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Preferred Citation

Yancey Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mrs. Willard M. Wright

Scope and Contents

Papers of the Yancey family of Woodville, Rappahannock County, Va. and Culpeper County, Va. Includes letters, 1844-1873 and accounts, chiefly 1834-1853. Concerns John W. Yancey, William T. Yancey, James P. Yancey and the estate of Major Yancey. There is a letter, 1844, of Charles Yancey of Tennessee concerning his administration of the Craven estate. The Craven will designated the New York Colonization Society as the legatee, but the will was broken. This collection also contains material relative to slavery.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• African Americans--Colonization
• Anti-slavery movements--United States--History
• Culpeper County (Va.)--History
• New York Colonization Society
• Rappahannock County (Va.)--History
• Slavery--Virginia--19th century