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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Use this for collections relating to Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia, West Virginia, and Appalachia.

Found in 1974 Collections and/or Records:

Martha Ann Hite Tant Genealogy Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-040
Abstract

Photocopies of genealogical research and records, including family Bible records, family group sheets, and pedigree charts relating to ancestors of Martha Ann Hite Tant, including the Agee, Brown, Davenport, Davidson, Floyd, Haden, Harman, Hite/Hight, Linkous, Marrs, May, Mills, Owen(s), Preston, Salmon(s), Scott, Shelton, and Trollinger families, of Henry, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, and Tazewell counties, Virginia, and elsewhere.

Dates: 1991, n.d.

Tarter Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-021
Abstract

The collection includes a letter from J. W. & Susan M. Tarter to J. W.'s brother, Confederate soldier James H. Tarter; a CSA envelope, and James H.'s Oath of Allegiance certificate.

Dates: 1862, 1865, undated

Tarter Family Papers, 1862, 1865 (Ms2012-021)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2012-021

James Tarter Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-061
Abstract

This collection contains financial documents, personal records, and ephemera related to the medical practice of Dr. James E. Tarter of Wytheville, Virginia, from about 1879 to 1941.

Dates: 1879 - 1941

William J. Tarter Account Books

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-027
Abstract

The collection contains cost office and business ledgers are from William J. Tarter, a merchant and postmaster of Favonia (Wythe County), Virginia.

Dates: 1895 - 1922

Leland B. Tate Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1956-004
Abstract

The collection contains newspaper clippings relating to industrial and economic development in the New River Valley, with an emphasis on the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, together with studies titled "Facts About the Blacksburg Community" and "Some Facts About Virginia's People."

Dates: 1940-[1955?], n.d.

Allen Taylor Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-071
Abstract

The Allen Taylor ledger contains documentation of Taylor's work as an attorney in Montgomery and neighboring southwestern Virginia counties.

Dates: 1805 - 1806

James Taylor Inventory of Estate

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-035
Abstract

Estate inventory of James Taylor, of Patrick County, Virginia, signed by George Fulcher, M. Sandefun, Wm. Jones and Jno. Clark.

Dates: 1814

John H. Taylor Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-050
Abstract

The Taylor correspondences collection includes two types of materials: envelopes from correspondence, mostly to Taylor; and correspondence to and from Taylor, largely dating between 1859 and 1861. Correspondence includes Taylor's daily news, as well as news from family and friends. Several 1860 and 1861 letters mention politics at the start of the Civil War.

Dates: 1859 - 1877; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1861

Robert A. Taylor Business Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-173
Abstract

Robert A. Taylor was a ginsing merchant from Baltimore, Maryland. Records deal with sales of ginsing to the Preston family of Abingdon, Virginia, and include invoices and correspondence.

Dates: 1825 - 1926