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A Guide to the Perkinson Family Papers, 1824-1987 Perkinson Family, Papers, 1824-1987 51318

A Guide to the Perkinson Family Papers, 1824-1987

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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 51318


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Accession Number
51318
Title
Perkinson Family Papers, 1824-1987
Physical Description
1.85 cubic feet (4 boxes)
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Perkinson Family Papers, 1824-1987. Accession 51318. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mary Glen Taylor, Richmond.

Biographical Information

John Edward Perkinson (1827-1887) served with the rank of captain in the 23rd Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. After the war, he managed his plantation in Nottoway County, Virginia. He is buried at Ward's Chapel. He married Virginia Frances Williams (1829-1883). They had three sons: Thomas Randolph Sr., John Edward "Eddie", Jr., and Bland, who died while a student at the Virginia Military Institute.

Thomas Randolph Perkinson, Sr. (1859-1931) was born in Amelia County, Virginia. He resided at "Linwood" in Nottoway County. He marrried Sallie F. Shore (1871-1950), and they lived in Danville, Virginia. Their son, Thomas Randolph Perkinson, Jr., was educated in public schools at Danville, attended Cluster Springs Academy and was graduated in 1917 from the Virginia Military Institute. He was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry during World War I, and served overseas with the Thirtieth Infantry Division. He was married at Washington, D. C. on 7 November 1923 to Caroline Reid Boyd of Sandy Spring, Maryland, formerly of Greensboro, North Carolina.

John Edward "Eddie" Perkinson, Jr. (1861-1937) served as Superintendent of Schools of Nottoway County. He married Lizzie Fitgerald (1874-1966).

Scope and Content

Papers, 1824-1987, of the Perkinson family of Amelia and Nottoway Counties, and Danville, Virginia, including John Edward Perkinson, Sr. (1827-1887) and his sons Thomas Randolph Perkinson, Sr. (1859-1931) and John Edward Perkinson, Jr. (1861-1937). The collection includes accounts and receipts, clippings, correspondence, genealogical notes, household budgets, photographs, postcards, ration books, scrapbook, and transcriptions of wills.

Contents List

Box 1 Folder 1
Account Book, 1944-1957 .
Box 1 Folder 2
Accounts and Receipts, 1839-1892 .
Box 1 Folder 3
Address Book.
Box 1 Folder 4
Agreements.
Box 1 Folder 5
Artwork.
Box 1 Folder 6
Bank Book.
Box 1 Folder 7
Billfold.
Box 1 Folder 8
Brown, Clement C. - House Specifications.
Box 1 Folder 9
Brown, Clement C. - Job Application.
Box 1 Folder 10
Calling Cards.
Box 1 Folder 11
Cayse, John.
Box 1 Folder 12
Clippings.
Box 1 Folder 13
Correspondence, 1851, 1872-1889 .
Box 1 Folder 14
Correspondence, 1890-1920 .
Box 1 Folder 15
Correspondence, 1921-1930 .
Box 1 Folder 16
Correspondence, 1931-1971 .
Box 1 Folder 17
Deeds.
Box 1 Folder 18
"Easter Lilies" by E. Dawson.
Box 1 Folder 19
Eastman National Business College (Poughkeepsie, NY).
Box 1 Folder 20
Engravings.
Box 1 Folder 21
Estate of Lizzie Fitzgerald Perkinson.
Box 2 Folder 1
Fee Bills.
Box 2 Folder 2
Genealogical Notes.
Box 4 Folder n/a
Historical Booklets.
Box 2 Folder 3
Household Budgets, 1966-1971 .
Box 2 Folder 4
Household Budgets, 1973-1979 .
Box 2 Folder 5
Household Budgets, 1980-1987 .
Box 2 Folder 6
Household Budgets, 1983-1987 .
Box 2 Folder 7
Insurance.
Box 2 Folder 8
Jackson, William F.
Box 2 Folder 9
Membership Card - Elks.
Box 4 Folder n/a
Membership Certificate - Acca Temple.
Box 2 Folder 10
Memorandum Books.
Box 2 Folder 11
National Archives (Mary Boyd Brown).
Box 2 Folder 12
Notes and Bills Payable, 1898-1924 .
Box 3 Folder 1
Photographs.
Box 4 Folder n/a
Plat - Estate of John P. Dupuy.
Box 3 Folder 2
Postcards.
Box 3 Folder 3
Powers of Attorney.
Box 3 Folder 4
Program.
Box 3 Folder 5
Promissory Notes.
Box 3 Folder 6
Ration Books.
Box 3 Folder 7
"Recollections of a Refugee" by J.B. Douglas.
Box 3 Folder 8
Resolutions.
Box 3 Folder 9
Ribbons.
Box 3 Folder 10
Sales Brochure - "Spring Grove Farm".
Box 3 Folder 11
Scrapbook.
Box 3 Folder 12
Talk - "Happy Home School," 5 December 1942 .
Box 3 Folder 13
Tax Receipts, 1852-1891 .
Box 3 Folder 14
Trade Card.
Box 3 Folder 15
Virginia Military Institute Appointment.
Box 3 Folder 16
Ward's Chapel.
Box 3 Folder 17
Warehouse No. 7 - Industrial Avenue, Danville.
Box 3 Folder 18
Will of John Bland.
Box 3 Folder 19
Will of John Doswell.
Box 3 Folder 20
Will of George Washington Perkinson.
Box 3 Folder 21
Will of Judith Perkinson.
Box 3 Folder 22
Will of Thomas J. Perkinson.
Box 3 Folder 23
Will of David G. Williams.
Box 3 Folder 24
Will of Thomas Roper Williams.
Box 3 Folder 25
Williams, Mary E.P.
Box 3 Folder 26
Williamson, Hubert B.
Box 3 Folder 27
"Wilton".