A Guide to the Perkins Family Papers, 1782-1918
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Accession Number 38-53
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Preferred Citation
Perkins Family Papers, Accession #38-53, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Joseph W. Hazelgrove, 1933 January 9.
Scope and Content
A collection of personal, official, legal and business papers of the Perkins family of Cumberland, Buckingham and Powhatan counties, and later of Richmond and Charlottesville, all in Virginia. The relatively small amount of personal correspondence consists of letters of the 18th century to William Perkins of Buckingham county, a few of the early 19th century to George Perkins (d. 1834), and to Mrs. Eliza Perkins, widow of George Perkins. A considerable part of the collection consists of George Perkins' records as deputy sheriff; execution books, tax books, tax registers, lists of fees and fines, various ledgers, and numerous receipts to Perkins and copies of orders to him from various county courts all of the period 1800-1820. A number of account books and letter books, 1816-1825, were kept by a merchant George Perkins of Richmond, perhaps the aforementioned sheriff. Smaller groups of items include accounts, correspondence and financial documents of Dr. Robert Henderson, father-in-law to one of the Perkins men, ca. 1810-1860, and correspondence and papers of William A. Perkins, notably advertisements of sales of property to be held in Cumberland County, suggesting that he was at the time, 1860-1872, a sheriff or deputy sheriff. The Perkins papers also include notebooks of George Perkins (1846-1918) and William Merry Perkins (b. 1844) kept at the University of Virginia from 1865-1869, and large group of letter books of George Perkins; personal correspondence 1883-1918; legal correspondence as attorney for the City of Charlottesville, 1869-1914; legal correspondence representing his law practice as a member of the firm of Perkins and Perkins, 1903-1915. Additional items include account books of John T. Seabrook and Co. of Smithville in Powhatan County, 1842-1874, as well as the accounts of a blacksmith, 1849-1866, and a number of unidentified account books for the period 1835-1891. Other papers concern the Guthery, Henderson, Saunders, and Smith families.
Contents List
First few (18th century) to William Perkins of Buckingham, on land; those 1813-16 mostly to Geo. Perkins, deputy sheriff of Cumberland; others largely family, mostly to Mrs. Eliza Perkins, widow of George Perkins (d. Sept 30, 1834).
Largely correspondence of William A. Perkins et al 1860-1862, and advertisements of personal property to be sold in Cumberland Co.
nearly all are receipts to George Perkins as deputy sheriff, not a few accounts for agriculture and other commodities to Henry Guthery, William Perkins and George Perkins.
about 1/2 to c. 1818 accounts and receipts to George Perkins as deputy Sheriff, and 1/2 to ca. 1861 to Robert Jennsen; few relate to William H. and various other Perkins names.
mostly rec., orders to George Perkins, ca. 100 of Robert Henderson (mostly notes), from William Perkins et al. 3 Cumberland Co. registers poll and land tax 1808-1809.
Letter Book etc., Martha Eliza Henderson; exercise books at UVA 1865-67 George Perkins, account books of George Perkins as deputy Sheriff; execution books 1807-1809, 1811-1812, 1812-1813; tax books, 1809, 1817- 1819; ledgers 1816-1820?, 1818-1819?, 9 vols. William Merry Perkins (b.1844) Buckingham C.H. UVA 1860-1861, 1865-1866.
1) Latin composition notebook 1865, with notes of personal expenditures 1865-1867, etc; 2-3) French notebooks 1863-1866, 1866-1867 (with draft or drafts of speech or speeches, etc.); 4) natural philosophy 1866- 1867 (with 2 short plays in MS., a different hand). College notebook of William M. Perkins, senior law at UVA, N.D., vol 1865-1866; Execution books of George Perkins 1805-1807, 1807-1809, Tax book 1812, George Perkins list of fees 1801, militia fines 1801. List of fees 1802, of taxable property 1806, of fees due 1806 (2), of land taxes 1806 (4), ditto 1807 (2). Letter and account book of George Perkins 1817.
with accounts (day book) of a blacksmith 1862-1866.
continues (2) above.
with accounts of George Perkins as administrator [loose papers of George Perkins, 1876 and 1890, laid in (8)].
with a diary 1836 Oct 17-Dec 15; and Day Book (?) 1835-1845; and a diary 1844 Nov 19-June 6 same hand as; misc. accounts 1835-1845.
1821-1822, 1824-1825, Richmond; misc; 1853-1857, blacksmith account?
misc. accounts, tobacco shipments?
with Letter Book of Geo. Perkins, Richmond, 1817-1818.
Receipts to Geo. Perkins for receiving payments of money.
with Day Book (?) 1858-1860 of a blacksmith.
Sales of tobacco, wheat, flour, lumber.
1896-1915 out-letter.
City activity? Pers? P & P? Illegible; Out-letter.
Receipts to W. A. Perkins 1866-1867; List of items sold (at auction, eg?); Letter Book W. A. Perkins 1871-1872; miscellaneous accounts.