Chapman Family Papers Finding Aid MS274

Chapman Family Papers Finding Aid MS274


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Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library

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Alexandria, VA 22314
Business Number: 703-746-1791
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Repository
Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library
Identification
MS274
Title
Chapman Family Collection (MS274) 1828-1963
URL:
https://alexlibraryva.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/114
Quantity
.16 Linear Feet, 1 box
Creator
Chapman Family
Language
English .

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item identification], Chapman Family Collection, MS274, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria Virginia.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Wes Pippenger, May 1991


Content Description

Family papers, letters, wills, and deeds of the Chapman Family of Maryland and Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Deeds.
  • Letters.
  • Virginia -- Genealogy.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Chapman, Andrew Grant, 1839-1892
  • Chapman, Cecilia W., 1878-1899
  • Chapman, Susan Pearson (Alexander), 1801-1872
  • Conlyn, Helen P. (Helen Pearson Chapman), 1876-1951
  • Conlyn, William J. (William James), 1869-1950
  • Swann, Helen Mary (Chapman), 1817-1895
  • Swann, Thomas William, 1818-1895

Container List

Books box: 1 folder: 1
Notebook of Chapman Family History
1890-1929
Scope and Contents

This folder contains one notebook that has hand-written genealogy notes on the Chapman family. The notes are attributed to John Seabury Chapman, however, he died in 1880 and many of the notes speak of the 1890s. Later in the notebook, someone has written excerpts from "Potomac River Landings" by Paul Wilstach, written February, 1929.

Text box: 1 folder: 2
Family Tree
Scope and Contents

This folder contains an old hand-written and drawn family tree of the Chapman family, folded. There is also a photocopy of the document.

Maps box: 1 folder: 3
Blueprints
October, 1918
Scope and Contents

This folder contains several blueprints of one of the Chapman family farms called Normandy in Charles County, Maryland.

Text box: 1 folder: 4
Deeds
1879-1920
Text box: 1 folder: 5
Letters
Conlyn, Helen P. (Helen Pearson Chapman), 1876-1951Chapman, Andrew Grant, 1839-18921854-1920
Scope and Contents

This folder contain letters written to and from various members of the Chapman family including John W. Mitchell and John Grant Chapman, former Whig member of the Maryland House of Delegates and Maryland Senate.

Text box: 1 folder: 6
Letters
Chapman Family1828-1915
Text box: 1 folder: 7
Letters
1941-1963
Text box: 1 folder: 8
Miscellaneous Documents
Scope and Contents

This folder contains various documents regarding ownership of land and in one instance, the adoption papers for Raymond Kenneth Bowen, adopted by Edgar Preston Alexander.

Text box: 1 folder: 9
Notes
Scope and Contents

This folder contains various notes on Chapman family genealogy.

Text box: 1 folder: 10
Wills
Scope and Contents

This folder contains several wills from members of the Chapman family, including the handwritten will of Susan Pearson Alexander Chapman.