HAIRSTON AND WILSON FAMILY PAPERS, #3149, 1800-1906
Chiefly personal letters and papers of the Hairston and Wilson families of Martinsville,
Danville, and Staunton, Virginia, and of Yalabusha County, Mississippi. Family correspondence
documents the westward movement of various Hairston family members and gives detailed
information about household activities and management. Subseries 2.1 includes slave lists and
labor contracts with freedmen in the Danville, Virginia, area (1865-1871), and Subseries 2.2
contains information about slaves on Virginia plantations (1831-1869). Partial microfilm
available.
