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Warner T. Jones Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Purchased: 2,674 items, 4/28/1936.
Papers, 1807-1891, of Warner T. Jones, judge of Gloucester County, Virginia; his brother Richard P. Jones; and his nephew John R. Page. Papers include letters concerning the Jones family and the Seawell family.
Prominent correspondents include John Randolph Bryan, Joseph Bryan, Samuel Bassett French, James Barron Hope, Charles Triplett O'Ferall, William Booth Taliaferro, John Randolph Tucker, and Lyon Gardiner Tyler. Collection includes printed advertisements for sewing and knitting machines
This collection is organized into three Series: 1. Correspondence, 2. Legal Papers, and 3. Miscellaneous Papers.
ArrangementIn the first series, the collection is arranged chronologically by date with those items without dates located at the end of each series. The first series is divided into subseries in ten year increments, resulting in six subseries. In the second series, the collection is arranged alphabetically by subject or persons last name. The seven subseries in the second series were created for subjects or persons with multiple folders.
This series is arranged in chronological order by date.
Enclosure: Certificate of deposit on Bank of Virginia, Richmond, [Virginia].
Enclosure: Business card of Jeremiah Hall, attorney-at-law.
Enclosure: Printed questionnaire concerning agricultural associations. 1 Nov. 1858. 3 pages. PD.
Enclosure: Memorandum of an address.
Enclosure: Summons in the suit Jo[h]n P. Sutton vs. W[illia]m Haynes, Gloucester County, [Virginia]. Signed by Thomas R. [Rile ?], J. P. 9 March 1872.
Invitation to a reception.
Including a note by Ja[me]s Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, to Warner T. Jones, Gloucester Co[urt] Ho[use], Virginia
Enclosure: Account due The Norfolk Landmark by Warner T. Jones. 1 p. AD. 13 July 1874.
Official notification of Warner T. Jones' election as judge for Gloucester County.
Including a note by B.B. Douglas, n.p., to W[arner] T. Jones, n.p. dated 18 April 1875.
Re: financial conditions at the College of William & Mary.
Enclosure: Stamped envelope addressed to Kirkpatrick & Blackford.
Enclosure: Report of the Hampton Oyster Convention, held Dec. 16, 1885... to the General Assembly , by John B. Donovan. 12 pp.
Enclosure: B. F. Bland, Gloucester C[ourt] H[ouse], Virginia, to Dr. E. W. James, n.p. 2 pp. ALS.
Re: College of William & Mary.
Re: College of William & Mary.
Re: letter to Jones as a member of the Board of Visitors of William and Mary College and Lyon's desire to be considered for the vacancy of the Chair of Natural Science.
Re: College of William & Mary.
Re: College of William & Mary.
Re: Presidency at the College of William & Mary. Including reference letters for Junius E. Leigh dating from 8 Aug. 1873 to 17 Aug. 1888. 9 TLs. & 3 ALsS.
Re: repairs to the buildings and financial affairs of the College of William and Mary.
Re: College of William & Mary.
Re: College of William & Mary.
Re: College of William & Mary.
Re: repairs to the buildings and the selection of a President for the College of William & Mary.
Re: Presidency at the College.
Re: Presidency at the College of William & Mary.
Re: College of William & Mary.
Re: College of William & Mary.
Including a note from Polk Miller, Richmond, Virginia, to Warner T. Jones, Gloucester Co[urt] Ho use], Virginia (on same page as above) TNS.
Note: letter was written just before the Civil War.
This series is arranged in alphabetical order by subject or last name.
Suit in Gloucester County, Virginia.
Mathews County, Virginia.
Suit in Gloucester County, Virginia.
Gloucester County, Virginia.
Gloucester County.
Suit in Gloucester Co.
Gloucester County.
Gloucester County.
Descent of title to certain property in Richmond, Virginia.
Gloucester County.
Gloucester County.
Gloucester County.
Gloucester County.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Receipt of C.C. Curtis.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Indenture covering a vessel.
Invoice for goods bought from T. H. Hughes & Co.
Papers concerning the sale of Enfield by Warner T. Jones, trustee.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Settlement of a dispute between Charles Evans and Simon Evans concerning land in Ware Neck, Gloucester County.
Gloucester County.
Items concerning trust deeds covering two tracts of land in Mathews County called Spring Dale and Spring Hill.
Gloucester County.
Middlesex County.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Papers relating to the pension claim filed by the mother of David Griffin, a negro soldier who enlisted in the United States Army, at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1863.
Memoranda of lands sold by A. V. Hayes.
Agreement concerning the lease of a tract of land in Gloucester County called Hook Farm.
Joel Hayes et als. vs. Susan Hayes et als. Suit in Gloucester County, concerning the administration of the estate of Joel Hayes by John A. B. Thornton.
Joel Hayes et als. vs. Susan Hayes et als. Suit in Gloucester County, concerning the administration of the estate of Joel Hayes by John A. B. Thornton. Accounts.
Joel Hayes et als. vs. Susan Hayes et als. Suit in Gloucester County, concerning the administration of the estate of Joel Hayes by John A. B. Thornton. Miscellaneous suits.
Thomas H. Hughes & Co., merchants. Accounts & invoices. Note: Joel Hayes was a partner in this firm.
Joel Hayes & Co. Saw Mill.
Hayes & Rowe. Saw Mill.
Hayes, Rowe & Co. Saw Mill.
Hayes, Rowe & Thornton. Saw Mill. Accounts and correspondence.
Ledger of Hayes, Rowe & Thornton. Saw Mill
Incomplete draft of an indenture of a tract of land in Gloucester County.
Surveyor's plat, 1867 and promissory note 1865.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Suits in Gloucester County.
Gloucester County.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Suits against Peter B. Hughes for debts. Gloucester County.
Legal fees due Wyndham Kemp.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Including statement of debts and agreement to transfer to creditors a portion of Lands End, an estate in Gloucester County.
Suits against Walter F. Jones for debt. Note: Walter F. Jones executed trust deeds in 1858 and 1859, covering a tract of land in Gloucester County, called Waverley.
Including correspondence.
Commissioner in chancery, Gloucester County.
Gloucester County.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Including accounts of Mrs. Susan Linebough.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Suits in Gloucester County.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Invoice due W. H. Herbert.
Power of attorney for the division of certain property in England.
Papers concerning a tract of land in Gloucester County, called Portan
Account with her trustee under the will of William P. Smith.
Suit in Gloucester County.
James T. Fleming vs. William Robins and Augustine W. Robins. Suit in Gloucester County.
Suit in Elizabeth City County.
Fee bills due to John R. Cary and paid by A. W. Robins.
Suits in Gloucester County.
Suits against Joshua F. Ross in Gloucester County.
Abstracts of mortgages given by Joshua F. Ross on a tract of land called Lower White Marsh.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Invoices and notes of Joshua F. Ross.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Indenture covering a tract of land in Gloucester County.
Suits in Gloucester County against Jasper C. Rowe and William H. Rowe for debt.
Suite in Gloucester County against Jasper C. Rowe and William O. Rowe.
Suits in Gloucester County against John H. Rowe and William H. Rowe for debt.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Suits in Gloucester County against William H. Rowe for debt.
George Brewer vs. William H. Roy's executors et al. Suit in Gloucester County.
A.D. Saunders & Co. vs. W.T. Taliaferro, executor of William H. Roy.
Warner T. Taliaferro, Jr., and Thomas T. Taliaferro, executors of William H. Roy vs. Euphan W. Roy et als. Suit in Mathews County.
Opinion of James Lyons on the will of William H. Roy.
Account book of Warner T. Taliaferro, executor, with Mrs. Euphan W. Roy. Gloucester County.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Subscription.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Suits against Robert H. and Wade E. Stubblefield for debt. Gloucester County.
Trust deed of Mrs. K. V. Tabb to John Newstead Tabb. Covering a tract of land called Crow 's Point, a part of White Marsh, in Gloucester County. 17 July 1880. 4 pages.
Advertisement of trustee's sale of Crow's Point. Signed by John N. Tabb. 27 Sept. 1884. 1 page.
Suit in Gloucester County.
Gloucester County.
Deed of trust covering a tract of land in Guinea Neck, Gl[oucester] Co[unty], and a schooner called the Samuel C. Hulse.
Benjamin G. Tompkins, executor of Elizabeth P. Tompkins vs. Maria B. Tompkins et als; and Henry W. Tabb et al. vs. John W. Jarvis, administrator of Elizabeth P. Tompkins. Suits in Mathews County.
Correspondence of Maxwell T. Clarke with Warner T. Jones.
Papers relating to the lease of Warner Hall.
Papers relating to the sale of timber from Warner Hall.
Lumber and other materials used for the maintenance of Warner Hall.
Accounts of estate of Archibald Willey with Sterling Rowe, administrator of estate, and accounts of four Willey children with Warner T. Jones, receiver, and Sterling Rowe, guardian. Volume includes accounts of Carrington & Clark with Warner T. Jones.
Account book containing accounts of Willey children: Odavia E. Willey, Thomas F. Willey, and Archibald H. Willey with Warner T. Jones, receiver.
Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Gilderoy Williams. Criminal suit in Gloucester County.
Commonwealth of Virginia vs. John Williams. Criminal suit in Gloucester County.