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Howerton family. Howerton family papers, 1817-1901.

Title: Howerton family papers, 1817-1901.

Business and family correspondence, financial and legal papers, and other materials relating to the Howerton family. Business correspondence, 1822-1901, includes letters relating to Philip Howerton's position as sheriff of Halifax County, Va.; slaves; accounts, many having to do with the tobacco industry; and other topics. Family correspondence includes letters relating to education, travel, and news of the Howerton, Purkins, Owen, Cabaniss, and other related families. There are also letters, 1844-1851, that Sally J. Brodnax in North Carolina wrote to Eliza J. Howerton. Financial and legal materials are both loose papers and volumes. Loose papers, 1817-1869, pertain chiefly to Philip Howerton and document his sheriff activities. Many items relate to slaves. Loose papers, 1870-1896, relate primarily to family members and to tobacco merchants in South Boston, Va. Volumes, 1819-1881, are account, cash, and other books, many relating to tobacco. Among the other papers are writings by family members, including an 1859 diary; an 1859 songbook; a notebook dated 1882-1884; recipes; printed circulars and advertisements; and clippings.

ArchivalResource: 2,000 items (4.5 linear ft.)

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Cabaniss, Charles H. Papers, 1802-1877; (bulk 1830-1877).

Title: Papers, 1802-1877; (bulk 1830-1877).

Family and business correspondence of Charles Cabaniss, Halifax County Sheriff, William Cabaniss, and other members of the Cabaniss family, and of Philip Howerton, deputy sheriff under Charles.

ArchivalResource: 78 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19276394 View

Howerton, Philip. Howerton papers, 1812-1870.

Title: Howerton papers, 1812-1870.

Papers, 1812-1870, of Philip Howerton and his family of Halifax County, Va. Includes a letterbook, 1829-1853; account books, 1825-1857, of the store and blacksmith's shop of Philip Howerton and tobacco manufacturing company of Philip Howerton and W. M. Howerton. Part of one of the manuscript volumes contains accounts of orphans (of Mat Cabaniss) who were wards of Philip Howerton. The collection also includes accounts, 1852-1859, for transporting tobacco; sermons, 1832 and n.d., of Charles Busser; constitution and minutes of the Branch Bible Society of Halifax County, Va.; letter, 1834, from American Tract Society; and a contract between Philip Howerton and a former slave family in 1865-1866.

ArchivalResource: 148 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23077556 View