Deeds

Scope and Contents Personal papers, photographs, and manuscripts of John Albert Parker, Jr. of 539 Warren Crescent in Ghent, Norfolk, Virginia. Items include birth and marriage announcements, school diplomas, and miscellaneous mementos. Photographs include family members, especially his wife Rose Marie Norwood Parker and his parents. The photographs also include the Parkers' wedding, John Parker's service in Vietnam from 1967-1968, circa 1990s holiday parties at Kirn Memorial Library, houses and scenes of...

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Family charts, research correspondence, and copies of deeds, deed book records, agreements, and several indentures pertaining to the Manning family of North Carolina. Associated family names include Barber, Bishop, Braswell, CulpepperHardy, Kestler, Misenheimer, Pipkin, Skinner, Simms, Terrell, Thompson, and Warren.

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Copies of excerpts from deed books and a will pertaining to the Marchant family of Currituck County, North Carolina.

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Three ledgers/minute books dating from 1896-1953 and one book listing guests who stayed in the Ballentine Home for the Aged in Norfolk, Virginia from approximately 1907-1983. The collection also includes the charter of incorporation, bylaws, annual statements from 1945-1952, and miscellaneous meeting minutes from 1978-1981. Most of the documents are typed and pasted directly into the ledgers/minute books. Many of the meeting minutes are signed.

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Family charts, research correspondence, deeds and indentures, and a copy of estate appraisals pertaining to the Nelson family of North Carolina. Associated family names include Galloway, Hardee, Harriston, Maye, and Moore.

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Primarily 19th century receipts and printed ephemera from businesses in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes a number of items from the Drummond family.

Scope and Contents Eighteenth-century through 20th-century documents relating to the Parker family of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. The collection includes original indentures, wills, bills of sale, correspondence, and other legal documents, particularly relating to Copeland Parker and Nicholas Wilson Parker. Other content includes genealogical information on the Parker family and related families, including Sinclair, Boush, and Nash. Folder 2 includes documents that were compiled into a three-ring binder by...

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One circa 1900 business card, one 1907 postcard, two circa 2000s histories, and photocopied deeds and plats relating to Garrett Winery in Berkley, Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes one miniature booklet on the history of Virginia Dare and one small decorative mirror advertising Virginia Dare wine, produced by Garrett's American wines.

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Copies of deed book records pertaining to the Prescoat family of North Carolina.

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Reproductions of wills and deeds of Archibald Taylor, as well as genealogical tables compiled by R. J. Taylor. Also included are excerpts from "Virginia's Eastern Shore: a History of Northampton and Accomack Counties" by Ralph T. Whitelaw.