Confederate Repair Agreement For Beckley Mill (West) Virginia
Scope and Content
This collection contains the memorandum of an agreement between General John B. Floyd and Thomas J. Leaford of Fayette County, Virginia (now part of West Virginia), for $598.03 for damages to Alfred Beckley's mill. Leaford is also instructed to obtain a deed of trust from Beckley to the Confederate States of America.
Dates
- 1861
Creator
Language of Materials
The materials in this collection are in English.
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Biographical Note - Alfred Beckley
Alfred Beckley (1802-1888) was the founder of Beckley. West Virginia in 1838. He served the Virginia Militia 1849-1861. In 1861, he served in the Confederate Army under General Henry A. Wise, and was in charge of the 12th Brigade of the Virginia Militia in the Kanawha Valley. He resigned on February 28, 1862 and surrendered himself to Rutherford B. Hayes in Union-occupied Beckley in March 1862. He was taken as a prisoner of war to Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio and released in June of 1862, after which he had no involvement in the Civil War. He died on May 26, 1888.
Biographical Note - John B. Floyd
John Buchanan Floyd was born in 1806 near Blacksburg, Virginia. He was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1847 and served as Governor of Virginia 1848-1852. In 1857, he was appointed Secretary of War by United States President James Buchanan. Floyd resigned as Secretary of War in December 1860 following the secession crisis. In 1861, he was appointed a brigadier general in the Confederate Army, where he served beside Robert E. Lee in the western Virginia campaign. He died of illness on August 26, 1863, and is buried in Abingdon, Virginia.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
This collection contains the memorandum of an agreement between General John B. Floyd and Thomas J. Leaford of Fayette County, Virginia (now part of West Virginia), for $598.03 for damages to Alfred Beckley's mill. Leaford is also instructed to obtain a deed of trust from Beckley to the Confederate States of America.
Source of Acquisition
The collection was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in 2014.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Confederate Repair Agreement For Beckley Mill (West) Virginia by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Confederate Repair Agreement For Beckley Mill (West) Virginia was completed in August 2022.
- Title
- Confederate Repair Agreement For Beckley Mill (West) Virginia, 1861
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Miranda Christy, graduate assistant
- Date
- 2022 (CC0 1.0)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
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Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
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