A Collection in the
Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
Collection Number Mss. 65 B66
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and
Mary
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Repository
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College of William and Mary
Collection number
Mss. 65 B66
Title
Borland Family Papers,
1771-1940.
Extent
521 items.
Creators
Borland family,
Godwin family,
Thomas Roscius Borland,
Roscius Cicero Borland,
Solon Borland,
Mary Giles Green,
William Mahone.
Language
English
Abstract
Family correspondence, chiefly
1830-1854, of Mary (Giles) Green and George Godwin of
Nansemond County, Virginia; Roscius C. Borland of
Murfreesboro, North Carolina; Thomas Roscius Borland of
Norfolk, Virginia; and of other family members in Georgia,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any
materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of
Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the
copyright, if not Swem Library.
Preferred Citation
Borland Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books
Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
The Borland, Green, and Godwin families are related in the
following manner. George Godwin, son of Jeremiah Godwin,
married Fanny Green (whose mother was Mary (Giles) Green) in
1805. Dr. Thomas Wood Borland (d. 1830 or 1831), father of
Roscius Cicero Borland, married Harriott Godwin, daughter of
Jeremiah Godwin and Sarah (Wilkinson) Godwin.
Family correspondence, chiefly 1830-1854, of Mary (Giles)
Green and George Godwin of Nansemond County, Virginia; Roscius
C. Borland of Murfreesboro, North Carolina; Thomas Roscius
Borland of Norfolk, Virginia; and of other family members in
Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. This
collection includes business correspondence and receipts,
1788-1867; a manuscript by Armistead Borland about his father
Thomas R. Borland (who was involved with William Mahone and
the Readjuster Party) which contains a genealogy of the
Borland and Godwin families; and family photographs. And it
also contains a letter, 1828 April 18, from Euclid Borland to
George Godwin giving impressions of life at College of William
and Mary.
This collection is organized into 3 Series. Series 1
contains personal papers and correspondence, Series 2
contains tax statements and receipts, and Series 3 contains
typed material.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically by date with
those items lacking dates found at the end of each
series.
Personal Papers and Correspondence,
1771-1914,
n.d.
Box-folder
1:1-10
Series 1: Personal Papers and Correspondence
Box-folder
1:1
Personal Papers and Correspondence,
1771-1811.
9 items.
Box-folder
1:1
Indenture between John Lang in Hertford
County, North Carolina and John Glies, Edenton,
North Carolina,
30 August 1771.
DS.
Box-folder
1:1
Agreement between James Garrett, Chowan
County, North Carolina and John Giles, Suffolk,
[Virginia],
15 Oct. 1787.
OS.
Box-folder
1:1
Promissory note from James Garrett to
John Giles,
27 Oct. 1787.
ADS.
Box-folder
1:1
Legal document between James Garrett
and John Giles,
27 [?] 1787.
DS.
Box-folder
1:1
Bill of sale for a schooner from Uriah
Clarke, Suffolk, Virginia to Peter Giles,
24 September
1793.
DS.
Box-folder
1:1
Note from Mr. and Mrs. Barber to Mrs.
Green,
23 May 1805.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:1
Deed of gift from Peter Green,
Nansemond County, Virginia, to his nephew James
Giles Green, son of Thomas Green, deceased, and
Mary Green,
10 October 1805.
DS.
Box-folder
1:1
Deed of gift from Peter Green,
Nansemond County, Virginia, to his niece Fanny
Godwin, wife of George Godwin,
10 October 1805.
OS.
Box-folder
1:1
Indenture between Joshua Whitfield,
Nansemond County, Virginia and George Godwin,
16 December 1811.
Cy.
Box-folder
1:2
Personal Papers and Correspondence,
1824-1837.
9 items.
Box-folder
1:2
Memo for the will of James Scarborough,
18 February 1824.
AD.
Item no. 4 concerns the leaving of three slaves
to Temperance Ramsay.
Box-folder
1:2
Euclid Borland, College of William and
Mary, to his uncle George Godwin,
18 April 1828.
ALS.
Euclid gives his first impressions of the
college where he had just matriculated and
mentions family members and refers to the Jeremiah
Godwin plantation "Castle Hill" (later known as
"Buntings").
Box-folder
1:2
William Wynn to George Godwin telling
about a brown colt,
1 September 1829.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:2
License to practice law in North
Carolina issued to Roscius C. Borland,
6 July 1830.
OS.
Box-folder
1:2
Ann T.R. Green to George Godwin asking
him to be guardian of Mary Frances Green,
11 November 1831.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:2
Thomas J. Finney, Murfreesboro, North
Carolina, to George Godwin mentioning Dr. Solon
Borland, John Waddille, and Mrs. Borland,
24 January 1836.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:2
John P. Boyd, Richmond, Virginia, to
George Godwin about family matters,
7 March 1837.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:2
Euclid Borland to his uncle George
Godwin,
30 May 1837.
ALS.
Euclid gives a description of his trip to Holly
Springs, Mississippi and the new country, and
mentions Roscius and Solon Borland.
Box-folder
1:2
J. Busch, La Grange, Tennessee, to
George Godwin, mentioning Dr. Euclid Borland and
his father-in-law Mr. Moore,
4 July 1837.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:3
Personal Papers and Correspondence,
1838-1842.
12 items.
Box-folder
1:3
Euclid Borland, Holly Springs,
Mississippi, to his uncle George Godwin,
11 May 1838.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:3
Kenneth Rayner, Raleigh, North
Carolina, to Roscius C. Borland, Murfreesboro,
North Carolina about politics in the state
legislature,
19 November 1838.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:3
Kenneth Rayner, Washington, D.C., to
Roscius C. Borland,
2 April 1840.
ALS.
Enclosed is an appointment for Mr. Winborn and
comments on the Sub-Treasury bill before the U.S.
House of Representatives.
Box-folder
1:3
An address delivered to the Masonic
Lodge by R.C. Borland beginning "The philosophy of
the mind . . . .,"
24 June 1840.
ANs.
Box-folder
1:3
B.T. Spiers, Raleigh, North Carolina,
to R.C. Borland,
11 December 1840.
ALS.
Item concerns politics in Raleigh and mentions
Cherry, McQueen, Iredell, Sheppard, and
Clingman
Box-folder
1:3
Memo in the handwriting of R.C. Borland
recording the birth date of Fanny Green Borland,
daughter of Roscius C. Borland and Temperance
Borland,
3 February 1842.
AMs.
Box-folder
1:3
A.G. Godwin, Parkes Bridge, Morgan
County, Georgia, to his brother George Godwin,
2 March 1842.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:3
R.C. Borland to his aunt Mrs. Fanny
Godwin,
11 May 1842.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:3
James D. McCabe, Richmond, Virginia, to
R.C. Borland,
4 June 1842.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:3
B.T. Spiers to R.C. Borland,
Murfreesboro, North Carolina,
27 June 1842.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:3
John P. Boyd, New Kent, to his uncle
George Godwin about family matters,
3 August 1842.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:3
Leml. C. Holland, Suffolk, Virginia, to
George Godwin,
6 November 1842.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:4
Personal Papers and Correspondence,
1843-1845.
15 items.
Box-folder
1:4
Jno. R. Purdie to R.C. Borland,
4 February 1843.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:4
A.G. Godwin, Albany, Georgia, to his
brother George Godwin,
28 May 1843.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:4
T.S. Shepperd to George Godwin,
9 June 1843.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:4
Sampson Rea, Portsmouth, to R.C.
Borland, Murfreesboro, North Carolina,
20 September
1843.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:4
Kenneth Rayner, Washington City, to
R.C. Borland about politics in Washington,
9 December 1843.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:4
Prayer beginning "Almighty God,...,"
1 January 1844.
AMs.
Box-folder
1:4
A.G. Godwin to his brother George
Godwin,
14 March 1844.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:4
Mary Godwin Hrickery to George Godwin,
9 June 1844.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:4
R.C. Borland to Mrs. R.C. (Temperance)
Borland,
10 September
1844.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:4
Benjamin F. Godwin, Warm Springs,
Georgia, to George Godwin,
18 November 1844.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:4
R.C. Borland to Mrs. R.C. Borland,
25 November 1844.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:4
Mrs. Fanny Godwin to her nephew Roscius
C. Borland,
20 April 1845.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:4
Alonzo D.W. Godwin to George Godwin,
28 April 1845.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:4
Algernon George Alexander Godwin to his
uncle George Godwin,
29 May 1845.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:4
Effie Murray to her uncle George
Godwin,
16 August 1845.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:5
Personal Papers and Correspondence,
1846-1849.
6 items.
Box-folder
1:5
Effie L. Murray, Miss Birney's Academy,
Taneytown, Carrol County, Maryland, to her uncle
George Godwin,
27 February 1846.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:5
Dr. Euclid Borland, Holly Springs,
Mississippi, to his uncle George Godwin,
8 November 1846.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:5
F.M. Capehart to George Godwin,
8 December 1846.
ALS.
Capehart announces that he is about to leave
Murfreesboro for Suffolk with the remains of the
family of R.C. Borland.
Box-folder
1:5
Dr. Euclid Borland, New Orleans,
Louisiana, to George Godwin,
2 November 1847.
ALS.
Item mentions Uncle Solon's escape from prison
in MexiCounty
Box-folder
1:5
Dr. Euclid Borland, Pointe a la Hache
Plantation, Parishe of Plaquimines, Louisiana, to
George Godwin,
30 May 1848.
ALS.
Item concerns family matters and mentions Uncle
Solon's appointment to the U.S. Senate and some
remarks on his personality.
Box-folder
1:5
Thomas Borland, son of Solon Borland,
at Alexandria Boarding School, Virginia, to his
uncle George Godwin,
26 May 1849.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:6
Personal Papers and Correspondence,
18450-1854.
6 items.
Box-folder
1:6
Dr. Euclid Borland, Hot Springs,
Arkansas, to George Godwin,
12 Oct. 1851.
ALS.
Borland mentions his probable return to
Virginia permanently and other family news.
Box-folder
1:6
Dr. Euclid Borland, New Orleans,
Louisiana, to George Godwin,
30 Oct. 1851.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:6
David Jeremiah Godwin, Baliston Spa,
New York, to George Godwin,
30 July 1852.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:6
Dr. Euclid Borland, White Sulphur
Springs, Virginia, to George Godwin,
27 September
1852.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:6
T. Upshaw, Norfolk, to George Godwin,
Suffolk,
30 August 1853.
ALS.
Item mentions the hiring of slaves and Mr.
Mahone.
Box-folder
1:7
Personal Papers and Correspondence,
1855-1867.
19 items.
Box-folder
1:7
A short address delivered at Smith's
Mill, Northampton County, Virginia by R.C.
Borland,
4 July 1855.
AMs.
Box-folder
1:7
Thomas R. Borland, A. Bolmar's School,
West Chester, Pennsylvania, to his "grandma,
uncle, and Miss Betsy,"
23 February 1858.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:7
D.J. Godwin, Headquarters, Hicksford,
Virginia, to his uncle about the cost of Negroes
and restrictions on Negroes,
24 November 1863.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:7
Euclid Borland, Petersburg, Virginia,
to his uncle about the removal of the family
burial ground in Murfreesboro, North Carolina,
17 December 1863.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:7
Euclid Borland to George Godwin,
26 December 1863.
ALS.
Letter was written from the battlefield,
Greeneville County, Virginia, advising his uncle
to sell Tom, Negro, for $5,000.
Box-folder
1:7
Euclid Borland, Camp, 6th Virginia
Infantry, Orange County, Virginia, to his uncle
George Godwin,
1 January 1864.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:7
Thomas R. Borland, Company K, 9th
Virginia Infantry, Barton's Brigade, Pickett's
Division, to "My Dear old Uncle,"
1 April 1864.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:7
J.S. Reese, Belfield, North Carolina,
to Euclid Borland, Jr.,
16 August 1865.
ALS.
Announces the death of his brother Phocian
Borland of typhoid fever.
Box-folder
1:7
Fannie Borland, Little Rock, Ark.,
daughter of Solon Borland, to her cousin Euclid
Borland, Jr.,
29 April 1866.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:7
Fannie Browne, Portsmouth, to George
Godwin announcing her coming marriage on 29 July
1866,
29 July 1866.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:7
Fannie Browne (Mrs. James Buford) to
George Godwin,
1 September 1866.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:7
Euclid Borland to George Godwin,
30 Oct. 1866.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:7
V.R. Borland at the University of
Virginia to his uncle,
26 November 1866.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:7
Euclid Borland to George Godwin,
5 January 1867.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:7
Euclid Borland, Sr. to Thomas R.
Borland, University of Virginia,
11 March 1867.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:7
Mollie Borland, Princeton, Arkansas, to
her cousin Euclid Borland, Jr.,
20 May 1867.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:7
Euclid Borland to his son Euclid
Borland at the University of Virginia,
24 May 1867.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:7
T.R. Borland to Miss Betsy,
17 Oct. 1867.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:7
Mollie Borland to her cousin Euclid
Borland, Jr.,
1 November 1867.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:8
Personal Papers and Correspondence,
1868-1875.
7 items.
Box-folder
1:8
Thomas Borland to Miss Betsy,
6 December 1872.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:8
Euclid Borland to Miss Betsy King,
7 December 1872.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:8
Thomas Borland to Miss Betsy,
26 December 1872.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:8
Thomas R. Borland to Miss Betsy,
29 July 1873.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:8
Thomas R. Borland to Miss Betsy,
26 December 1873.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:8
Dr. Euclid Borland, New Orleans,
Louisiana, to Miss Betsy King, Small Hopes Farm,
Nansemond County, Virginia,
31 December 1873.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:8
Thomas Borland to Miss Betsy,
9 February 1874.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:9
Personal Papers and Correspondence,
1876-1914.
13 items.
Box-folder
1:9
T.R. Borland to Robert Searls,
3 September 1877.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:9
Thomas R. Borland, Norfolk, to "My
Darling Boy,"
17 August 1885.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:9
Printed eulogy (poem) of "Little
Roscius Borland" written by George W. Sheffield,
15 December 1885.
Box-folder
1:9
T.R. Borland to his son,
30 July 1886.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:9
T.R. Borland to his son,
26 April 1887.
ALS.
In German.
Box-folder
1:9
T.R. Borland to his son,
24 September
1891.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:9
T.R. Borland to his son,
25 November 1892.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:9
T.H. Willcox, Charlottesville, to Mr.
Borland,
3 September 1894.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:9
Receipt from the University of Virginia
of Armistead Borland,
17 September
1894.
DS.
Box-folder
1:9
T.R. Borland to Miss Sallie,
27 January 1899.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:9
T.R. Borland to his son,
8 November 1899.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:9
T.R. Borland to Mr. A.P. Thom.,
15 December 1899.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:9
Elgin B. Gill to Armistead Borland,
27 June 1914.
ALS.
Box-folder
1:10
Personal Papers and Correspondence,
n.d.
6 items.
Box-folder
1:10
Memorandum of the birth of the Giles
children and Negroes, 1755-1762,
n.d.
AD.
Box-folder
1:10
Several family letters by T.R. Borland
and miscellaneous papers,
n.d.
Box-folder
1:10
Memorandum by R.C. Borland beginning
"The United States ...,"
n.d.
AMs.
Box-folder
1:10
Memorandum in the handwriting of R.C.
Borland beginning "No one ever possessed...,"
n.d.
AMs.
Box-folder
1:10
Memorandum in the handwriting of R.C.
Borland beginning "By heaps of doubt and
gloom...,"
n.d.
AMs.
Box-folder
1:10
Memorandum in the handwriting of R.C.
Borland beginning "In peace there's nothing...,"
n.d.
Typed extract from
The History of Hertford
County by Judge Benj. B. Winborne,
n.d.
Pages 157-182.
Section 1 is entitled "Doctor Thomas Wood Borland"
(d. 1830 or 1831). He married Harriott Godwin and
their sons were Roscius Cicero, Euclid (d. 1881), and
Solon.
Included is a section, pages 168-176, on
"Political Principles and Affiliations," including
accounts of Thomas R. Borland's (1844-1900) political
activities, 1865-1890, and his part in the William
Mahone Readjuster Party.
Box 3
Typed sketch of Thomas R. Borland
(1844-1900) by his son Armistead Borland,
n.d.
304 pages with index.
Original letters and receipts formerly part of
this sketch have been re-filed with family
correspondence and receipts.
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