Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Pauline E. Burks Family Papers
Broaddus family (Amherst County, Va.)
Edmonds family (Amherst County, Va.)
Burks family (Amherst County, Va.)
Burks, Pauline E.
Vaughan family (Amherst County, Va.)
Taliaferro family (Amherst County, Va.)
Ms.1992.037
9 Cubic Feet
15 boxes, 4 oversize folders
1763-1985
Pauline E. Burks of Richmond, Virginia, collected genealogy materials about her husband Broaddus Vaughan Burks' family. The papers include correspondence, account books, essays, receipts, newspapers, and plats and surveys of the Broaddus, Burks, Edmonds, Taliaferro, and Vaughan families of Amherst County, Virginia. Materials focus mainly on the Vaughan and Burks families and range from 1760s land grants to 1970s family correspondence.
The materials in the collection are in English.
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Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to Special Collections in 1989, 1992, 1993 and 1994.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Pauline E. Burks Family Papers were completed in April 2008. The collection was partially processed upon their reciept.
Family History
Pauline Englehard Burks, a Richmond, Virginia resident, researched the genealogy of her husband's (Broaddus Vaughan Burks) family. In doing so, she amassed correspondence, account books, receipts, newspapers, and other documents about the Broaddus, Burks, Edmonds, Taliaferro, and Vaughan families of Amherst County, Virginia. In 1995 she published the book
Roots, Shoots and Runners: Taliaferro, Broaddus, Burks, Vaughan and Allied Families As Seen in Their Letters, Bible Records and Family Papers.Alexander Hairston Burks married Ellen T. Broaddus. In 1879, their second child, Franklin "F.T." Taliaferro Burks (1849-1921), would marry his second wife, Hortense Washington Vaughan (1867-1955), the youngest of the four children of Dr. Washington "Wash" L. Vaughan and Francis "Fannie" Shields. Her siblings included noted doctor and surgeon Dr. George Tully Vaughan; Eugene Neville Vaughan; and Matilda Corinne Vaughan Hoffman. F.T. and Hortense Burks had 4 children: Pearl Burks Rossner Burnley Miles; Frank T. Burks, Jr.; Garnett M. Burks, who married architect Lorenzo Simmons Winslow; and Broaddus Vaughan Burks. Broaddus Burks (1898-1985) married Pauline Genevieve Englehard (b. 1909) in 1931, and they had two children.
Scope and Content
The Pauline E. Burks Family Papers include correspondence, account books, essays, receipts, newspaper clippings, family Bibles, and plats and surveys of the Broaddus, Burks, Edmonds, Taliaferro, and Vaughan families of Amherst County, Virginia.
Papers about the families include 18th-century land and property information for Virginia and 19th-century financial papers and ledgers as well as both personal and business correspondence. Most early materials pertain to the Broaddus, Edmonds and Taliaferro families. More contemporary materials from the late 19th and 20th centuries are found in the Vaughan and Burks papers. Most of the 20th-century papers are the informal correspondence of the Broaddus and Pauline Burks family, dating from the 1930s to the 1980s.
Other materials include a set of transcriptions of record books from Amherst County, Virginia from a series called
Courthouse Miniatures, and other printed materials, such as magazines and newspapers. The magazine and newspaper selection consists only of selected issues and clippings from the periodicals, but contains interesting local news and advertisements. Also of note are a few clothing catalogs, patterns, and sewing instructions from around 1900. Children's publications such as Youth's Companion and activity pages complement the Virgnia schoolteacher information found in the Burks and Vaughan family materials.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into two series:
Series I. Family Papers is divided by family name.
Series II. General Genealogical and Historic Papers is divided by type of material.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Women -- History
Series I. Family PapersBroaddus FamilyBroaddus and Taliaferro family plats and deeds1837-1866, n.d.11Plat of land in Amherst County1837Plat of land sold by James F. Taliaferro to John F. Taliaferro1859Plat of survey for A. Taliaferro's heirs, Amherst County1866Plat of land near Tear-Jacket Mountainn.d.Deed from Richard P. Smith to Dudley Sandidgen.d.John W. and E.E. Broaddus - Receipts, accounts, bills of lading, and other financial papers1832-185912Correspondence to John W. and Bettie E. Broaddus1838-185813Printed materials14Copied form letter from American Bible Union requesting funds1857Article on Andrew Broaddus in Religious HeraldJan 13, 1921Article on Andrew Broaddus in Religious HeraldFeb 14, 1924Program from Sesqui-Centennial Celebration of Mount Moriah Baptist Church, Amherst Co., Virginia1934Amherst County Historical and Natural Beauty Tour guide1974Register of General Assembly of Virginia listing [John] Broaddus, 1867-1868 Convention (photocopy)n.d.Edmonds FamilyPlats and surveysc.1786-183915Deed from John Mays and wife to James Edmonds in Amherst Co.1789Menos Wright survey, Amherst Co.1793Samuel Edmonds survey by James Higginbotham, Amherst Co.1796James Edmonds survey by James Higginbotham, Amherst Co.1796James Edmonds survey by James Higginbotham, Amherst Co.1800Samuel Edmonds survey by Joseph Higginbotham, Amherst Co.1805Indenture between Samuel Edmonds and Rowland Edmonds in Nelson Co.1809Plat of land conveyed from Sarah Edmonds to George Vaughan, Nelson Co.1839Three Edmonds plats in Amherst Co.Taliaferro FamilyLand grants, plats and land indentures1763-18391Land grant, King George III to Charles Taliaferro, Albemarle Co.1763Indenture between Samuel Marksberry and Charles Taliaferro, Amherst Co.1765Land grant, King George III to Hugh McKeebs, Amherst Co.1769Indenture between Lunsford Lomax, Jr. to Charles Taliaferro, Amherst Co.1770Land grant, King George III to Joseph Higginbotham, Amherst Co.1772Land grant, Gov. Edmund Randolph, Esq., to William Higginbotham, Amherst Co.1788Land grant, Gov. Henry Lee, Esq., to Joseph Higginbotham, Amherst Co.1793Indenture between Samuel Edmonds and wife, Alice Edmonds, to Roland Edmonds, Amherst Co.1796Land grant, Gov. Thomas W. Randolph, Esq., to Benjamin Taliaferro, Amherst Co.1820Land grant, Gov. Thomas W. Randolph, Esq., to Benjamin Taliaferro, Amherst Co.1822Plat for Rowland Edmunds by John Hill, Nelson Co.1836Plat for William Edmunds by John Hill, Nelson Co.1836Plat for Capt. George Vaughan by John Hill, Nelson Co.1839Transcriptions of oversize land grants1763-182216Land indentures and plats1795-187317Indenture between Zacharias Taliaferro and wife Sally and Benjamin Taliaferro1795Plat for Benjamin Taliaferro, Amherst Co.1802Indenture between William Clarke and Benjamin Taliaferro, Amherst Co.1817Plat of land divided between Frances T. Burks and Bettie W. Burks, Amherst Co.1873Plat for Leonard H. Childress and Richeson Henley, Amherst Countyn.d.Correspondence and legal papers1837-186818Scope and Contents noteIncludes letters to Childress, Snead, Broaddus, and Taliaferro families
Marriage proposal from Z. Drummond to Belinda Caroline Taliaferro184719Taliaferro family illustrated Bible, includes birth, death and marriage recordsn.d.11Burks FamilyFamily bills, receipts, plats1873-1928110Letters between Hortense W. Vaughan and F.T. Burks1888111Hortense Vaughan Burks and Rose Berryman Burks - Teacher contracts and educational materials1886-1906112Sewing booklets and patterns of Hortense Vaughan Burks1885 - c.1905113Letters to Frank T. Burks1890-1912114Letters to Hortense Vaughan Burks1896-1933115Deeds for Hortense Vaughan Burks1899, 1928116Miscellaneous family correspondence1899-1940117Information on cows owned by Hortense Vaughan Burks1900-1909118Printed materialsc.1900-1915, 1942119Scope and Contents noteIncludes: Consumer Sugar Pledge from Sears, Roebuck and Co.; Blank application to Ku Klux Klan; Fabric samples from John Wanamaker and Edward Ridley and Sons; Bank brochure with information about Panama Canal; Obituary of F.T. Burks; Refund checks from Montgomery Ward; Newspaper clippings
Membership in Tobacco Grower's Cooperative Association1922-1924120Twenty-two assorted issues of the magazine The Mayflower Log which becomes The Washingtonian1926-19297Scope and Contents noteThese issues all have drawings by Garnett Burks in them.
Pauline Englehard Burks Music History Scrapbookc.19274West Virginia University Memory Book and general scrapbook compiled by Pauline Englehard Burksc.1927-19898Scope and Contents noteIncludes: Pittsburgh University and West Virginia University materials ca. 1928, newspaper clippings, buttons, admission tickets, programs, dance cards, wedding announcements, grades. Family letters, baby shower booklet for Pauline, wedding announcements and obituaries, greeting cards, church programs, ca.1930-1989
Letters from Neville Rosser to Pearl Burks Miles1945121Genealogy notes by Pauline Burks121Genealogy and correspondence of Vaughan, Burks and Clayton familiesc.1900-1960121aBurks family correspondence, greeting cards, receipts1911-1947122Scope and Contents noteIncludes letters from friend who's a missionary in Japan in the 1940s
Letters to Hortense Burks1905-1913123Pauline Englehart's high school diploma1926124West Virginia University lab book with notes by Pauline Englehart1928125Letters to Pauline Englehart Burks1937-1954126Letters to Broaddus and Pauline Burks and Hortense Burks1935-1952127Letters to Broaddus and Pauline Burks1950128Hortense Burks' will1950-1951129Letters to Virginia Department of Highways regarding the widening of Route 29 in Amherst Co.1955-19591210Letters to Broaddus and Pauline Burks19571211Burks family letters1958-19591212-13Correspondence and greeting cards to and from the Broaddus and Pauline Burks family1960-1967131-12 Correspondence and greeting cards to and from the Broaddus and Pauline Burks family1968-1978141-10Correspondence and greeting cards to and from the Broaddus and Pauline Burks family1979-198515 1-4Training course diploma from Sunday School Board192215 5Scholarship program participation certificate for Liberty Baptist College1977-197815 6Friends of Liberty certificaten.d.15 7Burks family and friends namecardsn.d.122Typescript copy of Letitia Preston Floyd's 1843 Memoirs [original in Draper Manuscripts at Wisconsin Historical Society]123Burks family Bible, includes birth, death and marriage recordsn.d.6Vaughan FamilyDeeds, receipts, etc. of George Vaughan, Jr.1797-1860124Scope and Contents noteIncludes list of Rowland Edmonds' slaves, 1836
Mitchell's School Atlas with notes, poems, diary entries, recipes1849-1865125Two account books of Washington L. Vaughanc.1850-1875126Washington L. Vaughan - Bills, receipts1853-1869127Washington L. Vaughan - Bills, receipts, notary public information1870-1889128Correspondence to Washington L. Vaughan1869-1876129School essays by George Tully Vaughan1870-187821Bills and correspondence to Fannie E. Vaughan1870-190022Letters from E. Neville Vaughan to mother and sister1878-189823Letters from George Tully Vaughan to sister, Hortense Vaughan Burks1887-193224Letters to George Tully Vaughan1878-194325Scope and Contents noteIncludes some letters from E. Taliaferro, program for recognition program at Georgetown in 1929, and newspaper clipping about 88th birthday
Newspapers and newspaper clippings and issues with columns about Dr. George Tully Vaughan,1897-19292Scope and Contents noteIncludes
Amherst Progress, The News [Lynchburg, VA], The Washington Post, and the Washington TimesSchool essays by Hortense W. Vaughan, letters to HWV and HWV's teacher contractsc.1880-188826Scrapbooks and diaries compiled by Hortense W. Vaughan (Burks)Three diaries written while in Farmville, VAFeb. 1885 - Feb. 18874School notebook with notes, essays, and doodlesc.18864Black 1860s account ledger later used as scrapbook with newspaper clippings and colored advertising cards4Marbled-cover 1868 account ledger of D.S. Woodson later used as scrapbook with newspaper clippings, colored advertising cards, and cyanotype photographs of a house, young girls, and teenage girls4Green 1877 George Tully Vaughan exercise notebook for Latin and German later used as scrapbook for newspaper clippings, mostly about making handicrafts and some medical advice and remedies4Tan scrapbook with newspaper clippings of poetry, advice, stories and pictures, and colored advertising and name cards18804Green scrapbook with newspaper clippings of poetry, advice, stories, and obituaries, including some about Broaddus and Vaughan familiesc.19055Red scrapbook with newspaper clippings and colored advertising cards5Tan scrapbook with newspaper clippings of poetry, advice, stories and pictures, and colored advertising and name cards5Letters and teacher contract of Corinne Vaughan1882-189727Letters to Hortense W. Vaughan about her marriage to F.T. Burks188828Letters from George Tully Vaughan to mother, Fannie E. Vaughan1894-189629Letters and clippings concerning Vaughan family1870-1947210Scope and Contents noteIncludes: Newspaper clippings about G.T. Vaughan and wife; Poetry written on printed advertisements; Correspondence; Invitation to Christmas Soiree at Virginia Female Institute; Printed advertisement for Bank of South-Western Missouri - W.L. Vaughan & Co.
Letter to editor about Poindexter's Raid by Judge H.C. Shields, Hortense W. Vaughan's grandfather1915211Three unidentified account and memo books, possibly of Hortense Vaughan Burks1890-1908212Series II. General Genealogical and Historic PapersCopies of Transcriptions, Amherst County, Virginia - Courthouse Miniatures, Compiled by Bailey Fulton DavisAn Abstract of All Items in Deed Book A, 1761-1765, compiled196015 8An Abstract of All A Items in Wills from 1761-1919 and A Marriages from 1801-1854, compiled196115 9An Abstract of All Items in Will Books, 1761-1919, for the B Section, Indices for Testators, Legatees, Administrators, Bondsmen, and All Family Names, compiled196215 10An Abstract of All Items in Deed Book B, 1761-1961, Cross-indexed as to Grantors and Grantees, compiled196115 11An Abstract of All Items in Deed Book C with Cross-Index, compiled196315 12An Abstract of All Items in Deed Book D, compiled196315 13An Abstract of All Items in Deed Book E, compiled196315 14An Abstract of All Items in Deed Book F, Grantors Arranged in Sequence and Grantees Indexed, compiled196315 15Impressed Property Claims found in Order Books and Some interesting Data Found in an Order Book, compiled196315 16Publications and EphemeraHousekeeping in Old Virginia (published volume with handwritten notes and pasted clippings)1884213Loose inserts from Housekeeping in Old Virginia1890-1919, n.d.214Ca. 30 assorted issues of The Cheerful Letter1897-192431Printed religious, medical, and advertising materials1834-191232Scope and Contents noteIncludes:
Catechisms of the Wesleyan Methodists; Our Home Above booklet; Abide with Me booklet; Our Story Quarterly, Vol. III, No. 1, 1906; Primary Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 2, 1906; Colored chromolithograph ephemera; Advertisements for medicines; Prof. Jesse Beery information on training horsesMagazines and catalogs1880-189833Home Dressmaking booklet1898Peterson's MagazineApril 1880The DelineatorApril 1892H. O'Neill and Company's CatalogFall and Winter 1893-1894The Leisure Hour Library, No. 9Dec. 1895Clothing and pattern catalogs for women and children1908-192534National Cloak and Suit Company, New York1908Bellas Hess and Company, New York, New YorkFall and Winter 1908-1909The Mabley and Carew Company, Cincinnati, OhioSpring and Summer 1909The Progressive Farmer Book of FashionsSpring and Summer 1925Four pages pulled from issues of Farm and Home1907-19089One copy of newsprint magazine ComfortSept. 19099Five pages pulled from various newsprint publications1905-19329Four newspaper clippings about execution of Clarence Richeson19129One copy of newsprint magazine The Farmer's WifeJan. 19149Issues and excerpts from "Youth's Companion"1888-18959Issues and excerpts from "Youth's Companion"1896-191110Advertising section for quit-smoking remedy, "ho Will Free the Tobacco Slave?"19143Program for movie, The Wanderer19257Sixteen newspaper clippings about White House renovation and its architect, Lorenzo S. Winslow1934-19879Miscellaneous newspaper clippings1959-19759Broadside advertisement for lecture and lawn party by Dr. A. Bolling, eye doctorn.d.3NewspapersLynchburg Daily NewsAug 10, 18693Richmond Christian Advocate (incomplete)October 11, 18943Religious Herald [Richmond, VA]October 1, 1896 and December 21, 18993The Amherst New Era (three incomplete issues)1901, 19073The Orphanage News [Baptist Orphanage, Salem, VA]February 19083The Amherst ProgressJune 11, 1908; June 23, 19103The News [Lynchburg, VA] (incomplete)October 15, 1913; Dec. 5, 19173News series, The Kaiser as I Knew Him for Fourteen Years, by Arthur N. Davis, in The Amherst Progress (incomplete issues)Sept. to Nov. 1918,3The News [Lynchburg, VA] (incomplete)October 11 and 20, 19224Amherst New Era-Progress, Bicentennial EditionOctober 12, 19614The Morgantown Post and The Dominion-News, "Festival Time" sectionSept. 25, 19634Amherst New Era-Progress, Bicentennial EditionJuly 1, 19764The News [Lynchburg, VA], Bicentennial EditionJuly 4, 19764