Nowlin Family Notes

Item sets: The Nowlin Family Notes

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Identifier: JMLMS1839.NowlinFamilyNotes.1-23
Source Identifier: 669
Title: Nowlin Family Notes
Description: Digital reproduction of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1839 - the Nowlin Family Notes.

This collection is held in physical format at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

The collection includes genealogy notes regarding the Nowlin family; a handwritten speech delivered by David Samuel Nowlin at the 1875 Alabama State Constitutional Convention with typed transcript; an 1858 receipt for the purchase of Mary Johnson and Ann Johnson, enslaved mother and daughter, in Richmond, Virginia; and, an 1858 receipt for purchase of enslaved person Louisa.

There are 21 total images of 20 documents included in the digital reproduction. Images were scanned and saved in the order they are filed in the physical collection.
Date Range: 1858 – 1963
Creator: Nowlin Family; Nowlin, David Samuel, 1821-1879
Subject: Nowlin, David Samuel, 1821-1879; Enslaved persons; Johnson, Mary; Johnson, Ann; Louisa; State Constitutional Conventions --Alabama (1875); Enslaved persons -- Richmond, Virginia, United States of America; Family histories
topic: 1858; 1875; Alabama; Ann Johnson; clippings; Constitutional Conventions; correspondence; David S Nowlin; David Samuel Nowlin; enslaved labor; enslaved persons; enslaved persons Virginia; family history; genealogy; Gilbert family; Letters; Louisa; Mary Johnson; Nowlin; obituaries; receipts; Richmond; slavery; slavery records; speeches; Wingfield
Digital Format: image/jpeg
Language: English
Repository: George M. Jones Library Association
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Rights Holder: George M. Jones Library Association