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Preferred Citation:
William C. Jennings Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Purchase
Processing Information:
Box and folder list compiled by Meredith Ramey, SCRC staff, in November 2011.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, 1849-1854, of William C. Jennings of Rockingham County, Va. concerning the attempts to prove the claim of the Jennings family to a share in the $40,000,000 estate left by William Jennings of England who died intestate.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Correspondence
- Rockingham County (Va.)--History--19th century
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Rockingham County (Va.)--History--19th century
Container List
Item 1: M. W. Sloan, Carthage, Tennessee, to Dr. S. B. Jennings, Conrad's Store, Rockingham County, Va., 1 July 1847.
Item 2: S. S. Fahnestock, Warrenton, Va., to the Clerk of the County of Westmoreland, Westmoreland C[ourt] H[ouse], [Va.]., 12 January 1849.
Item 3: S. S. Fahnestock, Fort Pike, L[ouisi]a[n]a, to W[illia]m C. Jennings, Rockingham Co[unty], Va., 5 June 1849.
Item 4: M. W. Sloan, Nashville, Tenn., to Dr. S. B. Jennings, Conrad's Store, Rockingham Co[unty], Va., 29 July [18]49.
Item 5: Henry M. Jennings, Cureton's Store P[ost] O[ffice], Lancaster Dist[rict], So[uth] Carolina, to William C. Jennings, Conrad's Store, Rockingham County, Va., 8 January 1850.
Item 6: Frank Ballenger, Harrodsburg, Ky., to William C. Jennings, Conrad's Store P[ost] O[ffice], Rockingham County, Virginia., 12 Feb. 1850.
Item 7: M. W. Sloan, New York City, [N.Y.], to W[illia]m C. Jennings., 11 June 1850.
Item 8: H. D. Duvean, Barnwell Court House, So[uth] Carolina, to William C. Jennings, Keezel Town [Keezletown], Rockingham County, Virginia., 30 July 1850.
Item 9: S. S. Fahnestock, Pittsburg, P[ennsylv]a[ni]a, to W[illia]m C. Jennings, Keezletown, Rockingham Co[unty], Virg[ini]a., 15 Dec. 1850.
Item 10: John M. Longstreth, Burlington, Ind., to William C. Jennings, Keezeltown [Keezletown] P[ost] O[ffice], Rockingham Co[unty], Virginia., 18 Dec. 1850.
Item 11: F. A. Jennings, Bellefonte, Centre [Center] County, Pa., to [?]., 21 Dec[embe]r 1850.
Item 12: H. D. Duvean, Barnwell C[our]t House, So[uth] Carolina, to William C. Jennings, Keezel Town [Keezletown], Rockingham County, Virginia., 15 Jan[uar]y 1851.
Item 13: Benjamin W. S. Cabell, Bridge Water, near Danville, Pitt[sylvani]a [County, Va.], to William C. Jennings, Keezletown, Rockingham County, Va., 26 Jan. 1851.
Item 14: F. A. Jennings, Bellefonte, Centre [Center] Co[unty], Pa., to [?]., 5 February 1851.
Item 15: Benjamin W. S. Cabell, Bridgewater, near Danville, Pitt[sylvani]a [County], Va., to William C. Jennings, Keezletown, Rockingham County, Va., 15 Feb[ruar]y 1851.
Item 16: S. S. Fahnestock, Pittsburg, P[ennsylv]a[ni]a, to William C. Jennings, Keezletown, Rockingham Co[unty], Virg[ini]a., 22 Sept. 1851.
Item 17: Dr. Ed[ward] Jennings, Shelby, N.C., to W[illia]m C. Jennings, Keezletown, Va., 7 Nov. [18]51.
Item 18: Jefferson Jennings, Hardinsburg, Ky., to W[illia]m C. Jennings, Keezletown, Rockingham Co[unty], Va., 21 August 1852.
Item 19: S. S. Fahnestock, Pittsburg, Pa., to W[illiam] C. Jennings, Keezletown, Rockingham Co[unty], Virg[inia]., 7 Nov. 1852.
Item 20: Mary S. Cordell, Wheeling, Va., to Mr. [?] Jennings., 23 Feb. 1853.
Item 21: James D. Pemberton, Pineville, Richmond Co[unty], N.C., to William C. Jennings, Keezletown, Rockingham Co[unty], Virginia., 15 June 1853.
Item 22: Aaron Shannon, Blackford County, Indiana, to William C. Jennings, Keezletown Po[st] [Office], Rockingham County, Virginia., 16 April 1854.
Item 23: W. G. Williams, Harrisonburg, [Va.], to W[illiam] C. Jennings, Lacy Springs, [Rockingham County], Va., 5 July 1854.
Item 24: S. B. Jennings to [William C. Jennings, Rockingham County, Va.], 22 July 1854.