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Butler-Brayne Franklin interviewed by Dorothy Noble Smith, transcribed by Victoria M. Edwards

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Interviewee:
Franklin, Butler-Brayne,
Title:
Butler-Brayne Franklin interviewed by Dorothy Noble Smith, transcribed by Victoria M. Edwards
Identifier:
SNP050
Format:
1 audio file (running time: 0:31:48) :
Interview Number:
SNP-50
Location/Date:
Recorded on October 28, 1977
Description:
The Shenandoah National Park oral history collection, SdArch SNP, (SC# 4030), consists of 135 interviews of people who were living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia prior to the creation of the Shenandoah National Park. Most of the interviewees resided on land that was claimed by eminent domain by the commonwealth of Virginia and subsequently turned over to the US government in the 1930s. For a description of the entire collection see the Finding Aid
Description:
"Records an interview with Butler Franklin, (née Butler-Brayne Thornton Robinson), a direct descendant of Francis Thornton, III, who built a plantation near Sperryville, Virginia, in the 1740s. Mrs. Franklin contends that several prominent geographic features now located in Shenandoah National Park, including Thornton Gap, the Thornton River and Mary's Rock, were named for Francis Thornton and his descendants"
Description:
"Includes a genealogical history of the Thornton family in Virginia, from William Thornton, III, who emigrated from England in the 1640s, through Col. John Thornton, who married Jane Washington, aunt of the future first president. Discusses several Thornton estates, including Montpelier, the plantation built on the Rappahannock River near Sperryville, and the Thornton ancestral home, Fall Hill, in Fredericksburg ,where Mrs. Franklin resided at the time of the interview"
Description:
Records an interview with Butler Franklin, (née Butler-Brayne Thornton Robinson), a direct descendant of Francis Thornton, III, who built a plantation near Sperryville, Virginia, in the 1740s. Mrs. Franklin contends that several prominent geographic features now located in Shenandoah National Park, including Thornton Gap, the Thornton River and Mary's Rock, were named for Francis Thornton and his descendants
Description:
"Includes a genealogical history of the Thornton family in Virginia, from William Thornton, III, who emigrated from England in the 1640s, through Col. John Thornton, who married Jane Washington, aunt of the future first president. Discusses several Thornton estates, including Montpelier, the plantation built on the Rappahannock River near Sperryville, and the Thornton ancestral home, Fall Hill, in Fredericksburg ,where Mrs. Franklin resided at the time of the interview"
Citation:
SdArch no. SNP-50, Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection, SdArch SNP, (SC# 4030), Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va
Rights:
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of James Madison University's Libraries & Educational Technologies' Special Collections (540) 568-3612, library-special@jmu.edu
Personal Names:
Franklin, Butler-Brayne, 1899-2003, Interviews
Personal Names:
"Thornton, William, III, 1627-1708"
Personal Names:
"Thornton, Francis, III, 1714-1749"
Personal Names:
"Thornton, John, 1739-1822"
Personal Names:
"Champe, John, 1752-1798 -- Anecdotes"
Family Names:
Thornton family
Subject:
Montpelier (Rappahannock County, Va. : Dwelling)
Subject:
"Fall Hill (Va. : Dwelling)"
Place Names:
Thornton Gap (Va.) -- History
Place Names:
"Thornton River (Va.) -- History"
Place Names:
"Mary's Rock (Va.) -- History"
Place Names:
"Rappahannock County (Va.) -- History"
Place Names:
"Shenandoah National Park (Va.) -- History, Local"
Interviewer/Transcriber:
Smith, Dorothy Noble, 1915-1999 Interviewer.
Interviewer/Transcriber:
"Edwards, Victoria M Transcriber."
Collection Title:
Shenandoah National Park oral history collection
Bib record:
b22070527
Collection:
Shenandoah National Park
Record created:
Aug. 27, 2010
Last modified:
Feb. 27, 2012


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