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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Rockbridge Historical Society files on genealogy, WLU Coll. 0058, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains biographical and genealogical information on various people, primarily from in and around Rockbridge County.
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
- Randolph, Edmund
- Randolph, John
- Reid, Andrew
- Reid, Andrew, Jr.
- Templeton, James
- Turner, Charles W. (Charles Wilson)
- Waddell, Benjamin Harrison
- Waddell, Harrington
- Waddell, Maude
- Williams, Ki
Container List
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 PaulineEnglish.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, ArchibaldEnglish.
- Text Box 1 folder: 3
Alexander, RobertEnglish.Scope and Contents
This folder contains information about the family of Robert Alexander (brother of Archibald Alexander).
- Text Box 1 folder: 4
Alexander, WilliamEnglish.
- Text Box 1 folder: 5
Alexander FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 1 folder: 6
Alexander Family (McCulloch notes)English.
- Text Box 1 folder: 7
Anderson FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 1 folder: 8
Baker FamilyEnglish.Scope and Contents
This folder contains photocopied indentures involving the Baker family.
- Text Box 1 folder: 9
Beard, ThomasEnglish.Scope and Contents
This folder contains the last will and testament of Thomas Beard.
- Text Box 1 folder: 10
Beatty, JamesEnglish.
- Text Box 1 folder: 11
Bell FamilyEnglish.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 FamilyEnglish.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 FamilyEnglish.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 FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 1 folder: 15
Bowyer FamilyEnglish.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 FamilyEnglish.Scope and Contents
This folder contains information on the Brooke family, including a family crest and newspaper articles.
- Text Box 1 folder: 17
Brown FamilyTurner, 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.
- Text Box 2 folder: 1
Clan Campbell Society Newsletter1977English.
- Text Box 2 folder: 2
Journal of Clan Campbell Society1978English.
- Text Box 2 folder: 3
Journal of Clan Campbell Society1979English.
- Text Box 2 folder: 4
Journal of Clan Campbell Society1980English.
- Text Box 2 folder: 5
Journal of Clan Campbell Society1981English.
- Text Box 2 folder: 6
Journal of Clan Campbell Society1982English.
- Text Box 2 folder: 7
Journal of Clan Campbell Society1983English.
- Text Box 2 folder: 8
Journal of Clan Campbell Society1984English.
- Text Box 2 folder: 9
Journal of Clan Campbell Society1985English.
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 FamilyEnglish.Scope and Contents
This folder contains census records and ancestor charts concerning the Cahoon family.
- Text Box 3 folder: 2
Campbell FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 3 folder: 3
Campbell FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 3 folder: 4
Campbell, DavidEnglish.
- Text Box 3 folder: 5
Carr FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 3 folder: 6
Caruthers FamilyEnglish.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 FamilyEnglish.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 FamilyEnglish.Scope and Contents
This folder contains a photocopy of a page from the Coffey family Bible.
- Text Box 3 folder: 8
Crawford FamilyEnglish.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 FamilyEnglish.
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, GreenleeEnglish.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 FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 3
Deacon FamilyEnglish.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 FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 5
Dod, DanielEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 6
Dorman Family1971English.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 FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 8
Estill FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 9
Ewing FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 10
Firestone FamilyEnglish.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 FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 12
Gibbs FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 13
Gillispie FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 14
Glasgow FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 15
Goodson FamilyEnglish.Scope and Contents
This folder contains a photocopied page from the Goodson family Bible.
- Text Box 4 folder: 16
Gordon FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 17
Graham FamilyEnglish.Scope and Contents
This folder contains various newspaper articles concerning the Graham family.
- Text Box 4 folder: 18
Grant FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 19
Graybill FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 20
Greenlee FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 21
Greenlee FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 22
Grigsby FamilyEnglish.Scope and Contents
This folder contains newsletters and a roster of members from the National Grigsby Family Society.
- Text Box 4 folder: 23
Grigsby FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 24
Grigsby FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 25
Grigsby FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 26
Grigsby FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 4 folder: 27
Grigsby Family (including Paxton family)English.
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 FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 5 folder: 2
Hickman FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 5 folder: 3
Hileman FamilyEnglish.Scope and Contents
This folder contains pedigree charts and family group records concerning the Hileman family.
- Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 4
Houston FamilyPlecker, AdamEnglish.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 FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 5 folder: 6
Jackson FamilyEnglish.
- Graphic Materials Box 5 folder: 7
Jordan FamilyEnglish.Scope and Contents
This folder contains photographs of Jordan family tombstones located in the Stonewall Jackson Cemetery.
- Text Box 5 folder: 8
Keffer FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 5 folder: 9
Kerr (Carr) FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 5 folder: 10
Kerr (Carr), RichardEnglish.
- Text Box 5 folder: 11
Kessler FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 5 folder: 12
Kinnear FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 5 folder: 13
Kirkham FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 5 folder: 14
Kirkpatrick FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 5 folder: 15
Krebs FamilyEnglish.
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, James1892English.
- Text Box 6 folder: 2
Lacy FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 3
Laird FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 4
Lee FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 5
Leech FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 6
Little FamilyEnglish.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 FamilyEnglish.
- Mixed Materials Box 6 folder: 8
Lyle FamilyEnglish.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) FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 11
McClung FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 12
McClung FamilyEnglish.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 FamilyEnglish.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 FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 15
McCorkle FamilyEnglish.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, ThomasEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 18
McCoy, ThomasEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 19
McCoy, ThomasEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 20
McDowell, EphraimEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 21
McFadden FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 22
McKee FamilyEnglish.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 FamilyEnglish.Scope and Contents
This folder contains a collection of photographs of property owned by the McNutt family.
- Text Box 6 folder: 24
McNutt FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 25
Mackey FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 26
Marshall, JohnEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 27
Miller, HenryEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 28
Miller FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 29
Mills FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 30
Moffett FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 31
Moore FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 6 folder: 32
Moore FamilyEnglish.
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 FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 2
Patton FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 3
Paxton FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 4
Paxton FamilyEnglish.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 FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 6
Paxton, ThomasEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 7
Pendleton FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 8
Pendleton FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 9
Pendleton FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 10
Pendleton FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 11
Poage FamilyEnglish.Scope and Contents
This folder contains a cardboard memorial placard for Nancy Poague.
- Text Box 7 folder: 12
Quaintance FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 13
Randolph FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 14
Reid, AndrewEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 15
Reblogel FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 16
Reynolds and McGuire FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 17
Roach FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 18
Salling FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 19
Saville, John and Sarah (Shaffer)English.
- Text Box 7 folder: 20
Shafer FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 21
Shanks FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 22
Sheltman FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 23
Smith FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 24
Sterrett FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 25
Stuart FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 7 folder: 26
Swope FamilyEnglish.
- Mixed Materials Box 8 folder: 1
Album of Mary Lou McCampbell1859English.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 PhotographsEnglish.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 DocumentsEnglish.
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 FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 9 folder: 2
Todd FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 9 folder: 3
Tolley (Gillispie) FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 9 folder: 4
Tolley (Tolly) FamilyEnglish.
- Mixed Materials Box 9 folder: 5
Waddell FamilyEnglish.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 FamilyEnglish.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 Family1804-02-20English.Scope and Contents
This folder contains a section of the will of John Walker.
- Text Box 9 folder: 8
Walkup FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 9 folder: 9
Wallace FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 9 folder: 10
Wallace FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 9 folder: 11
Wardlaw FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 9 folder: 12
Waskey FamilyEnglish.
- Books Box 9 folder: 13
Weaver FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 9 folder: 14
Weaver, WilliamEnglish.
- Text Box 9 folder: 15
Weir FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 9 folder: 16
Welch FamilyEnglish.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, KiEnglish.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 FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 9 folder: 19
Wilson FamilyEnglish.Scope and Contents
This folder contains negatives of Wilson family genealogies.
- Text Box 9 folder: 20
Woods FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 9 folder: 21
Youel FamilyEnglish.
- Text Box 9 folder: 22
Youel FamilyEnglish.Scope and Contents
This folder contains issues of The Youel Log, imprints published by Youel Care, Inc. concerning the Youel family.