Scope and Contents
The papers consist of copies of correspondence, a short history of the Taliaferro family, a deed, the will of Zacharias Taliaferro, receipts and an undated map of Pendleton showing landowners adjoining Taliaferro land. In the correspondence, there is a letter written ca. 1788 from Edmund Pendleton in Virginia to his nephew, Judge Henry Pendleton (for whom the town of Pendleton was named) to introduce Zachary Taliaferro "who wishes to reside and practice the law in your state." There are...
Dates:
circa 1788, 1804, 1815-1840, 1901
