James Taylor Inventory of Estate

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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Phone: (540) 231-6308
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Restrictions:

The collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], James Taylor Inventory of Estate, Ms1988-035, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Abstract:
Estate inventory of James Taylor, of Patrick County, Virginia, signed by George Fulcher, M. Sandefun, Wm. Jones and Jno. Clark.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], James Taylor Inventory of Estate, Ms1988-035, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a single page providing the inventory of the estate of James Taylor, of Patrick County, Virginia. Completed February 12, 1814, the inventory is signed by George Fulcher, M. Sandefun, Wm. Jones, and Jno. Clark. The inventory lists the values of various household and farm items, including tools, furniture, and livestock.

Biographical / historical:

James Taylor, son of James and Eleanor Smith Taylor, was born in Virginia ca. 1765. He married Tabitha Boaz (1783-1881) in Patrick County, Virginia, in 1806; the couple would have four children. James Taylor died in Patrick County ca. February nuary, 1814.

Acquisition information:
The James Taylor Inventory of Estate was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in 1988.
Processing information:

The processing and description of the James Taylor Inventory of Estate commenced and was completed in April, 2021.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard