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By Margaret Marshall
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Genealogy research papers donated to the Sargeant Memorial Collection by various researchers. Formats of materials include newspaper genealogy columns, narrative descriptions, ancestor charts, descendants lists, family trees, genealogy worksheets, hand-written notes, photocopies, narrative descriptions, and transcriptions of documents.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Various sources by donations
Preferred Citation:
[File Name], Sargeant Memorial Collection Legacy Genealogy Research Files, MSS 0000-GRF, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Entered between April 4, 2015 and November 1, 2016.
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- Box 19
- Folder 1: Potter family genealogy (folder 1 of 2), 1961-1966
- Narrative description, marriage records, wills and census records, genealogy book and journal excerpts, and personal correspondence regarding the Potter family. Other family names listed include Wright, Hawkins, King, Petty, Etheridge, Bartlett, Kays, Walker, Hitchings, Easton, Warner, Witt, Maxfield, Dixon, Fry, Blakesley, Butler, Robinson, Fisher, Russell, Holt, Collins, Hawes, Rose, Reay, Dent, Johnson, Driver, Dunton, Sanford, Saire, Stedman, Beacham, Brauer, Choice, Tully, Kirby, Tarrant, Mathews, Harrington, Purcell, Howard, Nash, Scott, Stewart, Rolland, Payne, McCarthy, Snyder, Irving, Melsana, Cawthorne, Vance, McKown, Berry, Boykins, Calhoun, Drake, Newbern, Hudson, Randlett, Ball, Peters, Bailey, Williams, Drewery, Wilkins, Morgan, Moore, Mac, Pride, Spain, Ruby, Noblin, Sealey, Harrington, Garland, McCormick, Heaner and Brown. Geographic locations listed include Lunenburg County, Virginia, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Granville County, North Carolina, Haywood County, Tennessee, Warwick, Rhode Island, Salem, Massachusetts, Dorchester, Massachusetts, Somerset County, Maryland, Andover, Massachusetts, New Haven, Connecticut, New York, Ipswich, Massachusetts, Woburn, Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, Concord, Massachusetts, Raleigh, North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, Charles City County, Virginia, Cheraw, South Carolina, Marion, South Carolina, Cumberland County, North Carolina, Gates County, North Carolina, Norfolk County, Virginia, Fayetteville, North Carolina, New Kent County, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, Smithfield, North Carolina, Benton County, Missouri, Dade County, Missouri, Greene County, Missouri, Polk County, Missouri, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Three Springs, Kentucky, Henry County, Virginia, Texas, Paducah, Kentucky, Richmond, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, Wake, North Carolina, Petersburg, Virginia, Williamston, North Carolina, Princess Anne County, Virginia, Annapolis, Maryland, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Warwick County, Virginia, Poquoson, Virginia, Newport News, Virginia, Warren County, Kentucky, Emporia, Virginia, Farmville, Virginia and Nashville, Tennessee.
- Folder 2: Potter family genealogy (folder 2 of 2), 1975-1977
- Ancestor charts, genealogy worksheets, confederate service records, excerpts from county records and newspaper articles regarding the Potter family.
- Folder 3: Powell family history, 1909
- Newspaper genealogy columns regarding the Powell family. Other family names listed include Woodroof, Floyd, Walker, Matingly, Rose, Cabell, Lee, Brown, Robertson, Hart, Waller, Price, Somers, Thompson, Barton, Maddox, Coleman, Burton, Cobbs, Farer, Scott, Brady, Garland, Berry, Whitehead, Murrell, Perkins, Michaux, Braxton, Richardson, Harwood, Murrill, Wills, Chalmers, Hite, Smith, Calender, Wilson, Ellis, Read, Warrell, Monday, Henry, Stout, Alderson, Moore, Fitzpatrick, Stickley, Pitt, Tapley and Wright. Geographic locations listed include Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Westmoreland County, Virginia, King William County, Virginia, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nelson County, Virginia, Bedford County, Virginia, New Kent County, Virginia, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, North Carolina, Macon, Georgia, Greenbriar County, West Virginia, Farmville, Virginia, Buckingham County, Virginia, Caroline County, Virginia, Goliad County, Texas, Charlotte County, Virginia, Albemarle County, Virginia, Lynchburg, Virginia Edinburgh, Scotland, Tuscumbia, Alabama, York County, Virginia, James City County, Virginia and Elizabeth City County, Virginia.
- Folder 4: Preston family research, 1914
- Newspaper genealogy columns regarding the Preston family, beginning with John Preston, who emigrated to Staunton, Virginia. Other family names listed include Campbell, Henry, Radford, Pitts, Montague, Randolph, Caruthers, Cocke, Ray, Marshall, White, Smith, Blair, Gist, Craig, Ward, Spears, Hart, Grayon, Harrison, Trigg, Alexander, Madison, Lee, McDowell, Howard, Payne, Parker, Crittenden, Thomas, Wickliffe, Wooley, Patton, Thompson, Breckenridge, Gillam, Cabell, Young, Bullock, Miller, Prevost, Grayson, Porter, Castleman, Meredith, Gamble, Shepherd, Watts, Holcombe, Bowyer, Coleman, Tareton, Dickey, Shotwell, Brown, Craighead, Sheffey, Mason, Bledsoe, Yoder, Humphries, Wask, Scott, Todd, Perritt, Pratt and Thomas. Geographic locations listed include Londonderry, England, London, England, County Donegal, Ireland, Botetourt County, Virginia, Columbia, South Carolina, West Virginia, Fencastle, Virginia, Covington, Virginia, Cumberland County, Virginia, Tennessee, Orlando, Florida, Missouri, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Abingdon, Virginia, Henderson, Kentucky, Frankfort, Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, Fayette County, Kentucky, Texas, Louisville, Kentucky, Blue Ridge, Virginia, Danville, Kentucky, Princeton, New Jersey, New Orleans, Louisiana, New York, Spencer County, Kentucky, Gloucester, Virginia and King George County, Virginia.
- Folder 5: Pretlow family history, undated
- Photocopies of family bible pages and obituaries for the Pretlow family. Materials donated by Tommy McEachern. Other family names listed include Pulley, Fox, Anderson, Cobb, Holmes, Ridley, McEachern, Templeton, Matthews, Ambrose and Short. Geographic locations listed include Southampton County, Virginia, Portsmouth, Virginia, Chesapeake, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, Wakefield, Virginia, Jackson, North Carolina, and Williamsburg, Virginia.
- Folder 6: Pretlow family research, 1978
- Transcription of Pretlow family bible records and a biography of Mary Denson Pretlow, born 25 July 1876, died 16 June 1959, of Southampton County, Virginia. Presented by the Great Bridge Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Mrs. Clyde W. Bradshaw and Mrs. William B. Wingo. Other family names listed include Boykin, Corey, Edwards, Finch, Fitchett, Hayes, Holladay, Laird, Willis, Darden and Lindsay. Geographic locations listed include New York City, New York, Suffolk, Virginia, Brooklyn, New York, Schenectady, New York, Southampton County, Virginia, Petersburg, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia.
- Folder 7: Pryor family research, 1910
- Newspaper genealogy column regarding the Pryor family of Gloucester County, Virginia. Other family names listed include Thornton, Wells, Berry, Taylor, Blackburn, Mitchell, Saunders, Green and Hunter. Geographic locations listed include Gloucester County, Virginia, Caroline County, Virginia, Hanover County, Virginia, Amelia County, Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Norfolk, Virginia, Alabama and Nottoway County, Virginia.
- Folder 8: Purcell family history, 1979
- Ancestor chart and additional family research materials for the Purcell family. Compiled by Lilla P. Lewis of Lubbock, Texas. Other family names listed include Lewis, Hix, Curry, Tabor, Thompson, Tarrant, Womack, Croft, Long, Raborn/Reyburn and Fleming. Geographic locations listed include Lubbock, Texas, Cornelia, Georgia, Franklin County, Georgia, Askew, Texas, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Pickton, Texas, Fayette County, Illinois, Cookville, Texas, Denton County, Texas, Texarkana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Cherokee County, Alabama, Commerce, Texas, Como, Texas, Hopkin County, Texas and Greenville County, South Carolina.
- Folder 9: Purcell family research, 1979
- Ancestor charts, obituaries, newspaper clippings, book excerpts and correspondence regarding the Purcell family. Alternative spellings of the last name are Pursell and Purcell. Ancestor chart compiled by Elizabeth Purcell Keyser of Lottsburg, Virginia. Other family names listed include Lewis, McKenny, Harrison, Cookman, Dodson, Pope, Keyser, Redman, Conley, Tomlin, Rock, Stott, Nash, Kerr/Carr, Cox, Hart, Reed, Wood, Hutchinson, Camp/Kemp, Stowers, Webb, Foster, Tarlton, Tucker, Riley, Cranz, Jamison, Williamson, Allan, Bosher, Moore, Keatley, Basnight and Tennille. Geographic locations listed include Richmond County, Virginia, Tappahannock, Virginia, Essex County, Virginia, Northumberland County, Virginia, South Carolina, Sciota County, Ohio, Norfolk, Virginia, Deltaville, Virginia, Towson, Maryland, Walnut Point, Virginia, Lillian, Virginia, Oldhams, Virginia, Westmoreland County, Virginia, Frederick County, Virginia, Des Moines County, Iowa, Ross County, Ohio, Caldwell, Idaho, Tacoma, Washington, Payette, Idaho, Andrew County, Missouri, Ireland, Pickaway County, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Richmond, Virginia, Newport News, Virginia, Williamsburg, Virginia, Woodbridge, Virginia, Wakefield, Virginia, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Chesapeake, Virginia, and Portsmouth, Virginia.
- Folder 10: Purcell family research materials (folder 1 of 2), undated
- Purcell family obituaries, book excerpts with biographies, family genealogy forms, military records and photocopies of wills and marriage registries. Alternative spellings of the last name include Purcell, Persel, Pursell, Pursley and Purcel. Other family names listed include Chandler, Randolph, Tavis, Collis, Hill, Pritchard, Burgen/Burger, Gilkerson, Hitchings, Williams, Parker, Webb, Rolland, Payne, McCarthy, Walker, Peters, Potter, McKown, Berry, Boykin, Petty, Russell, Calhoun, Sink, Bartlett, Bryan, Newbern, Stubbs, Massey, Moore, Blake, Walden, Griffin, Banks, Fletcher, Enos, Bridges, Oakes, Waring and Butler. Geographic locations listed include Brunswick, Maine, Baltimore, Maryland, Westmoreland County, Virginia, Princess Anne County, Virginia, Lynchburg, Virginia, Norfolk County, Virginia, Gloucester County, Virginia, King and Queen County, Virginia, Concord, Ohio, Norfolk, Virginia, Prince William County, Virginia, Mason County, Kentucky, Portsmouth, Virginia, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Manteo, North Carolina, Knox County, Indiana, Hampshire County, West Virginia (formerly Virginia), Richmond, Virginia, Limerick, Ireland, Petersburg, Virginia, Surry County, Virginia, Urbanna, Virginia, Coventry, Rhode Island, Coles Point, Virginia, Farnham, Virginia, Crisfield, Maryland, Tappahannock, Virginia, Lanham, Maryland, Wayne County, North Carolina, Orlando, Florida, Columbus, Ohio, Red Bank, New Jersey, Loudoun County, Virginia, Frisco, North Carolina, Balto, Maryland and Scott County, Virginia.
- Folder 11: Purcell family research materials (folder 2 of 2), 1977-2002
- Correspondence and family reunion materials regarding the Purcell family.
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