Rose, Redd, and Claiborne family papers
Content Description
This collection contains correspondence, deeds, estate indentures, account books, receipts notebooks, photographs, carte-de-visite, genealogical research and trees, clippings, a tintype, and ephemera, including wallets, a metal box, and a lock of hair documenting the Rose, Redd, and Claiborne families of Virginia. Names frequently appearing in papers include Eugene M. Redd and his son James Redd. Also included are Ezra Morrison, Mattie Tompkins, Clarence Redd, Jessie Redd McCarthy, Rachel Ayers, Blaine McCarthy Willett, John McCarthy, and the Blain family. The papers document genealogical research and track land purchase and holding, including the Bellevette, a Robert Rose property that has passed down to his descendants, in Nelson County. Also included is correspondence from the turn of the century regarding the Central Virginia Electric Cooperative, a private, not-for-profit cooperative that has provided electricity to customers.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Provenance
Gift of the McCarthy Family Trust, 29 February 2024.
Language of Description
English
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- Creation: c.1771-2007
Extent
1.25 Cubic Feet (1 cubic box and 1 small oversize flat file folder)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons license. The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library of the University of Virginia makes its bibliographic records and the metadata contained therein available for public use under the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Designation.
Inventory
1 cubic box: correspondence, deeds, account books, notebooks, photographs, carte-de-visite, genealogical research and trees, clippings, and ephemera, including wallets, a metal box, and a lock of hair 1 small oversize flat file folder: photographs, genealogical tree, Indenture agreement, deed, coats of arms, and printed materials