Virginia -- Rockbridge County
Found in 184 Collections and/or Records:
Mulberry Hill, 1975
This record group contains papers and projects created by students as part of their coursework, such as honors theses and capstone papers.
Native Americans
This collection consists of files containing newspaper articles, history essays and writing, and photographs concerning Native American land, battles with colonial settlers, prominent figures, and forts in Rockbridge County. Many materials describe the Shawnee Tribe and their presence and relationship with settlers in Kerrs Creek, Abbs' Valley, Balcony Falls, and Hayes Creek Mound. Some materials concern the death of Chief Cornstalk, also known as Hokoleskwa, and the Kerrs Creek Massacre.
Peoples Family (copies only), 1985-09-25, 1779-12-25
This file consists of two copies of a land grant for one hundred acres in Rockbridge County near Buffalo Creek to John Peoples, as well as a note concerning the contents of the land grants from a Peoples family descendant.
Photograph of a Wall of Beatty's Mill
This collection consists of a color photograph of a large sign painted on an exterior wall of Beatty's Mill in Rockbridge County, Virginia. The sign reads 'J. W. Beatty flour, feed, meal' and 'Ballard's Famous Insurance Feeds and Obelisk Flour.'
Photographs of Andrew Elder House
This collection consists of a photograph of the Andrew Elder House and a copy of the photograph. The Andrew Elder House was later owned by the Armentrout Family and is near Lake Robertson in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Photographs of Rice Hotinger Home
This collection consists of two photographs of Rice Hotinger's home in Kerr's Creek, Virginia. One image includes vintage cars and chickens.
Photographs of the Highland Belle School near Lexington, Va
One original photograph, as well two copies of a different photographs of the Highland Belle School in Lexington, VA circa 1938. The children pictured are identified on the back of each image. Surnames of students include Swink, Smith, Shoemaker, McCown, Black, Muterspaw, Johnson, Horne, Davis, Hostetter, Campbell, Doran, Johnston, Linburg, and Ayers
Poague Family Agricultural Account Book and Slave Register
Property Claims, 1782
Raymond J. Kirby Scrapbooks
Scrapbooks contains approximately 150 photographs and newspaper clippings (all annotated by Kirby) on the Camille Flood of August 1969 (photographs include Nelson County and Buena Vista, Virginia) and approximately 170 photographs of the construction of the Route 11 corridor bypass around the City of Lexington, Virginia.
Reed, 1896-09-12
This file consists of loan paperwork for 500 dollars.
Reid Family Papers
Rice Hotinger Ledger and Will
This accounting ledger contains records of the Hotingers' Mountain View Farm in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Richard Jennings Gaines Correspondence
This letter is written to William H. Dennis describing the girls and outings in Rockbridge County and the attraction of the study of astronomy.
Robert V. Ignico Papers
This collection contains 'Bi-Centennial Issue of Lexington Gazzette Commemorating the Settlement of the Rockbridge Section of Virginia by the White Men, A Tribute To The Scotch-Irish Pioneers', several greeting cards from the school, a collection 19 early football photos, a copy of the Washington and Lee University Bulletin (Volume XLVII, Number 4), a portrait of Robert V. Ignico 1919 as a Brigadier General in the U.S. Air Force, and a scrapbook.
Rockbridge Baths, 1980
This record group contains papers and projects created by students as part of their coursework, such as honors theses and capstone papers.
Rockbridge Baths Hotel Ledger
This register contains names of guests who visited the Rockbridge Baths, Virginia hotel between June 1871 and May 1882. Among them were many prominent faculty members of Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute, as well as guests from the city of Lexington, Virginia.
Rockbridge County, 1945-01-29
This file consists of a presentation paper entitled "A Recent Map of Rockbridge County, Virginia and some Older Maps: An Address before the Rockbridge Historical Society" by Colonel William Couper. Also includes map of Beverley Manor and Borden's Grant showing names of original grantees.
Rockbridge County Bicentennial Commission Records
This collection consists of financial records of the organization.