urn:taro:utexas.cah.01055 A Guide to the James Bolivar and Virginia Catherine Billingsley Papers, 1843-1918 Original EAD encoding by Laurel Rozema according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. September 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Billingsley, James Bolivar and Virginia Catherine. James Bolivar and Virginia Catherine Billingsley Papers 1843-1918 Materials are written in English. 83-165 70687940 3 ft. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Papers relate primarily to activities in connection with the Willis Lang, and Billingsley plantations in Falls County as well as to business and literary interests of Virginia Billingsley. Materials include correspondence, casebooks, notes, legal papers, land papers, receipts, journals, newspaper clippings, literary productions, and speeches. Biographical Note

Virginia Catherine (Shaw) Billingsley (ca. 1843-ca. 1920) was born in Mississippi, where she married James Bolivar Billingsley (1828-1882) in 1850. The couple moved to a plantation in Marlin, Falls County, Texas, on land inherited from his cousin Willis Lang in 1865.

Resources: Cottrell, Debbie Mauldin. Billingsley, Virginia Catherine Shaw (ca. 1843-ca. 1920). Handbook of Texas Online, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/fbi32.html, accessed Sept. 3, 2008. James Bolivar Billingsley transcript. American Memory, Library of Congress. U.S. Work Projects Administration, Federal Writers' Project (Folklore Project, Life Histories, 1936-39); Manuscript Division, Library of Congress..

Scope and Contents

Papers relate primarily to activities in connection with the Willis Lang, and Billingsley plantations in Falls County as well as to business and literary interests of Virginia Billingsley. Materials include correspondence, casebooks, notes, legal papers, land papers, receipts, journals, newspaper clippings, literary productions, and speeches.

 Alternate Format Available

All or a portion of this collection is available on CAH microfilm 18,335 Series G, Part 1, Reel 36. Photocopies should be made from microfilm, not from originals. See microfilm inventory on Reference shelves under the title, “Ante-Bellum Plantations.”

Microfilm part of Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series G, from University Publications of America, 44 North Market St., Frederick, MD 21701. (OCLC: 16125404)

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Due to the fragility of these manuscripts the microfilm should be used rather than the original manuscript if photocopies are needed.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Billingsley, James Bolivar Billingsley, Virginia Catherine Lang, Willis L. Subjects Cotton. Diaries. Farms and farming. Plantations -- Texas. Slaves and slavery. Children and youth. Advertising. Places Falls County (Tex.) Marlin (Tex.) Waco (Tex.) Preferred Citation

James Bolivar and Virginia Catherine Billingsley Papers, 1843-1918, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 3H41 Letters, 1843-1907 3H42 Diaries, 1838-1894, undated Memorandum books, 1860, 1869 Cash books, 1856-1876, undated 3H43 Cash books, 1870-1881 3H44 Cash books, 1881-1902, undated Account books, 1871-1882 3H45 Account papers, 1837-1884 3H46 Account papers, 1885-1920, undated 3H47 Land papers, 1865-1893 Legal documents, 1839-1903 Essays and letters of V. C. Billingsley, 1913 Literary efforts Speeches Miscellaneous Spelling book of Ramona R. Fishburn, 1912-1913 3S109 Photographs 3S143 Land deed, 1887 Insurance policies, 1878-1899 Artifact Collection Artifact Collection CAH microfilm 18,335 Series G, Part 1, Reel 36 Microfilm part of Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations, Series G, from University Publications of America, 44 North Market St., Frederick, MD 21701.