A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 51003
Library of Virginia
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The Brewer family were residents of Rockingham County, Virginia. Adam H. Brewer was born on 5 September 1822. He was a merchant
and served as constable and deputy sheriff. He married Jane E. Rhodes (1830-1904). Adam H. Brewer died on 2 October 1905 and
is buried in Keezletown Cemetery. His son, Scott William Brewer was born on 26 August 1858. He was a physician. Dr. Brewer
married Flemma Swank (1867-1943). He died in 1927.
Papers, 1847-1983, of the Brewer family of Rockingham County, Virginia, namely Adam H. Brewer (1822-1905) and his son Dr.
Scott W. Brewer (1858-1927). The collection contains clippings, correspondence, poetry, recipes, school exercises, scrapbook,
stamp collection, teacher's register from Greenwood School in Albemarle County, and information on the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. There is a good deal of material related to Adam H. Brewer's duties as constable, including executions and receipts
for claims due various individuals, lists of claims collected and returned, and memorandum and receipt books.