A Guide to the John Reynoldson Butterworth Papers, 1822-1890
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 21509
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Preferred Citation
John Reynoldson Butterworth Papers, 1822-1890. Accession 21509, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Purchased from John Reynoldson Butterworth, 13 May 1939.
Biographical/Historical 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 Information
Papers, 1822-1890, of John Reynoldson Butterworth (1903-1987) of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, consisting of an incomplete deed, recorded October 1790, from Thomas Roney (d. 1822) and his wife Rebekah (d. ca. 1823) to Isaac Tucker (d. 1838), all of Dinwiddie County; and a deed, dated 1 May 1822, for three slaves from William Scott (ca. 1800-1851) and Thomas Field (d. ca. 1832) to Joseph G. King (d. 1828), all of Dinwiddie County. Also includes a letter, dated 31 December 1833, from General Winfield Scott (1786-1866) of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, to John L. Scott (ca. 1795-1835) of Dinwiddie County concerning a memorial on behalf of the former's mother-in-law; and a letter, dated 27 May 1834 from Henry Hungerford (1788-1866) of Westmoreland County, Virginia, to John L. Scott, discussing state politics. Also includes statements of taxes paid and moneys collected on or before 1 December 1889 and 1 December 1890 as reported by William Meade Feild (1837-1895) of Dinwiddie County, and a letter, dated 11 January 1890, from Morton Marye (1831- 1910) of Richmond, Virginia, to Feild.
Related Material
See related materials: John Reynoldson Butterworth, Collection, 1806-1896 (accession 21507); John Reynoldson Butterworth, Collection, 1817-1874 (accession 21536); John Reynoldson Butterworth, Dinwiddie County Records, 1810-1894 (accession 21625).