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Preferred Citation:
Elizabeth Hogg Ironmonger Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Gifts in 1984, 1985, 1987, 1994, and 1995. Acc. 1984.04; 1994.60; 1995.54; 1997.53; 1998.05; 1997.01.
Processing Information:
Processed by Elisabeth Lea in 1988.
Biographical Information:
Elizabeth ("Bessie") Lindsay Hogg was born 4 October 1891 to William H. Hogg and Frances Elizabeth Winder Hogg. She attended the Woman's College, Richmond, Va. She married John Wesley Ironmonger of Seaford, Va. on 10 March 1909. She died in 1985. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Scope and Contents
Papers, circa 1900-1997, of Elizabeth Hogg Ironmonger, genealogist. Includes genealogical notes, history of post offices in York County, Virginia, a record of Revolutionary War claims by York County inhabitants, history of the Grafton Baptist Church, Methodism in York County, Virginia, a map of the Jamestown Exposition grounds in Norfolk, Virginia, copies (only a few pages) from the Abingdon Parish Register, the Kingston Parish Register, and the Northumberland County Order Book.
There is genealogical data on numerous families as well as typescript genealogies of York County, Virginia families transcribed by Ironmonger and by her daughter, Thelma Hansford.
Families for which there is information include Sparrow, Winder, Hogg, Hopkins and Ironmonger, Hayward/Howard, Curtis, Wainwright, Powell and many others.
Photographs of the 19th century Catherine Dudley Cary Pescud Mourning Broach can be found in Box 2, Folder 4.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Baptist Church--Virginia--History
- Correspondence
- Curtis family
- Genealogy
- Grafton Baptist Church
- Hansford family
- Haywood family
- Hogg family
- Howard family
- Ironmonger family
- Methodist Church--Virginia
- Methodist Church--Virginia--York County
- Northumberland County (Va.)--History
- Registers of births, etc.--Virginia--Abingdon Parish
- Typescripts
- York County (Va.)--History--18th century
- York County (Va.)--History--19th century
- York County (Va.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Ironmonger, Elizabeth Lindsay Hogg, 1891-1985
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- York County (Va.)--History--18th century
- York County (Va.)--History--19th century
- York County (Va.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Container List
For information on the Lee family, see Box 1 Folder 12.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id145992
Austin Family
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
Abingdon Parish Register. Gloucester County, Va.(one negative photostat page)
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id145993
Bagwell and Metcalfe Families
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
Family tree of Henry Bagwell at Jamestown 1610.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id145994
Basye and Gascoyne Families
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
Northumberland County, Order Book, 1767-1700, and Kingston Parish, Gloucester and Mathews County Register, 1749-1827.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id145995
Bell Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id145996
Belvin Family of York County, Virginia: A Family Genealogy
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id145997
Burcher: A Family Genealogy
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id145998
Burt Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id145999
Burwell Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id146000
Callis Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id146001
Carmines Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id146002
Chandler FamilyScope and Contents
See also Chandler-Custis and Drake-Gawton families.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id146003
Chandler-Custis and Drake-Gawton FamiliesScope and Contents
Includes information on Drake-Lee families.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id146004
Pearl Chastain Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id146005
Cluverius and Parker Families
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id146006
Coe Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16 id146007
Crockett Family
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
Family tree of Richard Crockett, the family tree of Carey Washington Crockett.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17 id146008
Couch and Sparrow-Sparrer Families
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
Family tree of James Wesley Sparrer, the Isaac S. Couch family tree, the family tree of Mary Hester Sparrer, and Sparrow and Isacc S. Couch family tree.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18 id146009
Davis Family
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
Family tree of Edward Davis. Also see oversize file for family tree of Thomas Davis.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19 id146010
DeAlba Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20 id146011
Edwards Family
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
Family tree of William Edwards, oversize.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21 id146012
Hansford Family
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
Family tree of John Hansford.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22 id146013
Hart Family
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Chart of John Stanley Hart.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 id146014
Harwood Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24 id146015
Hassinger Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25 id146016
Hill Family
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
Family tree of Samuel Hill, family tree of Richard Hill, Lt., in the Rev. War.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26 id146017
Hogg Family
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
Family tree of William Hogg and oversize file for family tree of John Hogg.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 27 id146018
Hopkins, Hubbard, and Henley Families
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
Family tree of Stephen Hopkins.Scope and Contents
Hopkins, Sarah (see Montgomery Family, Box 1, Folder 33). Howard Family (see Shield and Howard families, Box 11, Folder 7).
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 28 id146019
Hudgins-Foster-Forrest Families
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
Family trees of Isaac and James Hudgins.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 29 id146020
James FamilyScope and Contents
See med. oversize file for field and staff muster roll of Thomas James.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 30 id146021
Jones Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 31 id146022
Lindsay Family
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
Family tree of Baldric de Limesay, De Toeny Ancestry Charts, Thomas Lindsay and William J. Lindsay Family Tree.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 32 id146023
Martin Family of York County, Virginia
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 33 id146024
Montgomery Family
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
Family tree of Captain John Montgomery.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 34 id146025
Moreland Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 35 id212967
Tysen Family tree
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
Family tree of Henry Tysen, Sr. of Norge Virginia. Oversize.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 36 id212968
Harris Family tree
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
Family tree of Henry Alan Harris of Seaford, Crab Neck, Virginia. Oversize.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
A mourning broach of Catherine Dudley Cary Pescud, early nineteenth century, is located in the Artifact File. See genealogical notes on Mrs. Pescud in Box 2 Folder 4.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id146027
Moss Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id146028
Palmer Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id146029
Parker and Graves Families
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id146030
Reade, Chisman, and Pescud Families
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id146031
Revell Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id146032
Robins Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id146033
Shield and Howard Families
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id146034
Singleton Families
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id146035
Steadman Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id146036
Thorogood Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11 id146037
Tyler Family
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
Family tree of John Tyler and family tree of Job Tyler.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12 id146038
Walter Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13 id146039
Walters Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14 id146040
Weston Family
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15 id146041
White Family
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
Family tree of White Family, William B. White, Thomas White. Family tree of John White and Dudley White.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16 id146042
Winder Family
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
Family tree of John Winder.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17 id146043
Map of the Jamestown Exposition Grounds
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18 id146044
History of Grafton Baptist Church
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19 id146045
Methodism in York County, Virginia.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 20 id146046
Zion Methodist Church1822-1966
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 21 id146047
Miss Marie Lulie Hogg
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 22 id146048
James Dudley Biography
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 23 id146049
School Days
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 24 id146050
Writings and Memoirs of Elizabeth Hogg Ironmonger
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 25 id146051
Ironmonger Family Sketch
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 26 id146052
Autobiography of Annie Fletcher Clendening: The Experience of a York County, Virginia Teenager
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 27 id146053
Obituaries of C.W. Smith, Captain William C. Messick, Mrs. Fannie Carmines, Mrs. Elizabeth H. White, Franklin Woodward Carmines, J.W. Hogg, William T. James, Reverend Cyrus B. James, Luther Berry White, Reverend John French White, and Mrs. Martha Cowles White.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 28 id146054
Marriage, Death, and Birth Certificates and Records of Burial in the Cemetery of Hornsbyville Baptist Mission
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 29 id146055
General List of Claims for the County of York, Virginia in the Revolutionary War
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 30 id146056
York County Records
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 31 id146057
Ironmonger Memoir
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 32 id146058
Speech by Mr. Winthrop Rockefeller: "The Human Side of George Washington"
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 33 id146059
Proof of Lineage to Ironmonger, Custis, Drake, Revell, and Chandler FamiliesScope and Contents
Traced from John Garland Ironmonger.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 34 id146060
Miscellaneous
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
Miscellaneous news clippings.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 9 Folder: 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 35 id146061
Various Photostatic Records
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 36 id146062
Eastern Shore Kin and Data
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 37 id146063
Memoirs of Bessie Hogg Ironmonger
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 38 id146079
Typewritten Volume Entitled "The Curtis Family of York County, Virginia" by Thelma Ironmonger Hansford (Mss. Acc. 1994.60)1989 January
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 39
Typewritten Volume Entitled "The Curtis Family of York County, Virginia" by Thelma Ironmonger Hansford (Mss. Acc. 1994.60)
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 39 id146081
Typewritten Genealogy of the Sparrow/Sparrer Family of Princess Anne, Accomack, and York Counties in Virginia, by Thelma Ironmonger Hansford (Mss. Acc. 1995.54)1995 September 12
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 40 id146082
Typewritten Genealogy of the Wainwright Family from the Files of Thelma Hansford (Mss. Acc. 1995.54)1995 February
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 41
Genealogical Notes on the Hayward and Howard Families of York County (1997.01)Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 42 id146083
Copy of Thelma Hansford's 1997 Genealogy on the Powell Family, a Prominent Family in York County (Mss. Acc. 1997.53)
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 43 id146085
Spiral Bound Notebook Entitled "Some Lindsays of Virginia" by Elizabeth (Bessie) Hogg Ironmonger, Seaford, Virginia" (Mss. Acc. 1998.5)1976Scope and Contents
1977 Revision by Jean M. Feller, Ocala, Florida.