David S. Rice Family Papers

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
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for 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], David S. Rice Family Papers, Ms2009-067, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
David S. Rice family and Rice, David S., 1833-1878
Abstract:
The collection contains deeds and genealogy notes relating to the family of David S. Rice of Rockingham County, Virginia.
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], David S. Rice Family Papers, Ms2009-067, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains papers relating to David S. Rice of Rockingham County, Virginia and his family. Included are three deeds, all for lands in Rockingham County: Martha Rice to David Rice (1857), Samuel & Elizabeth Funk to David S. Rice heirs (1882), and S. L. & J. E. B. Rice to G. W. & Mary Virginia Vanscoy (1894). The collection also includes three sheets, possibly removed from family Bibles, containing genealogical data on David and Tabitha Rice and their children.

Biographical / historical:

David S. Rice, the son of Thomas Rice, was born in Rockingham County, Virginia on July 12, 1833. He married Tabitha Denton (1831-1902) on December 23, 1855. (Tabitha, born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, was the daughter of Benjamin and Tabitha Ann Jackson Denton.) The couple lived and farmed in Rockingham County and had five children: Samuel L., Martha, James E. B., Mary Virginia, and Tabitha. David S. Rice died on January 8, 1878.

Acquisition information:
The David S. Rice Family Papers were purchased by Special Collections in 1993.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the David S. Rice Family Papers commenced and was completed in May 2009.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard