The collection includes correspondence between Captain Charles MinorBLACKFORD and his wife, Susan Leigh (COLSTON) BLACKFORD, written mostlyduring the Civil War. The collection also contains other family correspondence,including typescripts of letters from Captain BLACKFORD and typescripts of lettersfrom James G. MINOR, a freed slave in Monrovia, Liberia, to his former mistress, MaryBerkeley (MINOR) BLACKFORD, of Virginia.
Digitized scan of a Bill of Sale recording the sale of transfer of enslaved person Peggy Dean to Charles Minor Blackford in March 1846.
The original document, which has been partially laminated, is held as part of manuscript 1793, the Blackford Family Collection, at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Digital scan of "Family Record of Births - Marriages - Deaths with which is added a short Family History of The Blackfords-Colstons-Minors-Carters-Marshalls-Fishers collected and prepared by C.M. Blackford, Lynchburg, Virginia"
This family history is part of Jones Memorial Library manuscript collection 1793, the Blackford Family Collection. The document is held in typed format in Folder 1-1.
The scanned replica has been divided into three parts.
Blackford Family Collection Held At Jones Memorial Library In Lynchburg, Virginia. The Collection Includes Correspondence, Lists Of Enslaved Persons, A Letter From James G. Minor In Monrovia, Liberia, And Other Papers Related To The Blackford Family.
