Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the Nelson R. Wilson Auction Notice must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Nelson R. Wilson Auction Notice, Ms2009-016 - Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Acquisition Information

The Nelson R. Wilson Auction Notice was purchased by Special Collections.

Processing Information

The processing and description of the Nelson R. Wilson Auction Notice commenced and was completed in January 2009.

Biographical Information

Nelson R. Wilson was born in Virginia in April 1856. He married Eliza H. Goodman (born April 1858) in Bedford County, Virginia on January 24, 1877. The Wilsons remained in Bedford County as late as 1930 and had at least eight children.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of a broadside announcing the impending sale of a home and 98 acres of land in the Forest Magisterial District of Bedford County, Virginia. The sale appears to have resulted from a defaulted loan made to Nelson R. and Eliza Helen Wilson by Henry M. Sackett and Douglas A. Robertson, trustees. The broadside mentions that Sackett is deceased and Robertson, the surviving trustee, is selling the property through Walker, Mosby & Calvert, auctioneers. On the reverse side is a typescript agreement for sale of the property, signed both by Robertson and the purchaser, W. H. Slaughter.