A Guide to the Dunn-Alvis Family Papers, 1847-1872 Dunn-Alvis Family Papers, 1847-1872 24063

A Guide to the Dunn-Alvis Family Papers, 1847-1872

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 24063

Library of Virginia

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Processed by: Trenton Hizer

Repository

The Library of Virginia

Accession Number

24063

Title

Dunn-Alvis Family Papers, 1847-1872

Physical Description

20 leaves, negative photostats

Creator

Dunn-Alvis Family

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Dunn-Alvis Family Papers, 1847-1872. Accession 24063. Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Lent for copying, 7 November 1953, by Sue B. Christian of Richmond, Virginia.

Walter S. Dunn (b. ca. 1834) married Mary M. Alvis (b. ca. 1836) in Appomattox County, Virginia, 6 February 1856. Dunn was a superintendent on a canal. He probably died by 1870; in that census, Mary Dunn is listed as living with her parents William A. and Prudence Alvis.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1847-1872, of the Dunn-Alvis family of Buckingham and Appomattox Counties, Virginia, consisting of a notice that the deposition of William B. Goode will be taken 4 March 1847; a letter, 13 June 1850, from H. F. Bocock to William W. Alvis concerning a case Bocock is working on; deeds, 1854-1857, for property in the town of Madison in Amherst County, Virginia, for property in Buckingham County, and for all rights to the estate of William W. Alvis; and a letter, 8 February 1872, from Charles L. Ellis of Amherst County to William W. Alvis concerning a fee for a case.

Contents List

Notice that the deposition of William B. Goode will be taken 4 March 1847.

Letter, 13 June 1850, from H. F. Bocock to William W. Alvis concerning a case Bocock is working on.

Deed, dated 7 August 1854 and recorded 18 August 1854, for lots 66, 68, and 69 in town of Madison in Amherst County, Virginia, from William A. White of Botetourt County, Virginia, to John N. Johnson of Appomattox County.

Deed, dated and recorded 6 November 1854, for 262 1/2 acres from Spotswood Jones to Walter S. Dunn of Buckingham County.

Deed, 7 March 1856, for all rights to the estate of William W. Alvis, from Walter S. Dunn of the first part, William A. Dunn of the second part, to Mary M. Dunn of the third part.

Deed, dated 24 February 1857 and recorded 20 April 1857, for all rights of Walter and Mary Dunn in certain land from Walter S. Dunn and Mary M. Dunn of the first part, William A. Dunn of the second part, to Mary M. Dunn and her children of the third part.

Deed, dated 9 September 1857 and recorded 19 September 1857, for a house and lot in the town of Madison in Amherst County from Walter S. Dunn and Mary M. Dunn of the first part, William W. Alvis of the second part, to William A. Dunn of the third part.

Letter, 8 February 1872, from Charles L. Ellis of Amherst County to William W. Alvis concerning a fee for a case.