased by Nannie's uncle James L. Taylor in 1856, Emeline acted as Nannie's personal servant when Taylor died. Also after Taylor died, Tim went with John Radford in 1861 when he went to war. When Nannie and Gabriel were married, Tim and Emeline were given to them as a wedding present. Like Tim did with John Radford, he waited on Gabriel while he was away in the army. Little is known about how Tim and Emeline felt or what they thought about events in their lives, as we only have Nannie and Gabriel's interpretation. Tim and Emeline remained closely involved with the Whartons through the end of the war and after. Sometime in 1864, Tim began to go by William. When Nannie and Gabriel had their son, Emeline took over much of his care. Towards the end of the war, Gabriel told William that if he ever wanted to leave, that he would provide a horse, money, and a pass for William to go north \"as a man\" rather than sneaking away. After the war, like many freed people, William and Emeline stayed on with the Whartons working for wages. They legally reaffirmed their marriage in 1866, living next door to the Whartons while William worked on the Radford farm and Emeline worked as Nannie's housemaid. By 1875, the Lewises were no longer working for the Whartons, but still lived close by. In 1882, they moved to a house and lot in Christiansburg, severing any remaining ties or communication with the Whartons.","The guide to the Wharton and Radford Families Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Wharton and Radford Families Papers was completed in December 2025."," Content Warning: This series does contain references to enslavement, which may be upsetting.","Subseries A: Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, 1863-1865. This subseries includes correspondence between Gabriel C. and Anne (Nannie) Radford Wharton, both during their engagement and after their marriage. The bulk of their correspondence takes place during the American Civil War while Gabriel C. Wharton (GCW) served in the Confederate Army. Their letters include discussions on the war and troop movements, news of home and family, references to enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and expressions of love.  Subseries B: Gabriel C. Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1842-1905, contains correspondence addressed to GCW. Topics include the railroad, the war, news of family and friends, the Reconstruction era, politics and pardons, provisions, grievances, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and invitations. Subseries C: Gabriel C. Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1842-1874, is made up of correspondence authored by GCW. Conversation topics include the war, news of friends and family, provisions, a request for a leave of absence, and a letter of reference. This subseries also includes unsent drafts. Subseries D: Nannie Radford Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1861-1865, includes correspondence addressed to Nannie Radford Wharton, discussing news of the war, the death of Col. John Taylor Radford, news of friends and family, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and provisions.  Subseries E: Nannie Radford Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1861-1863. This subseries consists of letters authored by Nannie Radford Wharton, including an unfinished draft of an obituary. Conversation topics include politics and education. Subseries F: Radford Family, 1826-1900. This subseries includes correspondence both written by and written to members of the Radford family (with the exception of Nannie Radford Wharton). Topics discussed include politics and the war, provisions, news of family and friends, medicine, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and expressions of sympathy.   Subseries G: Wharton Family, 1846-1864, contains correspondence written by and to members of the Wharton family (with the exception of Gabriel C. Wharton). Topics include politics, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, provisions, sickness, and news of family and friends. Subseries H: External Correspondence, 1797-1887. This subseries contains correspondence between individuals not closely related to either the Radford or Wharton families. It may include correspondence from cousins or more distant relations. This subseries contains references to enslaved people.","Content Warning: This series contains materials related to the sale of enslaved persons, which may be upsetting.","Subseries A: Receipts, Invoices, and Promissory Notes, 1813-1865, consists of transaction records for goods and services such as lodging, school supplies, seed, cloth, and food, as well as tax records. Subseries B: Land Grants and Deeds, 1783-1859. This subseries contains records of land transfers, including deeds, indentures, articles of agreements, and land grants. Subseries C: Enslaved Persons Documents, 1855-1857. This subseries contains records relating to the sale of enslaved persons. Subseries D: Legal Documents, 1845-1865, includes various documents such as an arrest warrant, record of a suit, and Dr. John Blair Radford's request for a special pardon from President Johnson.","Subseries A: Orders, 1861-1864, consists of orders and special orders, many addressed to GCW, from higher-ranking officers. These include requests for reports, rules and regulations for soldiers, instructions for troop movements, appointments, and authorizations for recruitment. Subseries B: Roll Calls and Reports, 1861-1864, 1902, contains roll calls, lists of wounded or killed, documents confirming the reporting of soldiers to their commands, and reports. Subseries C: Commission, Enlistment, and Transfer Requests, 1848-1864, includes documents such as lists of enlisted or reenlisted soldiers, commission certificates and appointments, and transfer requests. Subseries D: Passes, 1863-1865, contains documents used to allow passage through certain areas during the war.","Subseries A: Education, 1822-1862, includes materials such as report cards and a letter of acceptance to the Virginia Military Institute. Subseries B: Newspaper Clippings, 1842, 1904, 1906. This subseries consists of newspaper articles collected by the family that relate to family members or personal events, such as GCW's obituary. Subseries C: Ephemera, 1851-1902. This subseries contains Confederate States of America currency, stamps, a brochure, a railroad time table, and ephemera such as Confederate Reunion ribbons.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction .","Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . ","Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","This collection is made up of the personal and family papers of the Wharton and Radford families of Southwestern Virginia. While the bulk of the collection relates to Confederate General Gabriel C. Wharton and Anne (Nannie) Radford Wharton, it contains personal materials such as correspondence, financial documents, and family papers from other family members as well. This collection also contains materials related to Wharton's military service.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Wharton, Gabriel C. (Gabriel Colvin), 1824-1906","Radford, John Taylor, 1838-1864","Materials in this collection are in English."],"unitid_tesim":["Ms.2025.074","/repositories/2/resources/4540"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Wharton and Radford Families Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Wharton and Radford Families Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Wharton and Radford Families Papers"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"geogname_ssm":["Montgomery County (Va.)","Radford (Va.)"],"geogname_ssim":["Montgomery County (Va.)","Radford (Va.)"],"creator_ssm":["Wharton, Gabriel C. (Gabriel Colvin), 1824-1906","Radford, John Taylor, 1838-1864"],"creator_ssim":["Wharton, Gabriel C. 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","Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was donated in April 2025."],"access_subjects_ssim":["United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Confederate States of America","Confederate States of America -- Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc.","Slavery -- United States","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)"],"access_subjects_ssm":["United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Confederate States of America","Confederate States of America -- Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc.","Slavery -- United States","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["7 Cubic Feet 3 boxes; 1 oversize folder"],"extent_tesim":["7 Cubic Feet 3 boxes; 1 oversize folder"],"date_range_isim":[1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open for research.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open for research."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSubseries A: Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, 1863-1865. Arranged chronologically, this subseries includes correspondence between Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, both during their engagement and after their marriage. \u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries B: Gabriel C. Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1842-1905.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries C: Gabriel C. Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1842-1874.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries D: Nannie (Radford) Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1861-1865.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries E: Nannie (Radford) Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1861-1863.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries F: Radford Family, 1826-1900.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries G: Wharton Family, 1846-1864.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries H: External Correspondence, 1797-1887. 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Arranged chronologically, this subseries includes correspondence between Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, both during their engagement and after their marriage.  Subseries B: Gabriel C. Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1842-1905. Subseries C: Gabriel C. Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1842-1874. Subseries D: Nannie (Radford) Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1861-1865. Subseries E: Nannie (Radford) Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1861-1863. Subseries F: Radford Family, 1826-1900. Subseries G: Wharton Family, 1846-1864. Subseries H: External Correspondence, 1797-1887. Materials in this subseries are arranged alphabetically by author with the exception of materials relating to the Taylor family, which are grouped together for easier access.","Subseries A: Receipts, Invoices, and Promissory Notes, 1813-1865. Subseries B: Land Grants and Deeds, 1783-1859. Subseries C: Enslaved Persons Documents, 1855-1857. Subseries D: Legal Documents, 1845-1865.","Subseries A: Orders, 1861-1864. Subseries B: Roll Calls and Reports, 1861-1864, 1902. Subseries C: Commission, Enlistment, and Transfer Requests, 1848-1864. Subseries D: Passes, 1863-1865.","Subseries A: Education, 1822-1862. Subseries B: Newspaper Clippings, 1842, 1904, 1906. Subseries C: Ephemera, 1851-1902."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Wharton and Radford families were prominent figures in Southwest Virginia, especially during the 19th century. Dr. John B. Radford is the namesake of Radford, Virginia. Both families had a hand in shaping Southwestern Virginia and leave a lasting legacy.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGabriel Colvin Wharton (GCW) was born on July 23, 1824 in Culpepper, Virginia, to parents John Redd and Eliza Colvin Wharton. Gabriel (or, often, Gabe) attended private school and multiple academies before enrolling in the Virginia Military Institute in 1845. He graduated with distinction only two years later in 1847. Immediately after graduating, Gabriel held a number of teaching positions, tutoring children in Latin, French, math, and English. A year later, he took a job with the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, getting promoted soon after. By late 1856, Gabriel was chief engineer of the Washington and Alexandria Railroad. He worked in the southwestern United States as a civil engineer from 1857 to 1859 surveying possible road routes. Gabriel continued to work as a civil engineer, often surveying possible road routes until the beginning of the American Civil War. While he was not a staunch secessionist, he did support the economic and social institution of slavery.  A Virginia loyalist and slaveholder, Gabriel held the idea that secession was necessary if state rights were oppressed. In April of 1861, he travelled to Richmond and began working as a lieutenant of engineers, making topographical surveys to assist in siting and erecting fortifications. Gabriel soon became Major Wharton, then Colonel, organizing regiments and marching into battle with General Floyd. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAnne Rebecca \"Nannie\" Radford was born on August 15, 1843 in the New River Valley of southwestern Virginia to parents Dr. John Blair Radford and Elizabeth Campbell Taylor Radford. Nannie enjoyed a privileged upbringing, attending school in Salem, Virginia, and later at Cedar Hill Academy in Montgomery County. The Radford family was well-off; Dr. Radford owned 68 enslaved people and had a net worth of almost $65,000 by 1863. Once the war began, Nannie herself was a staunch supporter of the Confederate cause. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn early 1863, a friend introduced Nannie to Gabriel. By May 14, 1863, they were married. Soon after, he was promoted to brigadier general, effective July 8, 1863. Nannie and Gabriel had one child together, a son named William (Willie). Gabriel continued to serve in the Confederate forces, participating in operations in both the Western and Eastern Theaters, commanding divisions and brigades, and fighting in battles such as Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Cedar Creek, and Waynesboro. On June 4, 1865, Gabriel was paroled from Lynchburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, Gabriel went back to work at the railroad, overseeing the rebuilding of bridges damaged during the war. After a string of financial troubles, Gabriel ran for a seat in the House of Delegates, becoming a legislator in the Virginia General Assembly in 1871. During his time as state legislator, he helped establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, serving as a member of the Board of Visitors. Gabriel continued to run into business and financial trouble, borrowing money to start businesses like mills, hotels, and newspapers that failed, requiring the Whartons to sell or rent out much of their land to repay their debts. Nannie, frequently depressed and anxious about the state of their finances, managed their affairs when Gabriel went out West again in 1885 to work as an inspector of surveyors general and district land offices for the General Land Office in Washington. He continued to work away from home for the next few years, only returning to southwestern Virginia in 1889. On April 15th of the following year, Nannie died at the age of 46 after a long period of illness and emotional turmoil, most likely connected to earlier liver and bladder problems. After another failed business attempt, Gabriel ran for (and won) a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1897, supporting coining gold and silver, education, and state pensions for Confederate veterans. After dropping from the race the following term, Gabriel began to be more active in Confederate veterans' affairs, still struggling with his own debts. Gabriel seemed to care more about preserving the history of the war than continuing it. On May 11, 1906, he passed away at the age of 80.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Wharton and Radford families held many enslaved people over the years, including Emeline Pate and Tim Lewis. Emeline and Tim entered a slave marriage in 1858. Purchased by Nannie's uncle James L. Taylor in 1856, Emeline acted as Nannie's personal servant when Taylor died. Also after Taylor died, Tim went with John Radford in 1861 when he went to war. When Nannie and Gabriel were married, Tim and Emeline were given to them as a wedding present. Like Tim did with John Radford, he waited on Gabriel while he was away in the army. Little is known about how Tim and Emeline felt or what they thought about events in their lives, as we only have Nannie and Gabriel's interpretation. Tim and Emeline remained closely involved with the Whartons through the end of the war and after. Sometime in 1864, Tim began to go by William. When Nannie and Gabriel had their son, Emeline took over much of his care. Towards the end of the war, Gabriel told William that if he ever wanted to leave, that he would provide a horse, money, and a pass for William to go north \"as a man\" rather than sneaking away. After the war, like many freed people, William and Emeline stayed on with the Whartons working for wages. They legally reaffirmed their marriage in 1866, living next door to the Whartons while William worked on the Radford farm and Emeline worked as Nannie's housemaid. By 1875, the Lewises were no longer working for the Whartons, but still lived close by. In 1882, they moved to a house and lot in Christiansburg, severing any remaining ties or communication with the Whartons.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Wharton and Radford families were prominent figures in Southwest Virginia, especially during the 19th century. Dr. John B. Radford is the namesake of Radford, Virginia. Both families had a hand in shaping Southwestern Virginia and leave a lasting legacy.","Gabriel Colvin Wharton (GCW) was born on July 23, 1824 in Culpepper, Virginia, to parents John Redd and Eliza Colvin Wharton. Gabriel (or, often, Gabe) attended private school and multiple academies before enrolling in the Virginia Military Institute in 1845. He graduated with distinction only two years later in 1847. Immediately after graduating, Gabriel held a number of teaching positions, tutoring children in Latin, French, math, and English. A year later, he took a job with the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, getting promoted soon after. By late 1856, Gabriel was chief engineer of the Washington and Alexandria Railroad. He worked in the southwestern United States as a civil engineer from 1857 to 1859 surveying possible road routes. Gabriel continued to work as a civil engineer, often surveying possible road routes until the beginning of the American Civil War. While he was not a staunch secessionist, he did support the economic and social institution of slavery.  A Virginia loyalist and slaveholder, Gabriel held the idea that secession was necessary if state rights were oppressed. In April of 1861, he travelled to Richmond and began working as a lieutenant of engineers, making topographical surveys to assist in siting and erecting fortifications. Gabriel soon became Major Wharton, then Colonel, organizing regiments and marching into battle with General Floyd. ","Anne Rebecca \"Nannie\" Radford was born on August 15, 1843 in the New River Valley of southwestern Virginia to parents Dr. John Blair Radford and Elizabeth Campbell Taylor Radford. Nannie enjoyed a privileged upbringing, attending school in Salem, Virginia, and later at Cedar Hill Academy in Montgomery County. The Radford family was well-off; Dr. Radford owned 68 enslaved people and had a net worth of almost $65,000 by 1863. Once the war began, Nannie herself was a staunch supporter of the Confederate cause. ","In early 1863, a friend introduced Nannie to Gabriel. By May 14, 1863, they were married. Soon after, he was promoted to brigadier general, effective July 8, 1863. Nannie and Gabriel had one child together, a son named William (Willie). Gabriel continued to serve in the Confederate forces, participating in operations in both the Western and Eastern Theaters, commanding divisions and brigades, and fighting in battles such as Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Cedar Creek, and Waynesboro. On June 4, 1865, Gabriel was paroled from Lynchburg, Virginia.","After the war, Gabriel went back to work at the railroad, overseeing the rebuilding of bridges damaged during the war. After a string of financial troubles, Gabriel ran for a seat in the House of Delegates, becoming a legislator in the Virginia General Assembly in 1871. During his time as state legislator, he helped establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, serving as a member of the Board of Visitors. Gabriel continued to run into business and financial trouble, borrowing money to start businesses like mills, hotels, and newspapers that failed, requiring the Whartons to sell or rent out much of their land to repay their debts. Nannie, frequently depressed and anxious about the state of their finances, managed their affairs when Gabriel went out West again in 1885 to work as an inspector of surveyors general and district land offices for the General Land Office in Washington. He continued to work away from home for the next few years, only returning to southwestern Virginia in 1889. On April 15th of the following year, Nannie died at the age of 46 after a long period of illness and emotional turmoil, most likely connected to earlier liver and bladder problems. After another failed business attempt, Gabriel ran for (and won) a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1897, supporting coining gold and silver, education, and state pensions for Confederate veterans. After dropping from the race the following term, Gabriel began to be more active in Confederate veterans' affairs, still struggling with his own debts. Gabriel seemed to care more about preserving the history of the war than continuing it. On May 11, 1906, he passed away at the age of 80.","The Wharton and Radford families held many enslaved people over the years, including Emeline Pate and Tim Lewis. Emeline and Tim entered a slave marriage in 1858. Purchased by Nannie's uncle James L. Taylor in 1856, Emeline acted as Nannie's personal servant when Taylor died. Also after Taylor died, Tim went with John Radford in 1861 when he went to war. When Nannie and Gabriel were married, Tim and Emeline were given to them as a wedding present. Like Tim did with John Radford, he waited on Gabriel while he was away in the army. Little is known about how Tim and Emeline felt or what they thought about events in their lives, as we only have Nannie and Gabriel's interpretation. Tim and Emeline remained closely involved with the Whartons through the end of the war and after. Sometime in 1864, Tim began to go by William. When Nannie and Gabriel had their son, Emeline took over much of his care. Towards the end of the war, Gabriel told William that if he ever wanted to leave, that he would provide a horse, money, and a pass for William to go north \"as a man\" rather than sneaking away. After the war, like many freed people, William and Emeline stayed on with the Whartons working for wages. They legally reaffirmed their marriage in 1866, living next door to the Whartons while William worked on the Radford farm and Emeline worked as Nannie's housemaid. By 1875, the Lewises were no longer working for the Whartons, but still lived close by. 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This subseries includes correspondence between Gabriel C. and Anne (Nannie) Radford Wharton, both during their engagement and after their marriage. The bulk of their correspondence takes place during the American Civil War while Gabriel C. Wharton (GCW) served in the Confederate Army. Their letters include discussions on the war and troop movements, news of home and family, references to enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and expressions of love. \u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries B: Gabriel C. Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1842-1905, contains correspondence addressed to GCW. Topics include the railroad, the war, news of family and friends, the Reconstruction era, politics and pardons, provisions, grievances, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and invitations.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries C: Gabriel C. Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1842-1874, is made up of correspondence authored by GCW. 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Their letters include discussions on the war and troop movements, news of home and family, references to enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and expressions of love.  Subseries B: Gabriel C. Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1842-1905, contains correspondence addressed to GCW. Topics include the railroad, the war, news of family and friends, the Reconstruction era, politics and pardons, provisions, grievances, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and invitations. Subseries C: Gabriel C. Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1842-1874, is made up of correspondence authored by GCW. Conversation topics include the war, news of friends and family, provisions, a request for a leave of absence, and a letter of reference. This subseries also includes unsent drafts. Subseries D: Nannie Radford Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1861-1865, includes correspondence addressed to Nannie Radford Wharton, discussing news of the war, the death of Col. 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Morgan signed his name, \"G. W. Morgan\", on a list of subscribers' names and requested 2000 copies of an item. Included in this collection is a brief biography of Morgan. Signatures of three other people are included in the collection. One signature appears to belong to Abram O. Miller, but the other two are unidentified.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection contains the signature of George Washington Morgan. Morgan signed his name, \"G. W. Morgan\", on a list of subscribers' names and requested 2000 copies of an item. Included in this collection is a brief biography of Morgan. Signatures of three other people are included in the collection. One signature appears to belong to Abram O. Miller, but the other two are unidentified."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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Apperson was made by the Library of Virginia in January 1976 and is available at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. The Civil War letters of Harvey Black were published in 1995 in a volume edited by Glenn L. McMullen, which is available in the Rare Book Collection and in Newman Library.","The papers are arranged into series corresponding to the creators of the material and subseries by type of material.","Series include the following:","Series I. Harvey Black Papers Series II. Black Family Papers Series III. Germanicus Kent Papers Series IV. Black Family Business Records Series V. John S. Apperson Papers Series VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers Series VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks Series IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company Series X. Assorted Papers","This series is arranged by format.","This series is arranged by format.","Arranged alphabetically by name of family being researched.","In 1889, Elizabeth Black of Blacksburg, Virginia, married John Apperson of Marion, joining the Black and Kent families of Blacksburg with the Apperson family. Elizabeth Black's father Harvey Black and John S. Apperson served together in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade during the American Civil War. Black was a regimental surgeon and Apperson was a hospital steward under his command.","Harvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg.","On August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863.","After the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors.","From 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.","John S. Apperson (1837-1908) was born in Locust Grove, Virginia, and moved to Smyth County in 1859. He took a job splitting rails and began to study medicine under local physician William Faris. In 1861, Apperson enlisted in the Smyth Blues, organized as Company D, 4th Virginia. After the Civil War, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, earning a degree in 1867. He returned to Smyth County and married Victoria Hull in 1868. They lived in Chilhowie, and Apperson practiced medicine and farmed. They had seven children.","John Apperson's first wife died in 1887. The same year, he took a job as assistant physician under Harvey Black at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia in Marion. When Harvey Black died in 1888, Apperson resigned his position at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum and established a medical practice in Marion. In 1889, he married Elizabeth, daughter of his friend and mentor Harvey Black. They had four children: Harvey, Alexander, Kent, and Mary.","After his second marriage, John Apperson pursued a career in business. He was one of eight founders of Staley's Creek Manganese and Iron Company. In 1906, he expanded the operations of the Marion Foundry and Milling Company into the Marion Foundry and Machine Works. He also promoted the building of the Marion and Rye Valley Railroad.","In 1892, the Virginia Board of World's Fair Managers employed Apperson to collect items and transport Virginia exhibits to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Apperson died in Marion in 1908. His wife Elizabeth died in Blacksburg in 1942.","Harvey Black Apperson (1890-1948), the oldest child of John Apperson and Elizabeth Black, lived in Salem, Virginia, and practiced law in Roanoke for thirty years. He became active in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. In a special election in 1933, he was elected to represent Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties and the cities of Radford and Roanoke in the State Senate. He served on the State Corporation Commission from 1944 to 1947 and was Chairman of the Commission from June 1944 to 1947. Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General in August 1947, and he took office October 7, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Richmond on February 2, 1948. Alexander Apperson worked at the Marion Foundry and Machine Works for a period and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama.","Germanicus Kent (1791-1861) and Arabella Amiss Kent (1809-1951), parents of Harvey Black's wife Mary, are also documented in this collection. Germanicus Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and attended Yale College. Circa 1822, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked as a cotton merchant. In 1827, he married Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg. According to a family account, Germanicus Kent left Huntsville in 1834 at the insistence of his brother Aratus Kent, a missionary in Illinois who opposed slavery. Aratus Kent was a founder of Beloit and Rockford colleges in Illinois. The family moved to Illinois in 1834. Lewis Kent (also known as Lewis Lemon), who was enslaved by Germanicus Kent in North Carolina when he was a boy, moved with the family and later purchased his freedom and settled in Iowa. Germanicus Kent is considered a founder of the town of Rockford, Illinois, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Mary Kent, born in 1836, was the first child of European ancestry born in Rockford. The family returned to Arabella's hometown of Blacksburg in 1843.","Sources Glenn L. McMullen, \"Tending the Wounded: Two Virginians in the Confederate Medical Corps,\" Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 1991), 172-183 A Surgeon with Stonewall Jackson: The Civil War Letters of Dr. Harvey Black, edited by Glenn L. McMullen (Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1995) Biographical sketches of John S. Apperson by Glenn McMullen and of Harvey Black Apperson, by Crandall Shiflett in John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tartar, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1 (The Library of Virginia, 1998), 181-183 \"Germanicus A. Kent: Founder of Rockford, Illinois,\" published by the Rockford Historical Society, n.d.","The guide to the Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","The papers were previously organized into three collections: the Black Family Papers, Ms1974-003; the Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-017; and the Kent Family Papers, Ms1974-018. They were further processed and merged into one collection in 2002. Additional description was completed in 2021.","Three boxes are unprocessed. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","This item was previously listed on the finding aid as \"General Store, Blacksburg, 1857-1862.\"","See the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:","James Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031","Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045","Medical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black, Ms2009-084","Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040","The Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (bulk 1821-1948) documents the families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection comprises American Civil War letters of Dr. Harvey Black, Civil War diaries of John Apperson, records and correspondence pertaining to nineteenth-century Blacksburg residents Edwin Amiss, his sister Arabella Amiss Kent, and her husband Germanicus Kent, cotton trader and Rockford, Illinois pioneer; and account books, correspondence, and photographs of several members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection is divided into the following major series: Harvey Black Papers, Black Family Papers, Germanicus Kent Papers, Black Family Business Records, John S. Apperson Papers, Mary E. Apperson Papers, Alexander Apperson Papers, and Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks.","Series I. Harvey Black Papers, 1847-1888, contains the following subseries: Diaries, Civil War Letters, General Correspondence, Medical Career Records, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. It also includes one photograph, ca. 1865, of Harvey Black.","Dating 1861 to 1864, the Civil War Letters document Black's experiences as a regimental surgeon in the Stonewall Brigade and as surgeon in charge of the Second Corps field hospital. The series comprises letters Black wrote to his wife Mary (Molly) in Blacksburg. Black usually wrote to his wife two to three days after a major battle and reported who, from Blacksburg, had been killed or wounded. He describes the effects of disease on the troops, looking for his brother-in-law Lewis Kent among the Union wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the delirium of Stonewall Jackson as he lay dying at Guinea Station, and the difficulties of keeping his family clothed and fed during the war.","The Diaries consist of a short diary Black kept of his journey from Christiansburg to Mexico to fight in the Mexican War and a diary of a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee in the fall of 1849. The Mexican War diary details Black's trip from Christiansburg to Norfolk and eventually Buena Vista, but provides little information about serving in the war. Both diaries contain mainly Black's observations about the towns and cities he passes through. The diary of the trip west compares culture and society in Virginia and the West and references encounters with Virginians who had moved west.","General Correspondence, 1847-1871, comprises two letters Black wrote while he was studying medicine at the University of Virginia, his proposal of marriage to Mary (Molly) Kent, and a folder of letters Black received from family members between 1848 and 1871. One letter describes pioneering in Island County, Washington Territory, in 1853; and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regard the establishment of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, forerunner of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.","The Medical Career Records, dating 1848 to 1888, documents Harvey Black's medical career before and after the Civil War and letters of recommendation for the position of Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia and the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia. This series also contains an 1887 annual report for the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia.","The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Records span the years 1870 to 1873. This small series consists of a subscription list for the Preston and Olin Institute, an early history of the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and certificates of appointment to the college's Board of Visitors.","Series II. Black Family Papers, 1779-1911 (bulk 1845-1911): Materials include an 1845 bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Adaline; an 1856 letter from Charles to Alexander Black; photographs of Alexander Black, Kent Black, and Kent's wife Mary Bell Black; a 1911 letter from Mary Kent to her children; and a quilt given to Kent Black by his medical patients, ca. 1890. Additionally, the series has the wedding register of Mary and Kent Black and an invitation to the 1885 Blacksburg Grand Annual Ball.","Series III. Germanicus Kent Papers, 1818-1899: The series comprises Germanicus Kent's cotton books and correspondence with his sons Lewis and John, his brother Aratus Kent, and his brother-in- law Edwin Amiss. The cotton books document Kent's experience as a cotton merchant based in Huntsville, Alabama, 1821 to 1823. They provide lists of cotton prices and copies of correspondence to clients in Nashville and New Orleans. The correspondence describes life in Blacksburg in the 1830s, the Kent family's decision to settle in Virginia after living in Illinois, and Kent's business investments in the west and in Blacksburg. Letters from Edwin Amiss to Arabella and Germanicus Kent pertain to Arabella Kent continuing to enslave people by inheriting her mother's estate. An 1860 letter from Germanicus Kent to Aratus Kent discusses Germanicus Kent's desire to establish contact with the man he formerly enslaved Lewis Lemon Kent, then living in Iowa.","Series IV. Black Family Business Records, 1832-1924: Account books for mercantile establishments in Blacksburg make up the bulk of this series.. It also contains an account book for A.W. Luster; a 1908 inventory for W. Stone \u0026 Son; and a copy of an undated newspaper advertisement for A. Black and Company.","Series V. John S. Apperson Papers, 1858-1915: John Apperson's Civil War Diary is the centerpiece. The diary consist of Apperson's account of his journey, in 1859, from his home in Locust Grove, Virginia to Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. In the Civil War diaries, he describes medical care of soldiers and lists monthly figures of wounded and dead for the Second Corps field hospital. He discusses going onto the battlefield after the fighting stopped at First Manassas, the scene on the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; performing his first amputation; and his efforts to continue his medical education during the Civil War. Additionally, this series contains correspondence about Apperson's business career, 1900 and 1910, a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, and photographs of John Apperson, Elizabeth Black, and their children.","Series VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers, 1889-1977, and Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers, 1827-1984: Research files on the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion compose the bulk of these two series. Materials also include publications pertaining to family history; correspondence with the Rockford, Illinois Historical Society regarding research on Germanicus Kent; correspondence related to other genealogy research; the recollections of Elizabeth Black Apperson about Blacksburg history and buildings; family photographs and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Alexander Black house in Blacksburg; and family artifacts.","Series VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks, 1933-1950: The scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings detailing Harvey B. Apperson's political career and Democratic Party politics in the Roanoke area in the 1930s and in Richmond in the 1940s. Additionally, there are letters and telegrams of congratulation Apperson received when he was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1947, telegrams and letters of condolence his wife received upon his death four months later, photographs, and political ephemera.","Series IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1826-1965: Legal documents and correspondence pertain to the division of proceeds of mining investments among the Apperson descendants of Harvey Black. The series also contains maps of Black and Apperson property in Blacksburg, ca. 1949.","Series X. Assorted Papers, 1872, 1912: The last series includes two items, the Louise Caton Travel Diary, 1912, and  The Christian Union  publication, 1872. The diary of Louise Caton's four-month tour of Europe in 1912 describes her voyage from New York to Genoa on the Laxmia and from Liverpool back to New York on the Celtic. The relationship of Louise Caton to the Black, Kent, and Apperson families is unknown.","This small series includes a letter Harvey Black received from family who had settled in Wisconsin; a letter from a member of the Crockett family pioneering in Washington Territory, and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regarding the establishment of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg.","In this subseries of five letters from Germanicus Kent to his sons and his brother Aratus, Kent discusses investments, family, and Lewis Lemon (Kent), who bought his freedom from Kent ca. 1835.","This folder contains four family letters presumed to pertain to the extended Kent Amiss family. The correspondents are Edith Boggs, David and E. Cook, Mary Sloutermires, William G., and his son Nelson.","Accounts and correspondence in these two bound cotton books detail Germanicus Kent's business as a cotton merchant in Huntsville, Alabama.","Materials corncern the Kent family's move from Alabama to Illinois.","This file contains a contract outlining the terms of a proposed business partnership between Edwin Amiss and Germanicus Kent and a contract to build a home in Blacksburg.","This series is composed primarily of five ledgers containing alphabetically indexed customer account histories for various mercantile establishments, probably in Blacksburg. Also included are documents and correspondence pertaining to Black family investments in oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This ledger includes an inventory, July 1908, for W. Stone \u0026 Son.","This subseries comprises documents pertaining to investments in the Radford Land Improvement Company, 1889; the Radford West End Land Company, 1909; and oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This subseries comprises miscellaneous receipts, 1862; Business Correspondence, 1900-1910; and a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, 1915.","These letters discuss the illness of the daughter of Mrs. Cyprus McCormick and John S. Apperson.","This file contains newspaper clippings on Blacksburg history and members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families.","The Directory's cover illustration is a photograph of a sculpture commemorating the role played by Germanicus Kent and Lewis Lemon, Kent's former slave, in the founding of Rockford, Illinois.","This series is primarily composed of research files on the genealogy of the Black, Kent, Apperson and related families. It also contains family photographs, including a picture of the Alexander Black House, later burned, ca. 1900; a folder of correspondence pertaining to Alexander Black's service on the vestry of Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954; a 1914 edition of \"The X-Ray,\" the yearbook of Marion High School; and a program from the 1962 annual convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.","This subseries contains one folder of correspondence pertaining to a proposed memorial to Harvey Black at Virginia Tech from 1953; one folder of correspondence concerning Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954, and one letter, 1934, from A.J. Oliver to Harvey Black Apperson, discussing Oliver's father, who worked for Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1870s and helped plant the first trees on the campus.","This subseries includes the Marion High School yearbook, 1914; and a program from the Sixty-seventh Annual Convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1962.","This subseries comprises correspondence, applications to family heritage organizations, and copies of documents regarding genealogy research on the Black, Kent, Apperson, and related families.","File contains three items in French.","Documents in this subseries pertain to applications, by members of the Black family, for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, Huguenot Society, Magna Carta Barons, National Society of Colonial Wars, and the Society of Colonial Dames.","Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, incoming correspondence and telegrams, photographs, and ephemera documenting Harvey Apperson's political career from 1933, when he ran for the State Senate, to his death in 1948, four months after Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General.","Five scrapbooks and one box of items removed from the scrapbooks and copied for preservation. Photographs and ephemera removed from the scrapbooks are stored in Box 15.","This series is comprised of deeds, reports, correspondence, lease agreements, and receipts pertaining to Apperson family investments in mining operations at Poverty Hollow, Tom's Creek Road, the Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company, and M.C. Slusser and Company. It also contains maps of Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company coal land sold to the Hoge heirs in 1928 and maps showing property owned by the Alexander and Lizzie O. Black estate and Apperson Properties in 1937 and 1948.","The diary is an account of Louise Caton's voyage from New York to Genoa, Italy, her travels through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, and England, and her return from Liverpool to New York in the summer of 1912.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","This collection contains the papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. It includes the American Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. Apperson, cotton books and correspondence of Germanicus Kent, nineteenth-century account books of a Blacksburg general store, 1912 European travel diary, and the political scrapbooks of State Senator and Attorney General Harvey B. Apperson.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","A. W. Luster","Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade","Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia","Marion Foundry and Machine Works (Marion, Va.)","Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.)","Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia (1887-1935)","Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896)","W. 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Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers were donated to Virginia Tech from 1955 to 1990. The American Civil War letters of Harvey Black and the Civil War diaries of John Apperson were donated in 1974."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Civil War","Folk, historical, and patent medicine","Genealogy","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Medicine","Medicine, Military -- History","Montgomery County (Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries","Women -- History"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Civil War","Folk, historical, and patent medicine","Genealogy","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Medicine","Medicine, Military -- History","Montgomery County (Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries","Women -- History"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["ca. 7 Cubic Feet 21 boxes and 1 oversize folder"],"extent_tesim":["ca. 7 Cubic Feet 21 boxes and 1 oversize folder"],"date_range_isim":[1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open to research."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ca show=\"_blank\" href=\"https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/collections/show/38\"\u003eSome of this collection has been digitized and is available online.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA microfilm edition of the diary, 1847-1850, of Harvey Black and the American Civil War diaries of John S. Apperson was made by the Library of Virginia in January 1976 and is available at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. The Civil War letters of Harvey Black were published in 1995 in a volume edited by Glenn L. McMullen, which is available in the Rare Book Collection and in Newman Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Existence and Location of Copies"],"altformavail_tesim":["Some of this collection has been digitized and is available online.","A microfilm edition of the diary, 1847-1850, of Harvey Black and the American Civil War diaries of John S. Apperson was made by the Library of Virginia in January 1976 and is available at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. The Civil War letters of Harvey Black were published in 1995 in a volume edited by Glenn L. McMullen, which is available in the Rare Book Collection and in Newman Library."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers are arranged into series corresponding to the creators of the material and subseries by type of material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries include the following:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003clist\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries I. Harvey Black Papers\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries II. Black Family Papers\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries III. Germanicus Kent Papers\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries IV. Black Family Business Records\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries V. John S. Apperson Papers\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries VII. Alexander Apperson Papers\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries IX. 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Assorted Papers","This series is arranged by format.","This series is arranged by format.","Arranged alphabetically by name of family being researched."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn 1889, Elizabeth Black of Blacksburg, Virginia, married John Apperson of Marion, joining the Black and Kent families of Blacksburg with the Apperson family. Elizabeth Black's father Harvey Black and John S. Apperson served together in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade during the American Civil War. Black was a regimental surgeon and Apperson was a hospital steward under his command.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJohn S. Apperson (1837-1908) was born in Locust Grove, Virginia, and moved to Smyth County in 1859. He took a job splitting rails and began to study medicine under local physician William Faris. In 1861, Apperson enlisted in the Smyth Blues, organized as Company D, 4th Virginia. After the Civil War, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, earning a degree in 1867. He returned to Smyth County and married Victoria Hull in 1868. They lived in Chilhowie, and Apperson practiced medicine and farmed. They had seven children.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJohn Apperson's first wife died in 1887. The same year, he took a job as assistant physician under Harvey Black at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia in Marion. When Harvey Black died in 1888, Apperson resigned his position at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum and established a medical practice in Marion. In 1889, he married Elizabeth, daughter of his friend and mentor Harvey Black. They had four children: Harvey, Alexander, Kent, and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter his second marriage, John Apperson pursued a career in business. He was one of eight founders of Staley's Creek Manganese and Iron Company. In 1906, he expanded the operations of the Marion Foundry and Milling Company into the Marion Foundry and Machine Works. He also promoted the building of the Marion and Rye Valley Railroad.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1892, the Virginia Board of World's Fair Managers employed Apperson to collect items and transport Virginia exhibits to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Apperson died in Marion in 1908. His wife Elizabeth died in Blacksburg in 1942.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarvey Black Apperson (1890-1948), the oldest child of John Apperson and Elizabeth Black, lived in Salem, Virginia, and practiced law in Roanoke for thirty years. He became active in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. In a special election in 1933, he was elected to represent Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties and the cities of Radford and Roanoke in the State Senate. He served on the State Corporation Commission from 1944 to 1947 and was Chairman of the Commission from June 1944 to 1947. Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General in August 1947, and he took office October 7, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Richmond on February 2, 1948. Alexander Apperson worked at the Marion Foundry and Machine Works for a period and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGermanicus Kent (1791-1861) and Arabella Amiss Kent (1809-1951), parents of Harvey Black's wife Mary, are also documented in this collection. Germanicus Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and attended Yale College. Circa 1822, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked as a cotton merchant. In 1827, he married Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg. According to a family account, Germanicus Kent left Huntsville in 1834 at the insistence of his brother Aratus Kent, a missionary in Illinois who opposed slavery. Aratus Kent was a founder of Beloit and Rockford colleges in Illinois. The family moved to Illinois in 1834. Lewis Kent (also known as Lewis Lemon), who was enslaved by Germanicus Kent in North Carolina when he was a boy, moved with the family and later purchased his freedom and settled in Iowa. Germanicus Kent is considered a founder of the town of Rockford, Illinois, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Mary Kent, born in 1836, was the first child of European ancestry born in Rockford. The family returned to Arabella's hometown of Blacksburg in 1843.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003chead\u003eSources\u003c/head\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eGlenn L. McMullen, \"Tending the Wounded: Two Virginians in the Confederate Medical Corps,\" Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 1991), 172-183\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eA Surgeon with Stonewall Jackson: The Civil War Letters of Dr. Harvey Black, edited by Glenn L. McMullen (Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1995)\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eBiographical sketches of John S. Apperson by Glenn McMullen and of Harvey Black Apperson, by Crandall Shiflett in John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tartar, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1 (The Library of Virginia, 1998), 181-183\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\"Germanicus A. Kent: Founder of Rockford, Illinois,\" published by the Rockford Historical Society, n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["In 1889, Elizabeth Black of Blacksburg, Virginia, married John Apperson of Marion, joining the Black and Kent families of Blacksburg with the Apperson family. Elizabeth Black's father Harvey Black and John S. Apperson served together in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade during the American Civil War. Black was a regimental surgeon and Apperson was a hospital steward under his command.","Harvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg.","On August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863.","After the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors.","From 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.","John S. Apperson (1837-1908) was born in Locust Grove, Virginia, and moved to Smyth County in 1859. He took a job splitting rails and began to study medicine under local physician William Faris. In 1861, Apperson enlisted in the Smyth Blues, organized as Company D, 4th Virginia. After the Civil War, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, earning a degree in 1867. He returned to Smyth County and married Victoria Hull in 1868. They lived in Chilhowie, and Apperson practiced medicine and farmed. They had seven children.","John Apperson's first wife died in 1887. The same year, he took a job as assistant physician under Harvey Black at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia in Marion. When Harvey Black died in 1888, Apperson resigned his position at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum and established a medical practice in Marion. In 1889, he married Elizabeth, daughter of his friend and mentor Harvey Black. They had four children: Harvey, Alexander, Kent, and Mary.","After his second marriage, John Apperson pursued a career in business. He was one of eight founders of Staley's Creek Manganese and Iron Company. In 1906, he expanded the operations of the Marion Foundry and Milling Company into the Marion Foundry and Machine Works. He also promoted the building of the Marion and Rye Valley Railroad.","In 1892, the Virginia Board of World's Fair Managers employed Apperson to collect items and transport Virginia exhibits to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Apperson died in Marion in 1908. His wife Elizabeth died in Blacksburg in 1942.","Harvey Black Apperson (1890-1948), the oldest child of John Apperson and Elizabeth Black, lived in Salem, Virginia, and practiced law in Roanoke for thirty years. He became active in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. In a special election in 1933, he was elected to represent Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties and the cities of Radford and Roanoke in the State Senate. He served on the State Corporation Commission from 1944 to 1947 and was Chairman of the Commission from June 1944 to 1947. Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General in August 1947, and he took office October 7, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Richmond on February 2, 1948. Alexander Apperson worked at the Marion Foundry and Machine Works for a period and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama.","Germanicus Kent (1791-1861) and Arabella Amiss Kent (1809-1951), parents of Harvey Black's wife Mary, are also documented in this collection. Germanicus Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and attended Yale College. Circa 1822, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked as a cotton merchant. In 1827, he married Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg. According to a family account, Germanicus Kent left Huntsville in 1834 at the insistence of his brother Aratus Kent, a missionary in Illinois who opposed slavery. Aratus Kent was a founder of Beloit and Rockford colleges in Illinois. The family moved to Illinois in 1834. Lewis Kent (also known as Lewis Lemon), who was enslaved by Germanicus Kent in North Carolina when he was a boy, moved with the family and later purchased his freedom and settled in Iowa. Germanicus Kent is considered a founder of the town of Rockford, Illinois, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Mary Kent, born in 1836, was the first child of European ancestry born in Rockford. The family returned to Arabella's hometown of Blacksburg in 1843.","Sources Glenn L. McMullen, \"Tending the Wounded: Two Virginians in the Confederate Medical Corps,\" Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 1991), 172-183 A Surgeon with Stonewall Jackson: The Civil War Letters of Dr. Harvey Black, edited by Glenn L. McMullen (Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1995) Biographical sketches of John S. Apperson by Glenn McMullen and of Harvey Black Apperson, by Crandall Shiflett in John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tartar, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1 (The Library of Virginia, 1998), 181-183 \"Germanicus A. Kent: Founder of Rockford, Illinois,\" published by the Rockford Historical Society, n.d."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ )."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers were previously organized into three collections: the Black Family Papers, Ms1974-003; the Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-017; and the Kent Family Papers, Ms1974-018. They were further processed and merged into one collection in 2002. Additional description was completed in 2021.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree boxes are unprocessed. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis item was previously listed on the finding aid as \"General Store, Blacksburg, 1857-1862.\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information","Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The papers were previously organized into three collections: the Black Family Papers, Ms1974-003; the Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-017; and the Kent Family Papers, Ms1974-018. They were further processed and merged into one collection in 2002. Additional description was completed in 2021.","Three boxes are unprocessed. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","This item was previously listed on the finding aid as \"General Store, Blacksburg, 1857-1862.\""],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1474.xml\"\u003eJames Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1779.xml\"\u003eElizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2503.xml\"\u003eMedical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black, Ms2009-084\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2361.xml\"\u003eBell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:","James Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031","Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045","Medical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black, Ms2009-084","Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (bulk 1821-1948) documents the families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection comprises American Civil War letters of Dr. Harvey Black, Civil War diaries of John Apperson, records and correspondence pertaining to nineteenth-century Blacksburg residents Edwin Amiss, his sister Arabella Amiss Kent, and her husband Germanicus Kent, cotton trader and Rockford, Illinois pioneer; and account books, correspondence, and photographs of several members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection is divided into the following major series: Harvey Black Papers, Black Family Papers, Germanicus Kent Papers, Black Family Business Records, John S. Apperson Papers, Mary E. Apperson Papers, Alexander Apperson Papers, and Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries I. Harvey Black Papers, 1847-1888, contains the following subseries: Diaries, Civil War Letters, General Correspondence, Medical Career Records, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. It also includes one photograph, ca. 1865, of Harvey Black.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDating 1861 to 1864, the Civil War Letters document Black's experiences as a regimental surgeon in the Stonewall Brigade and as surgeon in charge of the Second Corps field hospital. The series comprises letters Black wrote to his wife Mary (Molly) in Blacksburg. Black usually wrote to his wife two to three days after a major battle and reported who, from Blacksburg, had been killed or wounded. He describes the effects of disease on the troops, looking for his brother-in-law Lewis Kent among the Union wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the delirium of Stonewall Jackson as he lay dying at Guinea Station, and the difficulties of keeping his family clothed and fed during the war.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Diaries consist of a short diary Black kept of his journey from Christiansburg to Mexico to fight in the Mexican War and a diary of a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee in the fall of 1849. The Mexican War diary details Black's trip from Christiansburg to Norfolk and eventually Buena Vista, but provides little information about serving in the war. Both diaries contain mainly Black's observations about the towns and cities he passes through. The diary of the trip west compares culture and society in Virginia and the West and references encounters with Virginians who had moved west.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Correspondence, 1847-1871, comprises two letters Black wrote while he was studying medicine at the University of Virginia, his proposal of marriage to Mary (Molly) Kent, and a folder of letters Black received from family members between 1848 and 1871. One letter describes pioneering in Island County, Washington Territory, in 1853; and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regard the establishment of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, forerunner of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Medical Career Records, dating 1848 to 1888, documents Harvey Black's medical career before and after the Civil War and letters of recommendation for the position of Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia and the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia. This series also contains an 1887 annual report for the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Records span the years 1870 to 1873. This small series consists of a subscription list for the Preston and Olin Institute, an early history of the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and certificates of appointment to the college's Board of Visitors.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. Black Family Papers, 1779-1911 (bulk 1845-1911): Materials include an 1845 bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Adaline; an 1856 letter from Charles to Alexander Black; photographs of Alexander Black, Kent Black, and Kent's wife Mary Bell Black; a 1911 letter from Mary Kent to her children; and a quilt given to Kent Black by his medical patients, ca. 1890. Additionally, the series has the wedding register of Mary and Kent Black and an invitation to the 1885 Blacksburg Grand Annual Ball.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Germanicus Kent Papers, 1818-1899: The series comprises Germanicus Kent's cotton books and correspondence with his sons Lewis and John, his brother Aratus Kent, and his brother-in- law Edwin Amiss. The cotton books document Kent's experience as a cotton merchant based in Huntsville, Alabama, 1821 to 1823. They provide lists of cotton prices and copies of correspondence to clients in Nashville and New Orleans. The correspondence describes life in Blacksburg in the 1830s, the Kent family's decision to settle in Virginia after living in Illinois, and Kent's business investments in the west and in Blacksburg. Letters from Edwin Amiss to Arabella and Germanicus Kent pertain to Arabella Kent continuing to enslave people by inheriting her mother's estate. An 1860 letter from Germanicus Kent to Aratus Kent discusses Germanicus Kent's desire to establish contact with the man he formerly enslaved Lewis Lemon Kent, then living in Iowa.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Black Family Business Records, 1832-1924: Account books for mercantile establishments in Blacksburg make up the bulk of this series.. It also contains an account book for A.W. Luster; a 1908 inventory for W. Stone \u0026amp; Son; and a copy of an undated newspaper advertisement for A. Black and Company.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. John S. Apperson Papers, 1858-1915: John Apperson's Civil War Diary is the centerpiece. The diary consist of Apperson's account of his journey, in 1859, from his home in Locust Grove, Virginia to Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. In the Civil War diaries, he describes medical care of soldiers and lists monthly figures of wounded and dead for the Second Corps field hospital. He discusses going onto the battlefield after the fighting stopped at First Manassas, the scene on the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; performing his first amputation; and his efforts to continue his medical education during the Civil War. Additionally, this series contains correspondence about Apperson's business career, 1900 and 1910, a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, and photographs of John Apperson, Elizabeth Black, and their children.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers, 1889-1977, and Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers, 1827-1984: Research files on the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion compose the bulk of these two series. Materials also include publications pertaining to family history; correspondence with the Rockford, Illinois Historical Society regarding research on Germanicus Kent; correspondence related to other genealogy research; the recollections of Elizabeth Black Apperson about Blacksburg history and buildings; family photographs and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Alexander Black house in Blacksburg; and family artifacts.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks, 1933-1950: The scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings detailing Harvey B. Apperson's political career and Democratic Party politics in the Roanoke area in the 1930s and in Richmond in the 1940s. Additionally, there are letters and telegrams of congratulation Apperson received when he was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1947, telegrams and letters of condolence his wife received upon his death four months later, photographs, and political ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1826-1965: Legal documents and correspondence pertain to the division of proceeds of mining investments among the Apperson descendants of Harvey Black. The series also contains maps of Black and Apperson property in Blacksburg, ca. 1949.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries X. Assorted Papers, 1872, 1912: The last series includes two items, the Louise Caton Travel Diary, 1912, and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Christian Union\u003c/emph\u003e publication, 1872. The diary of Louise Caton's four-month tour of Europe in 1912 describes her voyage from New York to Genoa on the Laxmia and from Liverpool back to New York on the Celtic. The relationship of Louise Caton to the Black, Kent, and Apperson families is unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis small series includes a letter Harvey Black received from family who had settled in Wisconsin; a letter from a member of the Crockett family pioneering in Washington Territory, and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regarding the establishment of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn this subseries of five letters from Germanicus Kent to his sons and his brother Aratus, Kent discusses investments, family, and Lewis Lemon (Kent), who bought his freedom from Kent ca. 1835.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains four family letters presumed to pertain to the extended Kent Amiss family. The correspondents are Edith Boggs, David and E. Cook, Mary Sloutermires, William G., and his son Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and correspondence in these two bound cotton books detail Germanicus Kent's business as a cotton merchant in Huntsville, Alabama.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials corncern the Kent family's move from Alabama to Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis file contains a contract outlining the terms of a proposed business partnership between Edwin Amiss and Germanicus Kent and a contract to build a home in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is composed primarily of five ledgers containing alphabetically indexed customer account histories for various mercantile establishments, probably in Blacksburg. Also included are documents and correspondence pertaining to Black family investments in oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis ledger includes an inventory, July 1908, for W. Stone \u0026amp; Son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries comprises documents pertaining to investments in the Radford Land Improvement Company, 1889; the Radford West End Land Company, 1909; and oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries comprises miscellaneous receipts, 1862; Business Correspondence, 1900-1910; and a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, 1915.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese letters discuss the illness of the daughter of Mrs. Cyprus McCormick and John S. Apperson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis file contains newspaper clippings on Blacksburg history and members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Directory's cover illustration is a photograph of a sculpture commemorating the role played by Germanicus Kent and Lewis Lemon, Kent's former slave, in the founding of Rockford, Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is primarily composed of research files on the genealogy of the Black, Kent, Apperson and related families. It also contains family photographs, including a picture of the Alexander Black House, later burned, ca. 1900; a folder of correspondence pertaining to Alexander Black's service on the vestry of Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954; a 1914 edition of \"The X-Ray,\" the yearbook of Marion High School; and a program from the 1962 annual convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries contains one folder of correspondence pertaining to a proposed memorial to Harvey Black at Virginia Tech from 1953; one folder of correspondence concerning Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954, and one letter, 1934, from A.J. Oliver to Harvey Black Apperson, discussing Oliver's father, who worked for Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1870s and helped plant the first trees on the campus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes the Marion High School yearbook, 1914; and a program from the Sixty-seventh Annual Convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries comprises correspondence, applications to family heritage organizations, and copies of documents regarding genealogy research on the Black, Kent, Apperson, and related families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFile contains three items in French.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments in this subseries pertain to applications, by members of the Black family, for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, Huguenot Society, Magna Carta Barons, National Society of Colonial Wars, and the Society of Colonial Dames.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, incoming correspondence and telegrams, photographs, and ephemera documenting Harvey Apperson's political career from 1933, when he ran for the State Senate, to his death in 1948, four months after Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFive scrapbooks and one box of items removed from the scrapbooks and copied for preservation. Photographs and ephemera removed from the scrapbooks are stored in Box 15.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is comprised of deeds, reports, correspondence, lease agreements, and receipts pertaining to Apperson family investments in mining operations at Poverty Hollow, Tom's Creek Road, the Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company, and M.C. Slusser and Company. It also contains maps of Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company coal land sold to the Hoge heirs in 1928 and maps showing property owned by the Alexander and Lizzie O. Black estate and Apperson Properties in 1937 and 1948.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe diary is an account of Louise Caton's voyage from New York to Genoa, Italy, her travels through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, and England, and her return from Liverpool to New York in the summer of 1912.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (bulk 1821-1948) documents the families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection comprises American Civil War letters of Dr. Harvey Black, Civil War diaries of John Apperson, records and correspondence pertaining to nineteenth-century Blacksburg residents Edwin Amiss, his sister Arabella Amiss Kent, and her husband Germanicus Kent, cotton trader and Rockford, Illinois pioneer; and account books, correspondence, and photographs of several members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection is divided into the following major series: Harvey Black Papers, Black Family Papers, Germanicus Kent Papers, Black Family Business Records, John S. Apperson Papers, Mary E. Apperson Papers, Alexander Apperson Papers, and Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks.","Series I. Harvey Black Papers, 1847-1888, contains the following subseries: Diaries, Civil War Letters, General Correspondence, Medical Career Records, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. It also includes one photograph, ca. 1865, of Harvey Black.","Dating 1861 to 1864, the Civil War Letters document Black's experiences as a regimental surgeon in the Stonewall Brigade and as surgeon in charge of the Second Corps field hospital. The series comprises letters Black wrote to his wife Mary (Molly) in Blacksburg. Black usually wrote to his wife two to three days after a major battle and reported who, from Blacksburg, had been killed or wounded. He describes the effects of disease on the troops, looking for his brother-in-law Lewis Kent among the Union wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the delirium of Stonewall Jackson as he lay dying at Guinea Station, and the difficulties of keeping his family clothed and fed during the war.","The Diaries consist of a short diary Black kept of his journey from Christiansburg to Mexico to fight in the Mexican War and a diary of a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee in the fall of 1849. The Mexican War diary details Black's trip from Christiansburg to Norfolk and eventually Buena Vista, but provides little information about serving in the war. Both diaries contain mainly Black's observations about the towns and cities he passes through. The diary of the trip west compares culture and society in Virginia and the West and references encounters with Virginians who had moved west.","General Correspondence, 1847-1871, comprises two letters Black wrote while he was studying medicine at the University of Virginia, his proposal of marriage to Mary (Molly) Kent, and a folder of letters Black received from family members between 1848 and 1871. One letter describes pioneering in Island County, Washington Territory, in 1853; and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regard the establishment of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, forerunner of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.","The Medical Career Records, dating 1848 to 1888, documents Harvey Black's medical career before and after the Civil War and letters of recommendation for the position of Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia and the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia. This series also contains an 1887 annual report for the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia.","The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Records span the years 1870 to 1873. This small series consists of a subscription list for the Preston and Olin Institute, an early history of the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and certificates of appointment to the college's Board of Visitors.","Series II. Black Family Papers, 1779-1911 (bulk 1845-1911): Materials include an 1845 bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Adaline; an 1856 letter from Charles to Alexander Black; photographs of Alexander Black, Kent Black, and Kent's wife Mary Bell Black; a 1911 letter from Mary Kent to her children; and a quilt given to Kent Black by his medical patients, ca. 1890. Additionally, the series has the wedding register of Mary and Kent Black and an invitation to the 1885 Blacksburg Grand Annual Ball.","Series III. Germanicus Kent Papers, 1818-1899: The series comprises Germanicus Kent's cotton books and correspondence with his sons Lewis and John, his brother Aratus Kent, and his brother-in- law Edwin Amiss. The cotton books document Kent's experience as a cotton merchant based in Huntsville, Alabama, 1821 to 1823. They provide lists of cotton prices and copies of correspondence to clients in Nashville and New Orleans. The correspondence describes life in Blacksburg in the 1830s, the Kent family's decision to settle in Virginia after living in Illinois, and Kent's business investments in the west and in Blacksburg. Letters from Edwin Amiss to Arabella and Germanicus Kent pertain to Arabella Kent continuing to enslave people by inheriting her mother's estate. An 1860 letter from Germanicus Kent to Aratus Kent discusses Germanicus Kent's desire to establish contact with the man he formerly enslaved Lewis Lemon Kent, then living in Iowa.","Series IV. Black Family Business Records, 1832-1924: Account books for mercantile establishments in Blacksburg make up the bulk of this series.. It also contains an account book for A.W. Luster; a 1908 inventory for W. Stone \u0026 Son; and a copy of an undated newspaper advertisement for A. Black and Company.","Series V. John S. Apperson Papers, 1858-1915: John Apperson's Civil War Diary is the centerpiece. The diary consist of Apperson's account of his journey, in 1859, from his home in Locust Grove, Virginia to Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. In the Civil War diaries, he describes medical care of soldiers and lists monthly figures of wounded and dead for the Second Corps field hospital. He discusses going onto the battlefield after the fighting stopped at First Manassas, the scene on the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; performing his first amputation; and his efforts to continue his medical education during the Civil War. Additionally, this series contains correspondence about Apperson's business career, 1900 and 1910, a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, and photographs of John Apperson, Elizabeth Black, and their children.","Series VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers, 1889-1977, and Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers, 1827-1984: Research files on the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion compose the bulk of these two series. Materials also include publications pertaining to family history; correspondence with the Rockford, Illinois Historical Society regarding research on Germanicus Kent; correspondence related to other genealogy research; the recollections of Elizabeth Black Apperson about Blacksburg history and buildings; family photographs and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Alexander Black house in Blacksburg; and family artifacts.","Series VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks, 1933-1950: The scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings detailing Harvey B. Apperson's political career and Democratic Party politics in the Roanoke area in the 1930s and in Richmond in the 1940s. Additionally, there are letters and telegrams of congratulation Apperson received when he was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1947, telegrams and letters of condolence his wife received upon his death four months later, photographs, and political ephemera.","Series IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1826-1965: Legal documents and correspondence pertain to the division of proceeds of mining investments among the Apperson descendants of Harvey Black. The series also contains maps of Black and Apperson property in Blacksburg, ca. 1949.","Series X. Assorted Papers, 1872, 1912: The last series includes two items, the Louise Caton Travel Diary, 1912, and  The Christian Union  publication, 1872. The diary of Louise Caton's four-month tour of Europe in 1912 describes her voyage from New York to Genoa on the Laxmia and from Liverpool back to New York on the Celtic. The relationship of Louise Caton to the Black, Kent, and Apperson families is unknown.","This small series includes a letter Harvey Black received from family who had settled in Wisconsin; a letter from a member of the Crockett family pioneering in Washington Territory, and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regarding the establishment of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg.","In this subseries of five letters from Germanicus Kent to his sons and his brother Aratus, Kent discusses investments, family, and Lewis Lemon (Kent), who bought his freedom from Kent ca. 1835.","This folder contains four family letters presumed to pertain to the extended Kent Amiss family. The correspondents are Edith Boggs, David and E. Cook, Mary Sloutermires, William G., and his son Nelson.","Accounts and correspondence in these two bound cotton books detail Germanicus Kent's business as a cotton merchant in Huntsville, Alabama.","Materials corncern the Kent family's move from Alabama to Illinois.","This file contains a contract outlining the terms of a proposed business partnership between Edwin Amiss and Germanicus Kent and a contract to build a home in Blacksburg.","This series is composed primarily of five ledgers containing alphabetically indexed customer account histories for various mercantile establishments, probably in Blacksburg. Also included are documents and correspondence pertaining to Black family investments in oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This ledger includes an inventory, July 1908, for W. Stone \u0026 Son.","This subseries comprises documents pertaining to investments in the Radford Land Improvement Company, 1889; the Radford West End Land Company, 1909; and oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This subseries comprises miscellaneous receipts, 1862; Business Correspondence, 1900-1910; and a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, 1915.","These letters discuss the illness of the daughter of Mrs. Cyprus McCormick and John S. Apperson.","This file contains newspaper clippings on Blacksburg history and members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families.","The Directory's cover illustration is a photograph of a sculpture commemorating the role played by Germanicus Kent and Lewis Lemon, Kent's former slave, in the founding of Rockford, Illinois.","This series is primarily composed of research files on the genealogy of the Black, Kent, Apperson and related families. It also contains family photographs, including a picture of the Alexander Black House, later burned, ca. 1900; a folder of correspondence pertaining to Alexander Black's service on the vestry of Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954; a 1914 edition of \"The X-Ray,\" the yearbook of Marion High School; and a program from the 1962 annual convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.","This subseries contains one folder of correspondence pertaining to a proposed memorial to Harvey Black at Virginia Tech from 1953; one folder of correspondence concerning Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954, and one letter, 1934, from A.J. Oliver to Harvey Black Apperson, discussing Oliver's father, who worked for Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1870s and helped plant the first trees on the campus.","This subseries includes the Marion High School yearbook, 1914; and a program from the Sixty-seventh Annual Convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1962.","This subseries comprises correspondence, applications to family heritage organizations, and copies of documents regarding genealogy research on the Black, Kent, Apperson, and related families.","File contains three items in French.","Documents in this subseries pertain to applications, by members of the Black family, for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, Huguenot Society, Magna Carta Barons, National Society of Colonial Wars, and the Society of Colonial Dames.","Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, incoming correspondence and telegrams, photographs, and ephemera documenting Harvey Apperson's political career from 1933, when he ran for the State Senate, to his death in 1948, four months after Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General.","Five scrapbooks and one box of items removed from the scrapbooks and copied for preservation. Photographs and ephemera removed from the scrapbooks are stored in Box 15.","This series is comprised of deeds, reports, correspondence, lease agreements, and receipts pertaining to Apperson family investments in mining operations at Poverty Hollow, Tom's Creek Road, the Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company, and M.C. Slusser and Company. It also contains maps of Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company coal land sold to the Hoge heirs in 1928 and maps showing property owned by the Alexander and Lizzie O. Black estate and Apperson Properties in 1937 and 1948.","The diary is an account of Louise Caton's voyage from New York to Genoa, Italy, her travels through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, and England, and her return from Liverpool to New York in the summer of 1912."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_36b4a62ab56ab232aa259e6ea40349e2\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection contains the papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. It includes the American Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. Apperson, cotton books and correspondence of Germanicus Kent, nineteenth-century account books of a Blacksburg general store, 1912 European travel diary, and the political scrapbooks of State Senator and Attorney General Harvey B. Apperson.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["This collection contains the papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. It includes the American Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. Apperson, cotton books and correspondence of Germanicus Kent, nineteenth-century account books of a Blacksburg general store, 1912 European travel diary, and the political scrapbooks of State Senator and Attorney General Harvey B. Apperson."],"names_coll_ssim":["A. W. Luster","Confederate States of America. Army. 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