Administrative Information

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Wallis family papers, 1806-1877. Accession 53441. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Purchased.

Biographical Information

The Wallis family was a prominent family in Culpeper County, Virginia. Captain George Wallis was the father of George Wallis, Jr., by his first wife, and the father of William S. Wallis by his second wife.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1806-1977, of the Wallis family of Culpeper County, Virginia, consisting of accounts, bonds, deeds, lists, promissory notes, receipts, and other papers. Accounts are with local merchants for the purchase of goods; bonds and promissory notes are for the borrowing of money; and receipts are for the purchase of items and for the payment of accounts and of taxes. Papers include a deed for 100 acres in Culpeper County and a list of mares for mating with a horse.