Richard Billups Papers Guide to the Richard Billups Papers Mss. 65 B49

Guide to the Richard Billups Papers Mss. 65 B49


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Repository
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Identification
Mss. 65 B49
Title
Richard Billups Papers 1705-1857 1774-1822
Quantity
5 Linear Feet
Creator
Billups, Richard
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation:

Richard Billups Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Deposit: 4,006 items, 7/18/1941. Deposit: 302 items, 4/12/1942.


Biographical Information:

Richard Billups was a merchant; shipbuilder; shipowner; justice of the peace; sheriff of Mathews County, Virginia, 1792-1795; major in the Virginia militia; leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church; and member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1807-1817, from Mathews County. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Business, military and legal papers, chiefly 1774-1822, of Richard Billups of Mathews and Gloucester Counties, Virginia. Papers include accounts, land records, and correspondence and some concern shipbuilding. Includes minutes, 1842, of a temperance meeting and Methodist church records.

Arrangement of Materials:

Organization: This collection is organized into 8 Series: 1. Accounts 2. Account Books 3. Legal Papers 4. Letters 5. Military Papers 6. Society Papers 7. Printed Material 8. Oversized Material Arrangement: This collection is arranged chronologically by date. The names mentioned with each folder are just a few of the many names which appear on the documents included within that folder.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Clergy
  • Colonial period, ca. 1609-1774
  • Correspondence
  • Financial records
  • Gloucester County (Va.)--History--18th century
  • Gloucester County (Va.)--History--19th century
  • Judges--Virginia
  • Legal documents
  • Mathews County (Va.)--History--19th century
  • Methodist Church--Virginia
  • Methodist Church--Virginia--Clergy--History--19th century.
  • Minutes
  • Receipts (financial records)
  • Shipbuilding--Virginia
  • Temperance--History--19th century
  • United States--Economic history
  • United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
  • Virginia House of Delegates
  • Virginia--Militia

General

Other Information:

Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00046.frame

Container List

id168840
Series 1: Accounts
1757-1857
Scope and Contents

Box: 1-5. Including plats of land, receipts, etc.

  • id168842
    Accounts in the eighteenth century
    1757-1799
    Scope and Contents

    Box 1-2

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id168846
      Accounts
      1757
      Scope and Contents

      Robert Whiting, John Billups.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id168848
      Accounts
      1761
      Scope and Contents

      Thos. Flowerdewe, Benjamine Cook.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id168849
      Accounts
      1764-1765
      Scope and Contents

      Taylor, Burton, Dellahaunty, Beatley.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id168851
      Accounts
      1766
      Scope and Contents

      George Hunley, Ziperus Degges.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id168853
      Accounts
      1767
      Scope and Contents

      Jas. Davis, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id168855
      Accounts
      1768-1769
      Scope and Contents

      Stubblefield, Burton, Jarvis, Lyell.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id168856
      Accounts
      1771
      Scope and Contents

      John Billups, John Steer, John Foster, Jr.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id168858
      Accounts
      1772
      Scope and Contents

      John Foster, John Billups, Geo. Foster, Wm. Armistead, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id168859
      Accounts
      1773
      Scope and Contents

      John Billups, L. Smith, Wm. Reynolds, Nelson.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id168861
      Accounts
      1774
      Scope and Contents

      Billups, L. Smith, Nelson, Reynolds, Shackelford, David Jameson, Jr., Issac Foster, small account booklet.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id168863
      Accounts
      1775
      Scope and Contents

      Armistead, John Billups, Reynolds, Shackelford.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id168866
      Accounts
      1776
      Scope and Contents

      Thos. Gibbons, Thos. Flipper.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id168867
      Accounts
      1777
      Scope and Contents

      John Fowler, Mathias James.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id168869
      Accounts
      1778
      Scope and Contents

      John and Richard Billups, Thos. Billups.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id168870
      Accounts
      1779
      Scope and Contents

      Billups, John Weston, Delahaunty, Taylor.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16 id168871
      Accounts
      1780
      Scope and Contents

      Billups, John Fowler, John Avery, Joshua Gayle, Rispess.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17 id168875
      Accounts
      1781
      Scope and Contents

      Richard and John Billups, Thos. Lilly.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18 id168877
      Accounts
      1782
      Scope and Contents

      Billups, Richard Risby.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19 id168879
      Accounts
      1783
      Scope and Contents

      Respess, Mathews, Foster, Pennock, Risby, Billups.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20 id168881
      Accounts
      1784
      Scope and Contents

      John Lilly, Billups, John Foster, Henry Forrest, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21 id168883
      Accounts
      1785
      Scope and Contents

      John and Isaac Foster, Richard Risby, Billups, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22 id168884
      Accounts
      1786
      Scope and Contents

      R. Risby, Estate of John Foster, Billups.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 id168886
      Accounts
      1787
      Scope and Contents

      James Callis, Repass, Billups, Risby.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24 id168887
      Accounts
      1788
      Scope and Contents

      Estate of Wm. Lilly, Respass, Risby, Billups, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25 id168888
      Accounts
      1789
      Scope and Contents

      Respass, Lilly, Callis, Knight, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26 id168890
      Accounts
      1790
      Scope and Contents

      Respass, Foster, Forrest, Knight, Charlton, Jones, Tinsley, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 27 id168891
      Accounts
      1791
      Scope and Contents

      Rispass, Roberts, Foster, Mathews, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 28 id168893
      Accounts
      1792
      Scope and Contents

      Many names on accounts with Clerk or Sheriff, Mathews County.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 29 id168894
      Accounts
      1792
      Scope and Contents

      Rispess, Risby, Anderson, Lilly, Gayle, Davis land plats.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id168896
      Accounts
      1793
      Scope and Contents

      Many names on accounts with Clerk or sheriff, Mathews County.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id168898
      Accounts
      1793
      Scope and Contents

      Lilly, Foster, Respass, Jarvis, Anderson, Dudley, Knight, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id168899
      Accounts
      1794
      Scope and Contents

      Many names on accounts with Clerk or Sheriff, Mathews County.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id168901
      Accounts
      1794
      Scope and Contents

      More accounts as Folder 3; general account names as above including Rispess, Gwathmey, Dabnet. Etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id168903
      Accounts
      1795
      Scope and Contents

      Respass, Cooke, Tabb, many sheriff's accounts, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id168904
      Accounts
      1796
      Scope and Contents

      Respass, Dixon, Foster, Anderso, Hunley, Reynolds, Callis, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id168906
      Accounts
      1797
      Scope and Contents

      Repspass, Forrest, Degges, Hurst, Knight, LeRoy Cole, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id168907
      Accounts
      1798
      Scope and Contents

      Respass, Eddens, Knight, Van Bibber, Dudley, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id168909
      Accounts
      1799
      Scope and Contents

      Respass, Smith, Foster, Knight Schacelford, Patterson, etc.

  • id168911
    Accounts in the nineteenth century
    1800-1857
    Scope and Contents

    Box 3-5.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id168913
      Accounts
      1800
      Scope and Contents

      Parker, Lilly, Smith, Callis, Foster, Forrest, Respass, Knight, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id168914
      Accounts
      1801
      Scope and Contents

      Smith, Knight, Respess, Gayle, David, Brounley, Saunders, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id168918
      Accounts
      1802
      Scope and Contents

      Lilly Smith, Respess, Knight, Foster, Degges, Hudgin, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id168920
      Accounts
      1803
      Scope and Contents

      Smith, Parrott, Mays, Knight, Respass, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id168922
      Accounts
      1804
      Scope and Contents

      Jarvis, Lilly, Knight, Callis, Brown, Gayle, Eddins, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id168923
      Accounts
      1805
      Scope and Contents

      Degges, Eddins, Knight, Lilly, Brown, Foster, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id168926
      Accounts
      1806
      Scope and Contents

      Foster, Forrest, Eddens, Boswell, Knight, Brounley, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id168931
      Accounts
      1807
      Scope and Contents

      Eddens, Lilly, Armistead, Foster, Tabb, Wjite, Burniston (?).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9 id168932
      Accounts
      1807
      Scope and Contents

      Accounts in connection with building of new schooner "Courtney Norton."

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10 id168933
      Accounts
      1808
      Scope and Contents

      Foster, Forrest, Dudley, Morgan, Burling, Brounley, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11 id168934
      Accounts
      1809
      Scope and Contents

      Cole, Degges, Timberlake, Williams, Forest, White, Davis, Tyree, Hudgin, Tomkins, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id168936
      Accounts
      1810
      Scope and Contents

      Dawson, Eddens, Bahannon, Forrest, Foster, Burneston, Burling, Mann Page, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id168937
      Accounts
      1811
      Scope and Contents

      Cole, Jarvis, Forrest, Gayle, Widgeon, Lane, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id168938
      Accounts
      1812
      Scope and Contents

      Respress, Foster, Hudgin, Eddens, Callis, Roberts, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id168939
      Accounts
      1813
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5 id168940
      Accounts
      1814
      Scope and Contents

      Plat of ground; Foster, Smith, Knight, Eddens, Winder, etc. Includes a list of attendees at the May 21, 1814 Quarterly Gloucester Circuit meeting (Mathews, King and Queen, Mathews and possibly others) and their collection amounts.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6 id168941
      Accounts
      1815
      Scope and Contents

      Foster, Degges, Smith, Morgan, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id168942
      Accounts
      1816
      Scope and Contents

      Cramp, Lewis, Davis, Bohannon, Stevens, Foster, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id168943
      Accounts
      1817
      Scope and Contents

      Foster, Tompkins, Brounley, Hugin, Tomblin, Minter, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id168944
      Accounts
      1818
      Scope and Contents

      Bramhall, Robens, Tompkins, Foster, Hayes, Eddens, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 10 id168945
      Accounts
      1819
      Scope and Contents

      Bounley, Foster, James, Ransone, Bramhall, King, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 11 id168946
      Accounts
      1820
      Scope and Contents

      Minster, Tompkins, Armistead, Diggs, Foster, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 12 id168947
      Accounts
      1821
      Scope and Contents

      March, Tompkins, Armistead, Foster, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 13 id168948
      Accounts
      1822
      Scope and Contents

      Callis, Foster, Davis, Respass, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 14 id168949
      Accounts
      1823
      Scope and Contents

      Tompkins, Winder, Wjite, James, Diggs, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 15 id168950
      Accounts
      1824
      Scope and Contents

      Forrest, Deggs, Knight, Callis, Tompkins, Edwards, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 16 id168951
      Accounts
      1825
      Scope and Contents

      Morgan, Tompkins, Davis, Diggs, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 17 id168952
      Accounts
      1826
      Scope and Contents

      Hudgin, Tompkins, Jarvis, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id168954
      Accounts
      1827
      Scope and Contents

      Diggs, Tabb, Minter, Smith, Tompkins, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id168955
      Accounts
      1828
      Scope and Contents

      Dunston, Stoakes, Tompkins, March, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id168956
      Accounts
      1829
      Scope and Contents

      Stokes, March, Tompkins, Davis, Gambill, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id168957
      Accounts
      1830
      Scope and Contents

      Foushee, Freeman, Tompkins, Crawford, Neale, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id168958
      Accounts
      1831
      Scope and Contents

      March, Stoaks, Tompkins, Davis, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6 id168959
      Accounts
      1832
      Scope and Contents

      Stoaks, Smith, Moore, Owins, Tompkins, Hudgin, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7 id168960
      Accounts
      1833
      Scope and Contents

      Stoaks, Edwards, Minter, Kane, Walker, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8 id168961
      Accounts
      1834
      Scope and Contents

      Stoaks, Silverthorn, Goodrich, Hodges, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9 id168962
      Accounts
      1835
      Scope and Contents

      Stoaks, White, Diggs, armstrong, Tabb, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10 id168963
      Accounts
      1836
      Scope and Contents

      Brounly, Richardson, Stoakes, Hall, Lane, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11 id168964
      Accounts
      1837
      Scope and Contents

      Roy, Jones, Stoakes, Minter, Roberts, James, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 12 id168965
      Accounts
      1838-1839
      Scope and Contents

      Ransome, Stoakes, Lane, Belvin, James, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 13 id168966
      Accounts
      1840
      Scope and Contents

      Stoakes, Evans Roberts, Foster, Lumpkin, Ransone, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 14 id168967
      Accounts
      1841
      Scope and Contents

      Stoakes, Knight, Respess, Jarvis, Evans, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 15 id168968
      Accounts
      1842
      Scope and Contents

      Stoakes, Callis, Bonsal, March, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 16 id168969
      Accounts
      1843-1844
      Scope and Contents

      Brounly, Stokes, Foster, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 17 id168970
      Accounts
      1845
      Scope and Contents

      Thomas, Stoakes, Sibley, Lane, Foster, Brounly, etc

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 18 id168971
      Accounts
      1846
      Scope and Contents

      Stoakes, Evans, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 19 id168972
      Accounts
      1847-1848
      Scope and Contents

      Stoakes, Lilly, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 20 id168973
      Accounts
      1849-1850
      Scope and Contents

      Hudgins, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 21 id168974
      Accounts
      1851-1857
      Scope and Contents

      Hudgins, Marchant, Hundley, Taylor, Foster, etc.

  • id168975
    Accounts
    undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 22 id168977
      Accounts
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Lilly, Respess, Foster, Deggs, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 23 id168978
      Accounts
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Appleman, De la Roche, Deggs, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 24 id168979
      Accounts
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Respess, Hunley, Forrest, Shackelford, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 25 id168980
      Accounts
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Respess, Armistead, Knight, Foster, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 26 id168981
      Accounts
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Foster, Rispess, Mathews, Ransome, Callis, Gregory.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 27 id168982
      Accounts
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Tabb, Lewis, Lilly, Foster, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 28 id168983
      Accounts - Plats of land
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Plats of land. Eddins, Foster, Elliott, Booker, Ransome.

id168984
Series 2: Account Books
1773-1839
Scope and Contents

Account Books, Cash Memo, and Day Books. Box 6-7.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id168986
    Account and Memo Book, unnamed merchant
    1773-1786
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id168987
    Account book or ledger, unnamed merchant
    1777-1779
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id168988
    Account book, unnamed merchant
    1785-1787
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4 id168989
    Invoice Book, Richard Billups
    1797-1798
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5 id169001
    Account book with index; Richard Billups?
    1800-1801
    Scope and Contents

    27 pages.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6 id169000
    Cash book, cover bears name John Billups
    1798-1801
    Scope and Contents

    14 pages.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7 id169002
    Account or day book; Richard Billups?
    1800-1801
    Scope and Contents

    30 pages.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 8 id169003
    Account or day book; Richard Billups?
    1800-1802
    Scope and Contents

    45 pages.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 9 id169005
    Account book, Richard Billups
    1802-1803
    Scope and Contents

    14 pages.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 10 id169007
    Account book, Richard Billups?
    1804-1807
    Scope and Contents

    25 pages.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id168990
    Memo and pocket book - for? Billups, Kingston Parish
    1778-1799
    Scope and Contents

    Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id168991
    Account book, rum sales - Probably Richard Billups
    1785-1786
    Scope and Contents

    Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id168992
    Sheriff's ledger kept by Richard Billups
    1792-1794
    Scope and Contents

    Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id168993
    Sheriff's account book, Richard Billups
    1795-1805
    Scope and Contents

    Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id168994
    Account book of Richard Billups
    1797-1814
    Scope and Contents

    Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id168995
    Account book, Richard Billups, merchant and surveyor
    1797-1822
    Scope and Contents

    Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id168996
    Printed almanac interleaved with accounts and memos of Richard Billups
    1811-1814
    Scope and Contents

    Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id168997
    Accounts of collections and sermons, memos, unidentified clergyman
    1839-1840
    Scope and Contents

    Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1a, 1b, 1c id168999
    Account book, unidentified merchant
    1797-1800
    Scope and Contents

    150 pages.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2 id169004
    Account book, unidentified merchant
    1802
    Scope and Contents

    10 pages.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3
    Account, Unidentified Merchant
    1802-1803English.
    Scope and Contents
id169008
Series 3: Legal Papers
1726-1855
Scope and Contents

Box: 8-9

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id169010
    Legal Papers - deed
    1726
    Scope and Contents

    Poor condition. Deed. 300 acres conveyed to Joseph Billups by (?) Smithers on Winter Harbor (located in current Kingston Parish, Mathews County.) 1726.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2 id169011
    Indenture between Robert Whiting and John Hanbur
    1753
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 3 id169012
    Legal Papers
    1770-1779
    Scope and Contents

    Rum import certificate, Baltimore, 1777.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 4 id169013
    Legal Papers
    1780-1789
    Scope and Contents

    Will of John Billups, July 20, 1785. Import certificate, Fredericksburg 1788.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 5 id169014
    Deed with survey, Richard Billups
    1791
    Scope and Contents

    Survey by Richard Billups for Hughes Family members for property on the east side of the East River, possibly behind the Glebe. 1791.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 6 id169015
    Legal Papers
    1793
    Scope and Contents

    Respess, Flitchett, Foster, Wjite.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 7 id169016
    Legal Papers
    1794
    Scope and Contents

    Ransome, Gayle, Callis, Gregory, Davis

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 8 id169017
    Legal Papers
    1795
    Scope and Contents

    Brown, Langley, Respess, White, Hunley, Foster.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 9 id169018
    Legal Papers
    1796
    Scope and Contents

    Gayle, Brown.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 10 id169019
    Legal Papers
    1797
    Scope and Contents

    Taylor, Richard Billups, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 11 id169020
    Legal Papers
    1798
    Scope and Contents

    Taylor, Richard Billups, Respess.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 12 id169021
    Legal Papers
    1799
    Scope and Contents

    Billups-Patterson, Lewis, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 13 id169022
    Legal Papers
    1800
    Scope and Contents

    Billups, Shackelford

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 14 id169023
    Legal Papers
    1801
    Scope and Contents

    Hudgins, Blake, Respess, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 15 id169024
    Legal Papers
    1802-1803
    Scope and Contents

    Respess, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 16 id169025
    Legal Papers
    1804
    Scope and Contents

    Billups.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 17 id169026
    Legal Papers
    1805
    Scope and Contents

    Gibbons, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 18 id169027
    Legal Papers
    1806
    Scope and Contents

    Brounley, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19 id169028
    Legal Papers
    1807
    Scope and Contents

    Gibbon, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20 id169029
    Petition to House of Delegates
    1808
    Scope and Contents

    Petition regards Richard Billups, Eddins, Gayle, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21 id169030
    Legal Papers
    1809
    Scope and Contents

    Smith, Foster, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 22 id169031
    Legal Papers
    1810-1811
    Scope and Contents

    Minutes of the House of Delegates Feb. 5, 1810. Litchfield, Williams, Forrest, White, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 23 id169032
    Legal Papers
    1812-13
    Scope and Contents

    Winder, Lilly, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 24 id169033
    Legal Papers
    1814
    Scope and Contents

    Smith, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 25 id169034
    Legal Papers
    1815
    Scope and Contents

    Degges, Brounley, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26 id169035
    Legal Papers
    1817
    Scope and Contents

    Davis, Lewis, Degges, Callis, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 27 id169036
    Legal Papers
    1818
    Scope and Contents

    Hudgins, Daniel, Foster, Swann, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 28 id169037
    Legal Papers
    1819
    Scope and Contents

    Lyne, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1 id169038
    Legal Papers
    1820
    Scope and Contents

    Degge, Tompkins, Forest, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2 id169040
    Legal Papers
    1821
    Scope and Contents

    Ransone, Diggs, Whting, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 3 id169041
    Legal Papers
    1822
    Scope and Contents

    Lilly, Hunley, Jarvis, Booker, Smith, Degge, Gayle, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 4 id169042
    Legal Papers
    1823-1824
    Scope and Contents

    Diggs, Armistead, Winder, Foster, Knight, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 5 id169043
    Legal Papers
    1825
    Scope and Contents

    Bohannon, Burcher, Ransone, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6 id169044
    Legal Papers
    1826
    Scope and Contents

    Bohannon, Foster, Gayle, Ransone, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7 id169045
    Legal Papers
    1827-1830
    Scope and Contents

    Foster, Hudgins, Ransone, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8 id169046
    Legal Papers
    1831
    Scope and Contents

    Eddins, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9 id169047
    Legal Papers
    1836-1837
    Scope and Contents

    Knight, Foster, Winder, Anderson (Marriage licenses)

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 10 id169048
    Legal Papers
    1838-1839
    Scope and Contents

    Tax levy note book; Geo Paul marriage license; Hurst-Stewart marriage license.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11 id169049
    Legal Papers
    1840-1849
    Scope and Contents

    Diggs, Hunley, Edwards, Jarvis, Ransone, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 12 id169050
    Legal Papers
    1850-1851
    Scope and Contents

    Miller, Bayly, White, Foster, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 13 id169051
    Legal Papers
    1852
    Scope and Contents

    Hudgins, White, Richardson, Thomas, Williams, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 14 id169052
    Legal Papers
    1853
    Scope and Contents

    Hudgins, White, Pratt, Owens, Bassett, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 15 id169053
    Legal Papers
    1854
    Scope and Contents

    Edwards, Foster, Davis, Richardson, Hudgins, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 16 id169054
    Legal Papers
    1855
    Scope and Contents

    Davis, Lane, James, Hurst, Calles, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 17 id169055
    Legal Papers
    undated
    Scope and Contents

    Court docket for May term; Griffin.

id169056
Series 4: Letters and Memos
1772-1847, undated
Scope and Contents

Box-folder: 9:18-25

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 18 id169058
    Letters
    1772-1776
    Scope and Contents

    Wilkins, Respess, Smith, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 19 id169059
    Letters
    1790-1798
    Scope and Contents

    Patterson, Tabb, Jones, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 20 id169060
    Letters
    1801-1806
    Scope and Contents

    Brown, Gibbons, Patterson, Tyree, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 21 id169061
    Letters
    1810-1819
    Scope and Contents

    Lilly, Ransone, Fowler, Muire, Jackson, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 22 id169062
    Letters
    1820-1827
    Scope and Contents

    McCandlish, Tabb, Stevens, James, Lilly, Gayle, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 23 id169063
    Letters
    1835-1838
    Scope and Contents

    Eddins, Stoaks, Dudley, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 24 id169064
    Letters
    1841-1847
    Scope and Contents

    Smith, Stoakes, March, Callis, Gayle, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 25 id169065
    Letters
    undated
    Scope and Contents

    Minter, brig construction, etc.

id169066
Series 5: Military Papers
1797-1822, undated
Scope and Contents

Box-folder: 9:26-28

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 26 id169068
    Military Papers
    1797-1808
    Scope and Contents

    Gayle, Hughes, Hudgins, Van Bibber, Hurst, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 27 id169069
    Military Papers
    1812-1813
    Scope and Contents

    Lists of men, Weedon, Gayle, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 28 id169070
    Military Papers
    1814-1822, undated
    Scope and Contents

    Nicholas, Gayle, Callis; lists of men, etc. Includes 2 items with no date.

id169071
Series 6: Society Papers
1811-1842, undated
Scope and Contents

Society Papers, Church Meetings and School Compositions Box-Folder 9:29-30

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 29 id169073
    Society Papers
    1811-1835
    Scope and Contents

    Quarterly meeting minutes, lists of names.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 30 id169074
    Society Papers
    1842, undated
    Scope and Contents

    Total Abstinence Society Minutes, 1842; religious notes; composition on astronomy by Martha E. Stoakes, undated.

  • id169075
    Sale of Glebe Lands
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 31 id169077
      Sale of Glebe Lands
      1810-1814.
      Scope and Contents

      Sale of the Glebe lands with regard to logs sold, work done; and a map, etc.

id169078
Series 7: Printed Material
1811-1812, undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 32 id169080
    Printed Material
    1811-1812, undated
    Scope and Contents

    Literary fund broadsides, Richmond 1811-1812. Clippings, undated.

id169081
Series 8: Oversized Material
1705-1799
Scope and Contents

Box-folder: 10:1-12

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1 id169084
    Will of George Billups of Milford Haven, Gloucester County, Virginia
    1705 January 6
    Scope and Contents

    2 copies.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1 id169085
    Will of Richard Billups of Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia
    1751 January 31
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1 id169086
    Will of Wilkerson Hunley of Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia
    1747 February 27
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 2 id169087
    Court Orders
    1772-1795
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 3 id169088
    Oversized Material
    1712, undated
    Scope and Contents

    Account of William Jarrott, Wilkerson Hunley, George Hunley, Edward Hughes, and 2 maps of Property, one dated October 22, 1712.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 4 id169089
    Minutes of the vestry of Kingston Parish and legal papers
    1785 April 16
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 5 id169090
    Minutes of Methodist meetings in Gloucester County, Virginia
    1806, 1813
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 6 id169091
    Wills
    1784, 1785
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 7 id169092
    Deeds, indentures of George Billups, John Billups, and John Mathews
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 8 id169093
    Receipts
    1769-1774
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 9 id169094
    Receipts
    1796-1799
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 10 id169095
    Legal papers
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 11 id169096
    Papers dealing with the estate of Richard Billups and William A. Lilley
    1785
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 12 id169097
    Papers relating to the estate of John Lilly and Zadoc Litchfield; Richard Billups, executor
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id169098
    Account book volume containing genealogical information inside the back cover
    1777-1797