Beckwith Collection

Archive

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Beckwith Collection

Entry/Object ID

ARC725

Scope and Content

This collection consists of financial and legal records concerning 1) property held by J. Frank and Leacey McDonald Beckwith and their heirs and 2) the law practices of J. Frank and Frank J. Beckwith, who were attorneys in Charles Town. The immediate heirs of J. Frank and Leacey McDonald Beckwith were their three children (who survived to adulthood): Frank Jennings Beckwith (married Shannon Denny); Elizabeth Morton Beckwith (married Paul T. MacKie); and Eloise Lloyd Beckwith (married John R. Tucker). Leacey McDonald Beckwith was the daughter of Angus W. and Elizabeth Morton Sherrard McDonald. Inventory of Beckwith Collection Property held by Beckwith family: J. Frank and Leacey McDonald Beckwith and their heirs: Eloise Beckwith Tucker, Elizabeth Beckwith MacKie, Frank J. Beckwith (Folders 1-12) Folder 1: Cave Farm ownership (in the McDonald-Beckwith family from 1901-1970) ARC725-1 1901 survey and plat by S. Howell Brown of a farm (approx 192 acres) sold by Mrs. John Seldon (sic) and others to Major A. W. McDonald ARC725-2 Typed document, no date, signed by Forrest W. Brown, listing costs of a suit, Sarah D. Selden vs W. C. Selden and others, including the cost of H. Brown’s survey above ARC725-3 Two copies of typewritten, unsigned deeds, dated Oct 1, 1955, whereby Eloise Lloyd Beckwith Tucker sold her one-third interest in “Cave Farm-Selden” to Shannon D. Beckwith, widow of Francis (Frank) J. Beckwith ARC725-4 Copy of canceled check for $10,000 to Eloise B. Tucker and signed by Shannon W. Beckwith, dated Oct 1, 1955, for one-third interest in Cave Farm ARC725-5 Typed copy of a draft of a rental agreement with handwritten edits to lease the Cave Farm, date handwritten over typed date is Oct 28, 1955 ARC725-6 Statement of fees for legal services sent by Frederick O. Byrer (Charles Town attorney) to Mrs. Frank J. Beckwith for the sale of the Beckwith-MacKie Farm to Samuel L. Remsburg, dated Jan 13, 1971 Folder 2: Shady Side farm--agent accounts, 1943-1956 Folder 3: Cave farm--agent accounts, 1937-1956 Folder 4: Shady Side farm and Cave farm--agent accounts, 1937-1960 Folder 5: Shady Side and Cave farms and other subjects--agent accounts, 1939-1947 Folder 6: Apartment building--agent accounts, 1945 Folder 7 : McDonald property--agent accounts, 1945 Folder 8: Beckwith residence--agent accounts, 1944-1945 Folder 9: Citizens Building (Bldg 105 on East Washington St., Charles Town, between Jefferson Hotel and Bank of Charles Town)--statements of rents and expenses and deed, 1924-1947 Folder 10: Boone County, W. Va., property--taxes to be paid by Chew, Smyth, McDonald, 1925, 1930 Folder 11: Estate of Eleanor C. Denny (Mrs. Wright Denny), 1941-1953 (mother of Shannon Denny Beckwith) Folder 12: Miscellaneous legal documents, 1945, 1961 Law practices of J. Frank and Frank J. Beckwith (Folders 13-15) Folder 13: Estate of J. Ashby Williams, 1939-1941 Folder 14: Insurance policy endorsements and canceled checks, 1940s Folder 15: Miscellaneous, 1915, 1925, 1943-1947

Acquisition

Accession

321

Source or Donor

Sherrid, Beverley

Acquisition Method

Gift

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1901 - 1971

Archive Size/Extent

15 folders, many papers are typewritten on onion-skin, approximately 2 linear inches,

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1901 to 1971