A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 26217
Library of Virginia
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William James Norfleet was born in Amelia County, Virginia
on 20 October 1885. He was the son of William Chamberlayne
Norfleet and Florence Flournoy. He married Carrie Knoll Mason
(b. 1887) on 16 November 1920. They had two daughters. William
J. Norfleet was employed as an accountant and auditor with the
Interstate Commerce Commission from 1917 to 1935, and was
Chief Accountant with the Federal Communications Commission
from 1935 until his retirement in 1955.
Papers, 19334-1955, of William J. Norfleet (b. 1885) of
Bethesda, Maryland. Includes research files on Amelia County,
research files on railroads, and personal files.
Series I, Amelia County Research Files, include information
on a variety of topics related to the county's history and its
people. They contain abstracts relating to Amelia County from
the Acts of Assembly, Calendar of Virginia State Papers,
Journals of the House of Burgesses and House of Delegates,
legislative petitions, various order books, and newspapers.
Also included is information on the county's churches, various
families, notable individuals, landmarks, post roads and mail
service, Revolutionary and Confederate soldiers, county
formation and boundaries and other topics. Of particular note
in this series is information on Lewis E. Harvie (1809-1887)
written by his son Edwin J. Harvie (1835-1911), genealogical
notes on the Norfleet family compiled by Matilda Augusta
Norfleet, and Bible records of the Burfoot and Tucker
families.
Series II, Railroad Research Files, contain clippings,
correspondence, information on early railroads in the United
States and Virginia, and files relating to specific railroad
companies. There is a substantial amount of information
concerning the Winchester and Potomac Railroad.
Series III, Personal Files, include clippings,
correspondence, personnel files, a few photographs, and
miscellaneous material. Much of the information in this series
relates to Norfleet's service with the Federal Communications
Commission.
The Amelia County Research Files include information
on a variety of topics related to the county's history
and its people. They contain abstracts relating to
Amelia County from the Acts of Assembly, Calendar of
Virginia State Papers, Journals of the House of
Burgesses and House of Delegates, legislative petitions,
various order books, and newspapers. Also included is
information on the county's churches, various families,
notable individuals, landmarks, post roads and mail
service, Revolutionary and Confederate soldiers, county
formation and boundaries and other topics. Of particular
note in this series is information on Lewis E. Harvie
(1809-1887) written by his son Edwin J. Harvie
(1835-1911), genealogical notes on the Norfleet family
compiled by Matilda Augusta Norfleet, and Bible records
of the Burfoot and Tucker families.
Box 1 Folder 1
Acts of Assembly and Council Journals
(Abstracts)
Box 1 Folder 2
Amelia County Order Book 1,
1735-1746
Box 1 Folder 3
Amelia County Order Book 2,
1746-1751
Box 1 Folder 4
Amelia County Order Books
(Abstracts)
Box 1 Folder 5
Amelia County Wills and Administrations,
1735-1800
(Index)
Box 1 Folder 6
Birds
Box 1 Folder 7
Bott, William
Box 1 Folder 8
Briggs, George R. - Recollections of Civil
War Service
Box 1 Folder 9
Burk, John Daly
Box 1 Folder
10
Calendar of Virginia State Papers
(Abstracts)
Box 1 Folder
11
Census of Pensioners,
1840
Box 1 Folder
12
Christ Church Sunday School - Memories by
Mary Southall Hardaway
Box 1 Folder
13
Churches
Box 1 Folder
14
Churches - Baptist
Box 1 Folder
15
Churches - Dutch Reformed
(Mattoax)
Box 1 Folder
16
Churches - Episcopal
Box 1 Folder
17
Churches - Methodist
Box 1 Folder
18
Churches - Presbyterian
Box 1 Folder
19
Clerks
Box 1 Folder
20
Clippings
Box 1 Folder
21
Confederate Soldiers of Amelia
County
Box 1 Folder
22
Council Members, Burgesses, Delegates,
Senators
Box 1 Folder
23
County Formation and
Boundaries
Box 1 Folder
24
Dawson, Musgrave
Box 1 Folder
25
Entertainments - Reconstruction
Period
Box 1 Folder
26
Evans, Moses Ford Thomas
Families of Amelia County
Box 1 Folder
27
Archer
Box 1 Folder
28
Berkeley
Box 1 Folder
29
Bibb
Box 1 Folder
30
Bolling - "Bollingbrooke"
Box 1 Folder
31
Booker
Box 1 Folder
32
Brunskill
Box 1 Folder
33
Burfoot Family Bible
Records
Box 1 Folder
34
Chappell
Box 1 Folder
35
Clement
Box 1 Folder
36
Cobbs
Box 1 Folder
37
Cocke
Box 1 Folder
38
Cooke
Box 1 Folder
39
Eggleston
Box 1 Folder
40
Finney
Box 1 Folder
41
Flournoy
Box n/a/
Flournoy-Poindexter Parke Genealogical
Chart (Filed in Genealogical Charts)
Box 1 Folder
42
Giles
Box 1 Folder
43
Gregory
Box 1 Folder
44
Grigg
Box 2 Folder
1
Harrison
Box 2 Folder
2
Harvie
Box 2 Folder
3-6
Harvie, Edwin James, "Life and Times of
Lewis E. Harvie, 1895 (2 copies)
Box 2 Folder
7
Hundley
Box 2 Folder
8
Jeter
Box 2 Folder
9
Jones
Box 2 Folder
10
Mason
Box 2 Folder
11
Meaux
Box 2 Folder
12
Mumford/Munford
Box 2 Folder
13
Nash
Box 2 Folder
14
Norfleet
Box 2 Folder
15-16
"Norfleet Clan" compiled by Matilda
Augusta Norfleet, 1936-1937 (2 copies)
Box 2 Folder
17
Pride
Box 2 Folder
18
Robertson
Box 2 Folder
19
Southall
Box 2 Folder
20
Southall Family Military
Records
Box 2 Folder
21
Tabb
Box 2 Folder
22
Terhune
Box 2 Folder
24
Truehart
Box 2 Folder
25
Tucker Family Bibles
Box 2 Folder
26
Walker
Box 2 Folder
27
Walton
Box 2 Folder
28
Willson/Wilson
Box 2 Folder
29
Miscellaneous Notes on Amelia
Families
Box 2 Folder
30
Fanning, David
Box 2 Folder
31
Finney Deed,
1747
Box 2 Folder
32
Giles Bridge
Box 2 Folder
33
"Glenmore"
Box 2 Folder
34
Hanks, Nancy
Box 2 Folder
35
Historical Markers
Box 2 Folder
36
Horses
Box 2 Folder
37
Indians
Box 2 Folder
38
Journals of the House of Burgesses
(Abstracts)
Box 2 Folder
39
Journal of the House of Delegates,
7 December
1808
Box 2 Folder
40
Justices
Box 2 Folder
41
Land Marks
Box 2 Folder
42
Land Patents and Grants
Box 2 Folder
43
Legislative Petitions
(Abstracts)
Box 2 Folder
44
Lost "Clergy List" of 1758
Box 2 Folder
45
Maps
Box 2 Folder
46
Mills
Box 2 Folder
47
Mines and Minerals
Box 2 Folder
48
Miscellaneous Notes
Box 2 Folder
49
Money
Box 2 Folder
50
"Morven"
Box 2 Folder
51
Moton, Robert Russa
Box 3 Folder 1
Newspaper Abstracts,
1800-1836
Box n/a
Notebooks (3) Containing Notes on Amelia
County History
Box 3 Folder 2
Obituaries in Richmond Newspapers,
1804-1838
(Index)
Box 3 Folder 3
Pay Rolls of Militia Entitled to Land
Bounty
Box 3 Folder 4
Pioneers
Box 3 Folder 5
Pleasants, James
Box 3 Folder 6
Post Roads and Mail Service
Box 3 Folder 7
Proctor, William
Box 3 Folder 8
Railroads
Box 3 Folder 9
Revolutionary War Data from McAllister's
Virginia Militia
The Railroad Research Files contain clippings,
correspondence, information on early railroads in the
United States and Virginia, and files relating to
specific railroad companies. There is a substantial
amount of information concerning the Winchester and
Potomac Railroad.
Box 4 Folder 1
Clippings
Box 4 Folder 2
Correspondence re: Inquiries and Research
Materials,
1934-1935
Box 4 Folder 3
Early Railroads in the United
States
Box 4 Folder 4
Early Railroads in Virginia
Specific Railroads
Box 4 Folder
5
Amelia Railroad Company
Box 4 Folder
6
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company
Box 4 Folder
7
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company
Box 4 Folder
8
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Company
Box 4 Folder
9
Chesapeake and Ohio Company
Box 4 Folder
10
Chesterfield Railroad
Company
Box 4 Folder
11
City Point Railroad Company
Box 4 Folder
12
Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad
Box 4 Folder
13
Experimental Railway
Box 4 Folder
14
Falling Creek Railway
Box 4 Folder
15
Georgia Railroad and Banking
Company
Box 4 Folder
16
Greenville and Roanoke Railroad
Company
Box 4 Folder
17
Lynchburg and New River Railroad
Company
Box 4 Folder
18
New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and
Railroad Company
Box 4 Folder
19
Norfolk and Western Railway
Company
Box 4 Folder
20
Petersburg Railroad Company
Box 4 Folder
21
Richmond and Danville Railroad
Company
Box 4 Folder
22
Richmond and Petersburg
Railroad
Box 4 Folder
23
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Railroad Company
The Personal Files include clippings, correspondence,
personnel files, a few photographs, and miscellaneous
material. Much of the information in this series relates
to Norfleet's service with the Federal Communications
Commission.
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