A Guide to the Warrick Burruss Collection
Compiled by Zachary Hottel
October 17, 2018
Descriptive Summary
Repository: Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg Virginia, USA
Title: Warrick Burruss Collection
Date Range: 1749-1890
Collection Number: 2018-0009
Extent: 1 box, 23 folders
Language: English
Abstract: A collection of research materials complied by Warrick Burruss of Mt. Jackson Virginia. It includes information from the Rinker Family and newspapers.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions: This collection is open to researchers without restrictions. Researchers must register and agree to all copyright laws and archives policies before using the collection. Please contact the Shenandoah County Library before visiting to use this collection.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Warrick Burruss Collection, 1749-1890, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia, USA.
Acquisition Information: Donated by Anna Mae Ortgies.
Processing Information: Items were purchased from an auction. No original organization remained. Items were sorted by type and processed chronologically.
Biographical/ Historical Note
- Warrick Burruss II (1933-2008) was a resident of Mt. Jackson/Rinkerton Virginia. He served in the US Army and Air Force during the Korean Conflict and is buried in the Grace UCC Cemetery in Rinkerton.
An avid genealogist and local historian, he researched many area families, structures, and communities. During the course of his research Burruss acquired an extensive holding of 18th and 19th century source material related to Shenandoah County.
Scope and Content
The Warrick Burruss Collection consists of one half size manuscript box and one oversize manuscript box. The collection contains several newspapers sent to the Rinker Family of Rinkerton in Shenandoah County, egenealogy resources, and a school commissioner’s book from the mid-19th century.
Inventory
Box 1: Stack 4, Shelf 5
Folder 1.1 Rinker Family Tree, 1749-1788
Folder 1.2 Christopher Hickle and John Battenberger Agreement, 1839
Folder 1.3 Levi Rinker School Commissioner Mem. Book, 1842
Folder 1.4 The Washington City Price Current, July 4 1879
Folder 1.5 Levi Rinker Envelopes, 1886
Folder 1.6 R.M. Lantz Deposit Slip, 1888
Folder 1.7 Shenandoah Farmers Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Levi
Rinker Policy, 1888
Folder 1.8 Description of Rinkerton, Undated
Folder 1.9 Unidentified Rinker Survey, Undated
Folder 1.10 Receipt, Undated
Folder 1.11 R.M. Pease and Company Mill Furnishing Goods, Undated
Box 2: Stack 6, Shelf 3
Folder 2.1 Sentinel of the Valley Newspapers, Woodstock Virginia,
January 20 1827, October 22 1829
Folder 2.2 “The Old Commonwealth” Newspapers, Harrisonburg Virginia,
April 12 1877, June 20 1878, June 6 1878
Folder 2.3 The Warren Constitution Newspapers, Warren Ohio, April 11 1877
Folder 2.4 Weekly Dispatch Newspaper, Richmond Virginia, October 3 1879
Folder 2.5 Shenandoah Valley Newspaper, New Market Virginia, May 8 1890