A Guide to the John Reynoldson Butterworth Collection of Dinwiddie County Records, 1850-1884
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 21661
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
John Reynoldson Butterworth Collection of Dinwiddie County Records, 1850-1884. Accession 21661. Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Purchased from John R. Butterworth, DeWitt, Virginia, January and 14 July 1939.
Biographical Information
John Reynoldson Butterworth was born 13 April 1903 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, to Abner Goode Butterworth (1876-1950) and Julia Harris Butterworth (1880-1976). Butterworth collected several documents relating to Dinwiddie County's history. He died 26 August 1987 in Petersburg, Virginia.
Scope and Content
Dinwiddie County records, 1850-1884, collected by John Reynoldson Butterworth (1903-1987) of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, consisting of deeds and a plat of property in Dinwiddie County; correspondence concerning business matters and property ownership; judicial records, including a bill of complaint and a petition, from the Dinwiddie County Court; an account; and a draft of a bill to amend certain Virginia state legislation.