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Virginia Tax Receipt 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

The Virginia Tax Receipt includes a pre-printed tax receipt for Peter Logan, dated 1859, from Chesterfield, Virginia. There is a handwritten tax on one free person of color. Almost all printed categories except "Clock" and "Furniture" have been crossed out.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Warren County (Va.) Deeds, 1788-1937 Nov. (bulk 1899-1930)

Warren County (Va.) Circuit Court

Warren County (Va.) Deeds, 1788-1937 Nov. (bulk 1899-1930) consist of deeds of bargain and sale, deeds of gift, mortgages, and deeds of trust. On presentation to the court, deeds were proved and recorded. If the deed was not witnessed, the grantor acknowledged the deed in open court. A few of the deeds include plats. Except for a few years early in the eighteenth century, slaves in Virginia were considered personal property and consequently were not usually sold by deed. However, they were often transferred in deeds of gift or were the property listed in mortgages and deeds of trust.

  1. Library of Virginia

W. B. Gilmer Papers 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box

Gilmer, W. B. (Louisa, Va.)
The W. B. Gilmer Papers document the Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties from 1954-1962. The organization was formed to prevent integration in Virginia's public schools. The collection includes broadsides, circulars, letters, certificate of incorporation, newsletters and memos, and newspaper clippings. Please note: This collection contains racist ideology and language that may be upsetting to researchers.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

William R. Hite, Jr., Scrapbook 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Hite, William R., Jr.
This collection contains the scrapbook of William R. "Billy" Hite, Jr., when he was a senior at Varina High School in Richmond, Virginia. Hite played football at Varina and Virginia Tech, from which he earned a bachelor's and PhD in education in 1985 and 1998, respectively. He later became a principal and superintedent throughout the Mid-Atlantic United States.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Wilse Frazier Memoir 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Gregory, Helen
This collection contains a memoir written by Robert Schmidt Fulghum and Helen Caulfield Madine Gregory titled, "Wilse Frazier: Remembrances of a Former Slave." The memoir details the later years of Mr. Frazier's life as he worked at "The Woodlands," a former plantation near Clopper, Maryland.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Winchester (Va.) Deeds, 1785-1979 (bulk 1900-1979)

Winchester (Va.) Circuit Court

Winchester (Va.) Deeds, 1785-1979 (bulk 1900-1979) consist of deeds of bargain and sale, deeds of gift, mortgages, and deeds of trust. On presentation to the court, deeds were proved and recorded. If the deed was not witnessed, the grantor acknowledged the deed in open court. A few of the deeds include plats. Except for a few years early in the eighteenth century, slaves in Virginia were considered personal property and consequently were not usually sold by deed. However, they were often transferred in deeds of gift or were the property listed in mortgages and deeds of trust.

  1. Library of Virginia

York County (Va.) Criminal Causes, 1778-1859

York County (Va.) Circuit Court

York County (Va.) Criminal Causes, 1778-1859 are criminal court cases and consist primarily of warrants, summons, indictments, and verdicts handed down by grand juries and other legal authorities in order to prosecute individuals who violated the penal code. These offenses ranged in severity from murder, rape, assault and battery, and larceny to tax evasion and slander. Criminal offenders and victims who appear in cases prior to the abolition of slavery in Virginia in 1865 included both free and enslaved persons.

  1. Library of Virginia

York County (Va.) Deeds, 1761-1876 (bulk 1820-1849)

York County (Va.) Circuit Court

York County (Va.) Deeds, 1761-1876 (bulk 1820-1849) consist of deeds of bargain and sale, deeds of gift, mortgages, and deeds of trust. On presentation to the court, deeds were proved and recorded. If the deed was not witnessed, the grantor acknowledged the deed in open court. A few of the deeds include plats. Except for a few years early in the eighteenth century, slaves in Virginia were considered personal property and consequently were not usually sold by deed. However, they were often transferred in deeds of gift or were the property listed in mortgages and deeds of trust.

  1. Library of Virginia

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