A Guide to the Papers of the Page and Walker
Families
1742-1886 Page and Walker Families, Papers of
3098
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Accession number
3098
Title
Papers of the Page and Walker Families
1742-1886
Language
English
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Preferred Citation
Papers of the Page and Walker Families, Accession #3098,
Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,
Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was deposited by Miss Anne Page of
Newport News, Virginia, on 1949 February 10. It was purchased by
the library on 1975 May 1.
Papers of Thomas Walker, his son Francis, and other family members contain accounts, receipts, slave bills of sale, legal
papers &
correspondence regarding debts & estate settlement comprise the bulk of the collection. There are a variety of plats and surveys,
land patents and indentures for Louisa and Albemarle Co., Va. property, including a survey of the Castle Hill estate, 1816 and Keswick, 1865.
Many items pertain either to the Loyal Land Co. (1750s) or to the Albemarle Iron Works.
Of special interest are copies of treaties, 1744 and 1752, with the Six Nations at Lancaster and Logstown, and a sale of
6 million acres in Ohio in 1777 to George Croghan transferred to Walker.
Among the correspondence and miscellaneous papers are a letter protesting the Stamp Act; a letter re the location of the Albemarle
County Court;
an account with George Washington, 1763; accounts at the Eagle Tavern; an undated plan of Charlottesville; an 1801 letter
discussing sickly
people of Kentucky; an 1802 Valentine's day poem by Samuel Mitchell; a letter from John Marshall, discussing legal problems
in a slave sale;
a Revolutionary soldier's pension claims; a plea for William Wirt to Francis Walker to settle an estate for educational funds
for James Gilmer;
a letter from James Monroe re a survey of the Tennessee boundary; a list, ca. 1830, of polite literature for a young lady;
a midshipman's
appointment signed by Andrew Jackson; 1850 letters describing Uncle Tom's Cabin, and hazing at V.M.I.; testimonies to secure
a Civil War
medical discharge; a letter from an ex-slave describing the murder of Richmond editor Henry Rives Pollard; and 5 newspapers
and an almanac, 1799-1864.
Correspondents and legal parties include Nicholas Cabell, William H. Cabell, W. O. Callis, Edward Carter, George Croghan,
Robert Dinwiddie,
Francis Fauquier, John Murray, 4th earl of Dunmore, Charles Everett, Joshua Fry, Ira Garrett, George Gilmer, Peachey Ridgway
Gilmer,
Sir William Gooch, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Lewis, Fielding Lewis, Benjamin Lincoln, Reuben Lindsay, Peter Lyons, Matthew
Maury, Nicholas Meriwether,
James Monroe, Mann Page, R.C.M. Page, Louis Philippe Albert d'Orleans, comte de Paris, D. M. Randolph, Judith Page Walker
Rives, Alexander Spotswood,
Francis Walker, William Wirt, and James Wood.
Box 1
Letter, Nicholas Meriwether to Thomas Walker
1742 June 13
Box 1
Manuscript copy of the Treaty of Lancaster
1744 July 2
Box 1
Land grant (
Louisa land), William Gooch to
James Hanegan
1747 August 20
Box 1
Charles Barret to Dr. [Thomas] Walker re
[Loyal Company?]
1749 December 7
Box 1
Bond 100 pound note, Nichloas Meriwether to
John Lewis
1751 June 3
Box 1
Letter, J. Moore to Thomas Walker re Loyal
Company
1752 April 29
Box 1
Manuscript copy of Treaty of Logstown
1752 June 13
Box 1
John Meriwether to James Power re committee
of the Loyal Company to act for Company.
1752 July 2
Box 1
Fielding Lewis to James Power re committee of
the Loyal Company
1752 July 22
Box 1
Thomas Walker, contract with Joshua Fry to
buy any of Fry's Loyal Company lands remaining unsold
1753 February 17
Box 1
John Syme to Mrs. Walker re tobacco shipment
1755 June 5
Box 1
John Syme to Mrs. Walker re tobacco shipment
1755 June 5
Box 1
Blank printed conract for survey of the Loyal
Company
[1760]
Box 1
Robert Jackson to Thomas Walker re Messers
Champe & Hunter
1761 August 5
Box 1
B. Grymes to
Thomas Walker.
Receipt on Capt. Philip Buckner's account
1761
Box 1
N. Walthoe Clerk of the Council, Order
adjourning Albemarle Court to home of Stephen Hughes
1761 December 9
Box 1
Letter, Francis Fauquier to "Mr. Commissary
Walker," re location of Albemarle
County Court
1762 March 6
Box 1
Indenture, Richard Randolph and Anne Randolph
to Thomas Walker for 240 acres in Albemarle
County
1762 June 12
Physical Location: Oversize
Box 1
Account of Dr. Thomas Walker with Richard
Randolph
1762 December 20
Box 1
Account of Dr. Thomas Walker with George
Washington
1763 May 2 - 1766 November
Box 1
Indenture, Richard Haggard to Thomas Walker
for 300 acres in Albemarle
County
1763 October 4
Box 1
Indenture, Robert Lewis to Thomas Walker for
435 acres in Albemarle
1763 September 9
Box 1
Promissory note, Thomas Walker to Andrew
Lewis
1763 December 28
Box 1
Letter, John Thornton to Dr. Thomas Walker re
debt
1764 April 9
Box 1
Letter, David Ross to Thomas Walker, re lots
in Charlottesville
1765 October 11
Wants deed immediately so he will not have to pay
stamp tax
Box 1
Accounts of the Ablemarle Iron Works
1766-1792
Box 1
Andrew Lewis. Schedule of lands purchased
from Thomas Walker
1766 June 24
Box 1
Indenture, Patrick Fisher to Thomas Walker
1766 October 8
Physical Location: Oversize
Box 1
35 items concerning Albemarle Iron Works
1766-1805
Box 1
John Norton of London to Thomas Walker
17[67] March
31
Box 1
Indenture, John Moore and Mary Moore to
Thomas Walker, 560 acres in Albemarle
County
1767 September 11
Box 1
Col. Syme to Thomas Walker
1767 December 21
Box 1
Joseph Phillips and John Phillips to Thomas
Walker
1768 February 22
Physical Location: Oversize
Box 1
Alexander Spotswood to ?, re executions
against his estate
1769 July 1
ALS
Box 1
Mortgage for furniture of livestock, Benjamin
Bramham to Thomas Walker
1769 July 28
Box 1
Articles of Agreement between William Cabell,
Edward Carter, Thomas Walker, etc.
1770 December 28
Box 1
Account of David Bunch of
Louisa with Dr.
Thomas Walker
1771-1779
Box 1
Account of the Albemarle Iron Works with
Alexander Trent
1771 February - 1772
May
Box 1
Articles of agreement between Edward Carter
and John Old
1771 September 21
Box 1
Inventory of goods at the [Ablemarle] Furnace
1772
Box 1
W.J. Waddell to Thomas Walker
1772 January 16
ALS
Box 1
Land grant, Lord Dunmore to Thomas Walker for
226 acres in Albemarle
County
1772 August 1
Box 1
Peterfield Trent to [Thomas Walker]
1772 August 11
ALS
Box 1
Survey of tract for "John Wilkinson and
Company"
1773 November 6
Box 1
Receipt, William Penn to Thomas Walker
1773 December 27
Box 1
John Wilkinson to Thomas Walker
1774 June 28
ALS
Box 1
Account of estate of C. Duke with Thomas
Walker
1774 July 18
Box 1
John Wilkinson to Thomas Walker
1774 August 7
ALS
Box 1
Account, Thomas Walker with George Divers
1774 August 16 - December
15
Box 1
Edward Carter to Thomas Walker, Jr.
1775 May 31
ALS
Box 1
Indenture, various Indian chiefs to George
Croghan 6,000,000 acres on the Ohio River (attested
copy)
1775 July 10
Physical Location: Oversize
Box 1
Articles of agreement between John Olds and
Thomas Walker
1777 April 1
Box 1
Indenture, George Croghan to
Thos. Walker, et
al., lands on the Ohio (original and typed copy)
1777 July 30
Box 1
Land grant, Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Walker
1780 July 20
Physical Location: Oversize
Box 1
Thomas Walker's account with James Bunch for
medical services
1780-1786
Box 1
Articles of agreement between Thomas Walker
& Eliz. Thornton for their marriage
1781 January 7
Box 1
Francis Walker, militia comission as ensign,
signed by Jefferson
1781 May 27
Box 1
Benjamin Lincoln, discharge of Joseph Newman
from the First Virginia Regiment
1783 July 28
Box 1
Thomas Jefferson, account with Thomas Walker
1783 October - 1794
September
Box 1
Bill of sale for Negro slave family sold by
David Hooper to
Thos. Walker
1785 December 14
Box 1
Papers regarding pension claims of Charles
Witt, 5 pieces
1783 -
1796
Box 1
Indenture for "Surls," Albemarle
County ,
Thomas Walker to Francis Walker
1786 April 10
Box 1
Power of attorney, Thomas Walker to Francis
Walker
1786 April 12
Box 1
Bill of sale for Negro, Samuel G. Cabell to
Patrick Davis
1786 June 27
Box 1
Letter, John Marshall to Dr. Thomas Walker
1789 July 9
Box 1
Papers in the case of Walker vs. Cabell, et
al.
1790-1804
Box 1
John Marshall to the High Court of Chancery.
Plea on behalf of Walker
[1790]
Albemarle Iron Works
Box 1
Albemarle
County Court order to Thomas
Walker, Francis Walker, et al., for road work
1790 June
Box 1
Thomas Walker, account with John Walker
1790 September 16
Box 1
Statement of Nicholas Cabell and others in
case of Walker vs. Cabell, etc.
1790 December 5
Box 1
Letter, Thomas Martin to Col. John Walker
1791 July 6
Box 1
Thomas Walker, account with Nicholas Lewis
1792 October 7
Box 1
John Marshall to Francis Walker
1793 February 23
ALS
Box 1
Indenture for 2500 acres in Albemarle
County ,
Thomas Walker to Francis Walker
1793 November 16
Box 1
Letter, Oliver Clevland to Francis Walker
[1793-1795]
Box 1
Account of Francis Bowcock wtih Francis
Walker, 2 pieces
1794-1804
Box 1
Letter, Robert Pollard to Francis Walker
1796 December 7
Box 1
Receipt, John H. Oswald to Col. Thomas Bell and Capt.
William Meriwether
1794 December 31
Box 1
Receipt, T. Meriweather to Francis Walker
1796 December 7
Box 1
Inventory of the estate of Dr. Thomas Walker,
copy
1796
Box 1
Daniel Ockerman's receipts for wheat to
Francis Walker (13 pieces)
1796-1797
Box 1
Jason Bowcock to Francis Bowcock, account and
promissory notes, 3 pieces
1798-1802
Box 1
Peachy R. Gilmer to Francis Walker
1798 January 6
Box 1
Peachy R. Gilmer to Francis Walker
1798 January 10
Box 1
Land grant, for 48 acres in Albemarle
County ,
Gov. James Wood to Thomas Walker [Jr.]
1798 April 18
Box 1
Promissory note, Charles B. Hunton to Daniel
Ockerman
1798 August 4
Box 1
2 land grants for land in Albemarle
County ,
Gov. James Wood to Francis Walker
1799 August 8
Box 1
Major Francis Walker, account with James
Lindsay
1799-1800
Box 1
Francis Walker, account with Brown, Rives and
Company
1799-1800
Box 1
Thomas Walker, Bill at the Eagle Tavern
[17??] March 18
Box 1
Unidentified plat of [tract purchased by
Thomas Walker]
[17??]
Box 1
[Plan of Charlottesville]
[17??]
Box 1
Letter (fragment), John Thornton to John
Lewis
[17??]
Box 1
James Brown to [Francis Walker]
[ca. 1800]
Box 1
Hugh [Nelson] to Francis Walker
[1800]
Box 1
Letter, Weston Alcock to Francis Walker
[ca. 1800]
Box 1
Account of Col. Francis Walker with Robert
Gamble and Son
[1800]
Box 2
Letter,
G[eorge] Gilmer to Francis
Walker re T. Divers
1801 March 1
Box 1
John Wilkinson to Col. Francis Walker
1800 March 9
ALS
Box 2
Letter,
Ch[arle]s Everett to Col.
Francis Walker re Kentucky and its sickly people
1801 June 14
Box 2
Letter, Francis Preston to Francis Walker re
"the Company" and its agency
1801 August 26
Box 1
Letter, Martin Mims to Col. Francis Walker re
arms for Albemarle militia
1801 August 29
Box 1
Letter, John Walker to Francis Walker re
slaves
1801 October 24
Box 2
Francis Walker, account at Eagle Tavern,
Richmond, 3 pieces
1801-1804
Box 1
Letter, L. and N. Bramham to Col.
F[rancis] Walker re money
1802 April 6
Box 2
John Wilkinson to Francis Walker
1802 April 23
ALS
Box 2
Note, Charles Anderson to Francis Walker re
corn
1802 May 13
Box 2
Letter and bill, Thomas Taylor to Francis
Walker for rum
1802 June 6
Box 2
Account, F. Cowherd to Francis Walker, with
various endorsements
1802 June 17
Box 2
Letter, George Fox to Col. Francis Walker re
a carriage he had built for Walker
1802 June 23
Box 2
Letter, Robert Hoskins to Francis Walker re a
debt
1802 July 1
Box 2
Letter, Thomas Taylor to Col. Francis Walker
re payment for rum.
1802 August 25
Box 2
Letter, Charles Anderson to Col. Francis
Walker re rent for a mill
1802 August 26
Box 2
Letter, James Monroe to Col. Francis Walker
re Thomas Walker's survey of Tennessee boundary
1802 August 28
Box 2
Letter, J. Shipman to Maj. Francis Walker re
a possible suit re a survey
1802 September 2
Box 2
Note,
Cha[rles] B. Hunton to
Francis Walker re purchase of a mill
1802 September 4
Box 2
Note, James Lindsay to Col. Francis Walker re
money
1802 September 4
Box 2
Letter, Henry Bowyer to Francis Walker re a
debt of William Russell
1802 September 10
Box 2
Letter, Martin Dawson to Col. Francis Walker
requesting payment of a debt
1802 September 10
Box 2
Letter, John Browne to Captain Francis Walker
re his father's estate and debts, with an enclosed
account
1802 September 10
Box 2
Letter,
D[avid] M[eade] Randolph to Francis
Walker re debts
1802 September 15
Box 2
Richard Anderson, William Brown & Company
to Col. Francis Walker re debt
1802 September 17
Box 2
Letter, William Wirt to Francis Walker re
James Gilmer's estate
1802 September 19
Box 2
Letter and account,
D[avid] M[eade] Randolph to Francis
Walker
1802 October 14
Box 2
Letter, Henry C. Coleman to Francis Walker re
a debt
1802 November 29
Box 2
Letter, Lewis Johnston to Francis Walker, re
a debt, and trees Walker has cut
1802 December 31
Box 2
Letter, Thomas Hunton to Col. Francis Walker
stating he cannot pay debt at present
1803
Box 2
Letter, Lewis Johnston to Francis Walker re
interest on a debt
1803 January 3
Box 2
Letter, James Lindsey to Francis Walker re
rental of a slave wagon driver
1803 February 4
Box 2
Letter, Francis Nelson to Francis Walker re
sale of a horse, and of a watch
1803 February 7
Box 2
Peter Tinsley, Clerk of High Court of
Chancery, blank summons in case of Thomas Walker's
estate
1803 March 1
Box 2
Letter, O. Towles to Col. Francis Walker re
dismissal of several law suits
1803 March 11
Box 2
Letter, George Gilmer to Francis Walker re a
debt of Mr. Davis' to him
1803 March 14
Box 2
Note, R. Gambell to Col. Francis Walker re
his account with the Milton post office
1803 April 8
Box 2
W[illiam] Harvie to Francis
Walker re a debt of the "old Company"
1803 April 13
Box 2
Letter, Lewis Johnston to Francis Walker re
debts
1803 April 22
Box 2
Letter, John Mayte to Francis Walker re the
latter's whiskey order
1803 April 27
Box 2
Note,
W[illliam] Nelson to Col.
Francis Walker re a "plank"
1803 April 28
Box 2
Letter, Lt. Col. Francis Walker to Lt. Joseph
Goodman ordering a court martial
1803 May 10
Box 2
N[imrod] Bramham to Francis
Walker re availability of "Superior quaity" flour
1803 May 20
Box 2
Note, James Lindsay to Francis Walker re a
shipment of "goods"
1803 May 27
Box 2
Letter, John Minor to Francis Walker re a
"Bill of Injunction"
1803 May 27
Box 2
Letter, M. Walker to Col. Walker re business
1803 July 1
Box 2
Letter, W. Alcock to [Francis Walker]
offering to rent a "plantation at Cobham"
1803 July 25
Box 2
Letter, James Maxwell to Francis Walker re a
debt
1803 October 22
Box 2
Letter, Reuben Herndon to
F[rancis] Walker, W.D.
Davis, and W.W. Cooper re loan of a "horse cart"
1803 August 19
Box 2
Letter, Marbell Camden for William Galt to
Col. Francis Walker re load for cart
1803 November 18
Box 2
Note, Nimrod Bramham and Company to Francis
Walker re $200 payment to Benjamin Herring
1803 November 22
Box 2
Letter, Reuben Herndon to Francis Walker
refusing to "accomodate" him until Mr. Bramham's return
1803 December 7
Box 2
Letter,
Nath[aniel] Quarles to
Capt. Francis Walker re a debt
1803 December 26
Box 2
Note and account,
Flem[in]g Turner to Col.
Francis Walker re goods purchased
1803 December 29
Box 2
Letter, Reuben Mansfield to Col. Francis
Walker re settlement of an account
1804 January 17
Box 2
E. Massey's certificate concerning Mr.
Mansfield
1804 February 4
Box 2
Letter, E. Moore to Francis Walker stating
his inability to send Walker money
1804 February 3
Box 2
Letter, Jason Bowcock to [Francis Walker], re
his retirement as an agent
1804 February 7
Box 2
Letter, Patrick Michie to Col
F[rancis] Walker re a debt
of Chapman Johnson's
1804 February 8
Box 2
Letter,
Char[les] B. Hunton to Col.
Frank Walker re a debt
1804 February 11
Box 2
Letter, Matthew Maury to Col. Francis Walker
asking him to return borrowed salt
1804 February 14
Box 2
Letter, R.H. Waller to Francis Walker re a
Deed of Trust of H. Nelson
1804 March 20
Box 2
Note and account,
Will[iam] Temple to Francis
Walker re paint
1804 April 23
Box 1
Survey of tract in Albemarle
County for
Francis Walker by William Woods
1804 May 1
Box 2
Receipt for tobacco inspection, Williamson
and Frankle[?] to William Sebery
1804 May 22
Box 2
Note and accounts, Robert Gamble and Son to
Col. Francis Walker re goods
1804 May 22
(2 pieces)
Box 2
Note, Peter Lyons to Francis Walker re
payment of his Loyal Company claim
1804 May 25
Box 2
Letter, N. Taylor to Francis Walker re $35
debt
1804 June 19
Box 2
Letter, E. Page to Francis Walker re $100
debt
1804 June 24
Box 2
William H. Cabell to Col. Francis Walker
1804 November 20
ALS
Box 2
Dr. [Samuel] Mitchell's Valentine's Day Poem,
1802 February 14, Copied on listed date
1804 November 28
Box 2
William H. Cabell to [Francis Walker]
1804 November 29
ALS
Box 2
John Wilkinson, et al, to Francis Walker
1805 February 15
ALS
Box 2
Francis Walker to Thomas Walker Maury, Power
of Attorney
1805 February 28
ALS
Box 2
Letter
R[euben] Lindsay to Francis
Walker re a meeting about a debt
1805 March 10
Box 2
Letter, James Henderson to [Francis Walker]
re payment of a debt
1805 June 20
Box 2
Comission of Jacob C. Clarke as Lt. in
Militia
1805 July 13
Box 2
Letter, Francis Walker to
Thos. Rutherford re
2 wagon loads of wheat (retained copy)
1805 October 13
Box 2
Receipt for wheat, John Gordon (for Thomas
Rutherford) to Francis Walker
1805 October 17
Box 2
Peter Tinsley, Clerk of the Superior Court of
Chancery, summons to examine witnesses in case of Weston
Alcock v. F. Walker
1805 October 22
Box 2
Letter, James B. Gilmer to Francis Walker re
a debt
1812 July 22
Box 2
John Peyton to Francis Walker re a debt of
Charles B. Hunton
1813 October 12
Box 2
Survey of Castle Hill estate, by William
Woods, showing 3775 acres in Albemarle and
Louisa
1816
Box 2
"A course of polite literature for a young
lady"
ca. 1830
Box 2
Comission of William C. Bannister as
Midshipman signed by Andrew Jackson
1832 February 20
Box 2
Letter, R.W.T. Gwathmey to Dr. Mann Page
1832 July 3
Box 2
Letter, John C. Page to Dr. Mann Page re
family news, tobacco sales, wheat
1842 July 9
Box 2
Samuel Gilmore Cattell to Thomas Page
[child's letter to friend]
1842 December 19
Box 2
Assessment of land, slaves, etc., in
Albemarle
County for 1848, by Ira Garrett, Clerk
1849 January 3
Box 2
Note for $100, Mann Page to Richard Gambrill
1849 July 1
Box 2
Bond for $500, Mann Page to Richard Gambrill
1850 April 16
Box 2
Letter, W. Lefebre Durufle to William Cabell
Rives (copy in French)
1851-1852
Box 2
Cotelle to [William Cabell Rives] (copy in
French)
1852 June 1
Box 2
Letter, William Wilmer Page to Mrs. Jane Y. Page,
re his plebe experiences at VMI
1852 July 26
Box 2
Survey of tract by George C. Dickinson (copy
by
T[homas] W[alker] P[age] )
1862 February
Box 2
Letter, Judith Page Rives to Mrs. J.F. Page,
chiefly family news from Paris, but mentions
Uncle Tom's Cabin 1852 June 23
Box 2
Documents related to military service of
Thomas Walker Page
1864
(2 pieces)
Box 2
Map of Keswick, property of
Thos. W. and R.C.M.
Page
1865 October
Box 2
Deed for land in Ablemarle, Thomas W. Page to
R.C.M. Page
1865 October 18
Box 2
Plat of Keswick Plantation for Dr. Mann Page
ca. 1865
Box 2
Contract for sale of stock, implements, and
houses on Keswick farm, R.C.M. Page and Thomas W. Page
1866 July 2
Box 2
Appointment of Thomas Walker Page as surveyor
of Albemarle roads
1866 July 2
Box 2
Letter from a former slave describing
assassination of H.R. Pollard
[1868] November 26
Box 2
Plat of 150 acres belonging to Mrs. J. Page
1870 April 8
Box 2
Letter and bill, A.S. Perkins to Thomas
Walker Page re land survey
1870 May 7
Box 2
Note, J.B. Madison to Thomas W. Page covering
a survey (not present)
1871 March 4
Box 2
Mann Page, record of payment for lots
1871 October 1
Box 2
Survey, Thomas Walker Page to [?] Bragg
1872 March 27
Box 2
Letter, Philippe, Comte de Paris to Dr. Richard Channing Moore Page re his historical writing (with envelope)
1886 January 9
Box 2
Letter, A.F. Taylor to Dr. [Mann?] Page,
Keswick
[18??] March 2
Box 2
P[eachy] Gilmer to Col.
[Francis] Walker
n.d.
Box 2
Niles' Weekly
Register, Baltimore, October 28, 1826 and May 30,
1829
Box 2
The Va. Gazette and General
Advertiser, Richmond, January 25, 1799
Box 2
The Enquirer, Richmond,
November 14 1809
Box 2
The Daily
Chronicle, Charlottesville, September 24,
1864
Box 2
Richardson's Va and NC Almanac
for 1864, Wynne's Edition