Jeremiah W. Graves Collection,
Scope and Content
The Jeremiah White Graves Collection includes a cash book, correspondence, receipts and ledger pages, newspaper clippings, and genealogy materials.
The manuscript portion of the collection consists of the cash book and account ledger pages documenting Graves' business ventures (sales of crops, purchases from local businesses, etc.) and correspondence created in Graves' role as a real estate broker and enslaver of people, as well as letters of a personal nature exchanged between family members.
The genealogy portion of the collection includes types copies of wills, deeds, and contracts, as well as typed, compiled histories for branches of the Graves, Whitehead, and Jones and Hunt families.
Dates
- 1836 - 1869
Creator
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Jeremiah W. Graves Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Note
The collection relates primarily to the personal and business activities of Captain Jeremiah White Graves (1801-1878), a farmer, neighborhood financial advisor, real estate broker, and enslaver of people who resided in Cedar Hill, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Jeremiah W. Graves Collection includes a cash book, correspondence, receipts and ledger pages, newspaper clippings, and genealogy materials relating to the personal and business activities of Captain Jeremiah White Graves (1801-1878), a farmer, financial advisor, real estate broker, and enslaver of people in Cedar Hill, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Genealogical materials in the collection relate to the histories for branches of the Graves, Whitehead, Hunt, and Jones families.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically by document type.
Acquisition Information
The Jeremiah W. Graves Collection was purchased by Special Collections in October 2012.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Jeremiah W. Graves Collection was completed in December 2012.
- Title
- Jeremiah W. Graves Collection, 1836-1869
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Christine Thompson
- Date
- © 2013 Virginia Tech. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2022-10: Updated description to person-first language when discussing enslaved people. adw
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu