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The DuVal Family of Virginia, 1701: Descendants of Daniel DuVal, Huguenot, and Allied Families<\/u>\u00a0by Bessie Berry Grabowski published in 1931.<\/a><\/p>\n The DuVals of Kentucky from Virginia, 1794-1935: Descendants and Allied Families<\/u>\u00a0by Margaret Gwin Buchanan published in 1938.<\/a><\/p>\n Civilizers: The DuVals of Texas, from Virginia through Kentucky and Florida<\/u>\u00a0by Roy L. Swift published in 1992 is available from online booksellers.<\/a><\/p>\n Florida Founder William P. DuVal: Frontier Bon Vivant<\/u>\u00a0by James M. Denham published in 2015 is available from The University of South Carolina Press<\/a>\u00a0and Amazon<\/a>. Dr. Denham has written a biography of William Pope Duval. He\u00a0gave a talk<\/a>\u00a0to the Association at\u00a0the Holiday Inn, Tallahassee, Florida, in 2017, available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mt. Comfort Plantation: A\u00a0History and Description of an Authentic Colonial Virginia Home<\/u>\u00a0by Richard L. Guild, a “pamphlet” type publication, was privately printed in 1983.<\/a> Mr. Guild’s Mt. Comfort should not be confused with Mt. Comfort, the Richmond home of Samuel DuVal. The Mt. Comfort of Appomattox was named by Samuel DuVal\u2019s son in honor of his parent\u2019s home, possibly after the original Mt. Comfort was destroyed by fire. Mr. Guild advised the Association that Mt. Comfort was struck by lightening several years ago and destroyed by fire. All of the contents were lost, including extra copies of his book. A few copies may be available from online booksellers.<\/p>\n The DuVal Family in Richmond: The First One Hundred Years (1750-1850)<\/u> by Joseph Stephen Hays. Mr. Hays presented this PowerPoint to the Association at the Omni Hotel, Richmond, Virginia, in 2003, revised 2005, available here in PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cLilium Inter Spinas\u201d: The DuVal Family Heirloom and Coat of Arms<\/u> by Joseph Stephen Hays. Mr. Hays writes on the history of the DuVal heirloom, described as a tureen, and the DuVal coat of arms, available here in PDF.<\/a><\/p>\n A Family History 1559-1979: Jennings, Cornelius, DuVal, Harris, Martin<\/u>\u00a0by Mildred King Whitten published in 1980.<\/a><\/p>\n A Record of the Descendants of Robert Cammack Duval & Wife, Judith Dabney Billingsley, for Fifty Years, 1932-1982: To Supplement the DuVal Family of Virginia, 1701\u00a0by Bessie Berry Grabowski <\/u> by Addison M. DuVal published in 1982.<\/a><\/p>\n DuVals in Virginia<\/p>\n “Examinations of George Wythe Swinney for Forgery and Murder: A Documentary Essay,” W. Edwin Hemphill, in\u00a0William and Mary Quarterly<\/u>, vol. 12 (1955), pp. 543-574.<\/a>\u00a0Thomas Jefferson exchanged a series of letters<\/a> with William DuVal<\/a>\u00a0of Richmond, Virginia, on the Wythe case<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Virginia’s Unknown Novelist: The Career of J. S. French, a Southern Colonel of Parts,” by Curtis Carroll Davis, in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography<\/u>, vol. 60 (1952), pp. 551-581<\/a>. James Strange French<\/a>\u00a0was a novelist and lawyer.\u00a0He was the the son of William French and Maria Brooke DuVal.<\/p>\n Benjamin DuVal Pottery<\/p>\n “‘B. DuVal & Co\/Richmond’: A Newly Discovered Pottery,” by Bradford L. Rauschenberg, in\u00a0Journal of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts<\/u>, vol. 4 (1978), pp. 45-75.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n “The Destruction of the Benjamin DuVal Stoneware Manufactory, Richmond, Virginia,” by Robert Hunter and Marshall Goodman, in\u00a0Ceramics in America<\/u>, vol. 5 (2005), pp. 37-60.<\/a><\/p>\n “The Remarkable 19th-Century Stoneware of Virginia’s Lower James River Valley,” by Kurt C. Russ, Robert Hunter, Oliver Mueller-Heubach, and Marshall Goodman, in\u00a0Ceramics in America<\/u>, vol. 12 (2013), pp. 200-58.<\/a><\/p>\n “Dueling Potters” by Chris Kolbe [Blog Post], Out of the Box Lucy (Pope) DuVal<\/p>\n “The Tangled Trail of Two John Popes: Colonel John Pope of Amherst County, Virginia and John Pope of Prince William County, Virginia and Wilkes County, Georgia,” by F. Claiborne Johnston Jr., in Magazine of Virginia Genealogy<\/u><\/a>, vol. 50 (2012), pp. 45-64. John Pope<\/a> married Lucy DuVal, a daughter of Samuel and Lucy (Claiborne) DuVal of Henrico Co., Va. They\u00a0are said to have moved to Georgia. This article shows\u00a0that to be incorrect. John Pope has often been confused with his cousin, also named John Pope, who did move to Georgia. John Pope who married Lucy DuVal was a travel writer and author of the book:\u00a0A Tour Through the Southern and Western Territories of the United States of North-America; the Spanish Dominions on the River Mississippi, and the Floridas; the countries of the Creek Nations; and Many uninhabited parts<\/u><\/a> published in 1792.<\/p>\n DuVals in Texas and Florida<\/p>\n “Kentuckians in Texas: Captain Burr H. DuVal’s Company at Goliad,” by John B. Thomas, in Register of the Kentucky Historical Society<\/u>, vol. 81 (1983), pp. 237-54.<\/a><\/p>\n “The Diary of Thomas H. DuVal: The Civil War in Austin, Texas, February 26 to October 9, 1863,” ed. by James Marten, in Southwestern Historical Quarterly<\/u>, vol. 94 (1991), pp. 434-457.<\/a><\/p>\n “John C. Duval. First Texas Man of Letters,” by\u00a0J. Frank Dobie, in\u00a0Southwest Review<\/u>, vol. 24 (1939), pp. 257-81.<\/a><\/p>\n “John Crittenden Duval: The Last Survivor of the Goliad Massacre,” by William Corner, in Texas State Historical Association Quarterly<\/u>, vol. 1 (1897), pp. 47-67.<\/a><\/p>\n “William Pope DuVal: An Extraordinary Folklorist,” by Frank L. Snyder, in Florida Historical Quarterly<\/u>, vol. 69 (1990), pp. 195-212.<\/a><\/p>\n “Nancy Hynes DuVal: Florida’s First Lady, 1822-1834,” by Frank L. Snyder, in Florida Historical Quarterly<\/u>, vol. 17 (1993), pp. 19-34.<\/a><\/p>\n “William Pope DuVal: Pioneer and State Builder,” by James Owens Knauss, in Florida Historical Quarterly<\/u>, vol. 11 (1933), pp. 95-139.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWilliam Pope DuVal,\u201d by W. T. Cash, in Tallahassee Historical Society<\/u>, vol. 1 (1934), pp. 10-13.<\/a><\/p>\n “The First Message of Gov. William P. Duval,” by William P. Duval, in\u00a0Publications of the Florida Historical Society<\/u>, vol. 1 (1908), pp. 13-17.<\/a><\/p>\n “Lizzie Brown’s Tallahassee,” by Bertram H. Groene, in\u00a0Florida Historical Quarterly<\/u>, vol. 48 (1969), pp. 155-175.<\/a><\/p>\n The Handbook of Texas Online<\/a>, an encyclopedia published by the Texas State Historical Association, has separate articles on\u00a0William Pope Duval<\/a>, Burr H. DuVal<\/a>, Thomas Howard DuVal<\/a>, John Crittenden DuVal<\/a>, DuVal West<\/a>, and DuVal County<\/a> (named for Burr H. DuVal).<\/p>\n DuVals in Louisiana and Mississippi<\/p>\n The\u00a0Issaquena Genealogy and History Project<\/a>\u00a0online has articles on\u00a0Alexander de la Plaunche DuVal<\/a>\u00a0and the Gwin family<\/a>, who lived in Issaquena County, Mississippi.<\/p>\n Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Louisiana published in two volumes in 1892<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Story of Louisiana\u00a0by Edwin Adams Davis published in three volumes in 1960<\/a>.<\/p>\n William Pope DuVal<\/a>\u00a0was the inspiration for \u00a0“The Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood” in Washington Irving’s\u00a0Wolfert’s Roost<\/u> published in 1855<\/a>,\u00a0which first appeared in “The Knickerbocker; or New York Monthly Magazine” in 1840.<\/a>\u00a0DuVal was also likely the model for\u00a0James Kirke Paulding’s<\/a>\u00a0character “Nimrod Wildfire.”<\/p>\nArticles<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n
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