A Guide to the Dr. Francis Smith Nash Papers, 1849-1968 #28467

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Preferred Citation

Dr. Francis Smith Nash Papers, 1849-1968. Accession 28467, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of B. I. Johns, 1200 N. Quaker Lane, Alexandria, Virginia 22302, 1 April 1974.

Biographical/Historical Information

Francis Smith Nash was born on 23 November 1854 near Cartersville, Cumberland County, Virginia, to John White and Lydia Maria (Smith) Nash. He received his undergraduate degree from Hampden-Sydney in 1875 and his medical degree from the University of Virginia in 1877. On 22 December 1877, he was commissioned an assistant surgeon in the United States Navy. He married Caroline Louise Ryan, the daughter of William King and Martha Aurelia (Blockwell) Ryan of Charleston, South Carolina, on 15 February 1887. The marriage produced one child, Caroline Ryan Nash, born 17 January 1888.

Scope and Content Information

Papers, 1849-1968 (bulk 1882-1922), including abstracts, correspondence, deeds, family histories, lists of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 soldiers, marriage bonds, newspaper articles and clippings, notes, publications, and primarily relating to the genealogical study of the Nash and related families. Families represented include: Astor, Bedford, Bransford, Clarke, Cocke, Cowles, Crump, Harris, Hatcher, Hawes, James, Legrand, Poore, Read, Sampson, Smith, White, and Woodson.

Also includes articles, naval orders, and writings relating to Dr. Francis Smith Nash's naval career.

Contents List

Series I: Genealogical Correspondence, 1882-1968

Box 1 Folder 1
1882, 1883, 1887
Box 1 Folder 2
Mar., July - Aug. 1888
Box 1 Folder 3
Sept. 1888
Box 1 Folder 4
Oct. - Nov. 1888
Box 1 Folder 5
1-14 Dec. 1888
Box 1 Folder 6
16-31 Dec. 1888
Box 1 Folder 7
Jan. 1889
Box 1 Folder 8
Feb. 1889
Box 1 Folder 9
Mar. 1889
Box 1 Folder 10
1-3 Apr. 1889
Box 1 Folder 11
5-30 Apr. 1889
Box 1 Folder 12
May 1889
Box 1 Folder 13
June - Sept. 1889
Box 1 Folder 14
Oct. 1889
Box 1 Folder 15
Nov. - Dec. 1889
Box 1 Folder 16
Mar. - May 1890
Box 1 Folder 17
June - Nov. 1890
Box 1 Folder 18
1891-1893
Box 1 Folder 19
1894-1897
Box 1 Folder 20
1905-1912
Box 1 Folder 21
1914
Box 1 Folder 22
1916-1920
Box 1 Folder 23
1 May 1968 (Notes from "The Reads and their Relatives" by Alice Read Rouse)
Box 2 Folder 1
Genealogical Reply Cards
Box 2 Folder 2
Postal Receipts
Box 2 Folder 3
"Forms for Nash's Lineage" (sent and returned to Dr. F. S. Nash, ca. 1888-1889)

Series II: Genealogical Notes

Oversize Box 8
Ancestral tablets
Box 2 Folder 4
Cowles Family
Box 2 Folder 5
Hatcher-Clarke-Woodson Families
Box 2 Folder 6
Frederick Hatcher (Will, Cumberland County Revolutionary Committee)
Box 2 Folder 7
Nash Legrand (Bulletin of Hampden-Sidney College, Aug. 1922 , p. 21)
Box 2 Folder 8
Major Benjamin H. Nash (1835-1895)
Box 2 Folder 9
Judge John White Nash (1792 or 1794-1859) and Family
Box 2 Folder 10
Dr. John White Nash, Jr. (1826-1899)
Box 2 Folder 11
John White Nash, III (1857-1880)
Box 2 Folder 12
Nash Family of Prince Edward County
Box 2 Folder 13
Nash Coat of Arms and Explanation from Burke's "General Armory"
Box 2 Folder 14
Nash Family of Buckingham County, Va., Marion County, Ky., and Dallas County, Tex., 1772-1888
Box 2 Folder 15
Sampson Family, Harris Family, Cocke Family
Box 2 Folder 16
"Smith and Hawes Family Register from 1650 to 1888 " (compiled in 1888 )
Box 2 Folder 17
Smith Family of "Montrose"; James Family; Bedford Family; Poore Family; Smith Family - Appendix I
Box 2 Folder 18
"John Smith of Milford, New Haven Colony, 1840 . . . " by Robert Atwater Smith (reprinted from N. England Historical and Genealogical Register for July 1891 )
Box 2 Folder 19
White Family
Box 2 Folder 20
Notes (I)
Box 2 Folder 21
Notes (II)
Box 3 Folder 1
Notes (III)
Box 3 Folder 2
Notes (IV)
Box 3 Folder 3
Notes (V)
Box 3 Folder 4
Source Notes: Hening, William and Mary Quarterly, etc. (3 envelopes)
Box 3 Folder 5
Photographs - Joseph Nash and family of Colorado; Thomas Cowles; C. W. Bradford

Series III: Personal

Box 3 Folder 6
Naval Orders and Related Correspondence, 21 May 1888 - 14 Feb. 1917
Box 3 Folder 7
Marriage Announcement - Dr. Francis Smith Nash and Caroline Louise Ryan
Box 3 Folder 8
Application Forms - Patriotic Societies
Box 3 Folder 9
The Hampden-Sidney Magazine, Dec. 1894 (Alumni notes re. Frank Smith Nash, p. 107)
Box 3 Folder 10
The Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia, July 1894 (reference to F. S. Nash, p. 31)
Box 3 Folder 11
Chi Phi Chakett, Feb. 1895 (article re. Dr. Francis Smith Nash, p. 108-111)
Box 3 Folder 12
The Military Surgeon, Dec. 1910 (photograph of F. S. Nash, p. 690-691)
Box 3 Folder 13
The Military Surgeon, "Some Elementrary Suggestions Regarding Plans for Our Large Naval Hospitals," Feb. 1911
Box 3 Folder 14
"Reminiscences--Medical and Hygienic--of the Arctic" (reprinted from Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly, Aug. 13, 1897 )

Series IV: Publications

Box 3 Folder 15
Ancestral Leaflets and Genealogical and Historical Book Catalogs and Notices, ca. 1889
Box 3 Folder 16
American Ancestry, Vol. III, 1888 ; Virginia Historical Society and Southern Historical Society Notices
Box 3 Folder 17
The Baptist Review (Goldsboro, NC.), 1 Dec. 1888 (Vol. III, No. 23)
Box 3 Folder 18
Colorado Index (Colorado Springs, Co.), 18 May 1889 (Vol. XV, No. XXXV)
Box 3 Folder 19
The Critic, n.d. (columns of family histories)
Box 3 Folder 20
The Critic, n.d. ("Genealogical Letters")
Box 4 Folder 1
The Critic, n.d. ("The Land Patents")
Box 4 Folder 2
The Critic, n.d. ("The Early Virginia Stage")
Box 4 Folder 3
The Critic, n.d. ("English Pedigrees of Virginia Families, Notes, and Queries")
Box 4 Folder 4
Farmville Journal, 1889-1890 (Genealogical and Historical Articles)
Box 4 Folder 5
Richmond Enquirer, "The Lee Monument Ball," 16 Aug. 1877
Box 4 Folder 6
"The Nash Family in Virginia" by John M. Woodson, (1970)
Box 4 Folder 7
John Franklin Rixey: Memorial Addresses in the House of Representatives, February 25, 1907 and in the Senate of the United States, March 2, 1907
Box 4 Folder 8
United States Naval Medical Bulletin, Oct. 1907
Box 4 Folder 9
Newspaper clippings (miscellaneous articles on the Nash and Mills Families, death notice of Rev. B. Smith)
Box 4 Folder 5
Newspaper clippings (steamship and general advertisements and notices, ca. 1889 )

Series V: Documents

Box 4 Folder 11
A Statement of Half Pay Claimed by Officers of the Virginia Line During the Revolutionary War (Doc. No. 17)
Box 4 Folder 12
A List of Officers of the Army and Navy Who Have Received Land from Virginia for Revolutionary Service (Doc. No. 30, No. 1)
Box 4 Folder 13
A List of Officers and Soldiers of the Illinois Regiment (Doc. No. 32, No. 4)
Box 4 Folder 14
A List of Armand's Corps from Virginia Entitles to Land (Doc. No. 34, No. 6)
Box 4 Folder 15
Extracts from the Muster and Pay Rolls of the Virginia Militia of 1812
Box 4 Folder 16
Abstracts of Patents and Land Grants, 1607-1858
Box 4 Folder 16
Deed of Allen Taylor, 7 Oct. 1820, Botetourt County (transcript)
Box 4 Folder 18
Marriage Bonds of: John Nash Read and Elizabeth Julia Spencer, John Cameron and Ann Owen Nash, and Robert Nash and Sabrey Redey; Indenture of Clement Nash, 1727-1805
Box 4 Folder 19
Wills of: Amy Nash, probated 14 Mar. 1710 ; William Nash, probated 4 Feb. 1718 ; John Nash, probated 12 Mar. 1870 ; Abstracts of Nash Family Deeds
Box 4 Folder 20
Wills of the Nash Family, 1686-1796 (includes 9 wills)
Box 4 Folder 21
Will of Thomas Cowles, probated 9 Mar. 1853 (transcript copy)
Box 4 Folder 22
Wills, Marriage Bonds, Administrators Bonds of the Nash Family, 1747-1793 (transcript copies) - Wills of John E. Nash, Elizabeth Nash, and Jeremiah Nash; Marriage Bonds of Nathaniel Nash and Darkes Fryer, William Nash and Elizabeth Spilman, John Nash and Molly Reynolds; Granting administration of Robert Nash's will to Richard Arrowsmith
Box 4 Folder 23
Abstracts from York County Court Minutes, 1718-1725
Oversize Box 102
Map of Virginia and West Virginia, 1887