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Preferred Citation

Warner W. White papers, 1803-1892. Accession 53126, 53133. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Purchased.

Biographical Information

Warner W. White was born 3 August 1798 in Hanover County, Virginia, to William White (1751-1812) and Catherine White (b. 1762). White served in Captain Hickman's Company, Virginia militia, during the War of 1812. White was a farmer in Hanover County and held several enslaved persons. He married Harriet Anderson (b. ca. 1815) of Caroline County, Virginia, and they had two children.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1803-1892, of Warner W. White (b. 1798) of Hanover County, Virginia, consisting of accounts, certificates, deeds, forms, judicial records, letters, promissory notes, receipts, tax records, and other documents regarding White's purchase and hire of enslaved persons, and his purchase of groceries and dry-goods. It also covers his and his family's efforts to secure property in Randolph County, (West) Virginia; as well as Harriet White's (b. ca. 1815) efforts to receive a pension for White's military service during the War of 1812. Papers also include family correspondence from brothers living in Roanoke County, Virginia, and Owensboro, Kentucky.