Rockbridge Historical Society files on genealogyRHS.Coll.0058

Rockbridge Historical Society files on genealogyRHS.Coll.0058


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Repository
Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
Identification
RHS.Coll.0058
Title
Rockbridge Historical Society files on genealogy 1700-1960
Quantity
9 Box
Language
The materials are in English.

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

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Scope and Contents

This collection contains biographical and genealogical information on various people, primarily from in and around Rockbridge County.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Genealogy
  • Photography

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Caruthers, William Alexander
  • Alexander, Andrew
  • Alexander, Archibald
  • Alexander, James
  • Alexander, John, Major
  • Alexander, Robert, Sr.
  • Anderson, Francis Thomas
  • Anderson, John Thomas
  • Anderson, William Alexander
  • Borden, Benjamin, Sr.
  • Bowyer, John, General
  • Bowyer, Otis
  • Caruthers, John
  • Davidson, Greenlee
  • Grigsby, Reuben
  • Hunter, Samuel
  • Laird, Alexander Thompson, 1819-1861
  • Laird, Edward Chambers, 1854-1938
  • Laird, Thomas Harvey, 1812-1859
  • Lee, William
  • Lilley, Robert Doak, 1836 - 1886
  • Little, Martha
  • McClung, Clyde Julian, 1892-1976
  • Miller, Henry
  • Paxton, Alexander Sterrett
  • Paxton, John
  • Paxton, Phebe Alexander
  • Paxton, Samuel A.
  • Paxton, Thomas, 1722-1788
  • Paxton, William
  • Pendleton, James Dudley
  • Plecker, Adam H., 1840-1929
  • Randolph, Edmund
  • Randolph, John
  • Reid, Andrew, 1751-1837
  • Reid, Andrew, Jr., 1783-1811
  • Salling, John Peter
  • Templeton, James
  • Tolley, Archibald "Bear"
  • Turner, Charles W. (Charles Wilson)
  • Waddell, Benjamin Harrison
  • Waddell, Harrington, 1872-1961
  • Waddell, Maude
  • Williams, Ki

Container List

A-B
Text Box 1 folder: 1-17 English.
Scope and Contents

This box includes folders on Lucy P. Ackerly, the Alexander family, the Anderson family, the Baker family, the Beard family, James Beatty, the Bell family, the Bogan family, the Borden family, the Bowyer family, the Brooke family, and the Brown family.

  • Text Box 1 folder: 1
    Ackerly, Lucy Pauline
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains applications to the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and related documents.

  • Text Box 1 folder: 2
    Alexander, Archibald
    English.
  • Text Box 1 folder: 3
    Alexander, Robert
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains information about the family of Robert Alexander (brother of Archibald Alexander).

  • Text Box 1 folder: 4
    Alexander, William
    English.
  • Text Box 1 folder: 5
    Alexander Family
    English.
  • Text Box 1 folder: 6
    Alexander Family (McCulloch notes)
    English.
  • Text Box 1 folder: 7
    Anderson Family
    English.
  • Text Box 1 folder: 8
    Baker Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains photocopied indentures involving the Baker family.

  • Text Box 1 folder: 9
    Beard, Thomas
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains the last will and testament of Thomas Beard.

  • Text Box 1 folder: 10
    Beatty, James
    English.
  • Text Box 1 folder: 11
    Bell Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains a letter inquiring about details concerning the murder of Joseph Bell and his wife.

  • Text Box 1 folder: 12
    Bogan Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains a book about the history of the Bogan family, including the etymology of their name, burial locations, marriage information, and a list of births.

  • Text Box 1 folder: 13
    Borden Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains information about the Borden family and an inquiry about their possible relation to Lizzie Borden, famed murder suspect.

  • Text Box 1 folder: 14
    Bowyer Family
    English.
  • Text Box 1 folder: 15
    Bowyer Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains information on the Bowyers living in "Thorn Hill," a house outside of Lexington.

  • Text Box 1 folder: 16
    Brooke Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains information on the Brooke family, including a family crest and newspaper articles.

  • Text Box 1 folder: 17
    Brown Family
    Turner, Charles W. (Charles Wilson)English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains information about the Brown family plot and vault in Woodland Cemetery, including photocopied photographs. Also enclosed is correspondence between George T. Brown, Jr. and the Rockbridge Historical Society concerning data on the Brown and Kirkham families.

Campbell Family
Text Box 2 folder: 1-9 1977-1985English.
  • Text Box 2 folder: 1
    Clan Campbell Society Newsletter
    1977English.
  • Text Box 2 folder: 2
    Journal of Clan Campbell Society
    1978English.
  • Text Box 2 folder: 3
    Journal of Clan Campbell Society
    1979English.
  • Text Box 2 folder: 4
    Journal of Clan Campbell Society
    1980English.
  • Text Box 2 folder: 5
    Journal of Clan Campbell Society
    1981English.
  • Text Box 2 folder: 6
    Journal of Clan Campbell Society
    1982English.
  • Text Box 2 folder: 7
    Journal of Clan Campbell Society
    1983English.
  • Text Box 2 folder: 8
    Journal of Clan Campbell Society
    1984English.
  • Text Box 2 folder: 9
    Journal of Clan Campbell Society
    1985English.
C
Text Box 3 folder: 1-9 English.
Scope and Contents

This box includes folders on the Cahoon family, the Campbell family, the Carr family, the Caruthers family, the Clyce family, the Coffey family, and the Crawford family.

  • Text Box 3 folder: 1
    Cahoon Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains census records and ancestor charts concerning the Cahoon family.

  • Text Box 3 folder: 2
    Campbell Family
    English.
  • Text Box 3 folder: 3
    Campbell Family
    English.
  • Text Box 3 folder: 4
    Campbell, David
    English.
  • Text Box 3 folder: 5
    Carr Family
    English.
  • Text Box 3 folder: 6
    Caruthers Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains the history of the Caruthers family, including the granting of a slave to Rebecca Caruthers, the wife of Samuel Caruthers, and the granting of slaves to the daughters and granddaughters of Captain John Caruthers.

  • Text Box 3 folder: 6A
    Clyce Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains pamphlets about a lodge run by the Clyce family as well as correspondence between Charles McCulloch and Harold F. Clyce.

  • Text Box 3 folder: 7
    Coffey Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains a photocopy of a page from the Coffey family Bible.

  • Text Box 3 folder: 8
    Crawford Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains the history of the Crawford family, inlcuding a land grant (issued by then governor of Virginia, James Monroe) concerning their estate.

  • Text Box 3 folder: 9
    Crawford Family
    English.
D-G
Text Box 4 folder: 1-27 English.
Scope and Contents

This box includes folders on the Davidson family, the Deacon family, the Dickerson family, Daniel Dod, the Dorman family, the Downing family, the Estill family, the Ewing family, the Firestone family, the Gibbs family, the Gillispie family, the Glasgow family, the Goodson family, the Gordon family, the Graham family, the Grant family, the Graybill family, the Greenlee family, and the Grigsby family.

  • Text Box 4 folder: 1
    Davidson, Greenlee
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains the history of Greenlee Davidson's extended family, including their involvement the Siege of Derry and the Civil War.

  • Text Box 4 folder: 2
    Davidson Family
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 3
    Deacon Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains a history of the Deacon family and a check received by William D. Deacon for Buffalo County Schools.

  • Text Box 4 folder: 4
    Dickerson Family
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 5
    Dod, Daniel
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 6
    Dorman Family
    1971English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains two letters between a "Dr. Turner" and Jane B. Lacey concerning the Dorman family.

  • Text Box 4 folder: 7
    Downing Family
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 8
    Estill Family
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 9
    Ewing Family
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 10
    Firestone Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains family group records and an application to the Daughters of the American Revolution.

  • Text Box 4 folder: 11
    Gay Family
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 12
    Gibbs Family
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 13
    Gillispie Family
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 14
    Glasgow Family
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 15
    Goodson Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains a photocopied page from the Goodson family Bible.

  • Text Box 4 folder: 16
    Gordon Family
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 17
    Graham Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains various newspaper articles concerning the Graham family.

  • Text Box 4 folder: 18
    Grant Family
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 19
    Graybill Family
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 20
    Greenlee Family
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 21
    Greenlee Family
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 22
    Grigsby Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains newsletters and a roster of members from the National Grigsby Family Society.

  • Text Box 4 folder: 23
    Grigsby Family
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 24
    Grigsby Family
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 25
    Grigsby Family
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 26
    Grigsby Family
    English.
  • Text Box 4 folder: 27
    Grigsby Family (including Paxton family)
    English.
H-K
Text Box 5 folder: 1-15 English.
Scope and Contents

This box contains folders on the Hickman family, the Hileman family, the Houston family, the Hunter family, the Jackson family, the Jordan family, the Keffer family, the Kerr family, the Kessler family, the Kinnear family, the Kirkham family, the Kirkpatrick family, and the Krebs family.

  • Text Box 5 folder: 1
    Hickman Family
    English.
  • Text Box 5 folder: 2
    Hickman Family
    English.
  • Text Box 5 folder: 3
    Hileman Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains pedigree charts and family group records concerning the Hileman family.

  • Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 4
    Houston Family
    Plecker, Adam H., 1840-1929English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains a student notebook containing the history of the Houston family written by H.I. Houston as well as a carte de visite photograph of the Houston family coat of arms taken by Adam Plecker, a regional traveling photographer.

  • Text Box 5 folder: 5
    Hunter Family
    English.
  • Text Box 5 folder: 6
    Jackson Family
    English.
  • Graphic Materials Box 5 folder: 7
    Jordan Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains photographs of Jordan family tombstones located in the Stonewall Jackson Cemetery.

  • Text Box 5 folder: 8
    Keffer Family
    English.
  • Text Box 5 folder: 9
    Kerr (Carr) Family
    English.
  • Text Box 5 folder: 10
    Kerr (Carr), Richard
    English.
  • Text Box 5 folder: 11
    Kessler Family
    English.
  • Text Box 5 folder: 12
    Kinnear Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes Duncan Lyle Kinnear's booklet, "Descendants of Andrew and Susannah Kinnear, Early Settlers of Rockbridge County, Virginia, 1770-1955," combined with some genealogical notes on the Lackey family, with index.

  • Text Box 5 folder: 13
    Kirkham Family
    English.
  • Text Box 5 folder: 14
    Kirkpatrick Family
    English.
  • Text Box 5 folder: 15
    Krebs Family
    English.
L-M
Text Box 6 folder: 1-32 English.
Scope and Contents

This box contains documents on James Lackey, the Lacy family, the Laird family, the Lee family, the Leech family, the Little family, the Lyle family, the Lynn family, the McClung family, the McClure family, the McCorkle family, the McCormick family, Thomas McCoy, Ephraim McDowell, the McFadden family, the McKee family, the McNutt family, the Mackey family, John Marshall, the Miller family, the Mills family, the Moffett family, and the Moore family.

  • Text Box 6 folder: 1
    Lackey, James
    1892English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 2
    Lacy Family
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 3
    Laird Family
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 4
    Lee Family
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 5
    Leech Family
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 6
    Little Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains a history of the Little family, including their ties with the Lee family.

  • Text Box 6 folder: 7
    Lyle Family
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box 6 folder: 8
    Lyle Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains a bound book of some Lyle family records and a photograph (c. 1968) of four Lyle family portraits (c. 1925).

  • Text Box 6 folder: 10
    Lynn (Linn) Family
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 11
    McClung Family
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 12
    McClung Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains handwritten notes on the family of Julian and Nora McClung, family photos, a notice of military selection, enlistment record, and discharge papers for Julian McClung in World War I.

  • Text Box 6 folder: 13
    McClure Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains an account of a 1785 Native American attack and the scalping of McClure children in Lincoln County, Kentucky. There is also the last will and testament of John McClure which includes the sale of a slave named Anthony conditional upon the remarriage of McClure's wife or the coming of age of his youngest child.

  • Books Box 6 folder: 14
    McCormick Family
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 15
    McCorkle Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains newspaper clippings concerning members of the McCorkle family including Lt. Baxter McCorkle, as well as an address delivered at Louisville before the Virginia Society in Kentucky on Washington's birthday.

  • Text Box 6 folder: 16
    McCorkle, Henry H.
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 17
    McCoy, Thomas
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 18
    McCoy, Thomas
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 19
    McCoy, Thomas
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 20
    McDowell, Ephraim
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 21
    McFadden Family
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 22
    McKee Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains information on the McKee family, including a map of Galloway (Southwestern Scotland).

  • Mixed Materials Box 6 folder: 23
    McNutt Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains a collection of photographs of property owned by the McNutt family.

  • Text Box 6 folder: 24
    McNutt Family
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 25
    Mackey Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes a biography of John Mackey, 1703-1773.

  • Text Box 6 folder: 26
    Marshall, John
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 27
    Miller, Henry
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 28
    Miller Family
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 29
    Mills Family
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 30
    Moffett Family
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 31
    Moore Family
    English.
  • Text Box 6 folder: 32
    Moore Family
    English.
N-S
Text Box 7 folder: 1-26 English.
Scope and Contents

This box contains information about the Newcomb family, the Patton family, the Paxton family, the Pendleton family, the Poage family, the Quaintance family, the Randolph family, Andrew Reid, the Reblogel family, the Reynolds and McGuire families, the Roach family, the Salling family, John Saville, the Shafer family, the Shanks family, the Sheltman family, the Smith family, the Sterrett family, the Stuart family, and the Swope family.

  • Text Box 7 folder: 1
    Newcomb Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 2
    Patton Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 3
    Paxton Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 4
    Paxton Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains information on John and Phebe Paxton, and discusses their ownership of slaves. It also contains inscriptions on various Paxton tombstones.

  • Text Box 7 folder: 5
    Paxton Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 6
    Paxton, Thomas
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 7
    Pendleton Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 8
    Pendleton Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 9
    Pendleton Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 10
    Pendleton Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 11
    Poage Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains a cardboard memorial placard for Nancy Poague.

  • Text Box 7 folder: 12
    Quaintance Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 13
    Randolph Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 14
    Reid, Andrew
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 15
    Reblogel Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 16
    Reynolds and McGuire Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 17
    Roach Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 18
    Salling Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 19
    Saville, John and Sarah (Shaffer)
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 20
    Shafer Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 21
    Shanks Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 22
    Sheltman Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 23
    Smith Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 24
    Sterrett Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 25
    Stuart Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes booklet, "Archibald Stuart of Augusta County, Virginia and his Descendants," compiled by J. A. Stuart.

  • Text Box 7 folder: 26
    Swope Family
    English.
  • Text Box 7 folder: 27
    Skeen-Hart family
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Templeton Family
Mixed Materials Box 8 folder: 1-3 English.
  • Mixed Materials Box 8 folder: 1
    Album of Mary Lou McCampbell
    1859English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains an album that was a Christmas present to Mary Lou McCampbell containing handwritten poetry.

  • Graphic Materials Box 8 folder: 2
    Templeton Photographs
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains loose photographs and a carte de visite album of various members of the Templeton, Gibbs, and Lilley families. Included in the album are carte de visite photographs of Confederate General Robert Doak Lilley.

  • Mixed Materials Box 8 folder: 3
    Templeton Family Documents
    English.
Ter-Z
Text Box 9 folder: 1-23 English.
Scope and Contents

This box contains information on the Terry family, the Todd family, the Tolley family, the Waddell family, the Walker family, the Walkup family, the Wallace family, the Wardlaw family, the Waskey family, the Weaver family, the Weir family, the Welch family, Ki Williams, the Willson/Wilson family, the Woods family, the Youel family, and Brian Young.

  • Text Box 9 folder: 1
    Terry Family
    English.
  • Text Box 9 folder: 2
    Todd Family
    English.
  • Text Box 9 folder: 3
    Tolley (Gillispie & Jennings) Family
    English.
  • Text Box 9 folder: 4
    Tolley (Tolly) Family
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box 9 folder: 5
    Waddell Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains letters between members of the Waddell family as well as a photograph of Benjamin Harrison Waddell.

  • Mixed Materials Box 9 folder: 6
    Waddell Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains some family records of the Houston, Waddell, and Estill families, addressed to the Rockbridge Historical Society.

  • Text Box 9 folder: 7
    Walker Family
    1804-02-20English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains a section of the will of John Walker.

  • Text Box 9 folder: 8
    Walkup Family
    English.
  • Text Box 9 folder: 9
    Wallace Family
    English.
  • Text Box 9 folder: 10
    Wallace Family
    English.
  • Text Box 9 folder: 11
    Wardlaw Family
    English.
  • Text Box 9 folder: 12
    Waskey Family
    English.
  • Books Box 9 folder: 13
    Weaver Family
    English.
  • Text Box 9 folder: 14
    Weaver, William
    English.
  • Text Box 9 folder: 15
    Weir Family
    English.
  • Text Box 9 folder: 16
    Welch Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains a photograph of the Welch house and affidavits involving H. Jackson Darst and H. Middleton Raynal.

  • Text Box 9 folder: 17
    Williams, Ki
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains an application for the Delaware chapter of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and related documents regarding Ki Williams and his ancestor, John Grier.

  • Text Box 9 folder: 18
    Willson Family
    English.
  • Text Box 9 folder: 19
    Wilson Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains negatives of Wilson family genealogies.

  • Text Box 9 folder: 20
    Woods Family
    English.
  • Text Box 9 folder: 21
    Youel Family
    English.
  • Text Box 9 folder: 22
    Youel Family
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains issues of The Youel Log, imprints published by Youel Care, Inc. concerning the Youel family.