Loudoun County Historical Society collections, 1742-1976.

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Loudoun County Historical Society collections, 1742-1976.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70959121

Account books, broadsides, deeds, financial records, letters, map, organizational records, wills, and other papers.

2.25 linear ft.

Thomas Balch Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8052971

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Loudoun County Historical Society (Loudoun County, Va.)

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Yardley Taylor (ca.1796-1863) was a geographer, surveyor, and chronicler of the Loudoun County area in the mid-nineteenth century. His descriptions in Memoirs of Loudoun County and Joseph Martin's 1835 Gazetteer of Virginia provide clear images of Loudoun County in the antebellum nineteenth century. A devout Quaker, Taylor was also a leading voice in the abolitionist movement. William Moore (fl. 1810-1859) purchased a 107 acre tract of land from John Nichols (1802-1884) ...

Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Lincoln (Lincoln, Va.)

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Loudoun County Farmers Club

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Purcellville Garden Club (Purcellville, Va.)

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Community garden club; founded in 1933. From the description of Records, 1933-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70954422 ...

Taylor, Yardley

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Geographer, surveyor, abolitionist, and chronicler of Loudoun County, Va., in the mid-19th century. From the description of William Moore land plat, 1851 Mar. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 746853340 Yardley Taylor (1794-1863) lived in Goose Creek, now known as Lincoln, an area of Loudoun County, Va., populated largely by members of the Society of Friends. Taylor was a prominent Quaker and outspoken abolitionist. He was rumored to have helped several slaves escape Virgin...