3200 acres in then Goochland  

by Professor Thomas Turpin Bannister of the University of Rochester An ancestor of Dr. Thomas Bannister, Thomas Turpin, worked as a surveyor in eighteenth-century Virginia. In this capacity, Thomas Turpin both worked with two William Cabells (the patriarch and his son) and surveyed or helped to survey many of the original Cabell family properties. Dr. […]

Selected Manuscripts from the Cabell Family Papers at the University of Virginia’s Small Special Collections Library   6 May 1731 Permission for William Cabell to survey 3200 acres in then Goochland County – MSS 5084 / Box 1 23 Aug 1739 Elizabeth Cabbell to Edward Barridil, re: legal action against Mayo & Carrington – MSS […]

by Alexander Brown (1843-1906)   In 1895, Alexander Brown committed decades of research on the Cabell family to print in The Cabells and Their Kin. In this terrifically detailed work, drawn from extensive interviews, historical monographs, and–most of all–from hundreds of pages of original documents in his possession, he cataloged over 540 descendants of the […]

Works Consulted Two volumes proved useful throughout the project and furnished information for nearly every page: Brown, Alexander. The Cabells and their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy. Richmond, Va.: Garrett and Massie, Inc., 1939. First published 1895. Cabell, Randolph W. 20th Century Cabells and their Kin. Franklin, N.C.: Genealogy Pub. Service, […]

Notes for a presentation at the Cabell Foundation Annual Meeting in Williamsburg in October 2000 By Thomas Turpin Bannister Dept of Biology, Univ of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 email: tom@ttb.biology.rochester.edu PRELIMINARY NOTES Recorded in Albemarle Co on 13 & 14 Aug 1751, were the postings of L500 bonds to secure Tho Turpin my 4 ggfather, […]

Related Links to Online Resources   The Cabell Foundation Official homepage of The Cabell Foundation, Inc., “A Virginia Memorial and Genealogical Organization.” Historical Maps of Cabell Property Notes and images prepared by Thomas Turpin Bannister of the University of Rochester’s Department of Biology for a presentation at the Cabell Foundation’s Annual Meeting in Williamsburg in […]

Members of the Cabell Foundation, Inc., acting individually and corporately, have made this project possible. Through their financial support, donations of invaluable materials to the University of Virginia, and kind encouragement, they have enabled the staff of the Digital Services Department of the Albert Small Special Collections Library to give the Cabell family a vigorous […]

Additional Cabell Resources, at U.Va. and Elsewhere       This image, adorned with a twentieth-century inscription which obscures more than it reveals about the identity of the subject, is of one of the many Joseph Cabells. Context suggests that it may be Col. Joseph Cabell, Jr. (1762-1831).     About this Project The individuals […]

Volume II page by page This volume appears to be a remnant from an earlier series of collecting journals: besides being labeled as a second volume two, it is poorly organized, difficult to read, and does not include hand copies of any title pages (though, like the newer volumes, it does include notes on the […]