A Guide to the James Randal Kent Papers 1825-1887
A Collection in
Special Collections
Collection Number Ms1987-031
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Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the James Randal Kent papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Preferred Citation
Kent, James Randal Papers, 1825-1887, Ms1987-031, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Biographical/Historical Information
James Randal Kent was a wealthy land and slave-holder in Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Virginia.
Scope and Content Information
Collection includes court records, correspondence, titheables to the Sheriffs of Montgomery and Pulaski counties, photographs, court summons, and other notes concerning Kent's property (Kentland), his business affairs, and estate. The collection also includes a letter from Kent at Bank of Blacksburg to William H. MacFarland of Richmond, Virginia.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in chronological order
Index Terms
- Kent family
- Blacksburg (Va.)
- Kentland Farm
- Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
- Montgomery County (Va.)
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Contents List
A. Original materials
1. Legal documents (1825-1839): four of fines against various members of the Kent family.
2. Tax receipt (1864) for Montgomery County taxes received.
Includes documentation such as wills, depositions, court decisions, and appeals relating to the legal battles over the Cloyd and Kent estates.
Includes documentation such as court and other legal fees; court suits, responses, and amendments; finances and assets; depositions; summons; commission decrees; copy of Kent will; and accounts of Kent estate assets.
Includes documentation such as court and other legal fees; court petitions, suits, responses, amendments, and judgements; depositions; summons; list of assets of Kent estate; list of judgements against the Kent estate; list of disbursements from Kent estate. [Photocopies and original documents].
Includes documentation such as court and other legal fees; court motions, rulings, and orders; receipts of payments from Kent estate; sale of stock in White Sulfur Springs from Kent estate; summons; accounts of Kent estate assets; lists of judgements against the Kent estate; and lists of disbursements from Kent estate.
Includes documentation such as court and other legal fees; court suits and amendments; depositions; tax list of land in Pulaski County (1866 and 1868); and contemporary correspondence and notes.
images of the main house and outbuildings, as well as one of James Randal Kent.
Kentland Farm Historic and Archaeological District (1994): copy of the National Register of Historic Places documentation for the Kentland Farm.