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Cabell Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Purchased: 3,192 items, 07/18/1941.
There were three generations of William Cabells who were surveyors. Dr. William Cabell (1700-1774) was a physician and assistant surveyor of Goochland and Albemarle Counties, Virginia under Joshua Fry and William Mayo. His son William Cabell (1729/30-1798) was also assistant surveyor of Albemarle County and surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia. His son and the third William Cabell (b. 1759) was surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia.
Accounts, surveys and correspondence, chiefly 1743-1823, of members of the Cabell family of Albemarle and Amherst counties, Virginia.
Includes accounts and land transactions, 1733-1754, of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) as well as letters written to him concerning medical treatment.
Also includes accounts, surveys of Amherst County and correspondence with commission merchants of William Cabell (1730-1798); and surveyor's license and surveys of William Cabell (b. 1759).
Also includes correspondence, 1796-1820, of William H. Cabell (1772-1853); correspondence of William S. Crawford, clerk of Amherst County; and correspondence relating to the will of Patrick Henry, Jr. including a list of books purchased from the estate of Patrick Henry (1736-1799).
Prominent correspondents in the collection include Joseph Carrington Cabell, John Marshall, Philip Norborne Nicholas, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Edmund Pendleton and Peyton Randolph.
There are manuscript volumes of the field survey books of Dr. William Cabell; entry survey books for Goochland and Albemarle Counties, and lists of court cases by William S. Crawford as well as surveys signed by Joshua Fry and surveying business conducted by the College of William and Mary.
Surveyor's Notebooks from the Cabell Family papers in Swem Library's microforms area, 1 reel, call number TA522 .V8 C3.
This collection is organized into two series, 1. Papers, and 2. Manuscripts. This collection is arranged chronologically by date.
Letters, 1885-1890, from William Cabell, England, to Alexander Brown, are located in the Cabell-Brown Collection within the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Cabell-Brown Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Cabell- Brown Papers, 1885-1890.12 items.Collection number: Mss. Sm Coll Cabell-Brown
The letters of Alexander Brown have been separated into two inventories, located within Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, that are related to the Cabell Fmaily papers.
Alexander Brown Papers (I), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Alexander Brown Papers (II), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00017.frame
When available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.
Document Signed. Contains the mark of Richard Chivers.
Creator unknown. Signature clipped. Autograph Letter.
Signed by Robert Hughes. Autograph Document Signed.
Autograph Document Signed
James Christian is bound unto William Cabell for the sum of 198 pounds 7 shillings and one penny.
With legacies to sons Elisha and Samuel and daughter Ruth Jordan. Witnessed by George Morrell and Thomas Ballard Smith. Document Signed. See medium oversize file.
Signed by Benjamin Robinson and E. Bennet. See medium oversize file.
Autograph Document.
About his sending Westcote Buttons and staples for the Baggs. Autograph Letter Signed.
Order upon the petition of William Cabell, Senior, Joseph Cabell, John Cabell, and William Hopkins. Leave is granted them to take up 6,000 acres in Goochland County on the branches of Blackwater Creek and bounded on Nicholas Davis' land and to extend backward towards other rivers. Signed by Robert Staunton and John Blair.
Payable to Samuel Allen. Tobacco receipt. Document Signed.
Note added that "Entry made 1743 Joshua Fry".
For 1600 acres of land beg[inning] at Samuel Burks, Jun[io]r; William Cabell enters for 400 acres of land beginning at the fork of Ioes Creek, and 400 acres on both sides of Fendlys Creek. Autographed Document.
Autograph Document.
Scope and Contents About sending John Row with 2 Negroes to "bent plantation" [signature clipped]. Autograph Letter.
Order signed by N. Walthoe. That William Cabell be granted leave to survey 1200 acres in Goochland County.
Autograph Document.
Signed by W. Wagner.
That William Cabell be granted leave to take up 1200 acres in Goochland on both sides of the Fluvanna River.
Survey of 50 acres on the south side of Rockfish River.
Document.
Document.
Signed by William Cabell and Joshua Fry. This document was conserved with support from the Virginia State Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars.
Signature clipped.
Signed by William Cabell and Joshua Fry. Conserved with support of the Daughters of Colonial Wars of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Receipts signed by Thomas Everard.
Surveys signed by William Cabell, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor, and will of George Braxton of St. Stephens parish in King and Queen County.
Surveys signed by William Cabell, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor, note signed by Benjamin Waller.
By which Peter Randolph sold Samuel Burk a half acre lot in the town of Westham.
Signed by Thomas Jefferson, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor. Including survey of land in Albemarle County.
Condition of obligation between Mathew Talbot, Clement Read and Charles Talbot and Cornelius Cargill, Robert Henry Dyer, William Caldwell, and Abraham Martin.
Receipts signed by Benjamin Waller and Thomas Everard. Two documents dated 1754 were conserved with support from the Virginia State Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars.
Survey signed by John Staples, assistannt surveyor.
Receipt signed by James Nevil and Ben Waller. Survey signed by John Staples.
One receipt signed by T. Everard.
Statement from N. Walthoe, Williamsburg, Virginia to the Justices of Amherst County. Approving the place for the County Court House to be established, providing it be built at the expense of the county.
Admitted to court record.
About sending the supplies he had ordered and discussing the price of tobacco.
See medium oversize file.
See medium oversize file.
Requesting medical treatment for his wife and describing her symptoms.
Concerning surveys by William Cabell, Junior, surveyor.
Requesting treatment and listing his wife's symptoms.
Autograph Document Signed.
Authorizing William Cabell, Junior, to be Deputy Escheator for the counties of Albemarle, Amherst, Buckingham, and Bedford.
About his daughter's illness.
About the sale of his tobacco.
For payment for the Gazette.
Settled May 2769 (for 1768) "for the use of the College of William and Mary." Signed by John Blair, Junior on the reverse of "A List of Fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell Junior, surveyor."
Scope and Contents "For the use of the College of William & Mary," signed by John Blair, on reverse of "A List of fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, Jun[io]r, surveyor."
Includes "Invoice of Sundries Shipt by John Backhouse on board the John John Breakhill for Virginia on Account Colonel William Cabell Junior."
About his tobacco sales and invoice.
About his wife's illness.
On reverse of "A List of Fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell Junior, surveyor," signed by Robert Miller, Bursar.
About the insurance due on the wheat and tobacco.
About his account.
Signed by Peyton Randolph.
About Thomas Lomax's giving security for his father's mortgage and removing the Negroes.
On the reverse of "A List of Fees Received for Surveys in Amherst County, by William Cabell Junior, surveyor," signed by Robert Miller, Bursar.
About his father's suit. Copy.
On the reverse of "A List of Fees Rec[eive]d for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, jun[io]r, surv[eyor]." Autograph Document Signed.
Saying "I am truly sorry they have not altogether answered your Expectations."
Stating why he will not renew his consignment.
Copy(?).
(Signature clipped). Document.
Accounts of Colonel William Cabell, 1781; Hugh Rose, Amherst, to Major William Cabell, June 9, 1781; Two lists of militia ordered into service from Amherst County, 1781; Hugh Rose, Amherst, to Major William Cabell, July 24, 1781; Miscellaneous Receipts.
Issued by the College of William and Mary to William Cabell (William Cabell, Jr., 1759-) and signed by James Madison, George Wythe, Charles Bellini, and Benjamin Harrison.
Including house plan. Oversize. House plan scan=G0733.
To his brother William Sid Crawford, Amherst, about his studies.
Document.
Signed by Patrick Henry.
Unsigned document.
Signed by James Montgomery, assistant surveyor, and William Cabell, Junior, surveyor.
Giving medical advice.
Two letters dealing with the levy to pay for the county jail and repairing the court house.
Signed by Nicholas Davies.
Giving medical advice.
Addressed to an unknown recipient. Requesting a copy of a bill.
About his plans to move his law practice to Amherst.
Giving medical advice.
Explaining why he will not return home from Jamaica and stating, " I live, I repent and will atone, as far as a future life of self denial, and a steady observance of all that is right can atone for my misdeeds."
About Cabell's candidacy for U.S. Representative.
Requesting him to return home. Copy.
With note signed by John Breckinridge.
Letter.
About his family's health.
About subscriptions to his relative Mr. Pleasant's paper which is "entirely friendly to Republicanism and the cause of France..."
About legislation in the U.S. Congress.
Includes surveys signed by James Higginbotham, surveyor.
About business matters.
Mentioning legal advice given by John Marshall.
About resuming his practice in the superior court and engaging in the business you mention.
About the division of the county.
About the selection of electors.
Saying all the electors will vote for Jefferson and Burr.
Mentioning the work of the current session of the House of Delegates and the dispute which took place between George Hay and James Thompson Callender.
Requesting a copy of the Amherst polls for Representative in Congress and commenting on international news.
Giving news of the House of Delegates.
About a promise of a loan. Signature clipped.
On business matters.
Letter to unknown recipient on business matters.
List of books from his father's estate contained in a letter from E. Winston to Colonel William Cabell.
About the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.
About Mr. Leake of Albemarle who hopes to take his place in the House of Representatives. Document.
About the preaching of his deceased brother's funeral sermon.
On business matters.
About his (lottery?) tickets.
About the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.
About the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.
About his debts.
About the sale of his tobacco.
About the sale of his tobacco.
About the sale of his tobacco.
About the sale of his tobacco.
About the sale of his tobacco.
About the sale of his tobacco.
About the sale of his tobacco.
About his family's health and his studies.
About the settlement of Mr. Henry's debts.
Scope and Contents About the opening of "a public school"; in the New Glasgow Academy.
About the management of her slaves--probably selling Frank because he has no connections nearby or hiring him out to "some humane person that will treat him well."
Signature clipped.
Date on letter is incorrectly recorded as 1707. About negotiations with the British government.
Deposition about a negro runaway slave named Fleming.
About the happenings in the House of Representatives.
Letter to unknown recipient.
Letter to unknown recipient.
Letter to unknown recipient.
Mentioning that Mr. Tucker and he will come to dinner.
Signature clipped.
Letter to unknown recipient.
About "the family of Hannah I mean the two girls, who have never been House servants, other than as spinners, at which business they have been excellent hands and may yet be so, if taught a proper degree of subordination by a mistress--the others except the small children have been wrought in the plantation," Signature clipped.
Scope and Contents Saying his "negroes ar now under excellent discipline and so free from punishment & so well satisfied with their situation, that my carpenter John Brown, who must be sent to Corrottoman this fall, if very much opposed to going although I consent for his wife to go with him. My overseer is an active, attentive & amiable man."
Content about the difficulty of hiring a new overseer.
About business matters.
Scope and Contents About news at "Union Grove".
About his plans to be a candidate for the Senate.
About business matters.
About family and business matters.
Manuscript Volume 1
Signed by William Hill, assisant surveyor.
About hiring his man, Joshua.
Manuscript Volume 2.
Manuscript Volume 3.
Including accounts of Robert L. Brown and Mayo Cabell and business letters of Mayo Cabell.
42 items.
Manuscript
Including a list of medicines sold.
5 items. Photographs.
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph
Two photographs.
Photograph
Made by Alexander Brown and others. Manuscript.
Printed material.
Manuscript.
Manuscript.
About a letter from John Brown to William Cabell dated April 20, 1781. Newspaper clipping.
See microfilm of survey notebooks.
Manuscript Volume 4. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albermarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.
Manuscript Volume 5. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.
22 pages. Manuscript Volume 6. Notebook in multiple hands, one being Nicholas Cabell's (1750-1803). Based in Amherst, Va., Cabell was a notable Virginia politician in the latter half of the 18th century. Notebook contents include merchants' arithmetic problems and various memoranda and notes on accounts, debts, writs, prices, and wights. Dates in the notebook include 1750 and 1779.
13 pages. Manuscript Volume 7. Entry survey book of Colonel William Cabell (1730-1798), 1753 June 25-October 7, with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Colonel William Cabell was a notable public official in Virginia in the latter half of the 18th century. He became assistant surveyor of Albemarle County in 1753.
32 pages. Manuscript Volume 8. Entry survey book in several hands for Goochland County, 1736-1743. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. A few entries are in William Cabell's hand. Note: these are not complete entries--i.e. 101, 114, 214, etc.--may have been written by Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) after he returned from England in 1741.
120 pages. Manuscript Volume 9. Entry survey book in several hands for Albemarle County, 1744 December-1745 April. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.
Manuscript Volume 10. Entry survey book in unknown hand with index, 1743-1747. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.
Manuscript Volume 11. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the survey was done. Various entries dated 1743. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.
Manuscript Volume 12. Account book for 1752-1774 with farm and medical accounts of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774). Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.
318 pages. Manuscript Volume 13. Field book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) with various surveys and written religious reflections, 1752-1754. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the survey was done. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.
Manuscript Volume 14. Religious notes in unknown hand interleaved with surveys, one in the hand of Col. William Cabell (1730-1798). Notes on medicine, tobacco, and farm accounts are by Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774). Various entries dated 1756-1758. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albermarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon. Colonel William Cabell was a notable public official in Virginia in the latter half of the 18th century.
Manuscript Volume 15. Notebook containing mathematical and geometry problems in an unknown hand. The final two pages of text contain a listing of legal disagreements, with dates and names of the persons in conflict and notes on the judgment. Various entries dated 1745 and 1747.
Manuscript Volume 16. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Various entries dated 1748 and 1750. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.
Manuscript Volume 17
Manuscript Volume 18
Manuscript Volume 19
Manuscript Volume 20
Manuscript Volume 21
Manuscript Volume 22
Manuscript Volume 23
Manuscript Volume 24
26 pages. Manuscript Volume 25
20 pages. Manuscript Volume 26
15 pages. Manuscript Volume 27
15 pages. Manuscript Volume 28
7 pages. Manuscript Volume 29
22 pages. Manuscript Volume 30.
Manuscript Volume 31
Manuscript Volume 32
Manuscript Volume 33
Manuscript Volume 34