A Guide to the George Pegram Land Entry, 1 July 1800
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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 27289b
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Preferred Citation
George Pegram Land Entry, 1 July 1800. Accession 27289b, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Lent for copying by Mrs. E. B. Short, Dinwiddie, Virginia, 25 September 1969.
Biographical/Historical Information
George Pegram was born 29 August 1755 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Pegram raised a company of volunteers during the American Revolution and served as its captain. He served in the House of Delegates representing Dinwiddie County from 1786 to 1789. Pegram was a justice of the peace from 1788 to 1790. Pegram married Elizabeth Williamson and they had eight children.
Scope and Content Information
Copy of land entry, 1 July 1800, for land in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, for George Pegram. Pegram presented land office treasury warrant no. 1, dated 14 November 1797, for the land. A second note, dated 8 March 1821, notes that the original was located the papers of the county clerk and that it was "mainly a probationary paper."