Finding Aid to the Carwile Family Collection

JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
CARWILE FAMILY COLLECTION
The collection includes family genealogical charts, correspondence and notes on the Carwile
and allied families from the genealogical research of Eleanor Grace Carwile Guthrie. Also
included are various pamphlets on the Carwile family and church histories.
BOX 1

1–1
1–2
1–3
1–4
1–5
1–6
1-7
1-8

Jacob Ray Carwile
James Edward Carwile
Frank Claude (Bud Driscoll & Betty Dupree Carwile
Charles Reese Carwile
Maggie Eliza Carwile and Charlie Vest Fariss
Walter Ray Carwile
Arie Beatrice Carwile and Boyd Lawrence Maddox
Descendants of Jacob Carwile, Sr., Revolutionary War Soldier, Virginia
Militia (1751-1837), compiled by Bobby G. Carwile and Revely B.
Carwile, 1996

BOX 2

2–1
2–2
2–3
2–4
2–5
2–6
2–7
2-8
2-9
2-10
2-11
2-12
2-13
2-14
2-15
2-16
2-17

Descendants of Jacob Webster Carwiles
Jacob Carwile, Sr.
John Wray Carwile
Jacob Webster Carwile
Martha Ann Carwile and James E. Childrey
Walter Rice Carwile
John Thomas Carwile
Elizabeth Frances Carwile and Martin Beauregard Pillow
Virginia Thomas Carwile and Robert Lee Johnson
Robert Brodie Carwile
Mary Ollie Carwile and Aubrey Nowlin Hunter
Frank Talmadge Carwile
Ida Jane Carwile and Oather Herman Driskill
Paul Edward Carwile and Mattie Helen Keesee
Mary Josephine Carwile and Jesse William Franklin
Albert Hearn Carwile and Nina Elizabeth Williams
Elbert Simpson Carwile and Lucy Wade Keesee

BOX 3

Allied Families
3-1 Hendrick
3-2 Moses Hendrick
3-3 Ida Jane Hendrick

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BOX 3

3-4
3-5
3-6
3-7
3-8
3-9
3-10
3-11
3-12

BOX 4

Allied Families
4-1 Publius Jones Berkley (1834-1915) and Sarah (Sally Smith) 1837-1885
4-2 Charles Radford Berkley
4-3 Garland Anderson Berkley
4-4 Lucy Mildred Berkley
4-5 Mary Catherine Berkley
4-6 James Garland Berkley
4-7 Wesley Morton Berkley
4-8 Richard Meredith Holt
4-9 William Abner Ramsey
4-10 Alfred Henry (Bose) Payne
4-11 Karen Wilson/Reveley Carwile correspondence
4-12 Long Island, Campbell County, Virginia
4-13 Jean Holt correspondence
4-14 Williams

BOX 5

Allied Families and Miscellaneous Pamphlets
5-1 Driscoll/Driskill, Maxey
5-2 Elijah Hudson Driscoll
5-3 Evans
5-4 History of Edge Baptist Church 1903-1989 [Gladys, Va.] by
Lois Connelly, 1990; Ebenezer Baptist Church, 1786-1986, Naruna, Va.,
by Melvin J. Bradshaw, 1986; 1986 Directory of Ebenezer Baptist
Church, Naruna, Va., 1986; History notes on Edge Baptist Church.

Asa Reece Hendrick
James Luther Hendrick
Mary Willie Hendrick
Kate Eliza Hendrick
Olan P. Hendrick
Ollie Elizabeth Hendrick
Martha Sarah (Sallie) Hendricks
Hendrick Miscellany
Company “I”, “The Campbell Guards”, 42nd Virginia Volunteer
Infantry, Jones’s Brigade, Jackson’s Division, C.S.A. by Allen W.
Wright, Baltimore, Md.

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
ELEANOR GRACE CARWILE GUTHRIE (1922-2002)
Eleanor Grace Carwile was born 29 September 1922 in Campbell County, Virginia, the
daughter of Walter Ray Carwile and Mary Lucile Smith. She attended business school in
Lynchburg, Virginia and was employed in the Treasurer’s office in the county seat of Rustburg.
She married James Edward Guthrie of Clarkton, Virginia, in 1950, and they were the parents of
three children. An avid genealogist, she was a member of the Red Hill Chapter, National Society
of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Campbell County Historical Society. A
member of Childrey Baptist Church, in Nathalie, Virginia, she died 4 January 2002 and was
buried in the church cemetery.
[Obituary, Eleanor Grace Carwile, Carwile Family Collection, MS1374, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, Va.]

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
CARWILE FAMILY COLLECTION
The collection includes family genealogical charts, correspondence and notes on the Carwile
and allied families from the genealogical research of Eleanor Grace Carwile Guthrie. Also
included are various pamphlets on the Carwile family and church histories.
[Detailed finding guide available with collection.]

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