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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia
Library
Accession number
11151
Title
Tavenner Genealogical Collection
ca.
1918-1986
Physical Characteristics
This collection
contains approximately 665 items within 6 Hollinger boxes,
totaling 2.5 linear feet.
Language
English
Abstract
This collection consists of the
genealogical research of Charles Blair Tavenner (d. 1980) of
Alexandria, Virginia, ca. 1918-1986, ca. 665 items (6
Hollinger boxes, 2.5 linear feet), chiefly pertaining to
residents of Loudoun County, Virginia.
Charles Blair Tavenner, Genealogical Research Pertaining
to Loudon County, Va., 1918-1986, Accession #11151, Special
Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,
Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
These papers were bequeathed to the University of
Virginia Library on November 17, 1994, by Phronie A.
Tavenner of Alexandria, Virginia.
This collection consists of the genealogical research of
Charles Blair Tavenner (d. 1980) of Alexandria, Virginia, ca.
1918-1986, ca. 665 items (6 Hollinger boxes, 2.5 linear feet),
chiefly pertaining to residents of Loudoun County, Virginia.
The collection includes 21 bound notebooks, fourteen of which
list alphabetically all known white adults who lived in
Loudoun County prior to 1900 (the volume for "T" residents
consists of copies only placed in a folder); one containing
research on the Northern Neck Land Patents for what became
Loudoun County; two with research concerning land patents for
Loudoun County, arranged alphabetically; alphabetical lists of
the Heads of Families in Loudoun County in 1810 and of wills,
1757-1890; one with Loudoun County Estate Names; one with
indexes of names appearing on the Yardley Taylor Map and in
V.V. Purcell's Account Book (1842-1847); and a final volume of
miscellaneous notes concerning Loudoun County.
The Tavenner papers also contain miscellaneous notes;
modern hand-drawn plats of properties in Loudoun County,
Virginia, arranged alphabetically by the name of the owner;
two typed documents entitled "Inscriptions Old Ebenezer
Cemetery Bloomfield" and "Inscriptions Old Bethesda Methodist
Cemetery; copies of land patents from the Virginia State
Library concerning the Fairfax Grants; and notes concerning
deeds, land patents, and order books pertaining to Loudoun
County, as well as miscellaneous notes about Loudoun County
history. Also present are notes concerning deeds in Prince
William County and Fairfax County, Virginia, for areas that
later became Loudoun County. There is also a small amount of
correspondence pertaining to the Tavenner Project concerning
Phronie A. Tavenner's efforts to have her husband's
genealogical work published by the Loudoun County Historical
Society after his death.
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