Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Use this for collections relating to Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia, West Virginia, and Appalachia.Found in 1734 Collections and/or Records:
Certificate, Pardon for Joseph H. Hoge by Andrew Johnson, Washington D. C., August, 1865 (Ms1988-047)
Certificate, Pardon signed by President Andrew Johnson granting Preston a "full pardon and amnesty for all offenses by him committed, arising from participation, direct or implied, in the said rebellion...," September 10, 1865 (Ms1992-003)
Certificate, Virginia State Library, Robert T. Ellett, October 14, 1949 (Ms1988-047)
A. M. Chacky Letter
Confederate soldier in Wharton's Division of the Valley Army of Virginia in the Civil War. Writing from Fishersville, Augusta County, Virginia, to his brother predicting the war would end in the spring and giving an account of tricking a provost guard into letting him on the train to Fishersville.
Charlton Family Papers,
Civil War-era letters of Davidson W. L. Charlton, of Christiansburg (Montgomery County), Virginia, and his sons Milton (54th Virginia Infantry), James P. and Pembroke (both of the 4th Virginia Infantry); and nephew Waddy C. Charlton (also of the 4th), all written to family friend Oliver H. P. Carden. Also includes other correspondence, legal/financial documents, and ephemera.
Cheatham/Horsley Marriage License,
The collection contains a marriage license for George W. Cheatham and Nannie P. Horsley.