Papers: Madison County, Virginia, 1731-1863.

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Papers: Madison County, Virginia, 1731-1863.

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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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Eddins, Joseph.

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Graves, Edward H.

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Watson, Joseph, -1831

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He married Sara Myra Witherell (1792-1818), and then Ann P. Wigton. Two sons are mentioned in his will, James Boliver and Marshall Ducamp Eugene Winslow Watson. (blue index cards) From the description of Joseph Watson papers, 1836-1840 June (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 505283943 ...

Clark, James

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James Clark was a furniture maker in Wilmington, De. From the description of Account book, 1846-1847, 1876. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122397718 Student at University of Maine. From the description of Folklore paper, 1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70939299 ...

Berry, Reuben, 1923-

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Strickler and Graves.

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Banks, Adam, 1742-1816.

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Smith, Isaac, 1761-1834

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Blakey, Angus R. (Angus Rucker), 1816-1896

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Lawyer, resident of Madison and Albemarle counties, Va. From the description of Papers, 1820-1888; (bulk 1840-1865). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19242512 Blakey was a Confederate soldier and later a lawyer who practiced in Madison and Albemarle counties, Va. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Madison Court House, Va., to his brother, 1861 July 23. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647836966 ...

Smith, Benjamin, active 1826-1837

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Benjamin Smith was a justice of the peace in Hunterdon County and the Township of Trenton, as well as the town clerk of Trenton, New Jersey. From the description of Benjamin Smith docket, 1788-1792. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53116283 Farmer, of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. Apparently not the same person as the Benjamin B. Smith named in the accounts. From the description of Papers, 179...

Graves, Sarah Ann, 1813-1833

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Gibson, J. C.

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Graves family.

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William A. Banks taught school at Graves' Mill in the 1850s. He subsequently founded the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. His parents were Joel and Polly Henderson Banks. Linn Banks was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1813-39, speaker of the House, 1817-39, and U.S. Congressman, 1839-42. He drowned in 1842. Asa W. Graves was a doctor, according to the 1850 census. Strickler and Graves were Merchants in 1850. Angu...

Rapidan Baptist Church.

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Graves, Asa W.

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Cropper, Lewis T.

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Banks, Linn, 1784-1842

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U.S. representative from Virginia. From the description of Linn Banks correspondence, 1838-1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449075 ...

Moore, Bayne and Company.

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Banks, William A., 1823-1903.

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Graves, Thomas Graves, 1725?-1802

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Downs, Richard Erskine

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Keister, John Taylor, 1874-

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Clark and Mayo (Knoxville, Tenn.)

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Early, Pashal.

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Stanton, Thomas H.

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Whitcomb, James, 1795-1852

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A native of Vermont, Whitcomb lived in Kentucky before moving to Indiana in 1824. A lawyer and politician, he served in the Indiana State Senate, as commissioner of the General Land Office, as governor of Indiana, and in the U.S. Senate. From the description of Papers, 1822-1851. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 35618939 ...

Graves, Joel S.

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Kinsey, Richard H.

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Graves, Francis, 1924-

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Francis Graves (1923-) served in the Army during World War II and the Korean War. He currently resides in Bayfield, Wisconsin. From the description of Oral history interview with Francis P. Graves, [sound recording], 2006. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 320242839 ...

Downs, Henry, Sr.

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