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Virginia State Licenses – 21 categories, 1920 to 1927 Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Lexington Town Licenses – 21 categories, 1923 to 1927 Rockbridge County, Virginia.

This folder contains: Peaks of Otter Chapter, DAR Daughters of the American Revolution invitation to unveiling of tablet in memory of Bedford's Volunteer Company which fought in the Battle of Point Pleasant – Oct. 10, 1931 Bedford, VA - Notary Public Commission of Mary Ackerly Feb. 28, 1917 - Notes on 36th Annual Convention Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy, Lynchburg, VA Oct. 1931 - Newspaper clipping The Winchester Sun Dec. 29, 1933 references National Monument at Boonesboro/sale of antiques by Mrs. G. Harris Field/1797 coin of King George III - Mary Ackerly's Address Book - Bibliography likely related to 'Our Kin' – The genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County, Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker [CALL NO. F232.B4 A17 1976] - Mary Ackerly Insurance Policy ($1,000) premiums paid - Cancelled check The First National Bank of Lexington June 1, 1932 Mary D. Ackerly "June expenses" to Mrs. John P. Ackerly, Sr. - Circulars re: 'Our Kin' – The genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County, Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains:- "Love You. M." ribbon - Letters that appear to pertain to the Fieldmont farm of Mary Ackerly Field in Fauquier County including land deeds, surveys, etc. • Copy of William S. Pickett's will Jan. 10, 1798 [James Pickett and William Pickett appointed executors] 7 • Obligation of sale of land to James Pickett April 15, 1824 • Copy of deed/land survey April 8, 1826 given under hand & seal June 20, 1838 • Combs vs Pickett letter addressed to Major B Powell. Middleburg no date including letter from James Pickett 7 • James Pickett to Major B. Powell, Middleburg, December 26, 1826 [in re: claim on Sanford Pickett's land] - Letter Mar, 7, 1840 (Jackson [Mississippi?])to Mr. & Mrs. Pickett announcing the death of their daughter from "Sister in the Best of Bonds Sarah Holloway" - Letter Oct. 22, 1849 to John Pickett "Dear Brother Pickett" from Washington, DC chatting mostly about buildings in the city "Your sincere & affectionate friend Wm T Ince" - Letter Apr. 29, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - "Love You. M." ribbon - Letters that appear to pertain to the Fieldmont farm of Mary Ackerly Field in Fauquier County including land deeds, surveys, etc. • Copy of William S. Pickett's will Jan. 10, 1798 [James Pickett and William Pickett appointed executors] 7 • Obligation of sale of land to James Pickett April 15, 1824 • Copy of deed/land survey April 8, 1826 given under hand & seal June 20, 1838 • Combs vs Pickett letter addressed to Major B Powell. Middleburg no date including letter from James Pickett 7 • James Pickett to Major B. Powell, Middleburg, December 26, 1826 [in re: claim on Sanford Pickett's land] - Letter Mar, 7, 1840 (Jackson [Mississippi?])to Mr. & Mrs. Pickett announcing the death of their daughter from "Sister in the Best of Bonds Sarah Holloway" - Letter Oct. 22, 1849 to John Pickett "Dear Brother Pickett" from Washington, DC chatting mostly about buildings in the city "Your sincere & affectionate friend Wm T Ince" - Letter Apr. 29, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Dec, 7, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Apr. 19, 1848 from Saint Farm [?] "My dear brother" mostly discussion of a silk dress for sister Ann; signed "Your affectionate sister, Eloise" - Letter to John Pickett, - Sept. 24, 1848 Dudley Wayne Co., NC "Dear Friend" mostly about young ladies; B.A. Curtis - Letter Oct. 25, 1866 from Holly Springs, "My Dear John" re: John Pickett's departure from Fruit Farm; writer's departure from Holly Springs "my headquarters during the war" to Columbia [SC?] "Your brother Thomas" 7 - Letter Apr. 20, 1849 [?] Salem Station "Mr. Jno Pickett" re "Foster H. account" signed "Thos. R. Foster" - P.W. Dawe's Last Will and Testament Nov. 5, 1844 - Letter Mat 13, 1869 "My dear Bro. Pickett" concerning religious labors with numerous pious quotes "Yr. Brother H.W. Dodge" - Letter Dec. 25, 1866 Dear Mr. Pickett from Charlottesville – Christmas remembrances to "My dear Pastor" … from "Your fond and attached friend L. Octovia Harris" "PS – I am sorry I haven't a photograph ready to send you" - Letter Apr. 12, 1867 from Office of B&O Railroad Parkersburg "Dear John" chatty letter from A. G. Pickett including political comments re: franchise of negroes "in the hands of the madmen now ruling the country with despotic sway" "It is said 30,000 of the best citizens of West Virginia are disenfranchised" - Letter Sept. 9, 1883 from Memphis, TN "Dear Lee" lively letter from young man with little money and few 'cloths to ware' [sic] but who does have a job [Hampton Herron & Co. Cotton Factors] signed Jno. P. Pickett - Letter in faded ink and in poor shape Mar. 20, 1883 [?] Success P.O. "My Dear Nellie" apparently reporting in detail on death of sister Kate [incomplete] - "Love You. M." ribbon - Letters that appear to pertain to the Fieldmont farm of Mary Ackerly Field in Fauquier County including land deeds, surveys, etc. • Copy of William S. Pickett's will Jan. 10, 1798 [James Pickett and William Pickett appointed executors] 7 • Obligation of sale of land to James Pickett April 1824 • Copy of deed/land survey April 8, 1826 given under hand & seal June 20, 1838 • Combs vs Pickett letter addressed to Major B Powell. Middleburg no date including letter from James Pickett • James Pickett to Major B. Powell, Middleburg, December 26, 1826 [in re: claim on Sanford Pickett's land] - Letter Mar, 7, 1840 (Jackson [Mississippi?])to Mr. & Mrs. Pickett announcing the death of their daughter from "Sister in the Best of Bonds Sarah Holloway" - Letter Oct. 22, 1849 to John Pickett "Dear Brother Pickett" from Washington, DC chatting mostly about buildings in the city "Your sincere & affectionate friend Wm T Ince" - Letter Apr. 29, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Dec, 7, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Apr. 19, 1848 from Saint Farm [?] "My dear brother" mostly discussion of a silk dress for sister Ann; signed "Your affectionate sister, Eloise" - Letter to John Pickett, - Sept. 24, 1848 Dudley Wayne Co., NC "Dear Friend" mostly about young ladies; B.A. Curtis - Letter Oct. 25, 1866 from Holly Springs, "My Dear John" re: John Pickett's departure from Fruit Farm; writer's departure from Holly Springs "my headquarters during the war" to Columbia [SC?] "Your brother Thomas" 7 - Letter Apr. 20, 1849 [?] Salem Station "Mr. Jno Pickett" re "Foster H. account" signed "Thos. R. Foster" - P.W. Dawe's Last Will and Testament Nov. 5, 1844 - Letter Mat 13, 1869 "My dear Bro. Pickett" concerning religious labors with numerous pious quotes "Yr. Brother H.W. Dodge" - Letter Dec. 25, 1866 Dear Mr. Pickett from Charlottesville – Christmas remembrances to "My dear Pastor" … from "Your fond and attached friend L. Octovia Harris" "PS – I am sorry I haven't a photograph ready to send you" - Letter Apr. 12, 1867 from Office of B&O Railroad Parkersburg "Dear John" chatty letter from A. G. Pickett including political comments re: franchise of negroes "in the hands of the madmen now ruling the country with despotic sway" "It is said 30,000 of the best citizens of West Virginia are disenfranchised" - Letter Sept. 9, 1883 from Memphis, TN "Dear Lee" lively letter from young man with little money and few 'cloths to ware' [sic] but who does have a job [Hampton Herron & Co. Cotton Factors] signed Jno. P. Pickett - Letter in faded ink and in poor shape Mar. 20, 1883 [?] Success P.O. "My Dear Nellie" apparently reporting in detail on death of sister Kate [incomplete] - Letter June 8, 1850 to Mr. William Ackerly Lexington, VA from George W. Bowsman re: unanswered letter to "Mr. Letcher, an attorney in Lexington" concerning some of Bowsman's wife's property. Attached note by Lucy Ackerly reads "Wm. Ackerly was the father of my grandfather Jno. Paul Ackerly. Wm. Ackerly died Aug. 4, 1853, my great grandfather" - Letter July 15, 1932 from Conna White Ackerly (Mrs. William) to her daughter, Lucy, at University of Virginia sent from Big Island, GA where her mother was visiting - Letter Jan. 16, 1878 (?) to Lucy Ackerly at Summer, VA from her cousin N. E. White written from Lone Pine mainly about how dull Christmas was - Letter Nov. 12, 1867 Cleveland to John [Pickett] considerably damaged and written cross-over… "Cousin John… I could not believe that you were less my sincere friend or felt less interested in me because you were no longer my pastor" signature illegible - Letter Sept. 9, 1878 to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Mary Denham Talcott, Pasadena, CA for whom Mary was named - Letter Sept. 9, 1878 to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Mary Denham Talcott, Pasadena, CA for whom Mary was named - Letter Feb. 26, 1895 Lone Pine VA "Grandmama" (mother of Mrs. W.P. Ackerly to Mary Ackerly… full of news of sicknesses and deaths - Series of Letters from John Milton White to his daughter Lonna B. White Ackerly (Mrs. John Ackerly) Oct. 22, 1890; May 16, 1892; Aug. 2, 1892; Apr. 16, 1893; June 3, 1894; Mar. 4, 1897; Dec. 22, 1916.

This folder contains;- Letter from Thomas Jefferson Turpin VII (Chihuahua, Mexico) to Mary Ackerly - July 25, 1920 "Dear Kinswoman" re: genealogy of Turpin family and Our Kin ( related to Our Kin' – The genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County, Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker [CALL NO. F232.B4 A17 1976]) - Letter from Mrs. E.H. White (of Goode, VA) to Mary Ackerly - Feb 13, 1923 family talk and Poindexter kin - Letter from "Cousin Georgia" Sneed of Lynchburg, VA to Mary Ackerly – July 14, 1923 concerning genealogy - Black bordered card Mar. 12, 1924 to Mary D. Ackerly from Edith Bolling Wilson in appreciation of sympathy expressed upon the death of Woodrow Wilson - Letter from Thomas Jefferson Turpin VII (Chihuahua, Mexico) to Mary Ackerly - July 25, 1920 "Dear Kinswoman" re: genealogy of Turpin family and Our Kin ( related to Our Kin' – The genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County, Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker [CALL NO. F232.B4 A17 1976]) - Letter from Mrs. E.H. White (of Goode, VA) to Mary Ackerly - Feb 13, 1923 family talk and Poindexter kin - Letter from "Cousin Georgia" Sneed of Lynchburg, VA to Mary Ackerly – July 14, 1923 concerning genealogy - Black bordered card Mar. 12, 1924 to Mary D. Ackerly from Edith Bolling Wilson in appreciation of sympathy expressed upon the death of Woodrow Wilson - Letter from Mrs. C. L. DeMott ("Kate J.H.") of Lynchburg, VA to Mary Ackerly concerning genealogy of various Hatchers - Letter Mar. 18, 1924 from William G. Stanard (Virginia Historical Society) to Mary Ackerly re: genealogy of Poindexters and Calloways - Christmas Postcard Dec. 22, 1924 to "Mrs. G. Harris Field" (Mary Ackerly) from "your friend JPA" - Letter to Lucy Ackerly Nov. 11, 1926 re: chest of drawers from White family from P.S. Lankford, Vinton, VA - Letter to Lucy Ackerly Dec. 20, 1926 from C.D. White has ham for her; also Lucy's clock and a frame - Letter to Lucy Ackerly in Stonewall Jackson Hospital for appendix surgery from fellow teacher "B" - A parody on the Ford automobile is attached – "The Ford Psalm" - Letter May 18, 1927 to Mary Ackerly from Emma Lew (postmarked Lynchburg) about White family reunion - Letter (sympathy on death of father J.P. Ackerly, Sr.) to Mary Ackerly from M.L. Lincoln Aug. 5, 1927 - Letter (sympathy on death of father J.P. Ackerly, Sr.) to Mary Ackerly from Suzie K. Fields of the Plains - Letter (sympathy on death of father J.P. Ackerly, Sr.) to Mary Ackerly from B.J. Wood of Woodlawn Aug. 9, 1929 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Aug. 13, 1927 from "Your Uncle Harris" Field from The Plains, VA - Letter to Mary Ackerly Oct. 4 & 7, 1927 from Olive (Mrs. E. J. Collins, Jr.) Petersburg, VA sympathy – photo of children enclosed - Letter to Mary Ackerly Dec. 12, 1927 from Myrtle Young Thompson of Lexington, VA - Notecard to Mary Ackerly at Bluefield, VA from her mother Dec. 13, 1927 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Jan. 16, 1928 from Mrs. R. W. Patillo ("Mary") of Big Island, VA – talk of coat of arms - Letter to Mary Ackerly Feb. 7, 1928 from Mrs. R. W. Patillo ("Mary") of Big Island, VA - Letter to Mary Ackerly Feb. 17, 1928 from Mrs. R. W. Patillo ("Mary") of Big Island, VA - illnesses & deaths - Letter to Mary Ackerly Feb. 25, 1928 from John Randolph Bolling (brother of Edith Bolling Wilson and her secretary) "because of delicate health my father was never in the Civil War;" but he was "one of the guards around the scaffold at the time of the execution of John Brown" He also asks to see a "small daguerreotype" of his mother that Mary had - Letter to Mary Ackerly Mar. 11, 1928 from John Randolph Bolling (brother of Edith Bolling Wilson and her secretary) thanking her for genealogical material on the Bolling family and offering help - Letter to Mary Ackerly Mar. 11, 1928 from Edith Bolling Wilson (Mrs. Woodrow Wilson)- A PERSONAL NOTE – thanking Mary for sending the daguerreotype of her mother, asking if they might keep the original and return a copy, and promising to send a copy of a daguerreotype of her father ["as my brother is replying to your questions regarding the family data you ask for I am making this just a personal note."] - Letter Mar. 18, 1928 to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. R. W. Patillo ("Mary") of Big Island, VA family chattings - Letter of Mar. 21, 1928 to Mark Ackerly from Research Librarian Jessica Ferguson at Pennsylvania State Library and Museum regarding Paul Akerly's [sic] former place of residence - A handwritten PERSONAL NOTE Mar. 26, 1928 from Edith Bolling Wilson (Mrs. Woodrow Wilson) to Mary Ackerly thanking her for sharing original daguerreotype of her mother and stating "I am in bed myself with a bad attack of laryngilia" - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Ewing McLean of Indiana regarding Ewing family genealogy.

This folder contains:- Two page historical sketch of Hollins College 1923, 1924, 1925 - Letters among W. W. Ackerly's wartime buddies concerning wartime news 1942 + With the Colors publication of Mar. 17, 1942 with picture of FDR on the cover referencing his 60th birthday - Letter Sept. 4, 1939 from William W. Ackerly, Esq. to Circuit Court Loudoun County asking for date of deed of trust from Mary D.A. Field (widow) to L. R. Bartenstein and "myself" covering sale of farm

This folder contains: - Broadside of Republican Convention to be held at Lexington Courthouse Mar. 30, 1895 - Receipt Mrs. C.B. Ackerly bought of E.A. Moore & Co. Studebaker wagon gear Aug. 25, 1899 - Note from Col R.A. Marr of VMI to "Appointing Power of the Postmaster of Lexington, VA" Apr. 8, 1902 recommending that John P. Ackerly be re-appointed as postmaster - Letter to the Lexington Postmaster from The McKinley Monumental Tree Committee in Oakland, CA Apr 8, 1902 stating that it planned to plant a special tree in Oak View Cemetery in Oakland in honor of the late President William McKinley and asking for soil from the Valley of Virginia to use in the planting: "On June 10 & 11, 1864, a battle was fought near your place in which young McKinley took part as a soldier. The Committee desires to obtain about one pound of earth or soil from that battlefield to be used in the ceremony of planting." - Memorandum of an agreement Apr 1, 1904 between C. B. Ackerly and Abraham Lavell concerning land taxes and the growing and harvesting of wheat - Flyer from Jno. P. Ackerly called "A Card" To the Republicans and Voters of Rockbridge County Oct. 20, 1908 urging support for Republican candidates - Republican National Committee Certificate of John Ackerly and receipt 1916 pers - Letter to mother (Mrs. John P. Ackerly) from Will Ackerly May 27, 1916 discussing life insurance and requesting that proceeds go to "Sis" and Lucy if she doesn't use them "because I know it is easier for boys than girls to make their way in the world." - Letter to John P. Ackerly from Congressman C. B. Slemp thanking him for his congratulatory message Nov. 11, 1916 - Mr. J.P. Ackerly in account with W. J. Thomas, Fresh & Cured Meats Dec. 1, 1926 - Letter to Mrs. David Strain, President of Mary Custis Lee UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter from Elizabeth Beverly White, Jackson Memorial Hospital Jan. 20, 1928 wishing to resign - Resolution of Hospital Board of Jackson Memorial Hospital on the resignation of Mrs. Reid White Jan. 31, 1928 LOCATION: AC 109 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 6) Folder #5 - Resolution by the Republicans of Rockbridge County upon the death of President McKinley and condolences to Mrs. McKinley - Rolled photo Fort Meade, MD May 1942 "Capt W. W. Ackerly Commanding".

This folder contains:- Constitution and By-Laws of Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy May 11, 1920 - Donation of $500 by the Rotary Club of Lexington to Jackson Memorial Hospital Nov 25, 1924 - "Amendments to the By-Laws to be proposed at the 32nd Annual Convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Hot Springs, Arkansas November, 1295 [sic]" - Check Rockbridge National Bank of Lexington $370 June 25, 1925 - Newspaper clippings on living historian "Mother Richmond" visiting day care centers in envelope of SCV Sons of Confederate Veterans Richmond 1925 - Letter to Mrs. Annie Davis of Lexington UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy from Stonewall Jackson Camp UCV United Confederate Veterans Staunton thanking her for hospitality June 22, 1925 - Note from "Commissary Department, VMI Virginia Military Institute from Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy $232.86 Supplies Used to Serve Lunch June 19, 1925 - Letter from the General Chairman of the Erskine Company of Staunton, VA to Mrs. Annie Davis thanking her "for the splendid reception your Chapter gave the Veterans in Lexington" June 27, 1925 - Note June 19, 1925 to W.J. Ashburne "to cost for extra help to cook and serve lunch" $120 - Western Union Telegram Dec. 14, 1926 from Henry Louis Smith to Miss Belle Larrick, Richmond, VA "The Lee Memorial Auditorium as describes [sic] in the plan we agreed on is a complete building, eighteen or twenty feet east of the mausoleum, with a first floor entrance on its chapel side but not connected with the chapel or mausoleum in any way. If at any time in the future the Trustees should decide to unite, or alter, or tear down one of both buildings they have the legal right to do so." Lee Chapel? - Letter to President of Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy from Janet Randolph, President, Ladies Hollywood Memorial Association of Richmond donating two battle flags May 24, 1926 - Letter to Mrs. R.H. Witt, President Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy May 5, 1926 from Stuart G. Gibboney, President Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation concerning "On to Monticello, VA and Philadelphia, 1776-1926" campaign - Confederate Veteran (Nashville, TN) "Subscription Prizes and Club Rates" (1926) - Announcement of spring meeting of District No. 2 UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy to be held at Waynesboro, VA May 13-14, 1926 - Letter from Oliver Orr of Macon, GA to Miss Belle Larrick, President of Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy enclosing newspaper clipping extolling Gamaliel Bradford of Wellesley Hills, MA for contributions to the South, including Lee the American and Confederate Portraits May 31, 1927 - Thank you from Miss Isabelle Hutchinson of Manassas, VA to "Mrs. Burnell" Apr 13, 1928 regarding conferring the Southern Cross of Honor upon Rev. R.J. McBryde - Resolution by the Hospital Board [of Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital] on the Resignation of Mrs. [Reid] White Nov. 22. 1928 - Letter to "Miss Agnes" from Dora Witt Mitchell indicating she will not be able to serve as Secretary of the Mary Custis Lee chapter of the UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy despite having been elected to the position 1928 - Resolution of the Board of Jackson Memorial Hospital expressing its confidence in Miss Mattie Frank serving as Superintendent Jan. 20, 1928 - Two postcards from Mrs. Chas. Schaadt, Chairman [sic] of Confederate Grave Marker Committee to Mrs. J.A. Cook Oct. 22, 1929 and Nov. 20, 1929 - Letter from Mrs. A.C. Ford of Clifton Forge – Chairman [sic] of Committee on Relief to Mrs. Blaise – "In March 1928 the Buena Vista Chapter sent me an application for Relief for Misses Alice and Laura Bartnett of Midvale, Rockbridge Co., VA." - Postcard from H.H. Smith of Blackstone, VA (faded-typewritten) to Miss Belle Lamek (?) offering to send samples of pamphlets on Lee, Jackson, and Jefferson Davis for 25 cents.

This folder contains:- Undated minutes written longhand referencing meeting of the Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Rockbridge Greys Children of the Confederacy.