Henry Whitman 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], Henry Whitman Papers, Ms2022-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Whitman, Henry
Abstract:
This collections contains papers and letters addressed to Henry Whitman, the Justice of the Peace for Wythe County, Virginia, in the mid-1800s. Most documents contain information about different legal dispitutes and issues. Two relate to the purchasing of a bridle and of leather, and another letter relates information about the American Civil War.
Language:
The materials in this collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Henry Whitman Papers, Ms2022-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains papers and letters belonging to Henry Whitman, the Justice of the Peace for Wythe County, Virginia, in the mid-1800s. Most documents contain information about different legal disputes and issues. Two relate to the purchasing of a bridle and of leather, and another letter relates information about the American Civil War.

Biographical / historical:

Henry Whitman was the Justice of the Peace for Wythe County, Virginia, in the mid-1800s.

In the 1830 census, a Henry Whitman is listed as one of five "free white persons" living in his household - three under 20 and two adults, possibly Whitman, his wife, and three children. They are listed living in Evansham (present-day Wytheville) in Wythe County. In an 1850 will, a Henry Whitman of Wythe County mentions his wife "Daicey" and brother David. On July 14, 1857, a widowed Dicey(?) Whitman (b. ca. 1797 to Henry and Malvina [Helvey?]) married a Henry F. Shugart (widower) in Wythe County.

Sources:

Acquisition information:
This collection was acquired by Special Collections and University Archives prior to 2012.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Henry Whitman Papers was completed in May 2022.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged chronologically.