Tucker-Coleman papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Preferred citation:

Tucker-Coleman Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
124.00 Linear Feet
Creator:
Tucker-Coleman Family, Coalter, John, 1769-1838, Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908, Randolph, John, 1773-1833, Tucker, Henry St. George, 1780-1848, Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827, Bryan, Elizabeth Tucker Coalter, b. 1805, Tucker, Lucy A. Smith, and Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Tucker-Coleman Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, primarily 1770-1907, of the Tucker and Coleman families of Williamsburg, Winchester, Lexington, Staunton and Richmond, including papers of: St. George Tucker (1752-1827), Nathaniel Beverley Tucker (1784-1851), Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848), Ann Frances Bland (Tucker) Coalter (1779-1813), John Coalter (1769-1838), and John Randolph of Roanoke (commonplace book is in box 64B), as well as other family members.

Members of the family were involved in law, politics, teaching, and historical preservation. The collection includes personal and business correspondence, literary manuscripts, legal documents and accounts.

Biographical / historical:

The Tucker family included St. George Tucker (1752-1827), born in Bermuda, who emigrated to Williamsburg and attended the College of William and Mary. He served in the Revolutionary War, and served as judge of the General Court of Virginia, and as professor of law at the College of William and Mary. He was elected to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.Tucker was appointed to the federal district court for Virginia. He married, firstly, Frances Bland Randolph who was the mother of John Randolph of Roanoke. Ann Frances Bland Tucker (who married John Coalter), Nathaniel Beverley Tucker (1784-1851), professor of law, and Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848), jurist, were their children. St. George Tucker married, secondly, Lelia Skipwith Carter.

Acquisition information:
The materials in this collection were donated to William Mary Special Collections Research Center in batches by numerous generous friends and family members of the Tucker-Coleman family between 1938 and 1995. The bulk of the collection was donated to William Mary in batches between 1938 and 1966 by Mr. and Mrs. George P. Coleman, and the collection has continued to grow since from ongoing donations made by Janet C. Kimbrough and by various additional generous donors. Some materials in this collection have also been purchased by William Mary Special Collections Research Center.
Arrangement:

This collection is currently being arranged and described. Researchers may wish to consult staff with questions. Series 1: Correspondence is the correspondence of St. George Tucker and his son Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, covers 1664-1854, and is in Boxes 1 through 54. Former boxes 62 - 74 are part of Series 2: Legal Papers and renumbered as boxes 1 - 22.