Virginia -- Rockbridge County

This file contains records related to the history of Ironworks in Rockbridge County. Includes typescript papers on Ironmasters, different iron works locations, extracts from law suits, newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, publication materials, and maps of Irish Creek.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1930 - 1956-09-15

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

J. Woods Culton hunting license and celluloid button

Collection — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076

Identifier: RHS-Coll-0061

Scope and Contents

A wallet sized paper huntin license and accompanying celluoid "resident license" button for hunting, fishing, and trapping in Rockbridge County, Virginia resident J. Culton Woods, of Brownsburg, Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Dates: 1928 - 1929

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

James McDowell Papers

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0045

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three documents: a land survey, Oct. 27, 1795, of 624 acres on the Big Calf Pasture River in Rockbridge County, Virginia; deed of trust between William Moore and Andrew Reid, Jr. in favor of McDowell, Oct. 8, 1804; deed of 29 1/2 acres on South River from David, an emancipated slave, and McDowell, Dec. 23, 1816. Included in the Control folder is a Thesis by Mary Boyce Hicks, "James McDowell and the Virginia Slavery Debate of 1831-32," Athens, Georgia, 2010.

Dates: 1795 - 1816

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

John F. Swayne Papers

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0292

Scope and Contents This collection consists of Swayne's personal papers from his time as a student at Washington College, including correspondence with E. C. Gordon and Mary F. Dickson, a subscription to the Southern Collegian, and two essays. One letter is a response from the clerk of the faculty to Swayne's notice of withdrawal from the college. One essay entitled 'A trip to House Mountain' was written in 1869; it details a trip made there in the summer of 1867. There is an...

Dates: Inclusive 1867-1935; Majority of material found in Bulk 1867-1869

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Joseph Fauber Shaner Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0201

Scope and Contents

The collection consists mainly of photocopies of American Civil War letters written to and from Joseph Shaner and his family. It also includes a portion of Shaner's 1862 diary, his service records, one photograph, obituaries, history, reminiscences, and genealogies (1754-1978) pertaining to the Shaner family and other Rockbridge County families.

Dates: 1861 - 1865

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Laird - Bankruptcy Notice, 1869-05-10

File — RHS Collection #0077, Folder: 11

Scope and Contents

This file consists of a bankruptcy document for David Laird of Lexington, due to the creditor of M.W. Hartsook and sent by J.A. Lynham (deputy marshall).

Dates: 1869-05-10

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Legal Documents

Land Grants

Collection — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076

Identifier: RHS-Coll-0067

Scope and Contents This collection includes copies and originals of 18th and 19th century land grants for acreage in Rockbridge County, Augusta County, Bath County, and other areas in southwestern Virginia. Three folders relate to the Borden land grant, which established Rockbridge County. There is a fragment of an undated, handwritten copy of the Borden land grant. Other folders related to the Borden grant include historical analysis and recounting of the development of the grant by E.P. Tompkins. Some land...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1749 - 1985

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Land Surveys

Collection — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076

Identifier: RHS-Coll-0069

Scope and Contents

This collection includes original land surveys for land in Rockbridge County. Includes surveyors drawings.

Dates: 1815 - 1943

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Legal Documents

Collection

Identifier: RHS-Coll-0077

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a variety of legal documents related to citizens of Rockbrige County. Includes indentures, bonds, materials related to wills, legal agreements, and insurance policies amongst other documents.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1742 - 1895

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Lexington-Rockbridge County Calendar

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0067

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 1977, 1978, and 1981 calendars of Lexington-Rockbridge County produced by the Ruth Anderson McCulloch Branch of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.

Dates: Publication: 1977 - 1981

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Lexington, Virginia

Collection — RHS Collection #0078, Folder: 1-22

Identifier: RHS-Coll-0078

Dates: Majority of material found within 1818 - 1991

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

List of Enslaved Persons Belonging to the Estate of John Robinson upon his death, 1826 or 1827

Item — Box 3: [Barcode: 0000005804], Folder: 52

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 1 of this collection primarily covers the period from 1763 through Samuel McDowell Reid's death in 1869. There are also a few later items dealing chiefly with his estate.

The bulk of the papers deals with business matters. Documents concern such matters as the James River and Kanawha Company, the North River Navigation Company, Washington College's relationship with the Society of the Cincinnati, slavery, and the financial dealings of John Robinson and the Hare family.

Dates: 1826 or 1827

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Reid Family Papers / Series 1 / Business Correspondence

Livestock, 1892 - 1903

File — Box 1, Folder: 10

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of ledger, 1892-1903.

Dates: 1892 - 1903

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Washington and Lee University and Regional Virginia History Research Collection / Agriculture

Madison Dunlap, 1994-10

File — Box 1, Folder: 35

Scope and Contents

This file consists of a paper/presentation materials written by Nanlou Sauder presented to the Ignorance Club on the topic of "Madison Dunlap, David Lowman, and Miller's Mill" (3162 West Midland Trail @ Kerrs Creek).

Dates: 1994-10