Special Collections, Kegley Library, Wytheville Community College
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Beverly Repass Hoch Miscellaneous Collection, Mss. Collection 2008.5, Kegley Library, Wytheville Community College, Wytheville, VA
Donated by Beverly Repass Hoch in 2008; material in Folder 2 donated in 2011.
The documents in this collection were purchased by professional genealogist Beverly Repass Hoch from eBay in 2008 and 2011. Mrs. Hoch donated the contents of Folder 4 in 2008 and the contents of Folder 2 in 2011.
Certificate stating that Helen Shelburne, currently age 21, is residing at the home of Rev. A. A. Ferguson, Wytheville, Virginia.
Re: request for search of land records for Henry Copenhaver who died ca. 1827. whose heirs in Iowa are trying to establish claim through his son George Copenhaver.
Re: congratulations on his recent divorce.
Re: heavy rain, Sunday School at Oak Grove Chapel (later Hawkins Chapel Lutheran Church).
Re: request to check for missing paper in court case of Thompson vs. Sayers et al.
Re: return of husband, James Ewell Brown; her rheumatism; family; slaves Edwin and Rosannah; children of Jane Lewis Crockett including Charles Lewis Crockett, Gustavus Crockett and wife Elizabeth Erskine Crockett, Francis Crockett; death of William Brown's child; and Methodist revival and religion.
Re: Christmas and spiritual matters; Methodist church and preachers; illness of their uncle, Adam McKee; Dr. Chapman of Philadelphia; Emory and Henry College ministers; teacher Jane Hamilton Childs; and family.
Re: sickness in Wythe County; death of Catherine Painter, widow of Mathias Painter; illness of wife Polly (Mary) Ewing; Henry Ewing; drinking of Joshua Ewing; plans for his tannery.
Re: payment for creditors of Hayden H. Bell.
Re: road conditions.
Re: her stay and treatment at Pulaski Alum Springs; his trip home; neighbors including Joseph Crockett; Guy Sanders; his incredulity at how ladies walk in high heeled shoes on macadamized streets in Newbern, Virginia.
Re: death of Polly Cooper; call of Rev. T. P. Barclay to Wytheville Presbyterian Church; healthy climate of Wytheville.