A Guide to the George Pegram Land Entry, 1 July 1800 Pegram, George, Land Entry, 1 July 1800 27289b

A Guide to the George Pegram Land Entry, 1 July 1800

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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 27289b


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Repository
Library of Virginia
Accession number
27289b
Title
George Pegram Land Entry, 1 July 1800
Physical Characteristics
2 leaves, photocopies.
Physical Location
Personal papers collection, Acc. 27289b.
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

George Pegram Land Entry, 1 July 1800. Accession 27289b, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Lent for copying by Mrs. E. B. Short, Dinwiddie, Virginia, 25 September 1969.

Biographical/Historical Information

George Pegram was born 29 August 1755 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Pegram raised a company of volunteers during the American Revolution and served as its captain. He served in the House of Delegates representing Dinwiddie County from 1786 to 1789. Pegram was a justice of the peace from 1788 to 1790. Pegram married Elizabeth Williamson and they had eight children.

Scope and Content Information

Copy of land entry, 1 July 1800, for land in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, for George Pegram. Pegram presented land office treasury warrant no. 1, dated 14 November 1797, for the land. A second note, dated 8 March 1821, notes that the original was located the papers of the county clerk and that it was "mainly a probationary paper."