Graves family. Papers: Madison County, Virginia, 1731-1863.
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Papers: Madison County, Virginia, 1731-1863.
The Graves family were among the earliest settlers of what is now Madison County, Virginia. Captain Thomas Graves first settled there ca. 1732 and built the family home, "Spring Hill," near the present community of Graves' Mill. This collection consists of land records in Madison, Orange, Culpeper, and Rockingham counties: deeds from Henry Downs, Sr. to Richard Downs, Orange County (1744); Thomas Buckner estate to Joseph Eddins and Thomas Graves (1759), Thomas and Sarah Graves to Joseph Eddins (1760), William and Ann Stowers to Thomas Graves (1762), Michael and Mary Snyder to Edward Graves (1781), John and Sarah Crigler to Edward Graves (1791), all Culpeper County; Adam and Milly Snyder to George Bailey (18--), Pashal Early et al to Adam Banks et al, elders of the Baptist Rapidann Meetinghouse (1806), Thomas Graves to Asa Graves (1809), all Madison County; James Clarke, executor of Thomas Graves estate to Thomas Graves, Benjamin Graves and Asa Graves (1815), Rockingham County; Larkin Broyles, Reuben Berry et al to Asa W. Graves (1826) military bounty land in Arkansas Territory. Also included are a land grant to Thomas Stanton, Spotsylvania County (1731); land office treasury warrant to James Clark with divided assignments to Asa W. Graves, Reuben Booten, and Charles L. Yancey (1830, 1835, 1833, 1834); bonds for payment on land from Asa W. Graves to Thomas Graves (1808), Lewis T. Cropper to Asa W. Graves (1833), and Adam Snyder to John Keister (1831) assigned to Asa W. Graves (1834), plats and surveys for land belonging to Thomas Graves (1803, resurveyed in 1825 for Asa W. Graves) and Asa W. Graves in Madison County (1819, resurveyed 1840 for his heirs), for Isaac Smith (1749), for land from Isaac Smith to Benjamin Smith (1754), and from Isaac Smith to Adam Banks (1778), all Culpeper County. In addition to land records are bills of sale for slaves to Asa W. Graves, lists of slaves (names, ages, value) belonging to Francis E. Graves and Sarah Graves, and receipts for slaves. There are other receipts for payments on supplies for Francis E. Graves and Strickler and Graves, and for tuition paid to William A. Banks for schooling. Three letters from James Whitcomb to Linn Banks, Linn Banks to Asa W. Graves, and Joseph Watson to Asa W. Graves concern the Arkansas Territory military land grant.
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