Cabell Family Papers Guide to the Cabell Family Papers Mss. 65 C12

Guide to the Cabell Family Papers Mss. 65 C12

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Identification

Mss. 65 C12

Title

Cabell Family Papers 1693-1913 1743-1823

Quantity

7 Linear Feet

Creator

Cabell, Joseph C. (Joseph Carrington), 1778-1856

Creator

Crawford, William S., d. 1815

Creator

Marshall, John, 1755-1835

Language

English

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Preferred Citation:

Cabell Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchased: 3,192 items, 07/18/1941.

Biographical Information:

There were three generations of William Cabells who were surveyors. Dr. William Cabell (1700-1774) was a physician and assistant surveyor of Goochland and Albemarle Counties, Virginia under Joshua Fry and William Mayo. His son William Cabell (1729/30-1798) was also assistant surveyor of Albemarle County and surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia. His son and the third William Cabell (b. 1759) was surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Accounts, surveys and correspondence, chiefly 1743-1823, of members of the Cabell family of Albemarle and Amherst counties, Virginia.

Includes accounts and land transactions, 1733-1754, of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) as well as letters written to him concerning medical treatment.

Also includes accounts, surveys of Amherst County and correspondence with commission merchants of William Cabell (1730-1798); and surveyor's license and surveys of William Cabell (b. 1759).

Also includes correspondence, 1796-1820, of William H. Cabell (1772-1853); correspondence of William S. Crawford, clerk of Amherst County; and correspondence relating to the will of Patrick Henry, Jr. including a list of books purchased from the estate of Patrick Henry (1736-1799).

Prominent correspondents in the collection include Joseph Carrington Cabell, John Marshall, Philip Norborne Nicholas, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Edmund Pendleton and Peyton Randolph.

There are manuscript volumes of the field survey books of Dr. William Cabell; entry survey books for Goochland and Albemarle Counties, and lists of court cases by William S. Crawford as well as surveys signed by Joshua Fry and surveying business conducted by the College of William and Mary.

Surveyor's Notebooks from the Cabell Family papers in Swem Library's microforms area, 1 reel, call number TA522 .V8 C3.

Arrangement of Materials:

This collection is organized into two series, 1. Papers, and 2. Manuscripts. This collection is arranged chronologically by date.

Related Material

Letters, 1885-1890, from William Cabell, England, to Alexander Brown, are located in the Cabell-Brown Collection within the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Cabell-Brown Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Cabell- Brown Papers, 1885-1890.12 items.Collection number: Mss. Sm Coll Cabell-Brown

The letters of Alexander Brown have been separated into two inventories, located within Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, that are related to the Cabell Fmaily papers.

Alexander Brown Papers (I), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Alexander Brown Papers (II), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Account books
Albemarle County (Va.)
Amherst County (Va.)
Cabell family
Cabell, Joseph C. (Joseph Carrington), 1778-1856
Cabell, William, 1730-1798
Cabell, William, Dr., 1700-1774
Cabell, William, b. 1759
College of William and Mary--History--18th century
Colonial period, ca. 1609-1774
Correspondence
Crawford, William S., b. 1815
Freedmen--Virginia--History
Fry, Joshua, 1700 (ca.)-1754
Goochland County (Va.)
Goochland County (Va.)--History--18th century
Goochland County (Va.)--History--19th century
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799
Henry, Patrick, 1783-1804
Legal documents
Marshall, John, 1755-1835
Medicine--Virginia--History--18th century
Nicholas, Philip Norborne, 1773-1849
Slaves
Surveying--Virginia--History
Surveys (documents)
Virginia--Governors
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Cabell, Joseph C. (Joseph Carrington), 1778-1856
Cabell, William, 1730-1798
Cabell, William, Dr., 1700-1774
Cabell, William, b. 1759
Crawford, William S., b. 1815
Crawford, William S., d. 1815
Fry, Joshua, 1700 (ca.)-1754
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799
Marshall, John, 1755-1835
Nicholas, Philip Norborne, 1773-1849

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Albemarle County (Va.)
Amherst County (Va.)
Goochland County (Va.)
Virginia--Governors
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Container List

id161115

Series 1: Papers

1693-1913 and undated

Mixed Materials Box: 1 id161117
Papers
1693-1770
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id161118
  Receipt
  1693 October 9
  Scope and Contents
  Document Signed. Contains the mark of Richard Chivers.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id161760
  Note requesting payment to Mr. George Forman
  1725 October 15
  Scope and Contents
  Creator unknown. Signature clipped. Autograph Letter.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id161789
  Receipt of William Cabell on account of Henry Reynolds
  1733 August 21
  Scope and Contents
  Signed by Robert Hughes. Autograph Document Signed.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id161794
  Agreement between William Crawford and William Cabell
  1733 December 21
  Scope and Contents
  Autograph Document Signed
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id161804
  James Christian of St. Ann Parish & Albemarle County, Virginia document
  1735 June 23
  Scope and Contents
  James Christian is bound unto William Cabell for the sum of 198 pounds 7 shillings and one penny.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 23 Folder: 1 id161817
  Will of Samuel Meridith of Saint Paules Parish, Hanover County, Virginia. (Oversize)
  1739 January 3
  Scope and Contents
  With legacies to sons Elisha and Samuel and daughter Ruth Jordan. Witnessed by George Morrell and Thomas Ballard Smith. Document Signed. See medium oversize file.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id161825
  Three receipts of William Cabell
  1739
  Scope and Contents
  Signed by Benjamin Robinson and E. Bennet. See medium oversize file.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id161831
  Receipt of Mr. Caveall from Samuel Read, scale maker of London
  1740 June 24
  Scope and Contents
  Autograph Document.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id161841
  Arthur Hopkins of "Dear Friend"
  1741 January 11
  Scope and Contents
  About his sending Westcote Buttons and staples for the Baggs. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id161860
  Order of the Council held at the Capitol
  1743 May 6
  Scope and Contents
  Order upon the petition of William Cabell, Senior, Joseph Cabell, John Cabell, and William Hopkins. Leave is granted them to take up 6,000 acres in Goochland County on the branches of Blackwater Creek and bounded on Nicholas Davis' land and to extend backward towards other rivers. Signed by Robert Staunton and John Blair.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id161868
  Promissory note of Robert Burton and Pleasant Cocke
  1743 July 30
  Scope and Contents
  Payable to Samuel Allen. Tobacco receipt. Document Signed.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id161881
  Request for survey, signed by James Neville
  1743
  Scope and Contents
  Note added that "Entry made 1743 Joshua Fry".
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id161888
  William Cabell, Richard Burk, and John Mims enter an order of Council
  1743 August 5
  Scope and Contents
  For 1600 acres of land beg[inning] at Samuel Burks, Jun[io]r; William Cabell enters for 400 acres of land beginning at the fork of Ioes Creek, and 400 acres on both sides of Fendlys Creek. Autographed Document.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id161893
  Entries in Colonel Mayo's book, and entries with Colonel Fry
  1743 August 5
  Scope and Contents
  Autograph Document.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id161904
  (William Horsley?) to "Sr" (Captain William Cabell, Albemarle County)
  1744 April 3
  Scope and Contents
  Scope and Contents About sending John Row with 2 Negroes to "bent plantation" [signature clipped]. Autograph Letter.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id161910
  Order of Governor's Council
  1744 May 3
  Scope and Contents
  Order signed by N. Walthoe. That William Cabell be granted leave to survey 1200 acres in Goochland County.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id161917
  Entries of William Cabell for land transactions with the dates
  1743 August 5, 1744 October 17
  Scope and Contents
  Autograph Document.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id161923
  A receipt for Certificates Rights and patent fees of William Cabell
  1744 October 25
  Scope and Contents
  Signed by W. Wagner.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id161930
  Order of Governor's Council, entered in Auditors Office by John Blair
  1744 October 29
  Scope and Contents
  That William Cabell be granted leave to take up 1200 acres in Goochland on both sides of the Fluvanna River.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id161935
  Accounts of Captainn William Cabell
  1744
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id161942
  Debts of Robert Kidd, signed by H. Wood
  1744 March-1745 May
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id161948
  Agreement between Benjamin Stennet and Joshua Fry
  1745 August 22
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id161955
  Land Survey for William Miller
  1746 February 5
  Scope and Contents
  Survey of 50 acres on the south side of Rockfish River.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id161961
  Surveys, signed by William Cabell and Joshua Fry
  1746 February 23, 1746 March 5
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id161964
  List of debts due William Cabell
  1746 August
  Scope and Contents
  Document.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id161967
  Statement of Matthew Jordain
  Undated
  Scope and Contents
  Document.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id161976
  Indenture between Charles Burks (Birks) of Albemarle County and John Pleasant of Henrico County
  1746 March 12
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id161993
  Land Survey for William Johnson, Albemarle Parish
  1747 February 11
  Scope and Contents
  Signed by William Cabell and Joshua Fry. This document was conserved with support from the Virginia State Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id161994
  Land survey for Bishup (sic) Toney, signed by William Cabell and Joshua Fry
  1747 May 20
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id161995
  Receipt for Bishop Toney's two surveys, signed by Thomas Everard
  1747 June 9
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id161996
  Note requesting payment of Captain William Cabell from Patrick Napier
  1747 June 23
  Scope and Contents
  Signature clipped.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id161997
  Land survey
  1747 November 27
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id161998
  Note giving details of survey for Captain Charles Lynch, signed by William Cabell
  1747 November 25
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id161999
  Land survey of 2460 acres on the south branch of Rockfish River
  1747 December 31
  Scope and Contents
  Signed by William Cabell and Joshua Fry. Conserved with support of the Daughters of Colonial Wars of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id162000
  Land surveys signed by Joshua Fry, surveyor, William Cabell, assistant surveyor; and Thomas Turpin, assistant surveyor
  1748
  Scope and Contents
  Receipts signed by Thomas Everard.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id162001
  Land surveys in Albemarle
  1749 October 10
  Scope and Contents
  Surveys signed by William Cabell, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor, and will of George Braxton of St. Stephens parish in King and Queen County.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id162002
  Land surveys
  1750
  Scope and Contents
  Surveys signed by William Cabell, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor, note signed by Benjamin Waller.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16 id162003
  Deed of sale
  1750 December 5
  Scope and Contents
  By which Peter Randolph sold Samuel Burk a half acre lot in the town of Westham.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17 id162004
  Papers relating to surveying
  1751 April 10
  Scope and Contents
  Signed by Thomas Jefferson, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor. Including survey of land in Albemarle County.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18 id162005
  Receipts and surveys signed by Thomas Turpen, assistant surveyor and Joshua Fry, surveyor
  1752
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19 id162006
  Surveys signed by William Cabell, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor
  1753
  Scope and Contents
  Condition of obligation between Mathew Talbot, Clement Read and Charles Talbot and Cornelius Cargill, Robert Henry Dyer, William Caldwell, and Abraham Martin.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20 id162007
  Surveys signed by Peter Jefferson and William Cabell
  1753-1754
  Scope and Contents
  Receipts signed by Benjamin Waller and Thomas Everard. Two documents dated 1754 were conserved with support from the Virginia State Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21 id162008
  Receipts signed by James Lyle, George Gilmere, James Nevil, and John Reid
  1755
  Scope and Contents
  Survey signed by John Staples, assistannt surveyor.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22 id162009
  Receipts signed by Charles Binns, James Nivel, Ben Waller, and John Nicholas
  1756
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 id162010
  Charge to Grand Jury
  1757
  Scope and Contents
  Receipt signed by James Nevil and Ben Waller. Survey signed by John Staples.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24 id162011
  Receipts of William Cabell, Junior
  1758
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25 id162012
  Receipts of William Cabell, Junior
  1759
  Scope and Contents
  One receipt signed by T. Everard.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26 id162013
  Receipts and an account of Dr. William Cabell with Robert Munford, Clk.
  1760
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 27 id162015
  Official statement
  1761 June 30
  Scope and Contents
  Statement from N. Walthoe, Williamsburg, Virginia to the Justices of Amherst County. Approving the place for the County Court House to be established, providing it be built at the expense of the county.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 27 id162016
  Account of William Cabell with John Harvie
  1761
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 28 id162017
  Business papers, and a deed of Samuell Meredith (sic)
  1761 December 16, 1762 January 7
  Scope and Contents
  Admitted to court record.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 29 id162019
  Letters from Alexander McCaul, Richmond, to Dr. William Cabell
  1763 June 3, 1763 June 11
  Scope and Contents
  About sending the supplies he had ordered and discussing the price of tobacco.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 29 id162020
  Surveys and receipts
  1763
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 30 id162022
  Receipts and surveys of Colonel William Cabell
  1764
  Scope and Contents
  See medium oversize file.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 23 Folder: 1 id162023
  Account of Colonel William Cabell with Alexander McCaul (Oversize)
  1764
  Scope and Contents
  See medium oversize file.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 30 id162024
  A list of fees received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, Junior, surveyor
  1765
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 31 id162997
  (?) Lenevess to Dr. William Cabell
  1765 May 22
  Scope and Contents
  Requesting medical treatment for his wife and describing her symptoms.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 31 id162998
  Surveys and notes
  1765
  Scope and Contents
  Concerning surveys by William Cabell, Junior, surveyor.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 31 id162999
  Receipts
  1765
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 31 id163003
  Letter from Joel Watkins, Prince Edward County, to Dr. William Cabell
  1765 October 30
  Scope and Contents
  Requesting treatment and listing his wife's symptoms.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 32 id163014
  "Invoice of Sundries shipt by the John, Captain John Breakhill for Virginia on Account of Collo. William Cabell, Junior"
  1766 February
  Scope and Contents
  Autograph Document Signed.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 32 id163016
  Notes relating to surveying
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 32 id163019
  A list of fees received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, Junior, surveyor
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 32 id163022
  Legal notice signed by Peter Randolph
  1766 December 12
  Scope and Contents
  Authorizing William Cabell, Junior, to be Deputy Escheator for the counties of Albemarle, Amherst, Buckingham, and Bedford.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 33 id163028
  "Invoice of Sundries shipt by the John, Captain John Breakhill for Virginia on Account of Colonel William Cabell Junior,"
  1767 February 7
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 33 id163031
  Receipts and surveys
  1767
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 33 id163036
  "A list of fees received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell Junior surveyor"
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 34 id163052
  "Invoice of Sundries shipt per the John, Captain John Breakhill for Virginia on the account of Colonel William Cabell Junior"
  1768 February
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 34 id163055
  Receipts signed by Benjamin Waller, James Nevil
  1768
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 34 id163059
  Richard Shelton to Dr. William Cabell
  1768 August 28
  Scope and Contents
  About his daughter's illness.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 34 id163062
  Survey signed by James Higginbotham, assistant surveyor, and William Cabell, surveyor
  1768 December 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 35 id163067
  Receipts
  1769
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 35 id163073
  John Backhouse, Liverpool, to Colonel William Cabell, Junior
  1769 February
  Scope and Contents
  About the sale of his tobacco.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 35 id163075
  Receipt signed by William Rind, to Colonel William Cabell
  1769 May 14
  Scope and Contents
  For payment for the Gazette.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 35 id163079
  Surveys signed by James Higginbotham and William Cabell, Junior
  1769
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 36 id163090
  Account of William Cabell, Junior with the College of William and Mary
  1769 May
  Scope and Contents
  Settled May 2769 (for 1768) "for the use of the College of William and Mary." Signed by John Blair, Junior on the reverse of "A List of Fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell Junior, surveyor."
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 36 id163108
  Settlement of the account of William Cabell, Junior surveyor of Amherst with the College of William and Mary
  1769 November 14
  Scope and Contents
  Scope and Contents "For the use of the College of William & Mary," signed by John Blair, on reverse of "A List of fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, Jun[io]r, surveyor."
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 37 id163111
  Receipt for calico and linen, etc. for Mrs. Cabell
  circa 1769
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 38 id163119
  Receipts of Colonel William Cabell
  1770
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 38 id163129
  "Sales of Ten Hogsheads Tobacco received September 1769 per the John from Virginia on Account of Col. William Cabell Junior"
  1769 September
  Scope and Contents
  Includes "Invoice of Sundries Shipt by John Backhouse on board the John John Breakhill for Virginia on Account Colonel William Cabell Junior."
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 38 id163133
  John Backhouse, Liverpool, to Colonel William Cabell
  1770 February 14
  Scope and Contents
  About his tobacco sales and invoice.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 38 id163136
  Surveying papers
  1770
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 38 id163140
  Benjamin Howard to Dr. William Cabell
  1770 August 3
  Scope and Contents
  About his wife's illness.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 38 id163148
  Account of William Cabell with the College of William and Mary
  1770 October 22
  Scope and Contents
  On reverse of "A List of Fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell Junior, surveyor," signed by Robert Miller, Bursar.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 38 id234845
  Will of William Shelton, Louisa County, Virginia
  1770 January
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 39 id163152
  John Backhouse, Liverpool, to Colonel William Cabell
  1770 July 17
  Scope and Contents
  About the insurance due on the wheat and tobacco.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 id163157
Papers, 1771-1787
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id163160
  "Invoice of Sundries shipped by the John Captain John Breakhill for Virginia on Account of Mr. William Cabell Junior."
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id163161
  Receipts of William Cabell, Junior
  1771
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id163162
  John Backhouse, Liverpool, to William Cabell, Junior
  1771
  Scope and Contents
  About his account.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id163163
  Surveys by James Higginbotham, assistant surveyor, and William Cabell, Junior, surveyor, in Amherst County, Virginia
  1771
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id163168
  "A List of Bonds & Cash delivered Peyton Randolph Esqr., Executor of the Will & c. of the Honorable Philip Grymes Esqr. decd..."
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id163175
  Settlement with Peyton Randolph Esqr., Executor of the Will & c. of the Honorable Philip Grymes Esqr. and Cr.
  1771 July 20
  Scope and Contents
  Signed by Peyton Randolph.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id163187
  Peyton Randolph to Colonel William Cabell
  1771 November 6
  Scope and Contents
  About Thomas Lomax's giving security for his father's mortgage and removing the Negroes.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id163197
  The accounts of William Cabell, Junior with the College of William and Mary
  1771 November 4
  Scope and Contents
  On the reverse of "A List of Fees Received for Surveys in Amherst County, by William Cabell Junior, surveyor," signed by Robert Miller, Bursar.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id163199
  "Invoice of Sundries shipped by the John Captain John Breakhill for Virginia on Account of Coll. William Cabell"
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id163200
  John Backhouse, Liverpool, to Colonel William Cabell, Junior
  1772 February 4
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id163201
  Note about an account signed by George Wythe , C.H. B. (Clerk of the House of Burgesses)
  1772 April
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id163202
  Edmund Pendleton to Colonel William Cabell
  1772 September 16
  Scope and Contents
  About his father's suit. Copy.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id163203
  The account of William Cabell, Junior, surveyor of Amherst County with the College of William and Mary
  1772 October 15
  Scope and Contents
  On the reverse of "A List of Fees Rec[eive]d for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, jun[io]r, surv[eyor]." Autograph Document Signed.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id163205
  John Backhouse, Liverpool, to Colonel William Cabell, Junior
  1773 February 19
  Scope and Contents
  Saying "I am truly sorry they have not altogether answered your Expectations."
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id163206
  W. Cabell, Amherst County, to John Backhouse
  1773 June 10
  Scope and Contents
  Stating why he will not renew his consignment.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id163207
  Legal papers
  1773
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id163208
  Receipts and survey signed by James Higginbotham, assistant surveyor, and William Cabell, Junior, surveyor
  1774
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id163209
  Notes, receipts, and surveys signed by James Higginbotham, assistant surveyor and William Cabell, surveyor
  1775
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id163210
  Receipts and list of debts on Colonel William Cabell in account with Charles Irving for Henderson & Company
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id163212
  Account of William Cabell with William Loving, Deputy Sheriff, Amherst County, Virginia
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id163213
  Indenture, between Edward Tinsley and Joshua Tinsley
  1777
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id163215
  Listo of surveyors fees put into the hands of the sheriff of Amherst County
  1778
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id163216
  Receipts
  1778
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id163219
  Accounts, receipts, and notes
  1779
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id163220
  Accounts of Hampden Sydney Academy
  1778-1779
  Scope and Contents
  Copy(?).
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id163221
  Land grant to William Aaron, signed by Thomas Jefferson, Governor of Virginia
  1780 July 20
  Scope and Contents
  (Signature clipped). Document.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11 id163222
  Accounts of Colonel William Cabell, miscellaneous
  
  Scope and Contents
  Accounts of Colonel William Cabell, 1781; Hugh Rose, Amherst, to Major William Cabell, June 9, 1781; Two lists of militia ordered into service from Amherst County, 1781; Hugh Rose, Amherst, to Major William Cabell, July 24, 1781; Miscellaneous Receipts.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12 id163228
  Surveys signed by William Hay, assistant surveyor
  1782
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12 id163229
  Surveys signed by James Barnett, assistant surveyor, and William Cabell, Junior, surveyor
  1782
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12 id163230
  Receipts
  1782
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13 id163232
  Surveyors license signed by James Madison, George Wythe , Charles Bellini, and Benjamin Harrison
  1783 October 2
  Scope and Contents
  Issued by the College of William and Mary to William Cabell (William Cabell, Jr., 1759-) and signed by James Madison, George Wythe , Charles Bellini, and Benjamin Harrison.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13 id163233
  List of debts paid by Amherst County
  1783 March
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13 id163234
  Accounts and receipts
  1783
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14 id163236
  Agreement between William Cabell and James Robards
  1784 February 28
  Scope and Contents
  Including house plan. Oversize. House plan scan=G0733.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14 id163237
  Accounts and receipts
  1784
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14 id163238
  Debts paid by Amherst County
  1784 June 8
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15 id164118
  Charles Crawford, Hampden Sydney College
  1785 January 20
  Scope and Contents
  To his brother William Sid Crawford, Amherst, about his studies.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15 id164121
  Accounts and receipts
  1785
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15 id164125
  A list of suits in which William Crawford (attorney) is employed
  1785 September
  Scope and Contents
  Document.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15 id164130
  Debts of William Cabell, Junior, to the sheriff of Amherst
  1773 October 18-1785 September 16
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15 id164133
  Land grant to William Cabell
  1785 December 2
  Scope and Contents
  Signed by Patrick Henry.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16 id164136
  Survey signed by William Cabell, Junior, surveyor
  1786
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16 id164137
  Accounts and receipts
  1786
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17 id164139
  A list of suits brought in the County Court of Albemarle by William S. Crawford
  1782-1787
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17 id164140
  Charge to the Grand Jury
  1787 August
  Scope and Contents
  Unsigned document.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17 id164141
  Surveys signed by Joseph Barnett, assistant surveyor, and William Cabell, surveyor
  Undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 id164142
Papers, 1788-1797
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id164143
  Legal documents showing handwriting of Colonel William Cabell
  1758, 1788
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id164144
  Accounts and surveys of Amherst County
  1788
  Scope and Contents
  Signed by James Montgomery, assistant surveyor, and William Cabell, Junior, surveyor.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id164146
  Accounts and legal papers of William Cabell, Junior
  1789
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id164147
  Dr. George Gilmer, Pen Park, to Colonel William Cabell
  1789 December 19
  Scope and Contents
  Giving medical advice.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id164153
  Letters
  1790 May
  Scope and Contents
  Two letters dealing with the levy to pay for the county jail and repairing the court house.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id164154
  Accounts of William Cabell, Senior
  1787-1790
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id164155
  "A state of the case between Davies & Burks"
  1790 March 13
  Scope and Contents
  Signed by Nicholas Davies.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id164157
  Accounts of William Cabell
  1790
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id164159
  George Gilmer, Pen Park, to Colonel William Cabell, Union Hill, Amherst
  1790 June 5
  Scope and Contents
  Giving medical advice.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id164161
  A list of land belonging to William Cabell, Junior
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id164163
  Receipt, signed by George Gilmer
  1790 October 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id164166
  Receipts of William Cabell
  1791
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id164169
  Joseph Jones Monroe Letter
  1791 October 18
  Scope and Contents
  Addressed to an unknown recipient. Requesting a copy of a bill.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id164172
  Joseph Jones Monroe, Charlottesville, to William S. Crawford, Clerk of Amherst
  1791 December 22
  Scope and Contents
  About his plans to move his law practice to Amherst.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id164175
  George Gilmer, Pen Park, to Colonel William Cabell
  1792 January 26
  Scope and Contents
  Giving medical advice.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id164176
  Legal papers and accounts of Colonel William Cabell, Junior
  1792
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id164180
  Landon Cabell, Kingston, Jamaica, to his brother William Cabell
  1792 September 2
  Scope and Contents
  Explaining why he will not return home from Jamaica and stating, " I live, I repent and will atone, as far as a future life of self denial, and a steady observance of all that is right can atone for my misdeeds."
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id164181
  John Nicholas, Charlottesville, to William Cabell, Junior
  1792 October 13
  Scope and Contents
  About Cabell's candidacy for U.S. Representative.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id164182
  William Cabell, Union Hill, to Landon Cabell, Kingston, Jamaica
  Undated
  Scope and Contents
  Requesting him to return home. Copy.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id164183
  Account of Colonel Joseph Cabell
  1792 December 31
  Scope and Contents
  With note signed by John Breckinridge.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id164187
  Accounts, receipts, and legal papers
  1793
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id164190
  Prescription by Dr. Gilmer
  1793 August 19
  Scope and Contents
  Letter.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id164192
  George Gilmer, Pen Park, to Colonel William Cabell
  1793 August 24
  Scope and Contents
  About his family's health.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id164196
  James Pleasants, Junior, Goochland, to William Crawford, Amherst
  1793 October 26
  Scope and Contents
  About subscriptions to his relative Mr. Pleasant's paper which is "entirely friendly to Republicanism and the cause of France..."
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id164200
  Legal papers and receipts
  1794
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id164205
  George Hancock, Philadelphia, to William S. Crawford, Amherst County, Virginia
  1794 February 13
  Scope and Contents
  About legislation in the U.S. Congress.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id164207
  Charge to Grand Jury
  1794 March, 1794 August
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9 id164215
  Accounts, letters relating to land transactions
  1795
  Scope and Contents
  Includes surveys signed by James Higginbotham, surveyor.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9 id164226
  Landon Cabell to Colonel William Cabell
  1795 November 23
  Scope and Contents
  About business matters.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10 id164233
  Accounts, receipts, and legal papers
  1796
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10 id164234
  J. Breckinridge, Fayette, to William S. Crawford, Amherst
  1796 April 8
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10 id164235
  William H. Cabell, Richmond, to Colonel William Cabell
  1796 November 14-18
  Scope and Contents
  Mentioning legal advice given by John Marshall.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10 id164236
  "Memo of shoes, stockings & blankets gave my Negroes,"
  1796 November 27
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11 id164237
  Accounts and receipts
  1797
Mixed Materials Box: 4 id164238
Papers, 1798-1806
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id164240
  Accounts and receipts
  1798
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id164241
  John Marshall, Richmond, to William S. Crawford Esquire, Attorney at Law, Amherst
  1798 September 26
  Scope and Contents
  About resuming his practice in the superior court and engaging in the business you mention.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id164242
  Letters from William H. Cabell (1772-1853) to William S. Crawford and other(s)
  1798 December 13, 1798 December 17, 1798 December 21
  Scope and Contents
  About the division of the county.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id164243
  Accounts and Receipts
  1799
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id164245
  Survey signed by James Higginbotham, surveyor
  1800
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id164246
  Phillip Norbonne Nicholas, Richmond, to William S. Crawford
  1800 September 12
  Scope and Contents
  About the selection of electors.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id164247
  W.B. Hare, (delegate from Amherst County), Richmond to William S. Crawford, Amherst
  1800 December 3
  Scope and Contents
  Saying all the electors will vote for Jefferson and Burr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id164249
  Receipts and surveys signed by James C. Higginbotham, assistant surveyor
  1801
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id164250
  Business correspondence
  1801
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5 id164251
  John Camm, Richmond, to William S. Crawford, Cabellsburg, Amherst County, Virginia
  1802 December 26
  Scope and Contents
  Mentioning the work of the current session of the House of Delegates and the dispute which took place between George Hay and James Thompson Callender.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6 id164253
  Business correspondence of William S. Crawford
  1803
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6 id164254
  Thomas M. Randolph, Albemarle, to William Crawford, Clerk of Amherst County, Virginia
  1803 July 16
  Scope and Contents
  Requesting a copy of the Amherst polls for Representative in Congress and commenting on international news.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6 id164255
  John Camm, Richmond, to William S. Crawford, Amherst County
  1803 December 29
  Scope and Contents
  Giving news of the House of Delegates.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id165052
  Receipts and papers of William Cabell and William S. Crawford
  1804
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id165053
  William B. Hare, Midway, to Colonel William Cabell
  1804 April 26
  Scope and Contents
  About a promise of a loan. Signature clipped.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id165054
  William B. Hare, Midway, to Captain Edward Carter
  1804 December 22
  Scope and Contents
  On business matters.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id165055
  Letter from William B. Hare, Midway
  1804 December 22
  Scope and Contents
  Letter to unknown recipient on business matters.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id165056
  List of books purchased by Patrick Henry
  1804 October 30
  Scope and Contents
  List of books from his father's estate contained in a letter from E. Winston to Colonel William Cabell.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id165058
  Receipts of Colonel William Cabell
  1805
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id165059
  E. Winston, Huntingtour, to ColonelWilliam Cabell
  1805 January 16
  Scope and Contents
  About the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id165061
  Printed notice of Thomas M. Randolph
  1805 January 21
  Scope and Contents
  About Mr. Leake of Albemarle who hopes to take his place in the House of Representatives. Document.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id165063
  Fayette Henry, Lynchburg, to ColonelWilliam Cabell
  1805 April 17
  Scope and Contents
  About the preaching of his deceased brother's funeral sermon.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id165065
  Landon Cabell to Colonel William Cabell
  1805 May 5
  Scope and Contents
  On business matters.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id165067
  William Jordan Cabell, Washington Academy, to his father William Cabell
  1805 June 23
  Scope and Contents
  About his (lottery?) tickets.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id165068
  E. Winston, Huntingtour, to Colonel William Cabell
  1805 August 5
  Scope and Contents
  About the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id165070
  E. Winston to Colonel William Cabell
  1805 December 15
  Scope and Contents
  About the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id165074
  Note about Mr. Henry's estate
  1806 January 29
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id165077
  Legal papers of William Cabell
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id165079
  William Jordan Cabell, Washington Academy, to his father William Cabell
  1806 March 26
  Scope and Contents
  About his debts.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id165081
  William H. Cabell, Richmond, to Colonel William Cabell
  1806 April 29
  Scope and Contents
  About the sale of his tobacco.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id165082
  William H. Cabell, to Colonel William Cabell
  1806 May 13
  Scope and Contents
  About the sale of his tobacco.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id165083
  William H. Cabell, Richmond, to Colonel William Cabell
  1806 May 20
  Scope and Contents
  About the sale of his tobacco.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id165084
  William H. Cabell, Richmond, to Colonel William Cabell
  1806 May 30
  Scope and Contents
  About the sale of his tobacco.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id165085
  William H. Cabell, Richmond, to Colonel William Cabell
  1806 June 24
  Scope and Contents
  About the sale of his tobacco.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id165091
  William H. Cabell, Richmond, to Colonel William Cabell
  1806 July 29
  Scope and Contents
  About the sale of his tobacco.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id165093
  William H. Cabell, Richmond, to Colonel William Cabell
  1806 August 12
  Scope and Contents
  About the sale of his tobacco.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id165097
  William J. Cabell, Washington Academy, to his father Colonel William Cabell
  1806 August 11
  Scope and Contents
  About his family's health and his studies.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id165100
  William H. Cabell, Richmond, to Colonel William Cabell
  1806 September 1
  Scope and Contents
  About the settlement of Mr. Henry's debts.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id165103
  Public notice
  1806 September 10
  Scope and Contents
  Scope and Contents About the opening of "a public school"; in the New Glasgow Academy.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id165106
  Paulina Read to her brother William Cabell, Senior
  1806 November 22, 1806 December 21
  Scope and Contents
  About the management of her slaves--probably selling Frank because he has no connections nearby or hiring him out to "some humane person that will treat him well."
Mixed Materials Box: 5 id165108
Papers, 1807-1813
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id165112
  Accounts of William Cabell
  1807
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id165115
  William H. Cabell, Richmond, to Colonel William Cabell
  1807 October 20, 1807 November 1
  Scope and Contents
  Signature clipped.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id165118
  Reuben Crawford, Shelbyville, to his brother Charles Crawford, Amherst County, Virginia
  1807 October 23, 1807 November 15
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id165122
  Wilson Cary Nicholas, Washington D.C., House of Representatives, to William Crawford, Amherst Courthouse, Virginia
  1807 December 6
  Scope and Contents
  Date on letter is incorrectly recorded as 1707. About negotiations with the British government.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id165125
  William B. Hare, Richmond, to Colonel William Cabell
  1807 December 22
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id165129
  William H. Cabell to the Court of Amherst
  1808
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id165131
  Elizabeth Crawford, Amherst County, to "My dear son"
  1808 April 9
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id165132
  William H. Cabell, Richmond, to Colonel William Cabell
  1808 June 22
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id165133
  Landon Cabell, to his brother Colonel William Cabell
  1808 June 26
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id165134
  Landon Cabell's deposition
  1808 October 29
  Scope and Contents
  Deposition about a negro runaway slave named Fleming.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id165136
  Accounts
  1809
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id165137
  Dabney Carr, Charlottesville, to William S. Crawford, Amherst
  1809 February 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id165139
  Accounts
  1810
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id165140
  William B. Hare, Richmond, to Colonel William Cabell
  1810 May 24
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id165141
  William H. Cabell to Colonel William Cabell
  1810 May 21, 1810 December 22
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id165143
  David S. Garland, Washington, D.C. to William S. Crawford, Amherst County, Virginia
  1811 January 27
  Scope and Contents
  About the happenings in the House of Representatives.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id165144
  David S. Garland, City of Washington Letter
  Undated
  Scope and Contents
  Letter to unknown recipient.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id165145
  David S. Garland, City of Washington Letter
  1811 February 26
  Scope and Contents
  Letter to unknown recipient.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id165146
  William H. Cabell Letter
  1811 August 14
  Scope and Contents
  Letter to unknown recipient.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id165147
  William H. Cabell, Monte Video, to Colonel William Cabell
  1811 August 1811
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id165148
  Joseph C. Cabell, Edgewood, to Colonel William Cabell
  1811 August 17
  Scope and Contents
  Mentioning that Mr. Tucker and he will come to dinner.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id165149
  Joseph C. Cabell, Edgewood, to Colonel William Cabell
  1811 August 18
  Scope and Contents
  Signature clipped.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id165150
  Letter from William H. Hare, Richmond
  1811 December 17
  Scope and Contents
  Letter to unknown recipient.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6 id165152
  Accounts
  1812
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6 id165153
  Joseph C. Cabell, Richmond, to Colonel William Cabell
  1812 January 6
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7 id165154
  Accounts, receipts, and business correspondence
  1813
Mixed Materials Box: 6 id165155
Papers, 1814-1829
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id165157
  Accounts
  1814
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id165158
  Business letters written to William S. Crawford
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id165159
  Joseph C. Cabell, Richmond, to Mr. and Mrs. McLelland
  1814 December 7
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id165160
  Joseph C. Cabell, Richmond, to Colonel William Cabell
  1814 December 29
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id165162
  William Cabell, List of property
  1815
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id165163
  Joseph C. Cabell, Edgewood, to Colonel William Cabell
  1815 February 11
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id165164
  Joseph Ce. Cabell, Edgewood, to Colonel William Cabell
  1815 March 4
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id165166
  Accounts and receipts
  1816
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id165167
  Thomas Hawkins to Colonel William Cabell, about the clothing of Negroes
  1816 October 20
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4 id165169
  Accounts and business papers
  1817
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4 id165170
  Paul Carrington, Sr. to Colonel William Cabell
  1817 March 25
  Scope and Contents
  About "the family of Hannah I mean the two girls, who have never been House servants, other than as spinners, at which business they have been excellent hands and may yet be so, if taught a proper degree of subordination by a mistress--the others except the small children have been wrought in the plantation," Signature clipped.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5 id165172
  Business papers
  1818
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5 id165173
  Joseph C. Cabell, Edgewood, to S. George Tucker
  1818 July 3
  Scope and Contents
  Scope and Contents Saying his "negroes ar now under excellent discipline and so free from punishment & so well satisfied with their situation, that my carpenter John Brown, who must be sent to Corrottoman this fall, if very much opposed to going although I consent for his wife to go with him. My overseer is an active, attentive & amiable man."
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5 id165174
  Joseph C. Cabell, Edgewood, to St. George Tucker
  1818 October 28
  Scope and Contents
  Content about the difficulty of hiring a new overseer.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6 id165176
  Business correspondence
  1819
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6 id165177
  William H. Cabell, Monte Video, to Colonel William Cabell
  1818 November 22
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7 id165179
  Business correspondence and receipts
  1820
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7 id165180
  William H. Cabell to Colonel William Cabell
  1820 September 17
  Scope and Contents
  About business matters.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7 id165181
  S.C. Cabell to Papa (Colonel William Cabell)
  1820 November 6
  Scope and Contents
  Scope and Contents About news at "Union Grove".
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 8 id165183
  Joseph C. Cabell, Richmond, to Colonel William Cabell
  1821 February 8
  Scope and Contents
  About his plans to be a candidate for the Senate.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 8 id165184
  Joseph C. Cabell, Edgewood, to Dr. George Callaway
  1821 October 19
  Scope and Contents
  About business matters.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 8 id165185
  Accounts and business correspondence
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 9 id165186
  Business correspondence
  1822
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 10 id165188
  Joseph C. Cabell, Warminster, to St. George Tucker
  1823 June 7
  Scope and Contents
  About family and business matters.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 10 id165189
  A bill of jobs for Mrs. Callay
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 11 id165190
  Manuscript volume of essays dated Richmond, Virginia
  1828 June 7
  Scope and Contents
  Manuscript Volume 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 12 id165191
  Plat of 144 acres, Nelson County, belonging to Charles Flood
  1829 August 31
  Scope and Contents
  Signed by William Hill, assisant surveyor.
Mixed Materials Box: 7 id165192
Papers, 1830-1913
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1 id165194
  Receipt
  1830 May 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1 id165195
  Creed Taylor to William Long
  1831 December 24
  Scope and Contents
  About hiring his man, Joshua.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1 id165196
  Business papers
  1834
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2 id165198
  Business letter
  1837 November 19
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2 id165199
  Account of Robert L. Brown with James Smiley
  1838
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2 id165200
  Small manuscript volume of surveying notes made for William Horsley
  1839 January 23, 1839 February 21
  Scope and Contents
  Manuscript Volume 2.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id165202
  Field notes of land surveyed for George W. Smiley
  1840
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id165203
  Field notes surveyed for James W. Smiley
  1841
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id165204
  Field notes surveyed for William A. Payne
  1841
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id165205
  Field notes surveyed for Thomas Carter
  1841
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id165206
  Business papers
  1843
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id165207
  Receipt
  1844
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id165208
  Receipt and business letters
  1845
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4 id165210
  Accounts and surveys
  1846
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4 id165211
  Accounts and surveys
  1847
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4 id165212
  Accounts and surveys
  1848
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4 id165213
  Accounts and surveys
  1851
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4 id165214
  Accounts and surveys
  1852
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4 id165215
  Accounts and surveys
  1853
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 5 id165217
  Accounts and business correspondence
  1854-1856
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 5 id165218
  Accounts of Mayo Cabell with Isaac R. Watkins
  1856
  Scope and Contents
  Manuscript Volume 3.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 6 id165219
  Accounts and business correspondence
  1857-1862
  Scope and Contents
  Including accounts of Robert L. Brown and Mayo Cabell and business letters of Mayo Cabell.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 7 id166308
  Business correspondence
  1867
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 7 id166311
  Business correspondence of Alexander Brown
  1876-1878
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 7 id166313
  Accounts and memoranda
  1879
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 7 id166317
  Business correspondence of Alexander Brown and copies of his letters relating to his history of the colony of Virginia
  1880-1886
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 7 id166320
  Accounts of Miss Lucy G. Cabell
  1911-1913
Mixed Materials Box: 8 id166322
Undated Papers
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166324
  Undated letters, alphabetical by signature
  
  Scope and Contents
  42 items.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166328
    M.B. Brown
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166332
    James Murray Brown
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166335
    William Brown
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166337
    George Cabell, Jr.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166340
    Captain Hector Cabbill (Cabell)
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166342
    Nicholas Cabell
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166344
    N. Cabell, Jr.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166345
    Samuel J. Cabell
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166348
    Col. S.J. Cabell
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166350
    William D. Cabell
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166352
    William H. Cabell
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166354
    William J. Cabell
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166356
    L. Cally
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166358
    Cdm. Carrington
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166360
    C. Carrington
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166369
    Thomas W. Cocke
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166371
    Reuben Crawford
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166373
    Nicholas Daviss
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166375
    S. Garland
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166377
    Thomas Goodwin
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166379
    Samuel Hansbrough
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166381
    James Ingram
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166383
    Lawrence Long
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166384
    Will Long
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166386
    John Loving
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166389
    Thomas McCleland
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166392
    Peters Martin & Co.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166393
    Thomas Moore
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166395
    E. Penn
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166396
    Col. Gabriel Penn
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166398
    J. Penn
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166399
    Tomas Penn
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166401
    George Perkins
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166403
    John Phillips
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166405
    R. Rives
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166407
    Elizabeth Rose
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166409
    W. Spencer
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166411
    Smyth Tandy
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166413
    John Timberlake
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166414
    Samuel Venable
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166415
    William Warwick
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id166416
    John Watkins
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2 id166417
  Undated and lost signature correspondence
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 3 id166418
  Livestock on various farms.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 4 id166420
  List of books belonging to estate of William Cabell
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 5 id166424
  Lists of Slaves
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 6 id166426
  Legal documents
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 7 id166428
  Papers relating to the James Dickie dispute
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 8 id166431
  Religious writings
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 9 id166434
  Prescriptions
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 10 id166436
  Undated accounts, legal papers, and surveys
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 11 id166439
  Biography of Colonel William Cabell, Sr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 12 id166441
  Autographs before 1799
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 13 id166443
  Signatures
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 14 id166447
  Broadside "John W. Barnett's Tobacco Curing! Process"
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 15 id166452
  Notes on historical source material
  
  Scope and Contents
  Manuscript
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 16 id166455
  Invoices and receipts
  
  Scope and Contents
  Including a list of medicines sold.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 17 id166456
  Photograph Portraits
  
  Scope and Contents
  5 items. Photographs.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 17 id166458
    Colonel William Cabell, Jr.
    1808
    Scope and Contents
    Photograph
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 17 id166462
    William Cabell (?)
    1808
    Scope and Contents
    Photograph
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 17 id166464
    Nicholas Cabell, Jr.
    
    Scope and Contents
    Photograph
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 17 id166467
    Brown relatives in Australia
    
    Scope and Contents
    Two photographs.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 17 id166469
    Joseph Carrington Cabell
    1804
    Scope and Contents
    Photograph
Mixed Materials Box: 9 id166472
Undated Papers
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1 id166476
  Copies of historical and genealogical manuscripts and printed material
  
  Scope and Contents
  Made by Alexander Brown and others. Manuscript.
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2 id166478
  Notices of books by Alexander Brown
  
  Scope and Contents
  Printed material.
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 3 id166480
  Copies of militia rolls
  1775-1776
  Scope and Contents
  Manuscript.
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 4 id166483
  Copies of partial lists of tithables of the upper part of St. Anne's Parish, Albemarle
  
  Scope and Contents
  Manuscript.
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 5 id166485
  Copies of surveys
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6 id166486
  Copies of surveys
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7 id166490
  Clipping from the Standard
  1878 November 23
  Scope and Contents
  About a letter from John Brown to William Cabell dated April 20, 1781. Newspaper clipping.
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8 id166492
  Survey
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9 id166494
  Fragments of printed material
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 10 id166501
  Miscellaneous pages from The Journal of the House of Delegates .
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11 id166503
  Typescript of historical article by Alexander Brown
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 id166504
  Fragments
  Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 id166506
  Fragments
  Undated

id161116

Series 2: Manuscripts

1736-1878, Undated

Scope and Contents

See microfilm of survey notebooks.

Mixed Materials Box: 10 id166509
Manuscript Volume 1 is in Box 6, folder 11
Mixed Materials Box: 10 id166510
Manuscript Volume 2 is in Box 7, folder 2
Mixed Materials Box: 10 id166511
Manuscript Volume 3 is in Box 7, folder 5
Mixed Materials Box: 10 id166512
Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell
Undated
Scope and Contents
Manuscript Volume 4. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albermarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 id166513
Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell
1752
Scope and Contents
Manuscript Volume 5. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 id166514
Notebook of Nicholas Cabell and others
1750-1779
Scope and Contents
22 pages. Manuscript Volume 6. Notebook in multiple hands, one being Nicholas Cabell's (1750-1803). Based in Amherst, Va., Cabell was a notable Virginia politician in the latter half of the 18th century. Notebook contents include merchants' arithmetic problems and various memoranda and notes on accounts, debts, writs, prices, and wights. Dates in the notebook include 1750 and 1779.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 id166515
Entry survey book of Colonel William Cabell
1753 June 25-October 7
Scope and Contents
13 pages. Manuscript Volume 7. Entry survey book of Colonel William Cabell (1730-1798), 1753 June 25-October 7, with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Colonel William Cabell was a notable public official in Virginia in the latter half of the 18th century. He became assistant surveyor of Albemarle County in 1753.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 id166516
Entry survey book in several hands for Goochland County
1736-1743
Scope and Contents
32 pages. Manuscript Volume 8. Entry survey book in several hands for Goochland County, 1736-1743. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. A few entries are in William Cabell's hand. Note: these are not complete entries--i.e. 101, 114, 214, etc.--may have been written by Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) after he returned from England in 1741.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 id166517
Entry survey book in several hands for Albemarle County
1744 December-1745 April
Scope and Contents
120 pages. Manuscript Volume 9. Entry survey book in several hands for Albemarle County, 1744 December-1745 April. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 id166518
Entry survey book in unknown hand with index
1743-1747
Scope and Contents
Manuscript Volume 10. Entry survey book in unknown hand with index, 1743-1747. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 id166519
Entry survey book of Dr. William Cabell
1743
Scope and Contents
Manuscript Volume 11. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the survey was done. Various entries dated 1743. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 id166520
Account book of Dr. William Cabell
1752-1774
Scope and Contents
Manuscript Volume 12. Account book for 1752-1774 with farm and medical accounts of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774). Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 id166521
Field book of Dr. William Cabell
1752-1754
Scope and Contents
318 pages. Manuscript Volume 13. Field book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) with various surveys and written religious reflections, 1752-1754. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the survey was done. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id166523
Field survey book in various hands
1756-1758
Scope and Contents
Manuscript Volume 14. Religious notes in unknown hand interleaved with surveys, one in the hand of Col. William Cabell (1730-1798). Notes on medicine, tobacco, and farm accounts are by Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774). Various entries dated 1756-1758. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albermarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon. Colonel William Cabell was a notable public official in Virginia in the latter half of the 18th century.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id166524
Notebook of mathematical problems in an unknown hand

Scope and Contents
Manuscript Volume 15. Notebook containing mathematical and geometry problems in an unknown hand. The final two pages of text contain a listing of legal disagreements, with dates and names of the persons in conflict and notes on the judgment. Various entries dated 1745 and 1747.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id166525
Field book of Dr. William Cabell
1748-1750
Scope and Contents
Manuscript Volume 16. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Various entries dated 1748 and 1750. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id166526
Field and entry book of Dr. William Cabell with shorthand explanation for religious notes.

Scope and Contents
Manuscript Volume 17
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id166527
Field book of Dr. William Cabell with religious notes in unknown hand

Scope and Contents
Manuscript Volume 18
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id166528
Loose back of surveyor's notebook.

Scope and Contents
Manuscript Volume 19
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id166529
Entry survey book of Dr. William Cabell
Undated
Scope and Contents
Manuscript Volume 20
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id166530
Entry survey book for several surveyors, probably including Joshua Fry

Scope and Contents
Manuscript Volume 21
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id166531
Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell
Undated
Scope and Contents
Manuscript Volume 22
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id166532
Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell
1743
Scope and Contents
Manuscript Volume 23
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id166533
Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell
1749-1751
Scope and Contents
Manuscript Volume 24
Mixed Materials Box: 12 id166534
Notebooks and miscellanous
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id166535
  W.S. Crawford's District Docket to September Court
  1790
  Scope and Contents
  26 pages. Manuscript Volume 25
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id166536
  W.S. Crawford. Notebook containing list of cases that came up in Court
  1791 September
  Scope and Contents
  20 pages. Manuscript Volume 26
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id166537
  Notebook of District Docket to the Court. Crawford.
  1792 September
  Scope and Contents
  15 pages. Manuscript Volume 27
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id166538
  Notebook containing list of court cases.
  
  Scope and Contents
  15 pages. Manuscript Volume 28
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id166539
  Notebook containing an index of names.
  
  Scope and Contents
  7 pages. Manuscript Volume 29
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id166540
  Statement of money received from Writ Taxes by James B. Edwards
  1803-1808
  Scope and Contents
  22 pages. Manuscript Volume 30.
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id166541
  Miscellaneous entries in diary
  1878
  Scope and Contents
  Manuscript Volume 31
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id166542
  Legal accounts
  1804-1824
  Scope and Contents
  Manuscript Volume 32
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id166543
  Notes by Alexander Brown
  Undated
  Scope and Contents
  Manuscript Volume 33
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id166544
  Postage and newspaper accounts
  Undated
  Scope and Contents
  Manuscript Volume 34

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