Genealogies (histories)

Copy of handwritten notes documenting family lineage and tree of the Brown family of Norfolk, Virginia and Creedmore, North Carolina. Associated family names include Akin, Overby, Gray, Lyon, Clay, Carter, Cherry, Boyette, Powers, Speicht/Speight, Page,

Photocopy of an indenture regarding Samuel Brown of Princess Anne County, Virginia

Correspondence, research including abstracts of deeds and marriage records, and family trees pertaining to the Brumfield family of Virginia. Associated family names include Keeling, Street, Hines, Dove, Towler, Walker, Booker, and Farthing. The research also accounts for Brumsfield family members moving to Indiana by covered wagon in 1866.

Copies of legal records dated 1704 pertaining to the Bryan/Brian family of Norfolk, Virginia.

Copy of a marriage register dated 1901 from Franklin County, Virgnia from the "Franklin County Marriage Registe No. 2, 1898-1915" pertaining to the Bryant family of Franklin County, Virginia.

A photocopy of a will of Robert Burgess of Norfolk County, Virginia dated 1714 with accompanying receipt for goods and services documentation. Associated family names include Malbone and Hodgis. Two Black women are mentioned, Hanna and Jenny.

A sketch of John J. Borroughs, a prominent clerk of local Virginia courts of law, including the Hustings Court of the City of Norfolk and County Court of Princess Anne, is included. Additionally, a photocopy of an indenture dated 1834 between Willaim Borroughs of Kempsville and Princess Anne County and John Ingram, signed by J. J. Burroughs is also included.

A typewritten letter with additional hand written notes to Elizabeth Baum Wingo pertaining to the Busch family of Virginia. Associated family names include Stringley, Powers, Kirkpatrick, Mark, and Seabrooke.