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Donald J. Martin 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

453 THL

Inventory created by Archives Staff 04/1985. Last revised 09/2018.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.

USE RESTRICTIONS: Restrictions may apply concerning the use, duplication, 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

DATE: 1711- 1972

SCOPE AND CONTENT: The Donald J. Martin Collection contains county records including wills, deeds, and land records for Culpeper, Essex, King, and Queen Counties. The Collection also includes genealogical records for a number of Virginia families, such as deeds, court records, genealogical charts, patents, and some early Colonial wills. The bulk of the material concerns the Roberts family, but there are also items related to the Dulaney-Furlong, Menefee-James, Russell, Sims-Butler, and Tucker-Scott families.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Dr. Donald J. Martin of Louisiana is the compiler of this collection.

CITE AS: Donald J. Martin Collection, 453 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.

ORGANIZATION:

BOX 1 

Culpeper County, Virginia - Will Book A, 1749-1770, abstracted and compiled by John Frederick Dorman, 1956, 28 leaves, printed (photocopy)

Culpeper County, Virginia - Will Books B and C, compiled and published by Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, 1965, 38 leaves, printed (photocopy)

Culpeper County, Virginia - Deeds, Volume 1, 1749-1755, abstracted and compiled by John Frederick Dorman, 1975, 11 leaves, printed (photocopy)

Culpeper County, VA - land records, abstracts from deed books, 50 leaves, manuscript on printed forms

Culpeper County, VA - land records, abstracts from deed books, 52 pages, manuscript on printed forms

Culpeper County, VA - land records, abstracts from deed books, 65 pages, manuscript on printed forms

Culpeper County, Virginia - Marriage Bonds, 1780-1850, no author, 1939, 1 item, 13 leaves, typescript (photocopy)

Dulany-Furlong and kindred families, 1 item, 3 leaves, printed (photocopy)

Essex County, VA - deeds, wills, 6 items, 27 leaves, printed (photocopy)

King and Queen County, VA - deeds, 1 item, 3 leaves, printed (photocopy)

Menefee-James Families - genealogical material, by Ferdinand Northrup Menefee, no date, 1 item, 6 leaves, printed (photocopy)

Roberts Family - genealogical material, unnumbered items, manuscript, typescript, printed

Russell Family - genealogical material, by Anna Russell des Cognets and Louis des Cognets, Jr., 1 item, 23 leaves, printed (photocopy)

Sims-Butler Families - genealogical material, by Lela Wolfe Prewitt, 1972, 1 item, 7 leaves, printed (photocopy)

Tucker-Scott Families - genealogical material, by Virginia Tucker Oliver and Jane Young, 1 item, 16 leaves, printed (photocopy)