Name/Title
01. Overview Trent Hall documentsEntry/Object ID
2016.004.0001Scope and Content
3 folders
This group of materials includes many photocopies of documents held by Dr. Virts. The Society will be an alternate location for this material.
Long correspondence from Elizabeth Armstrong to an aunt, Mrs. DeButts who lived in Soho, London, including transcriptions of two letters received from America
Letter from former President Harry Truman about a possible link between his family and St. Mary's County
Letter from John A. Washington to a Mrs. Cain[?] running through part of the Washington genealogy, eventually linking a Nathaniel Washington to Trent Hall
E-mail from Linda Reno going through a list of Trumans, DeButts, Hawkins, and Somervilles
Very short chart from Abraham DeButts to Margaret Hawkins/Nathaniel Washington with a multi-century leap to Wilton Eskridge and Daniel DeButts
Somewhat more complete chart called Washington Family of Virginia
Large folded sheet with incredibly tiny print called deButts Genealogy 1656-1964
Photocopy of two pages from Chronicles of St. Mary's that were part of a transcript of a manuscript about the history of four Episcopal parishes in St. Mary's County, including a few paragraphs about Reverend Laurence DeButts
Photocopy of two pages from Tidewater Maryland about Thomas Truman
Photocopy of a page from A Biographical History of the Maryland Legislature re John DeButts
Handwritten copy of an indenture between George Fraser Hawkins and Nathaniel Washington of one part and Henry Sothoron of the other part having to do with the estate of Margaret Truman DeButts
Handwritten 1845 letter from J. Blakistone to John H. Thomas re a land transaction about Trent HallCollection
Trent Hall CollectionArchive Items Details
Date(s) of Creation
1790 - 2002Location
Container
Oversize Series Box 3Shelf
Rack 10, Shelf 5Rack
Rack 10Wall
North wallRoom
Archives 1Building
Tudor Hall