Armistead-Cocke family papers, 1680-1907.

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Armistead-Cocke family papers, 1680-1907.

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Correspondence, 1756-1764, of Maria Carter Armistead; business papers, 1782-1828, of William Cocke of "Bremo," Henrico Co., Va. and of "Oakland," Cumberland Co., Va.; and letters, 1861-1863, of William Fauntleroy Cocke, Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke and Edmund Randolph Cocke concerning their service in the Confederate States Army (including the Battle of First Bull Run). Also included are five volumes of farm and account books, 1851-1863, of Richard P. Jones of "Land's End," Gloucester Co., Va.; copybooks on astronomy, [ca.1770-1780?], scrapbooks, and genealogical material. Includes letter, 1869, of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell concerning the connections between the Randolph and Preston families and the College of William and Mary. Additions to the collection (1997.34 and 1998.45) include family letters, genealogical notes and poems of members of the Cocke family and to related branches of Throckmorton, Curtis, Sheldon, Jones, Preston, Byrd, Dandridge and Carter families living in Richmond, Va. and Powhatan County, Va. Some letters are written from Richmond in the Reconstruction Era.

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Cocke, Thomas Lewis Preston, 1838-1895.

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College of William and Mary.

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Cocke, William, fl. 1798-1855.

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Cocke family.

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Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894

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James Barron Hope was born 23 March 1829 in Norfolk, Virginia. He was the grandson of Commodore James Barron (1769-1851) and son of Wilton Hope and Jane Armistead (Barron) Hope (1791-1862). James Barron Hope graduated from the College of William and Mary. He practiced law and was the commonwealth's attorney for Norfolk. He married Annie Beverley Whiting (1825-1920) in 1857. The couple had two daughters, Jane ("Janey" or "Jennie") Barron Hope (b. 1859?) and Ann ("Nanny") Hope. James Barron Hope i...

Randolph family.

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Cocke, William Fauntleroy, 1826-1863.

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Preston family.

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Cocke, Edmund R. (Edmund Randolph), 1841-1922

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Armistead family.

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