A Collection in Special Collections The University of Virginia Library
Accession Number 8425 -b
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The bulk of the papers consist of Falkner [sic] family
papers, 1824-1964, the Mississippi ancestors of William
Faulkner. These include bills receipts, indentures and
certificates of election of John Wesley Thompson Falkner,
William C. Falkner, and John Wesley Thompson. Of interest are a number of receipts for the sale of slaves.
"A Nosegay" by Justiania Word, Jr., 1 p. on 1
l.
1824 May 1
AMsS
John Wesley Thompson to Justiania D.
Thompson, 4 p. on 2 l.
1834 August 20
ALS
John Wesley Thompson to Justiania D.
Thompson, 2 p. on 1 l.
1834 September 20
ALS
Justiania Thompson to John Wesley Thompson,
and his reply, 3 p. on 1 l.
1834 October 12
ALS
Indictment of John W. Thompson et al for
(copied 1835 October 31) murder, with notation of the
innocence,
1834 October
3 p. on 2 l. ADS
Beginning "Jehovah Jove . . ." by William
Adams
[1839?] June 29
2 p. on 1 l. AMs
poem
Certificate of John Wesley Thompson's
election as District Attorney, 1 p.
1841 November 13
ADS
Receipts for state, county, and federal taxes
1846-1868
18 items. Receipts
A. Biggs to John Wesley Thompson
1849 July 27
1 p. on 1 l. Receipt
F. T. Leak to John W. Thompson
1852 January
1 p. on 1 l. Receipt for the sale of "Emily a mulatto girl slave."
Legal notice by William C. Falkner,
Presidential Election of 1884, & miscellaneous items
1855-1884
6 items. Newspaper clippings
Receipts for state, county taxes for William
M. Prince
1856-1858
3 items. Receipts
Sirene S. Sweeten to John W. Thompson for
payment for a slave
1857 January 7
1 p. on 1 l. Receipt
James B. Ellis to John W. Thompson, slave
receipt
1857 March 15
1 p. on 1 l. Receipt
William C. Falkner to John W. Thompson, for a
slave
1857 March 21
1 p. on 1 l. Receipt
John W. Thompson's shareholders certificate
in Book and Tract Society
1859 July 13
1 p. on 1 l. ADS
G. W. Humphrey to M. Carpenter
1869 March 30
1 p. on 1 l. ANS
Indenture between G. M. Maddox and John W.
Thompson
1871 July 18
4 p. on 1 l. ADS
Agreement between William C. Falkner and John
W. T. Falkner
1872 December 6
4 p. on 1 l. ADS
Agreement between John Thompson and John W.
T. Falkner
1873 February 6
3 p. on 1 l. ADS
Agreement between John W. Thompson and
Justiania Thompson and John W. T. Falkner
1873 February 6
4 p. on 1 l. ADS
Notes on John Wesley Thompson's birth and
death dates; business card of Thompson & Falkner
[1873?]
Notes
Chiefly canceled checks drawn by J. W. T.
Falkner or Hall & Falkner, and envelope bearing
notation regarding bonds
1873-1920
19 items. Checks, etc.
J. A. Williams [?] to J. M. Phipps covering a
copy of a land patent
1880 May 27
1 p. on 1 l. LS
$100 note of W. A. Crum to Dillard &
Coffin
1880 October 2
2 p. on 1 l. ANS
Agreement between W. C. Falkner and W. L.
Nugent and J. S. Hamilton
1889 July 2
3 p. on 2 l. ADS(copy)
Agreement between John W. T. Falkner for W.
C. Falkner with W. L. Nugent and J. S. Hamilton
1889 July 2
3 p. on 2 l. AD(copy)
W. M. Stone General Land Office to Howry
& Falkner
1889 September 14
1 p. on 1 l. ALS
Lewis A. Groff, General Land Office to Howry
& Falkner
1889 October 12
1 p. on 1 l. LS
"Letters Testamentary" for the Estate of
William C. Falkner
1889 November
2 p. ADS
William C. Falkner with Nicholas Williams
& Co.
1889
4 p. on 4 l. Accounts
John W. T. Falkner's election as state
legislator
1891 December 1
1 p. on 1 l. Certificate
John W. T. Falkner's election as state
senator
1895 November 7
1 p. on 1 l. Certificate
John W. T. Falkner's election as state
senator
1895 November 15
1 p. on 1 l. Certificate
John W. T. Falkner's appointment as a Trustee
of the University of Mississippi
1896 March 25
1 p. on 1 l. Certificate
Letter of appointment of John W. T. Falkner
from Judson Hormon
1896 June 16
2 p. on 1 l. TLS
Regarding extension of the Gulf and Chicago
Railroad
1897
4 items. Miscellaneous
Receipt to J. W. T. Falkner as Attorney for
the University of Mississippi
1898 June 24
1 p. on 1 l. Receipt
J. W. T. Falkner's election as state senator
1899 November 20
1 p. on 1 l. Certificate
Receipt to J. W. T. Falkner, Attorney for the
University of Mississippi
1899 December 27
1 p. on 1 l. Receipt
Miscellaneous notes of [J. W. T. Thompson?]
189[?]
4 p. on 2 l. Notes
J. W. T. Falkner's 10th Annual Report as
Executor of Col. William C. Falkner
1900 May
6 p. on 6 l. Typescript
J. W. T. Falkner's appointment as a Delegate
to the Southern Industrial Convention
1900 October 24
1 p. on 1 l. Certificate
J. W. T. Falkner's 11th Annual Report as
Executor of Col. William C. Falkner
1901 May
7 p. on 6 l. Typescript
J. W. T. Falkner's election as an Alderman of
the town of Oxford, Mississippi
1902 March 2
1 p. on 1 l. Certificate
Claim against estate of T. E. Harris by Mrs.
L. Yates; attached note for $500
1906 May 29
2 items. Legal Papers
Bank statements and canceled checks of J. W.
T. Falkner
1915-1916
19 items. Bank statements &
checks
Assignment of an insurance policy to J. W. T.
Falkner
1916
3 items. Insurance policy
"Assessments of Solvent Credits, Money on
Hand, on Deposit or Loaned as Shown by the Records," for
J. W. T. Falkner
1917 December 28
1 p. on 1 l. Document
Receipt for machinery purchased from Patton
& Taylor
1920 May 19
1 p. on 1 l. Receipt
Sallie Burus to Sallie Murry, enclosing notes
on the "Falkner-Thurmond Affair,"
1964 January 23
4 p. on 2 l. ALS
Regarding debts due J. W. T. Falkner
n. d.
2 p. on 1 l. Notes
2 poems by [J. W. Thompson?]
n. d.
4 p. on 2 l. AMs
William C. Falkner,
Novelist , from publications of the Mississippi
Historical Society, by A. L. Bondurant; inscribed by
author, with envelope addressed to Mrs. R. X. Williams
from S. F. Burus, 1964 May 2.
n. d.