Huff-Hylton Families Papers, 1803-1816, 1858-1882, 1975, n.d (Ms1998-001)
Title
Huff-Hylton Families Papers, 1803-1816, 1858-1882, 1975, n.d (Ms1998-001)
Subject
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1851-1865--Regimental Histories--Wisconsin.
Description
The collection consists of items from the early 1800s pertaining to the business dealings of Samuel Huff of Montgomery (now Floyd) County. Materials include promissory notes, fines for Huff's failure to attend muster of the 75th Regiment of the Virginia Militia, and an indenture for land. The collection also consists of six letters written by Lorenzo Dow Hylton to his wife Barbara while he served in Company D of the 54th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War, and one letter to him from Barbara. Included in the collection are letters from Barbara's cousin, Samuel Slusher, and brother-in-law, Ira Hylton, about Lorenzo Hylton's death in a Confederate hospital in Marietta, Georgia, and letters from Martha Huff of Indiana, to Barbara. Genealogical information about the Hylton family, compiled by a descendant of the family, is also a part of the collection.
Creator
Huff family, Floyd County, Va.
Hylton family, Floyd County, Va.
Date
1803/1975
Rights
Permission to publish from the Huff-Hylton Families Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Language
English
Identifier
Ms1998_001_HuffHylton_
Bibliographic Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Huff-Hylton Families Papers, Ms1998-001, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
Special Collections, Virginia Tech
Collection Tree
- Regional History and the Appalachian South
- Huff-Hylton Families Papers, 1803-1816, 1858-1882, 1975, n.d (Ms1998-001)