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WILSON, JOHN W. COLLECTION. SC #3012.

CARRIER LIBRARY, JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY
Harrisonburg, VA 22807

Compiled by Lu Cima and Chris Bolgiano, Sept. 1996

SCOPE & CONTENT.

This collection consists largely of a variety of documents (receipts, deeds, accounts, letters) relating mostly to Jacob Bear, Benjamin Graves, Jacob Sipe, and the Dean (Deane, Deen) and Harnsberger (Hansberger) families of Rockingham, Madison, Orange, and Augusta Counties, VA, from 1766 to 1963. Of particular interest are the 1842 Elk Run Class Book; the 1858-59 Housekeeping Book, which lists household and farm items needed for life at the time; and accounts of the Mt. Vernon Iron Works (Rockingham County) from 1878-1879 (Oversize). Items are listed below individually.

PROVENANCE.

Donated by Mr. John "Bill" Wilson in December, 1995.

ORGANIZATION.
Folder 1:

• 1787, 1827 Two wills of Jacob Bear (transcripts)
• 1800-01 Two account pages of B. Graves with J. Brock
• 1813 Land survey for Margaret Seipe by Joseph Mauzy
• 1814 Purchase of dower right of land of widow of John Mungeo by Henry Mungeo
• 1814 Distillery tax bill of Benjamin and John Graves
• 1815 Page of purchases by Benjamin Graves of Simeon Graves
• 1816 Notice of land sale (fragment), signed Tho. Eddins and Benjamin Graves
• 1816 Notices (7) of property auction of Wm. Collins, deceased, of Orange Cty, incl. Negroes; B. Graves & T. Eddens, Adm.
• 1816 Indemnification of B. Graves and T. Eddins as Adm. of Wm. Collins estate
• 1817 Indenture for land to Jacob Runkle by George Cook
• 1818 Receipt for board and tuition, B. Graves
• 1820 Joel Banks promises to pay B. Graves
• 1820 Summons for Richard Kinse[y?]
• 1823 Letter from R. Kinsey to B. Graves re: tobacco
• 1824 Letter from R. Kinsey to B. Graves re: deed of trust
• 1827 Letter from George McClammer to B. Graves re: money owed
• 1827 Land rent agreement between Paul Lingle and Wm. Johnson, Rockingham County

• 1830 Appointment of attorney by Joesph Haynes re: estate of Geo. Berry, Rockingham County
• 1834 Appointment of attorney by Lewis Berry
• 1838 Letter from Elizabeth Hopkins to parents in Harrisonburg from school in Mt. Airy, VA
• 1840 Henry Keneagy of Augusta County promises to pay Jacob Sipe re: blooms of iron
• 1841 Indenture for land to C. Yancey and J. Conrad by G. Blankenbaker
• 1842 Agreement between Wm. Harper and J. Sipe
• 1842 Elk Run Class Book (photocopy); Adam and Jeremiah Hansberger
• 1842 Receipt of payment by J. Sipe
• 1843 Receipt of payment by J. Sipe
• 1844 J. Sipe promises to pay Isaac Hardesty
• 1845 Letter to Francis J. Hopkins from her sister
• 1846 Letter to J. Sipe from John Haven re: will
• 1847 Testimony concerning will of Margaret Sipe
• 1847 Appointment of attorney Thomas King of Augusta County by Peyton Stanforth of Ohio
• 1847 B&O RR Co. receipt for 60 barrels flour from W. Harper
• 1848 Letter to J. Sipe from Eli Cook re: check
• 1848 Deed for land sold to T. Carpenter by J. Sipe

• 1851 Receipt of payment from J. Sipe
• 1852 Letter to J. Sipe from John Hour
• 1852 Agreement to sell land between A. W. Hudson and C. B. Yancey
• 1858-59 "T.K. Harnsburger's Book", listing housekeeping and farming articles bought
• 1861 Land plat of John Deane
• 1863 Letter to Bettie from Frannie [Hopkins?]
• 1866 Deed dividing land among Dean family
• 1870 Deed for land to John Dean by Morgan Dean
• 1878 Letter to B. Graves from S. Graves re: money
• 1879 Letter to B. Graves from son A. Graves re: Mill Farm Seminary
• 1880, 1884 List of articles sold from J. Harnsbarger estate, Elizabeth Harnsbarger estate (photocopy)
• 1881 Deed for land to T. Dean by John Dean
• 1882 Receipt of payment from T. Deane
• 1894 Letter to W. R. Gains from T. K. Harnsberger re: land
• 1907 Extract from letter to Gen. J. Roller from W. E. Barry, Texas Scout, re: Civil War Story (transcript)
• 1910 Letter to Thos. K. re: graduation (written on Randolph-Macon Monthly, Ashland VA letterhead)
• 1914 Letter to C. J. Harnsberger from J. L. Guerrant re: Harnsberger genealogy
• 1915 Letter to S. Harnsberger from C. Bryant re: genealogy
• 1915 A Brief Narrative, written for his grandchildren, by Lunsford L. Lewis (Richmond: Richmond Press, 1915), photocopy
• 1916 Bills (3) of F. H. Blackburn at Root Gen'l. Merchandise
• 1963 Harnsberger family newsletter with genealogical notes

• 1766 Deed of land to John Garth
• 1804 Indenture (fragment) between J. Maggott and H. Powel
• 1808 [?] Land petition on dispute between C. Fudges and Adam Hansbarger
• 1819 Survey of disputed land between S. Conrad and J. Hansberger
• 1827 Deed for land of James Deen
• 1833 Deed (fragment) for land to E. Hansbarger by P. Parratt
• 1878-79 Accounts of Mt. Vernon Iron Works
• 1885 Deed for land of T. Deane