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Start Over Collection Geddy-Harris Archive Records, 1773/1959, bulk 1890/1940 Date range 1773

Box 1, 1773/1958 Box 1

Only 512 documents were found in the box. Numbers from 1x to 512x have been penciled on the outside of each folded document, the 'x' to distinguish the numbers from numbers on the Abstracts of Title in another series. A spreadsheet https://wm1693.box.com/s/1v78ugniltighwiexej9ncfar7knq63e has been created with entries for each of the 512 documents, giving number, date, grantor, grantee, type of document, trustee for deeds of trust, location, and Deed Book citation when applicable. More than half of the documents are deeds, about a third are deeds of trust, and the remainder are release deeds, quit-claims, purchase agreements, mortgages, lease agreements, etc. Most of the properties were located in James City County (232), Williamsburg (121), or York County (108). Other locations represented are New Kent (33), King William (6), Warwick (5), and Norfolk (4) counties, Hopewell (2), and Dallas County, Texas (1). The date range is 1881 to 1958. Several other documents were found in the box. These have not been given numbers and are not included in the spreadsheet.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Geddy-Harris Archive Records, 1773/1959, bulk 1890/1940
  3. Series 1: Deeds and other legal documents, 1773/1958

Geddy-Harris Archive Records, 1773/1959, bulk 1890/1940 4.20 Linear Feet

Geddy, Vernon M., Jr

This collection contains deeds, abstracts of title, wills, and other legal documents from the law firm of Geddy, Harris, Franck Hickman in Williamsburg, Virginia. The bulk of the material consists of abstracts of title to real property located in Williamsburg, Virginia, and nearby counties, including the Historic Area of Colonial Williamsburg, from the 1920s to the 1950s, as well as deeds to properties in Williamsburg and nearby counties from the 1880s to the 1950s.

  1. College of William and Mary

Series 1: Deeds and other legal documents, 1773/1958

Stephen D. Harris described this collection as "deeds, mortgages, deeds of trust, leases and other legal documents prepared by Ashton Dovell, Vernon M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy and numerous other attorneys then practicing in the area." He wrote that "the total number of legal documents . . . is Five Hundred Forty Nine of which Forty are handwritten either entirely or primarily and the remaining are typographic."

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Geddy-Harris Archive Records, 1773/1959, bulk 1890/1940

Will of William Brown, 1773 Box 1, Folder 1

"Copy of the Will of William Brown, Dec'd of James City County, Virginia dated October 23, 1773 which is of historical interest because it contains numerous provisions making disposition of his extensive land and negro slave holdings." [The document is dated "1776" on the outside.]

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Geddy-Harris Archive Records, 1773/1959, bulk 1890/1940
  3. Series 1: Deeds and other legal documents, 1773/1958
  4. Box 1, 1773/1958
  5. Other documents, described by Mr. Harris, 1773/1941

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