Papers, 1770-1860.

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Cocke family. Papers, 1770-1860.

Papers, 1770-1860.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31752363

Chiefly papers of planter James Powell Cocke of "Woodland," Amelia County, Va., including correspondence, 1796-1859, some received as a student at Hampden-Sydney College and the College of William and Mary; diary, 1836, of farming operations at "Woodland"; loose accounts, 1800- 1858, and account books, 1818-1823, in part concerning blacksmithing; miscellaneous legal documents; slave list, n.d.; student essays and notebook; and miscellaneous writings, including resolutions on nullification (1832) and the formation of a vigilance committee in Amelia County (1860). Papers of Stephen Cocke include correspondence, 1772-1794; loose accounts, 1770-1794, and account books, 1772-1788, in part concerning horsebreeding; and legal documents, including estate papers. Papers of Jane Segar (Eggleston) Cocke include her accounts as executrix of Stephen Cocke; correspondence, 1790-1823, with her children and female friends and relations; and loose accounts. Also included in the collection are genealogical notes on the Anderson, Archer, Barnes, Brantley, Cocke, Eggleston, Farrar, Goodman, Gordon, Harwood, Hill, Hobson, Kinney, Kirkpatrick, Percy, Porterfield, Sleeper, Turpin, and Willis families.

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