urn:taro:utexas.cah.00250 A Guide to the William Massie Papers, 1747-1919. Text converted by SPI Content Sciences Inc., April 2003. Finding aid written in English. 08/28/2003Edited with XMetal 2 by Evan Hocker according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions Descriptive SummaryMassie, WilliamA Guide to the William Massie Papers, 1747-1919Materials are in English19 ft., 11 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American HistoryThe University of Texas at AustinPapers detail life on the four Virginia Piedmont plantations owned and operated by William Massie (1795-1862) and also contain earlier family records of Massie's father, who served in the American Revolution, and later records of his descendants. Arrangement

Correspondence, accounts, memorandum books, contracts, deeds, plats, estate papers, magazine and newspaper clippings, advertisements, and warrants arranged chronologically within series.

 Alternate Form Available

Antebellum papers available on microfilm as part Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series G, from University Publications of America, 44 North Market St., Frederick, MD 21701.

 Preferred Citation

William Massie Papers, 1747-1919, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Biographical Note

Beside his concerns as a planter and family man, William Massie served a term in the Virginia legislature and also gave financial support to Cyrus Hall McCormick when he was attempting to construct his reaper.

 Scope and Contents

Papers detail life on the four Virginia Piedmont plantations owned and operated by William Massie (1795-1862) and also contain earlier family records of Massie's father, who served in the American Revolution, and later records of his descendants. Included is information concerning mercantile transactions, road building, current events, agricultural advances such as new farming machines and rotation of crops, the grinding of grain, and making of whiskey as well as precise data on the slave population. In addition the collection contains the papers of three men not closely associated with the family, one of whom, Matthew Bryan, ran an ironworks in Rockbridge County, Virginia.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons)Armentrout, Thomas. Bryan, Matthew. Cash, Reuben. Cobbs, James M. Dabney, Chiswell, d. 1865. Effinger family. Harvie, James W. Jacobs, David. Ligon, Joseph. Newton, John. Massie, Maria Catherine Effinger, 1814-1889. Massie, Thomas, 1782-1864. Massie, Thomas James, 1817-1877. Massie, William, 1795-1862--Archives. Warwick, Jacob. Whitehead, Robert. Yuille, Alexander Massie. SubjectsAgricultural implements. Crop rotation--Virginia. Decedents' estates--Virginia. Education--Virginia--History--Sources. Flour-mills--Virginia. Iron-works--Virginia. Land titles--Virginia. Medicine--Practice--Virginia. Merchants--Virginia--Lynchburg. Plantations--Virginia--Nelson County. Real property--Maps. Reconstruction--Virginia. Roads--Virginia--History--Sources. Tye River and Blue Ridge Turnpike (Va.) Subjects (Places)Nelson County (Va.)--History--Sources. Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources. Subjects (Organizations)Pharsalia Plantation (Nelson County, Va.) Detailed Description of the Papers General correspondence: 2E470 1747, 1766, 1787-1809 2E470 1810-1812 2E470 1813-1814 2E470 1815 2E470 1816 2E470 1817-1818 2E470 1819 2E471 January-August 1820 2E471 September-December 1820 and undated 2E471 January-June 1821 2E471 July-December 1821 and undated 2E471 January-June 1822 2E471 July-December 1822 and undated 2E471 January-April 1823 2E471 May-August 1823 2E472 September-December 1823 and undated 2E472 January-April 1824 2E472 May-September 1824 2E472 October-December 1824 and undated 2E472 January-April 1825 2E472 May-July 1825 2E472 August-October 1825 2E473 November-December 1825 and undated 2E473 January-May 1826 2E473 June-September 1826 2E473 October-December 1826 and undated 2E473 January-March 1827 2E473 April-July 1827 2E473 August-October 1827 2E474 November-December 1827 and undated 2E474 January-March 1828 2E474 April-July 1828 2E474 August-October 1828 2E474 November-December 1828 and undated 2E474 January-February 1829 2E474 March-May 1829 2E475 June-August 1829 2E475 September-October 1829 2E475 November 1829 2E475 December 1829 and undated 2E475 January-March 1830 2E475 April-June 1830 2E475 July-August 1830 2E475 September-October 1830 2E476 November-December 1830 and undated 2E476 January-March 1831 2E476 April-June 1831 2E476 July-September 1831 2E476 October-December 1831 and undated 2E476 January-March 1832 2E476 April-May 1832 2E477 June-July 1832 2E477 August-September 1832 2E477 October-December 1832 and undated 2E477 January-April 1833 2E477 May-September 1833 2E477 October-December 1833 and undated 2E477 January-March 1834 2E478 April-June 1834 2E478 July-August 1834 2E478 September-November 1834 2E478 December 1834 and undated 2E478 January-March 1835 2E478 April-May 1835 2E478 June-August 1835 2E478 September-October 1835 2E479 November-December 1835 and undated 2E479 January-February 1836 2E479 March-April 1836 2E479 May-June 1836 2E479 July-August 1836 2E479 September-October 1836 2E479 November-December 1836 and undated 2E480 January-March 1837 2E480 April-June 1837 2E480 July-September 1837 2E480 October-November 1837 2E480 December 1837 and undated 2E480 January-March 1838 2E480 April-July 1838 2E481 August-November 1838 2E481 December 1838 and undated 2E481 January-March 1839 2E481 April-July 1839 2E481 August-September 1839 2E481 October-November 1839 2E481 December 1839 and undated 2E481 January-March 1840 2E482 April-June 1840 2E482 July-August 1840 2E482 September-October 1840 2E482 November-December 1840 and undated 2E482 January-March 1841 2E482 April-July 1841 2E482 August-September 1841 2E482 October-December 1841 and undated 2E482 January-February 1842 2E483 March-May 1842 2E483 June-August 1842 2E483 September-October 1842 2E483 November-December 1842 and undated 2E483 January-February 1843 2E483 March-May 1843 2E483 June-July 1843 2E483 August-October 1843 2E483 November-December 1843 and undated 2E484 January-February 1844 2E484 March-April 1844 2E484 May-July 1844 2E484 August-October 1844 2E484 November-December 1844 and undated 2E484 January-February 1845 2E484 March-June 1845 2E484 July-September 1845 2E485 October-December 1845 and undated 2E485 January-March 1846 2E485 April-June 1846 2E485 July-August 1846 2E485 September-October 1846 2E485 November-December 1846 and undated 2E485 January-March 1847 2E485 April-May 1847 2E486 June-July 1847 2E486 August-September 1847 2E486 October-December 1847 and undated 2E486 January-April 1848 2E486 May-August 1848 2E486 September-December 1848 and undated 2E486 January-April 1849 2E487 May-August 1849 2E487 September-October 1849 2E487 November-December 1849 and undated 2E487 January 1850 2E487 February-March 1850 2E487 April-May 1850 2E487 June-August 1850 2E487 September-October 1850 2E487 November-December 1850 and undated 2E488 January-March 1851 2E488 April-June 1851 2E488 July-September 1851 2E488 October-December 1851 and undated 2E488 January-March 1852 2E488 April-June 1852 2E488 July-September 1852 2E488 October-December 1852 and undated 2E489 January-April 1853 2E489 May-July 1853 2E489 August-October 1853 2E489 November-December 1853 and undated 2E489 January-April 1854 2E489 May-August 1854 2E489 September-December 1854 and undated 2E490 January-April 1855 2E490 May-July 1855 2E490 August-September 1855 2E490 October-December 1855 and undated 2E490 January-March 1856 2E490 April-June 1856 2E490 July-September 1856 2E490 October-November 1856 2E490 December 1856 and undated 2E491 January-February 1857 2E491 March-June 1857 2E491 July-September 1857 2E491 October-December 1857 and undated 2E491 January-March 1858 2E491 April-June 1858 2E491 July-September 1858 2E492 [October-December 1858 and undated 2E492 January-March 1859 2E492 April-June 1859 2E492 July-August 1859 2E492 September-December 1859 and undated 2E492 January-March 1860 2E492 April-June 1860 2E493 July-August 1860 2E493 September-October 1860 2E493 November-December 1860 and undated 2E493 January-March 1861 2E493 April-May 1861 2E493 June-September 1861 2E493 October-December 1861 and undated 2E494 January-May 1862 2E494 June-September 1862 2E494 October-December 1862 and undated 2E494 January-April 1863 2E494 May-August 1863 2E494 September-December 1863 and undated 2E494 January-May 1864 2E495 June-September 1864 2E495 October-December 1864 and undated 2E495 January-July 1865 2E495 August-December 1865 and undated 2E495 January-June 1866 2E495 July-December 1866 and undated 2E495 January-May 1867 2E496 June-October 1867 2E496 November-December 1867 and undated 2E496 January-June 1868 2E496 July-December 1868 and undated 2E496 January-June 1869 2E496 July-December 1869 and undated 2E496 January-May 1870 2E496 June-December 1870 and undated 2E497 January-July 1871 2E497 August-December 1871 and undated 2E497 January-July 1872 2E497 August-December 1872 and undated 2E497 January-April 1873 2E497 May-December 1873 and undated 2E497 January-June 1874 2E497 July-December 1874 and undated 2E498 1875 2E498 1876 2E498 1877 2E498 1878 2E498 1879 2E498 1880 2E498 1881 2E499 1882 2E499 1883 2E499 1884 2E499 1885 2E499 January-September 1886 2E499 [October-December 1886 and undated 2E499 January-August 1887 2E500 September-December 1887 and undated 2E500 1888 2E500 1889 and undated 2E500 1890 2E500 1891-1897 2E500 1898-1915 2E500 January-October 1916 2E501 November-December 1916 2E501 January-February 1917 2E501 March 1917 2E501 April 1917 2E501 May-December 1917 and undated 2E501 1918-1919 2E501 Printed promotional material and business cards, 1906, 1916-1918, and undated 2E502 Undated material: 2E502 Massie-related personal correspondence: 2E502 Pre-1865 2E502 Post-1865 2E502 Massie-related business correspondence: 2E502 Early pre-1865 2E502 Late pre-1865 2E502 Post-1865 2E502 Massie-related fragments: 2E502 Pre-1865 2E502 Post-1865 Undated material: 2E503 Miscellaneous correspondence 2E503 Miscellaneous fragments 2E503 Miscellany 2E503 Matthew Bryan correspondence: 2E503 1828-1839 2E503 1840-1845 2E503 1846-1849 2E504 January-August 1850 2E504 September-December 1850 and undated 2E504 January-February 1851 2E504 March-April 1851 2E504 May-July 1851 2E504 August-September 1851 2E504 October-December 1851 and undated 2E504 January-April 1852 2E505 May-June 1852 2E505 July-August 1852 2E505 September-December 1852 and undated 2E505 January 1853-November 1855 2E505 December 1855-1862, 1882, undated, and fragments Ledgers and books: 2E505 Major Thomas Massie's memorandum book, 1809-1827, with William Massie's stud book, 1846-1847 2E505 Major Thomas Massie's cash book, 1831-1833 2E505 William Massie's trigonometry book, 1811-1812 2E505 Register of slaves, 1815-1834 2E506 Memorandum book: Items given Negroes, 1817-1835 2E506 Negro account books: 2E506 1836-1839 2E506 1840-1849 2E506 Account books: 2E506 1816-1817 2E506 1818-1827 2E506 1828-1834 2E506 Cash books: 2E506 1816-1827 2E506 1825-1833 2E507 Cash book, 1834-1845 2E507 Docket of warrants, 1821-1825, with Plat book with crop notations, 1843-1861 2E507 Daybooks: 2E507 1822-1823 2E507 1824 2E507 1825 2E507 1826 2E507 1827 2E507 1828 2E507 Shop book, 1827 2N313 Shop book, 1829 2N313 Daybooks: 2N313 1829 2N313 1830 2N313 1831 2N313 1832 2N313 1833 2N313 1834 2N313 1835 2N313 1836 2N313 1837 2N313 1838 2N313 1839 2N313 1840 2N313 Mill Daybook, 1832-1838 2N314 Daybooks: 2N314 1841 2N314 1842 2N314 1843 2N314 1844 2N314 1845 2N314 1846 2N314 1847 2N314 1848 2N314 1849 2N314 1850 2N314 1851 2N314 1852 2N315 Daybooks: 2N315 1853 2N315 1854 2N315 1855 2N315 1856 2N315 1857 2N315 1858 2N315 1859 2N315 1860 2N315 1861 2N315 1862 2N315 1862-1863 and 1868 2N315 1863-1864 2N315 Plantation and family accounts, 1861 2N315 Slave memorandum book, 1862-1865 2N315 Blacksmith accounts, 1863-1865 2N316 1. Pocket memorandum book, 1821-1822 2N316 2. List of cattle, 1822-1825 2N316 3. Pocket memorandum book, 1823-1825 2N316 4. Memorandum book and list of tools, etc., 1824-1827 2N316 5. Memorandum book and list of hands, etc., 1826-1828 2N316 6. Memorandum and ditch book and list of hands, etc., 1826-1829 2N316 7. Memorandum book, 1827-1829 2N316 8. Richmond memorandum book, 1829 2N316 9. Memorandum book, 1830 2N316 10. Memorandum book and provision memorandum, 1832-1836 2N316 11. Lynchburg and Amherst court memorandum book, 1834 2N316 12. Bankbook, 1834-1845 2N316 13. Memorandum book, 1834-1837 2N316 14. Memorandum book, 1835 2N316 15. Memorandum book, 1835-1836 2N316 16. Provision memorandum book, 1835-1839 2N316 17. Memorandum book, 1836 2N316 18. Memorandum book, 1836-1837 2N316 19. Lynchburg memorandum book, 1837 2N316 20. List of notes and accounts, 1837 2N316 21. Court and miscellaneous memorandum book, 1837-1839 2N316 22. Pocket memorandum book, 1839-1840 2N316 23. Amherst court and miscellaneous memorandum book, 1839-1841 2N316 24. Pocket memorandum book, 1840-1841 2N316 25. Pocket memorandum book, 1841 2N316 26. List of hands and provisions memorandum book, 1841-1849 2N316 27. Pocket memorandum book, 1842 2N316 28. Pocket memorandum book, 1843-1844 2N316 29. Small road book, 1843-1845 2N316 30. Court memorandum book, 1843-1845 2N316 31. Pocket memorandum book, 1845-1846 2N316 32. Ellen Massie's pass book, 1845-1846 2N316 33. Lynchburg and court memorandum book, 1845-1847 2N316 34. Pocket memorandum book, 1846-1847 2N316 35. Pocket memorandum book, 1847-1849 2N316 36. Lynchburg and court memorandum book, 1847-1849 2N316 37. Pocket memorandum book, 1849-1850 2N316 38. Lynchburg and court memorandum book, 1849-1851 2N316 39. List of hands and provision memorandum book, 1850-1864 2N316 40. Pocket memorandum book, 1851-1852 2N316 41. Lynchburg, Richmond, and court memorandum book, 1851-1853 2N316 42. Pocket memorandum book, 1852-1853 2N316 43. Pharsalia memorandum book, 1852-1853 2N316 44. Pocket memorancum book, 1853-1854 2N316 45. Lynchburg, Richmond, Baltimore, and court memorandum book, 1853-1854 2N316 46. Pocket memorandum book, 1854 2N316 47. Pocket memorandum book, 1854-1856 2N316 48. Lynchburg and court memorandum book, 1855-1856 2N316 49. Pocket memorandum book, 1856 2N316 50. Bankbook, Memorandum book, 18561860 2N316 51. Lynchburg and court memorandum book, 1856-1858 2N316 52. Pocket memorandum book, 1858-1859 2N316 53. Lynchburg and court memorandum book, 1858-1860 2N316 54. Pocket memorandum book, 1859-1860 2N316 55. Pocket memorandum book, 1859-1862 2N316 56. Pocket memorandum book, 1861-1864 2N316 57. Memorandum book, 1861-1862 2N316 58. Note file (empty), September 18, 1861 2N316 59. Pattern book, undated 2N316 60. Memorandum book, undated 2N316 61. Memorandum book, undated 2N317 1. Family and plantation accounts, 1823, and memorandum of brother's conduct from 1816-1838 2N317 2. Memorandum of expected expenses, 1823-1827 2N317 3. Inventory of linens and dishes for the years 1834-1889 2N317 4. Specifications and drawings of plantation buildings and slave quarters 2N317 5. Tyro mill and general machinery book, 1843-1855 2N317 6. Tyro mill provision book and plantation butter records, 1846-1853 2N317 7. Memorandum of letters written and received, 1831-1834 2N317 8. Memorandum of letters written and received, 1834-1837 2N317 9. Memorandum of letters written and received, 1838-1844 2N317 10. Memorandum of letters written and received, 1845-1850 2N317 11. Extracts from letters, 1849-1856, 1861 2N317 12. Extracts from letters, 1857-1862 2N317 13. Weather memorandum book, 1840-1843 2N317 14. Equation of time, 1842 2N317 15. Weather memorandum book, 1843-1845 2N317 16. Weather memorandum book, 1846-1848 2N317 17. Weather memorandum book, 1849-1851 2N317 18. Weather memorandum book, 1852-1854 2N317 19. Memorandum book of contracts, 1835-1868 2N317 20. General memorandum book, 1836-1862 2N317 21. Horse book, 1846-1871 2N317 22. Mare book, 1847-1853 2N317 23. Level Green mare book, 1850 2N317 24. General memorandum book (Tyro Mare Book, 1850), 1853-1860 2N317 25. Tyro mare book and work book, 1858-1860 2N317 26. James W. Harvie account book, 1822-1831 2N317 27. James W. Harvie account book, 1831-1836 2N317 28. James W. Harvie estate account book, 1837-1852 2N317 29. John Jenkins estate account book, 1829-1830 2N317 30. David Jacobs estate inventory and sale book, 1836 2N318 David Jacobs estate account book, 1836-1861 2N318 Daybooks: 2N318 1865-1872 2N318 1866-1875 2N318 1870-1872 2N318 Servants accounts: 2N318 1865-1868 2N318 1868-1872 2N318 1872-1875 2N318 1875-1877 2N318 1877-1878 2N318 1879-1883 2N318 Blacksmith accounts: 2N318 1865-1868 2N318 1869 2N318 Massie estate account 18701862-1864 2N318 Carpenter accounts, 1866-1870 2N318 Checkbook, 1887-1888 2N318 Wheat and tobacco work notes, 1888 2N318 Work and provisions notes, undated 2N318 Butter notes, undated 2N318 Tyro post office record of registered letters, 1891 2N318 Negative photostats: 2N318 Vol. 1: General correspondence, 1797-1829 2N319 Vol. 2: General correspondence, 1830-1850 2N319 Vol. 3: General correspondence, 1851-1874 2N319 Vol. 4: General correspondence, 1874-1893, undated, and undated genealogy 2N319 Vol. 5: Account book, 1833 and 1862-1874 2N320 Vol. 6: Account book, 1846-1854 2N320 Vol. 7: Account book, 1855-1863 and 1846-1863 2N320 Vol. 8: Plat maps, 1766-1840 and undated 2N320 Vol. 9: William Massie estate inventory and appraisement, September 1862 2Q85 Vol. 11: Crop memorandum book: Pharsalia, Montebello, Tyro, North East Orchard revised, 1854-18621845-18571845-18621845-1850 2Q85 Vol. 12: Major Thomas Massie's memorandum book, 1780-1805 2Q85 Vol. 13: Pharsalia orchard record, 1852-1862 2Q85 Vol. 14: Memorandum and cash book, 1864-1867 2Q85 Vol. 15: Register of Negroes, 1836-1866 and List of taxable property, 1837-1849 3Y46 Photographs, unidentified, 1917 and undated 3Y46 Unidentified photo of turn-of-the-century girl. 3Y46 Two photos of unidentified bride and seven of rural scenes, undated and marked AJC on back, in envelope with return address: Aubrey Coffey, Grundy, Va., postmarked 1917. 3S176 Oversize positive photostats, 1770-1854 3S176 Land grants, 27 August 1770 and 13 October 1800 3S176 Pharsalia plantation plat, 1822 3S176 Montebello plantation plat of clearings of 1832, 1835, 1836 3S176 Crop rotation plan of 1847 3S176 Plat of survey of Montebello including division of and purchase of 183018341838 3S176 Plans of addition to Pharsalia house, drawn and porch steps, 18511854 2.116/OD1223B Oversize documents, 1796-1882 and undated 2.116/OD1223B Deeds, 1796, 1797, 1802, 1804, 1808, 1811, 1835, 1837, 1842 2.116/OD1223B Plats of Massie plantations, 1820, 1834, 1835, 1837, 1840, 1847, 1853, 1855, 1868, 1869, 1882 2.116/OD1223B Pharsalia mill plans, 1839 2.116/OD1223B Tyro plantation crop rotation, 1856 2.116/OD1223B Road plats, 1855, 1858, 1859 2.116/OD1223B Estate papers: 2.116/OD1223B Massie, 1834 and ca. 1862 2.116/OD1223B Jacobs, 1823, 1835, and 1849 2.116/OD1223B Harvie, 1845 2.116/OD1223B Non-Massie plats, undated 2.116/OD1223B Norfolk and Western railway map of Virginia, undated 2.325/V28 Oversize documents, 1781-1917 2.325/V28 Map of Amherst-Lexington parish line, 1781 2.325/V28 Plat for court case, Thomas Mayburry, defendant, 1837 2.325/V28 Gum Spring Grain Drill advertisement, 1860 2.325/V28 Confederate States of America bond, 1863 2.325/V28 Insurance policies, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1882, 1884, 1885, 1889, and 1916 2.325/V28 Bank of Nelson advertisement, ca. 1917 2.325/V28 YMCA boys camp advertisement, 1917