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Processed by: Jay Gaidmore
Date completed: 26 July 2001
Personal Papers Collection, Acc# 28467
Extent: 1.8 cubic feet; 4 boxes; box numbers 1-4
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance:
Gift of B. I. Johns, 1200 N. Quaker Lane, Alexandria, Virginia 22302, 1 April 1974
Restrictions:
None
Preferred citation:
Dr. Francis Smith Nash. Papers, 1849-1968. Accession 28467. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Separations:
None
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Francis Smith Nash was born on 23 November 1854 near Cartersville, Cumberland County, Virginia, to John White and Lydia Maria (Smith) Nash. He received his undergraduate degree from Hampden-Sydney in 1875 and his medical degree from the University of Virginia in 1877. On 22 December 1877, he was commissioned an assistant surgeon in the United States Navy. He married Caroline Louise Ryan, the daughter of William King and Martha Aurelia (Blockwell) Ryan of Charleston, South Carolina, on 15 February 1887. The marriage produced one child, Caroline Ryan Nash, born 17 January 1888.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
Papers, 1849-1968 (bulk 1882-1922), including abstracts, correspondence, deeds, family histories, lists of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 soldiers, marriage bonds, newspaper articles and clippings, notes, publications, and primarily relating to the genealogical study of the Nash and related families. Families represented include: Astor, Bedford, Bransford, Clarke, Cocke, Cowles, Crump, Harris, Hatcher, Hawes, James, Legrand, Poore, Read, Sampson, Smith, White, and Woodson.
Also includes articles, naval orders, and writings relating to Dr. Francis Smith Nash's naval career.
Organized into the following series: I. Genealogical Correspondence; II. Genealogical Notes; III. Personal; IV. Publications; V. Documents.
CONTAINER LIST
| Box | Folder | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| Series I. Genealogical Correspondence | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1882, 1883, 1887 |
| 2 | Mar., July - Aug. 1888 | |
| 3 | Sept. 1888 | |
| 4 | Oct. - Nov. 1888 | |
| 5 | 1-14 Dec. 1888 | |
| 6 | 16-31 Dec. 1888 | |
| 7 | Jan. 1889 | |
| 8 | Feb. 1889 | |
| 9 | Mar. 1889 | |
| 10 | 1-3 Apr. 1889 | |
| 11 | 5-30 Apr. 1889 | |
| 12 | May 1889 | |
| 13 | June - Sept. 1889 | |
| 14 | Oct. 1889 | |
| 15 | Nov. - Dec. 1889 | |
| 16 | Mar. - May 1890 | |
| 17 | June - Nov. 1890 | |
| 18 | 1891-1893 | |
| 19 | 1894-1897 | |
| 20 | 1905-1912 | |
| 21 | 1914 | |
| 22 | 1916-1920 | |
| 23 | 1 May 1968 (Notes from "The Reads and their Relatives" by Alice Read Rouse) | |
| 2 | 1 | Genealogical Reply Cards |
| 2 | Postal Receipts | |
| 3 | "Forms for Nash's Lineage" (sent by and returned to Dr. F. S. Nash, ca. 1888-1889) | |
| Series II. Genealogical Notes | ||
| 4 | Cowles Family | |
| 5 | Hatcher-Clarke-Woodson Families | |
| 6 | Frederick Hatcher (Will, Cumberland County Revolutionary Committee) | |
| 7 | Nash Legrand (Bulletin of Hampden-Sidney College, Aug. 1922, p. 21) | |
| 8 | Major Benjamin H. Nash (1835-1895) | |
| 9 | Judge John White Nash (1792 or 1794-1859) and Family | |
| 10 | Dr. John White Nash, Jr. (1826-1899) | |
| 11 | John White Nash, III (1857-1880) | |
| 12 | Nash Family of Prince Edward County | |
| 13 | Nash Coat of Arms and Explanation from Burke's "General Armory" | |
| 14 | Nash Family of Buckingham County, Va., Marion County, Ky., and Dallas County, Tex., 1772-1888 | |
| 15 | Sampson Family, Harris Family, Cocke Family | |
| 16 | "Smith and Hawes Family Register from 1650 to 1888" (compiled in 1888) | |
| 17 | Smith Family of "Montrose"; James Family; Bedford Family; Poore Family; Smith Family - Appendix I | |
| 18 | "John Smith of Milford, New Haven Colony, 1840 . . . " by Robert Atwater Smith (reprinted from N. England Historical and Genealogical Register for July 1891) | |
| 19 | White Family | |
| 20 | Notes (I) | |
| 21 | Notes (II) | |
| 3 | 1 | Notes (III) |
| 2 | Notes (IV) | |
| 3 | Notes (V) | |
| 4 | Source Notes: Hening, William and Mary Quarterly, etc. (3 envelopes) | |
| 5 | Photographs - Joseph Nash and family of Colorado; Thomas Cowles; C. W. Bradford | |
| Series III. Personal | ||
| 6 | Naval Orders and Related Correspondence, 21 May 1888 - 14 Feb. 1917 | |
| 7 | Marriage Announcement - Dr. Francis Smith Nash and Caroline Louise Ryan | |
| 8 | Application Forms - Patriotic Societies | |
| 9 | The Hampden-Sidney Magazine, Dec. 1894 (Alumni notes re. Frank Smith Nash, p. 107) | |
| 10 | The Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia, July 1894 (reference to F. S. Nash, p. 31) | |
| 11 | Chi Phi Chakett, Feb. 1895 (article re. Dr. Francis Smith Nash, p. 108-111) | |
| 12 | The Military Surgeon, Dec. 1910 (photograph of F. S. Nash, p. 690-691) | |
| 13 | The Military Surgeon, "Some Elementary Suggestions Regarding Plans for Our Large Naval Hospitals," Feb. 1911 | |
| 14 | "Reminiscences--Medical and Hygienic--of the Arctic" (reprinted from Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly, Aug. 13, 1897) | |
| Series IV. Publications | ||
| 15 | Ancestral Leaflets and Genealogical and Historical Book Catalogs and Notices, ca. 1889 | |
| 16 | American Ancestry, Vol. III, 1888; Virginia Historical Society and Southern Historical Society Notices | |
| 17 | The Baptist Review (Goldsboro, NC.), 1 Dec. 1888 (Vol. III, No. 23) | |
| 18 | Colorado Index (Colorado Spring, Co.), 18 May 1889 (Vol. XV, No. XXXV) | |
| 19 | The Critic, n.d. (columns of family histories) | |
| 20 | The Critic, n.d. ("Genealogical Letters") | |
| 4 | 1 | The Critic, n.d. ("The Land Patents") |
| 2 | The Critic, n.d. ("The Early Virginia Stage") | |
| 3 | The Critic, n.d. ("English Pedigrees of Virginia Families, Notes, and Queries") | |
| 4 | Farmville Journal, 1889-1890 (Genealogical and Historical Articles) | |
| 5 | Richmond Enquirer, "The Lee Monument Ball," 16 Aug. 1877 | |
| 6 | "The Nash Family in Virginia" by John M. Woodson (1970) | |
| 7 | John Franklin Rixey: Memorial Addresses in the House of Representatives, February 25, 1907 and in the Senate of the United States, March 2, 1907 | |
| 8 | United States Naval Medical Bulletin, Oct. 1907 | |
| 9 | Newspaper clippings (miscellaneous articles on the Nash and Mills Families, death notice of Rev. B. Smith) | |
| 10 | Newspaper clippings (steamship and general advertisements and notices, ca. 1889) | |
| Series V. Documents | ||
| 11 | A Statement of Half Pay Claimed by Officers of the Virginia Line During the Revolutionary War (Doc. No. 17) | |
| 12 | A List of Officers of the Army and Navy Who Have Received Land from Virginia for Revolutionary Service (Doc. No. 30, No. 1) | |
| 13 | A List of Officers and Soldiers of the Illinois Regiment (Doc. No. 32, No. 4) | |
| 14 | A List of Armand's Corps from Virginia Entitles to Land (Doc. No. 34, No. 6) | |
| 15 | Extracts from the Muster and Pay Rolls of the Virginia Militia of 1812 | |
| 16 | Abstracts of Patents and Land Grants, 1607-1858 | |
| 17 | Deed of Allen Taylor, 7 Oct. 1820, Botetourt County (transcript) | |
| 18 | Marriage Bonds of: John Nash Read and Elizabeth Julia Spencer, John Cameron and Ann Owen Nash, and Robert Nash and Sabrey Redey; Indenture of Clement Nash, 1727-1805 | |
| 19 | Wills of: Amy Nash, probated 14 Mar. 1710; William Nash, probated 4 Feb. 1718; John Nash, probated 12 Mar. 1870; Abstracts of Nash Family Deeds | |
| 20 | Wills of the Nash Family, 1686-1796 (includes 9 wills) | |
| 21 | Will of Thomas Cowles, probated 9 Mar. 1853 (transcript copy) | |
| 22 | Wills, Marriage Bonds, Administrators Bonds of the Nash Family, 1747-1793 (transcript copies) - Wills of John E. Nash, Elizabeth Nash, and Jeremiah Nash; Marriage Bonds of Nathaniel Nash and Darkes Fryer, William Nash and Elizabeth Spilman, John Nash and Molly Reynolds; Granting administration of Robert Nash's will to Richard Arrowsmith | |
| 23 | Abstracts from York County Court Minutes, 1718-1725 | |
| 24 | Map of Virginia and West Virginia, 1887 |