John Shelton Land Patent
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Scope and Content Note
Land patent for a parcel of land in Augusta County, Virginia, issued to John Shelton by the colony's lieutenant governor, Robert Dinwiddie, on August 16, 1756. On the back of the patent is a certification by Charles Lewis, Register of the Land Office for the State of Virginia, dated May 1792.
Dates
- 1756, 1792
Creator
- Shelton, John, 1713-1777 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
John Shelton was born in 1713 in Hanover County, Virginia. He was an early settler of Augusta County, Virginia. He passed away September 11, 1777.
Extent
0.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Acquisition Information
The John Shelton Land Patent was donated to the Special Collections Department by Weston Rogers of Fayetteville, Arkansas, in June 1993.
Processing Information
Processed by Katrina Windon; completed in April 2019.
Creator
- Shelton, John, 1713-1777 (Person)
- Title
- John Shelton Land Patent
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Katrina Windon
- Date
- April 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu