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Sources consulted for the biography of:John Montgomery Dawson (1829–1913)
Primary Sources
- Second marriage in Marriage Register, 1885, Williamsburg City, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia (with parents' names of Samuel Dawson and Winney Dawson).
- Correspondence in William Mahone Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
- State Corporation Commission Charter Book 5:508–510, Record Group 112, Library of Virginia.
- Land Tax Returns, Williamsburg (1873–1900), Auditor of Public Accounts, Record Group 48, Library of Virginia.
- Election results in Election Record no. 6 (1873) and no. 18 (1883), Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, Accession 26041, State Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia.
- Virginia General Assembly, Senate, Journal of the Senate of Virginia (1874 sess.) 45–46, (1874–1875 sess.) 34, 267, 401, (1875–1876 sess.) 47, 115, (1876–1877 sess.) 32.
- Death Certificate (with middle name), Williamsburg City, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia.
Secondary Sources
- Biography in Luther Porter Jackson, Negro Office Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), 10, 63.
- Tommy L. Bogger, "Since 1776: The History of First Baptist Church of Williamsburg, Virginia" (typescript, 2006), 27–54, First Baptist Church, Williamsburg.
- Linda Rowe, "African Americans in Williamsburg, 1865–1945," in Robert P. Maccubbin, ed., Williamsburg, Virginia: A City Before the State, 1699–1999 (2000), 118 (portrait), 121–122.
Newspapers
- Biography in Richmond Planet, July 8, 1893 (with birth date and variant parents' names of James Dawson and Minnie Dawson)
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, August 20, 1875; July 27, 1882; July 28, 1882; August 3, 1882; September 23, 1883; April 24, 1884
- Richmond Enquirer, August 20, 1875; August 21, 1875; August 22, 1875
- Lynchburg Daily Virginian, April 13, 1876; April 14, 1876
- Richmond Daily Whig, August 2, 1882; September 28, 1882; October 4, 1882; May 1, 1884; July 17, 1885
- Washington Post, Aug. 3, 1882
- Petersburg Daily Index-Appeal, May 18, 1888
- Williamsburg Virginia Gazette, July 25, 1912; July 24, 1913; August 7, 1913
Obituaries
- Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 17, 1913
- Williamsburg Virginia Gazette, July 17, 1913
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