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Primary Source Documents

This is a list of transcribed, primary source documents you can use in your research. They include land deeds, vital records (marriage and death certificates), obituaries, census records and a few others.

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Census Record, Tax Lists and Slave Schedules
1790 Tax list for Benjamin Arnold
1799 Tax list for Benjamin Arnold
1810

Census for Benjamin Arnold, Thomas Arnold and Richard Harrod

1840

Census for Benjamin Arnold

1840 Census for Simeon Arnold
1850 Census for Benjamin S. Arnold
1850 Slave schedule for Benjamin S. Arnold
1850 Census for Simeon Arnold and Benjamin Stevens
1860

Census for Simeon Arnold and John T. Arnold

1870 Census for Egbert Q. Arnold
1880 Census for Egbert Q. Arnold
1880

Census for John T. Arnold

1880 Census for William Henry Harrison Arnold

 

Land Records
January 1679 Simon Miller to Thomas Arnold
April 1679 Adam Wofendale to Thomas Arnold
June 1689 Thomas and Grace Arnold to Henry Goring
February 1707 Thomas Goffe to Isaac Arnold Sr.
January 1716/7 Catherine Lady Fairfax to John Doyle Sr.
August 1727 Issac Arnold Sr. to Thomas Arnold
July 1732 John Doyle Jr. to Isaac Arnold Sr.
July 1732 John Doyle Jr. to Isaac Arnold Sr.
July 1732 John Doyle Jr. to Isaac Arnold Sr.
October 1732 Isaac Arnold Sr. to Isaac Arnold Jr.
May 1733 Isaac Arnold Sr. to Thomas Arnold
March 1751 William Bunbury to Humphrey Arnold
October 1753 Humphrey Arnold to Thomas Turner Jr.
April 1764 Richard Henry Lee to Humphrey Arnold
May 1772 Richard Henry Lee to Humphrey Arnold
July 1792 Isaac Arnold, et. al., to Samuel Fisher
September 1838 William G. & Caroline Harvie to Benjamin S. Arnold
March 1842 Archibald and Mary F. Quarles to Benjamin Arnold
July 1845 Archibald and Mary F. Quarles to Benjamin S. Arnold
February 1846 Dorcas Calvert, Preston & Ann Hampton to Simeon Arnold
May 1851 Egbert Q. Arnold to Archibald Quarles
May 1851 Archibald and Mary F. Quarles to Benjamin S. Arnold
July 1856 John C. and Elizabeth Bates to Benjamin S. Arnold
January 1864 Benjamin S. Arnold, et. al. to Jeremiah Rowland
February 1865 William E. Arnold and Mary Arnold to Jeremiah Rowland
March 1867 Benjamin Arnold to Henry Burchfield
March 1867 John T. Arnold to Benjamin Arnold
April 1867 Benjamin Arnold to Benjamin S. Arnold
October 1867 Benjamin Arnold to Benjamin S. Arnold
January 1869 William Green to Fannie Arnold
March 1874 Benjamin S. Arnold to James B. Marshall

 

Marriage Records
October 1785 Bond for Seymour Arnold and Molly Knowling
October 1785 Bond for John Knowling and Jemima Arnold
January 1802 Bond for Thomas Arnold and Peggy Sanford
April 1802 Minister's acknowledgment of marriage for Thomas Arnold and Peggy Sanford
August 1803 Bond for Joanna Arnold and Richard Harrod
October 1803 Bond for Anna Arnold and Stewart (Steward) Sanford
September 1827 Bond for Benjamin S. Arnold and Nancy (Ann) H. Quarles
September 1831 Bond for Simeon Arnold and Elizabeth Burchfield
February 1856 Bond for Egbert Q. Arnold and Frances F. Green
February 1856 License for Egbert Q. Arnold and Frances F. Green
February 1856 Minister's acknowledgment of marriage for Egbert Q. Arnold and Frances Green
October 1857 Bond for John T. Arnold and Nancy Stephens
October 1889

License and return for Printer W. Arnold and Elizabeth (Lilly) Humphries

December 1907 License for Robert Russell Arnold and Emma Plummer
December 1907 Announcement for Robert Russell Arnold and Emma Plummer

 

Wills, Estate and Death Records
February 1717/8 Will for John Doyle Sr.
December 1725 Will for Thomas Arnold
July 1726 Inventory of Thomas Arnold's estate
March 1732 Appointment of Isaac Arnold as administrator of Grace Arnold's estate
September 1737 Will for Isaac Arnold
January 1790 Inventory of Humphrey Arnold's estate
June 1791 Settlement of Humphrey Arnold's estate
March 1792 Settlement of Humphrey Arnold's estate (addendum)
December 1828 Will for Benjamin Arnold
January 1829 Inventory of Benjamin Arnold's estate
December 1829 Sale of Benjamin Arnold's estate
November 1830 Settlement of Benjamin Arnold's estate
December 1835 Will for Thomas Arnold
November 1878 Inventory and sale of Benjamin S. Arnold's estate
September 1952 Death certificate for Emma (Plummer) Arnold
September 1952 Obituary for Emma (Plummer) Arnold
April 1960 Death certificate for Robert Russell Arnold
April 1960 Obituary for Robert Russell Arnold

 

Other Documents
bet. 1703 - 1707 Importation of Grace Arnold
September 1787 Slave transfer from Humphrey Arnold to John Knowling to Charles Martin
July 1789 Slave transfer from Humphrey Arnold to Isaac Arnold
June 1873 Lawsuit - Elizabeth Arnold, et. al. v. W. H. H. Arnold, et. al.