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Preferred Citation:
Woolfolk Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Gift: 3,980 items, November 5, 1937. Gift: 6,000 items, June 27, 1939.
Processing Information:
Box and folder list compiled by Patricia Senabria, SCRC staff, in October 2011.
The Woolfolk family originally emigrated from Wales. John George Woolfolk (1750-1819) ran a stage line and had a contract
to carry the mail. His sons Pichegru Woolfolk and Jourdan Woolfolk continued the stage line. Jourdan had a son, John William
Woolfolk, among other children.
Papers of the Woolfolk family of Caroline County, Virginia including correspondence and accounts of John George Woolfolk,
Jourdan Woolfolk, Pichegru Woolfolk and John William Woolfolk. The collection includes correspondence, accounts and vouchers
for the stage line run by the Woolfolk family (Allen & Woolfolk; Jourdan Woolfolk & Company; and Woolfolk & Hoomes). Includes
records of routes, rates, supplies, arrangements for layover of passengers and mail contracts of the Potomac Steamboat and
Stage Company as well as papers concerning stock purchases in the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad. Also includes
bound account books for the stage lines. Note: Includes letters written by James Lyons, Timothy Pickering, Robert Ryland and
Benjamin Waller; letters of and accounts concerning members of the Maury family; and lists, 1829 and 1837, of vaccinated slaves.
Lot 2 consists of about 6000 pieces of papers of the Woolfolk Family of Caroline County, Virginia, dated 1793-1876. There
are financial records relating to the stage line and mail service, records relating to agricultural business, correspondence,
insurance records, military records, records relating to the erection of Antioch Baptist Church, and copies of newspapers.
Organization: Organized into 14 series. Lot 1 comprises series 1-7. Lot 2 comprises series 8-14. There is a certain overlap
between some of the series of lot 1 and 2. Lot 2 is has not been processed beyond the Series arrangement.
Series 1: Correspondence relating to the stage line; Series 2: Accounts and vouchers of the stage line; Series 3: Other papers
relating to the stage line and the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad; Series 4: Correspondence of the Woolfolk
family; Series 5: Papers of various persons, A-Z; Series 6: Other Papers; Series 7: Bound volumes; Series 8: Papers relating
to the stage and mail service operated by members of the Woolfolk Family; Series 9: Papers relating to members of the Woolfolk
Family, A-Z; Series 10: Papers relating to the estate of John Hoomes; Series 11: Subscription lists, invoices and receipts
relative to the erection of Antioch Christian Church, Bowling Green, Virginia; Series 12: Records of the Caroline troop of
cavalry, 1816-1820; Series 13: Newspapers; Series 14: Miscellaneous.
Arrangement: Lot 1: The series are arranged chronologically, with the exception of series 5, which is arranged alphabetically
by last name and chronologically within. Lot 2: Series 9 is arranged alphabetically by last name; the other series of Lot
2 have not been further arranged at this point.
Series 1: Correspondence relating to the stage line
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id92673
Old Mulberry Place
1938 January 2
Scope and Contents
An article by Vera Palmer in the Richmond Times Dispatch concerning the Woolfolk family, the stage line, and Mulberry Place,
the Woolfolk plantation in Caroline County, Virginia.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id92674
Correspondence relating to the stage line operated by members of the Woolfolk family
1795-1844
Scope and Contents
This file also contains letters relating to the carrying mails and to connections with the Fredericksburg and Potomac Steamship
Company, and the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad.
Accounts of the stage line operated by members of the Woolfolk family
1788-1845
Scope and Contents
Note: This file contains also accounts of the Potomac carrying of mail. All the accounts after 1840 pertain to the carrying
of mail. See also Bound Volumes.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id92676
Accounts of the stage line operated by members of the Woolfolk family
1788-1845
Scope and Contents
Note: This file contains also accounts of the Potomac carrying of mail. All the accounts after 1840 pertain to the carrying
of mail. See also Bound Volumes.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id92677
Accounts of the stage line operated by members of the Woolfolk family
1788-1845
Scope and Contents
Note: This file contains also accounts of the Potomac carrying of mail. All the accounts after 1840 pertain to the carrying
of mail. See also Bound Volumes.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id92678
Accounts of the stage line operated by members of the Woolfolk family
1788-1845
Scope and Contents
Note: This file contains also accounts of the Potomac carrying of mail. All the accounts after 1840 pertain to the carrying
of mail. See also Bound Volumes.
Series 3: Papers relating to that stage line operated by members of the Woolfolk Family, Papers relating to the Richmond,
Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id92710
Robert armistead to William Townes and Alexander McRae
1796
Scope and Contents
Trust deed to secure payment to John G. Woolfolk for the purchase of his interest in the stage line from Richmond to Norfolk
and in the carrying of mail by that line, and from Osborns to Bermuda hundred.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id92723
Papers relating to the purchase of horses probably used for the stage line
1811-1831
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id92724
Schedule of fares from Richmond to Fredericksburg
Circa 1820
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id92725
Agreement of Edwin Porter & Co., and Jourdan Woolfolk with NC Lipscomb
1823
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Agreement of Edwin Porter & Co., and Jourdan Woolfolk with NC Lipscomb concerning the boarding of stage
drivers and passengers.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id92726
Contract of Jourdan Woolfolk with the United States
1838
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Contract of Jourdan Woolfolk with the United States for carrying the mail from Bowling Green, Virginia,
by Turner's Store, to White Chimneys, and back, twice a week.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id92727
Contract of Jourdan Woolfolk with the United States
1843
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Contract of Jourdan Woolfolk with the United States for carrying the mail from Bowling Green, Virginia,
by Turner's Store and White Chimneys, to Mahgohic, and back, twice a week.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id92728
Lists of subscribers to the Richmond and Potomac railroad survey
1834
Scope and Contents
Lists of subscribers to the Richmond and Potomac railroad survey whose subscriptions were returned by Jourdan Woolfolk.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id92729
Papers relating to cash transactions of Jourdan Woolfolk with the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
1835-1837
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to cash transactions of Jourdan Woolfolk with the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad. Including
several receipts for cash paid in purchase of stock.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id92730
Vouchers relating to payments for and dividens on stock in the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad
1835-1851
Scope and Contents
Vouchers relating to payments for and dividens on stock in the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad purchased by
Pichegru and John Woolfolk.
R. Woolfolk, at Redstone, to his brother, John G. Woolfolk
1793 October, 18
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92732
John Hoomes, Jr., at London, England, to John G. Woolfolk, at Bowling Green, Corline County, Virginia
1800 July 22
Scope and Contents
Enclosure: Invoice for goods purchased of E. Andrews by John Hoomes for John G. Woolfolk.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92733
Brown, Younger & Co., at London, to John Woolfolk, at Bowling Green, Virginia
1806 February 21
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92734
Robert Patton, at Philadelphia, to John G. Woolfolk, at Bowling Green, Virginia
1807 July 14
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92735
John Taylor, at Hazelwood, Caroline County, Virginia, to John G. Woolfolk, at Shepherd's Hill, Caroline County
1807 July 18
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92736
Timothy Pickering, at Wenham, near Salem, Mass., to John G. Woolfolk, at Bowling Green, Virginia
1808 August 8
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92737
Benjamin Waller, at Williamsburg, to John Woolfolk, near Bowling Green, Caroline County
1810 August 13-24
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92738
Henry P. Brodnax, at Frankfort, Kentucky, to John Woolfolk
1811 January 2
Scope and Contents
Enclosure: Certificate of redemption by Henry P. Brodnax for John Woolfolk of four tracts of land in Lincoln, Shelby, and
Hardin Counties, Kentucky, which had been sold for taxes.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92739
T.B. Brodnax to, unknown
1812 December 8
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92740
Richard Woolfolk, at Richmond to, unknown
1814 April 12
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92741
George D. Baylor, at New Market, Shenandoah County, to John G. Woolfolk, at Shepherds Hill, Caroline County
1814 November 22
Scope and Contents
Note: A receipt for money allowed Thomas Swann by the overseers of the poor appears on the same sheet.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92742
Benjamin Waller, at Williamsburg, to, unknown
1816 February 22
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92743
Elizabeth P. Woolfolk to Richard Wortham, at Richmond
1823 November 25
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92744
W. Allen to Jourdan Woolfolk, Caroline County
1827 January 18
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92745
William G. Maury to Jourdan Woolfolk
1828 April 5-July 9
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92746
James Lyons, at Richmond, to Jourdan Woolfolk, Caroline County
1831 January 9
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92747
James Lyons, at Richmond, to Jourdan Woolfolk, at White Chimnies, Caroline County, Virginia
1833 November 9
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92748
M. Sizer to Jourdan Woolfolk, at Bowling Green
1836 March 12
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92749
M. Dickerson, Navy Department, to Midshipman William Lewis Maury, US Navy, Bowling Green, Virginia
1836 May 21
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92750
William W. Dickerson, at Ruther Glen, Caroline County, to Jourdan Woolfolk, at Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia
1836 September 23
Scope and Contents
Enclosure: An account of James Covington with William W. Dickinson.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id92751
Charles Morris to Jourdan Woolfolk, Caroline County
The estate of John G. Woolfolk in account with Jourdan Woolfolk, Hawes Coleman, and John M. Burke, administrators.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id100463
Book containing accounts of the stage line for transportation of passengers
1812-1839
Scope and Contents
The book contains also blacksmith and grain accounts of Elizabeth P. Woolfolk, 1823-1825, and accounts of the estate of Elizabeth
P. Woolfolk,
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id100464
Memorandum book of Jourdan Woolfolk containing accounts of the stage line
1814-1815
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id100465
Memorandum book of Jourdan Woolfolk containing accounts of the stage line
1818-1819
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id100485
Memorandum book of Jordan Woolfolk containing accounts of the stage line
1818-1819
Scope and Contents
The book also contains personal accounts of Jourdan Woolfolk.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 id100483
Account book of Jourdan Woolfolk
1819-1883
Scope and Contents
This book contains accounts of Jourdan Woolfolk as administrator, trustee and guardian, and accounts with the stage line.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 id100484
Memorandum book of Jourdan Woolfolk containing accounts of the stage line
1821-1825
Scope and Contents
The book contains also accounts of the estate of John G. Woolfolk and personal accounts of Jourdan Woolfolk.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 id100487
Memorandum book of Jourdan Woolfolk containing accounts of the stage line
1825-1826
Scope and Contents
The book contains also accounts of the estate of John G. Woolfolk with Jourdan Woolfolk and personal accounts of Jourdan Woolfolk.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 id100488
Memorandum book of Jourdan Woolfolk containing accounts of the stage line
1826
Mixed Materials Box: 12 id100489
Memorandum book of Jourdan Woolfolk containing accounts of the stage line
1826-1827
Scope and Contents
The book contains also accounts of the estate of John G. Woolfolk with Jourdan Woolfolk and personal accounts of John G. Woolfolk.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 id100490
Memorandum book of Jourdan Woolfolk containing accounts of the stage line
1827-1829
Scope and Contents
The book contains also a few personal accounts of Jourdan Woolfolk.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 id100491
Memorandum book of Jourdan Woolfolk containing accounts of the stage line
1829-1831
Scope and Contents
The book contains also personal accounts of Jourdan Woolfolk.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 id100508
Memorandum book of Jourdan Woolfolk containing accounts of the stage line
1831-1834
Scope and Contents
The book contains also many personal accounts of Jourdan Woolfolk.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 id100509
Memorandum book of Jourdan Woolfolk containing accounts of the stage line
1832-1837
Scope and Contents
The book contains also personal accounts of Jourdan Woolfolk.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 id100510
Account book of Jourdan and John W. Woolfolk
1827-1865
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents The book contains also stage line accounts, 1827-1833, and post office department drafts received by J.W.
Woolfolk & Co. for carrying mail, 1836-1847.
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