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Nelson County (Va.) -- History

 Subject

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Circuit Court of Nelson County miscellaneous documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-79-1
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of twelve items. Ten documents are receipts in settlement of a case, Ewers vs. Ewers; the other two are a deed and a drawing of a plot of land of Jos. M. Dillard to Taliaferro & Loving Co.

Dates: 1865 - 1886

John Jones letter to William Massie

 Collection — Box BW 56, Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS 16808
Content Description This collection contains one autograph letter dated September 14, 1852, signed by John Jones of Richmond, Virginia, to William Massie, Piedmont Post Office, Nelson County, Virginia. In the letter, Jones wishes success to Massie's attempts to locate the home where he was born. Jones discusses his family's health, noting that his daughter, wife, and grandchild will return from a hot spring trip to improve their health, a discussion on seed wheat, and a request for Massie to tell Mrs. Barbara...
Dates: September 14, 1852

Record Book Listing of Enslaved People of the Massie Family

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 12705
Scope and Contents This collection contains two bound volumes of record books from the Massie family of Virginia.The cover of the first volume bears the handwritten label "Stock Book, Va. Negroes Ages [?] from 1739." This volume contains information on enslaved people claimed in ownership by the family, giving name, parentage, date of birth and occasionally status (deceased, sold). The oldest enslaved person recorded was born in 1739. In a few instances, fathers are listed as well as mothers. The...
Dates: 1823-1863

William Massie Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 4269
Scope and Contents

This collection, containing an account book of William Massie's, lists personal and family expense items, as well as the names of enslaved persons.



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Dates: 1847-1863

Plan of a demised tract containing about 1,488 acres

 Collection — Oversize_flat_file_folder 1: [Barcode: X032784011]
Identifier: MSS-16948
Content Description This collection contains one hand-drawn tract map titled "Demised Tract Containing About 1,488 Acres." It measures 16 X 22 inches and is on architectural vellum; no surveyor is noted. The properties of Dr. Wm. A. Horsley and Wm. D. Cabell border the tract. The tract mapped an area formerly in Amherst County, now Nelson County, known as Wingina, formerly Hardwicksville. Indicated on the tract are some structures depicted with a small drawing on the demised property. These include Lock No. 32,...
Dates: c. 1870

Plan of a demised tract containing about 1,488 acres

 Unprocessed Material — Oversize_flat_file_folder 1: [Barcode: X032784011]
Identifier: ViU-2024-0048

Rockfish Gap lithograph

 Unprocessed Material — Flat_box Archival Oversized Box L 4: Series MSS 10191, Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1/1
Identifier: ViU-2021-0144