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Land Grants
Collection — Container: 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
Rockbridge Historical Society collection of deeds
Collection
Identifier: WLU -Coll-0043
Scope and Contents
A collection of original land deeds and indentures from the vicinity of Rockbridge County, Virginia collected by the Rockbridge Historical Society.
Dates:
1748 - 1920
Rockbridge Historical Society files on cemeteries
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-15
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0039
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of research files on local and regional cemeteries, especially those found in Rockbridge and Augusta counties in Virginia. The files are arranged alphabetically by name of cemetery and are comprised of both primary and secondary resources.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900 - 2000
Walter Curtis Ayers Collection
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0263
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of registers, indices, folios, plates, wills, charts and data related to the Benjamin Borden Grant of 92,100 acres of land.
Dates:
Inclusive 1940-1963