Correspondence, 1933-1946.

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Correspondence, 1933-1946.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53291514

Includes c.11 items from various descendants and relatives of John Minor Botts (1802-1969), all discussing Botts family genealogy.

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Washington & Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7666786

Washington & Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library

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Botts family.

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The Botts family were distantly related to John Minor Botts, 1802-1869, a prominent lawyer and politician in Virginia during the nineteenth century. From the description of Correspondence, 1933-1946. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 53291514 ...

Botts, John Minor, 1802-1869

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Botts was born in Dumfries, Virginia to prominent lawyer Benjamin Gaines Botts (1776 - 1811) and his wife Jane Tyler Botts (1782 - 1811). Both of his parents died in the Richmond Theatre fire on 26 December 1811, so John and his siblings were raised by relatives in Fredericksburg. Botts attended the common schools in Richmond, Virginia, then studied law. He married Mary Whiting Blair (1801-1841), and they had several children. Two sons (John and Alexander) died very young; their firstborn son...