(Manuscript Collection #490)
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Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Carpenter-Gay-Hamner Family Papers |
| Creator: | Carpenter family, Gay family, Hamner family |
| Repository: | J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Papers (1834-1937) including correspondence, land records, Bible records, genealogy notes, and miscellaneous. |
| Extent: | 0.073 cubic feet, 25 items, correspondence, land records, Bible records, genealogy notes, and miscellaneous. |
Administrative Information
Accessions Information
March 1, 1984, 25 items; Papers (1834-1937, undated) of Albemarle and Louisa Counties, Va., families, including correspondence, land records,
Bible records, genealogy notes, and miscellaneous. Loaned by Mrs. Martha G. Elmore, Greenville, N.C.
November 4, 1997, (unprocessed addition 1), 28 pages; Copy of "The Hamners of America" by Edward Delmar Hamner. Donor: Mrs. Martha G. Elmore.
November 4, 1997, (unprocessed addition 1), 28 pages; Copy of "The Hamners of America" by Edward Delmar Hamner. Donor: Mrs. Martha G. Elmore.
Access Restrictions
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Copyright Notice
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Preferred Citation
Carpenter-Gay-Hamner Family Papers (#490), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University,
Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. Martha G. Elmore
Loaned by Mrs. Martha G. Elmore
Loaned by Mrs. Martha G. Elmore
Processing Information
Processed by C. Crews, April 1991
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Description
In 1884, William Carey Carpenter (1852-1927), of Louisa County, Va., married Nannie Alberta Gay (1865-1937), daughter of Charles
Wingfield and Nancy (Hamner) Gay, of Albemarle County, Va. These papers chronicle events in their lives and those of their
families.
Land and tax records of Albemarle and Louisa counties, Va., cover the years 1834 to 1932. Included from Albemarle County are a plat (1857) and tax billings (1854) that list all taxable items including land, white males over twenty-one years, slaves, animals, household goods, revenues, and personal property. The Louisa County land records mainly pertain to Carpenter family deeds but also included is a ten-year lease for farmland (1932). Albemarle County legal documents include records of the settlement of Nicholas Hamner's estate with a listing of the division of household goods and a deed (1874), a 1906 promissory note with record of payment, and Sallie Maddox Gay's handwritten will (1918). Family correspondence (1888) mentions the change in the Sunday church meeting from the first to the fourth Sunday and the pastor's visit and attitude; their flower garden; and chicken and turkey breeding, including the sale of feathers, and the loss of a turkey hen to turkey cholera. Other correspondence (1865, 1884) is oriented to family matters.
Births, deaths, and marriages of the Carpenter family (1820-1906) and the Hamner family (1778-1926) are listed and Charles Wingfield and Nancy (Hamner) Gay family Bible record pages (1821-1894) are also included. Recollections of Samuel Rufus Gay of Lynchburg, Va., link the Gay and Carpenter families to the family of Revolutionary War soldier Edward Garland and present an interesting vignette of family life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the Albemarle County region. The collection also includes a commencement program from Lane High School, Charlottesville, Va., May 31, 1937.
Land and tax records of Albemarle and Louisa counties, Va., cover the years 1834 to 1932. Included from Albemarle County are a plat (1857) and tax billings (1854) that list all taxable items including land, white males over twenty-one years, slaves, animals, household goods, revenues, and personal property. The Louisa County land records mainly pertain to Carpenter family deeds but also included is a ten-year lease for farmland (1932). Albemarle County legal documents include records of the settlement of Nicholas Hamner's estate with a listing of the division of household goods and a deed (1874), a 1906 promissory note with record of payment, and Sallie Maddox Gay's handwritten will (1918). Family correspondence (1888) mentions the change in the Sunday church meeting from the first to the fourth Sunday and the pastor's visit and attitude; their flower garden; and chicken and turkey breeding, including the sale of feathers, and the loss of a turkey hen to turkey cholera. Other correspondence (1865, 1884) is oriented to family matters.
Births, deaths, and marriages of the Carpenter family (1820-1906) and the Hamner family (1778-1926) are listed and Charles Wingfield and Nancy (Hamner) Gay family Bible record pages (1821-1894) are also included. Recollections of Samuel Rufus Gay of Lynchburg, Va., link the Gay and Carpenter families to the family of Revolutionary War soldier Edward Garland and present an interesting vignette of family life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the Albemarle County region. The collection also includes a commencement program from Lane High School, Charlottesville, Va., May 31, 1937.
Online Catalog Headings
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog.
Geographic Entries
Subject Entries
Genealogy Entries
Geographic Entries
Virginia, Albemarle County
Virginia, Louisa County
Virginia, Louisa County
Subject Entries
AGRICULTURE— Gardening— Virginia
AGRICULTURE— Land
AGRICULTURE— Poultry— 1888
EDUCATION— PUBLIC SCHOOLS— Virginia
LAND— Deeds and Sales— Virginia
RELIGION— Churches— Virginia
SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS— Virginia— 19th Century
TAXATION— Virginia— 1854
AGRICULTURE— Land
AGRICULTURE— Poultry— 1888
EDUCATION— PUBLIC SCHOOLS— Virginia
LAND— Deeds and Sales— Virginia
RELIGION— Churches— Virginia
SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS— Virginia— 19th Century
TAXATION— Virginia— 1854
Genealogy Entries
CARPENTER FAMILY— Louisa Co., Va.
GARLAND FAMILY— Albemarle Co., Va.
GAY FAMILY— Albemarle Co., Va.
HAMNER FAMILY— Albemarle Co., Va.
GARLAND FAMILY— Albemarle Co., Va.
GAY FAMILY— Albemarle Co., Va.
HAMNER FAMILY— Albemarle Co., Va.