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A handwritten letter to J. T. Cowan from J. L. Bell, November 12, 1911.

A handwritten account of purchases made by J. T. at Dillon & Harless, 1899.

A handwritten account of purchases made by J. T. at Dillon & Harless, 1900.

A handwritten account of purchases made by J. T. at Dillon & Harless, 1899 and 1900.

Elizabeth K. Adams note regarding land division

Genealogy from David Cloyd and Margaret Campbell.

A note written by Isaac Hudson about money paid to Mrs. Cowan, dated 9/5/1889.

A billing from H. C. Long to J. T. Cowan, June 16, 1906.

A letter tp J. T. Cowan from Isaac T. Mann, sent April 18, 1913.

Genealogy from James McGavock and Mary Cloyd.

Genealogy from James McGavock and Mary Cloyd.

Letter from Mrs. Kent to her son, Richard, written in Radford, VA, dated November 30, 1922.

A photograph taken of Lizzie and Mary Cown on a dock area at Mill Dam, Whitethorn, Virginia.

A photograph taken at Kentland farms of the House, kitchen, and disattached smokehouse. Written on back of photograph: "4 room brick kitchen in center at Kentland. Tommy Adams took it down for hand-made brick and wide flooring and curved stairway to…

A photograph taken of two people on a ferry at Kentland. Individuals may be J. P. Adams and Richard. Reference: Adam Harmon's Ferrry and Whitethorn Ferry.

Article indentification - Grandfather Kent's livestock

An article written by a correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch mentions Grandfather Kent's livestock.

Kent family genealogy list, page 1

Cowan property listing, front page

History of hand-made brick and genealogy, by T. K. Adams Sr.

Kentland papers: three lots being divided by farm acreage.

The Old Kent Cemetery history by Elizabeth Kent Adams, in Radford, VA.

Memo list made of the costs of the house at Walnut Spring.

Memo list made of the costs of the house at Walnut Spring. Typed.

Description of Kentland Farm and the land divisions, written in 1910.

A written description from a surveyor made about Kentland Farm.

Appraisement of the personal property of Miss E. C. Kent, page 1

A map made of the Blacksburg railroad.

A map made of the Cowan land, with a written note by Elizabeth Kent Adams on the back.

Accounting pages made in 1903, part of the Cowan papers.

Accounting pages made in October, no year listed, part of the Cowan papers.

Letterhead, from the Commonwealth of Virginia, of the State Board of Argriculture and Immigration.

Request made for 18 barrels of oats, April 6, 1897, part of the Cowan papers.

A handwritten crop account, written in 1887, part of the Cowan papers.

An account of purchases made at Alexander Black store, written February 11, 1901, part of the Cowan papers.

A handwritten invoice from Farmers Supply Co., October 4, 1909, part of the Cowan papers.

A bill of lading from Virginia Railway Co, October 1, 1909, part of the Cowan papers.

A handwritten invoice from A. V. Hancock & Co., April 9, 1908, part of the Cowan papers.

A handwritten invoice from Blacksburg Supply Co., May 25, 1909, part of the Cowan papers.

A handwritten invoice from W. A. Price & Bros, March 29, 1909, part of the Cowan papers.

A handwritten account of grain production on J. T. Cowan farm, 1904.

A handwritten letter from McPherson & Co, live stock comission merchants, to J. T. Cowan, November 3, 1911.

A handwritten letter to J. T. Cowan from L. D. Winston Jr., December 6, 1912.

Charles Johnson graduated from Christiansburg Industrial Institute in 1953 and served as President of the Christiansburg Institute Alumni Association. Johnson employed the barbering trade he acquired at CI for many decades in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Frank Bannister was born in Wake Forest, Virginia in 1913, and his family members were descendants of Kentland Plantation slaves, which is now Kentland Farm in Whitethorne, Virginia. Bannister describes growing up in Wake Forest, working in the…

Reverend Dr. Ellison Adger Smyth was born and raised in Blacksburg, Virginia. He attended Blacksburg schools, and he graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1925 with a degree in electrical engineering before answering the call to ministry.…