1800s-1840s Collection of Legal and Commercial Documents, Norfolk, Virginia, 1692-1840 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: 1800s-1840s Collection of Legal and Commercial Documents, Norfolk, Virginia, 1692-1840

Predominant Dates:1810-1835

ID: 001/01/MSS 2016-014

Primary Creator: Atkins, Keith

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged in original order.

Date Acquired: 02/19/2016. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Businesses, Court records, Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk County (Va.)

Forms of Material: Land grants, Legal documents, Memorandums, Notes, Receipts, Summonses, Transcriptions (documents)

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Includes handwritten legal/court and commercial documents from the Borough of Norfolk and Norfolk County, Virginia, dated between 1800 and 1835. Also includes a Norfolk County land grant from 1692.

Subject/Index Terms

Businesses
Court records
Norfolk (Va.)
Norfolk County (Va.)

Administrative Information

Repository: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Accruals: Second set of documents acquired on December 5, 2016.

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: Purchase

Preferred Citation: 1800s-1840s Collection of Legal and Commercial Documents, Norfolk, Virginia, MSS 2016-014, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed November 6, 2018.

Box and Folder Listing

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Box 1

Folder 1: Legal Documents

Item 1: Land grant by Sir Francis Nicholson for parcel in Norfolk County, 1692: On the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River.
Item 2: Part 2 of land grant by Sir Francis Nicholson for parcel in Norfolk County, 1692: Pairs with Item 1.
Item 3: Notes on 1692 Nicholson land grant, undated: Applies to Items 1 and 2.
Item 4: Debt collection, Aaron Timberlake, William Williams, 1811 February 10
Item 5: Transcription of Item 5, undated
Item 6: Court writ to Arthur Emmerson, Sheriff, 1840 October 12
Item 7: Transcription of Item 6, undated
Item 8: Circuit Superior Court, Norfolk County record, Robert B. Taylor, 1836 June 8
Item 9: Judgment enforcement, John Tatem, Charles Reid, William Wilson
Item 10: Debt action, Thomas Williams, William Wilson, Jesse Armstrong
Item 11: Transcription of Item 10, undated
Item 12: Debt action, Edmund Kennedy, John Tabb, Murdaugh, 1833
Item 13: Transcription of Item 12, undated
Item 14: Debt action, Robert Rys, Gideon Kilgrove, 1833 May 17
Item 15: Summons relating to larceny, T. Williams, James R. Riddick, Arthur Emmerson, 1840 July 2
Item 16: Transcription of Item 15, undated
Item 17: Debt action, Murdaugh, John Miars, Nathaniel Tatum, 1838 December 12
Item 18: Transcription of Item 17, undated
Item 19: Debt action, Murdaugh, Robert B. Butt, William B. Lamb, 1833 August 3
Item 20: Transcription of Item 19, undated
Item 21: Debt action, Bank of Virginia, Thomas Reilly, 1830 December 8: On printed form.
Item 22: Debt action, T. Whitehead, George Wallace, George D. Happer (Hopper?), 1836 January 1
Item 23: Debt action, David Campbell, William H. Wilson, Thomas Glenn, 1838 February 19
Item 24: Debt action, Arthur Emmerson, 1835 March 16
Item 25: Debt action, Richard Baugh, James Warren, Michael Sykes, 1834 January 22
Item 26: Debt action, John Grandy, Carter Barnard, John Wilson, 1839 October 7
Item 27: Debt action, Robert White, Nathaniel Phillips, Arthur Emmerson, 1828 May 5
Item 28: Action to recover damages, John Hatton, Edward Hatton, John Caldwell, 1834
Item 29: Action to recover damages, Alexander Etheridge, Samuel Foreman, 1839
Item 30: Debt action, Augustus Coriell, Michael Sykes, 1834 March 29
Item 31: Debt action, Frances Southgate, 1824 March 25
Item 32: Debt action, Charles Niemeyer, Henry Niemeyer, Frances Porter, 1837, June 5
Item 33: Transcription of Item 32, undated
Item 34: Action relating to land sale, William Manning, Thomas Boughton, 1837 June 5
Item 35: Answer to lawsuit, Samuel Etheridge, 1838 November 14
Item 36: Possible debt action, John L. Porter, William B. Lamb, Andrew Howe, Thomas Boughton, 1938
Item 37: Debt action, Porter Estate, 1935 June
Item 38: Action to recover damages, Thomas Williams, Armstrong, 1832
Item 39: Debt action, Alexander Etheridge, Thomas V. Webb, Stephen B. Tatum, 1839 November 19
Item 40: Arrest order to Sheriff, William Wilson, William Lambert, Thomas Williams, 1826 October 4
Item 41: Debt action, Arthur Emmerson, Thomas Edwards, John Nash, 1840 June 10
Item 42: Transcription of Item 41, undated
Item 43: Arrest order to Sheriff, William Chandler, Margaret Micks, 1827 August 15: On printed form.
Item 44: Arrest order to Sheriff, John D. Whitehead, Malachi W. Reid
Item 45: Arrest order to Sheriff, William Willey, John Richardson, 1840 June 22
Item 46: Memorandum of debt action, William Burnard, Mordecai Cooke, Robert B. Taylor, 1827

Folder 2: Legal Documents

Item 1: Summons, John Magness, William Wilson, 1834 September 25
Item 2: Summons, John Magness, 1834
Item 3: Debt action, James W. Hall, Maximillian Herbert
Item 4: Memorandum of court action, William Barnard, Mordecai Cooke, John Wigen, 1827 June
Item 5: Debt action, William Tyson, William Floyd, 1835 February 9
Item 6: Action to recover damages, Rutherford, Henry Leslie, 1836 July
Item 7: Debt action, Peter Marsh, 1838 August 12
Item 8: Action to recover damages, Henry Waldon, Charles Mapes, 1838
Item 9: Summons, John Ellis, William H. Wilson, 1835 May 21
Item 10: Possible debt action, William Wakefield, Polly Calsepen?, 1831 August 9
Item 11: Summons, Mordecai Cooke, 1830
Item 12: Debt action, Pitts, Langhorne, 1840
Item 13: Action to recover damages, Mordecai Cooke, Chandler, 1835 April
Item 14: Debt action, Thomas Williams, 1839 October 5
Item 15: Action to recover damages, Mordecai Cooke, Levy, Reid, 1835 April 1
Item 16: Possible court order, Henry Niemeyer, William Wilson, Sidney Porter, William P. Porter, 1832 November 28
Item 17: Debt action, William Hale, Charles Hale, McQuillan, 1820
Item 18: Debt action, John Nash, 1838
Item 19: Motion to court, M. King, William Manning
Item 20: Action (in dentinue) to recover property (negro woman), Cary Wallace, John Butt, 1834 May 16
Item 21: Order to appear (writ of praecipe), Arthur Emmerson, William Wilson, 1883 November 11
Item 22: Possible court memorandum, John Nash, William H. Wilson, 1834 May 16
Item 23: Possible court memorandum, Frances Jones, William H. Wilson, 1838 May 8
Item 24: Summons, William B. Lamb, J. Philipps, William Smith, 1832

Folder 3: Commercial Documents

Item 1: Letter from Moses Myers to Myer Myers in Norway, 1819 April 12
Item 2: Letter from Moses Myers to Myer Myers in Norway, 1817
Item 3: Letter to J. Myers in Baltimore, 1812 July 3
Item 4: Bill of lading M.M. No. 1 @ 205, 1796 February 14
Item 5: Bill of lading to Nash LeGrand, Navy Agent Norfolk, 1831
Item 6: Note on Item 5, undated
Item 7: Norfolk Corporation Report, Alexander Jordan, Chairman, 1805 September
Item 8: Note on Item 7, undated
Item 9: Auction receipt, Richard Bowden, 1806 May 10
Item 10: Note on Item 9
Item 11: Norfolk Corporation statement for services, to James Martin, 1805 January 1: Signed by George Suggs, John Turner, Joel Hodges, Michael Madden and Edward Ward.
Item 12: Note on Item 11, undated
Item 13: Auction receipt for sale of vessels and cargo, Thomas Willocke, 1807 June 30
Item 14: Note on Item 13, undated
Item 15: Norfolk Corporation statement for services, to Edwin Stark, 1808
Item 16: Note on Item 15, undated
Item 17: Auction receipt, Fiske and Catlett, 1807 July
Item 18: Note on Item 17
Item 19: Auction receipt, Warren Ashley, 1806 December 31
Item 20: Note on Item 19, undated
Item 21: Auction receipt, Edwin Roberts, 1804 April 22
Item 22: Note on Item 21, undated
Item 23: Auction receipt, Anthony Metcalf, Thomas Mathews, 1808 July 29
Item 24: Note on Item 23, undated

Folder 4: Commercial Documents

Item 1: Auction receipt, William B. Lamb, 1806 March 31
Item 2: Auction receipt, William B. Lamb, 1807 June 30
Item 3: Note on Item 2, undated
Item 4: Auction receipt, William B. Lamb, 1805 June 30
Item 5: Auction receipt, Cary Selden, 1807
Item 6: Public sales receipt, Solomon Marks, 1805
Item 7: Note on Item 6, undated
Item 8: Auction receipt, Charles Baker, Phinehas Dana, 1806 September 30
Item 9: Note on Item 8, undated
Item 10: Auction receipt, Thomas Blanchard, 1806 October 1
Item 11: Note on Item 10, undated
Item 12: Auction receipt, Matthew Cofer, 1806 October 1
Item 13: Auction receipt, Matthew Cofer, 1803 April 1
Item 14: Auction receipt, Daniel Waddey, 1806
Item 15: Note on Item 14, undated
Item 16: Auction receipt, Christopher Fry, Charles Baker, 1807 April 1
Item 17: Note on Item 16, undated
Item 18: Auction receipt, Edwin Stark, Wright Southgate, 1808 July
Item 19: Note on Item 18, undated
Item 20: Auction receipt, Richard Drummond, Richard Bowden, 1807 June 30
Item 21: Note on Item 20, undated
Item 22: Auction receipt, Richard Bowden, 1806
Item 23: Auction receipt, Francis Smith, 1807
Item 24: Note on Item 23, undated
Item 25: Auction receipt, Thomas Blanchard, John L. Leland, 1805
Item 26: Note on Item 25, undated
Item 27: Auction receipt, Thomas Blanchard, 1806 March
Item 28: Auction receipt, Thomas Blanchard, 1806
Item 29: Auction receipt, Thomas Blanchard, 1805 April
Item 30: Auction receipt, John Granberry, R. Gatewood, Hance Baker, 1806 October 1
Item 31: Note on Item 30, undated
Item 32: Auction receipt, Solomon Marks, 1807
Item 33: Note on Item 32, undated
Item 34: Auction receipt, John Leland, 1806
Item 35: Auction receipt, John Margowen, 1807 June 30
Item 36: Note on Item 35, undated
Item 37: Auction receipt, Alexander Haywood, 1807 June 30
Item 38: Auction receipt, Richard Bowden, 1807 January
Item 39: Auction receipt, Alexander Haywood, 1807 January 1
Item 40: Auction receipt, George Wilson, 1806 October
Item 41: Note on Item 40, undated
Item 42: Auction receipt, Solomon Marks, 1806
Item 43: Auction receipt, Solomon Marks, 1805 July
Item 44: Auction receipt, George Wilson, 1807 March 31
Item 45: Auction receipt, William B. Lamb, Hance Baker, 1806 December 31
Item 46: Auction receipt, Christopher Fry, Edwin Lee, 1806 October
Item 47: Note on Item 47, undated
Item 48: Auction receipt, James Taylor, 1806
Item 49: Note on Item 48, undated
Item 50: Auction receipt, Solomon Marks, Jr., 1807 June 30
Item 51: Auction receipt, Francis Smith, 1806
Item 52: Auction receipt, James Taylor, 1807 June 30
Item 53: Auction receipt, James Taylor, 1807 March 31
Item 54: Auction receipt, Richard F. Burke, 1805 October
Item 55: Auction receipt, William Hull, 1807 June 30
Item 56: Auction receipt, Thomas Blanchard, Hance Baker, 1807
Item 57: Auction receipt, Thomas Blanchard, 1806

Folder 5: Commercial and Legal Documents

Item 1: Auction receipt, Thomas Blanchard, 1807
Item 2: Auction receipt, William Thompson, 1807
Item 3: Auction receipt, Alexander Haywood, 1806
Item 4: Auction receipt, George Wilson, 1807 June 30
Item 5: Auction receipt, Alexander Haywood, 1807 April 1
Item 6: Auction receipt, William B. Lamb, 1805 March 31
Item 7: Auction receipt, William B. Lamb, 1806 September 30
Item 8: Auction receipt, William B. Lamb, 1806 June 30
Item 9: Record of burial of Robert Smithers (poor house) by George Scott, 1808 June 25
Item 10: Auction receipt, William B. Lamb, 1807 April 1
Item 11: Auction receipt, Richard Burke, J. Langley, 1806 March 31
Item 12: Note on Item 11, undated
Item 13: Norfolk Borough ledger for services, 1809
Item 14: Transcription of Item 13, undated
Item 15: Norfolk Borough, ordinance for auditor, undated
Item 16: Transcription of Item 15, undated
Item 17: Norfolk Borough, ordinance for rules of Market House, undated
Item 18: Transcription of Item 17, undated
Item 19: Record of burial of Margaret Murray (poor house) by George Scott, 1808 July 4
Item 20: Norfolk Borough receipt to Thomas Newton for work at Market House, undated

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