William Garland Pendleton land warrants (Virginia)

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16118, William Garland Pendleton land warrants (Virginia), Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia

Summary

Extent:
0.03 Cubic Feet (One folder in a legal document box BW 6.)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16118, William Garland Pendleton land warrants (Virginia), Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia

Background

Scope and content:

William Garland Pendleton land warrants (Virginia), dated 1819 and 1823, consists of .03 cubic feet and includes four warrants issued to Benjamin Blackford, John Arthur, Joseph Arthur, Robert Miller, James Sterrett, John Bealer, John W. Grove, and Nimrod Johnson. The warrants were signed by Pendleton who was the Clerk of the Chancery Court in Richmond, and former Register of the Land Office.

Biographical / historical:

William Garland Pendleton was born in 1788 to Reuben Pendleton and Frances Maria Anna Garland in Amherst County, Virginia. He was a lawyer, Clerk of the Chancery Court in Richmond, Register of the Land Office (1814-1828), a member of the Governor's Council, and Proctor of the University of Virginia. He married Mary G. Alexander of Campbell County, Virginia. He died on December 17, 1839 in his 52nd year.

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased from Crown Collectibles by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on March 6, 2016.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
warrants