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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
Poague Family Agricultural Account Book and Slave Register
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0476
Scope and Contents
This account book documents agricultural operations for a southern Rockbridge County farmer between April 1863 and June 1867. The compiler is possibly Johnathan Poague, whose son, John William Poague, signed the book on the inside front cover. John William Poague attended Washington College in 1868 for one year. Contents include expenditures and receipts for day to day farm operations, crop production numbers, and diary - like entries. Contents of specific note include a registry of names of...
Dates:
Inclusive 1861-1867; Majority of material found within Bulk 1863-1867
Rockbridge County records
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0067
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Rockbridge County records, including tax lists, ordinary licenses, muster rolls, lists of enslaved people, court cases, and election polls.
Dates:
1778-1912