Wilson and Hairston Family Papers, 1751-1928

Collection Number: 04134

Collection Title: Wilson and Hairston Family Papers, 1751-1928

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Size	51.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 16,800 items)
Abstract	White members of the Wilson and Hairston families owned plantations, enslaved people, and were merchants of Henry and Pittsylvania counties, Va., and Davie, Rockingham, and Stokes counties, N.C. Enslaved people supplied labor at many of the family's plantations, possibly including Sauratown Hill and Muddy Creek in Stokes County, N.C.; Royal Oak, Oak Hill, Berry Hill near Danville, and Brierfield, all in Pittsylvania County, Va.; Bostick Lower Place, Upper Place, Muddy Creek, Terrell's Place, Bradley's Place, Town Place, all in Stokes County, N.C., or Pittsylvania County, Va.; Goose Pond in Rockingham County, N.C., and Pittsylvania County, Va.; Cooleemee Hill in Davie County, N.C.; and Smith's Place and Leatherwood Plantation in Henry County, Va. There were also family properties in Mississippi. The papers include business correspondence, financial and legal papers and scattered personal correspondence documenting six generations of the white Wilson and Hairston families. The people enslaved by these families are documented in the lists of names, in bills of sale, and papers relating to manumission in 1832 through the American Colonization Society. Among the activities represented are plantation management, including purchase of supplies; the sale of tobacco through Virginia commission merchants; the service of Peter Hairston (1752-1832) as a deputy sheriff in Henry County, Va., mainly 1751-1788; and activities of the Sandy Creek, Mayo, County Line, and Staunton River Baptist associations, 1833-1868. Civil War materials are few and consist of scattered family letters and some receipts for foodstuffs sold to the Confederate Army. Approximately one-fourth of the collection consists of the personal and professional correspondence of Alfred Varley Sims as a professor at the State University of Iowa (now the University of Iowa), 1895-1904, and as a civil engineer, and includes materials related to his time in Cuba, 1905-1908, and to his connections with various southern and Cuban railroads and other businesses in Cuba and elsewhere.
Creator	Wilson family. Hairston family.
Language	English

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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Wilson and Hairston Family Papers #4134, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Additional Descriptive Resources: A finding aid produced in 1978 includes more genealogical information about the Wilson and Hairston families and a slightly more detailed, chronological inventory of the collection (see folder 1a).

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Possibly as early as 1730, the first Hairston came to America. This was Peter Hairston, a white Scottish immigrant, who may have first lived in Pennsylvania and then in Albemarle County, Va. He had four sons of which one was the progenitor of the Hairstons represented in these papers. This son, Robert Hairston (d. 1783), lived in that part of Pittsylvania County, Va., that became Henry County, Va., in 1777 where he built Marrowbone Plantation. He served as a captain of the Pittsylvania County militia, justice of the peace in Pittsylvania County, and sheriff of Henry County. Robert Hairston and his wife, Ruth Stoval (d. 1808), had three sons, George (1750-1827), Peter (1752-1832), and Samuel (b. 1755), and six daughters.

The first Wilson of the branch represented in these papers, Peter Wilson, immigrated from Scotland to America possibly around 1720. In the 1740s, he made his home along the Dan River in Virginia, located in Halifax County, Va., and later in Pittsylvania County, Va., where he built Wilson's Ferry. Peter Wilson and his wife Alcey had three sons, John (1740-1820), Peter, and William, and four daughters, Nancy, Isabella, Margaret, and Agnes (d. 1812).

This last child, Agnes, married Peter Perkins (1739-1813), the son of Nicholas Perkins and Bethenia Harden. Nicholas settled in the Dan River in 1755 and bequeathed to his son, Peter, the land on which Peter built Berry Hill Plantation near Danville, Va. Also, from 1783 to 1788, Peter and his brother Constantine Perkins owned the Troublesome Creek Ironworks in Rockingham County, N.C. Later, about 1795, Peter Perkins moved to Stokes County, N.C., and around 1805 or 1806, to Tennessee. Peter Perkins and his wife, Agnes Wilson, had one child, Alcey (1766-1814), who married the second son of Robert Hairston (d. 1783) and Ruth Stoval (d. 1808)

The brother of Agnes (Wilson) Perkins and a son of Peter and Alcey Wilson, John Wilson (1740-1820), married Mary Lumpkin in 1767 and lived at Dan's Hill near Wilson's Ferry in Pittsylvania County, Va. He became a wealthy landowner and opened a general merchandise store at his ferry. He and one of his eleven children, Peter (1770-1813), had a partnership in another general merchandise store in Rockingham County, N.C.

Peter Hairston (1752-1832) was a contemporary of John Wilson. He married Alcey Perkins (1766-1814), daughter of Peter Perkins (1739-1813) and Agnes Wilson (d. 1812); they had one child, Ruth Stoval (1783-1869), who married Peter Wilson, the son of John Wilson. Peter Hairston lived his early life in that part of Pittsylvania County, Va., that became Henry County, Va., in 1777. In Henry County, he served as deputy sheriff intermittently between 1781 and 1784 and as a captain of an infantry company under General Nathaniel Greene. During the Revolutionary War, Peter Hairston served in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina in such notable battles as Guilford Court House (15 March 1781) and Yorktown (October 1781). While still a resident of Henry County, Va., he began operating a general merchandise store and a blacksmithing shop at Sauratown in Stokes County, N.C. After moving permanently to Stokes County around 1786, he continued to operate his store as well as owning numerous plantations in North Carolina and Virginia including Royal Oak, Sauratown, and Cooleemee. Peter Hairston also represented Stokes County in the North Carolina Assembly for four terms.

Peter Wilson (1770-1813), son of John Wilson and Mary Lumpkin, married a daughter of Peter Hairston and Alcey Perkins, Ruth Stoval Hairston (1783-1869). He owned many plantations including Berry Hill (built by Peter Perkins), Brierfield, and Goose Pond, all in Pittsylvania County, Va. Peter Wilson, in partnership with his father John Wilson, ran a general merchandise store in Rockingham County, N.C. After marrying Ruth Stoval Hairston in 1800, he moved to Berry Hill Plantation but continued to run the Rockingham County store. From 1801 to 1803, Thomas Bouldin and Company probably managed the store for Peter Wilson. He also served as the head of the Second Battalion of the 42nd Regiment of the Pittsylvania County Militia and as a justice of the peace.

After Peter Wilson died in 1813, Ruth Stoval (Hairston) Wilson (1783-1869) married Robert Hairston (1783-1852). He was the son of George Hairston (1750-1827) and Elizabeth (Perkins) Letcher (1759-1818). His father lived in Henry County, Va., where he built Marrowbone Plantation. Robert Hairston owned Leatherwood Plantation in Henry County, and after marrying Ruth Stoval (Hairston) Wilson, he managed her plantations including Berry Hill in Pittsylvania County, Va. Around 1837, he moved to Mississippi to manage the following plantations that he owned: Bend, Black Flat, Choctaw Springs, Moore's Bluff, Nashville Place, and Pepper plantations. His wife was left to manage her properties. At his death, a controversy surrounded his will which left all his property to an enslaved child.

Samuel Hairston (1788-1875) was a brother of Robert Hairston and lived at Oak Hill Plantation in Pittsylvania County, Va. He married Agnes John Peter Wilson (1801-1880), the daughter of Peter Wilson and Ruth Stoval (Hairston) Wilson Hairston, and they had seven children. In 1854, several newspaper articles described Samuel Hairston as the wealthiest man in Virginia and possibly in the country. His wealth was estimated at between three million and five million dollars, including enslavement of around 1700 people on plantations in Henry and Patrick counties, Va., and Stokes County, N.C. There are also references in these articles to the comparative wealth of his relatives.

The eldest son of Samuel Hairston, Peter Wilson Hairston (1819-1886), grew up in Pittsylvania County, Va., but lived his adult life first in Davie County, N.C., and later in Baltimore, Md. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1837 and attended the University of Virginia law school from 1837 to 1839. After these years, he helped in the management of his father and Ruth Stoval (Hairston) Wilson Hairston's plantations in Virginia and North Carolina. In 1849, he married Columbia Stuart (1830-1857), sister of General J. E. B. Stuart, and settled at Cooleemee Plantation in Davie County, N.C., which his great-grandfather, Peter Hairston (1752-1832), had willed to him. By 1860, he expanded the acreage at Cooleemee to twice its original size and possibly enslaved approximately 300 people. After the death of Columbia Stuart in 1857, he married Fanny Caldwell, the daughter of Judge David F. Caldwell of Rowan County, N.C. During the Civil War, Peter W. Hairston served as a volunteer aide for General J. E. B. Stuart and General Jubal A. Early, and after the war, he moved to Baltimore, Md., to become a merchant. His overseers continues the management of Cooleemee Plantation until his death.

One sister of Peter W. Hairston, Alcey (1830-1914), married Samuel Harden Hairston (1822-1870) and had three children. One of these children, Ruth (1863-1936), married Alfred Varley Sims (1864-1944). He was the son of Alfred W. and Adelaide Sims of Pennsylvania and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in civil engineering. After finishing college, Alfred Varley Sims worked for various railroad companies including the Atlantic and Danville Railroad Company; the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad Company; the Utah, Nevada, and California Company; and the Utah and Los Angeles Air Line Railway Company. From 1895 to 1904, he taught engineering at the State University of Iowa (now the University of Iowa), in Iowa City, Iowa. From 1905 to 1908, he was employed by the Knickerbocker Trust Company of New York as general manager and chief engineer of the Cuba Eastern Railroad Company and lived in Guantanamo, Cuba. He also worked with the numerous subsidiary companies of the Knickerbocker Trust Company including the Cuba Hardwood Company, the Cuba Exploration Company, the Northeastern Cuba Railroad Company, the Guantanamo City Land and Development Company, the La Maya Valley Land and Improvement Company, the Confluente Sugar Company, and the Havana Post Publishing Company. He left this position in 1908 because of his alleged mismanagement of the company and returned to Berry Hill Farm to assume more direct management of it than possible before. From late 1908 to 1917, Alfred Varley Sims remained in Virginia, except in 1914 when he lived in England. He assisted Henry J. Boekelman of New York in a Cuba business venture while in England. From 1917, Sims worked in New York City as an independent civil engineer.

The biographical and genealogical information is from the following sources: Maud Carter Clement, The History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia (Lynchburg, Virginia: J. P. Bell Company, 1929) and Elizabeth Seawell Hairston, The Hairstons and Penns and Their Relations (Roanoke, Virginia: Walters Printing and Manufacturing Company, 1939) in addition to the Wilson and Hairston Papers.

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White members of the Wilson and Hairston families owned plantations, enslaved people, and were merchants of Henry and Pittsylvania counties, Va., and Davie, Rockingham, and Stokes counties, N.C. Enslaved people supplied labor at many of the family's plantations, possibly including Sauratown Hill and Muddy Creek in Stokes County, N.C.; Royal Oak, Oak Hill, Berry Hill near Danville, and Brierfield, all in Pittsylvania County, Va.; Bostick Lower Place, Upper Place, Muddy Creek, Terrell's Place, Bradley's Place, Town Place, all in Stokes County, N.C., or Pittsylvania County, Va.; Goose Pond in Rockingham County, N.C., and Pittsylvania County, Va.; Cooleemee Hill in Davie County, N.C.; and Smith's Place and Leatherwood Plantation in Henry County, Va. There were also family properties in Mississippi. The papers include business correspondence, financial and legal papers and scattered personal correspondence documenting six generations of the white Wilson and Hairston families. The people enslaved by these families are documented in the lists of names, in bills of sale, and papers relating to manumission in 1832 through the American Colonization Society. Among the activities represented are plantation management, including purchase of supplies; the sale of tobacco through Virginia commission merchants; the service of Peter Hairston (1752-1832) as a deputy sheriff in Henry County, Va., mainly 1751-1788; and activities of the Sandy Creek, Mayo, County Line, and Staunton River Baptist associations, 1833-1868. Civil War materials are few and consist of scattered family letters and some receipts for foodstuffs sold to the Confederate Army. Approximately one-fourth of the collection consists of the personal and professional correspondence of Alfred Varley Sims as a professor at the State University of Iowa (now the University of Iowa), 1895-1904, and as a civil engineer, and includes materials related to his time in Cuba, 1905-1908, and to his connections with various southern and Cuban railroads and other businesses in Cuba and elsewhere.

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1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated.
1A. Family Papers, 1780-1894, 1896-1897, 1910 (Addition of 1979).
2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated.
2A. Volumes, 1787-1894 and undated (Addition of 1979).
Unprocessed Material.
Withdrawn Materials (photocopies), 1779-1785.
Oversize Papers.
Microfilm.

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About 15,300 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Processing Note: See also addition of 1979.

Enslaved people are chiefly represented in this series by lists of names, bills of sale, deeds, and receipts for medical care and for jailing people who had been caught after self-emancipation from slavery, a status then described as fugitive or runaway. There are also letters in 1832 concerning the manumission of six people enslaved by Hairston who were sent to Liberia through the work of the American Colonization Society.

Most of the papers from the period 1751 to 1788 are those of Peter Hairston (1752-1832) and consist mainly of legal papers relating to his role as a deputy sheriff of Henry County, Va. These papers include letters to Hairston from other county officials; warrants from justices of the peace to him; memoranda and receipts of several Henry County sheriffs, including himself and his father, Robert Hairston (d. 1783), listing monies collected for taxes and carried to Richmond, Va.; and bonds between various people. His own legal papers also include receipts, bonds, warranty deeds, and bills of sale, all for the purchases of enslaved people and land.

Most of the papers from 1789 to 1813 are business correspondence of Peter Hairston (1752-1832) and Peter Wilson (1770-1813), the latter being the son-in-law of the former. There are letters to both of them from numerous Petersburg, Va., merchants about the arrival of new merchandise in their stores, the condition of the Petersburg market, Hairston and Wilson's accounts with these merchants, and the latest political news. There are also many financial papers for this period consisting of accounts for goods bought by Peter Wilson and Peter Hairston, some for large quantities of merchandise for their stores and others for smaller quantities of merchandise bought for plantation or personal use. Together they show patterns of buying and selling between both Wilson and Hairston and various general and commission merchants in Lynchburg, Richmond, and Petersburg, Va. Included among the financial papers are bills of sale for people enslaved by Peter Wilson and Peter Hairston.

The papers from 1814 to 1832 are principally those of Peter Hairston (1752-1832) and his nephews, Robert Hairston (1783-1852) and Samuel Hairston (1788-1875), the sons of George and Elizabeth (Perkins) Letcher Hairston. The papers are almost entirely business correspondence and financial and legal papers of the three men. Among the business correspondence are letters to Peter Hairston from his daughter Ruth Stoval (Hairston) Wilson about the management of her plantation following Peter Wilson's death in 1813 until her marriage to Robert Hairston around 1816. There are also letters to Samuel, Robert, and Peter Hairston from Lynchburg, Petersburg, and Richmond, Va., and Fayetteville, N.C., merchants. All three men produced large quantities of tobacco and sold it through commission merchants in Lynchburg while Peter Hairston sold his flour and cotton in the Fayetteville market. Also included are five letters in 1832 from R. H. Toler, William M. Rives, R. R. Gurley, and John McPhail to Robert Hairston about the American Colonization Society and the manumission of six people enslaved by Hairston who were sent to Liberia. The majority of the legal papers are related to the case of Robert Hairston v. Joel, Elisha, and William Estes, a suit concerning the sale of Robert Hairston's tobacco through the Estes commission business, which appears to have lasted from 1818 to 1829. Additional legal papers consist of bills of sale for enslaved people, deeds for land purchases, property tax payments, and jailers' bills for keeping enslaved people who had self-emancipated (and who at that time would have been called fugitives or runaways). The financial papers for this period are chiefly Samuel, Robert, and Peter Hairston's accounts with Lynchburg, Petersburg, Richmond, and Fayetteville merchants for their crop sales and for general merchandise. There are also receipts for tobacco hauled to these markets, doctors' bills for attending to enslaved people, and bills for construction in 1823 of the Oak Hill home of Samuel Hairston. Miscellaneous material includes minutes of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association, 1825-1829.

The papers from 1833 to 1880 are principally those of Samuel Hairston (1788-1875), Robert Hairston (1783-1852), Ruth Stoval (Hairston) Wilson Hairston (1783-1869), and Peter Wilson Hairston (1819-1886). Most of the papers from 1833 to 1860 are business correspondence and financial papers. These papers include letters, bills, and receipts from numerous Danville, Lynchburg, Petersburg, and Richmond, Va., merchants about the sale of tobacco, cotton, wheat, and flour crops; merchandise the Hairstons ordered; and occasional political news. Much of the personal correspondence from 1833 to 1860 is that of Peter Wilson Hairston, with earlier correspondence pertaining to student life at the University of North Carolina and the University of Virginia and later correspondence concerning plantation management. From 1860 to 1865, there are few items, mostly letters from Peter Wilson Hairston to Samuel Hairston concerning the management of Cooleemee Plantation and scattered letters to Samuel Hairston from Confederate soldiers and officers concerning, respectively, gifts of money for their families and the purchasing of crops for the troops. From 1866 to 1880, there are primarily financial papers consisting of bills and receipts for general merchandise bought by Samuel Hairston and Ruth Stoval (Hairston) Wilson Hairston from Danville, Va., merchants and from Herbert Hairston, Peter Wilson Hairston's business partner in Baltimore, Md., and accounts of tenants at Royal Oak and Brierfield farms. Miscellaneous material includes minutes, 1833-1868, of the Mayo Baptist Association, the County Line Baptist Association, and the Staunton River Baptist Association.

The papers from 1881 to 1928, comprising about one-fourth of the Wilson and Hairston Papers, consist primarily of the professional and personal correspondence of Alfred Varley Sims (1864-1944), husband of Ruth (Hairston) Sims (1863-1936). During Sims's early life, 1881-1894, the papers are mainly the professional correspondence between himself and the employees of the following railroads: the Atlantic and Danville Railway Company; the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad Company; the Utah, Nevada and California Company; and the Utah and Los Angeles Air Line Railway Company. Related to this business correspondence are estimates and accounts for work and materials used in railroad construction.

From 1895 to 1904, Alfred Varley Sims taught engineering at the State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, only occasionally returning to Virginia during the summers to manage Berry Hill. Approximately three-fourths of the correspondence for this period is letters from his overseers about management of Berry Hill. Personal correspondence from 1895 to 1904 includes letters, telegrams, and eulogies written by and to numerous people about the death of Charles Schaeffer, president of the University. Schaeffer was a close associate of Alfred Varley Sims, who may have headed a memorial committee for Schaeffer.

In 1904, after Sims's resignation from the State University of Iowa, there are letters between William Sowden Sims (1858-1936), brother of Alfred Varley Sims; Charles Page Perin, a New York consulting engineer; and Alfred Varley Sims about his chances for an engineering position with the Knickerbocker Trust Company of New York. William Sims served as a naval aide to President Theodore Roosevelt (1908-1909), served on the staff and was president of the Naval War College in Newport, R.I. (1911-1913, 1916, 1919-1922), and commanded the United States Fleet in European waters (1917-1918).

From 1905 to 1908, Alfred Varley Sims lived in Guantanamo, Cuba, while serving as chief engineer and general manager of the Cuba Eastern Railroad Company. While working for the Cuba Eastern Railroad Company, Sims also assisted the other numerous subsidiary companies of the Knickerbocker Trust Company: the Cuba Hardwood Company, the Cuba Exploration Company, the Northeastern Cuba Railroad Company, the Guantanamo City Land and Development Company, the La Maya Valley Land and Improvement Company, the Confluente Sugar Company, and the Havana Post Publishing Company. There is detailed correspondence between Alfred Varley Sims and officers of these companies. In 1907, several of the subsidiary companies were consolidated under the Fidelity Commercial and Trading Company, and there is much correspondence between Sims and officers of this holding company. Some of the Cuba correspondence is in Spanish, but most of the items have accompanying translations. In the fall of 1908, Sims left the Cuba Eastern Railroad Company because he was angered over mismanagement charges against him. At the end of 1908, there is an important cover letter referring to Sims's defense of himself. Personal correspondence, from 1905 to 1908, includes letters between J. D. Sutliffe and Sims detailing farm management; letters to Sims and his wife from Danville, Va., real estate agents about maintenance of her property; and numerous letters from Sims to American automobile, furniture, and bobbin companies. In 1908, Sims was looking for additional income and wrote these companies to interest them in purchasing Cuban wood.

From 1909 to 1916, Alfred Varley Sims lived in Virginia and personally managed Berry Hill farm. Most of the correspondence is from Sims to numerous manufacturers about new farm products he ordered; from Sims to J. D. Setliffe and later R. H. Ross, another manager of Berry Hill, about farm management; from Sims to prospective tenants; to Sims from wheat and corn mills in Danville, Va.; and from Sims to the Superintendent of the Danville and Western Railroad about the building of a depot near Berry Hill. Although Sims was not employed with the Cuba Eastern Railroad Company after 1908, he continued to be embroiled in its sister companies' problems. F. C. Walcott and R. D. Evans wrote Sims about the legal cases concerning the Cuban companies and his testimony. Writing to a New York tailor on 12 December 1909, Sims told the tailor he was unable to pay his bill and was considering declaring bankruptcy. From 1908 Sims had been receiving warning notices about the thousands of dollars he and his wife owed on stocks. There is also correspondence between Sims and Henry J. Boekelman of the Concrete Construction and Realty Company of New York, later called the Boekelman Construction Company. This correspondence begins in 1910 and continues until 1914. Boekelman possibly served as a broker for some of the Cuban companies Sims worked with from 1905 to 1908. Boekelman solicited Sims's help in the selling of the Cuba Eastern Railroad Company and possibly other sister companies. For much of 1914, Sims lived in London, England, attempting to interest English concerns with the purchase. Sims also maintained correspondence with his brother, William Sims, about topics such as United States naval power, William Sims's command of the U.S.S. Minnesota, and his year as a naval aide to President Roosevelt.

From 1917 to 1928, there are scattered correspondence and receipts. Sims, in 1917, moved to New York City, N.Y., to work as an independent civil engineer, and his correspondence primarily consists of letters between himself and C. L. Finney about Berry Hill farm management; between himself and various Virginia merchants about his tenants' accounts and crops; and letters from his brother, William Sims, particularly about his service as special naval representative and observer to Great Britain and his travels in Ireland, England, and France.

Undated papers are arranged roughly by type in the following order: correspondence, lists of enslaved people, financial papers, legal papers, genealogical papers, writings, and miscellaneous papers. Under correspondence,letters written by individual Wilsons and Hairstons are filed first, then there is undated correspondence according to century, including the papers of Alfred Varley Sims.

Folder 1a	1978 finding aid #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 1a
Folder 1b-8	Family papers, 1751-1789 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 1b-8
Folder 9-18 Folder 9 Folder 10 Folder 11 Folder 12 Folder 13 Folder 14 Folder 15 Folder 16 Folder 17 Folder 18	Family papers, 1790-1794 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 9-18
Folder 19-28 Folder 19 Folder 20 Folder 21 Folder 22 Folder 23 Folder 24 Folder 25 Folder 26 Folder 27 Folder 28	Family papers, 1795-1798 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 19-28
Folder 29-35 Folder 29 Folder 30 Folder 31 Folder 32 Folder 33 Folder 34 Folder 35	Family papers, 1799-1800 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 29-35
Folder 36-44 Folder 36 Folder 37 Folder 38 Folder 39 Folder 40 Folder 41 Folder 42 Folder 43 Folder 44	Family papers, 1801-1803 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 36-44
Folder 45-57 Folder 45 Folder 46 Folder 47 Folder 48 Folder 49 Folder 50 Folder 51 Folder 52 Folder 53 Folder 54 Folder 55 Folder 56 Folder 57	Family papers, 1804-1807 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 45-57
Folder 58-69 Folder 58 Folder 59 Folder 60 Folder 61 Folder 62 Folder 63 Folder 64 Folder 65 Folder 66 Folder 67 Folder 68 Folder 69	Family papers, 1808-1811 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 58-69
Folder 70-75 Folder 70 Folder 71 Folder 72 Folder 73 Folder 74 Folder 75	Family papers, 1812-1813 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 70-75
Folder 76-84 Folder 76 Folder 77 Folder 78 Folder 79 Folder 80 Folder 81 Folder 82 Folder 83 Folder 84	Family papers, 1814-1817 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 76-84
Folder 85-92 Folder 85 Folder 86 Folder 87 Folder 88 Folder 89 Folder 90 Folder 91 Folder 92	Family papers, 1818-1820 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 85-92
Folder 93-100 Folder 93 Folder 94 Folder 95 Folder 96 Folder 97 Folder 98 Folder 99 Folder 100	Family papers, 1821-1823 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 93-100
Folder 101-110 Folder 101 Folder 102 Folder 103 Folder 104 Folder 105 Folder 106 Folder 107 Folder 108 Folder 109 Folder 110	Family papers, 1824-1826 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 101-110
Folder 111-121 Folder 111 Folder 112 Folder 113 Folder 114 Folder 115 Folder 116 Folder 117 Folder 118 Folder 119 Folder 120 Folder 121	Family papers, 1827-1829 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 111-121
Folder 122-129 Folder 122 Folder 123 Folder 124 Folder 125 Folder 126 Folder 127 Folder 128 Folder 129	Family papers, 1830-1833 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 122-129 Folder 124: Includes documentation of an enslaved girl, whose medical bill was disputed in a letter to Peter Hairston; and of Paul, whose self-emancipation from slavery was represented in an affidavit, March 1831, by Thomas Jones. Paul, at that time, would have been described as a fugitive or runaway.
Folder 130-136 Folder 130 Folder 131 Folder 132 Folder 133 Folder 134 Folder 135 Folder 136	Family papers, 1834-1837 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 130-136 Digital version: Letter from Peter W. Hairston to Ruth S. Hairston, 3 February 1835 Digital version: Letter from Alpheus Jones to Peter W. Hairston, 23 October 1837
Folder 137-145 Folder 137 Folder 138 Folder 139 Folder 140 Folder 141 Folder 142 Folder 143 Folder 144 Folder 145	Family papers, 1838-1840 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 137-145 Digital version: Letter from Alpheus Jones to Peter W. Hairston, 9 May 1838
Folder 146-153 Folder 146 Folder 147 Folder 148 Folder 149 Folder 150 Folder 151 Folder 152 Folder 153	Family papers, 1841-1844 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 146-153
Folder 154-162 Folder 154 Folder 155 Folder 156 Folder 157 Folder 158 Folder 159 Folder 160 Folder 161 Folder 162	Family papers, 1845-1849 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 154-162
Folder 163-174 Folder 163 Folder 164 Folder 165 Folder 166 Folder 167 Folder 168 Folder 169 Folder 170 Folder 171 Folder 172 Folder 173 Folder 174	Family papers, 1850-1853 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 163-174
Folder 175-186 Folder 175 Folder 176 Folder 177 Folder 178 Folder 179 Folder 180 Folder 181 Folder 182 Folder 183 Folder 184 Folder 185 Folder 186	Family papers, 1854-1857 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 175-186
Folder 187-197 Folder 187 Folder 188 Folder 189 Folder 190 Folder 191 Folder 192 Folder 193 Folder 194 Folder 195 Folder 196 Folder 197	Family papers, 1858-1864 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 187-197
Folder 198-218 Folder 198 Folder 199 Folder 200 Folder 201 Folder 202 Folder 203 Folder 204 Folder 205 Folder 206 Folder 207 Folder 208 Folder 209 Folder 210 Folder 211 Folder 212 Folder 213 Folder 214 Folder 215 Folder 216 Folder 217 Folder 218	Family papers, 1865-1885 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 198-218
Folder 219-230 Folder 219 Folder 220 Folder 221 Folder 222 Folder 223 Folder 224 Folder 225 Folder 226 Folder 227 Folder 228 Folder 229 Folder 230	Family papers, 1886-1894 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 219-230
Folder 231-240 Folder 231 Folder 232 Folder 233 Folder 234 Folder 235 Folder 236 Folder 237 Folder 238 Folder 239 Folder 240	Family papers, 1895-1900 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 231-240
Folder 241-250 Folder 241 Folder 242 Folder 243 Folder 244 Folder 245 Folder 246 Folder 247 Folder 248 Folder 249 Folder 250	Family papers, 1901-1904 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 241-250
Folder 251-263 Folder 251 Folder 252 Folder 253 Folder 254 Folder 255 Folder 256 Folder 257 Folder 258 Folder 259 Folder 260 Folder 261 Folder 262 Folder 263	Family papers, 1905-1907 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 251-263
Folder 264-272 Folder 264 Folder 265 Folder 266 Folder 267 Folder 268 Folder 269 Folder 270 Folder 271 Folder 272	Family papers, January 1908-June 1908 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 264-272
Folder 273-282 Folder 273 Folder 274 Folder 275 Folder 276 Folder 277 Folder 278 Folder 279 Folder 280 Folder 281 Folder 282	Family papers, July 1908-March 1909 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 273-282
Folder 283-293 Folder 283 Folder 284 Folder 285 Folder 286 Folder 287 Folder 288 Folder 289 Folder 290 Folder 291 Folder 292 Folder 293	Family papers, April 1909-December 1909 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 283-293
Folder 294-301 Folder 294 Folder 295 Folder 296 Folder 297 Folder 298 Folder 299 Folder 300 Folder 301	Family papers, January 1910-August 1910 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 294-301
Folder 302-311 Folder 302 Folder 303 Folder 304 Folder 305 Folder 306 Folder 307 Folder 308 Folder 309 Folder 310 Folder 311	Family papers, September 1910-April 1911 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 302-311
Folder 312-325 Folder 312 Folder 313 Folder 314 Folder 315 Folder 316 Folder 317 Folder 318 Folder 319 Folder 320 Folder 321 Folder 322 Folder 323 Folder 324 Folder 325	Family papers, May 1911-1912 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 312-325
Folder 326-341 Folder 326 Folder 327 Folder 328 Folder 329 Folder 330 Folder 331 Folder 332 Folder 333 Folder 334 Folder 335 Folder 336 Folder 337 Folder 338 Folder 339 Folder 340 Folder 341	Family papers, 1913-1916 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 326-341
Folder 342-366 Folder 342 Folder 343 Folder 344 Folder 345 Folder 346 Folder 347 Folder 348 Folder 349 Folder 350 Folder 351 Folder 352 Folder 353 Folder 354 Folder 355 Folder 356 Folder 357 Folder 358 Folder 359 Folder 360 Folder 361 Folder 362 Folder 363 Folder 364 Folder 365 Folder 366	Family papers, 1917-1928 and undated #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 342-366
Folder 367-385 Folder 367 Folder 368 Folder 369 Folder 370 Folder 371 Folder 372 Folder 373 Folder 374 Folder 375 Folder 376 Folder 377 Folder 378 Folder 379 Folder 380 Folder 381 Folder 382 Folder 383 Folder 384 Folder 385	Family papers, Undated #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 367-385
Folder 386	Genealogical notes, February 1909 #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 386
Folder 387-388 Folder 387 Folder 388	Genealogical notes, undated #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 387-388
Folder 389	Miscellaneous writings, undated #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 389
Folder 390-393 Folder 390 Folder 391 Folder 392 Folder 393	Miscellaneous papers, undated #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 390-393 Primarily consists of crop lists, property lists, memoranda, recipes, and cures.
Folder 394-395 Folder 394 Folder 395	Miscellaneous engineering papers of Alfred Varley Sims, undated #04134, Series: "1. Family Papers, 1751-1928 and undated." Folder 394-395

Expand/collapse Series 1A. Family Papers, 1780-1894, 1896-1897, 1910 (Addition of 1979).

About 1500 items.

The papers in this addition consist of the same kinds of items as in the original group. The papers to 1880 are scattered personal and financial papers of Ruth Hairston, Peter Hairston, Peter Wilson, and Agnes Hairston. Of note are letters from Ruth Hairston discussing the legality of the will of her late husband, Robert Hairston, in which he left his entire estate to a "young mulatto child"; and letters discussing the movement of enslaved people between plantations.

After 1880, the bulk of the papers consists of the legal and financial correspondence of Alfred Varley Sims, and concerns mostly his railroad building and promotion activities in and around Danville, Va., not covered in the main group, and Sims's railroad activities in the far west. Railroads addressed in the papers include the Danville and New River Railroad; Virginia and Kentucky Railroad; Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad Company; Atlantic and Danville Railroad; Atlantic and North Western Railroad; and the Utah, Nevada, and California Railroad. Scattered family correspondence of note concerns Alfred Varley Sims's brother, Wills Sims, and Alfred Varley Sims's sister, Adelaide Sims, and their respective experiences on trips to Europe.

Arrangement: chronological.

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Family papers, 1780-1890 #04134, Series: "1A. Family Papers, 1780-1894, 1896-1897, 1910 (Addition of 1979)." Folder 713-734

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Family papers, 1891-1893 #04134, Series: "1A. Family Papers, 1780-1894, 1896-1897, 1910 (Addition of 1979)." Folder 735-754

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Family papers, 1894, 1896-1897, 1910 and undated #04134, Series: "1A. Family Papers, 1780-1894, 1896-1897, 1910 (Addition of 1979)." Folder 755-764

Expand/collapse Series 2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated.

215 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Processing Note: See also addition of 1979.

Enslaved people are represented chiefly in lists of names found in the store books, sometimes with information about clothes and other provisions given to each person; also of note are an enslaved girl who is documented in a receipt that marked her purchase, and the mention of three men who had self-emancipated from slavery (and who at that time would have been called fugitives or runaways).

Volumes 1-26, covering the years 1780-1828, are accounts of general merchandise such as groceries, rum, hardware, dry goods, writing supplies, and china mainly purchased on credit. The name of Peter Hairston appears in most of the volumes. Joseph Winston was a business partner of Peter Hairston, February 1785-December 1785, and Winston's name appears in the volumes for 1785. Hairston operated a general merchandise store and a blacksmithing ship at Sauratown, his plantation in Surry County, later Stokes County, N.C. The store books list enslaved people, livestock, crops, and land, all bought and sold by Peter Hairston, as well as general merchandise accounts. The volumes are of three principal types: the daybook, an informal chronological record of transactions that later may have been transferred to journals and ledgers, listing articles purchased, person making purchases, and amount owed; the ledger, a formal record of transactions arranged by name of purchaser, listing purchases or only amount charged for a day or month; and the shop book, a daybook listing blacksmithing work performed, person requesting the service, and amount owed. Enclosures for the store books include lists of livestock or crop sales, lists of names, and correspondence about the plantation, accounts, and crops.

Volumes 27-53, covering the years 1790-1817, are accounts of general merchandise such as groceries, rum, hardware, dry goods, writing supplies, and china. Peter Wilson's name and Rockingham County appears on most of these volumes. Wilson, in partnership with his father John of Pittsylvania County, Va., ran a general merchandise store in Rockingham County, N.C. Enclosures for these volumes include a tobacco account, a clothing account for Mead and William Wilson, orphans of Peter Wilson, deceased (not the Peter Wilson of Volumes 27-53), list of money owed and paid to persons listed, and correspondence requesting merchandise or authorizing transfer of merchandise.

Volumes 54-112, covering the years 1773-1857, are memo books. The format of these books is informal, most entries are not dated, or, if dated, are not in chronological order, and most of the books belonged to Peter Hairston or Peter Wilson. In his memo book, Peter Hairston made brief notes of Sauratown store accounts that he later transferred to ordered account books. His memo books also list crops, livestock, travel expenses, money borrowed and lent by him, and tax payments. Hairston owned several plantations in Stokes and Pittsylvania counties, such as Royal Oak, Bostick Lower Place, Upper Place, Muddy Creek, Terrell's Place, Bradley's Place, Town Place, and Smith's Place, and the memo books contain information about them. In his memo book, Peter Wilson noted some store accounts from his general merchandise business that he later transferred to ordered account books. He listed general merchandise to purchase in Petersburg, Va., for his stock and for specific people, travel expenses, cash payments for his store goods, cash lent by and paid to Wilson, and legal settlements of store accounts. In addition, Wilson listed various persons' tobacco crops possibly transported to market and marketed by him or received as payment for store accounts. Peter Wilson also owned several plantations such as Berry Hill, Brierfield, and Goose Pond. Certain memo books list crops, livestock, and tools from his plantations. Enclosures for the memo books include correspondence about plantation matters, lists of livestock and tools on various plantations, tobacco accounts, lists of tobacco crops, and a copy of a receipt for purchase of an enslaved girl (Volume 98).

Volumes 113-134, covering the years 1780-1891, are of various types as indicated.

Volumes 135-156, covering the years 1884-1919, are correspondence and memo books of Alfred Varley Sims, professor, civil engineer, and husband of Ruth Hairston Sims. Also included are farm accounts and labor records for Berry Hill, Brierfield, and Royal Oak farms; such volumes were kept by or for Alfred Varley Sims by farm managers or tenants. Harden Hairston's name appears in some of these volumes. He was the agent for the estate of Agnes J. P. Hairston and probably assisted his sister, Mrs. Alfred Varley Sims, in managing her portion of the inheritance. Enclosures include bills for general merchandise, lists of crops, and agreements, and correspondence about farm matters from the engineering career of Alfred Varley Sims.

Volumes 157-163, covering the years 1859-1909, are of various types as indicated. These volumes were an addition to the Wilson and Hairston Papers as of 17 April 1978.

Railroad Engineering Volumes 1-44, covering the years 1889-1903, consist of level books, field books, transit books, and notebooks from Alfred Varley Sims's civil engineering work for railroad companies.

Folder 396	Volume 1, 1780-1788 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 396 Ledger/daybook, Surry County, N.C. The first half of the volume is a ledger with detailed entries of general merchandise and the second half of the volume is a daybook.
Folder 397	Volume 2, 1785-1787 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 397 Ledger, Surry County, N.C., with alphabetical index. 186 p.
Folder 398	Volume 3, 22 February 1785-1 March 1785 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 398 Daybook, Surry County, N.C.,(portion of a daybook whose entries have been transferred to Volume 4).
Folder 399	Volume 4, 22 February 1785-13 July 1785 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 399 Daybook, Surry County, N.C.
Folder 400	Volume 5, 24 May 1785-28 July 1785 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 400 Daybook possibly of Peter Hairston, Surry County, N.C.
Folder 401	Volume 6, 20 September 1785-28 October 1785 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 401 Daybook possibly of Peter Hairston, Surry County, N.C.
Folder 402	Volume 7, 13 December 1785-30 June 1786 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 402 Daybook of Surry County, N.C., including a copy of a bond on the first page.
Folder 403	Volume 8, 1786-1790 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 403 Ledger possibly of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., with an alphabetical index on front inside cover.
Folder 404	Volume 9, 2 April 1786-9 October 1786 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 404 Daybook, Surry County, N.C.
Folder 405	Volume 10, 28 June 1786-28 October 1786 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 405 Daybook, Surry County, N.C.
Folder 406	Volume 11, 25 December 1786-10 February 1787, 1788 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 406 Daybook of Peter Hairston, Surry County, N.C., and ciphering book/daybook of Nicholas Perkins.
Folder 407	Folder number not used #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 407
Oversize Volume SV-4134/12	Volume 12, 1787-1793 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." SV-4134/12 Ledger, Stokes County, N.C., including undated enclosures. 111 p.
Folder 408	Volume 13, 12 February 1787-12 June 1787 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 408 Daybook, Surry County, N.C. 43 p.
Folder 409	Folder number not used #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 409
Oversize Volume SV-4134/14	Volume 14, March 1787-March 1792 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." SV-4134/14 Shop book of Peter Hairston and James Rea, Surry County, N.C.
Folder 410	Volume 15, 12 June 1787-25 August 1787 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 410 Daybook, Surry County, N.C. 78 p.
Folder 411	Volume 16, 5 November 1788-30 October 1792 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 411 Daybook, Stokes County, N.C. 501 p.
Folder 412	Volume 17, 4 December 1789-8 October 1791 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 412 Daybook, Stokes County, N.C.
Folder 413	Volume 18, 26 October 1791-3 November 1792 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 413 Daybook, Stokes County, N.C.
Folder 414	Volume 19, 5 November 1792-2 March 1793 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 414 Daybook, Stokes County, N.C.
Folder 415	Volume 20, 13 March 1793-5 October 1793 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 415 Daybook, Stokes County, N.C.
Folder 416	Volume 21, 16 November 1793-2 November 1795 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 416 Daybook, Stokes County, N.C., which also includes enclosures dated 6 May 1795 and undated. 327 p.
Folder 417	Volume 22, 24 October 1795-1 December 1795 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 417 Daybook, Stokes County, N.C., possibly kept for Ruth Hairston.
Folder 418	Volume 23, 25 November 1795-December 1797 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 418 Daybook, Stokes County, N.C. 132 p.
Folder 419	Volume 24, 16 January 1798-8 June 1805 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 419 Daybook, Stokes County, N.C., 334 p. of daybook entries, 13 p. of memoranda at end of volume, and one enclosure dated 5 March 1802.
Folder 420	Volume 25, 31 August 1805-22 July 1814 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 420 Daybook, Stokes County, N.C., which also includes enclosures dated 1803, 1814-1827, and undated.
Folder 421	Volume 26, 22 July 1814-3 January 1828 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 421 Daybook, Stokes County, N.C., which also includes enclosures dated 1803, 1814-1827, and undated.
Folder 422	Volume 27, 21 November 1790-September 1798 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 422 Daybook, Rockingham County, N.C. 547 p.
Folder 423	Volume 28, 22 May 1792-12 December 1793 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 423 Invoice, Rockingham County, N.C.
Folder 424	Volume 29, 8 June 1792-11 June 1793 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 424 Daybook, Rockingham County, N.C. 340 p.
Folder 425	Volume 30, 8 June 1792-24 April 1795 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 425 Journal A, Rockingham County, N.C. 553 p.
Folder 426	Volume 31, 9 June 1792-24 November 1795 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 426 Cashbook of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C.
Folder 427	Volume 32, 14 December 1792-11 September 1795 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 427 Daybook, Rockingham County, N.C.
Folder 428	Volume 33, 11 June 1793-24 May 1794 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 428 Daybook, Rockingham County, N.C. 373 p.
Folder 429	Volume 34, 28 October 1793-? #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 429 "Peter Wilson's Index to Shop Book," Rockingham County, N.C.
Folder 430	Volume 35, 29 May 1794-5 July 1795 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 430 Daybook, Rockingham County, N.C. 354 p.
Folder 431	Volume 36, September 1794 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 431 List of Debts (owed to the store), Rockingham County, N.C.
Folder 432	Volume 37, April 1795-August 1798 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 432 Ledger B possibly of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., which contains an alphabetical index. 275 p.
Folder 433	Volume 38, 2 April 1795-25 August 1795 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 433 Daybook, Rockingham County, N.C.
Folder 434	Volume 39, 25 April 1795-31 August 1798 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 434 Journal B, Rockingham County, N.C., which also contains an enclosure dated 29 November 1802. 561 p.
Folder 435	Volume 40, 6 July 1795-November 1796 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 435 Daybook, Rockingham County, N.C. 480 p.
Folder 436	Volume 41, 19 August 1795-5 October 1795 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 436 Daybook, Rockingham County, N.C.
Folder 437	Volume 42, 10 December 1795-10 June 1797 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 437 Cashbook, Rockingham County, N.C.
Folder 438	Volume 43, 23 January 1796-21 February 1797 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 438 Daybook, Rockingham County, N.C.
Folder 439	Volume 44, 16 June 1796-14 August 1800 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 439 Daybook, Rockingham County, N.C.
Folder 440	Volume 45, 12 June 1797-16 August 1799 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 440 Cashbook of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C.
Folder 441	Folder number not used #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 441
Oversize Volume SV-4134/46	Volume 46, September 1798-October 1801 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." SV-4134/46 Ledger C possibly of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., which contains an alphabetical index. 227 p.
Folder 442	Volume 47, 1 September 1798-31 August 1799 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 442 Daybook, Rockingham County, N.C. 390 p.
Folder 443	Folder number not used #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 443
Oversize Volume SV-4134/48	Volume 48, 1 September 1798-7 December 1801 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." SV-4134/48 Journal C, Rockingham County, N.C. 420 p.
Folder 444	Volume 49, 1 September 1799-30 August 1800 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 444 Daybook, Rockingham County, N.C. 440 p.
Folder 445	Volume 50, 1 September 1800-18 February 1805 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 445 Daybook, Rockingham County, N.C., with one page of entries labelled Pittsylvania County, 12 July 1809, and an undated enclosure.
Folder 446	Volume 51, May 1801-May 1802, February 1803-15 September 1817 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 446 Invoice, May 1801-May 1802, Rockingham County, N.C., listing general merchandise bought from various Petersburg, Va. merchants. Ledger, February 1803-October 1815, Rockingham County, N.C., listing customers who paid store accounts by performing specialized services. Entries after December 1813 were made by Peter Hairston, administrator of Peter Wilson's estate. Daybook of Peter Wilson, deceased, 12 March 1814-15 September 1817, Rockingham and Pittsylvania counties. Contains settled accounts for the estate of Wilson and amounts paid for the various matters for Ruth Stoval Wilson and enclosures dated 1808-1815. Wilson's permanent address was in Pittsylvania County, Va., where his wife resided.
Folder 447	Volume 52, 1802 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 447 List of Debts, Rockingham County, N.C., and an undated enclosure.
Folder 448	Volume 53, 1802 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 448 List of Debts, Rockingham County, N.C.
Folder 449	Volume 54, 1773, 1778-1779 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 449 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Henry County, Va., listing money owed and lent, corn crop, and taxes.
Folder 450	Volume 55, 1776-1777 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 450 Memo book of Peter Hairston, kept for military matters by Lieutenant Hairston. There are lists of guns, blankets, dry goods, and groceries purchased by or for enlisted personnel.
Folder 451	Volume 56, 1777 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 451 Memo book of Peter Hairston, kept for military matters by Captain Hairston, similar to Volume 55.
Folder 452	Volume 57, 1780 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 452 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Henry County, Va., listing cattle purchases.
Folder 453	Volume 58, 1781-1782 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 453 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Henry County, Va., similar to Volume 57.
Folder 454	Volume 59, 1782-1785, 1791 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 454 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Henry County, Va., listing travel expenses, cattle, crops, and legal accounts for writs, executions, and summons.
Folder 455	Volume 60, 1783 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 455 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Surry County, N.C., listing store accounts.
Folder 456	Volume 61, 1784 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 456 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Henry County, Va., listing cattle sold, travel expenses and transactions in Petersburg, Va., money lent, and transactions done for George Hairston by Peter Hairston.
Folder 457	Volume 62, 1784-1785 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 457 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Surry County, N.C., listing payments on Sauratown accounts, payment of the 1783 tax (Henry County, Va.), weights of inspected tobacco, and tobacco sent to Petersburg, Va.
Folder 458	Volume 63, 1784-1789, 1791, 1793 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 458 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing people he enslaved, livestock sold in Petersburg, Va., store goods bought in Petersburg, Va., purchases of tenants' crops, and 1783 tax payments.
Folder 459	Volume 64, 1785 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 459 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Surry County, N.C., listing different people's tobacco crops; cash and beef transactions of Winston and Hairston, partners
Folder 460	Volume 65, 1785, 1795-1798, 1801-1806 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 460 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing tobacco, general merchandise, debts owed by certain estates, and a plot to kill his cattle.
Folder 461	Volume 66, 1788-1818 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 461 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing his tenants' crops, livestock, tools, and court costs for judgments; a ledger for his accounts with Petersburg, Va., merchants; and enclosures dated 1800, 1805, and undated.
Folder 462	Volume 67, 1789 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 462 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing cattle.
Folder 463	Volume 68, 1790-1803 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 463 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing tenants' crops; also, enclosures, dating 1784-1804, includes tobacco lists and legal papers.
Folder 464	Volume 69, 1790-1805 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 464 List of names possibly created by Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., is not identified as to its purpose; possibly it is a list of persons on credit with him or an index to a formal volume.
Folder 465	Volume 70, 1791 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 465 Memo book possibly of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing an account owed and certification of Robert Williams as acting clerk of court.
Folder 466	Volume 71, September 1793 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 466 Memo book of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., listing travel expenses, livestock and tobacco crops of various people, and cash lent.
Folder 467	Volume 72, 1794-1795 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 467 Memo book of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., listing judgments and executions that John Fields, Alexander Joyce, and John Oliver must collect.
Folder 468	Volume 73, 1795 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 468 Memo book of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., listing travel expenses, debts owed and paid by Wilson, cash accounts, and tobacco crops.
Folder 469	Volume 74, 1795-1796 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 469 Memo book possibly of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., listing general merchandise to be purchased for store stock, payments for bonds and judgments, and accounts owed to the store.
Folder 470	Volume 75, 1796-1797 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 470 Memo book of John Wilson, Pittsylvania County, N.C., listing cash lent and general merchandise accounts.
Folder 471	Volume 76, 1797 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 471 Memo book of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., listing general merchandise possibly to be purchased for store stock, tobacco crops, and payment to Buchanan and Dunlop of Petersburg for general merchandise.
Folder 472	Volume 77, Fall 1797 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 472 Memo book of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., similar to Volume 76.
Folder 473	Volume 78, Fall 1798 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 473 Memo book of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., listing general merchandise, cash accounts, and transport of tobacco to Petersburg, Va. Also, an enclosure dated 5 November 1798.
Folder 474	Volume 79, 1798, 1801-1802, 1804-1805 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 474 Memo book of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., listing general merchandise, legal notes, bonds, judgments, and cash and corn lent by Wilson. Also, enclosures date 8 November 1802 and undated.
Folder 475	Volume 80, Spring 1799 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 475 Memo book possibly of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., listing general merchandise, cash lent and paid to him, and tobacco crops.
Folder 476	Volume 81, Fall 1799 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 476 Memo book of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., listing goods needed by various people, general merchandise, and tobacco crops.
Folder 477	Volume 82, 1799-1800 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 477 Memo book of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., listing money received from executions, tobacco crops, and tasks needed to be performed by various people.
Folder 478	Volume 83, 1800 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 478 Memo book of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., listing money lent and tobacco crops. This book may have been kept by Josephus Conn.
Folder 479	Volume 84, Spring 1800 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 479 Memo book of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., listing tobacco crops transported by him, goods to be purchased in Petersburg, Va., and mention of three men who had self-emancipated from slavery (and who at that time would have been called fugitives or runaways).
Folder 480	Volume 85, 1800-1801 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 480 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing persons having paid him at certain court terms and distance from Sauratown to other locations.
Folder 481	Volume 86, 1801-1802 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 481 Memo book of Thomas Bouldin and Company, Henry County, Va., listing general merchandise; possibly Peter Wilson bought goods from Bouldin, had a partnership with this company, or used it as an accounting firm.
Folder 482	Volume 87, 1801-1803 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 482 Memo book of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., listing individuals and amounts owed on bonds, notes, and store accounts. Thomas Bouldin and Company kept this book.
Folder 483	Volume 88, 1801, 1810-1819 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 483 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing flax and cotton grown by his tenants.
Folder 484	Volume 89, 23 October 1801 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 484 Memo book of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., listing tobacco sent to Petersburg, Va., goods to be purchases (or purchased for various family members), and a home remedy.
Folder 485	Volume 90, Spring 1803 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 485 Memo book possibly of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., listing cattle and hogs.
Folder 486	Volume 91, 1806-1809 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 486 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing livestock and tools from Bostick Place, Quentinoke, and Old Town plantations.
Folder 487	Volume 92, 1806-1807, 1809-1811, 1814-1816 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 487 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing money owed and paid by him, tobacco crops of two tenants, and money borrowed by Peter Wilson.
Folder 488	Volume 93, 1807 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 488 Memo book possibly of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., listing goods purchased for family members and goods purchased by various people; also includes an undated enclosure.
Folder 489	Volume 94, 1810, 1813-1815, 1817 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 489 Memo book possibly of Peter Wilson, Pittsylvania County, Va., listing livestock, crops, and tools at Berry Hill, Brierfield, and Goose Pond plantations.
Folder 490	Volume 95, 1812-1814, 1817-1818 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 490 Memo book possibly of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing cattle and pork purchases, sale of Sauratown lots, and financial transactions among Peter Hairston, Samuel Hairston, George Hairston, and Robert Hairston.
Folder 491	Volume 96, 1812, 1815-1818, 1820 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 491 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing livestock, tools, and clothes given out to enslaved people on his plantations; also includes enclosures dated 1812, 1816-1818.
Folder 492	Volume 97, 1816-1821 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 492 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing livestock on various plantations; also includes one enclosure dated 7 January 1817.
Folder 493	Volume 98, 1817-1830 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 493 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing livestock, tools, crops, and enslaved people at various plantations; also includes a receipt marking the purchase of an enslaved girl. This book probably was kept by Joseph Terry, a tenant.
Folder 494	Volume 99, 1817-1853 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 494 Memo book possibly of Robert Hairston, Henry County, Va., listing legal transactions at court, crops made on various plantations, lists of births of enslaved people, and money owed and paid to Robert Hairston by Samuel and George Hairston; also includes enclosures dated 16 November 1819 and undated; one enclosure is a copy of Thomas Ruffin's opinion in a legal matter between Joel Estes et al. and W. S. Hairston.
Folder 495	Volume 100, 1820-1832 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 495 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing livestock, hides, and wool reported by various tenants; also includes enclosures dated 1820-1821, 1830, and 1832.
Folder 496	Volume 101, 1821-1825 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 496 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing cotton and flax crops of his tenants and dry goods given out to enslaved people; also includes enclosures, dated 1820-1823, 1825, and letters from relatives and tenants.
Folder 497	Volume 102, 1822-1827 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 497 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing cattle at various plantations.
Folder 498	Volume 103, 1823 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 498 Memo book possibly of Robert Hairston, Henry County, Va., listing travel expenses, purchases in Petersburg, Va., and hogs sold.
Folder 499	Volume 104, 1825 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 499 Memo book of Robert Hairston, Henry County, Va., listing weights and numbers of hogs sold and money owed to him.
Folder 500	Volume 105, 1827-1837 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 500 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing tobacco and cotton crops from various plantations and large amounts of clothing possibly for enslaved people.
Folder 501	Volume 106, 1828-1832 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 501 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing cattle and sheep at his plantation; also includes one enclosure dated 11 November 1830.
Folder 502	Volume 107, 1831-1832, 1834 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 502 Memo book of Robert and Ruth Hairston listing iron purchased by Robert Hairston; enslaved people and clothing in Stokes County, N.C., recorded by Ruth Hairston in 1832.
Folder 503	Volume 108, 1831-1837 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 503 Memo book of Peter Hairston, Stokes County, N.C., listing wool to be spun, various tenants' cotton crops, and clothing for enslaved people. After his death in 1832 this book was kept by administrators of his estate.
Folder 504	Volume 109, 1840-1842 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 504 Memo book of Peter Wilson Hairston listing his travels on business to Sauratown, travel expenses, tobacco made at Sauratown in 1841, and distances from Oak Hill plantation to places in Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Folder 505	Volume 110, 1857 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 505 Memo book possibly of Ruth Wilson Hairston, Pittsylvania County, Va., listing tobacco (possibly from Brierfield) sold to W. B. Millener and a purchase by Robert Hairston in December 1839.
Folder 506	Volume 111, undated #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 506 Memo book possibly of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., listing iron bought for making axes and nails; and store accounts for general merchandise.
Folder 507	Volume 112, undated #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 507 Memo book possibly of Peter Wilson, Rockingham County, N.C., listing general merchandise, instructions on how to kill grubs, and an appointment for John Fields to show land to two persons.
Folder 508	Volume 113, August 1780-November 1780 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 508 Legal account book of Peter Hairston, Henry County, Va., listing accounts owed for legal writs and summons served by Hairston (possibly acting as deputy sheriff).
Folder 509	Volume 114, 1781-22 April 1783 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 509 1781 tax list of Peter Hairston, Henry County, Va., one entry dated 1782, and note dated 22 April 1783 to Hairston concerning the 1781 tax list.
Folder 510	Volume 115, 1782 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 510 Tax ledger of Peter Hairston, Henry County, Va., listing name of person owing 1782 taxes (e.g., tobacco and corn taxes) and amount owed and paid; also includes an undated enclosure containing a list of names, unidentified as to purpose.
Folder 511	Volume 116, 1782 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 511 Tax list of sheriff, Henry County, Va., only listing persons owing "the Specific Tax" and amount owed.
Folder 512	Volume 117, 1782 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 512 Tax list of Peter or Robert Hairston, Henry County, Va., primarily listing only names and amount owed; other entries indicate land tax owed.
Folder 513	Volume 118, 1783 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 513 Execution book of Peter Hairston (deputy sheriff) or Robert Hairston (sheriff), Henry County, Va., listing name of person owing 1783 taxes and tax (e.g., land tax, property tax, parish levy) owed and paid; also includes undated enclosures including a memo of money owed by various people.
Folder 514	Volume 119, 21 September 1784-29 January 1785 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 514 Tax list of Peter or Robert Hairston, Henry County, Va., listing date, name of person, amount owed and paid. There is no indication of why amounts are owed.
Folder 515	Volume 120, 25 May 1795-October 1801 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 515 Account book of John Wilson and Son (Peter Wilson), Rockingham County, N.C., listing a general merchandise account of Thomas Henderson. This account may be the settling of Henderson's account with John Wilson and Son, because John Wilson and Peter Wilson dissolved their partnership as of 15 May 1801.
Folder 516	Volume 121, June 1795-July 1795 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 516 Ciphering book of Ruth Stoval Hairston, used to learn dry measures, liquid measures, multiplication, subtraction, and other mathematical problems related to the sale of merchandise.
Folder 517	Volume 122, August 1798-November 1798 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 517 Ciphering book of Augustin Hewlett, probably used in the same function as Volume 121; also includes copies of legal documents concerning Hewlett dated 1798 and 1805.
Folder 518	Volume 123, 12 March 1802-15 June 1815 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 518 Account book of Peter Hairston, administrator, regarding the estate of Peter Wilson. This volume contains a listing of general merchandise and its price owed to John Wilson.
Folder 519	Volume 124, December 1811-14 November 1817 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 519 Daybook of Peter Hairston, administrator, regarding the estate of Peter Wilson. This volume lists accounts owed and paid by Hairston to various people for general merchandise, school tuition, tobacco crops, taxes, and rent.
Folder 520	Volume 125, December 1811-11 June 1821 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 520 Daybook of Peter Hairston, administrator, regarding the estate of Peter Wilson. This volume is similar in content to Volume 124.
Folder 521	Volume 126, December 1813 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 521 Funeral sermon for Peter Wilson, deceased 21 December 1813; also includes notice of Alcey Hairston, mother-in-law of Peter Wilson, deceased 23 December 1813.
Folder 522	Volume 127, 1817-1839 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 522 Law notebook of Peter Wilson Hairston, a law student at the University of Virginia during this time.
Folder 523	Volume 128, 30 December 1841-29 November 1850 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 523 Account book of Samuel Hairston, Pittsylvania County, Va., listing the account of Robert Hairston, Henry County, Va., paid by Samuel Hairston listing enslaved people, general merchandise, midwife fees, and taxes.
Folder 524	Volume 129, 1884-1886, 1889, 1891 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 524 Charter and Minute Book for the Virginia Real Estate Investment Company of Harden Hairston, Pittsylvania County, Va., listing shareholders with the number and value of shares owned; also includes enclosures, 1889-1891, listing stockholders in this company and minutes of the meetings of stockholders and directors.
Folder 525	Volume 130, 21 October 1890, 23 May 1891 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 525 Stock Certificates of the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad Company of Harden Hairston, Pittsylvania County, Va. Enclosures include a list of stockholders with the number of shares owned (undated) and a House Bill of the Virginia Legislature incorporating this railroad, 3 March 1884.
Folder 526	Volume 131, undated #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 526 Invoice of Thomas Bouldin and Company, Henry County, Va. In 1801, Thomas Bouldin and Company went into business with Peter Wilson and this invoice indicates general merchandise stocked at a store jointly owned in Henry County.
Folder 527	Volume 132, undated #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 527 Sermon or speech denouncing lawyers, especially as political representatives.
Folder 528	Volume 133, undated #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 528 Tax list of Peter Hairston, Henry County, Va., for corn taxes, county parish levies, tobacco levies, and possibly other amounts owed; listing name, amount owed, and whether paid.
Folder 529	Volume 134, undated #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 529 Tax list of Colonel Archilaus Hughes (sheriff), Henry County, Va., listing name and three unlabelled payments.
Folder 530	Volume 135, 1884-1891 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 530 Ledger, Pittsylvania County, Va., listing farm accounts for Berry Hill and Royal Oak, including accounts with various tenants (for work performed; borrowed funds; taxes; and corn, wheat, and oats purchased from Alfred Varley Sims's managers) and lists of crops for 1884-1885, 1888; also includes enclosures dated 1884-1893. 96 p.
Folder 531	Volume 136, 1889 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 531 Memo book, Pittsylvania County, Va., listing expenses of a New York City trip, addresses, names of books, and mileage between different places.
Folder 532	Volume 137, 1890-1900 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 532 Letterpress book, Pittsylvania County, Va., containing Alfred Varley Sims's correspondence as General Manager of the Danville and Southwest Construction Company about engineering consulting services, farm matters, and professorial duties at the State University of Iowa. There is no material concerning Cuban railroads. 478 p.
Folder 533	Volume 138, 1890-1901 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 533 Letterpress book, Pittsylvania County, Va., similar to Volume 137. 487 p.; also includes an undated enclosure.
Folder 534	Volume 139, 1892-1898, 1915-1917 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 534 Ledger, Pittsylvania County, Va., listing farm accounts for Berry Hill, Brierfield, and Royal Oak, including accounts of various tenants (for work performed; borrowed funds; and fertilizer and food supplies purchased from the managers), accounts of the managers of the farms, and lists of wheat, corn, and tobacco crops; alphabetical index. 358 p.; also includes enclosures dated 1900-1916.
Folder 535	Volume 140, 1901-1903 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 535 Letterpress book, Iowa City, Iowa, containing correspondence of Alfred Varley Sims as a professor at the State University of Iowa. Index. 490 p.; also includes enclosures, 1 September 1899, 20 April 1904, and undated.
Folder 536	Volume 141, 1902-1903 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 536 Engineering paper of Rufus C. Choate, Iowa City, Iowa, possibly done under the supervision of Professor Alfred V. Sims at the State University of Iowa.
Folder 537	Volume 142, 9 April 1908 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 537 "Comments and Corrections of Report of Messrs. Van Etten and McAdoo Dated April 9, 1908 on the Cuba Eastern, Northeastern Cuba, Cuba Eastern Terminal Co. and Eastern Railway of Cuba Made by Alfred Varley Sims to Mr. F. C. Walcott and attorneys R. S. Huse and C. B. Crane," Guantanamo, Cuba.
Folder 538	Volume 143, 13 January 1910-31 October 1910 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 538 Account book, Pittsylvania County, Va., listing cash owed and received by R. H. Ross and J. D. Setliffe, managers at different of Berry Hill farm and possibly other farms.
Folder 539	Volume 144, 1 November 1910-2 December 1910 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 539 Labor records of Berry Hill farm, Pittsylvania County, Va., kept by R. H. Ross, listing hours worked and tasks performed of the following tenants: Tom Bufford, George Lawrence, Willie Lawrence, Will Lloyd, Will Moore, Lee Roberson, and R. H. Ross.
Folder 540a-540b	Volume 145, 24 November 1910-18 January 1919 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 540a-540b Labor records of Berry Hill farm, Pittsylvania County, Va., kept by R. H. Ross, listing hours worked and tasks performed of 30 tenants/laborers.
Folder 541	Volume 146, 3 January 1911-31 December 1912 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 541 Account book of Berry Hill farm, Pittsylvania County, Va., kept by R. H. Ross, listing cash owed and received for crops, livestock, lumber, labor, and groceries.
Folder 542	Volume 147, 6 February 1911-24 March 1911 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 542 Memo book, Pittsylvania County, listing money owed and received for fodder and lumber; names and addresses; and including several enclosures about lumber dated 27 January 1911-8 July 1911.
Folder 543	Volume 148, 1912 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 543 Memo book of R. H. Ross, manager, Pittsylvania County, Va., listing one deposit in Virginia State Bank and crops of various tenants.
Folder 544	Volume 149, 27 May 1913-29 June 1916 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 544 Account book, New York, N.Y., listing mostly cash paid out for food, clothes, newspapers, transportation, etc.
Folder 545	Volume 150, 17 September 1916-2 March 1918 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 545 Memo book, New York, N.Y., listing mostly cash paid out for daily needs as in Volume 149; also includes a listing of liquid measurements, events in English history, poetry, and a travel account in New Jersey.
Folder 546	Volume 151, 1918 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 546 Notebook, New York, N.Y., with 15 lessons about car parts and maintenance; also includes an undated enclosure.
Folder 547	Volume 152, 1 February 1919-30 September 1919 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 547 Labor records of Berry Hill farm, Pittsylvania County, Va., kept by R. H. Ross, listing hours worked and tasks performed of several tenants including C. L. Finney, Callie Finney, R. W. Finney, and Carrance Hairston.
Folder 548	Volume 153, 23 July 1918-28 July 1918 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 548 Memo book, New York, N.Y., listing expenditures for a car trip from New York City to Berry Hill farm in Virginia; also includes enclosures, 23 July 1918-28 July 1918.
Folder 549	Volume 154, undated #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 549 Address book, New York, N.Y.
Folder 550	Volume 155, undated #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 550 Memo book, Pittsylvania County, Va., listing questions about the theft of a clover crop.
Folder 551	Volume 156, undated #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 551 Memo book, Guantanamo, Cuba, listing notes about the Confluente Railroad contract and reminders related to Sims's activity in Cuba.
Folder 552	Volume 157, 1859-1862 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 552 Memo book of Henry Hairston, Henry County, Va., listing names of enslaved people receiving clothing at Burnt Chimneys in Henry County and an unnamed plantation in Stokes County, N.C.; enclosures dated 22 August 1859 and undated including a receipt, list of roots used to cure a stomach disorder, and instructions for threading a loom.
Folder 553	Volume 158, July 1887-August 1887 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 553 Memo book of Ruth B. Hairston, describing her travels in England and on the European continent.
Folder 554	Volume 159, October 1890-December 1890, January 1910, January 1911 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 554 Notebook of J. R. C. Wrenshall, level rodman, listing daily activities of Corps Number Two, dated October 1890-December 1890, which was surveying land for the Virginia and Kentucky Railroads. Level Book of Alfred Varley Sims, listing elevation and other measurements taken in a survey, January 1910 and January 1911, probably for the rail company Wrenshall worked for.
Folder 555	Volume 160, 3 March 1893, 6-7 March 1893 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 555 Rolling Letter Book of Alfred Varley Sims, Pittsylvania County, Va., listing minutes of stockholders' and directors' meetings of the Atlantic Coast and North-Western Railroad Company, subscribers, and receipts for stock payments. Sims was vice-president and general manager of this company. Index.
Folder 556	Volume 161, 1897, 1899-1901 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 556 Diary of J. D. Setliffe, farm manager for Alfred Varley Sims, Pittsylvania County, Va., listing weights and prices of crops, sale of crops, and tenants' accounts with Sims. These accounts list crops paid as rent to Sims, money owed Sims, and money owed tenants. Enclosures dated 1891, 1898, 1900, 1905-1909 and undated, include correspondence, receipts, and a promissory note, all related to farm matters.
Folder 557	Volume 162, 1904 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 557 Pocket memo book of J. D. Setliffe, farm manager for Alfred Varley Sims, Pittsylvania County, Va., containing only one entry, headed "fertilizer bill". Also includes an enclosure bearing a note about some money owed Mr. Setliffe.
Folder 558	Volume 163, 1909 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 558 Memo book of Alfred Varley Sims, Pittsylvania County, Va., listing addresses, genealogical notes, rent collected in crops from tenants, work done at Sims's saw mill, and experiments. One undated enclosure is an address.
Folder 559	Railroad records, undated #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 559 Notebooks detailing cubic yards of rock and dirt excavated in railway construction.
Folder 560-561 Folder 560 Folder 561	Railroad records, 1889-1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 560-561 Atlantic and Danville Railway Company weekly reports consisting of contour lines and the latitude/longitude coordinates of railways.
Folder 562	Railroad Engineering Volume 1, June 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 562 "Level Book no. 1"
Folder 563	Railroad Engineering Volume 2, June 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 563 "Level Book no. 2"
Folder 564	Railroad Engineering Volume 3, July 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 564 "Level Book no. 3," containing information about the Bent Ridge Line.
Folder 565	Railroad Engineering Volume 4, July 1890-August 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 565 "Level Book no. 4"
Folder 566	Railroad Engineering Volume 5, August 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 566 "Level Book no. 5," 58 p.
Folder 567	Railroad Engineering Volume 6, August 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 567 "Level Book no. 6," containing information about the Bull and Rock Mountain Line. 58 p.
Folder 568	Railroad Engineering Volume 7, August 1890-September 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 568 "Level Book no. 7," containing information about the Bull and Rock Mountain Line.
Folder 569	Railroad Engineering Volume 8, September 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 569 "Level Book no. 8," containing information about railways along South Mayo Creek and the Dan River. 58 p.
Folder 570	Railroad Engineering Volume 9, September 1890-October 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 570 "Level Book no. 9," 58 p.
Folder 571	Railroad Engineering Volume 10, October 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 571 "Level Book no. 10," 58 p.
Folder 572	Railroad Engineering Volume 11, October 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 572 "Level Book no. 11," 59 p.
Folder 573	Railroad Engineering Volume 12, October 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 573 "Level Book no. 12," containing information about a railway along the Dan River.
Folder 574	Railroad Engineering Volume 13, October 1890-November 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 574 "Level Book no. 13," containing information about Line G.
Folder 575	Railroad Engineering Volume 14, November 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 575 "Level Book no. 15," containing information about Line G.
Folder 576	Railroad Engineering Volume 15, November 1890-December 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 576 "Level Book no. 16," containing information about Line G.
Folder 577	Railroad Engineering Volume 16, 1887 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 577 "Level Notes"
Folder 578	Railroad Engineering Volume 17, July 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 578 "Field Book no. 1 Topography"
Folder 579	Railroad Engineering Volume 18, June 1890-September 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 579 "Field Book"
Folder 580	Railroad Engineering Volume 19, July 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 580 "Field Book," 78 p.
Folder 581	Railroad Engineering Volume 20, Fall 1903 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 581 "Field Book-Survey of Iowa River between Ryerson's Ridge and Coralville"
Folder 582	Railroad Engineering Volume 21, undated #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 582 "Field Book," containing information about a railway along the Iowa River.
Folder 583	Railroad Engineering Volume 22, November 1903 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 583 "Field Book"
Folder 584	Railroad Engineering Volume 23, July 1884 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 584 "Level Book no. 4," containing information about the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad. 60 p.
Folder 585	Railroad Engineering Volume 24, July 1884-August 1884 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 585 "Level Book no. 5," containing information about the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad.
Folder 586	Railroad Engineering Volume 25, September 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 586 "Level Book no. 2," containing information about the Big Reed Island Line.
Folder 587	Railroad Engineering Volume 26, September 1890-October 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 587 "Level Book," containing information about the Big Reed Island Line.
Folder 588	Railroad Engineering Volume 27, October 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 588 "Level Book," 60 p.
Folder 589	Railroad Engineering Volume 28, October 1890-November 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 589 "Level Book," 60 p.
Folder 590	Railroad Engineering Volume 29, November 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 590 "Level Book," containing information about the Big Walker Line. 60 p.
Folder 591	Railroad Engineering Volume 30, November 1890-December 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 591 "Level Book," containing information about the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad's Big Walker Line. 60 p.
Folder 592	Railroad Engineering Volume 31, undated #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 592 "Level Book no. 9," containing information about the Big Reed Island Line.
Folder 593	Railroad Engineering Volume 32, September 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 593 "Transit Book," containing information about Orchard Fork of the South May Creek Line. 60 p.
Folder 594	Railroad Engineering Volume 33, July 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 594 "Transit Book," containing information about the Poor House Creek Line. 60 p.
Folder 595	Railroad Engineering Volume 34, August 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 595 "Transit Book," containing information about the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad's First Fork Mountain Branch Line. 60 p.
Folder 596	Railroad Engineering Volume 35, November 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 596 "Transit Book no. 1, Preliminary Notes of Line G up Fall Creek"
Folder 597	Railroad Engineering Volume 36, November 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 597 "Transit Book no. 2, Preliminary Notes of Line G Continued Fro Book 1"
Folder 598	Railroad Engineering Volume 37, September 1890-October 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 598 "Transit Book no. 2," containing information about the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad's Big Reed Island Line. 57 p.
Folder 599	Railroad Engineering Volume 38, October 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 599 "Transit Book no. 3," containing information about the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad's Big Reed Island Line. 59 p.
Folder 600	Railroad Engineering Volume 39, October 1890-November 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 600 "Transit Book no. 4," containing information about the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad's Reed Creek Line. 80 p.
Folder 601	Railroad Engineering Volume 40, November 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 601 "Transit Book no. 5," containing information about the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad. 60 p.
Folder 602	Railroad Engineering Volume 41, November 1890-December 1890 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 602 "Transit Book no. 5," containing information about the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad's Snake Creek Line. 35 p.
Folder 603	Railroad Engineering Volume 42, 1899 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 603 "Transit Book"
Folder 604	Railroad Engineering Volume 43, November 1903 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 604 "Transit Book, Survey Notes Up River From Ryerson Bridge"
Folder 605	Railroad Engineering Volume 44, November 1892 #04134, Series: "2. Volumes, 1773-1919 and undated." Folder 605 Notebook containing surveying notes from Nevada.

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15 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

There are 15 volumes, the first six of which are mainly account books, 1787-1879, from the Hairston plantations. Enslaved people and later freedmen are documented in these volumes. The last nine volumes, 1883-1894 and undated, are Alfred Varley Sims's letterbooks which record mainly his railroad correspondence.

Folder 765	Volume 164, 1787-1789 #04134, Series: "2A. Volumes, 1787-1894 and undated (Addition of 1979)." Folder 765 Journal of accounts due.
Folder 766	Volume 165, January 1789-11 October 1792 #04134, Series: "2A. Volumes, 1787-1894 and undated (Addition of 1979)." Folder 766 Account book of tobacco trade.
Folder 767	Volume 166, 20 January 1818-1 January 1820 #04134, Series: "2A. Volumes, 1787-1894 and undated (Addition of 1979)." Folder 767 A list of tools belonging to the Royal Oake Plantation. Lists of stock and other property at Royal Oake, Leatherwood, and Berry Hill Plantation.
Folder 768	Volume 167, 1830s #04134, Series: "2A. Volumes, 1787-1894 and undated (Addition of 1979)." Folder 768 Two recipes and how to "dye scarlet."
Folder 769	Volume 168, December 1820-1853 #04134, Series: "2A. Volumes, 1787-1894 and undated (Addition of 1979)." Folder 769 Brier Field and Oak Hill plantations lists of enslaved children born and their mothers; lists of blankets given out to enslaved people and records of cloth produced and cards given out. Also includes an inventory of dinnerware and kitchen utensils, circa 1822.
Folder 770	Volume 169, February 1864-December 1879 #04134, Series: "2A. Volumes, 1787-1894 and undated (Addition of 1979)." Folder 770 Volume of Agnes J. P. Hairston containing lists of winter and summer clothes and cards given to enslaved people to the summer of 1865. Beginning in the fall of 1866, freedmen received dollars or commodities. Also includes record of payment for a loan from Mr. Tinsley and instructions on "how to knit a man's under shirt."
Folder 771	Volume 170, 9 July 1883-1 March 1886 #04134, Series: "2A. Volumes, 1787-1894 and undated (Addition of 1979)." Folder 771 Journal of Alfred Varley Sims's work as a surveyor for the "R[eading?] RR" at the Trenton Yards and several other places in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.
Folder 772	Volume 171, 13 April 1892-7 October 1892 #04134, Series: "2A. Volumes, 1787-1894 and undated (Addition of 1979)." Folder 772 Rolled letterbook of Alfred Varley Sims containing outgoing business correspondence concerning the organizing of the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad and a campaign for public subscriptions and English capital. Most of the letters are addressed to George Hicks, a New York financier and a Mrs. [Agnes?] Hairston. Also included are a few comments on the Big Ax land deal in southeast Virginia in which Sims was involved.
Folder 773	Volume 172, 5 October 1892-3 December 1892 #04134, Series: "2A. Volumes, 1787-1894 and undated (Addition of 1979)." Folder 773 Rolled letterbook of Alfred Varley Sims from San Bernardino, Calif., concerning an attempted takeover of the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad. Also included is a letter offering testimony for Harden Hairston in a suit resulting from the dissolution of the Ruffin and Hairston Company.
Folder 774	Volume 173, 7 July 1890-15 October 1893 #04134, Series: "2A. Volumes, 1787-1894 and undated (Addition of 1979)." Folder 774 Account book of Alfred Varley Sims consisting of his account with Mrs. [Agnes?] Hairston, 26 January 1892-5 July 1892; a short account with Miss S. S. Hairston; and a short chronology, 7 July 1890-12 July 1890, of employees' comings and goings on the Danville Railroad survey. This volume also includes several enclosures: a chart of measurements taken at various elevations, possibly along the proposed route of the Danville and Virginia Railroad and several tax receipts for Sims at Danville, Va., in 1891 and 1892.
Folder 775	Volume 174, 3 December 1892-16 January 1893 #04134, Series: "2A. Volumes, 1787-1894 and undated (Addition of 1979)." Folder 775 Rolled letterbook of Alfred Varley Sims containing outgoing correspondence from San Bernadino, Calif., containing information on a survey of a proposed railroad between Los Angeles, Calif., and Salt Lake City, Utah; letters mostly to George Hicks in New York with a few to California railroad men; a few letters concerning Berry Hill in Virginia and one advising a London firm on the possibility of buying the Virginia an Kentucky Railroad for its right to build an extension to Danville, Va., to the coal fields of West Virginia.
Folder 776	Volume 175, January 1890, 17 January 1893-April 1893 #04134, Series: "2A. Volumes, 1787-1894 and undated (Addition of 1979)." Folder 776 Rolled letterbook of Alfred Varley Sims containing the letters from San Bernadino, Calif., relating to Sims's survey of the Utah, Nevada, and California Railroad, including a map of a route through the mountains. This volume also includes letters to creditors who demanded payments on bills outstanding from his connection with the Atlantic and Danville Railroad.
Folder 777	Volume 176, 8 April 1893-7 July 1893 #04134, Series: "2A. Volumes, 1787-1894 and undated (Addition of 1979)." Folder 777 Rolled letterbook of Alfred Varley Sims from San Bernadino, Calif., relating to the survey of the Utah, Nevada, and California Railroad. This volume also includes a short account of the bank panic of 1893 in a letter dated 24 June 1893.
Folder 778	Volume 177, 20 June 1893-24 February 1894 #04134, Series: "2A. Volumes, 1787-1894 and undated (Addition of 1979)." Folder 778 Rolled letterbook of Alfred Varley Sims from San Bernadino, Calif., and Rockhill Furnace, Pa., containing letters advising George Hicks on how to proceed in negotiations between Hicks and C. P. Huntington over the Utah, Nevada, and California Railroad. This volume also includes letters concerning the embezzlement of funds by the manager of Berry Hill Farm in Virginia.
Folder 779	Volume 178, undated #04134, Series: "2A. Volumes, 1787-1894 and undated (Addition of 1979)." Folder 779 Letterpress copybook containing a report, signed by J. R. Boyd, Geologist, on the proposed route of the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad. 41 p.

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Folder 606-619 Folder 606 Folder 607 Folder 608 Folder 609 Folder 610 Folder 611 Folder 612 Folder 613 Folder 614 Folder 615 Folder 616 Folder 617 Folder 618 Folder 619	Duplicates, envelopes, miscellaneous papers #04134, Series: "Unprocessed Material." Folder 606-619
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Folder 662-675 Folder 662 Folder 663 Folder 664 Folder 665 Folder 666 Folder 667 Folder 668 Folder 669 Folder 670 Folder 671 Folder 672 Folder 673 Folder 674 Folder 675	Postcards, pamphlets, miscellaneous papers #04134, Series: "Unprocessed Material." Folder 662-675
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Folder 691-712 Folder 691 Folder 692 Folder 693 Folder 694 Folder 695 Folder 696 Folder 697 Folder 698 Folder 699 Folder 700 Folder 701 Folder 702 Folder 703 Folder 704 Folder 705 Folder 706 Folder 707 Folder 708 Folder 709 Folder 710 Folder 711 Folder 712	Journals, stamps, photographs, postcards #04134, Series: "Unprocessed Material." Folder 691-712
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Photocopies of original materials withdrawn from the Wilson and Hairston papers in July 2006.

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Withdrawn materials (photocopies): #04134, Series: "Withdrawn Materials (photocopies), 1779-1785." Folder 780

Thomas Jefferson, als, 7 August 1779 #04134, Series Withdrawn Materials (photocopies), 1779-1785., Folder 780

Thomas Jefferson, ds, 3 June 1780 #04134, Series Withdrawn Materials (photocopies), 1779-1785., Folder 780

Thomas Jefferson, ds, 31 June 1780 #04134, Series Withdrawn Materials (photocopies), 1779-1785., Folder 780

Thomas Jefferson, note signed, 31 October 1780 #04134, Series Withdrawn Materials (photocopies), 1779-1785., Folder 780

Thomas Jefferson, ds, 1 February 1781 #04134, Series Withdrawn Materials (photocopies), 1779-1785., Folder 780

Patrick Henry, receipt signed, 2 May 1780 #04134, Series Withdrawn Materials (photocopies), 1779-1785., Folder 780

Patrick Henry, agreement signed, 3 July 1780 #04134, Series Withdrawn Materials (photocopies), 1779-1785., Folder 780

Patrick Henry, agreement signed, 17 September 1782 #04134, Series Withdrawn Materials (photocopies), 1779-1785., Folder 780

Patrick Henry, autograph note signed, 26 Setpember 1782 #04134, Series Withdrawn Materials (photocopies), 1779-1785., Folder 780

Patrick Henry, list signed, 26 October 1782 #04134, Series Withdrawn Materials (photocopies), 1779-1785., Folder 780

Patrick Henry, agreement signed, 21 August 1783 #04134, Series Withdrawn Materials (photocopies), 1779-1785., Folder 780

Patrick Henry, note signed, 29 April 1784 #04134, Series Withdrawn Materials (photocopies), 1779-1785., Folder 780

Patrick Henry, receipt signed, 17 November 1785 #04134, Series Withdrawn Materials (photocopies), 1779-1785., Folder 780

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Extra oversize papers #04134, Series: "Oversize Papers." XOPF-4134/1

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Reel 54: Addition: Volumes 172-174
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The addition of 1979 is arranged in the same order as, but has not been integrated into, materials in the original deposit.

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Collection Number: 04134

Collection Title: Wilson and Hairston Family Papers, 1751-1928