Estate-farm Account Book 1783-1829.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528

Summary

Creator:
Randolph Family.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Manuscript book containing accounts for the estate of William Randolph with Beverley Randolph, 1783-1788; accounts of David McCallum and Bob Cowley with the estate of William Randolph, 1786-1789; the estate of Peter Randolph with Beverley Randolph, 1790; accounts of John Randolph, D. M. Randolph, Thomas B. Randolph, Miss Ann Cary Randolph, William F. Randolph, Isham Randolph, William Skipwith, Arch[ibald] C. Randolph, Thomas Randolph, Dr. Joseph Matteaw, and Mrs. B. Randolph, 1797-1818; and summaries of corn, wheat, oats, tobacco, and hay grown at Chatsworth, Esterto, Mill Mount, Chitower, Skin Quarter, and Earnscliff, 1783- 1829. The volume has its own rough index.

Biographical / historical:

Beverley Randolph (1753-1797) was the son of Peter (1717-1767) and Lucy Bolling (b. 1719) Randolph of Chatsworth. William Randolph of Chitower (1769-1848) was the son of Thomas M. and Ann Cary Randolph. Other names appearing in the collection are Ben Randolph, B. Harrison, Carter Page, and David Ross.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1976.
Physical description:
1 vol. (119 pp.)