Dates: 1789-1955

Collection Number: MS 123

Physical Location: Archive Room File Cabinet

Extent: 2 folders.

Creators/Collectors: Robertson, Clara

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to research.

User Restrictions: No restrictions.

Preferred Citation: Clara Robertson Papers, MS 123, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information: Gift, Mrs. Clara Robertson, 11 January 1988.

Scope and Content: This is a collection of family genealogies compiled by Clara Robertson. It includes photocopies of the will of David Anderson (1789), the estate inventory of John Rothwell (circa 1844), and the will of Jeremiah Yancey (circa 1828). Also included is an ALS from Ruth Jones to Mrs. Judson Robertson, 16 March 1955, in which she discusses the White family of Albemarle County, Virginia, and the related families of Brookings, Gilliam, Robertson, and Rothwell of Albemarle and Orange County, Virginia.

Subjects: Genealogy.

Record Types:

  • Correspondence.
  • Reports.