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| | Inventory of the James Gwyn Papers, 1653-1946 |
 | | Volumes include diaries, 1852-1884, of James Gwyn and, 1850-1851, of his son Hugh Gwyn, kept while he was a student at Emory and Henry College, 1850-1851, and while he was a teacher at Holly Springs, Miss., 1852; account books for various business activities; and remedies and recipes for home and farm preparations. |
 | | Early papers, 1653-1834, consist mostly of land grants, surveys, court summons, reports of tax fees, fines, forfeitures, and other financial and legal items chiefly pertaining to Hugh Gwyn, William Lenoir, and James Gwyn I. Included are typed transcriptions of Virginia court records dated 1653, 1661, 1748. |
 | | Some of the papers from the 1820s are of Walter R. Lenoir as clerk of the Superior Court for Wilkes County. |
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