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Vicki Marks Miller Collection

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org

1515 THL 

Inventory created by Archives Staff 01/11. Last revised 10/17 

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers. 

USE RESTRICTIONS:  Restrictions may apply concerning the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a member of the archives staff for information concerning these restrictions. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. 

EXTENT:  0.21 linear feet 

DATES:  c1750-2000 

SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection contains the genealogy records and correspondence of Alexander Marks compiled by Penelope Ann (Lowman) and Vicki Lynn (Marks) Miller. It includes biographical sketches of family members and copies of estate settlement records, photographs, military records, and marriage, death, and census records covering a period from approximately 1750 to 1987. 

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: The patriarch of this collection, Alexander Marks, came to Newtown (now known as Stephen’s City), VA from Powell Valley, Kentucky. He was a blacksmith in the community. Alexander married Sarah Mytinger in Frederick County, VA on April 17, 1819. 

CITE AS: Vicki Marks Miller Collection, 1515 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION:  Acquired as a gift. 

ORGANIZATION: 

BOX 1 

Genealogy of Alexander Marks by Penelope Ann (Lowman) Marks and Vicki Lynn (Marks) Miller, 2000, includes biographical sketches, estate settlement records, photographs, military records, marriage records, death records, census records, etc., 322 pages, printed, in spiral bound binder.