Jamerson-Webster-Basham Family Papers,

The Jamerson-Webster-Basham Family Papers include receipts, deeds, land settlements, and correspondence from the Jamerson and other Franklin County families, including the Webster, Basham, Rayford, Akers, and Neff families. Also included are fifteen Civil War Confederate soldiers' letters from John Jamerson, in the 37th Virginia Cavalry, and John Hartsel, written from Norfolk and Washington County, Virginia.

Folder 1: 1792, 1838-1919 - Jamerson Family Reciepts contains receipts beginning in 1792 and organized chronologically with the last one dating to 1907. Folder 2: 1803-1875 - Jamerson Family - Correspondence consists mainly of receipts of land payments and official documents of court proceedings between the Jamerson family, primarily John Jamison, and other families of Franklin County, namely the Pennock, Rayford, Fragg, Frailin, and Boon families, ranging from 1803-1875.

Folder 3: 1831-1876 - Webster Family - Receipts, Will and Indentures includes family documents of John Webster, primarily, consisting of his will, land survey, receipts, and contracts to other families, 1832-1876. Folder 4: 1856-1936 - Webster Family - Correspondence contains Civil War letters from John G. Hartsel in Norfolk, VA to family members and friends in Franklin County, 1862, as well as letters from various people from Franklin County, 1864-1914. This folder also consists of deeds, marriage bonds, and a list of births and deaths of the Peters Family from 1783-1870.

Folder 5: 1892, 1897 - Basham Family Deeds (Manuscript Copies) consists of documents pertaining to deeds between James S. Basham and B. Rigney on July 23, 1892 and one between James S. Basham and Sarah A. Basham on May 31, 1897.