John W. Affleck Collection

279 THL

Inventory created by Archives Staff 04/2000. Last revised 01/2022

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.

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EXTENT:  0.21 linear feet

CREATOR: Affleck, John W., 1850-1930

DATE: 1733-1843

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS: Dutch, English

ALTERNATIVE FORM AVAILABLE: The Genealogical Society of Utah digitized selected materials from this collection in 2007 [GSU DISC 006-02]. [Not online].

SCOPE AND CONTENT: The John W. Affleck Collection contains papers of the Huber family of Holland and Pennsylvania from a period between 1733 and 1843. The original papers are written in Dutch and include an English translation.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: John W. Affleck was born in Winchester, Virginia on January 1, 1850 to Alexander G. Affleck and Ann E. Hoover. The family’s home, “Bid-a-Wee,” was on Peyton Street. He ran an agricultural implement business with his brother Scott A. Affleck. On December 26, 1883, he married Rosa Kerfoot. The couple had five children. Affleck died on December 27, 1930.                             

CITE AS: John W. Affleck Collection, 279 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.

ORGANIZATION:

BOX 1

Bast, Theobald - land deed, Pennsylvania, 1789, 2 leaves, manuscript (photocopy)

Damigen, Anna Catharina - baptismal certificate, 1764, 1 leaf, manuscript (photocopy); 1 leaf, typescript (photocopy)

Forster, Jacob - letter from, no date, 2 leaves, typescript, manuscript (photocopy)

Hober, John Hendrik - passport request, 1766, 1 leaf, manuscript/printed (photocopy); 2 leaves, typescript (photocopy)

Huber, Conrad and Anna E.—deed from Kroll, Martin and Catharina Elizabetha, May 18, 1733, 2 leaves, manuscript (photocopy); 2 leaves typescript (photocopy)

Huber, Heinrich - passport, 1767, 2 leaves, manuscript (photocopy); 1 leaf, typescript (photocopy)

Huber, Heinrich - certificate of inheritance share, May 12, 1767, 2 leaves, manuscript (photocopy); 1 leaf, typescript (photocopy)

Huber, Henry - military record, 1759, 2 leaves, manuscript on printed form (photocopy)

Huber, John Adam - settlement of inheritance share, May 12, 1767, 2 leaves, manuscript (photocopy); 1 leaf, typescript (photocopy)

Huber, Johann Philip - settlement of inheritance share, May 12, 1767, 2 leaves, manuscript (photocopy); 1 leaf, typescript (photocopy)

Huber Family - manumission certificate, 1767, 4 leaves, manuscript (photocopy); 1 leaf, typescript (photocopy)

Huber Family - passport, 1767, 2 leaves, manuscript (photocopy); 1 leaf, typescript (photocopy)

Schultz, John - papers, 1843, 1 leaf, printed (photocopy); 1 leaf, manuscript (photocopy)

"Winchester," paper by Jessie S. Cooper, 6 leaves, manuscript (photocopy)