Augusta B. Fothergill Westmoreland County Records, 1679-1757

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

Originals are held by the Jessie Ball DuPont Memorial Library, Stratford Hall. Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from Stratford Hall. To make a request, contact library@stratfordhall.org.

Preferred citation:

Augusta B. Fothergill. Westmoreland County Records, 1679-1757. Accession 21870. Personal papers collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Augusta B. Fothergill
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Augusta B. Fothergill. Westmoreland County Records, 1679-1757. Accession 21870. Personal papers collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Westmoreland County, Virginia, records, 1679-1757, compiled by Augusta B. Fothergill (1876-1965) of Richmond, Virginia, consisting of deeds for property in Westmoreland County; land grants for property in Westmoreland County and in Northumberland County, Virginia; and judicial records, including bonds, declarations, judgments, suit papers, and writs, from Westmoreland County. Papers also contain the will of Roger Wiggenton of Westmoreland County.

Biographical / historical:

Augusta Bridgland Middleton Fothergill was born in Lexington, Virginia, 3 February 1876 to John William Middleton (1835-1907) and Sarah Virginia Figgat Middleton (b. 1851). She attended Lexington public schools and received special instruction in literature from professors at the Washington and Lee University. A genealogist and historian, Fothergill authored five books. She was a member of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, the American Historical Association, and the Virginia Historical Society. She noted that her first ancestor in Virginia had arrived by 1615. Her husband was Robert Boyer Fothergill. Augusta Fothergill died in Richmond, Virginia, 9 September 1965 and was buried in the family plot in Lexington.

Acquisition information:
Lent for copying by Augusta B. Fothergill, 28 May 1941.
Physical description:
35 leaves