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Fairfax Harrison Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Fairfax Harrison was born in New York 13 March 1869, the son of Burton and Constance (Cary) Harrison and the brother of Francis
Burton Harrison. He graduated from Yale in 1890 and got a M. A. degree from Columbia University. He practiced law in New York
and was solicitor for the Southern Railway, president of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway; and president of
the Southern Railway from 1913-1937. Harrison was the author of many works including the Devon Carys, Landmarks of Old Price
William, Proprietors of the Northern Neck, the Belair Stud, the Equine FFVs, the Roanoke Stud and the Virginia Carys. He died
2 February 1938. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research
Center Wiki: .
Papers, 1736-1945, of and collected by Fairfax Harrison. Papers collected include colonial era documents, deeds, surveys,
the diary of Sally Fairfax (1771-1772), legal papers, a copy of the Dettingen Parish (Prince William County, Va.) vestry book
which contains minutes, indentures, and other (1745-1802), and photostat copy of the letterbook (1801) of Col. John Tayloe
of Mount Airy, Va. Fairfax Harrison's papers include his correspondence with individuals and institutions concerning his interest
in Virginia History. Prominent correspondents include John Stewart Bryan, David I. Bushnell, Worthington C. Ford, Douglas
Southall Freeman, William G. Stanard, Clayton Torrence, Earl Gregg Swem, Lyon G. Tyler and Langbourne M. Williams. Subjects
include Sir Edmund Andros,Francis Nicholson, Francis Fauquier, debtors' prisons, parish boundaries, Culpeper family, thoroughbred
horses, county records, and the publishing of Harrison's works as well as the publishing of Robert Armistead Stewart's Index
to Printed Virginia Genealogies and E. G. Swem's Virginia Historical Index. The collection also includes notes by Wilson Miles
Cary concerning the Cary family and the books at "Carysbrook," Fluvanna County, Va.
Related collection is Francis Burton Harrison Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William
and Mary.
2008.280 Virginia Historical Index - Fairfax Harrison Family Correspondence, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library,
College of William and Mary.
A survey of a 17, 296 acre plat of land owned by William Fairfax. Surveyed by John Aubry. Copy made 28 December 1808. This
item is in the oversize map cabinets (M 40.1).
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id141433
Deed
1739 May 17
Scope and Contents
Of 29, 170 acres, "Shannondale," to John Colvill by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id141434
Deed
1739 May 17
Scope and Contents
Of 17, 296 acres, "Piedmont." to John Calvill by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id141438
Rental
1742
Scope and Contents
Of 164 acres in Prince William county to George William Fairfax (son of William Fairfax) by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William
Fairfax.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id141439
Survey
1747 April 24
Scope and Contents
By George Humes of Ralph Wormeley's land in Frederick County.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id309753
Survey of Plat of Land owned by Catesby Cocke, Mann Page, George Atwood, William Fairfax, Col. Tayloe, etc.
circa 1750
Scope and Contents
Survey of land in the Blue Ridge owned by Catesby Cocke, Mann Page, George Atwood, William Fairfax, Col. Tayloe, ect. Drawing
by John Warner. Folder is located in oversize map cabinets (M 40.1).
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id141441
Diary of Sally Fairfax
1771-1772
Scope and Contents
(Printed in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , Vol. II). Letter by Sally Fairfax to her father, Bryan Fairfax, 1777 October 18.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id141443
Letter
undated
Scope and Contents
By Sarah Cary] Fairfax (Mrs. George William), Landsdown Place, Bath to unknown.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id141445
Legal opinion in case
1795 March 26
Scope and Contents
Estate of George William Fairfax. Opinion given by John S. Powell.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id141449
Compilation of fiscal statistics, Fauquier county
1782-1810
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id141450
Photostats
1796-1801
Scope and Contents
Tappahannock Jockey Club Minute Book.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id141451
Photostatic copy
1801
Scope and Contents
Letterbook, of John Tayloe of Mount Airy.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 id141453
Historical Material
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id141456
Photostatic copy
1745-1802
Scope and Contents
Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor
(spread over 5 folders, 1 of 5).
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id141457
Photostatic copy
1745-1802
Scope and Contents
Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor
(spread over 5 folders, 2 of 5).
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id141458
Photostatic copy
1745-1802
Scope and Contents
Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor
(spread over 5 folders, 3 of 5).
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id141459
Photostatic copy
1745-1802
Scope and Contents
Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, 1745-1802, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers
of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 4 of 5).
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id141460
Photostatic copy
1745-1802
Scope and Contents
Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor
(spread over 5 folders, 5 of 5).
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id141462
Photostats
Scope and Contents
Documents (Location of originals unknown) bearing Harrison signatures and family information.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 id141464
Wilson Miles Cary and Cary Family material
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id141466
Notebooks
Scope and Contents
Wilson Miles Cary, notebook regarding the Randolph Family. Notebook regarding the Gittings, Howard, Gist, & Brice families.
Notebook regarding the Cary, Wilson, Randolph families. Notebook of extracts from the Cornbury Ms., Albany, New York. Wilson
Miles Cary, notebook containing list of books from the Carysbrooke Library.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id141468
Typescript of history by Wilson Miles
Scope and Contents
Cary of the Carys of Virginia , 35 pp. Typescript of "Col. Wilson Miles Cary." 23 pp
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id141470
Photos and Prints
Scope and Contents
Cary family and to Burton N. Harrison.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id141472
Correspondence of Fairfax Harrison
1927-1933
Scope and Contents
Cary graves.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id141473
Wilson Miles Cary's manuscript of "Sally Cary of Ceelys, the Romance of Washington's life."
Scope and Contents
Wilson Miles Cary genealogical notes about the Cary family. Ms of "The Carys of Virginia."
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id141474
Cary family material
Scope and Contents
Wilson Miles Cary genealogical notes and charts. WMC notes about James River counties.
Mixed Materials Box: 4 id141476
Fairfax Harrison papers
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id141479
Fairfax Harrison correspondence and papers
1926
Scope and Contents
Debtors prisons in Colonial Virginia.
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id141481
Fairfax Harrison correspondence and papers
1928-1933
Scope and Contents
Virginia Parish boundaries, registers and vestry books.
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id141483
Fairfax Harrison correspondence and papers
Scope and Contents
Fairfax House, Alexandria.
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id141484
Genealogical and historical inquiries
1927-1931
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5 id141485
Fairfax Harrison scrapbook and miscellaneous pamphlets
Mixed Materials Box: 5 id141486
Fairfax Harrison papers
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id141487
Fairfax Harrison correspondence and papers
1924-1936
Scope and Contents
Virginia Land Grants.
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id141489
Fairfax Harrison correspondence and papers
1920-1921
Scope and Contents
The Proprietors of the Northern Neck and to Fauquier on the Map.
Mixed Materials Box: 6 id141491
Fairfax Harrison papers
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id141504
Fairfax Harrison correspondence and papers
Scope and Contents
The Proprietors of the Northern Neck, to Fauquier on the Map, and to Landmarks of Old Prince William.
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id141505
Fairfax Harrison historical and genealogical correspondence
1922
Mixed Materials Box: 7 id141506
Fairfax Harrison papers
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1 id141507
Fairfax Harrison correspondence and papers
1923
Scope and Contents
Brent Town (Prince William County).
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2 id141508
Fairfax Harrison correspondence
1922-1924
Scope and Contents
"Northern Neck."
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id141509
Fairfax Harrison correspondence
1922-1924
Scope and Contents
Occoquan.
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4 id141510
Fairfax Harrison correspondence
1922-1923
Scope and Contents
Virginia parishes.
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 5 id141511
Fairfax Harrison correspondence and papers
1922-1923
Scope and Contents
Turnpikes, roads, and canals.
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 6 id141512
Fairfax Harrison correspondence
1922-1923
Scope and Contents
With John Stewart Bryan, Thomas E. Didlake, H.C. Groome, and Robert F. Hayes, Jr.
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 7 id141513
Fairfax Harrison correspondence
1922
Scope and Contents
With Charlotte Noland, Foxcroft.
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 8 id141515
Fairfax Harrison correspondence
1923
Scope and Contents
With Smithsonian Institution.
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 9 id141516
Fairfax Harrison correspondence
1922-1932
Scope and Contents
With W.G. Stanard, Virginia Historical Society.
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 10 id141517
Fairfax Harrison correspondence
1922-1923
Scope and Contents
With Rev. Clayton Torrence and with Lyon G. Tyler,.
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 11 id141518
Fairfax Harrison correspondence
1922-1923
Scope and Contents
With Commonwealth of Virginia Land Office.
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 12 id141520
Fairfax Harrison miscellaneous notes and correspondence
1922-1923
Mixed Materials Box: 8 id141522
Fairfax Harrison Papers
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and notes relating to Fairfax Harrison Landmarks of Old Prince William.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 id141523
Fairfax Harrison Papers
Scope and Contents
Landmarks of Old Prince William
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1 id141524
Fairfax Harrison notes and papers
Scope and Contents
Dettingen-Hamilton-Leeds parish boundaries.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2 id141525
Fairfax Harrison papers and notes
Scope and Contents
Boundaries of Brent Town Tract.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 3 id141526
Fairfax Harrison notes and papers
Scope and Contents
Northern Neck grant.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 4 id141528
Fairfax Harrison notes and papers
Scope and Contents
Awbry and Noland families.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 5 id141530
Fairfax Harrison notes and papers
Scope and Contents
Wyatt's first administration, early papents, etc.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6 id141531
Fairfax Harrison notes and papers
Scope and Contents
Patents in the "Freshes", Potomac river grants.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7 id141533
Fairfax Harrison notes and papers
Scope and Contents
"The Frying Pan Cooper Mine."
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8 id141534
Fairfax Harrison notes and papers
Scope and Contents
Cadwallader Jones.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9 id141535
Fairfax Harrison Miscellany, Landmarks of Old Prince William
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 10 id141536
Fairfax Harrison Miscellany, Landmarks of Old Prince William
Mixed Materials Box: 10 id141537
Fairfax Harrison Papers
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1 id141681
Fairfax Harrison correspondence, notes, and lists relating to Commissions of the Peace.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 2 id141682
Fairfax Harrison correspondence
1927-1929
Scope and Contents
Justices of the Peace and Commissions of the Peace.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 3 id141683
Fairfax Harrison correspondence and papers
Scope and Contents
The Proprietors of the Northern Neck.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 4 id141684
Fairfax Harrison correspondence and papers
Scope and Contents
Culpepers.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 5 id141685
Fairfax Harrison notes and papers
Scope and Contents
Stafford County.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id141686
Fairfax Harrison Papers
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 1 id141687
Fairfax Harrison correspondence and papers
1926-1932
Scope and Contents
Francis Nicholson and Sir Edmund Andros.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 2 id141688
Fairfax Harrison correspondence and papers
Scope and Contents
Francis Fauquier and his portrait.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 3 id141689
Fairfax Harrison correspondence and papers
1924-1932
Scope and Contents
R.A. Stewart's Index to Virginia Genealogies.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 4 id141690
Fairfax Harrison correspondence and papers
1927-1935
Scope and Contents
John Warner's map of Virginia.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 5 id141691
Fairfax Harrison correspondence
Scope and Contents
Portrait of "Captain John Smith."
Mixed Materials Box: 12 id141692
Fairfax Harrison Papers
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 1 id141693
Fairfax Harrison notes
1928 January
Scope and Contents
Virginia horses- owner and date. Article regarding horseracing from The Sportsman .
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id141694
Fairfax Harrison notes
Scope and Contents
"Pioneers on the Rappahannock River." Typed list of patents.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id141695
Fairfax Harrison notes
Scope and Contents
Caroline and Essex counties.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 4 id141696
Fairfax Harrison notes regarding Gloucester and Henrico counties
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 5 id141697
Fairfax Harrison notes
Scope and Contents
King and Queen county.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 6 id141698
Fairfax Harrison notes
Scope and Contents
King William and Louisa counties.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 7 id141699
Fairfax Harrison notes regarding Middlesex county
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 8 id141700
Fairfax Harrison notes
Scope and Contents
New Kent, Northumberland, Spotsylvania counties.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 9 id141701
Fairfax Harrison notes
Scope and Contents
Forts, Towns, and Maps.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 10 id141702
Fairfax Harrison notes
Scope and Contents
Sportswood's tobacco act, 1713 with list of tobacco agents and storehouses; notes regarding Pamunkey neck; notes regarding
Lancaster & Rappahannock; and list of chief executives of Virginia, 1584-1830.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 11 id141703
Fairfax Harrison miscellaneous notes
Mixed Materials Box: 13 id141704
Fairfax Harrison Papers
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 id141705
Fairfax Harrison notes
Scope and Contents
Eighteenth century residents of various counties in Virginia.
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