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Gilliam, J. W. Papers of J.W. Gilliam, 1812-1884.

Title: Papers of J.W. Gilliam, 1812-1884.

The papers include deed, 20 February 1812, for 544 acres in Surry County, Va., sold by Henry Jones Howard and Sarah Howard to William Gilliam; and a letter, 21 February 1836, from Thomas Ruffin, Surry County, Va., to John W. Gilliam, Brunswick County, Va., regarding the transfer of a land deed, illness among Gilliam's slaves, and family matters. The papers also include a letter, 11 September 1852, from Ely Booth, Shenstone, Va., to the Misses Gilliam, Amelia Springs, Va., regarding sensual pleasure and the spiritual restoration in public worship; and letters, 1859-1860, from John T. Foster to Joseph P. Gilliam, regarding railroad construction in South America, Virginia social life, speculation, and purchasing land and slaves. The papers also include letters, 1871-1884, from J.W. Gilliam to his brother, Samuel Yates Gilliam, and other family members, regarding family matters, Texas social life and politics, courtship, the weather's effect on and the market for his farm crops, livestock, buying and selling land, the theft of his horse and valuables by an employee, and Virginia politics, especially William Mahone. The papers also include a legal notice, 10 July 1884, of a motion to appoint Joseph P. Gilliam trustee of the estate of Mary E.C. Gilliam; and notes, n.d., for speeches of John W. Gilliam on the politics and history of Virginia and the United States and mentioning President Polk and the Mexican War.

ArchivalResource: 36 items.

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Gilliam family. Papers of the Gilliam family, 1802-1932.

Title: Papers of the Gilliam family, 1802-1932.

Includes legal and financial papers, 1802-1932, of the Gilliam family, including a deed, 1802, for 174 acres in Surry County, Va., records, 1817-1827, of the estate of William Gilliam, and miscellaneous accounts, receipts, bills, promissory notes, and rental agreements. Also include officer's commissions, 1842-1851, of John W. Gilliam for the Virginia Militia; slave records, 1828-1861, including accounts and correspondence regarding slave hires and purchasing; and political correspondence, 1873-1899, of Samuel Yates Gilliam, regarding Virginia, especially Dinwiddie County, politics, the Republican Party, the Readjuster Party, and the African-American vote in the South. Also include correspondence, 1844-1926, of the Gilliam and Boisseau families, regarding family, legal, and financial matters, courtship, the tobacco market, Virginia social life and customs, Virginia politics, slave hiring, Civil War news, Reconstruction, race relations in the United States after the Civil war, and the Gilliam family estate, Burnt Quarter. Correspondents include Samuel Yates Gilliam, John W. Gilliam and his son, John W. Gilliam, Mary E.C. Gilliam, Joseph P. Gilliam, and Rosa Boisseau.

ArchivalResource: 1500 (ca.) items.

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