A Guide to the Stone Family Papers, 1786-1860
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 30815
Library of Virginia
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
Stone Family Papers, 1786-1860. Accession 30815, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mary Carter Stone, 12 October 1979.
Biographical/Historical Information
The Stone family were residents of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. James Hoskin Stone was born in Halifax County on 17 October 1778. He married Elizabeth Fitzgerald (1785-1865) of Pittsylvania County in 1803. They had 11 children. James Hoskin Stone was a Baptist minister, and preached at Old Shockoe Church for fifteen years. He died on 13 October 1854. His son, Edmund Stone, was born on 8 January 1805. He married Nancy Chapman Dickerson (1809-1851) on 1 February 1827. They had 9 children. Edmund Stone died on 20 October 1840. After his death, the guardianship of his young children went to his father, James Hoskin Stone.
Scope and Content Information
Papers, 1786-1860, of the Stone family of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The majority of the papers relate to James Hoskin Stone (1778-1854) and his son Edmund Stone (1805-1840). Includes mainly accounts and receipts, deeds, estate papers, guardian's accounts, tax bills and receipts, as well as other items. There is a considerable amount of material relating to the guardianship of Edmund Stone's children by their grandfather.