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1. Biography of George J. Hundley - 1896

   George Jefferson Hundley was born March 22, 1838. He was raised in Amelia County, Virginia by his mother's relatives, the Jeffersons, as his mother died when he was three. His ancestry on both sides was from Virginia, his father's side was English and Huguenot and his mother of English descent. He attended Fleetwood Academy in Nelson County and Hampden-Sydney College. Hundley then went to the law school of Judge Brockenbrough in Lexington, Virgin...

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2. Bond from Richard Murrey to Thomas Donald and Company - June 1770

   Bond from Richard Murrey of Buckingham County, Virginia to Thomas Donald and Company, for twenty-two pounds seven shillings and seven pence half penny, witnessed by Richard Crump and William Meglasson. Transcription by English Showalter accompanies the document.

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3. Copy of a Judgment from Buckingham County Court in the case of James and Robert Donald & co., plaintiffs, against James McNeal, defendant, awarding the Donalds £40 and costs. - May 1772

   Copy of a judgment from Buckingham County Court in the case of James and Robert Donalds & Co., plaintiffs, against James McNeal, defendant, awarding the Donalds £40 and costs, with terms for payment and interest until fully paid, and costs of 188 pounds of tobacco. Transcription by English Showalter accompanies the document.

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4. Copy of a Judgment in Buckingham County Court in the case of Samuel Glover against Richard Ripley. - October 6, 1772

   Copy of a judgment in Buckingham County Court in the case of Samuel Glover against Richard Ripley, awarding Glover £2 - 2 shillings - 3 pence and costs; copy signed by Rolfe Eldridge, deputy Clerk. Transcription by English Showalter accompanies the document.

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5. George Jefferson Hundley recollections - April 29, 1895

   George Jefferson Hundley was born near Mobile, Alabama in 1838. On his mother's side he was the great-great-grandson of Peter Field Jefferson, who was an uncle of President Thomas Jefferson. Orphaned at an early age he was reared by relatives in Amelia County, Virginia. He studied law in Lexington, Virginia, and was licensed to practice in 1860. Hundley enlisted as a private in the 19th Virginia Infantry, where he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant....

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6. Judgment from Buckingham County Court in the case of Stephen Garrot, plaintiff, against James Axley, defendant, awarding Garrot £6-0-0 and costs. - July 1773

   Judgment from Buckingham County Court in the case of Stephen Garrot, plaintiff, against James Axley, defendant , awarding Garrot £6-0-0 and costs; document signed by clerk of Buckingham County, Rolfe Eldridge, and a copy made for William Watts. Transcription by English Showalter accompanies the document.

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7. Letter - April 24, 1823

   Letter dated April 24, 1823 from Charles A. Scott, Buckingham, to Peachy R. Gilmer, Attorney at Law, in Liberty, Bedford County. The return address on the outside reads "Warren, Va., May 11, 1823". The handwriting is difficult to read.

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8. Letter - January 20, 1837

   Letter headed "Leigh, January 20, 1837" and mailed from Hardin's Tavern from Mary Gilmer to her daughter, Emma Breckinridge, Catawba. Tells of Judge Carr's death, of farm business, of receiving canal damages for land in Fluvanna, of trouble with a Negro who threatened a white man and then ran away, and feeling she must sell him even though he is one of "the smartest Negroes for work on the plantation." This is a very interesting comment on the pr...

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9. Letter - May 29, 1829

   Letter dated May 29, 1829 from M. D. [Martha Divers] Minor, Ridgway, to her cousin, Emma W. Gilmer, at Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia. News of a church convention at which Mr. Meade was elected Assistant Bishop, that Mr. Cobb "preached the best sermon," and that Mary Cary had married Orlando Fairfax on May 20th. Mentions many names of various persons.

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10. Letter - November 13, 1836

    Letter headed "Catawba, Nov. 13th 1836" from Emma Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy Gilmer, at Mr. Persico's Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. News of the family and neighbors -- the Gambles have left Grove Hill, the Watts children had whooping cough, and George Leyburn is going to China to be a missionary after he married Elizabeth Moseley.

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11. Letter - September 17, 1844

    A letter headed "Leigh, September 17, 1844" from Mary Gilmer to her daughter, Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, at Catawba near, Fincastle telling of her pleasure at the excellent reception that her son George Gilmer was receiving in his political campaign, naming many of the candidates and their home counties, implores Emma to burn the letter as she has quoted from another persons letter and does not want to disclose this breaking of a confidence, tells...

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