Manuscript Group 608, Anderson Family Papers, 1762 – 1950

608.  ANDERSON FAMILY
Papers, 1762-1950. 9 ft.
Correspondence, legal papers, account books, cookbooks, dockets, public records, and genealogical materials pertaining chiefly to the Anderson family of Newton, Sussex County.

Thomas Anderson was a lawyer and served during the Revolu- tionary War as Assistant Quartermaster for the Continental Army in Sussex County, 1780-81. His son William T. Anderson and grandson Thomas Anderson II were also lawyers. Of special interest are the following: (1) Newton voting registers, 1791-1827, records of town meetings, 1789- 1833, as well as of the Overseers of the Poor, 1770-1848; (2) book of procedures for the Sussex County Court of Oyer et Terminer, ca.  1800; (3) correspondence of William T. Anderson and Thomas Anderson II, 1846-50, while the latter was an undergraduate at the College of NewJersey (now Princeton University); (4) Civil War letters of Henry Ogden Ryerson, a colonel in the 23rd NewJersey Volunteers; (5) Judge Henry T. Kays (1879-1958), ” “Jokes and Anecdotes Relating to New Jersey Courts, Judges, and Lawyers.” Included are letters and signed documents of:

Abeel, James
Houston, William Churchill
Alexander, William Hughes, Hugh
Lord Stirling
Livingston, William Bearty, John
Morris, Robert Hunter
Boudinot, Elisha
Nesbitt, Robert
Conover,James
Parker,James
Conover, Margaret (1 725-97)
Conover, Samuel F.
Pickering, Timothy
Franklin, William Read, Charles
Frelinghuysen, Theodore
Stevens, John
Furman, Moore (171 5-92)
Greene, Nathanael
Thomson, Jacob S.
Helms, William Thomson, Mark
Hodgson, Samuel
Washington, George
Hoops, Robert
Wilson, John

Gift of Mrs. Percy Ballantine, 1964.

MG 608 Anderson Family, 1762-1950

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1 1 Thomas Anderson legal papers 1760-1780
1 2 Thomas Anderson legal papers 1760-1780
1 3 Thomas Anderson legal papers 1781-1789
1 4 Thomas Anderson legal papers 1781-1789
1 5 Thomas Anderson legal papers 1790-1792
1 6 Thomas Anderson legal papers 1790-1792
1 7 Thomas Anderson legal papers 1793-1795
1 8 Thomas Anderson legal papers 1796-1797
1 9 Thomas Anderson legal papers 1798-1799
1 10 Thomas Anderson legal papers 1800-1806, n.d.
2 1 Thomas Anderson legal correspondence 1760-1780
2 2 Thomas Anderson legal correspondence 1781-1789
2 3 Thomas Anderson legal correspondence 1790-1799
2 4 Thomas Anderson legal correspondence 1800-1803
2 5 Thomas Anderson legal correspondence 1804-1805, n.d.
2 6 Thomas Anderson appointments as:-Surrogate of Court

-Surrogate County of Sussex
-Commissioner
-Master of Chancery
-Surrogate

May 25, 1785
June 5, 1793
April 9, 1795
July 6, 1795
November 4, 1801
2 7 Thomas Anderson –Tax Collector’s Committee reports

-Collection records
-Allowance for lost money

1780-1791
1780-1793
1793-1795
2 8 Thomas Anderson court records 1789-n.d.
2 9 Thomas Anderson bills of court costs, Sussex Pleas 1764-1801, n.d.
2 10 Thomas Anderson cattle posting records 1767-1800
2 11 Thomas Anderson transcript regarding pre- revolutionary plan ca.1770
2 12 Thomas Anderson military correspondence February 1780 -July 19, 1780
2 13 Thomas Anderson military correspondence July 19, 1780 – 1802
2 14 Thomas Anderson military financial accounts 1780-1803
2 15 Thomas Anderson miscellaneous bills 1769-1798, n.d.
2 16 Thomas Anderson promissory notes, receipts 1769-1779
3 1 Thomas Anderson personal correspondence 1786-1805
3 2 Thomas Anderson bills, receipts, miscellaneous personal 1773-1806
3 3 Thomas Anderson appointment of executors for his will; opinion on will 1805;April 14, 1814
3 4 Thomas Anderson(?) account book 1750-1760
3 5 Thomas Anderson – miscellaneous n.d.
3 6 Thomas Anderson military discharge of Rubin Kellam, signed by George Washington 1787
3 7 William T. Anderson general correspondence 1803-1824
3 8 William T. Anderson general correspondence 1825-1845
3 9 William T. Anderson general correspondence 1825-1845
3 10 William T. Anderson general correspondence 1846-1849, n.d.
3 11 William T. Anderson letter to nephew, James F. Conover December
1800-June 1847
3 12 William T. Anderson correspondence with nephew, Thos. A. Conover 1815-1848
3 13 William T. Anderson Princeton correspondence (Ashland Hall, West Bloomfield) & son, Thomas Anderson 1846-1850
4 1 William T. Anderson letters from James V. Anderson 1800-1850, n.d.
4 2 William T. Anderson letters from Robt A. Hagerty 1841-1849, n.d.
4 3 William T. Anderson legal correspondence 1812-1849
4 4 William T. Anderson checks on Sussex bank 1844-1849
4 5 William T. Anderson – appointments 1800-1848
4 6 William T. Anderson – estate 1850-1861
4 7 William T. Anderson deeds: James Conover, William T. Anderson 1806-1843
4 8 William T. Anderson Ministry: Cornelius C. Eltinge February 7, 1817
4 9 William T. Anderson regarding first typewriter 1846
4 10 William T. Anderson daybooks 1805-1846
4 11 William T. Anderson daybook 1846
4 12 William T. Anderson court records 1811-1848, n.d.
5 1 William T. Anderson docket, Sussex County 1817-1824
5 2 William T. Anderson Chancery docket & docket for Appeals 1821-1850
5 3 William T. Anderson NJ court costs 1769-1834
5 4 William T. Anderson letters from Abner Woodruff 1801-1804
5 5 William T. Anderson letters from Joseph Anderson January 1801-August 1812, n.d.
5 6 William T. Anderson letters from cousins 1803-1850
5 7 William T. Anderson letters from Nathan Leifborough 1803-1853
5 8 William T. Anderson various letters received 1803-1838
5 9 William T. Anderson letters from W. Helmes 1804-1813
5 10 William T. Anderson letters from Edward Sharp 1812-1813
5 11 William T. Anderson – correspondence, bills, Receipts regarding Martha Linn 1814-1848, n.d.
5 12 William T. Anderson letters from sister, Margaret Conover 1815-1835
5 13 William T. Anderson letters from son, Theodore 1833
5 14 William T. Anderson correspondence regarding deaths of daughters Margaret, Caroline, Emma -obituaries 1833-1845, n.d.
5 15 William T. Anderson letters from Samuel Marshall 1835-1838
5 16 William T. Anderson letters from R.C. Heath 1840
6 1 William T. Anderson letter received, various 1840-1850
6 2 William T. Anderson letter from nieces & nephews 1842-1849
6 3 Anderson family miscellaneous correspondence 1812-1867
6 4 William T. Anderson letter from Vroom with photo of Wm. T. Anderson December 23, 1867
6 5 William T. Anderson miscellaneous printed material n.d.
6 6 William T. Anderson legal papers 1788-1809
6 7 William T. Anderson legal papers 1810-1819
6 8 William T. Anderson legal papers 1820-1826
6 9 William T. Anderson legal papers 1827-1829
6 10 William T. Anderson legal papers 1830-1833
6 11 William T. Anderson legal papers 1834-1843
6 12 William T. Anderson legal papers 1844-1869, n.d.
7 1 William T. Anderson legal papers: James Barton 1812-1831
7 2 William T. Anderson legal papers: Henry C. Kelsey 1814-1834
7 3 William T. Anderson legal papers: John Rutherford 1816-1833
7 4 William T. Anderson legal papers: Peter Wintermute 1831-1832, n.d.
7 5 William T. Anderson legal papers: Hannah Price, widow of John Price 1832
7 6 William T. Anderson legal papers: John M. Fair 1832
7 7 William T. Anderson legal papers: Littleton Kirkpatrick 1846-1849
7 8 William T. Anderson legal papers: estate of John Hammond 1847-1849
7 9 William T. Anderson receipts: interest on bonds & mortgages 1809-1841
7 10 William T. Anderson legal documents 1677-1834
7 11 William T. Anderson legal papers 1785-1830
7 12 William T. Anderson legal papers 1831-1840, n.d.
7 13 William T. Anderson legal briefs 1794-1833
7 14 William T. Anderson legal briefs 1834
7 15 William T. Anderson legal briefs 1835-n.d.
7 16 William T. Anderson legal correspondence 1765-1847
7 17 William T. Anderson opening and development of Bank of Sussex County January 27, 1812
8 1 William T. Anderson miscellaneous wills 1741-1922, n.d.
8 2 William T. Anderson bills & receipts 1807-1838, n.d.
8 3 William T. Anderson miscellaneous bills & receipts (not Anderson) 1801-1867
8 4 William T. Anderson deeds, agreements, Correspondence regarding rebuilding of court house, Newton, NJ 1857-1848
8 5 William T. Anderson receipts, miscellaneous (building of court house, Newton, NJ) 1845-1849, n.d.
8 6 William T. Anderson receipts: Fowler & Andrews Regarding court house, Newton, NJ 1847-1848
8 7 William T. Anderson correspondence, rough drafts, legal papers n.d.
8 8 William T. Anderson letters to Thomas Anderson 1772-1848, n.d.
8 9 William T. Anderson letters from Elias Conover 1806-1810
8 10 William T. Anderson letters from nephew, James F. Conover 1797-1816
8 11 William T. Anderson letters from nephew, James F. Conover 1817-1842
8 12 William T. Anderson letters from nephew, James F. Conover 1815-1849
8 13 William T. Anderson letters to wife 1817-1840
8 14 William T. Anderson letters from Mrs. Anderson 1828-1903
8 15 William T. Anderson correspondence with daughter, Emma 1828-1840
8 16 William T. Anderson correspondence with daugher & son-in-law, Caroline & George H. Nelden 1841-1844
8 17 William T. Anderson correspondence with daughter & son-in-law, Mary & R.H. Haggerty 1841-1849
8 18 William T. Anderson correspondence with daughter, Frances 1843-1848
8 19 William T. Anderson contributions, recommendations, compositions, obituaries 1796-1846, n.d.
8 20 William T. Anderson person bills, receipts, orders 1800-1850
9 1 William T. Anderson Mrs. Margaret Conover to Wm. T. Anderson accounts 1814-1835
9 2 William T. Anderson miscellaneous military papers, certificates (not Anderson) 1832-1858-1861
9 3 William T. Anderson regarding his death February 15, 1850
9 4 Mrs. Wm T. Anderson (Margaret Linn) letters received by 1805-1810, n.d.
9 5 Mrs. Wm T. Anderson (Margaret Linn) notebook 1812
9 6 Anderson family letters received by Mrs. Anne Linn 1815-1825
9 7 Mrs. Wm. T. Anderson (Margaret Linn) letters received by 1814-1842
9 8 Mrs. Wm. T. Anderson (Margaret Linn) letters received by 1843-1846
9 9 Mrs. Wm. T. Anderson (Margaret Linn) letters received by 1847-1852
9 10 Mrs. Wm. T. Anderson (Margaret Linn) letters received by 1853-1890, n.d.
9 11 Mrs. Wm. T. Anderson (Margaret Linn) account book 1857-1873
9 12 Emma L. Anderson correspondence 1832-1838, n.d.
9 13 Emma L. Anderson autograph album ca.1828-1830
9 14 Frances M. Anderson correspondence 1843-1853
9 15 Frances M. Anderson correspondence 1854-1895
9 16 Frances M. Anderson correspondence 1896-1917, n.d.
10 1 Virginia Anderson letters received by, promissory notes 1848-1895,
1887-1909
10 2 Virginia & Fannie Anderson letters received by 1851-1896, n.d.
10 3 Mary Anderson (Mrs. Robert A. Haggerty) letters received by 1840-1882, n.d.
10 4 Robert A. Haggerty correspondence 1839-1855, n.d.
10 5 Theodore F. Anderson correspondence 1831-1887, n.d.
10 6 Theodore F. Anderson letters from father, Wm. T. 1833-1836
10 7 Mrs. Theodore F. Anderson (Hanna Amelia Ryerson)
– correspondence
1816-1907
10 8 James Conover correspondence, legal papers, miscellaneous 1801-1847, n.d.
10 9 James Conover bank book 1808-1811
10 10 Mrs. James Conover (Margaret) correspondence, miscellaneous papers 1800-1836, n.d.
10 11 Thomas Anderson Conover miscellaneous 1847-1901, n.d.
11 1 Thomas Anderson personal correspondence 1831-1845
11 2 Thomas Anderson personal correspondence 1850-1879
11 3 Thomas Anderson personal correspondence 1884-1902, n.d.
11 4 Thomas Anderson legal commissions 1856-1876
11 5 Thomas Anderson commission as Captain of Company D, 27th Reg., NJ Volunteers September
3, 1862
11 6 Thomas Anderson Civil War papers, War of 1812, Veteran’s affairs 1862-1867,1816, 1875-1907
11 7 Thomas Anderson Civil War pension & discharge papers 1863-1875
11 8 James S. McDonald CivilWar certificates & records 1862-1877
11 9 Thomas Anderson legal documents 1855-1877, n.d.
11 10 Thomas Anderson court cases 1866-1877, n.d.
11 11 Thomas Anderson miscellaneous legal papers 1869-1876, n.d.
11 12 Thomas Anderson Trinity Sunday School, teacher 1875
11 13 Thomas Anderson business papers, correspondence 1830-1916, n.d.
11 14 Thomas Anderson bills, receipts 1864-1915
11 15 Thomas Anderson college paper 1848, n.d.
11 16 Thomas Anderson autograph album 1848-1852
11 17 Mrs. Thomas Anderson (Hannah T.) papers 1806-1879
12 1 Thomas R. Anderson (grandson of Wm. T.) letters received by 1892-1899
12 2 Thomas R. Anderson (grandson of Wm. T.) -invitation to 100th anniversary of death of George Washington December 14, 1899
12 3 Margaret A. Anderson letters received by 1831-1910, n.d.
12 4 Thomas M. Kays letters received by 1827-1899
12 5 Anna Mary Linn Anderson letters received by 1893-1919
12 6 Anna Mary Linn Anderson commonplace book April 1841
12 7 Ryerson Family legal papers 1765-1872
12 8 Martin Ryerson miscellaneous papers, will Various; August 13, 1872
12 9 Andrew L. Ryerson & Martin Ryerson – obituaries 1834, n.d.
12 10 David & Thomas Ryerson correspondence, sureveys 1809-1812, 1834
12 11 Thomas C. Ryerson certificates 1814-1834
12 12 Thomas C. Ryerson letters received 1783-1810
12 13 Thomas C. Ryerson letters received 1811-1833, n.d.
12 14 Henry O. Ryerson Civil War letters to niece, Maggie Ryerson 1861-1864
12 15 Henry O. Ryerson Civil War letters to sister 1861-1864
12 16 Henry O. Ryerson Civil War certificates & war service records 1861-1865
12 17 Ryerson family miscellaneous correspondence 1833-1898, n.d.
12 18 Miscellaneous papers 1820-1851, n.d.
12 19 Jonathon Ogden receipt from Henry & Jemima Pierson December 7, 1713
12 20 Ogden family – correspondence of Abraham, Samuel, Mrs. Hannah, Mrs. Amelia 1788-1838, n.d.
12 21 Robert Ogden correspondence 1800-1826
13 1 Joseph Coult correspondence November 1862-May 1867
13 2 Joseph Coult correspondence July 1867-February 1868, n.d.
13 3 Joseph Coult letters from Andrew Albright 1867-1868, n.d.
13 4 Coult & Kirkpatrick correspondence 1866-1867
13 5 Joseph Coult letters from Congressman John Kill & Congressman Thomas McCarter 1867-1868
13 6 Coult & Anderson promissory notes 1864-1868
13 7 Thomson family personal correspondence 1813-1891, n.d.
13 8 Jacob S. Thomson court procedures March 10, 1800
13 9 Alexander & Jacob Thomson legal correspondence 1814-1837
13 10 Jacob Thomson – ledger 1813-1834
13 11 Robert Thomson estate sale n.d.
13 12 Henry T. Kays family miscellaneous papers & correspondence 1884-1929, n.d.
13 13 Anderson property sale (newspaper clipping) 1894
13 14 Moses Northrup bills & receipts 1819-1847, n.d.
13 15 Eliza Fowler letters from her husband 1820
13 16 Richard R. Mains family correspondence & will 1829-1877, November 14, 1871
13 17 Lydia Phillips – correspondence 1830-1831
13 18 Margaret Taylor – correspondence 1840-1842
14 1 Van Blarcom correspondence, pension certificate 1858-1919, February 19, 1906
14 2 Van Blarcom bills, receipts, memorabilia, misc. 1885-1899, n.d.
14 3 Isadore Townsend, John Townsend, John Stockton – Letters, newspapers articles, obituaries 1866-1870, n.d.
14 4 John Conover receipts from estate;Elisha Boudinot indictment signed by her 1810-1820;March 20, 1804
14 5 John L. & Abby Jane Lawrence- estates; John L. Lawrence military papers 1863-1868, n.d.; 1863-1865
14 6 Peter Struble receipts & legal papers 1862-1868, n.d.
14 7 Land surveys n.d.
14 8 Leases November 17, 1791; April 3, 1823
14 9 Leases 1862-1867
14 10 Leases 1868-1898
14 11 Power of Attorney; Release 1824-1843;April 22, 1865
14 12 Agreements 1864-1871
14 13 Chancery Court cases 1819-1913, n.d.
14 14 Court cases (rough notes) 1869-1880, n.d.
14 15 Essex County Orphan Court, regarding estate of Stewart C. Marsh n.d.
14 16 Promissory notes 1862-1866
14 17 Promissory notes 1867-1874
14 18 Miscellaneous writings n.d.
14 19 Miscellaneous correspondence & diary (letter regarding Prince of Wales) 1824-1876, n.d.
14 20 Miscellaneous bills and receipts 1816-1887, n.d.
14 21 Miscellaneous papers 1749-1814-1874, n.d.
14 22 Miscellaneous prices n.d.
15 1 Insurance policies & receipts 1862-1875, 1864-1874
15 2 Bills of sale 1862-1868
15 3 Bonds 1823-1870
15 4 Bonds & warrants 1865-1871
15 5 Deeds: John Bottom to John Hackett; John Hackett to Wm. Allen & Joseph Turner September 13, 1763;April 1, 1765
15 6 Deed: Benj. Smith to Phillip Mann December 29, 1767
15 7 Deed: Obadiah Ayers to Abraham Cottram & Joseph Phillips January 9, 1771
15 8 Miscellaneous deeds 1774-1783
15 9 Miscellaneous deeds 1787-1796
15 10 Miscellaneous deeds 1800-1834
15 11 Miscellaneous deeds 1838-1871
15 12 McDede, McDeed deeds 1850-1871
15 13 Contract to Canney property 1866
15 14 Mortgages 1813-1872
15 15 Mortgages on goods and chattel 1866-1891
15 16 Assignment of mortgage 1859-1870
15 17 Quit claim deeds 1864-1874
15 18 Warranty deeds 1853-1865
15 19 Warranty deeds 1866-1867
15 20 Warranty deeds 1868-1899
16 1 Genealogy Anderson
16 2 Genealogy letters received by Margaret A. Anderson 1892-1905
16 3 Genealogy letters received by Margaret A. Anderson 1907-1917, n.d.
16 4 Genealogy Thomas Anderson correspondence 1881-1902, n.d.
16 5 Genealogy Ogden
16 6 Genealogy pamphlet Ogden
16 7 Memoirs, genealogy, family records of Ogden-Ryerson families
16 8 Genealogy Ogden, Ryerson, Platt
16 9 Genealogy Linn, Ryerson
16 10 Geneaogy Van Blarcom, Thomson 1753-1924, n.d.
16 11 Genealogy Sutton
16 12 Genealogy Conover
16 13 Genealogy Kays
16 14 Genealogy Hull
16 15 Genealogy Miscellaneous
16 16 Sketch of Moravian settlement of Hope, NJ 1892
17 1 Newton Township affairs, Sussex County 1760-1815, n.d.
17 2 Committee meeting, Newton Township 1789-1853, n.d.
17 3 Board of Freeholders meetings, Newton Township 1802-1846
17 4 Election records, Newton Township 1777-1812
17 5 Election records, Newton Township 1816-1818
17 6 Election records, Newton Township 1820
17 7 Election records, Newton Township 1821-1831
17 8 Oaths of local office holders, Newton Township 1797-1798
17 9 Oaths of local office holders, Newton Township 1799-1800
17 10 Oaths of local office holders, Newton Township 1816
17 11 Oaths of local office holders, Newton Township 1818-1819
17 12 Oaths of local office holders, Newton Township 1820-1822
17 13 Oaths of local office holders, Newton Township 1824-1825
17 14 Oaths of local office holders, Newton Township 1828-1829
17 15 Overseer of the Poor (Thomas Anderson), Newton Township 1768-1845
17 16 Tax collection records, Newton Township 1782-1800, n.d.
17 17 Incorporation of Fire Department, Newton Township n.d.
17 18 Newton Township – miscellaneous 1799-1844, n.d.
17 19 Wallpack Township, Sussex County, re: taxes 1836-1837
17 20 Tranquility Church, Green Township, Sussex County 1828-1829
17 21 Indenture, Sale of Anderson land to Church;Subscribers contribution to Christ Church, Newton 1823, 1832-1834
17 22 Subscriber contribution for Newton Public Green 1844
17 23 Sussex County Tax Collector, Theo. F. Anderson 1848-1850
17 24 List of Sussex County Justices n.d.
17 25 State of NJ act.#237 regarding surplus revenue 1836-1837
17 26 U.S. Senate expunged resolutions regarding public revenue 1834-1837
17 27 Ruff & Ann Johnson family records (freed slaves) 1828-1849
18 1 Unidentified passport (German) 1840
18 2 Virginia Anderson music instruction book 1855
18 3 Cook books
18 4 Recipes miscellaneous, food
18 5 Recipes miscellaneous, medical & various non- food recipes
18 6 Daniel Randal – daybook 1760
18 7 Marksboro daybook 1803-1806
18 8 Marksboro daybook 1815-1816
18 9 Account books 1878-1899,1842-1847
18 10 School note books: Geography, French n.d.
18 11 List of books added to Dennis Library 1881
18 12 Miscellaneous clippings
18 13 Miscellaneous

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