Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Sam Towler Research Papers, Collection number 334, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Sam Towler.

Biographical Information

Sam Towler is a researcher in Charlottesville. His research focuses on Albemarle County history and families.

Scope and Content

This is a collection of Sam Towler Research Papers. The files include family trees, research notes, copies of photographs, and copies of original, primarily court, documents located in the Albemarle County courthouse.

Arrangement

Folder 1: Selected Albemarle Families (Carr-Thurmond-Sandridge family chart; Estes family chart)

Folder 2: Mountain Top Tavern at Rockfish Gap

Folder 3: Matthew Harris and the Canaan Estate near Warren, Va.

Folder 4: 19th Century Surveys of Albemarle and Charlottesville Deeds, c. 1850-1900

Folder 5: Preliminary Research on a Grave/Cemetery (Brownsville, in western Albemarle County)

Folder 6: Matthew Harris Farm

Index Terms

Family Names:

• Harris family
• Woodson family

Subjects:

• African Americans -- Virginia -- Albemarle County -- Genealogy
• Genealogy

Geographical Names:

• Brownsville (Albemarle County, Va.)
• Canaan Estate (Albemarle County, Va.)