A Guide to the Randolph Estate-Farm Account Book, 1783-1829
A Collection in
the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 76.5
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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Preferred Citation
Randolph Estate-farm Account Book, Manuscript # MS 76.5 , John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1976.
Alternative Form
Microfilm copy (M-1317.1) available.
Biographical/Historical Information
Beverley Randolph (1753-1797) was the son of Peter (1717-1767) and Lucy Bolling (b. 1719) Randolph of Chatsworth. William Randolph of Chitower (1769-1848) was the son of Thomas M. and Ann Cary Randolph. Other names appearing in the collection are Ben Randolph, B. Harrison, Carter Page, and David Ross.
Scope and Content Information
Manuscript book containing accounts for the estate of William Randolph with Beverley Randolph, 1783-1788; accounts of David McCallum and Bob Cowley with the estate of William Randolph, 1786-1789; the estate of Peter Randolph with Beverley Randolph, 1790; accounts of John Randolph, D. M. Randolph, Thomas B. Randolph, Miss Ann Cary Randolph, William F. Randolph, Isham Randolph, William Skipwith, Arch[ibald] C. Randolph, Thomas Randolph, Dr. Joseph Matteaw, and Mrs. B. Randolph, 1797-1818; and summaries of corn, wheat, oats, tobacco, and hay grown at Chatsworth, Esterto, Mill Mount, Chitower, Skin Quarter, and Earnscliff, 1783- 1829. The volume has its own rough index.
Index Terms
- Cowley, Bob.
- Harrison, Benjamin, ca. 1726-1791.
- Matteaw, Joseph.
- McCallum, David.
- Page, Carter.
- Randolph, Benjamin.
- Randolph, Ann Cary.
- Randolph, Archibald C., 1769-1813.
- Randolph, B., Mrs.
- Randolph, Beverley, 1754-1797.
- Randolph, D.M.
- Randolph, Isham, b. 1724.
- Randolph, John, 1773-1833.
- Randolph, Thomas B.
- Randolph, Thomas.
- Randolph, William F.
- Randolph, William, 1769-1849.
- Ross, David.
- Skipwith, William.
- Randolph Family
- Agriculture -- Virginia --History --18th Century.
- Finance, Personal --Virginia --History --18th Century.
- Tobacco --Virginia --History --18th Century.
- Estate Records -- Virginia -- History --18th Century.
- Chatsworth (Va.)
- Chitower (Va.)
- Earnscliff (Va.)
- Esterto (Va.)
- Mill Mount (Va.)
- Skin Quarter (Va.)
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Chatsworth (Va.)
- Chitower (Va.)
- Earnscliff (Va.)
- Esterto (Va.)
- Mill Mount (Va.)
- Skin Quarter (Va.)