Papers of William Ransom Johnson, 1796-1896.

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Papers of William Ransom Johnson, 1796-1896.

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The papers contain correspondence, business and legal papers of Johnson and his family as well as the Kagys of New Market, the Logans of Salem and the Sanderses of Jackson's Ferry. Letters refer to legal and business matters, particularly the settlement of Johnson's estate and the sale of land and slaves. Other topics include tobacco sales, slave hiring, settlement of other estates, horse raising, the unveiling of the Lee Monument and reconstruction in Virginia. Of interest are law lecture notes kept by University of Virginia student A. B. Guignon, Jr. and a sketch and letter describing a four passenger rockaway. Correspondents include Thomas A. Ayre, John Minor Botts, Warren H. Briggs, William A. Burwell, Eggleston Cheatham, William Yates Gholson, George Nicholson Johnson, J. E. Johnson, Marmaduke Johnson, William R. Johnson, George Washington Jones, Meador and Brothers, Samuel McDowell Moore, John Mercer Patton, James A. Seddon, Francis J. Smith, and Tazewell Taylor.

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Johnson, William Ransom, 1782-1849

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Selden, Joseph, d. ca. 1820

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Ayre, Thomas A.

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Kagy family.

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Pegram, James W., d. ca. 1844

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University of Virginia

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Caperton and Crump.

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Burwell, Edwin, d. 1798

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Saunders family.

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Pegram, John B.

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John David Pegram of Sanford, N.C., was superintendent of the Johnson County Department of Public Welfare, coordinator for the Lee County Council on Aging, disability determination specialist with the North Carolina Department of Welfare, and coordinator for the North Carolina Council on Mental Retardation. He and his wife, Mildred W. Pegram, were active in the Methodist Church and in various service and social clubs. From the description of John D. Pegram papers, 1880s-1970s [manusc...

Botts, John Minor, 1802-1869

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Cheatham, Eggleston.

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Logan family.

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