Papers, 1780-1919.

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Papers, 1780-1919.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122632301

This collection contains various papers of two families in Bedford County, Virginia. Twelve letters during the Civil War are from John C. Wilkerson to his parents, one from Stephen F. Jennings to his sister Rachel, and others from Millie M. Wilkerson to Sally, and B. Rufus Patterson to his sister Bettie. Also included are receipts (1855-1892) for J.W. Jennings, James Jennings, Jr., W.O. Wilkerson, C.H. Wilkerson, and Mrs. Rachaele Wilkerson; deeds (1797-1844) for land in Bedford County involving Owen and Catherine Wilkerson, Owen Wilkerson, Jr., William Trigg, Jr., John Williams, Joseph Wilkerson, Lewis and Elizabeth Wingfield, William L. Wilkerson, and John Ashwell, Sr.; a land grant to James Boyd in 1780 signed by Thomas Jefferson; a land survey for J.W. Jennings; an 1869 summons for William L. Wilkerson to appear in court; three promissory notes (1860, 1864, 1866) involving William L. Wilkerson and A.A. Bell, H.C. Wilkerson, and Nicholas O. Markham; a 1919 postcard from Jim H. Jennings in France to aunt, Mrs. J.C. Jennings; and a recipe for warts and corns.

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Jefferson, Thomas Lewis

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was one of the premiere American writer/statesmen of the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1776 he was elected to the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence and is considered its major draftsman. After serving as Virginia's Governor from 1779 to 1781, he served in Congress in 1783 and then followed Benjamin Franklin as United States Minister to France from 1785 to 1789. Jefferson then became this country's first Secretary of State (1790 to 1793) before serving ...

Wilkerson, Catherine.

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Boyd, James D.

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Wilkerson, H.C.

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Bell, A.A.

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Williams, John Guilfoyle

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Union soldier, member of the 95th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers; from Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Diary, 1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154271041 From the description of Diary, 1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20504656 John Williams was a storekeeper in Middletown (Pa.). From the description of Daybook and ledger, 1773-1774. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154298281...

Wilkerson, Joseph, 1729-1829

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Jennings, J. W.

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Wingfield, Elizabeth.

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Wingfield, Lewis, 1842-1891

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Jennings, Jim (James N.)

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Trigg, William, Sr.

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Wilkerson, John H. L.

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Markham, Nicholas O.

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Jennings family.

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Wilkerson, Owen T.

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Wilkerson-Jennings families.

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William L. Wilkerson served a four year term as judge in Bedford County, Virginia from 1852 to 1856 and as a member of the Vigilance Committee for the eighth district in 1859. Owen Wilkerson served in Co. A., 2nd Virginia Cavalry during the Civil War. From the description of Papers, 1780-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122632301 ...

Jennings, Stephen, of Hadley

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Wilkerson, William L.

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Wilkerson family.

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Ashwell, John, -1541?

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Wilkerson, Owen T.

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