Howard Hampton Papers, 1659-1957 and undated
Donation Dates: 1957-1958?
3 boxes, 1 oversized Box

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Collection Inventory

Box 1

Box 2

Box 3

Box 4

Box	Folder	Description
1	1	Miscellaneous documents #1-10
		1. Ambrose Fielding inventory, 1675 [2 pieces]
		2. Ambrose Fielding will, 1675 [1 piece]
		3. Land deed, 1680 [ 1 piece]
		4. Legal instrument, 1684 [1 piece]
		5. Legal instrument, 1691 [1 piece]
		6. Fragmentary legal instrument, 1692
		7. Legal instrument, 1692 [2 pieces]
		8. Surveyor's certificate, Virginia, 1695 [1 piece]
		9. Legal instrument, 1696 [3 pieces]
		10. Thomas Davis will, 1697 [1 piece]

Box	Folder	Description
1	2	Miscellaneous documents #11-20
		11. Ministerial instruments, 1698 [1 piece]
		12. Land Office warrants, Viginia, 1702 [2 pieces]

Box	Folder	Description
1	3	Miscellaneous documents #21-30
		23. Envelope addressed to Theodorick Bland (?) from Richard Callis, 1777 [1 piece]
		24. Thomas A. Davis pocket notebook, 1780
		26. Envelope, Richmond postmark, 1795 [1 piece]
		27. Fragmentary letter, April 2, 1779 [1 piece]
		28. Fragmentary letter, January 24, 1799 [1 piece]
		30. Fragmentary legal instrument, 1800 [1 piece]

Box	Folder	Description
1	4	Miscellaneous documents #31-40
		31. List of expenses, Thomas Massis (?) vs. the Estate of Thomas Adams, 1801 [1 piece]
		32. Letter to LeRoy Daingerfield from Thomas Massie, 1801 [1 piece]
		33. Letter from Richard C. Adams, 1806 [1 piece]
		34. Muster roll 106 Regt. C. C., 1812 [1 piece]
		35. Letter to Mr. Carter from Hugh Phelps, 1818 [1 piece]
		38. Land decree data from court record, 1834 [1 piece]
		39. Promissory note, Grimes and Dudley, 1840 [1 piece]
		40. Survey notes, 1845

Box	Folder	Description
1	5	Miscellaneous documents #41-50
		41. Broadside, to the voters of Lewis county, July 12, 1848 [1 piece]
		42. Broadside, to the voters of Lewis county, July 1, 1848 [1 piece]
		44. Promissory note, Smith and Dupery, 1853 [1 piece]
		45. Copy of a letter from John Carter, 1858 [2 pieces]
		46. Letter to James M. Forbes from A. T. Edwards, 1861 [1 piece]
		47. Letter to James (Forbes ?) from A. T. Edwards, 1861 [1 piece]
		48. Merchants letter circular and Cincinnati price current, 1862 [1 piece]
		49. George Flinn discharge, Kentucky cavalry, 1865
		50. Fragmentary letter, August 31 [1 piece]

Box	Folder	Description
1	6	Miscellaneous documents #51-60
		52. Letter from Richmond, November 25 [1 piece]
		54. Envelope addressed to General Broadnasc (?), Greensville county, undated [1 piece]
		55. Copy of election law, undated [1 piece]
		56. Fragmentary petition to The Honorable Speaker and House of Burgesses from the Freeholders of West Moreland County, Viginia, undated [1 piece]
		59. Photocopy of a proclaimation by Robert Dinaviddie (?) of Viginia, undated [1 piece]

Box	Folder	Description
1	7	Miscellaneous newspapers and clippings, 1905-1950 [15 items]
		Part 1
		Part 2
		Part 3
		Part 4
		Part 5

Box	Folder	Description
1	8	Miscellaneous items
		1. Three British stamps
		2. Unidentified index book, London, 1828 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5
		3. Pamphlet regarding Virginia election, 1863
		4. Pamphlet regarding Virginia theater fire, 1848
		5. Unidentified pocket wallet [2 items]
		6. Photograph of William Hobson coat of arms
		7. Letterhead

Box	Folder	Description
1	9	8. Bees wax seal
		9. Three fragmentary early medical pamphlets
		10. Package of original vellum for old book repair

Box	Folder	Description
1	10	11. Article on Josiah Wedgewood
		12. Unidentified stationery [1 piece]
		13. Railway pass, 1892
		14. Various illustrations of book binding Part 1 Part 2
		15. Gold leaf paper [4 pieces]
		16. Map, "Geographical Description of the World", London, John Streater, 1659
		17. Three books (sent to main library):
		A. Sally Nelson Robins, Scuffles. New York, 1912.
		B. John T. Goodrich, Fredericksburg and the Cavalier Country. Richmond, 1935.
		C. Colonial Williamsburg, 1951.
		18. Pocket notebook, "The Carter Family Pedigree", undated [probably 1858] Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

Box	Folder	Description
1	11	19. Stamps and envelopes [17 pieces]
		20. "Cotton's Virginia and North Carolina Almanac," 1828 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
		21. Leaflet, "Shirley Plantation"
		22. Brochure, "A tour of Historic Richmond" [31 page] Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8
		23. One envelope, British medical book plates [28 pieces]

Miller, Joseph Lyon [Personal]

Box	Folder	Description
1	12	Assorted genealogical notes [approximately 100 pieces]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10

Box	Folder	Description
1	13	Newspapers and Newspaper Clippings [11 items], 1933-1955
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

Box	Folder	Description
1	14	Assorted notebooks [5 items]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7

Box	Folder	Description
1	15	Assorted notebooks [3 items]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Box	Folder	Description
1	16	Miscellaneous items
		1. Broadside, "Why Dr. Miller Day?"
		2. "Report of Medical Portraits", typescript, 1930 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7
		3. Booklet, "Constitution of Fairfax Club"
		4. Miller book plate
		5. Package, "Mayo Lectures and Miller and Other Medical Photos" [24 prints] Part 1 Part 2
		6. "The Influential Role of Our Doctor", typescript [20 pages]
		7. Real estate tax receipt for Joseph L. Miller, 1899

Box	Folder	Description
1	17	8. Package, land deeds of J. H. Miller
		9. Booklet, "By-Laws of Thomas Lodge No. 123, AF and AM"
		10. Membership cards [3 items]
		11. Book plates, Richmond Academy of Medicine
		12. Deed, W. D. Ireland to Pamelia D. Miller, 1912 [2 pages]
		13. Receipts, 1907, 1912 and 1913 [3 pages]
		14. Photographs [31 prints]
		15. Empty envelopes [2 items]
		16. Letters of correspondence [3 pages]
		17. Warranty deed for John W. Hampton, 1907 [5 pages]
		18. Map labeled "Orient Park, Brookhaven, L. I.," undated [1 item]

Miller, Joseph L., Personal correspondence

Box	Folder	Description
1	18	1. Correspondence, 1890-1899
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8

Box	Folder	Description
1	19	2. Correspondence, 1900-1909
		Part 1 Part 2

Box	Folder	Description
1	20	3. Correspondence, 1910-1919
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9

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Box 4

Box	Folder	Description
2	1	4. Correspondence, 1920-1929 [including a F. D. R. letter from 1928, and 1 print]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9

Box	Folder	Description
2	2	4. Correspondence, 1920-1929

Box	Folder	Description
2	3	5. Correspondence, 1930-1939

Box	Folder	Description
2	4	6. Correspondence, 1940-1949

Box	Folder	Description
2	5	7. Correspondence, 1950-1957
		8. Correspondence, undated

Box	Folder	Description
2	6	9. Correspondence, Letters between Miller's parents, 1870-1880
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9

Hampton-Ireland family connections

Genealogical notes and materials

Box	Folder	Description
2	7	1. "The Hamptons of Virginia, Descendants of William Hampton," manuscript [9 pages]

Box	Folder	Description
2	8	2. "A History of the Hampton Faimly of the Southern States, 1586-1916", typescript [214 pages]
		Part 1 Part 2

Box	Folder	Description
2	9	2. "A History of the Hampton Faimly of the Southern States, 1586-1916", typescript [214 pages]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Box	Folder	Description
2	10	Newspaper article "Wade Hampton Rides Again," 1891
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

Box	Folder	Description
2	11	3. "The Hampton Family of Virginia", typescript, 2 copies [12 pages]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
		4. Notes from the John and Lutie Ireland Hampton Family Bible
		5. "The Hamptons of Virginia, South Carolina, Kentucky", and typescript [11 pages]
		6. "The Hampton Family of Virginia", miscellaneous notes, mauscript [4 pages]
		Part 1 Part 2
		7. Copy of family record, manuscript [4 pages]
		8. Notes from county records [2 pages]
		9. Notebook containing paper clippings of the Hampton Family [100 pages]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Box	Folder	Description
2	12	10. Miscellaneous notes [approximately 70 pages]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9

Box	Folder	Description
2	13	Newspapers and newspaper clippings [19 items]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Box	Folder	Description
2	14	Miscellaneous items
		1. Notes and notebook, apparently related to Hampton family
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
		3. Coin "Tercentenery of the Landing of the Pilgrims 1620-1920"
		4. Typed document relating to presentation of W. O. Ireland's picture to Boyd Country Bar, 1939 [two copies]
		Part 6 Part 7
		5. "Dr. Henry Hampton's book," fragmentary copy of prescription book of about 1800
		6. Funeral notice, Alice N. Hampton, 1885
		7. Photographs of Hampton Family Bible [12 prints]
		8. Broadside, "To the Voters of Lewis County," 1851 (?)

Box	Folder	Description
2	15	2. Bible, with fading pencil notes in pages at end

Box	Folder	Description
2	16	Correspondence of Joseph Miller regarding Hampton family
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 Part 14

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Box 4

Box	Folder	Description
3	1	Correspondence of Joseph Miller regarding Hampton family
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9

Box	Folder	Description
3	2	Correspondence of Joseph Miller regarding Hampton family
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12

Hampton-Ireland papers

Box	Folder	Description
3	3	1. 1775-1848 [75 items]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

Box	Folder	Description
3	4	2. 1850-1859 [71 items]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 Part 14 Part 15 Part 16 Part 17 Part 18 Part 19 Part 20

Box	Folder	Description
3	5	3. 1860-1862 [70 items]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 Part 14 Part 15 Part 16 Part 17 Part 18

Box	Folder	Description
3	6	4. 1863-1868 [45 items]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12

Box	Folder	Description
3	7	5. 1871-1925 [13 items]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8

Box	Folder	Description
3	8	6. undated [25 items]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

Miscellaneous

Box	Folder	Description
3	9	Masonic memorabilia, undated [2 items; 3 items were transferred to oversize box]

Box	Folder	Description
3	10	Newspaper Clippings, 1874-1939 and undated

Box	Folder	Description
3	11	Deed, Henry Hampton and wife to William Hampton, Sept. 6, 1858

Box	Folder	Description
3	12	Hampton, John W., Correspondence, 1900-1920 and undated
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8

Box	Folder	Description
3	13	Hampton, Howard., Correspondence, 1858-1954 [2 prints]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Box	Folder	Description
3	14	Family History of James Brown Family and James Hampton, 1951 and undated [4 prints]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 Part 13

Box	Folder	Description
3	15	Miscellaneous pictures (mostly pages from books and magazines), undated

Box	Folder	Description
3	16	Negatives, undated [13 negs]

Box	Folder	Description
3	17	Photographs, undated [87 prints]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Box	Folder	Description
3	18	Photographs, undated [92 prints]
		Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Box	Folder	Description
3	19	Postcards, undated [23 prints]
		Part 1 Part 2

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Box 4

4 Oversized Items

1. Masonic Memorabilia (original location box 3 folder 9)

Stained, white silk bib (or apron?) labeled "John Henderson" in fading ink

White vellum (?) hanging tapestry stating "Presented by Thomas Lodge No. 123 A. F. and A. M., Thomas W. Va., to Bro. Joseph L. Miller, entered Jan. 6, 1909, passed Feb. 3, 1909, raised Feb. 20, 1909, C. M. Roehrig, Sec. Samuel W. Gross, W.: M:"

White vellum (?) with blue silk hanging tapestry stating "Presented by Thomas Lodge No. 123 A. F. and A. M., Thomas W. Va., to Joseph L. Miller, Postmaster, 1913, 1914, March 2nd, 1921"

2. Miscellaneous documents #11-20 (original location was box 1 folder 2)

13. Deed, Robert Carter to Thomas Carter, Jr., 1712 [1 item]. Item encapsulated, but not deacidified. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

14. Land deed, 1715 [1 page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol solution. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

15. Land deed, 1753 [1 page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol solution. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

16. Court records, 1756 [2 pages]. Item encapsulated, but not deacidified. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8

17. Fragmentary court records, 1764 [2 pages]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol solution. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8

18. Leter to Thomas Adams from Richard (?) Adams, 1768 [1 page]. Item encapsulated but not deacidified. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

19. Letter to Mr. Carter from Jollory (?) Picket (?), 1769 [1 page]. Item encapsulated. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

20. Letter to Thomas Adams from Robert Burnell, July 22, 1771 [1 page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol solution. Part 1 Part 2

3. Miscellaneous documents #21-30 (original location was box 1 folder 3)

21. Letter to Thomas Adams from Robert Burnell, September 8, 1771 [1 page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol solution. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

22. Fragmentary letter from Richmond, August 19, 1773 [1 page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol solution. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

25. Letter to Der Neusville and Son from James Maury, 1780 [1 page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol solution. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

29. Land deed signed by James Monroe, 1800 [1 page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol solution. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

4. Miscellaneous documents #31-40 (original location was box 1 folder 4)

36. Letter to court clerk, Lewis county, Kentucky, from Joseph Ball (?), 1825 [1 page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol solution. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

37. Essay, "Serious Morning Reflections", 1825 [1 page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol solution. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

5. Miscellaneous documents #41-50 (original location was box 1 folder 5)

43. Broadside, to the voters of Lewis County, July 31, 1848 [1 page]. Item

encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol solution. Part 1 Part 2

6. Miscellaneous documents #51-60 (original location was box 1 folder 6)

51. Fragmentary letter from W. Goosley, undated [1 page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol solution. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

53. Plea to the court of Mason county from administrator of Carter estate, undated [2 pages]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol solution. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

57. Fragmentary letter, undated [1 page]. Part 1 Part 2

58. Fragmentary letter to W. Ireland from Ian (?) Drake, undated [1 page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol solution. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

60. Signatures, undated [10 pages]. Items encapsulated. A. Thomas Jefferson B. James Monroe C. Patrick Henry D. William Clayborne, Secretary of the Governor's Council, 1624 E. Benjamin Harrison F. Edmund Randolph G. R. Collins H. William Fitzhugh I. James Madison J. unidentified

7. Miscellaneous Items (original location was box 2 folder 15)

9. Sheet of manuscript music, "Tell Me," ballad by S. R. Ireland and Pamelia D. Hampton. Item encapsulated but not deacidified. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Institution: The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Texas Tech University
MS 41041
Lubbock, Texas 79409
806-742-3749
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

Date: February 27, 2001

Contact Person: Reference Librarian

Accession number(s):

Collection number: S 401.1

Size of Collection: 3 boxes and 1 oversize (4.5 linear feet)

Biographical Sketch: Dr. Joseph Lyon Miller was a medical doctor from Thomas, West Virginia, who collected and wrote on his family's genealogy, particularly that of the Fielding and Davis families. He also collected extensive materials relating to his wife's family the Hamptons. He gave these records to his nephew John Hampton.

A rancher, John Howard Hampton was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on January 17, 1898. He began ranching near Clarksville, Texas, later working on 6666 Ranch and directing ranch operations near Slaton, Texas and Tucumcari, New Mexico. From 1956-1958, he served as president of West Texas Museum Association. Hampton donated extensive Indian and western collections to area museums before his death in Tucumcari in 1967. He donated the Joseph Miller collection to the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech.

Biographical Sources: Cauthen, Charles Edward. Family Letters of the Three Wade Hamptons, 1782-1901. Columbia, University of South Carolina Press, 1953.

Meynard, Virginia G. The Venturers: the Hampton, Harrison, and Earle families of Virginia, South Carolina, and Texas. Easley, S. C.: Southern Historical Press, 1981.

Bridwell, Ronald Edward, "The South's Wealthiest Planter: Wade Hampton I of South Carolina, 1754-1835," (Ph.D. dissertation, University of South Carolina, 1980).

Scope and Content: A large part of the collection deals with letters and correspondence relating to Hampton's ancestors, some of which extend back to 1675. It also contains land deeds, inventories, newspaper articles, photographs, and family letters collected by Hampton's uncle, Dr. Joseph L. Miller of Thomas, West Virginia.

Conservation Note: Many of the items are fragile and have been encapsulated. Some of these encapsulated item, though not all, have been de-acidified using Wei T'o aerosol solution.

Organization: The papers maintain the original arrangement and most are described on an item-level basis.

Related Materials: Earl and Geraldine Hampton oral history interview [sound recording], 1968

Acquisition: Gift, 1957-1958?

Access: Open for research

Preferred Citation (Item), Howard Hampton Papers, 1659-1957 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.

Processed by: Lynn Whitfield, February 27, 2001