A Guide to the John Reynoldson Butterworth Collection of Dinwiddie County Records, 1850-1884 Butterworth, John Reynoldson, Collection of Dinwiddie County Records, 1850-1884
21661
A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 21661
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John Reynoldson Butterworth Collection of Dinwiddie County Records, 1850-1884. Accession 21661. Personal Papers Collection,
The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Purchased from John R. Butterworth, DeWitt, Virginia, January and 14 July 1939.
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.
Dinwiddie County records, 1850-1884, collected by John Reynoldson Butterworth (1903-1987) of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, consisting
of deeds and a plat of property in Dinwiddie County; correspondence concerning business matters and property ownership; judicial
records, including a bill of complaint and a petition, from the Dinwiddie County Court; an account; and a draft of a bill
to amend certain Virginia state legislation.
Abstract of a deed,
dated 11 June 1850 and recorded 17 February 1851 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia,
for certain land in Dinwiddie County from William A. Branton (b. 1810) of Dinwiddie County to the Southside Railroad.
Letter and account,
1856,
from Hall, Potts, & Branch to Isaac Roney (1800-1870) of Dinwiddie County.
Letter,
4 December 1884,
from Alexander Hamilton (1851-1916) of Petersburg to Frederick Peabody Leavenworth (1833-1920), detailing ownership of a particular
piece of property in Dinwiddie County.
Deed,
dated 5 December 1884 and recorded 15 December 1884 in Dinwiddie County,
for 44 acres in Dinwiddie County from Frank H. Lewis of Dinwiddie County to Leavenworth
Draft of a legislative bill,
no date,
to "amend and reenact Sections 963, 967, and 978 of Chapter 515 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1889-90, probably drafted
by Knox Thompson (1848-1894) who represented Dinwiddie County in the 1891-1892 session of the General Assembly.
Account,
no date,
of John L. Scott (ca. 1795-1835) of Dinwiddie County with Edward Dennis.
Plat,
no date,
plat for 160 acres for William Thrift (b. 1825).
Bill of complaint,
no date,
to the Dinwiddie County Circuit Court of Isaac S. Keeler (b. 1821) against John Mann (d. 1901)and others.
petition,
no date,
to the Dinwiddie County Circuit Court from Philip Jones (b. 1785) for a writ of error.