A Guide to the Maury Family Papers, 1786-1995 #51892

Series I. Maury Family Papers .

Boxes 1-5, 11-12, 14

Extent: 8 boxes.

The correspondence begins in the mid-1820's and includes letters from Lucy P. (Hunton) Maury (1787-1828) in Fredericksburg to her husband Richard Brooke Maury (1794-1840) while he was working in Washington, DC. There is also a group of letters from Richard Brooke Maury to John de Bree (1798-1869) in Norfolk discussing business and naval matters, as well as news of their friend Daniel McCarty Fitzhugh Thornton (1800-1865). Correspondence in the 1840's includes letters from John Minor Maury (1826-1868) to his sister Sallie Fontaine Maury (1825-1915) while he was serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the "Constitution" commanded by John "Mad Jack" Percival (1779-1862). There are also numerous letters from Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873) beginning in 1847 written mainly to Sallie Fontaine Maury and discussing family and personal news. Letters from 1850 to 1870 are mostly between Charles Broadnax Maury and his wife Sallie Fontaine Maury. Correspondence in the 1880's includes a group of letters by Dabney Herndon Maury (1822-1900) while he was serving as minister to Colombia, and there are a large number of letters written by William Lewis Maury in Palestine, Texas to his wife Cora Sears Maury while the she was visiting friends and family in Florida, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Of note are letters relating to the deaths of Matthew Fontaine Maury and Dabney Herndon Maury. The post-1900 correspondence includes letters written by the three sons of William Lewis Maury while they were serving in France during World War I, as well as letters pertaining to his genealogical research, including correspondence with Mary Maury Werth (1844-1928), the daughter of Matthew Fontaine Maury, and Nannie Rose Maury Pollard (1853-1943), the daughter of Dabney Herndon Maury.

The subject files include appointments and commissions, Bible records, books on the Maury family, Civil War oath, parole, and pardon of John Minor Maury, deeds of the Sears family of St. Louis, diaries, genealogical notes compiled by William Lewis Maury, invitations, photographs, scrapbook, sermons, and sketches, memorials, and biographical materials on Matthew Fontaine Maury.

Correspondence
- Box 1 Folder 1
  1806.
- Box 1 Folder 2
  1822.
- Box 1 Folder 3-6
  1824-1827.
- Box 1 Folder 7
  1844.
- Box 1 Folder 8-12
  1846-1850.
- Box 1 Folder 13-17
  1852-1856.
- Box 1 Folder 18
  1858.
- Box 1 Folder 19-22
  1860-1863.
- Box 1 Folder 23-31
  1865-1873.
- Box 1 Folder 32
  1875.
- Box 1 Folder 33
  1878.
- Box 1 Folder 34-42
  1880-1888.
- Box 1 Folder 43-45
  1890-1892.
- Box 1 Folder 46
  1894.
- Box 1 Folder 47-50
  1900-1903.
- Box 1 Folder 51-58
  1906-1913.
- Box 2 Folder 1-13
  1915-1927.
- Box 2 Folder 14
  1943.
- Box 2 Folder 15
  Richard Brooke Maury to John de Bree, 1830-1836 .
- Box 2 Folder 16
  Dabney Herndon Maury to Sallie Fontaine Maury, 1887-1889 .
- Box 2 Folder 17-19
  William L. Maury to Cora Sears, 1886 (June-July, September-November) .
- Box 2 Folder 17-19
  William L. Maury to Cora Sears Maury, 1888 .
- Box 3 Folder 1
  William L. Maury to Cora Sears Maury, 1889 (August-September) .
- Box 3 Folder 2
  William L. Maury to Cora Sears Maury, 1892 .
- Box 3 Folder 3
  William L. Maury to Cora Sears Maury, 1895 (April) .
- Box 3 Folder 4
  William L. Maury to Cora Sears Maury, 1897 (July-September) .
- Box 3 Folder 5
  William L. Maury to Cora Sears Maury, 1905 (August) .
- Box 3 Folder 6
  William L. Maury to Cora Sears Maury, 1906 .
- Box 3 Folder 7
  no date/year.
- Box 3 Folder 8
  no date/year (Cora Sears Maury).
- Box 3 Folder 9
  no date/year (Lucy P. Maury).
- Box 3 Folder 10
  no date/year (Matthew Fontaine Maury).
- Box 3 Folder 11-12
  no date/year (Sallie Fontaine Maury).
- Box 3 Folder 13
  no date/year (William L. Maury).
- Box 3 Folder 14
  no date/year (Thomas Nelson Page).
- Box 3 Folder 15
  no date/year (Rose Maury Pollard).
Subject Files
- Box 3 Folder 16
  Accounts and Receipts.
- Box 3 Folder 17
  Address Before Literary Societies of UVA by Matthew Fontaine Maury, 28 June 1855 .
- Box 11 Folder n/a
  The Albemarle of Other Days by Mary Rawlings.
- Box 12 Folder n/a
  The Amazing Story of the Maurys in America by Sharon Taylor.
- Box 3 Folder 18
  Annual Report - Matthew Fontaine Maury Association, 1920 .
- Box 3 Folder 19
  Appointment - John Minor Maury, 20 June 1853 .
- Box 3 Folder 20
  Appointment - John Minor Maury, 16 August 1862 .
- Box 14 Folder n/a
  Bellefontaine Cemetery (St. Louis) Map, 1916 .
- Box 3 Folder 21
  Bible Records.
- Box 3 Folder 22
  Bible Verses/Religious Writings.
- Box 12 Folder n/a
  The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church (Two Editions).
- Box 12 Folder n/a
  The Book of Common Prayer of the Reformed Episcopal Church , 1883 .
- Box 3 Folder 23
  Certificates.
- Box 3 Folder 24
  Christ Church Cemetery (St. Louis) Lot Deed, 1853 .
- Box 3 Folder 25
  Commission - Sunderland Gregory Sears, 22 September 1862 .
- Box 3 Folder 26
  The Confederate Diary of Betty Herndon Maury (copy).
- Box 12 Folder n/a
  Corks and Curls , 1907 .
- Box 3 Folder 27
  The Days of the Upright: A History of the Huguenots by O.I.A. Roche (portion).
- Box 3 Folder 28
  Deeds (Sears Family - St. Louis), 1841-1886 .
- Box 12 Folder n/a
  Diary - John Minor Maury.
- Box 12 Folder n/a
  Diaries - William L. Maury.
- Box 11 Folder n/a
  Diddie, Dumps, and Tot or Plantation Child-Life by Louise-Clarke Pyrnelle.
- Box 14 Folder n/a
  Diplomas - Cora Hunton Maury.
- Box 4 Folder 1
  Family Record - Fontaine/Maury/Brooke/Taliaferro/Hunton.
- Box 4 Folder 2
  Family Record - Charles Broadnax Maury.
- Box 4 Folder 3
  Family Record - Dabney Herndon Maury.
- Box 4 Folder 4
  Family Record - James Maury.
- Box 4 Folder 5
  Family Record - Rev. Matthew Maury.
- Box 4 Folder 6
  Family Record - Richard Maury.
- Box 4 Folder 7
  Family Record - Sunderland Gregory Sears.
- Box 4 Folder 8
  Family Record - Woolfolk/Broadnax.
- Box 14 Folder n/a
  Family Register of William G. Maury.
- Box 4 Folder 9
  Greeting Cards.
- Box 4 Folder 10
  Hair.
- Box 12 Folder n/a
  Holy Bible (Three Editions).
- Box 4 Folder 11
  Huguenots.
- Box 4 Folder 12
  In Memoriam: Matthew Fontaine Maury , 1873 .
- Box 11 Folder n/a
  Intimate Virginiana: A Century of Maury Travels by Land and Sea edited by Anne Fontaine Maury.
- Box 4 Folder 13
  Invitations.
- Box 11 Folder n/a
  John Walker Maury: His Lineage and Life by William A. Maury.
- Box 4 Folder 14
  License to Carry Firearms, 1865 .
- Box 4 Folder 15
  Matthew Fontaine Maury - Sketches, Memorials, etc.
- Box 11 Folder n/a
  The Maury Family Tree by Sue C. West.
- Box 11 Folder n/a
  Memoirs of a Huguenot Family by Rev. James Fontaine.
- Box 4 Folder 16
  Miscellaneous.
- Box 4 Folder 17
  "A Narrative of My Life For My Family" by Francis T. Brooke, 1849 .
- Box 4 Folder 18
  Oath - John Minor Maury, 28 October 1865 .
- Box 4 Folder 19
  Obituaries.
- Box 14 Folder n/a
  Ordination Certificate of Rev. Matthew Maury (copy), 24 August 1769 .
- Box 14 Folder n/a
  Parallel Genealogies of George Washington, Robert E. Lee, and William Grymes Maury by William L. Maury.
- Box 4 Folder 23-25
  Pardon - John Minor Maury, 27 October 1865 (copy).
- Box 4 Folder 20
  Parole - John Minor Maury, 24 July 1865 .
- Box 4 Folder 21
  Pew Deed, St. Paul's Church (Norfolk, VA), 28 March 1830 .
- Box 4 Folder 22
  Photographic Portraits of Men of Eminence , 1864 .
- Box 4 Folder 23-25
  Photographs.
- Box 14 Folder n/a
  Photographs (Oversized).
- Box 5 Folder 1
  Physical Survey of Virginia: Preliminary Report by M.F. Maury, 1869 .
- Box 12 Folder n/a
  Pocket Dictionary of the English Language , 1872 .
- Box 5 Folder 2
  Program - 300th Anniversary of Virginians Sailing From England to Virginia, 19 December 1906 .
- Box 11 Folder n/a
  Recollections of a Virginian by General Dabney H. Maury (2 copies).
- Box 5 Folder n/a
  Scrapbook.
- Box 5 Folder 3-4
  Sermons.
- Box 5 Folder 5
  Some Prominent Virginia Families - Corrections.
- Box 5 Folder 6
  Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society. Paul Carrington Chapter No. 5.
- Box 5 Folder 7
  Suit Papers.
- Box 11 Folder n/a
  A Tale of the Huguenots or Memoirs of a French Refugee Family, Translated and Compiled from the Original Manuscripts of James Fontaine by One of His Descendants .
- Box 5 Folder 8
  Title Abstracts.
- Box 5 Folder 9
  The University Monthly: A Journal of School and Home Education , April 1872 .
- Box 5 Folder 10
  Wedding Announcements and Invitations.
- Box 5 Folder 11
  Maury Family genealogical chart.

Series II. Elizabeth Tunstall White Papers .

Boxes 6-10, 13-14

Extent: 7 boxes.

This series consists of genealogical research files compiled by Elizabeth Tunstall White (1884-1973) on the allied families of Allen, Anderson, Anthony, Bagley, Irvine, Lewis, Pugh, Rives, Savage, Townes, Tunstall, and White and others. There are abtracts and transcriptions of deeds and other land records, marriage records, military records, parish and church registers, published sources, tax records, tombstone inscriptions, wills and estate administration records, as well as correspondence with numerous descendants, especially Claudia Kelsall Townes (1861-1940), family charts, and genealogies compiled by others. In addition, there are subject files which include books, clippings, Colonial Dames application papers, genealogical charts, miscellaneous research notes, photographs, and poetry.

Genealogical Research Files
- Box 6 Folder 1
  Adcock.
- Box 6 Folder 2-3
  Allen-Anderson.
- Box 6 Folder 4
  Anthony.
- Box 6 Folder 5
  Austin.
- Box 6 Folder 6
  Austin-Richardson.
- Box 6 Folder 7
  Bagley.
- Box 6 Folder 8
  Ball.
- Box 6 Folder 9
  Banks.
- Box 6 Folder 10
  Barker.
- Box 6 Folder 11
  Barksdale.
- Box 6 Folder 12
  Booker.
- Box 6 Folder 13
  Boyd.
- Box 6 Folder 14
  Calmes.
- Box 6 Folder 15
  Childers.
- Box 6 Folder 16
  Crawford.
- Box 6 Folder 17
  DeGraffenreid.
- Box 6 Folder 18
  Duncombe.
- Box 6 Folder 19
  Dunnavant.
- Box 6 Folder 20
  Dymoke.
- Box 6 Folder 21
  Holcombe.
- Box 6 Folder 22
  Hopkins.
- Box 6 Folder 23
  Hudson.
- Box 6 Folder 24-28
  Irvine.
- Box 7 Folder 1
  Lawson.
- Box 7 Folder 2-4
  Lewis.
- Box 7 Folder 5
  Ligon.
- Box 7 Folder 6
  Lockett.
- Box 7 Folder 7
  Maclin.
- Box 7 Folder 8
  Man.
- Box 7 Folder 9
  Martin.
- Box 7 Folder 10
  Meriwether.
- Box 7 Folder 11
  Poindexter.
- Box 7 Folder 12
  Pride.
- Box 7 Folder 13
  Pugh.
- Box 7 Folder 14
  Ragland.
- Box 7 Folder 15
  Reade.
- Box 7 Folder 16
  Remy.
- Box 7 Folder 17
  Rives.
- Box 7 Folder 18
  Robins.
- Box 7 Folder 19-21
  Savage.
- Box 7 Folder 22
  Sears.
- Box 7 Folder 23
  Spragins.
- Box 7 Folder 24
  Staples.
- Box 8 Folder 1-2
  Townes.
- Box 8 Folder 3
  Townes - Bible Records.
- Box 8 Folder 4
  Townes - Census.
- Box 8 Folder 5
  Townes - Coat of Arms.
- Box 8 Folder 6
  Townes - Land Records.
- Box 8 Folder 7
  Townes - Marriage Records.
- Box 8 Folder 8
  Townes - Military Records.
- Box 8 Folder 9
  Townes - Miscellaneous.
- Box 8 Folder 10
  Townes - Obituaries.
- Box 8 Folder 11
  Townes - Order Books.
- Box 8 Folder 12
  Townes - Tax Records.
- Box 8 Folder 13
  Townes - Wills and Estate Administration Records.
- Box 8 Folder 14-15
  Tunstall.
- Box 8 Folder 16
  Tyng.
- Box 8 Folder 17
  Walker.
- Box 8 Folder 18
  Warner.
- Box 8 Folder 19
  Warner-Lewis.
- Box 8 Folder 20
  Welch.
- Box 8 Folder 21-24
  White.
- Box 9 Folder 1-5
  White.
- Box 9 Folder 6
  Whitlow-Whitten.
- Box 9 Folder 7
  Woodson.
- Box 9 Folder 8
  Woolfolk.
Subject Files
- Box 14 Folder n/a
  Bedford County VA County Court Abstracts.
- Box 9 Folder 9-10
  Clippings.
- Box 14 Folder n/a
  Colonial Dames Application.
- Box 9 Folder 11
  Colonial Dames Application Proofs and Affidavit.
- Box 9 Folder 12
  Correspondence.
- Box 13 Folder n/a
  De Namin' ob de Twins and Other Sketches From the Cotton Land by Mary Fairfax Childs.
- Box 9 Folder 13
  "Design and Construction of the Jamestown Ships" by Robert G.C. Fee.
- Box 9 Folder 14
  Eastern Shore Lines.
- Box 9 Folder 15
  Expenses in England.
- Box 13 Folder n/a
  The First Tunstalls in Virginia and Some of Their Descendants by Whit Morris.
- Box 14 Folder n/a
  Genealogical Charts.
- Box 9 Folder 16
  Hanover County.
- Box 9 Folder 17
  Henrico County.
- Box 9 Folder 18
  "The Historic Tea Party of Edenton, October 25th, 1774" by Richard Dillard, MD.
- Box 13 Folder n/a
  The Hymnal as Authorized by Approved for Use by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America .
- Box 9 Folder 19
  Indians.
- Box 9 Folder 20
  Labels for Family Pictures Framed by Isabel Maury White, 1952 .
- Box 9 Folder 21
  Lawn and Garden Book (Ortho).
- Box 9 Folder 22
  Letter of Credit, 1927 .
- Box 13 Folder n/a
  The Letters of Junius (Vol. II) .
- Box 14 Folder n/a
  Lewis, Robert (Framed Photograph).
- Box 14 Folder n/a
  Magna Carta and Translation.
- Box 9 Folder 23
  Mayflower Line of Descent.
- Box 9 Folder 24
  Miscellaneous Research Notes.
- Box 9 Folder 25
  "A Missouri Interlude" by Anne Rives White.
- Box 9 Folder 26
  A Page From the Past: Pittsylvania Court House One Century Ago - 1846 by Maud Carter Clement.
- Box 9 Folder 27
  Parish Records in Virginia.
- Box 9 Folder 28
  Photographs.
- Box 10 Folder 1-2
  Photographs.
- Box 10 Folder 3
  Poetry/Verses.
- Box 13 Folder n/a
  Reliques of the Rives (Ryves) by James Rives Childs.
- Box 10 Folder 4
  Rison, Mrs. Whitmell Pugh.
- Box 10 Folder 5
  Social Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century by Philip Alexander Bruce - Abtracts.
- Box 13 Folder n/a
  "Tearin' Through the Wilderness": Missouri Pioneer Episodes 1822-1885 and Genealogy of the Watkins Family of Virginia and Missouri by Marie Oliver Watkins and Helen (Hamacher) Watkins.
- Box 10 Folder 6-7
  Townes, Claudia Kelsall.
- Box 10 Folder 8
  Virginia State Highway Map, July 1937 .
- Box 10 Folder 9
  Welsh Genealogical Terms.

A Guide to the Maury Family Papers, 1786-1995

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