Paxton, William
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Paxton Family
File — Box 7, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
This folder contains information on John and Phebe Paxton, and discusses their ownership of slaves. It also contains inscriptions on various Paxton tombstones.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1700 - 1960
Plat Map and Land Survey by William Paxton for James Willson
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0544
Scope and Contents
A survey and small map, dated 1818, of 115 acres of land in Rockbridge County, Virginia, which belonged to James Willson. The survey includes the names William Cunningham, Jonathan Poague, Rueben Grigsby, and Thomas McFarland, whose lands border the Willson property. The North Fork of the James River and Mill Creek are also mentioned in the survey.
Dates:
1818
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- Archival Object 1
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- Subject
- Land use surveys 1
- Maps 1
- Virginia -- James River 1