A Guide to the Melvin E. Steadman collection, 1698-1927 Steadman, Melvin E. collection, 1698-1927 34683

A Guide to the Melvin E. Steadman collection, 1698-1927

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 34683


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Accession Number
34683
Title
Melvin E. Steadman collection, 1698-1927
Extent
8.7 cu. ft. (19 boxes)
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

For preservation purposes, please serve microfilm (Misc. reels 1224-1246).

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Melvin E. Steadman. Collection, 1698-1927. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond.

Acquisition Information

Purchased, May 1990.

Biographical Information

Melvin Steadman (1932-1987) was a United Methodist minister, an amateur genealogist, and a historian of Northern Virginia. These papers from his personal collection are largely from the Northern Virginia counties in which Steadman centered his own work.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1698-1927, collected by Melvin Steadman of Northern Virginia. The collection is organized into three series: Local records, Organizational records, and Private papers. Included are accounts, bonds, correspondence, court records, deeds, estate papers, financial records, plats and surveys, school records, and wills. The bulk of the collection relates to Fairfax and Loudoun Counties and includes numerous 18th century documents. The Local records comprise the largest series and include Chancery Records, Circuit Court Records, Deeds, Fiduciary Records, Free Negro and Slave Records, Indentures, Overseers of the Poor, Road and Bridge Records, School Records, and Wills.

The Organizational records include receipts and accounts of Alexandria Boarding School and Leesburg Academy, as well as records relating to the Methodist Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Lovettsville, Loudoun, and Sussex County.

The Private papers contain estate accounts and inventories for the Binns, Chichester, Cooke, Davis, Ellzey, Hamilton, Hopkins, Lane, Lewis, McCabe, Mason, Oxley, Price, Scott, Sinclair, Taylor, Updike, Whaley, and Wrenn families, among others.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into the following series:

Series I: Local records Series II: Organizational records Series III: Private papers

Contents List

Series I: Local records , 1755-1927 .
Boxes 1-10
Extent: 10 boxes.

This series includes accounts, agreements, bills, bonds, court records, deeds, election records, manumissions, petitions, plats and surveys, power of attorneys, receipts, reports, road records, and wills. The counties covered include: Alexandria, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, King and Queen, King George, Loudoun, Madison, Northumberland, Pittsylvania, Prince George, Prince William, Rockingham, Stafford, and Westmoreland Counties, Virginia. Also includes information from Henderson County, Kentucky; Frederick County, Maryland; and Jefferson County, West Virginia. The collection includes many 18th century records and is a great resource for genealogists and historians.

The materials were maintained in their original order and are arranged by category. Categories include Bonds, Circuit Court, County Court, Court of Chancery, Superior Court of Law and Chancery, Deeds, Electors Records, Fiduciary Records, Free Negro and Slave Records, Judgments, Justice of the Peace, Land Records, Marriage Records, Overseers of the Poor Records, Plats and Surveys, Reconstruction, Road and Bridge Records, School Records, and Wills.

Of note are the numerous deeds, especially those from the 18th century. The Deeds are organized by the Deed Book in which they were recorded and many include information on the sale of land and slaves. The County Records include information relating to cases brought before the County Courts. Some of the cases include judgments, promissory notes, summons, receipts, agreements, depositions, and correspondence.

Arranged alphabetically by county name and then by record type.

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Series II: Organizational records , 1806-1926 .
Boxes 10
Extent: 1/2 box.

The Organizational records series include accounts, bills, certificates, deeds, list of trustees, policies, and receipts. Included are papers of the Alexandria Boarding School and Leesburg Academy, as well as records relating to the Methodist Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Lovettsville, Loudoun, and Sussex County. Of note are affidavits and certificates concerning a dispute and charges against Thacker Muire. Muire was known for instigating numerous lawsuits in his neighborhood and was later expelled from the Methodist Episcopal Church in Sussex County, Virginia.

Arranged alphabetically by organizations name.

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Series III: Personal papers , 1806-1926 .
Boxes 11-15
Extent: 5 boxes.

The Private Papers series contains accounts, agreements, correspondence, deeds, estate accounts and inventories, receipts, and wills. The bulk of the collection consists of estate accounts and inventories. Surnames mentioned include: Binns, Chichester, Cooke, Davis, Ellzey, Hamilton, Hopkins, Lane, Lewis, McCabe, Mason, Oxley, Price, Scott, Sinclair, Taylor, Updike, Whaley, and Wrenn, among others.

Arranged alphabetically by peronal name, with miscellaneous materials arranged to the front.

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