Box 12
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Envelope with piece of flax spun by Margaret Buchanan Campbell (the envelope has a written account of the history of the flax - "Charles Campbell was placed in jail because he was unable to pay all his taxes. His wife, Margaret, spun flax thread to sell. She was able to get her husband out of jail and pay their taxes with the money she made from the thread"), 1907.
File — Box: 12, Folder: 12
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The records largely document the recent history of Smithfield Plantation, ancestral home of the Preston family, focusing particularly on its restoration beginning in 1962. While much of the renovation occurred in the 1960s, many of the records detail other renovation projects done in the 1970s and 1980s. The collection is organized into seven series: Series I: Correspondence(largely from and to George Shackelford); Series II: Publications, including APVA and Montgomery County...
Dates:
1907.