Inventory of the Martin Parks Burks Papers 1798-1866
A Collection in
the Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
Collection Number Mss. 39.1 B91
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Special CollectionsEarl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8794
USA
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Processed by: Special Collections Staff
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open to all researchers.
Publication Rights/Restrictions on Use
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission in writing must be received from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Preferred Citation
Martin Parks Burks Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information
Purchased: 4,301 items, 1939.
Biographical/Historical Information
Martin Parks Burks was the deputy sheriff of Bedford County, Virginia.
Scope and Content Information
Chiefly accounts, receipts and business letters of Martin P. Burks, 1798-1866, including records while he was deputy sheriff of Bedford County, Virginia.
Arrangement
ArrangementCollection is arranged chronologically.
OrganizationThe collection has been broken down into three series. Series 1 are the accounts of Thomas Turpin, Series 2 are the papers relating to the sheriff's office of Bedford County, and Series 3 are the personal papers of Martin P. Burks.
Index Terms
- Bedford County (Va.)-- Sheriffs.
- Bedford County (Va.)--History--19th century.
- Sheriffs--Virginia--History--19th century.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Bedford County, (Va.). Sheriff.
- Turpin, Thomas.
Subjects
Persons:
Contents List
- folder
8-9
Personal accounts, and receipts, business letters, and a few papers of the Bedford County, Virginia Sheriff's Office. 1830-1839
- folder
10-11
Accounts, receipts and business letters. 1840-1849.
- folder
12-15.
Accounts, receipts and business letters. 1850-1859.
- folder
16
Business letters, letters concerning the Civil War and accounts. 1860-1866.
- folder
17-18.
Accounts, receipts and business letters. undated.
- folder
19
Fragments. undated.