Chapman Family Papers Finding Aid MS274Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library

August 1995

717 Queen StreetAlexandria, VA 22314Business Number: 703-746-1791lhsc@alexlibraryva.orgURL:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-12-15 14:26:17 +0000.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library Chapman Family Collection (MS274) Chapman Family MS274 .16 Linear Feet 1 box 1828-1963 English . Content Description

Family papers, letters, wills, and deeds of the Chapman Family of Maryland and Virginia.

 Preferred Citation

[Item identification], Chapman Family Collection, MS274, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria Virginia.

 Related Materials

Chapman-Southerland Collection (MS409)
Thomas Swann Correspondence (MS410)
A History of the Chapman and Alexander Families, 1946

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Wes Pippenger, May 1991

 Virginia -- Genealogy. Letters. Deeds. Notebook of Chapman Family History1890-192911Scope and Contents

This folder contains one notebook that has hand-written genealogy notes on the Chapman family. The notes are attributed to John Seabury Chapman, however, he died in 1880 and many of the notes speak of the 1890s. Later in the notebook, someone has written excerpts from "Potomac River Landings" by Paul Wilstach, written February, 1929.

GenealogySwann, Helen Mary (Chapman), 1817-1895Swann, Thomas William, 1818-1895Chapman FamilyConlyn, Helen P. (Helen Pearson Chapman), 1876-1951Chapman, Cecilia W., 1878-1899Family Tree12Scope and Contents

This folder contains an old hand-written and drawn family tree of the Chapman family, folded. There is also a photocopy of the document.

GenealogyChapman FamilyBlueprintsOctober, 191813Scope and Contents

This folder contains several blueprints of one of the Chapman family farms called Normandy in Charles County, Maryland.

Blueprints.Deeds1879-192014Deeds.Conlyn, Helen P. (Helen Pearson Chapman), 1876-1951Conlyn, William J. (William James), 1869-1950LettersConlyn, Helen P. (Helen Pearson Chapman), 1876-1951Chapman, Andrew Grant, 1839-18921854-192015Scope and Contents

This folder contain letters written to and from various members of the Chapman family including John W. Mitchell and John Grant Chapman, former Whig member of the Maryland House of Delegates and Maryland Senate.

LettersChapman Family1828-191516Letters1941-196317Miscellaneous Documents18Scope and Contents

This folder contains various documents regarding ownership of land and in one instance, the adoption papers for Raymond Kenneth Bowen, adopted by Edgar Preston Alexander.

Notes19Scope and Contents

This folder contains various notes on Chapman family genealogy.

GenealogyChapman FamilyWills110Scope and Contents

This folder contains several wills from members of the Chapman family, including the handwritten will of Susan Pearson Alexander Chapman.

Chapman FamilyConlyn, Helen P. (Helen Pearson Chapman), 1876-1951Conlyn, William J. (William James), 1869-1950Chapman, Susan Pearson (Alexander), 1801-1872