Collection, 1780-1899.

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Collection, 1780-1899.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39734716

This collection consists of various land deeds and miscellaneous legal and business documents for Rockingham and Shenandoah Counties, Va. The farm journal, kept by William Mathias Harner of McGaheysville, Va., contains daily one-line entries describing agricultural activities for most of the time period from Aug. 1847 to May 1861. The legal and business documents center primarily on debt papers and purchases lists, including an account with L.P. Henkel & Co. Legal and business documents, as well as land deeds and indentures are signed, with frequent reference to the following family names: Pence, Fry, John Linhoss, Nave, and Homan. One document a piece is signed by Henry Lee (1793) and Beverley Randolph (1787).

1 Hollinger box (2 folders); and 1 oversize Hollinger box (1 folder); for a total of 19 items.

James Madison University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7416417

James Madison University Libraries

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Lee, Henry, 1756-1818

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Henry Lee III (January 29, 1756 – March 25, 1818) was an early American Patriot and U.S. politician who served as the ninth Governor of Virginia and as the Virginia Representative to the United States Congress. Lee's service during the American Revolution as a cavalry officer in the Continental Army earned him the nickname by which he is best known, "Light-Horse Harry". He was the father of Robert E. Lee, who led Confederate armies against the U.S. in the American Civil War. Born on Leesylvan...

Homan family.

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Pence family.

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Frye family.

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Linhoss family.

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L.P. Henkel & Co.

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Harner, William Mathias.

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Garber, Marianne Daniels

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William Mathias Harner of McGaheysville, Va. was born Nov. 24, 1823 and married in Jan. 1852. From the description of Collection, 1780-1899. (James Madison University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 39734716 ...