Papers, 1828-1982.

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Coons family. Papers, 1828-1982.

Papers, 1828-1982.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30658872

Includes a sheriff's execution book, 1836-1837, of Dillard Coons and Winfield Scott Coons (1815-1889) of Culpeper County, Va.; correspondence, 1837-1861, account book and loose accounts, 1841-1861, and miscellaneous papers of Robertson Coons (1800-1861), many concerning the management of "North Cliff" plantation, Culpeper County; diaries, 1871- 1877 and 1889-1893, and family correspondence, 1856-1910, of Mary Dillard (Coons) Corbin (1833-1910) of Culpeper County, including letters from her husband, Lemuel Armistead Corbin (1824-1907) while serving with the 43rd Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A.; and scattered correspondence, 1859-1878, accounts, 1854-1875, and miscellaneous papers of Lemuel Armistead Corbin, some concerning bankruptcy proceedings and reminiscences of a Civil War cavalry skirmish at Adamstown, Md. Also include family correspondence, 1860-1863, essays and student notebooks, 1858-1859, of Martha Elizabeth Coons (1839-1863) while a student at Richmond Female Institute; correspondence, 1859-1862, and account book, 1859-1860, of Henry Wilkins Coons (1841-1862) as a student at Richmond College and while serving in Company D, 4th Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A.; correspondence, 1948-1982, of Mary Edwina Coons (1902-1984) of Washington, D.C., and New York, N.Y., largely concerning the settlement of family estates; and genealogical notes on the Coons, Corbin, Finnall, Payne, and other families.

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