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Inventory of the Papers of the Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke Company: Folder VI, H, I, J, K

Folder VI. Wythe County cont.

  1. File titled R. G. Baker

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    1. Copy of letter dated June 26, 1919 describing "farm land" of V. I. C. C. R. J. Baker Tract 67.40 acres and A. McLaurin Tract 42 acres included among properties described in letter as "Old Speedwell Furnace."

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    2. Copy of deed dated April 10, 1908 wherein V. I. C. C. Conveyed to W. C. Lawson and Senie K. Lawson, his wife, 28.4 acres located on Cripple Creek near Speedwell. Plat of property dated March 16, 1908 attached.

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    3. Abstract of R. G. Baker Tract Vol. 2, Wythe Co. Abstracts, page 61 two tracts of land sold by R. C. Baker and wife to Speedwell Iron Co. Containing 100 acres. Traces property ownership to 1793.

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    4. Map dated November 2, 1922 showing land of V. I. C. C. On Cripple Creek near Speedwell to be conveyed to James H. Smith.

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    5. Map dated December 2, 1919 showing land of V. I. C. C. On Cripple Creek, Wythe County, to be conveyed to T. F. Kidd (near Speedwell Methodist Church.)

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    6. Map dated September 22, 1919, showing land of V. I. C. C. On Cripple Creek near Speedwell to be conveyed to Maggie Holliday.

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    7. File containing copies of Deed and Deed of Release wherein J. H. Smith bought from V. I. C. C. 0.50 acres of land near Speedwell in Wythe Co. Property part of "R. G. Baker 67.4 acre tract" Deed dated November 20, 1922 attached.

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    8. File containing copies of Deed and Deed of Release wherein Maggie Holliday bought from V. I. C. C. 3.65 acres of land near Speedwell in Wythe Country, part of "A. G. Baker tract." Deed dated September 27, 1919. Plat attached.

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    9. File containing Deed, Deed of Release, wherein T. F. Kidd bought from V. I. C. C. 96.38 acres of land called "Speedwell Furnace Tract." Deed dated December 11, 1919.

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    10. Map dated October 16, 1900 labeled N&W Railway Cripple Creek extension to Speedwell, Map of Land desired from V. I. C. C. Wythe Co., VA. Speedwell Furnace shown on map.

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    11. Five containing letters from and to Mrs. Mary Burns during 1917 and 1918 concerning "mud-water" claim against V. I. C. C. At Andis Mine near Speedwell. Three maps in file including Plat dated April 20, 1915 showing farm belonging to James O'Conner Estate 131.46 acres. (Mrs. Burn's property part of this estate.) Agreement dated December 5, 1918 between Mary burns and V. I. C. C. Wherein muddy water claim is settled. Copy of map 10 above in file. 

  2. File labeled Cresent Horse Shoe and Iron Co.

    1. Copy of Description of Rolling Mill site at Max Meadows, VA.

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    2. Memorandum in regard to the Crescent Hill Horse Shoe Works. Dated December 12, 1898. Gives short summary of Horse Shoe Works. Located in Town of Max Meadows. VA Development Co. Purchased the property at foreclosure sale. Copies of Deeds leading to VA Development purchase attached.

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    3. Copy of First Mortgage of Crescent Horse Show and Iron Co. To Radford Trust Co., June 1, 1894.

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    4. Letters to and from Mr. W. W. Hurst concerning leasing old Rolling Mill site during 1912-13.

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    5. Contract of sale dated May 11, 1904, wherein V. I. C. C. Sold to L. A. McElroy "All of the Horse Show Machinery and Appliances... used in the manufacture of horse and mule shoes, at Max Meadows Crescent Plant."

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    6. Letters in January 1901 to and from V. I. C. C. Concerning clear title to Max Meadows property. Two copies of an abstract on crescent Horse Shoe and Iron Co. Tracing ownership of property back to 1793.

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    7. File containing correspondence and contracts for construction of a siding by N&W on Max Meadows property of V. I. C. C. Documents dated March-June, 1947.

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    8. Correspondence and copy of agreement between V. I. C. C., N&W and WESTVACO Corp. For operation of paper/pulp wood business by WESTVACO at Max Meadows siding off N&W. Date of materials 1969-70. 

  3. File labeled Dry Pond Mountain.

    1. Letters to and from V. I. C. C. Concerning 1 1/2 acres called Dry Pond Mountain in Pulaski or Wythe Co. V. I. C. C. Assessed for taxes on property. Letters are attempt to find where it is . No on e who replied knew location of Dry Pond Mountain correspondence dated July and August, 1910. 

  4.  File labeled Eli Eversole.

    1. Copy of Deed dated July 7, 1902 wherein E. R. Eversole and Matilda Eversole granted to V. I. C. C., a right-of -way for a pipeline to convey water over land situated on Francis Mill Creek near Cripple Creek in Wythe Co., VA.

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    2. Three copies of abstract on above property tracing ownership and defects.
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