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Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
Business Number: 540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu
URL: http://spec.lib.vt.edu
Brad Shearer, Student Assistant; Laura Katz Smith, Manuscripts Curator; Sarah Gouger, Student Assistant
, Virginia. Materials include promissory notes, correspondence, an indenture for land, and genealogical information.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
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Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to research.
Existence and Location of Copies
This collection has been digitized and is available online .
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Huff-Hylton Families Papers, Ms1998-001, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
The Huff-Hylton Families Papers were donated to Special Collections in May 1998. Additional materials were donated in July 1998.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Huff-Hylton Families Papers commenced in May 1998 and was completed in June 1998. Additional materials were processed, arranged, and described in August 1998.
Biographical Note
The Huff and Hylton families settled in what is now Floyd 
County , but prior to 1831 was Montgomery County , Virginia, in the late 1700s and early 1800s. The Huff family owned land on the west fork of the Little River.
Lorenzo Dow Hylton was born on August 16, 1830, son of Burwell Hylton [Hilton] and Mary Ann Slusher. On July 23, 1857, he
married Barbara Ellen Huff (1828-1911). The 1860 Virginia census lists him as being a resident of Floyd County , age 29, his occupation as a machinist, worth $484.00. During the Civil War he enlisted in Company D of the 54th Virginia
Infantry on March 24, 1862, in Abingdon, Virginia, as a 1st Lieutenant. He was wounded in action at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee,
on November 25, 1863, and died in Marietta [Georgia] Hospital on February 13, 1864. He is buried in a Confederate cemetery
in Marietta, Georgia. After Hylton's death his wife Barbara Ellen Huff Hylton married James Dillon [Dillion] and moved to Patrick County , Virginia.
Scope and Content
The Huff-Hylton Families Papers consists of items from the early 1800s through the American Civil War pertaining to the business
and personal lives of Samuel Huff, Lorenzo Dow Hylton, and their families in Montgomery (now Floyd) County , Virginia. Materials include promissory notes, correspondence, an indenture for land, and genealogical information.
Items from the early 1800s pertaining to the business dealings of Samuel Huff include promissory notes, fines for Huff's failure to attend muster of the 75th Regiment of the Virginia Militia, and an indenture for land.
The collection also consists of six letters written by Lorenzo Dow Hylton to his wife Barbara while he served in Company D of the 54th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War, and one letter to him from Barbara. Included in the collection are letters from Barbara's cousin, Samuel Slusher, and brother-in-law, Ira Hylton, about Lorenzo Hylton's death in a Confederate hospital in Marietta, Georgia, and letters from Martha Huff of Indiana, to Barbara.
Genealogical information about the Hylton family, compiled by a descendent of the family, is also a part of the collection.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically, with undated materials at the end.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Huff-Hylton Families Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Huff, Samuel (Montgomery County, Va.)
- Hylton, Barbara Ellen Huff, 1828-1911
- Hylton, Lorenzo Dow, 1830-1864