A Guide to the Augusta B. Fothergill Papers, 1925-1955 Fothergill, Augusta B., Papers, 1925-1955 35204

A Guide to the Augusta B. Fothergill Papers, 1925-1955

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 35204

Library of Virginia

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Processed by: Jim Greve

Repository

Library of Virginia

Accession number

35204

Title

Augusta B. Fothergill Papers, 1925-1955

Extent

9.45 cubic feet.

Physical Location

Personal papers collection, Acc. 35204.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Augusta B. Fothergill Papers, 1925-1955. Accession 35204, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Robert Middleton, Susanville, California, 4 September 1996.

Biographical/Historical Information

Augusta Bridgland Middleton Fothergill was born in Lexington, Virginia on 3 February 1876. She was a genealogist, historian, and author. She died in Richmond, Virginia on 9 September 1965 and is buried in Lexington, Virginia.

Scope and Content Information

Includes family research files, county research notes, and miscellaneous subject file. The family research files contain genealogical notes abstracted from court records, including deed books, order books, will books and marriage records. Families researched are from all over Virginia, but the main emphasis of the collection is on those families from Tidewater, Virginia. There is a particularly large amount of information on the Hill, Middleton, Rose, Shelton, Thornton, Underwood, Waller and White families. The county research notes include abstracts from court records, historical information and clippings. There is a subtantial amount of material concerning Brunswick and Rockbridge Counties, Virginia. The miscellaneous subject files cover a wide range of topics. They include client correspondence, notes, clippings, as well as information on Virginia courthouses, Indians, and other historical topics.

Box 1 Folder 1
Bagley
Box 1 Folder 2
Barnett
Box 1 Folder 3
Beard
Box 1 Folder 4
Bostick
Box 1 Folder 5
Boyd
Box 1 Folder 6
Brickey
Box 1 Folder 7
Bridgeland
Box 1 Folder 8
Buchanan
Box 1 Folder 9
Carr
Box 1 Folder 10
Colville
Box 1 Folder 11
D
Box 1 Folder 12-16
Dubois - New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
Box 1 Folder 17
Dunbar
Box 1 Folder 18
Dupny
Box 1 Folder 19
Early
Box 1 Folder 20
Eppes
Box 1 Folder 21
Flournoy
Box 1 Folder 22
Francis
Box 1 Folder 23
Fry
Box 1 Folder 24
Funkhouser
Box 1 Folder 25
Fuqua
Box 1 Folder 26
Garner
Box 1 Folder 27
Goad
Box 1 Folder 28
Grant
Box 1 Folder 29
Graves
Box 1 Folder 30
H
Box 1 Folder 31
Hicks
Box 1 Folder 32-35
Hill
Box 1 Folder 36
Hill (Prince George County)
Box 1 Folder 37
Hubbard
Box 1 Folder 38
Hudson
Box 1 Folder 39
Huntley
Box 1 Folder 40
Hurt
Box 2 Folder 1
Jackson
Box 2 Folder 2
Jarratt
Box 2 Folder 3
Jones
Box 2 Folder 4
King
Box 2 Folder 5
Kincaid
Box 2 Folder 6
Lambert
Box 2 Folder 7
Lamkin
Box 2 Folder 8
Landrum
Box 2 Folder 9
Langhorne
Box 2 Folder 10
Ledbetter
Box 2 Folder 11
Lee
Box 2 Folder 12
Lemuel
Box 2 Folder 13
Letcher
Box 2 Folder 14
Lewis
Box 2 Folder 15
Littrell
Box 2 Folder 16
Lockhart
Box 2 Folder 17
Lord
Box 2 Folder 18
Love
Box 2 Folder 19
Loving
Box 2 Folder 20
Lucas
Box 2 Folder 21
Lucy
Box 2 Folder 22
Mabry
Box 2 Folder 23
Mackquinney/Mackinnie
Box 2 Folder 24
Maclin
Box 2 Folder 25
Macon
Box 2 Folder 26
MacRae
Box 2 Folder 27
Maddox (Maddux)
Box 2 Folder 28
Madison
Box 2 Folder 29
Maget
Box 2 Folder 30
Major
Box 2 Folder 31
Mann
Box 2 Folder 32
Markham
Box 2 Folder 33
Marot
Box 2 Folder 34
Marriott
Box 2 Folder 35-36
Marshall
Box 2 Folder 37
Martin
Box 2 Folder 38
Massenburg
Box 2 Folder 39
Massie
Box 2 Folder 40
Matheny
Box 2 Folder 41
Matthews
Box 2 Folder 42
Mayfield
Box 2 Folder 43
Mayo
Box 2 Folder 44
Mayre
Box 2 Folder 45
Mays
Box 2 Folder 46
McBride
Box 2 Folder 47
McCarty
Box 2 Folder 48
McCorkle
Box 2 Folder 49
McGehee
Box 2 Folder 50
McKay
Box 2 Folder 51
McMath
Box 2 Folder 52
McPherson
Box 2 Folder 53
Meade
Box 2 Folder 54
Menifee
Box 2 Folder 55
Mercer
Box 3 Folder 1
Meredith
Box 3 Folder 2
Meriwether
Box 3 Folder 3
Metcalf
Box-folder: Box 3, Folder 4-21
Middleton
- Box 3 Folder 4
  Bibliography
- Box 3 Folder 5
  Hatton
- Box 3 Folder 6
  Historical Data
- Box 3 Folder 7
  Hugh Middleton
- Box 3 Folder 8
  Hugh C. Middleton Materials
- Box 3 Folder 9
  Irrelevent
- Box 3 Folder 10
  James Middleton
- Box 3 Folder 11
  Kentucky Middletons
- Box 3 Folder 12
  Pennsylvania Middletons
- Box 3 Folder 13-15
  Reference Only
- Box 3 Folder 16
  Samuel Middleton
- Box 3 Folder 17
  Semmes
- Box 3 Folder 18
  South Carolina Middletons
- Box 3 Folder 19
  Teares
- Box 3 Folder 20
  Walter Middleton
- Box 3 Folder 21
  Westmoreland County - Collateral Line
Box 4 Folder 1
Miller (Henry) of Culpeper Co.
Box 4 Folder 2
Miller (Shenandoah Co.)
Box 4 Folder 3
Mims
Box 4 Folder 4
Minge
Box 4 Folder 5
Minor
Box 4 Folder 6
Mitchell
Box 4 Folder 7
Montgomery
Box 4 Folder 8
Moore
Box 4 Folder 9
Moreland
Box 4 Folder 10
Moreman
Box 4 Folder 11
Morgan
Box 4 Folder 12
Morris
Box 4 Folder 13
Morris of Texas
Box 4 Folder 14
Morrison
Box 4 Folder 15
Mosby
Box 4 Folder 16
Moseley
Box 4 Folder 17
Motley
Box 4 Folder 18
Motley-Motlow
Box 4 Folder 19
Munday
Box 4 Folder 20
Murrell
Box 4 Folder 21
Myrick
Box 4 Folder 22
N
Box 4 Folder 23
Nalle
Box 4 Folder 24
Nance
Box 4 Folder 25
Napier
Box 4 Folder 26
Nash
Box 4 Folder 27
Neal
Box 4 Folder 28
Needles
Box 4 Folder 29
Nelson
Box 4 Folder 30
Neville
Box 4 Folder 31
Nicholson
Box 4 Folder 32
Nickols
Box 5 Folder 1
O
Box 5 Folder 2
Old
Box 5 Folder 3
Oliver
Box 5 Folder 4
Osborne
Box 5 Folder 5
Overton
Box 5 Folder 6
Owen
Box 5 Folder 7
Owens
Box 5 Folder 8
Owsley
Box 5 Folder 9
Pace
Box 5 Folder 10
Page
Box 5 Folder 11
Parish
Box 5 Folder 12
Parker
Box 5 Folder 13
Parks
Box 5 Folder 14
Parrott
Box 5 Folder 15
Parsons (Person)
Box 5 Folder 16
Pasteur
Box 5 Folder 17
Patterson
Box 5 Folder 18
Paxton
Box 5 Folder 19
Payne
Box 5 Folder 20
Pearson
Box 5 Folder 21
Peebles
Box 5 Folder 22
Pegram
Box 5 Folder 23
Pendleton
Box 5 Folder 24
Penick
Box 5 Folder 25
Penn
Box 5 Folder 26
Pennington
Box 5 Folder 27
Pepper
Box 5 Folder 28
Perkins
Box 5 Folder 29
Peters
Box 5 Folder 30
Peterson
Box 5 Folder 31
Pettie
Box 5 Folder 32
Pettit/Pettus
Box 5 Folder 33
Petway
Box 5 Folder 34
Peyton
Box 5 Folder 35
Phelps
Box 5 Folder 36
Philips
Box 5 Folder 37
Philpot
Box 5 Folder 38
Phripp
Box 5 Folder 39
Pickett
Box 5 Folder 40
Pigg
Box 6 Folder 1
Pittman
Box 6 Folder 2
Pleasants
Box 6 Folder 3
Plunkett
Box 6 Folder 4
Poe
Box 6 Folder 5
Polk
Box 6 Folder 6
Poole
Box 6 Folder 7
Pope
Box 6 Folder 8
Porter
Box 6 Folder 9
Powell
Box 6 Folder 10
Pretlow
Box 6 Folder 11
Prewett
Box 6 Folder 12
Price
Box 6 Folder 13
Price of Maryland
Box 6 Folder 14
Pride
Box 6 Folder 15
Prince
Box 6 Folder 16
Pritchett
Box 6 Folder 17
Prosser
Box 6 Folder 18
Pugh
Box 6 Folder 19
Quarles
Box 6 Folder 20
R
Box 6 Folder 21
Ragland
Box 6 Folder 22
Ragsdale
Box 6 Folder 23
Raiford
Box 6 Folder 24
Railey
Box 6 Folder 25
Randolph
Box 6 Folder 26
Ravenscroft
Box 6 Folder 27
Rawlings
Box 6 Folder 28
Read/Reed
Box 6 Folder 29
Rector
Box 6 Folder 30
Reding
Box 6 Folder 31
Redmond
Box 6 Folder 32
Reese
Box 6 Folder 33
Reid/Read
Box 6 Folder 34
Richardson - Md. & Va.
Box 6 Folder 35
Ridley
Box 6 Folder 36
Rivers
Box 6 Folder 37
Rives
Box 6 Folder 38
Roberts
Box 6 Folder 39
Roberts (Pennsylvania)
Box 6 Folder 40
Robertson
Box 7 Folder 1
Robinson
Box 7 Folder 2
Rochelle
Box 7 Folder 3
Rogers
Box 7 Folder 4
Rolfe
Box 7 Folder 5
Rosamond
Box 7 Folder 6-8
Rose
Box 7 Folder 9
Rosier
Box 7 Folder 10
Ross
Box 7 Folder 11
Rowell
Box 7 Folder 12
Rowland
Box 7 Folder 13
Rowlett
Box 7 Folder 14
Royall
Box 7 Folder 15
Royster
Box 7 Folder 16
Rucker
Box 7 Folder 17
Ruff (Rough)
Box 7 Folder 18
Ruffin
Box 7 Folder 19
Russell
Box 7 Folder 20
Rust
Box 7 Folder 21
Salling/Sallee
Box 7 Folder 22
Sandidge
Box 7 Folder 23
Sanford
Box 7 Folder 24
Sankey
Box 7 Folder 25
Saunders
Box 7 Folder 26
Scarbrough
Box 7 Folder 27
Scarlett
Box 7 Folder 28
Sclater
Box 7 Folder 29
Scott
Box 7 Folder 30
Scruggs
Box 7 Folder 31
Seawell
Box 7 Folder 32
Sebrell
Box 7 Folder 33
Settle/Suttle
Box 7 Folder 34
Sevier
Box 7 Folder 35
Seward
Box 7 Folder 36
Shackleford
Box 8 Folder 1-7
Shelton
Box 8 Folder 8
Shepherd
Box 8 Folder 9
Sherrard
Box 8 Folder 10
Sherrill
Box 8 Folder 11
Shield
Box 8 Folder 12
Shields
Box 8 Folder 13
Shipley
Box 8 Folder 14
Short
Box 8 Folder 15
Shrewsbury
Box 8 Folder 16
Simmons
Box 8 Folder 17
Simpson
Box 8 Folder 18
Sims
Box 8 Folder 19
Skerme
Box 8 Folder 20
Skipwith
Box 8 Folder 21-22
Slaughter
Box 9 Folder 1
Sloan (Mrs. J.T.)
Box 9 Folder 2
Smallwood
Box 9 Folder 3
Smith
Box 9 Folder 4
Smoot
Box 9 Folder 5
Sorrell
Box 9 Folder 6
Southall
Box 9 Folder 7
Sparks
Box 9 Folder 8
Sparrow
Box 9 Folder 9
Spence
Box 9 Folder 10
Spencer
Box 9 Folder 11
Spilman
Box 9 Folder 12
Spotswood
Box 9 Folder 13
Stacy
Box 9 Folder 14
Stanfield
Box 9 Folder 15
Stanley
Box 9 Folder 16
Starke
Box 9 Folder 17
Stegar
Box 9 Folder 18
Stevens
Box 9 Folder 19
Stith
Box 9 Folder 20
Stokes
Box 9 Folder 21
Stone
Box 9 Folder 22
Stovall
Box 9 Folder 23
Stover
Box 9 Folder 24
Street
Box 9 Folder 25
Strickland
Box 9 Folder 26
Strother
Box 9 Folder 27
Stuart
Box 9 Folder 28
Stucker
Box 9 Folder 29
Sturdivant
Box 9 Folder 30
Summers
Box 9 Folder 31
Swann
Box 9 Folder 32
Sydnor
Box 9 Folder 33
Tabb
Box 9 Folder 34
Talbot
Box 9 Folder 35
Taliaferro
Box 9 Folder 36
Tankersley
Box 9 Folder 37
Tarpley
Box 10 Folder 1
Tarrant
Box 10 Folder 2
Tatum
Box 10 Folder 3
Tayloe
Box 10 Folder 4-5
Taylor
Box 10 Folder 6
Terrell
Box 10 Folder 7
Terry
Box 10 Folder 8
Thelaball
Box 10 Folder 9
Thomas
Box 10 Folder 10
Thompson
Box 10 Folder 11
Thorn
Box 10 Folder 12-19
Thornton
Box 11 Folder 1-8
Thornton
Box 11 Folder 9
Thorowgood
Box 11 Folder 10
Thorp
Box 11 Folder 11
Tillman
Box 11 Folder 12
Tinsley
Box 11 Folder 13
Todd
Box 11 Folder 14
Tosh
Box 11 Folder 15
Towles
Box 11 Folder 16
Travers
Box 11 Folder 17
Traylor
Box 11 Folder 18
Tucker
Box 11 Folder 19
Turner
Box 11 Folder 20
Turpin
Box 12 Folder 1-2
Tutt
Box 12 Folder 3
Twitty
Box 12 Folder 4
Tyler
Box 12 Folder 5-7
Underwood
Box 12 Folder 8
Van Meter
Box 12 Folder 9
Vaughan
Box 12 Folder 10
Vincent
Box 12 Folder 11
W
Box 12 Folder 12
Wade
Box 12 Folder 13
Walker
Box 12 Folder 14
Wall
Box 12 Folder 15
Wallace
Box 12 Folder 16-22
Waller
Box 13 Folder 1
Walton
Box 13 Folder 2
Warner
Box 13 Folder 3
Warren
Box 13 Folder 4
Washington (Surry Co.)
Box 13 Folder 5-7
Washington of Northern Neck
Box 13 Folder 8
Watkins
Box 13 Folder 9
Watts
Box 13 Folder 10
Waugh
Box 13 Folder 11
Wayne
Box 13 Folder 12
Webb
Box 13 Folder 13
Weston
Box 13 Folder 14
Wharton
Box 13 Folder 15
Wheeler
Box 13 Folder 16-18
White
Box 13 Folder 19
Whitehead
Box 13 Folder 20
Whitlock
Box 13 Folder 21
Whitmore
Box 14 Folder 1
Whitten
Box 14 Folder 2
Wiggs
Box 14 Folder 3
Wilburn
Box 14 Folder 4
Wilkes
Box 14 Folder 5
Wilkins
Box 14 Folder 6
Wilkinson
Box 14 Folder 7-8
Williams
Box 14 Folder 9
Williamson
Box 14 Folder 10
Willis (Richmond and King George Counties)
Box 14 Folder 11
Willoughby
Box 14 Folder 12
Willson
Box 14 Folder 13
Wingfield
Box 14 Folder 14
Winston
Box 14 Folder 15
Withers
Box 14 Folder 16
Withrow
Box 14 Folder 17
Witt
Box 14 Folder 18
Woltz
Box 14 Folder 19
Womack
Box 14 Folder 20
Wood
Box 14 Folder 21
Woolfolk
Box 14 Folder 22
Worsham
Box 14 Folder 23
Wrenn
Box 14 Folder 24
Wright
Box 14 Folder 25
Wright (Norfolk, Va.)
Box 14 Folder 26
Wyatt
Box 14 Folder 27
Young
Box 14 Folder 28
Zane
Box 14 Folder 29
Zimmerman

Series II: County Research Notes

Box 15-18

Box 15 Folder 1
Accomack-Northampton Counties (Eastern Shore)
Box 15 Folder 2
Albemarle County
Box 15 Folder 3
Amherst County
Box 15 Folder 4
Bedford County
Box 15 Folder 5
Berkeley County
Box 15 Folder 6-7
Berks, Bucks, Lancaster, and York Counties, Pennsylvania
Box 15 Folder 8
Botetourt County
Box 15 Folder 9
Brunswick County
Box 15 Folder 10-14
Brunswick County Notes
Box 16 Folder 1
Campbell County
Box 16 Folder 2
Caroline County
Box 16 Folder 3
Charles City County
Box 16 Folder 4
Charlotte County
Box 16 Folder 5
Charlotte County Marriage Records
Box 16 Folder 6
Culpeper County
Box 16 Folder 7
Cumberland County
Box 16 Folder 8
Delaware
Box 16 Folder 9
Elizabeth City County
Box 16 Folder 10
Essex County
Box 16 Folder 11
Fairfax County
Box 16 Folder 12
Fauquier County
Box 16 Folder 13
Fincastle/Montgomery County
Box 16 Folder 14
Frederick County
Box 16 Folder 15
Gloucester County
Box 16 Folder 16
Goochland County
Box 16 Folder 17
Hanover County
Box 16 Folder 18
Henrico County
Box 16 Folder 19
Henry County
Box 16 Folder 20
Isle of Wight County
Box 16 Folder 21
King William County
Box 17 Folder 1
Lancaster County
Box 17 Folder 2
Lexington
Box 17 Folder 3
Loudoun County
Box 17 Folder 4
Louisa County
Box 17 Folder 5
Lunenburg County
Box 17 Folder 6
Lunenburg County History
Box 17 Folder 7
Lynchburg
Box 17 Folder 8-9
Maryland
Box 17 Folder 10
Mecklenburg County
Box 17 Folder 11
Middlesex County
Box 17 Folder 12
Nelson County
Box 17 Folder 13
Norfolk County
Box 17 Folder 14
North Carolina
Box 17 Folder 15
Ohio
Box 17 Folder 16
Orange County
Box 17 Folder 17
Powhatan County
Box 17 Folder 18
Prince Edward County
Box 17 Folder 19
Prince William County
Box 17 Folder 20
Princess Anne County
Box 17 Folder 21
Richmond County
Box 18 Folder 1-7
Rockbridge County
Box 18 Folder 8
Rockingham County
Box 18 Folder 9
Southampton County
Box 18 Folder 10
Stafford County
Box 18 Folder 11
Surry County
Box 18 Folder 12
Sussex County
Box 18 Folder 13
Tennessee
Box 18 Folder 14
Washington County
Box 18 Folder 15
Westmoreland County
Box 18 Folder 16
Westmoreland County Will Abstracts
Box 18 Folder 17
Winchester, Va.
Box 18 Folder 18
York County

Series III: Miscellaneous Subject Files

Box 19-21

Box 19 Folder 1
Application Blanks - Patriotic Organizations
Box 19 Folder 2
Bacon's Rebellion
Box 19 Folder 3
Baptists
Box 19 Folder 4
Christmas Cards
Box 19 Folder 5
Churches
Box 19 Folder 6
Client Correspondence
Box 19 Folder 7
Clippings
Box 19 Folder 8
Cole, Alyce Jones - Correspondence
Box 19 Folder 9
Colonial Dames
Box 19 Folder 10
Confederate
Box 19 Folder 11-12
Mrs. Connor
Box 19 Folder 13
County Formation
Box 19 Folder 14
County Formation and Boundaries
Box 19 Folder 15-16
Courthouses
Box 19 Folder 17
Mrs. Draper
Box 20 Folder 1
Forts
Box 20 Folder 2
French and Indian War
Box 20 Folder 3
French Settlers
Box 20 Folder 4
Furniture
Box 20 Folder 5
Genealogy
Box 20 Folder 6
Mrs. J.W. Greene
Box 20 Folder 7
Historical Notes - Brunswick County
Box 20 Folder 8
History
Box 20 Folder 9
Horses and Racing
Box 20 Folder 10-16
Indians
Box 20 Folder 17
Library
Box 20 Folder 18
Medicine
Box 21 Folder 1
Miscellaneous
Box 21 Folder 2-5
Miscellaneous Notes
Box 21 Folder 6
Notes on Virginia History
Box 21 Folder 7
Old Homes
Box 21 Folder 8
Political
Box 21 Folder 9
Quaker Records
Box 21 Folder 10
Revolutionary War - Brunswick County
Box 21 Folder 11
Scotch-Irish Eastern Virginia
Box 21 Folder 12
Skyline Drive
Box 21 Folder 13
Slavery
Box 21 Folder 14
Slavery and Insurrections
Box 21 Folder 15
Social Life-Brunswick County
Box 21 Folder 16
War of 1812