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William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library
400 Landrum Dr
Williamsburg, Virginia
Business Number: 757-221-3090
spcoll@wm.edu
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Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Preferred Citation:
Charles Brown Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Purchase
Biographical / Historical
Charles Brown was a physician who resided in Charlottesville, Virginia in the early nineteenth century and who served as sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .Administrative History:
Charles Brown was a physician who resided in Charlottesville, Virginia in the early nineteenth century and who served as sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia.Biographical Information:
Charles Brown was a physician who resided in Charlottesville, Virginia in the early nineteenth century and who served as sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Administrative History:
Charles Brown was a physician who resided in Charlottesville, Virginia in the early nineteenth century and who served as sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Letters, accounts, and legal papers of Dr. Charles Brown. Collection includes letters, 1813-1818, concerning patients (including slaves).
Includes land signed by Henry Lee and John Tyler, items relating to "Actonplace" [Acton] English estate of William Jennings and plats of land in Albemarle County, Virginia; as well as letters of members of the Brown family.
Charles Brown Papers 1792-1888, Albemarle County Virginia is available on microfilm in Swem Library's microforms area, 1 reel, call number HD1471 .U5 R43 36 reels.
Arrangement of Materials:
This collection has been arranged chronologically by date with those items without dates located at the end. These papers have been organized into four series and two sub-series: 1. Letters,1813-1877 (Folders 1-4); 2. Accounts and Papers of Charles Brown, 1810-1877 (Folders 5-8); 3. Papers relating to Other Members of the Brown family, 1751-1888 (Folder 9); 4. Papers belonging to other persons, 1796-1850 (Folder 9).
Related Material
Charles Brown Sheriff Bond, 1842, SC
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Acton (Eng. : Estate)
- Albemarle County (Va.)--History--19th century
- Brown family
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Financial records
- Invoices
- Jennings, William, d. 1798
- Lee, Henry, 1756-1818
- Legal documents
- Medicine--Virginia--History--19th century
- Memorandums
- Publications
- Real property--Virginia
- Receipts (financial records)
- Sheriffs--Virginia--History--19th century
- Slavery--Southern States--History
- Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century
- Surveys (documents)
- Tyler, John, 1790-1862
General
Other Information:
Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00001.frame
Physical Characteristics or Technical Requirements:
When available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Brown, Charles
- Jennings, William, d. 1798
- Lee, Henry, 1756-1818
- Tyler, John, 1790-1862
- Tyler, John, Jr., 1819-1896
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Acton (Eng. : Estate)
- Albemarle County (Va.)--History--19th century
Container List
Letters about the estate of William Jennings of Actonplace England with Charles Brown as the executor. 1859-1877. Letters that were sent to or written by Charles Brown concerning his patients, 1813-1818. 193 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120148
William Jennings Estate and Patient Correspondence1813-1877Scope and Contents
Letters from or concerning patients and correspondence with Charles Brown as the Executor of the estate of William Jennings.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id283092
Estate of William Jennings of Actonplace England1859-1877Scope and Contents
Charles Brown was the Executor of the estate of William Jennings. In the search for descendants of William Jennings, there is genealogical information on the descendants of Cornelius Dabney and Sarah Jennings. 20 pieces.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120005
John Allphin.4 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120006
Mary Ballard.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120007
W[?] Ballard.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120008
Henry Barnett.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120009
Richard M. Beckett.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120010
J. Bishop.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120011
John Brockman.2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120012
B. Brown.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120013
Beanis[?] Brown.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120014
Bernard Brown.9 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120015
Bezaleel Brown.19 items.Scope and Contents
5 letters concern slaves.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120016
Brightbery Brown.2 items.Scope and Contents
1 letter concerns a slave.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120017
Elijah Brown.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120018
T. H. Brown.4 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120019
William Brown.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120020
Charles Burris.2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120021
John H. Carr.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120022
Willis Carr.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120023
Law[rence?] T. Catlett.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120024
Hugh Chisholm.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120025
Thomas K. Clarke.2 items.Scope and Contents
Both letters concern slaves.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120026
William Coleman's wife.1 item.Scope and Contents
Note: On the bottom of the sheet appears a note in the same hand signed James Keaton.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120027
Mrs. Coles.1 item.Scope and Contents
Letter concerns a slave.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id120028
Georges Crank.2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id283092
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120151
Patient Correspondence1813-1818
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120029
Augustus Darrell.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120030
Edmund Davis.6 items.Scope and Contents
2 letters concern slaves.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120031
Ruben Davis.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120032
Robert Davis.2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120033
James Douglass.1 item.Scope and Contents
Letter concerns a slave.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120034
William J. Douglass[?].1 item.Scope and Contents
Letter concerns a slave.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120035
Brice Edwards.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120036
Dabney Ellis.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120037
Jemima Fretwell.1 item.Scope and Contents
Letter concerns a slave.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120038
David Fowler.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120039
Richard Gaines.3 items.Scope and Contents
2 letters concern slaves.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120040
John Gardner.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120041
Elijah Garrison.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120042
Sally Garrison.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120043
Garland Garth.11 items.Scope and Contents
4 letters concern slaves.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120044
Jessee Garth.2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120045
Thomas Garth.2 items.Scope and Contents
1 letter concerns a slave.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120046
William Garth.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120047
John Gillum.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120048
John Grinstead.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120049
Benjamin Hardin.6 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120050
C. Harris.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120051
John Harris.5 items.Scope and Contents
2 letters concern slaves.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120052
Mary Harris.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120053
N. Harris.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120054
James Horsley.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120055
[?] Howard.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120056
Thomas Irvin.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120057
P. C. Jarman.2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120058
Michael Johnson.1 item.Scope and Contents
1 letter concerns a slave.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120059
James Keaton.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id120029
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120152
Patient Correspondence1813-1818
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120060
David I. Lewis.2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120061
Jesse Lewis.3 items.Scope and Contents
1 letter concerns a slave.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120062
Darky McCord.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120063
Robert McCullock, Jr.2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120064
Reuben Mansfield.5 items.Scope and Contents
1 letter concerns a slave.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120065
Thomas Marr.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120066
Jennings Maupin.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120067
John Maupin.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120068
James Michie.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120069
John A. Michie.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120070
William Michie.3 items.Scope and Contents
1 letter concerns a slave.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120071
Wilson Mills.1 item.Scope and Contents
Letter concerns a slave.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120072
Martha R. Moore.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120073
Noble Moore.2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120074
James Old.1 itemScope and Contents
Letter concerns a slave.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120075
George Perry.2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120076
J. C. Ragland.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120077
John Robinson.4 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120078
John Rodes.2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120079
P. [?] Rogers.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120080
William Rodgers.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120081
Thomas L. Shelton.1 item.Scope and Contents
Letter concerns a slave.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120082
Spencer Simmons.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120083
John Smith.2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120084
Samuel Smithson.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120085
William Sullivan.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120086
Joel Terrell.2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120087
E. I. Thompson.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120088
Lucy Thompson.3 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120089
Nathaniel Thompson.2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120091
William [?] Tomlin.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120092
Minoah Via.1 item.Scope and Contents
Letter concerns a slave.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120093
John Watson.1 item.Scope and Contents
Letter concerns a slave.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120094
Geoge Wayt.2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120095
William C. Webb.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120096
T. Wells.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120097
Abraham Wiant.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120098
John A. Wilson.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120099
Micajah Woods.2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120100
J.G. Wright.2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120101
Jeremiah[?] Yancey.1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120102
Unidentified.2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id120060
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id120103
Correspondence23 items.1805-1851.Scope and Contents
Includes 2 letters to Dr. Ragland. Personal and business correspondence, some having to do with legal matters in Albemarle County. A few letters deal with the estate of Charles Brown's father in 1843. Other letters are from members of his religious community. Some names mentioned are: Tilman G. Maupin, George H. Smith with Polly Hardin Smith, William Adams with David M. Wingfield, J.W. Locke of Hartsville, Tennessee and J.H. Wartmann. Letter from Ira Benjamin Brown to Charles Brown thanking him for the advice to change the way he signs his name.
Important accounts and papers that were kept and used by Charles Brown.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id120105
Accounts of Charles Brown396 items.1810-1877
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id310253
Accounts of Charles Brown1810-1877
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id310255
Accounts of Charles Brown1810-1877
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id120153
Legal and Medical Papers1814-1880, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id120106
Will1 item.n.d.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id120107
Deed1 item.1821.Scope and Contents
A deed given by William D. Taylor, United States tax collector for the 18th district of Virginia, to Charles Brown, covering a tract of land in Albemarle County, Virginia.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id120108
Land warrant1 item.1822.Scope and Contents
A warrant issued by John Taylor, Governor of Virginia, granting a tract of land in Albemarle County, Virginia, to Charles Brown.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id120109
Land papers3 items.1814-1825.Scope and Contents
Papers concerning other lands owned by Charles Brown.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id120110
Medical Licenses2 items.1814-1815, 1815-1816.Scope and Contents
Licenses to practice medicine.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id120111
Bonds10 items.1841-1843.Scope and Contents
Bonds given by persons appointed by Charles Brown, sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia, to act as deputies.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id120112
Suits7 items.1842-1843.Scope and Contents
Suits against Charles Brown, sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id120113
Suit1 item.1876.Scope and Contents
Suit of G. T. Owens against Charles Brown.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id120114
Judgement1 item.n.d.Scope and Contents
Judgement against Charles Brown.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id120115
Horse ownership papers3 items.1841.Scope and Contents
Papers concerning the joint ownership of a horse by Charles Brown and John Fagg.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id120116
An article1 item.1851.Scope and Contents
An article on the habits and economy of the honey bee, by Charles Brown.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id120117
Patent papers10 items.1853-1869.Scope and Contents
Papers relating to a patent for a process of preserving wood discovered by Charles Brown.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id120118
Prescriptions4 items.n.d.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id120119
Verse1 item.n.d.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id120120
Estate settlement1 item.1880.Scope and Contents
Power of attorney given to A. R. Brown and Elvira S. Ayres in the settlement of the Charles Brown estate.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id120106
Included are letters, accounts, boundary and land identifications, and estate settlement papers.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id120122
Letters3 items.1876.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id120123
Accounts51 items.1816-1888.Scope and Contents
Papers consisting of invoices, receipts, etc. from members of the Brown family
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id120124
Miss Brown2 items.1835-1844.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id120125
Mr. Brown8 items.1816-1849.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id120126
Mrs. Brown1 item.n.d.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id120127
Mrs. Doctor Brown1 item.1821.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id120128
Asa B. Brown2 items.1821-1822.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id120129
B. Brown2 items.1845.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id120130
B. O. & C. Brown20 items.1842-1843.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id120131
Bernard M. Brown's estate6 items.1807-1829.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id120132
Bezaleel J. Brown5 items.1845-1888.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id120133
C.H. Brown1 item.1841.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id120134
Ira B. Brown1 item.1834.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id120135
William H. Brown2 items.1843-1844.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id120124
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id120136
Boundary papers6 items.1751-1756.Scope and Contents
Papers giving boundaries of land owned by Benjamin and Bezaleel Brown.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id120137
Boundary papers1 item.1792.Scope and Contents
A warrant signed by Henry Lee, governor of Virginia, granting to Bazeleel [Bezaleel] Brown a tract of land in Albemarle County, Virginia.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id120138
Estate papers8 items.1870-1877.Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the settlement of the estate of Judith Brown.
Papers that were created for or by persons other than the Brown family and found among Charles Brown's papers.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id120140
Land Warrant1 item.1796.Scope and Contents
A warrant granting to John Barkley a tract of land in Albemarle County, Virginia.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id120141
Other legal papers10 items.1823-1845.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id120142
Accounts of Jonathon Gions7 items.1843-1845.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id120143
Accounts of Valentine Head11 items.1842.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id120144
Other Accounts47 items.1813-1850.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id160240
Brown (Bezaleel). Survey of a tract of land in Albemarle County, Va.1784Scope and Contents
Copy. 1 piece.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id160241
Brown (Bezaleel). Survey of a tract of land in Albermarle County, Va.1818Scope and Contents
1 piece.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id160243
Harris (William). Survey of a tract of land in Albemarle County, Va.1785Scope and Contents
3 pieces.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id160244
Thuman (Philip). Surveys of lands in Albemarle County, Va.1785Scope and Contents
3 pieces.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id160245
Unidentified plats of landScope and Contents
6 pieces
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id160246
A table of barometric measurements1833Scope and Contents
1 piece.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id160248
VerseScope and Contents
2 pieces
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id160249
Other papersScope and Contents
9 pieces.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id160251
A memorandum book of Bezaleel I. Brown containing definitions of words, names of scholars in an unidentified school, and other memoranda.1858-1876Scope and Contents
84 pages. 6 x 4 inches.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id160252
Covers and envelopesScope and Contents
28 pieces