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Sources consulted for the biography of:William H. Ragsdale ( –d. 1871)
Primary Sources
- Marriage Register (with age given as twenty-four on Dec. 29, 1868), Charlotte County, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia.
- Charlotte County Deed Books, 33:256–257, 43:353–354, 56:83.
- Personal Property Tax Returns, Charlotte Co. 1871, Auditor of Public Accounts, Record Group 48, Library of Virginia.
- Land Tax Returns, Charlotte Co., 1872–1908, Auditor of Public Accounts, Record Group 48, Library of Virginia.
- Register of Deaths (with age twenty-four, parents' names, place of death as Charlotte County, and date of death erroneously recorded as November 16, 1871), Halifax County, 1871, Library of Virginia.
- Isaac J. Overby v. William H. Ragsdale, adm., Charlotte Co. Chancery Cause, 1877-011¸ Library of Virginia.
Secondary Sources
- Luther Porter Jackson, Negro Office-Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), 35.
Political Career
- Summary of the Result of the Election for Members of the House of Delegates of Virginia, Held on the 6th Day of July, 1869, 9, printed with General Orders and Circulars, Headquarters First Military District 1869 (1870).
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia for the Session of 1869–1870 (1870), 36–37, 134 (first quotation), 142 (second quotation), 535, 606–607, 614–615.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia for the Session of 1870–1871 (1871), 23, 79, 82, 387.
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, July 12, 1869, January 7, 1871 (third quotation).
Obituaries
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, October 17, 1871.
- Richmond Daily State Journal, October 17, 1871 (death notice).
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