13. BROWN, COALTER, AND TUCKER FAMILY PAPERS
4,276 items, 1769-1919
Personal, family, business, and legal correspondence of these families
revealing life in Williamsburg, Staunton, Petersburg, and Fredericksburg. A December
30, 1814, letter from Samuel Brown
relates the beating of a slave, Sarah, for
insolence and of her husband Daniel who grabbed
an axe to defend her. Of interest is material on
plantation life in Bedford County. A September 26,
1831, letter describes the Nat Turner
Rebellion.
(Acc. 65 B85)