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William Garland Pendleton land warrants (Virginia)

 Collection — Box: BW 6, Folder: 1 [X031589269]
Identifier: MSS 16118

Scope and Contents

William Garland Pendleton land warrants (Virginia), dated 1819 and 1823, consists of .03 cubic feet and includes four warrants issued to Benjamin Blackford, John Arthur, Joseph Arthur, Robert Miller, James Sterrett, John Bealer, John W. Grove, and Nimrod Johnson. The warrants were signed by Pendleton who was the Clerk of the Chancery Court in Richmond, and former Register of the Land Office.

Dates

  • Creation: 1819, 1823

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Biographical / Historical

William Garland Pendleton was born in 1788 to Reuben Pendleton and Frances Maria Anna Garland in Amherst County, Virginia. He was a lawyer, Clerk of the Chancery Court in Richmond, Register of the Land Office (1814-1828), a member of the Governor's Council, and Proctor of the University of Virginia. He married Mary G. Alexander of Campbell County, Virginia. He died on December 17, 1839 in his 52nd year.

Extent

0.03 Cubic Feet (One folder in a legal document box BW 6.)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Crown Collectibles by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on March 6, 2016.

Genre / Form

Title
William Garland Pendleton land warrants (Virginia)
Status
Completed
Author
Ellen Welch
Date
5/10/17
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States