A Collection in
the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 81.12
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation
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Nathaniel Burwell Papers, Manuscript MS 81.12, John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation
Nathaniel Burwell (1750-1814) was the son of Carter and
Lucy Grymes Burwell. He attended the College of William and
Mary between 1759 and 1772. He married twice, first to
Susannah Grymes and after her death to Lucy Page Baylor. Both
unions produced eight children. Burwell lived at Carter's
Grove until his second marriage, at that time, he moved to
Clark County, Va., where he erected Carter's Hill. He also
managed the New Quarter, Mill Quarter, Foaces and Neck of Land
Quarter.
A ledger of accounts kept by Nathaniel Burwell (1750-1814)
including liquor for Carter's Grove, Carter's Hill, New
Quarter, Marsh Quarter, Fouaces Quarter, River Quarter, Mill
Quarter, and the Stills. The loose items consist of Burwell's
account of the estate of John Bryan (1801-1807), court chits,
papers for a suit brought on by Burwell-Tilley heirs, and a
letter to a London merchant.
Names mentioned include James Anderson, Samuel Athawes
(London), Dr. Philip Barraud, Samuel Beall, Carter Burwell,
Lewis Burwell, Mrs. [Christiana?] Campbell, Bartholomew
Dandridge, Col. William Digges, John Minson Galt, John Grymes,
Edward Lightfoot, Gabriel Maupin, Hugh Nelson, John Page of
Caroline County, Edmund Randolph, Sr., Messrs. Rowles, Grymes
and Company (London), Dr. John de Sequeyra, Thomas Tilley, and
St. George Tucker.
The John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library also holds the
Burwell Family Papers.
The Burwell Family Papers, Special Collections
Department, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library; includes two
daybooks kept by Nathaniel Burwell for the years 1773- 1779
and 1779-1786.
Burwell Family Papers,
1736-1810. 15 items. Collection number: MS 64.4
Carter's Grove. Letter. Nathaniel Burwell to
[Messrs. Rowles, Grymes & Co., London]. ALS, 2pp.
Found in folio 104 of Ledger,
11 July 1788.
Receipt. William Nelson, Jr. to Nathaniel
Burwell. 1p. Found in folio 59 of Ledger. Cut 1/2,
20 April 1795.
Account of John Bryan's estate by Nathaniel
Burwell. 23p,
7 January 1801- 11 November
1808.
Clerk's Chit. Nelson, Clerk of Gloucester
County to Nathaniel Burwell. 2pp. Found in folio 88 of
Ledger,
May 1803.
Clerk's Chit. O. Corby, Clerk of Middlesex to
Nathaniel Burwell. 2pp. Found in folio 88 of Ledger,
1804.
Clerk's Chit. O. Corby, Clerk of Middlesex to
Nathaniel Burwell. 2pp. Found in folio 88 of Ledger,
1805.
Decree. Mathews Court. Nathaniel Burwell vs.
Thomas & Lucy Churchill & Elizabeth Tilley,
heirs of Thomas Tilley, 2p. Broken at fold. Found in
folio 88 of Ledger,
February, 1806.
Receipt. John Patterson to Mann Page. 1p.
Found in folio 88 of Ledger,
16 May 1806.