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Rose, Redd, and Claiborne family papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2024-0075

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

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