A Guide to the Augusta B. Fothergill Papers, 1925-1955
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 35204
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
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Use Restrictions
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Preferred Citation
Augusta B. Fothergill Papers, 1925-1955. Accession 35204, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Robert Middleton, Susanville, California, 4 September 1996.
Biographical/Historical Information
Augusta Bridgland Middleton Fothergill was born in Lexington, Virginia on 3 February 1876. She was a genealogist, historian, and author. She died in Richmond, Virginia on 9 September 1965 and is buried in Lexington, Virginia.
Scope and Content Information
Includes family research files, county research notes, and miscellaneous subject file. The family research files contain genealogical notes abstracted from court records, including deed books, order books, will books and marriage records. Families researched are from all over Virginia, but the main emphasis of the collection is on those families from Tidewater, Virginia. There is a particularly large amount of information on the Hill, Middleton, Rose, Shelton, Thornton, Underwood, Waller and White families. The county research notes include abstracts from court records, historical information and clippings. There is a subtantial amount of material concerning Brunswick and Rockbridge Counties, Virginia. The miscellaneous subject files cover a wide range of topics. They include client correspondence, notes, clippings, as well as information on Virginia courthouses, Indians, and other historical topics.
Organization
Organized into the following three series: I. Family research files; II. County research notes; III. Miscellaneous subject file.
Related Material
R. Bolling Batte Papers, 1918-1992 (LVA accession 35260).
Contents List
- Box 1 Folder 1
Bagley
- Box 1 Folder 2
Barnett
- Box 1 Folder 3
Beard
- Box 1 Folder 4
Bostick
- Box 1 Folder 5
Boyd
- Box 1 Folder 6
Brickey
- Box 1 Folder 7
Bridgeland
- Box 1 Folder 8
Buchanan
- Box 1 Folder 9
Carr
- Box 1 Folder
10
Colville
- Box 1 Folder
11
D
- Box 1 Folder
12-16
Dubois - New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
- Box 1 Folder
17
Dunbar
- Box 1 Folder
18
Dupny
- Box 1 Folder
19
Early
- Box 1 Folder
20
Eppes
- Box 1 Folder
21
Flournoy
- Box 1 Folder
22
Francis
- Box 1 Folder
23
Fry
- Box 1 Folder
24
Funkhouser
- Box 1 Folder
25
Fuqua
- Box 1 Folder
26
Garner
- Box 1 Folder
27
Goad
- Box 1 Folder
28
Grant
- Box 1 Folder
29
Graves
- Box 1 Folder
30
H
- Box 1 Folder
31
Hicks
- Box 1 Folder
32-35
Hill
- Box 1 Folder
36
Hill (Prince George County)
- Box 1 Folder
37
Hubbard
- Box 1 Folder
38
Hudson
- Box 1 Folder
39
Huntley
- Box 1 Folder
40
Hurt
- Box 2 Folder 1
Jackson
- Box 2 Folder 2
Jarratt
- Box 2 Folder 3
Jones
- Box 2 Folder 4
King
- Box 2 Folder 5
Kincaid
- Box 2 Folder 6
Lambert
- Box 2 Folder 7
Lamkin
- Box 2 Folder 8
Landrum
- Box 2 Folder 9
Langhorne
- Box 2 Folder
10
Ledbetter
- Box 2 Folder
11
Lee
- Box 2 Folder
12
Lemuel
- Box 2 Folder
13
Letcher
- Box 2 Folder
14
Lewis
- Box 2 Folder
15
Littrell
- Box 2 Folder
16
Lockhart
- Box 2 Folder
17
Lord
- Box 2 Folder
18
Love
- Box 2 Folder
19
Loving
- Box 2 Folder
20
Lucas
- Box 2 Folder
21
Lucy
- Box 2 Folder
22
Mabry
- Box 2 Folder
23
Mackquinney/Mackinnie
- Box 2 Folder
24
Maclin
- Box 2 Folder
25
Macon
- Box 2 Folder
26
MacRae
- Box 2 Folder
27
Maddox (Maddux)
- Box 2 Folder
28
Madison
- Box 2 Folder
29
Maget
- Box 2 Folder
30
Major
- Box 2 Folder
31
Mann
- Box 2 Folder
32
Markham
- Box 2 Folder
33
Marot
- Box 2 Folder
34
Marriott
- Box 2 Folder
35-36
Marshall
- Box 2 Folder
37
Martin
- Box 2 Folder
38
Massenburg
- Box 2 Folder
39
Massie
- Box 2 Folder
40
Matheny
- Box 2 Folder
41
Matthews
- Box 2 Folder
42
Mayfield
- Box 2 Folder
43
Mayo
- Box 2 Folder
44
Mayre
- Box 2 Folder
45
Mays
- Box 2 Folder
46
McBride
- Box 2 Folder
47
McCarty
- Box 2 Folder
48
McCorkle
- Box 2 Folder
49
McGehee
- Box 2 Folder
50
McKay
- Box 2 Folder
51
McMath
- Box 2 Folder
52
McPherson
- Box 2 Folder
53
Meade
- Box 2 Folder
54
Menifee
- Box 2 Folder
55
Mercer
- Box 3 Folder 1
Meredith
- Box 3 Folder 2
Meriwether
- Box 3 Folder 3
Metcalf
- Box-folder: Box 3, Folder
4-21
Middleton
- Box 3 Folder
4
Bibliography
- Box 3 Folder
5
Hatton
- Box 3 Folder
6
Historical Data
- Box 3 Folder
7
Hugh Middleton
- Box 3 Folder
8
Hugh C. Middleton Materials
- Box 3 Folder
9
Irrelevent
- Box 3 Folder
10
James Middleton
- Box 3 Folder
11
Kentucky Middletons
- Box 3 Folder
12
Pennsylvania Middletons
- Box 3 Folder
13-15
Reference Only
- Box 3 Folder
16
Samuel Middleton
- Box 3 Folder
17
Semmes
- Box 3 Folder
18
South Carolina Middletons
- Box 3 Folder
19
Teares
- Box 3 Folder
20
Walter Middleton
- Box 3 Folder
21
Westmoreland County - Collateral Line
- Box 3 Folder
4
- Box 4 Folder 1
Miller (Henry) of Culpeper Co.
- Box 4 Folder 2
Miller (Shenandoah Co.)
- Box 4 Folder 3
Mims
- Box 4 Folder 4
Minge
- Box 4 Folder 5
Minor
- Box 4 Folder 6
Mitchell
- Box 4 Folder 7
Montgomery
- Box 4 Folder 8
Moore
- Box 4 Folder 9
Moreland
- Box 4 Folder
10
Moreman
- Box 4 Folder
11
Morgan
- Box 4 Folder
12
Morris
- Box 4 Folder
13
Morris of Texas
- Box 4 Folder
14
Morrison
- Box 4 Folder
15
Mosby
- Box 4 Folder
16
Moseley
- Box 4 Folder
17
Motley
- Box 4 Folder
18
Motley-Motlow
- Box 4 Folder
19
Munday
- Box 4 Folder
20
Murrell
- Box 4 Folder
21
Myrick
- Box 4 Folder
22
N
- Box 4 Folder
23
Nalle
- Box 4 Folder
24
Nance
- Box 4 Folder
25
Napier
- Box 4 Folder
26
Nash
- Box 4 Folder
27
Neal
- Box 4 Folder
28
Needles
- Box 4 Folder
29
Nelson
- Box 4 Folder
30
Neville
- Box 4 Folder
31
Nicholson
- Box 4 Folder
32
Nickols
- Box 5 Folder 1
O
- Box 5 Folder 2
Old
- Box 5 Folder 3
Oliver
- Box 5 Folder 4
Osborne
- Box 5 Folder 5
Overton
- Box 5 Folder 6
Owen
- Box 5 Folder 7
Owens
- Box 5 Folder 8
Owsley
- Box 5 Folder 9
Pace
- Box 5 Folder
10
Page
- Box 5 Folder
11
Parish
- Box 5 Folder
12
Parker
- Box 5 Folder
13
Parks
- Box 5 Folder
14
Parrott
- Box 5 Folder
15
Parsons (Person)
- Box 5 Folder
16
Pasteur
- Box 5 Folder
17
Patterson
- Box 5 Folder
18
Paxton
- Box 5 Folder
19
Payne
- Box 5 Folder
20
Pearson
- Box 5 Folder
21
Peebles
- Box 5 Folder
22
Pegram
- Box 5 Folder
23
Pendleton
- Box 5 Folder
24
Penick
- Box 5 Folder
25
Penn
- Box 5 Folder
26
Pennington
- Box 5 Folder
27
Pepper
- Box 5 Folder
28
Perkins
- Box 5 Folder
29
Peters
- Box 5 Folder
30
Peterson
- Box 5 Folder
31
Pettie
- Box 5 Folder
32
Pettit/Pettus
- Box 5 Folder
33
Petway
- Box 5 Folder
34
Peyton
- Box 5 Folder
35
Phelps
- Box 5 Folder
36
Philips
- Box 5 Folder
37
Philpot
- Box 5 Folder
38
Phripp
- Box 5 Folder
39
Pickett
- Box 5 Folder
40
Pigg
- Box 6 Folder 1
Pittman
- Box 6 Folder 2
Pleasants
- Box 6 Folder 3
Plunkett
- Box 6 Folder 4
Poe
- Box 6 Folder 5
Polk
- Box 6 Folder 6
Poole
- Box 6 Folder 7
Pope
- Box 6 Folder 8
Porter
- Box 6 Folder 9
Powell
- Box 6 Folder
10
Pretlow
- Box 6 Folder
11
Prewett
- Box 6 Folder
12
Price
- Box 6 Folder
13
Price of Maryland
- Box 6 Folder
14
Pride
- Box 6 Folder
15
Prince
- Box 6 Folder
16
Pritchett
- Box 6 Folder
17
Prosser
- Box 6 Folder
18
Pugh
- Box 6 Folder
19
Quarles
- Box 6 Folder
20
R
- Box 6 Folder
21
Ragland
- Box 6 Folder
22
Ragsdale
- Box 6 Folder
23
Raiford
- Box 6 Folder
24
Railey
- Box 6 Folder
25
Randolph
- Box 6 Folder
26
Ravenscroft
- Box 6 Folder
27
Rawlings
- Box 6 Folder
28
Read/Reed
- Box 6 Folder
29
Rector
- Box 6 Folder
30
Reding
- Box 6 Folder
31
Redmond
- Box 6 Folder
32
Reese
- Box 6 Folder
33
Reid/Read
- Box 6 Folder
34
Richardson - Md. & Va.
- Box 6 Folder
35
Ridley
- Box 6 Folder
36
Rivers
- Box 6 Folder
37
Rives
- Box 6 Folder
38
Roberts
- Box 6 Folder
39
Roberts (Pennsylvania)
- Box 6 Folder
40
Robertson
- Box 7 Folder 1
Robinson
- Box 7 Folder 2
Rochelle
- Box 7 Folder 3
Rogers
- Box 7 Folder 4
Rolfe
- Box 7 Folder 5
Rosamond
- Box 7 Folder
6-8
Rose
- Box 7 Folder 9
Rosier
- Box 7 Folder
10
Ross
- Box 7 Folder
11
Rowell
- Box 7 Folder
12
Rowland
- Box 7 Folder
13
Rowlett
- Box 7 Folder
14
Royall
- Box 7 Folder
15
Royster
- Box 7 Folder
16
Rucker
- Box 7 Folder
17
Ruff (Rough)
- Box 7 Folder
18
Ruffin
- Box 7 Folder
19
Russell
- Box 7 Folder
20
Rust
- Box 7 Folder
21
Salling/Sallee
- Box 7 Folder
22
Sandidge
- Box 7 Folder
23
Sanford
- Box 7 Folder
24
Sankey
- Box 7 Folder
25
Saunders
- Box 7 Folder
26
Scarbrough
- Box 7 Folder
27
Scarlett
- Box 7 Folder
28
Sclater
- Box 7 Folder
29
Scott
- Box 7 Folder
30
Scruggs
- Box 7 Folder
31
Seawell
- Box 7 Folder
32
Sebrell
- Box 7 Folder
33
Settle/Suttle
- Box 7 Folder
34
Sevier
- Box 7 Folder
35
Seward
- Box 7 Folder
36
Shackleford
- Box 8 Folder
1-7
Shelton
- Box 8 Folder 8
Shepherd
- Box 8 Folder 9
Sherrard
- Box 8 Folder
10
Sherrill
- Box 8 Folder
11
Shield
- Box 8 Folder
12
Shields
- Box 8 Folder
13
Shipley
- Box 8 Folder
14
Short
- Box 8 Folder
15
Shrewsbury
- Box 8 Folder
16
Simmons
- Box 8 Folder
17
Simpson
- Box 8 Folder
18
Sims
- Box 8 Folder
19
Skerme
- Box 8 Folder
20
Skipwith
- Box 8 Folder
21-22
Slaughter
- Box 9 Folder 1
Sloan (Mrs. J.T.)
- Box 9 Folder 2
Smallwood
- Box 9 Folder 3
Smith
- Box 9 Folder 4
Smoot
- Box 9 Folder 5
Sorrell
- Box 9 Folder 6
Southall
- Box 9 Folder 7
Sparks
- Box 9 Folder 8
Sparrow
- Box 9 Folder 9
Spence
- Box 9 Folder
10
Spencer
- Box 9 Folder
11
Spilman
- Box 9 Folder
12
Spotswood
- Box 9 Folder
13
Stacy
- Box 9 Folder
14
Stanfield
- Box 9 Folder
15
Stanley
- Box 9 Folder
16
Starke
- Box 9 Folder
17
Stegar
- Box 9 Folder
18
Stevens
- Box 9 Folder
19
Stith
- Box 9 Folder
20
Stokes
- Box 9 Folder
21
Stone
- Box 9 Folder
22
Stovall
- Box 9 Folder
23
Stover
- Box 9 Folder
24
Street
- Box 9 Folder
25
Strickland
- Box 9 Folder
26
Strother
- Box 9 Folder
27
Stuart
- Box 9 Folder
28
Stucker
- Box 9 Folder
29
Sturdivant
- Box 9 Folder
30
Summers
- Box 9 Folder
31
Swann
- Box 9 Folder
32
Sydnor
- Box 9 Folder
33
Tabb
- Box 9 Folder
34
Talbot
- Box 9 Folder
35
Taliaferro
- Box 9 Folder
36
Tankersley
- Box 9 Folder
37
Tarpley
- Box 10 Folder 1
Tarrant
- Box 10 Folder 2
Tatum
- Box 10 Folder 3
Tayloe
- Box 10 Folder
4-5
Taylor
- Box 10 Folder 6
Terrell
- Box 10 Folder 7
Terry
- Box 10 Folder 8
Thelaball
- Box 10 Folder 9
Thomas
- Box 10 Folder
10
Thompson
- Box 10 Folder
11
Thorn
- Box 10 Folder
12-19
Thornton
- Box 11 Folder
1-8
Thornton
- Box 11 Folder 9
Thorowgood
- Box 11 Folder
10
Thorp
- Box 11 Folder
11
Tillman
- Box 11 Folder
12
Tinsley
- Box 11 Folder
13
Todd
- Box 11 Folder
14
Tosh
- Box 11 Folder
15
Towles
- Box 11 Folder
16
Travers
- Box 11 Folder
17
Traylor
- Box 11 Folder
18
Tucker
- Box 11 Folder
19
Turner
- Box 11 Folder
20
Turpin
- Box 12 Folder
1-2
Tutt
- Box 12 Folder 3
Twitty
- Box 12 Folder 4
Tyler
- Box 12 Folder
5-7
Underwood
- Box 12 Folder 8
Van Meter
- Box 12 Folder 9
Vaughan
- Box 12 Folder
10
Vincent
- Box 12 Folder
11
W
- Box 12 Folder
12
Wade
- Box 12 Folder
13
Walker
- Box 12 Folder
14
Wall
- Box 12 Folder
15
Wallace
- Box 12 Folder
16-22
Waller
- Box 13 Folder 1
Walton
- Box 13 Folder 2
Warner
- Box 13 Folder 3
Warren
- Box 13 Folder 4
Washington (Surry Co.)
- Box 13 Folder
5-7
Washington of Northern Neck
- Box 13 Folder 8
Watkins
- Box 13 Folder 9
Watts
- Box 13 Folder
10
Waugh
- Box 13 Folder
11
Wayne
- Box 13 Folder
12
Webb
- Box 13 Folder
13
Weston
- Box 13 Folder
14
Wharton
- Box 13 Folder
15
Wheeler
- Box 13 Folder
16-18
White
- Box 13 Folder
19
Whitehead
- Box 13 Folder
20
Whitlock
- Box 13 Folder
21
Whitmore
- Box 14 Folder 1
Whitten
- Box 14 Folder 2
Wiggs
- Box 14 Folder 3
Wilburn
- Box 14 Folder 4
Wilkes
- Box 14 Folder 5
Wilkins
- Box 14 Folder 6
Wilkinson
- Box 14 Folder
7-8
Williams
- Box 14 Folder 9
Williamson
- Box 14 Folder
10
Willis (Richmond and King George Counties)
- Box 14 Folder
11
Willoughby
- Box 14 Folder
12
Willson
- Box 14 Folder
13
Wingfield
- Box 14 Folder
14
Winston
- Box 14 Folder
15
Withers
- Box 14 Folder
16
Withrow
- Box 14 Folder
17
Witt
- Box 14 Folder
18
Woltz
- Box 14 Folder
19
Womack
- Box 14 Folder
20
Wood
- Box 14 Folder
21
Woolfolk
- Box 14 Folder
22
Worsham
- Box 14 Folder
23
Wrenn
- Box 14 Folder
24
Wright
- Box 14 Folder
25
Wright (Norfolk, Va.)
- Box 14 Folder
26
Wyatt
- Box 14 Folder
27
Young
- Box 14 Folder
28
Zane
- Box 14 Folder
29
Zimmerman
- Box 15 Folder 1
Accomack-Northampton Counties (Eastern Shore)
- Box 15 Folder 2
Albemarle County
- Box 15 Folder 3
Amherst County
- Box 15 Folder 4
Bedford County
- Box 15 Folder 5
Berkeley County
- Box 15 Folder
6-7
Berks, Bucks, Lancaster, and York Counties, Pennsylvania
- Box 15 Folder 8
Botetourt County
- Box 15 Folder 9
Brunswick County
- Box 15 Folder
10-14
Brunswick County Notes
- Box 16 Folder 1
Campbell County
- Box 16 Folder 2
Caroline County
- Box 16 Folder 3
Charles City County
- Box 16 Folder 4
Charlotte County
- Box 16 Folder 5
Charlotte County Marriage Records
- Box 16 Folder 6
Culpeper County
- Box 16 Folder 7
Cumberland County
- Box 16 Folder 8
Delaware
- Box 16 Folder 9
Elizabeth City County
- Box 16 Folder
10
Essex County
- Box 16 Folder
11
Fairfax County
- Box 16 Folder
12
Fauquier County
- Box 16 Folder
13
Fincastle/Montgomery County
- Box 16 Folder
14
Frederick County
- Box 16 Folder
15
Gloucester County
- Box 16 Folder
16
Goochland County
- Box 16 Folder
17
Hanover County
- Box 16 Folder
18
Henrico County
- Box 16 Folder
19
Henry County
- Box 16 Folder
20
Isle of Wight County
- Box 16 Folder
21
King William County
- Box 17 Folder 1
Lancaster County
- Box 17 Folder 2
Lexington
- Box 17 Folder 3
Loudoun County
- Box 17 Folder 4
Louisa County
- Box 17 Folder 5
Lunenburg County
- Box 17 Folder 6
Lunenburg County History
- Box 17 Folder 7
Lynchburg
- Box 17 Folder
8-9
Maryland
- Box 17 Folder
10
Mecklenburg County
- Box 17 Folder
11
Middlesex County
- Box 17 Folder
12
Nelson County
- Box 17 Folder
13
Norfolk County
- Box 17 Folder
14
North Carolina
- Box 17 Folder
15
Ohio
- Box 17 Folder
16
Orange County
- Box 17 Folder
17
Powhatan County
- Box 17 Folder
18
Prince Edward County
- Box 17 Folder
19
Prince William County
- Box 17 Folder
20
Princess Anne County
- Box 17 Folder
21
Richmond County
- Box 18 Folder
1-7
Rockbridge County
- Box 18 Folder 8
Rockingham County
- Box 18 Folder 9
Southampton County
- Box 18 Folder
10
Stafford County
- Box 18 Folder
11
Surry County
- Box 18 Folder
12
Sussex County
- Box 18 Folder
13
Tennessee
- Box 18 Folder
14
Washington County
- Box 18 Folder
15
Westmoreland County
- Box 18 Folder
16
Westmoreland County Will Abstracts
- Box 18 Folder
17
Winchester, Va.
- Box 18 Folder
18
York County
- Box 19 Folder 1
Application Blanks - Patriotic Organizations
- Box 19 Folder 2
Bacon's Rebellion
- Box 19 Folder 3
Baptists
- Box 19 Folder 4
Christmas Cards
- Box 19 Folder 5
Churches
- Box 19 Folder 6
Client Correspondence
- Box 19 Folder 7
Clippings
- Box 19 Folder 8
Cole, Alyce Jones - Correspondence
- Box 19 Folder 9
Colonial Dames
- Box 19 Folder
10
Confederate
- Box 19 Folder
11-12
Mrs. Connor
- Box 19 Folder
13
County Formation
- Box 19 Folder
14
County Formation and Boundaries
- Box 19 Folder
15-16
Courthouses
- Box 19 Folder
17
Mrs. Draper
- Box 20 Folder 1
Forts
- Box 20 Folder 2
French and Indian War
- Box 20 Folder 3
French Settlers
- Box 20 Folder 4
Furniture
- Box 20 Folder 5
Genealogy
- Box 20 Folder 6
Mrs. J.W. Greene
- Box 20 Folder 7
Historical Notes - Brunswick County
- Box 20 Folder 8
History
- Box 20 Folder 9
Horses and Racing
- Box 20 Folder
10-16
Indians
- Box 20 Folder
17
Library
- Box 20 Folder
18
Medicine
- Box 21 Folder 1
Miscellaneous
- Box 21 Folder
2-5
Miscellaneous Notes
- Box 21 Folder 6
Notes on Virginia History
- Box 21 Folder 7
Old Homes
- Box 21 Folder 8
Political
- Box 21 Folder 9
Quaker Records
- Box 21 Folder
10
Revolutionary War - Brunswick County
- Box 21 Folder
11
Scotch-Irish Eastern Virginia
- Box 21 Folder
12
Skyline Drive
- Box 21 Folder
13
Slavery
- Box 21 Folder
14
Slavery and Insurrections
- Box 21 Folder
15
Social Life-Brunswick County
- Box 21 Folder
16
War of 1812