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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Land Grants

14 folders in RHS-Coll-0067 Files

This collection includes copies and originals of 18th and 19th century land grants for acreage in Rockbridge County, Augusta County, Bath County, and other areas in southwestern Virginia. Three folders relate to the Borden land grant, which established Rockbridge County. There is a fragment of an undated, handwritten copy of the Borden land grant. Other folders related to the Borden grant include historical analysis and recounting of the development of the grant by E.P. Tompkins. Some land grants pre-date the Borden grant. Folders with the parenthetical note of "Copy" only include photocopies of the original land grants. The Trimble land grants can be found in oversized drawer 33.

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Anderson, William A. RHS Collections #0060 - #0076, Folder 1

This file contains a land grant for William A. Anderson for fifty five and a half acres of land in Rockbridge County along the South River. The file also includes a typescript document verifying the original land grant's validity, certified by the Commonwealth of Virginia's Land Office in Richmond, as well as a handrawn map of the area.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Fortnightly Club Papers

4 Linear Feet

This collection consists of the organizational archives and research papers presented by members of Lexington, Virginia's Fortnightly Club, a men's club organized with the purpose of discussion of current topics and social engagement. The club was founded in 1900 after similar clubs in Newburyport, Massachusetts (also called the "Fortnightly Club") and the "Conversation Club" of Louisville, Kentucky.

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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

James McDowell papers

0.15 Linear Feet 1 oversize folder

This collection consists of three documents: a land survey dated October 27, 1795 of 624 acres on the Big Calf Pasture River in Rockbridge County, Virginia; a deed of trust between William Moore and Andrew Reid, Jr. in favor of McDowell dated October 8, 1804; and a land deed for 29.5 acres on South River between David, an emancipated man, and McDowell dated December 23, 1816.

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James McDowell papers 0.15 Linear Feet 1 oversize folder

This collection consists of three documents: a land survey dated October 27, 1795 of 624 acres on the Big Calf Pasture River in Rockbridge County, Virginia; a deed of trust between William Moore and Andrew Reid, Jr. in favor of McDowell dated October 8, 1804; and a land deed for 29.5 acres on South River between David, an emancipated man, and McDowell dated December 23, 1816.

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