A Collection in the
Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
Collection Number Mss. 65 B855
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and
Mary
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Collection number
Mss. 65 B855
Title
Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (II),
1791-1920.
Extent
941 items.
Creators
Braxton family,
Brown family,
Bryant family,
Coulter family,
Morton family,
Tomlinson family,
Tucker family,
Margaret W. Barnes,
Frances Bland Coalter Brown,
Henry Peronneau Brown,
Fanny T Bryan,
John Coalter,
St. George Tucker Coalter,
Maria Rind Coalter.
Language
English
Abstract
Papers, 1791-1920, of the Brown,
Coalter and Tucker families. Includes correspondence, of
Frances Bland (Coalter) Brown with Margaret W. Barnes, members
of the Braxton family, Henry Peronneau Brown, Fanny T. Bryan,
John Coalter, St. George Tucker Coalter and members of the
Morton family.
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any
materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of
Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the
copyright, if not Swem Library.
Preferred Citation
Inventory of the Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (II),
Mss. 65 B855, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem
Library, College of William and Mary.
Note: The following subscripts are genealogical citations
separating generations within the same family.
A more extensive biography on the Brown, Coalter and Tucker
families can be found by accessing the Brown, Coalter, Tucker
Papers (I), Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem
Library, College of William and Mary.
Coalter Family John Coalter
1 (1769-1838), was born in 1769 to
parents Michael Coalter and Elizabeth Moore. He held the
postion of tutor to the children of St. George Tucker
(1752-1827), and Frances (Bland) Randolph Tucker (d.1788). A
move to Williamsburg, allowed him to receive a law degree from
the College of William and Mary under Bp. James Madison and
George Wythe. A year later he married Maria Rind, the orphaned
daughter of a Williamsburg printer, who had been serving as
governess for the Tucker children. Coalter's first two wives
died in chilbirth, Maria Rind Coalter in 1792; and Margaret
Davenport of Williamsburg in 1795. Ann Frances Bland Tucker
(1785-1813), daughter of St. George Tucker, was taken as his
third wife in 1802. She later bore him his only three
children, Frances Lelia Coalter (1803-1822), Elizabeth Tucker
Coalter Bryan (1805-1853), and St. George Tucker Coalter
(1809-1839). In 1822, Coalter took his fourth wife, the widow
Hannah (Jones) Williamson.
Elizabeth Tucker Coalter
2 (1805-1853), married John
Randolph Bryan (godson of John Randolph of Roanoke). They had
nine children; John Coalter Bryan (1831-1853), Delia Bryan,
(d. 1833), Frances Tucker Bryan (b. 1835), Randolph Bryan (b.
1837), Georgia Screven Bryan (b. 1839), St. George Tucker
Bryan (b. 1843), Joseph Bryan (b. 1847), Thomas Forman Bryan
(1848-1851), Corbin Braxton Bryan (b. 1852).
St. George Tucker Coalter
2 (1809-1839), married Judith
Harrison Tomlin (1808-1859). They had six children; Walker
Tomlin Coalter (1830-1831); John Coalter (1831- 1883); Henry
Tucker (1833-1870); Ann Frances Bland Coalter (1835-1894), who
married Henry Peronneau Brown (1832-1894), in 1858; Virginia
Braxton Coalter (b. 1837), who married William. P. Braxton in
1855; and St. George Tucker Coalter (b. 1839), who married
Amelia Downy in 1862 and Charlotte (Downy) Terrill in
1868.
Brown Family Capt. Henry Brown
1 (1760-1841), married Frances
Thompson (1775-1822). Their children included Henry Brown, Jr.
(1797-1836), who married Eleanor Tucker; Samuel T. Brown, who
married Lissie Huger; Locky [Lockie] T. Brown (b. 1827), who
married Alexander Irvine; Frances Brown, who married Edwin
Robinson; Alice Brown, who married William M. Worthington; and
John Thompson Brown (1802-1836), who married Mary E.
Willcox.
John Thompson Brown
2 (1802-1836) and Mary Willcox had
three children; Henry Peronneau Brown (1832- 1894), who
married France Bland Coalter (1835-1894); John Willcox Brown
(b. 1833); and Col. John Thompson Brown, II (1835-1864).
Papers, 1791-1920, of the Brown, Coalter and Tucker
families. Includes correspondence, of Frances Bland (Coalter)
Brown with Margaret W. Barnes, members of the Braxton family,
Henry Peronneau Brown, Fanny T. Bryan, John Coalter, St.
George Tucker Coalter and members of the Morton family.
Also includes additional correspondences of members of the
Brown, Coalter, Braxton, Tomlin and Bryan families including a
letter, 29 April 1791, from Maria Rind to John Coalter as well
as notes, accounts and newspaper clippings concerning the
Brown family.
This collection is organized into 4 series; series 1
contains letters; series 2 contains photographs; series 3
contains various printed material; and series 4 contains
newspaper clippings.
Arrangement
The letters in series 1 is arranged alphabetically by
author. The rest of the series is arranged chronologically
by date.
There are two collections within the Manuscripts and
Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and
Mary that Relate to this Collection. They include, the
Barnes Family Papers, and the Tucker-Coleman Papers.
Barnes Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books
Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Barnes Family Papers,
1797-1926,
1818-1875. 247 items. Collection number: Mss. 39.1 B26 Correspondence, chiefly 1820-1875, of Newman
Williamson Barnes and his wife Margaret W.(Tomlin) Barnes
of Richmond, Virginia and "Greenfield," Culpeper County,
Virginia. Letters concern life in Falmouth, Virginia and
also concern Fredericksburg, Virginia. Correspondents are
members of the Braxton, Coalter, Tomlin and Oliver
families.
Tucker-Coleman Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books
Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Tucker-Coleman Papers,
1664-1945,
1770-1907. 30,000 items. Collection number: Mss. 40 T79 Papers, primarily 1770-1907, of the Tucker and
Coleman families of Williamsburg, Winchester, Lexington,
Staunton and Richmond, including papers of St. George
Tucker (1752-1827), Nathaniel Beverley Tucker (1784-1851),
Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848), Ann Frances Bland
(Tucker) Coalter (1779-1813), John Coalter (1769-1838),
John Randolph of Roanoke, and Cynthia Beverley Tucker
Washington Coleman (1832-1908) as well as other family
members.
Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I), Manuscripts and
Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and
Mary.
Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I),
1780-1929. 3,433 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 B85 Papers, 1780-1929, of the Brown, Coalter and
Tucker families including the papers of John Coalter (1769-
1838),John Thompson Brown (1802-1836). Among the
correspondents are Maria (Rind) Coalter, St. George Tucker,
William Munford, Frances Bland (Tucker) Coalter, St. George
Tucker Coalter, Frances Bland (Coalter) Brown, the Rev.
Moses D. Hoge, and Henry Peronneau
Brown.
Subseries 1: Author's first or last
name begins with - "B",
1791-1920.
Box-folder
1:1
Last Name - Barnes,
1861-1880,
n.d.
22 ALsS.
Margaret W. Barnes, Ellwood, to Fanny Bland
Coalter Brown, one dated 30 May 1861 and another
dated 13 January 1880, and 19 with n.d.
Also, one, n.d., to
Thompson
[Brown] .
Box-folder
1:2-9
Last Name - Braxton,
1848-1882,
n.d.
Box-folder 1:2
Bettie H. Braxton, Chericoke, to her
aunt and sisters,
1851-1882,
n.d.
12 ALsS.
Box-folder 1:3
Betty Braxton, Chericoke, to Fanny
(Coalter) Brown,
1848-1854.
13 ALsS.
Box-folder 1:4
Betty Braxton, Chericoke, to Fanny
(Coalter) Brown,
n.d.
9 ALsS.
Box-folder 1:4
Bunny
[Braxton?] , Chericoke, to Fanny
(Coalter) Brown,
1850-1851,
n.d.
6 ALsS.
Box-folder 1:5
Charles Braxton, n.p., to his aunt
[Fanny?],
1878-1879.
4 ALsS.
Box-folder 1:6
Lucy Tomlin Braxton, Lower Bremo and
Baltimore, to Fanny (Coalter) Brown,
1854 and
n.d.
7 ALsS.
Box-folder 1:7
Virginia C. Braxton, n.p., to her
sister Fanny (Coalter) Brown,
1859-1882.
9 ALsS and 2 ANS.
Box-folder 1:8
V. C. Braxton, n.p., to her sister
Fanny (Coalter) Brown,
n.d.
11 ALsS.
Box-folder 1:8
V. C. Braxton, n.p., to "Dear John,"
n.d.
1 ALS.
Box-folder 1:9
F.C. Braxton, n.p., to "My Dear
Aunt,"
n.d.
ALS.
Box-folder 1:9
Fanny Braxton to Fanny (Coalter)
Brown,
8 April
[1851] .
ALS.
Box-folder 1:9
Mary T. Braxton to Fanny (Coalter)
Brown,
14 June 1861.
ALS.
Box-folder 1:9
T.[?] Braxton, Chericoke, to Fanny
(Coalter) Brown,
26 March 1879.
ALS.
Box-folder 1:9
Wm. P. Braxton, Oak Spring, to
Fannie,
11 January
1858.
ALS.
Box-folder 1:9
[?] to his mother Mrs. Virginia C.
Braxton,
7 February
1882.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:10-16
Last Name - Brown,
1827-1905,
n.d.
Box-folder 1:10
Fanny Bland (Coalter) Brown,
"Stanley," to H. Peronneau Brown,
April-October
1858.
9 ALsS.
Box-folder 1:11
Fanny Bland (Coalter) Brown to her
son, husband, and "Peggy" Barnes,
1869-1875.
6 ALsS.
Box-folder 1:11
Fanny Bland (Coalter) Brown to
"Ginny,"
30 May 1892.
ALS.
Box-folder 1:12
H. Peronneau Brown, n.p., to Fanny
Bland (Coalter) Brown,
1861-1879.
8 ALsS.
Box-folder 1:13
J.T. Brown, McBreary's, to his
father Henry Brown,
[1821?].
ALS.
Box-folder 1:13
Henry Brown, Bedford, to his son
John T. Brown,
18 July 1827 and 30
May 1829.
2 ALsS.
Box-folder 1:13
List of furniture belonging to John
T. Brown,
n.d.
Ms.
Box-folder 1:14
Mary Southall Brown to Fanny
(Coalter) Brown,
1858-1885,
n.d.
21 ALsS.
Four letters have no date.
Box-folder 1:14
J. Thompson Brown to Fanny (Coalter)
Brown,
16 March 1858.
ALS.
Box-folder 1:15
J. Thompson Brown,
1880-1896.
5 AlsS.
J. Thompson Brown, Charlottesville and
"Brierfield," Bedford County, Virginia, to his
mother, 1880-1881, his wife, 1896, and a signed
picture of a home [Brierfield?].
Box-folder 1:15
J. Thompson Brown to the Rev. W. H.
Milton, the Rev. John J. Lloyd, and Mr. J.
Edward Cole,
8 August
1905.
TLS.
Box-folder 1:16
Cassie Tucker Brown, n.p., to Fanny
(Coalter) Brown,
n.d.
4 ALsS.
Box-folder 1:16
Dave Tucker Brown, n.p., to Mama,
n.d.
ALS.
Box-folder 1:16
Mary Wilicox Brown, n.p., to Aunt
Fanny,
n.d.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:17
Last Name - Bryan
1855-1883,
n.d.
Box-folder 1:17
Fanny T. Bryan, "Casey's Point" and
"Eagle Point," to Fanny (Coalter) Brown,
1855-1862.
8 ALsS.
Letter of 10 March 1859 mentions fire at the
College of William and Mary.
Box-folder 1:17
Georgia Bryan, "Eagle Point," to
Fanny (Coalter) Brown,
8 January
1858.
ALS.
Box-folder 1:17
Joseph Bryan, n.p., to Fanny
(Coalter) Brown,
6 December
1883.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:18
Last Name - Beale,
1858,
n.d.
2 ALsS.
Lucy C. Beale, Fredericksburg, Virginia, to
Fanny (Coalter) Brown,
19 February
[1858?] and 21 April [?].
Box-folder
1:18
Last Name - Beasley,
1878-1881.
2 ALsS.
Wm. Beasley, Petersburg, Virginia, to "Mrs.
Brown," 5 October 1878 and 29 September 1881.
Box-folder
1:18
Last Name - Begg,
26 January
1896.
ALS.
Janet Begg, Bedford Springs, to Cassie Tucker
Brown.
Box-folder
1:18
Last Name - Bland,
12 June
[18]75.
ALS.
Fanny Bland, Queen's Hotel, Queenstown,
Ireland, to Mrs. Brown.
Box-folder
2:1-3
Subseries 2: Author's first or last
name begins with - "C",
1829-1900.
Box-folder
2:1
Last Name - Carmichael,
17 December
[18]75 .
ALS.
F. T. Carmichael to Fanny [Coalter Brown].
Box-folder
2:1
Last Name - Carrington,
25 March 1879.
ALS.
Susan Carrington, n.p., to Fanny [Coalter
Brown].
Box-folder
2:1
Name - Catty [?],
8 September [?].
ALS.
Catty [?], "Otter," to Cousin Fanny.
Box-folder
2:1
Last Name - Cocke,
1880 and
n.d.
6 ALsS.
L. W. and Lelia B. Cocke to Fannie.
Box-folder
2:1
Last Name - Coleman,
16 February 1900.
ALS.
G. P. Coleman, Richmond, Virginia, to J.
Thompson Brown.
Box-folder
2:2-3
Last Name - Coalter,
1851-1900,
n.d.
Box-folder 2:2
John Coalter, "Walnut Hill," to his
sisters and Annie,
1869-1882.
4 ALsS.
Box-folder 2:2
St. George Coalter, University of
Virginia and Virginia Military Institute, to
his sister,
31 January 1860 and
7 July [?].
ALS.
Box-folder 2:2
French exercise paper,
17 June 1854.
Ms.
Box-folder 2:2
V. B. Coalter, Richmond, Virginia,
to Fannie B. Coalter,
8 March 1853 and
n.d.
2 ALsS.
Box-folder 2:2
Fannie B. Coalter, Chatham, to her
aunt,
15 March 1851.
ALS.
Box-folder 2:3
St. George Tucker Coalter, Chatham,
to Miss Judy H. Tomlin,
1828-1829 and
1839.
20 ALsS.
Box-folder 2:3
Judy H. Tomlin to St. George Tucker
Coalter,
n.d.
ALS.
Judy H. Tomlin later married St. George
Tucker Coalter becoming Judith Harrison Tomlin
Coalter.
Box-folder 2:3
Elizabeth T. Coalter Gordon,
"Elwood," to Judy H. Tomlin,
8 September
1839.
ALS.
Box-folder
2:4
Subseries 3: Author's first or last
name begins with - "D",
1857-1887,
n.d.
Box-folder
2:2
Last Name - Dallam,
1857-1861 and
n.d.
ALS.
Betty B. Dallam, Baltimore, Maryland, to Fanny
(Coalter) Brown.
Box-folder
2:2
Last Name - Donnan,
15 February 1887 and 7
July 1881.
ALS.
Sallie A. Donnan, Petersburg, Virginia, to "My
dear friend."
Box-folder
2:5-6
Subseries 4: Author's first or last
name begins with - "I-G",
1859-1882,
n.d.
Box-folder
2:5-6
Last Name - Irvine,
Box-folder 2:5
L. T. (Brown) Irvine ["Aunt
Lockie"], Otter Hill, to Fanny (Coalter) Brown,
1859 and
n.d.
24 ALsS.
Box-folder 2:6
L. C. Irvine, "Buffaloe," to Mrs.
Brown,
12 November
[?].
ALS.
Box-folder 2:6
M. Irvine, n.p., to "My dear
friend,"
n.d.
ALS.
Box-folder
2:6
Name - "Gay" [?],
1881-1882.
3 ALsS.
"Gay" [?], near Richmond, Kentucky, to "Ma" and
Aunt Fannie.
Box-folder
2:6
Last Name - Ginnan,
1861,
n.d.
2 ALsS.
G. B. Grinnan, Brampton, to Fanny (Coalter)
Brown.
Box-folder
2:7
Subseries 5: Author's first or last
name begins with - "J-L",
1857-1896,
n.d.
Box-folder
2:7
Name - Jenny [?],
4 October 1859,
n.d.
2 ALsS.
Jenny [?], "Stanley," to Fanny (Coalter)
Brown,
Box-folder
2:7
Last Name - Lacy,
18 July 1857.
ALS.
Betty C. Lacy, Eliwood, to Fanny (Coalter)
Brown.
Box-folder
2:7
Last Name - Lancaster,
26 February
1896.
ALS.
Willie C. Lancaster, n.p., to "Cassie."
Box-folder
2:7
Name - "Lizie,"
n.d.
ALS.
"Lizzie," n.p., to "Aunt Fannie."
Box-folder
2:7
Last Name - Lee,
15 June [?].
ALS.
Lizzie Lee, "Bremo," to Fanny.
Box-folder
2:8
Subseries 6: Author's first or last
name begins with - "M",
1855-1894,
n.d.
Box-folder
2:8
Last Name - "Aunt Mary,"
12 October
1894.
8 ALS.
"Aunt Mary," University of Virginia, to
Thompson
[Brown] .
Box-folder
2:8
Last Name - McIlwaine,
25 June 1855.
ALS.
Josie McIlwaine, Petersburg, Virginia, to Fanny
(Coalter) Brown.
Box-folder
2:8
Last Name - Morton,
1853-1881,
n.d.
Box-folder 2:8
J. L. Morton, Farmville, to Fannie
B. Coalter,
2 August 1856.
ALS.
Box-folder 2:8
Mattie Morton, "Buffaloe," to Fannie
B. Coalter,
3 December
1853.
ALS.
Box-folder 2:8
Sallie Hope Morton [?], Rockbridge
Baths, Virginia, to Mrs. Brown,
20 July 1881.
ALS.
Box-folder 2:8
Marie Morton, Richmond, to Fanny,
1857,
n.d.
9 ALsS.
Box-folder
2:9
Subseries 7: Author's first or last
name begins with - "P-R"
1791-1900,
n.d.
Box-folder
2:9
Last Name - Page,
1876-1880.
Box-folder 2:9
Charlie Page, Cary's Brook, to
"Cousin Fanny,"
27 July 1876.
ALS.
Box-folder 2:9
D.B. Page, University of Virginia,
to "My dear Bland,"
22 March 1880.
ALS.
Box-folder
2:9
Last Name - Randolph,
6 July 1895.
TLS.
A.M. Randolph, Casanova P.O., Virginia, to F.
Saunders.
Box-folder
2:9
Last Name - Rind,
29 April
1791.
ALS.
Maria Rind, n.p., to John Coalter.
Box-folder
2:9
Last Name - Roberts,
14 July 1900.
ALS.
Susan N. Roberts, Wady, Virginia, to J. T.
Brown.
Box-folder
2:9
Last Name - Robinson [?],
n.d.
ALS.
F. B. R. [Frances B. Robinson?], n.p., to Alice
Browne. Mrs. Edwin (Frances B.) Robinson and Alice
Brown were sisters of John Thompson Brown
(1802-1836).
Box-folder
2:10
Subseries 8: Author's first or last
name begins with - "S-Y",
1870-1903,
n.d.
Box-folder
2:9
Last Name - Shepperson,
10 January 1870.
ALS.
John G. Shepperson, n.p., to Fanny (Coalter)
Brown.
Box-folder
2:9
Last Name - "Susie,"
1878-1879,
n.d.
5 ALsS.
"Susie," n.p., to "Dear Aunt F.," Virginia, and
Uncle.
Box-folder
2:9
Last Name - Teates,
2 May 1898.
ALS.
W. W. Teates, Evington, Virginia, to John
Thompson Brown.
Box-folder
2:9
Last Name - Tucker,
1878-1903.
5 ALsS.
Members of the Tucker family including JR.,
Dallas, D. H., and Bev to cousins and Cassie.
Box-folder
2:9
Last Name - Womack,
4 January 1871.
ALS.
Mattie Morton Womack, "Buffaloe," to
Fannie.
Box-folder
2:9
Last Name - Young,
n.d.
ALS.
Fannie Braxton Young, West Brook, to
Fannie.
Box-folder
2:11-13
Subseries 9: Miscellaneous letters
and other materials,
n.d.
Box-folder
2:11
Miscellaneous letters, mostly
unidentified, including Henrietta, n.p., to Fannie
Bland Coalter (c/o Rev. Moses Hoge, Richmond),
n.d.
ALsS.
Box-folder
2:12
Miscellaneous notes, bills, receipts,
school reports, etc. of the Brown family,
n.d.
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