The HILL FARM PAPERS

A COLLECTION OF PAPERS, PERSONAL LETTERS, DOCUMENTS, LEDGERS, INVOICES, NOTES, ETC. DATING FROM 1800 THROUGH 1925 FROM HILL FARM IN LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA.  THERE ARE NUMEROUS SURNAMES FROM THE AREA MENTIONED IN THE DOCUMENTS AND AN INDEX IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

ALL DOCUMENTS ARE COPYRIGHTED 1997 BY EDWIN L. GARDNER JR. WITH ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  THE DOCUMENTS MAYBE COPIED AND DISTRIBUTED FREELY FOR PERSONAL RESEARCH PROVIDED SOURCE CREDIT IS PROVIDED.  COMMERCIAL USE OF THESE DOCUMENTS IS NOT AUTHORIZED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

    1. Wedding Invitation (1860), to George I. Gardner & Family from Col. William O. Harris & Lady
    2. Subpoena 1832 Keeling Terrill Sheriff of Caroline County ( copy of original along with rough transcription multiple surnames mentioned
    3. Calling Card, J. D. Pereley (1833-1915), w/history of the Monticello Guard
    4. Personal letter, Lavinia Harris (Richmond, VA) to Nanny Gardner, Louisa Co., VA 10/24/1849
    5. Personal letter, G. G. Buecy(?) to mother 3/30/1884 surnames mentioned: YOUNG, POOLER WINSTON, RICHARDSON
    6. Personal letter, J. W. Hill (Charlottesville, VA) to Nannie Anderson 4/22/1896
    7. Note badly torn from Geo F. Dabney to James Burnley 4/7/1866
    8. Letter from R. N. Anderson (Rockfish, VA)  to his niece in Louisa VA 4/24/1877
    9. Letter from Alvarina Bellamy (Milburn, KY) to "relatives in Louisa VA 3/3/1870
    10. Obituary of George Iverson Gardner b. 1800 d. 1876 Louisa VA
    11. Handwritten receipt from Charles Dabney to Tho Duke 1831
    12. Handwritten receipt from Joel Walton to Zachariah Burnley 1835
    13. Type letter from Sara Holladay Gardner to Nanny Iverson Burnley of Louisa County, VA 1910
    14. Handwritten invitation to George I. Gardner Esq (Louisa Co., VA) August 29, 1859 /signed/ A. Wash
    15. Legal Document dated 7/20/1866 regarding the will of Caroline E. T. Burnley (numerous Surnames mentioned)
    16. Newspaper Obituary MRS. NANNIE ANDERSON January 21, 1910
    17. Invitation to the Christmas Tree at Red Hill Chapel December 1895
    18. Letter written by Briscoe G. Baldwin, member of the legislature; addressed to Mr. Hardin Duke, Jacksonville, Louisa Co. Feb. 29th 1820.
    19. A letter from Susie in Locust Grove 7/29/1859 to Cousin Amie (centered around Louisa County society and mentions numerious surnames)
    20. Letter to Mrs. R. N. Anderson, Gays P.O., Louisa , Va. from Emma Wyant dated Feb 25, 1896
    21. Affidavit from Thomas Gardner, Justice of the Peace, Louisa County, VA regarding a run-away slave about 1810 NEW
INDEX:
Allen1Allen2 Anderson1  Anderson2 ANDERSON3 Anderson4 Anderson5Bagby Baldwin       Bellamy  Brown  Buecy Burnley1 Burnley2 Burnley3 Burnley4  Burnley5       Burnley6 Burnley7 Caroline County Clark Coleonan Cosby       Dabney1  Dabney2 Dabney3    Dickerson Digs          Dodd Dudley   Duke1 Duke2 Duke3 Duke4   Durrette    Faris    Gardner1 Gardner2 Gardner3 Gardner4 Gardner5 Gardner6 Gardner7 Harris1 Harris2 HerringHickory Forest, Louisa Hill1 Hill2 Hill3  Hollings          Hudson     Hunter Huston Jones Leigh   Littlepage
Madison Meredith1 Meredith2        Meridith     Mill Montaldo    Mooney   Murray              Nannie                Pannell Perley Pettis Potter1 Porter2  Redd  Rice     Richardson1 Richardson2 Richardson3   Roberts Simms       Smith1 Smith2 Spilman  Terril Thomas Thomasson TownleyTyler Vest             Waddy  Walton Wash        Watel       Winston Woods Wyant Young
 
 

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