Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

White Family, MS 44, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of John W. Williams III, 11 October 1978

Biographical/Historical Information

The White family came to Virginia from Scotland in the early 1700s and settled in Albemarle, Culpeper, and Orange Counties, Virginia. Among the leaders in Albemarle County were Garrett White, John White, Nicholas Murrell Page, Samuel Overton Moon, Samuel Massie Page, and James Garrett White.

Scope and Content

This is a bound typescript of The White Family of Albemarle County, Virginia by John W. Williams, III, July 1977. It includes transcriptions of wills, marriage bonds, and deeds, and also discusses various properties owned by the White family such as "Quarter Place," "Linden," "Anchorage," "Pagebrook," and "Lewis Level."

Index Terms

Family Names:

• White family

Persons:

• Alfred, Stephen
• Carpenter, Alfred
• Carpenter, Frances White
• Carpenter, Margaret Steel
• Garland, Samuel
• Moon, Samuel O.
• Page, Nicholas Murrell
• Page, Robert Lee
• Page, Samuel Massie
• White, Garrett
• White, James Garrett
• White, Jeremiah (-1777)
• White, John (1797-1877)
• White, John S.
• White, Maria Caroline
• White, Mary Elizabeth
• White, Samuel G.
• White, Sara Cole

Geographical Names:

• Albemarle County, Va.
• Anchorage
• Cherry Hill Farm, Albemarle County, Va.
• Cross Keys, Albemarle County, Va.
• Longbranch Farm, Albemarle County, Va.
• The Grove, Albemarle County, Va.

Subjects:

• Albemarle County, Va.
• Genealogy
• White Family