Box 5
Container
Contains 24 Results:
Papers regarding Fieldmont and the Pickett family, 1813 - 1874
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
This folder contains:
- James Pickett – executor statement of Minor Winn 1815
- Land Survey, Pickett family - Fauquier 1813
- Stock certificate of one share of Ashby’s Gap Turnpike Road Company to James Pickett, November 1813
- Bill to James Pickett 2$14 June 1820
- IOU to James Pickett, January 18, 1815
- Bill to James Pickett for jewelry repaid 1841
- Receipt for tuition of Charles Edward Pickett paid by his father $121.19 1837 by Benjamin Haldwell, Alexandria, VA
- 5 envelopes addressed...
Dates:
1813 - 1874
Pastor's Sermon and Account Book, 1847 - 1866
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 1A
Scope and Contents
This folder contains a pastor's sermon and account book believed to have belonged to Reverend John Pickett. Bethel, Hebron, Cedar Creek, Waterford, Pleasant Vale, Broad Run are mentioned.
Dates:
1847 - 1866
Papers regarding Fieldmont and the Pickett family, 1865 - 1886
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
This folder contains: lLand survey (one sheet, no date)
- Fragment of envelope to Mr. John Pickett , Middleburg
- 20cent US postage stamp
- “Notes on farming” 1872 (Pickett?)
- Letter from G.A.T. (?) to John enquiring about “some black people’s” relatives Nov. 24, 1873
- Sermon notes – no date – minute writing
- Tax bill to James Pickett Est. – Scott Township, Fauquier County 1873
- Tax bill to John Pickett – Longbranch - Scott Township, Fauquier County 1873
- Note to “Cousin John” from...
Dates:
1865 - 1886
List of names and qualities, 1870
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 2A
Scope and Contents
This list is likely for a parlor game.
Dates:
1870
Miscellaneous items, 1916
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
This folder contains: papers relating to the settlement of the estate of Clifton E. White of Bedford County, Virginia In 1916, including inventories and checks (National Exchange Bank of Roanoke)
- Two longhand multi-stanza poems
- 15 empty envelopes, including foreign stamps and postmarks – most addressed to Mary Ackerly or Mrs. G. Harris Field
- Christmas “card” from original Pen & Ink drawing by Lt. Cdr. Arthur A. Gilbert, 1607 Howard Street, Chicago LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly...
Dates:
1916
Miscellaneous items, 1929 - 1933
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
This folder contains: genealogy for DAR application for B.W. Fry Shafer – c/o Mary Ackerly
- 1828 legal statement of settlement of estate of William Lovell (two pages handwritten)
- Invitation to VMI commencement proceedings 1925
- Miscellaneous souvenirs and newspaper clippings Mary Ackerly
- Mary Ackerly resignation as Chairwoman of Confederate Memorial Association fund May 25, 1933 LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 4
- Reports of Commissioner of Revenue of...
Dates:
1929 - 1933
Miscellaneous items, 1917 - 1933
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
This folder contains: Peaks of Otter Chapter, DAR Daughters of the American Revolution invitation to unveiling of tablet in memory of Bedford’s Volunteer Company which fought in the Battle of Point Pleasant – Oct. 10, 1931 Bedford, VA
- Notary Public Commission of Mary Ackerly Feb. 28, 1917
- Notes on 36th Annual Convention Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy, Lynchburg, VA Oct. 1931
- Newspaper clipping The Winchester Sun Dec. 29, 1933 references National Monument...
Dates:
1917 - 1933
Financial reports/remittances, Undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
This folder contains items related to the sales of "Our Kin", tThe genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County, Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.
Dates:
Undated
Miscellaneous items, 1798 - 1932
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
This folder contains:- “Love You. M.” ribbon
- Letters that appear to pertain to the Fieldmont farm of Mary Ackerly Field in Fauquier County including land deeds, surveys, etc.
• Copy of William S. Pickett’s will Jan. 10, 1798 [James Pickett and William Pickett appointed executors] 7
• Obligation of sale of land to James Pickett April 15, 1824
• Copy of deed/land survey April 8, 1826 given under hand & seal June 20, 1838
• Combs vs Pickett letter addressed to Major B Powell....
Dates:
1798 - 1932
Miscellaneous items, 1976 - 1979
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
This folder contains: - Letter Jan. 11, 1976 from Mrs. Virginia Thomson (Goode, VA) to Lucy Ackerly re: Yesteryear: Miss Lucy’s Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975]
- Notecard Feb. 6, 1976 to “Cousin Lucy” Ackerly from Mrs. Edward A. (“Virginia”) Marshall of Bedford, VA about Yesteryear: Miss Lucy’s Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975]
- Notecard Feb. 13, 1976 from Ellene Chiles (St. Petersburg, FL) to Lucy Ackerly thanking her for Yesteryear: Miss Lucy’s...
Dates:
1976 - 1979
Eleven letters to Mary D. Ackerly, 1960 - 1968
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
This folder contains eleven letters, including work related to the book "Our Kin" and: Dear Sis” letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Lexington from “Lucy and Will” including listing of house prices in Lexington; also a letter from William Ackerly to Mary, written a couple of weeks before his death.
- Letter of sympathy to John Ackerly from A. Willis Robertson of the World Bank dated Aug. 12, 1968 after William Ackerly’s death
- Letter of sympathy to Lucy Ackerly from Mrs. H.L. Eichelberger...
Dates:
1960 - 1968
Miscellaneous items, 1902 - 1918
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
This folder contains:- Carbon copy of unsigned letter “To the President” recommending John P. Ackerly for re-appointment as Postmaster of Lexington Apr. 30, 1902
-4 thank-you-notes from Mary Denham Talcott of Pasadena, California to Mary Ackerly dated Jan. 4, 1904; Dec. 29, 1904; Jan. 9, 1909; and Jan. 8, 1912
- “Dear Papa” letter from Mary to John P. Ackerly in Washington, D.C. dated June 25, 1906 concerning a Mr. Frazier “simply disgusted with the whole affair”
- Letter Apr. 13, 1909 to...
Dates:
1902 - 1918
Miscellaneous items, 1920 - 1929
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
This folder contains;- Letter from Thomas Jefferson Turpin VII (Chihuahua, Mexico) to Mary Ackerly - July 25, 1920 “Dear Kinswoman” re: genealogy of Turpin family and Our Kin ( related to Our Kin’ – The genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County, Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker [CALL NO. F232.B4 A17 1976])
- Letter from Mrs. E.H. White (of Goode, VA) to Mary Ackerly - Feb 13, 1923 family talk...
Dates:
1920 - 1929
Miscellaneous items, 1928 - 1929
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
This folder contains:- 6 typed letters from John Randolph Bolling (brother of Edith Bolling Wilson and her secretary) – very chatty – sharing information about genealogy of Bolling’s, referencing errors with regard to Pocahontas, and talking about goings-on of the Bolling family—especially Edith Wilson’s trips to the Democratic Convention and to the League of Nations – June 6, June 14, June 20, July 3, July 16, Nov. 24, 1928
- Letter Dec. 18, 1928 to Mary Ackerly from Lyon G. Tyler, editor...
Dates:
1928 - 1929
Miscellaneous items, 1930
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
This folder contains:- Letter to Mary Ackerly from Harry Wright’s secretary La Consolidada, S.A. manufacturing company in Mexico City Jan. 6, 1930 asking about obtaining a copy of Our Kin book
- Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) sending sheet music and greetings… “My sister left yesterday to keep a week of engagements in New York…” Jan. 5, 1930
Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling...
Dates:
1930
Miscellaneous items, 1930
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
This folder contains:- Letter to Mary Ackerly May 3, 1930 from J.P. Bell Company Our Kin almost ready for binding
- Letter to Mary Ackerly May 14, 1930 from J.P. Bell Company forwarding letter from Miss Florence Fell of Marion Virginia [neither attached nor enclosed]
- Letter to Mary Ackerly May 16, 1930 from Wilder’s Bookshop requesting discounted order for Our Kin (Mary Ackerly’s handwritten notes on discounting are scribbled on the back of the letter)
- Letter to Mary Ackerly May 20,...
Dates:
1930
Miscellaneous items, 1930 - 1931
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
This folder contains: - Letter to Mary Ackerly July 1, 1930 from J.P. Bell Company printing details regarding Our Kin, acceptance of invitation to White reunion LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15
- Letter to Mary Ackerly July 1, 1930 from Mertin S. Harrison (The Bedford Democrat, Bedford, VA) liked Our Kin, request to find accommodations in private home for son, Claude, Jr. who will be attending Washington & Lee LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER...
Dates:
1930 - 1931
Miscellaneous items, 1930 - 1932
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
This folder contains:- Letter to Mary Ackerly from J. P. Bell acknowledging receipt of check settling account on Our Kin Jan. 6, 1931
- Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker winding up loose ends on financing of Our Kin Jan. 7, 1931
- Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Jan. 8, 1931 “A severe attack of pink eye in both eyes, starting on November 15th, and still continuing, has prevented an earlier acknowledgment of your...
Dates:
1930 - 1932
Miscellaneous items, 1933 - 1935
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
This folder contains:- Letter to Mary Ackerly from The Denham Genealogical Society in Cleveland, Ohio asking her if she knows the source of her middle name and whether she is related to the Denham family
- Letter to Mary Ackerly (“Dear Mrs. Fields”) from Rockbridge County Commissioner of Revenue G. A. Jones May 17, 1933 asking if she would come and “help…out with my office work;” [he having suffered from a broken artery] “whoever would have thought that you would have developed so suddenly...
Dates:
1933 - 1935
Miscellaneous items, 1936 - 1939
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
This folder contains: - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Missouri Historical Society ordering copy of Our Kin Jan. 30, 1936
- Letter to Mrs. G Harris Field from Lula Parker re: fliers and book promotion and sales Feb. 1, 1936 -Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from mother Feb. 10, 1936 12 below zero in Lexington
- Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from Dudley P. Fagerstrom (The California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution) Feb. 15, 1936 asking for information about Bells of Virginia...
Dates:
1936 - 1939
Miscellaneous items, 1940 - 1947
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
This folder contains:- Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field (Mary) from Cousin Lula (Parker)suggests dissolving their partnership and dividing up remaining books due to illness Feb. 3, 1940
- Letter to Mrs. George Parker (Lula) from J.P. Bell Company about remaining inventory of Our Kin Apr. 17, 1940
- Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field (Mary) from Cousin Lula (Parker) getting back to work after surgery; encloses Our Kin account summary Apr. 20, 1940
- Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Mrs....
Dates:
1940 - 1947
Miscellaneous items, 1950 - 1959
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
This folder contains:- Card from Goodspeed’s Book shop, Boston, MA ordering copy of Our Kin Apr. 18, 1950
- Letter to Mrs. Mary Ackerly Field from Allen M. Douglass of Senath, Missouri ordering copy of Our Kin Sept. 22, 1950
- Letter from Mary Ackerly Field to Allen M. Douglass of Senath, Missouri asking about his line (“I am a Douglass descendant”) Sept. 25, 1950
- Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Mrs. George P. Parker (“Cousin Lula”) genealogy and family news Apr. 3, 1951
- Letter...
Dates:
1950 - 1959
Miscellaneous items, 1940 - 1962
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
This folder contains: - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from Benjamin Shedd @ Wake Forest, NC “Dear Cousin Mary” Dec. 24 [no date]
- Note from “Lula” including Burks data and information that “Mrs. Hatcher died at 10 o’clock this morning” [no date]
- Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from “Cousin Ralph” @ Belmont Manor, Bermuda [no date]
- Letter from Lucy Ackerly to “Dear Sis” [no date] PS that “I was plain mad that Matt Paxton didn’t let a better write up go in the paper about Will…”
- Letter...
Dates:
1940 - 1962
Miscellaneous items, 1866 - 1909
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
This folder contains: - Resolution of Lexington Presbyterian Church re: Presbyterian House Annex @ Jackson Memorial Hospital Apr 18, 1909
- Letter to Major J. H. Shailan (sp?) New York from Charles H. Hyde “The Parents of Richard J. Cashman, Jr. Co. B 102nd NYV desire to obtain his discharge because he is not 18 years of age” [no date, no address, no envelope]
- Letter to John Pickett @ Washington DC from “Eloise” Aug 12 [date unknown]
- Letter from Berta Paxton @ Pleasant Valley to...
Dates:
1866 - 1909