Estate Planning & Gifts

One lasting gift to the preservation of our history can be your legacy with a bequest. Please complete the donation form below, or call 540-674-4835.

*Donation form

Tools to Use in Planning your Estate

At the New River Historical Society, all unrestricted gifts are used strategically to support our top conservation and preservation projects. The Wilderness Road Regional Museum and the Old Jail in Newbern, Virginia, are presently our top projects. Bequests can also be made specifically for the preservation and operation of these treasured sites. In the future, if funds allow, other sites may be obtained. If you have a specific purpose in mind, please contact the leadership of the society to discuss your wishes. We welcome your support to help preserve our history, treasured sites, and artifacts for the enjoyment and education of future generations. If you have included the New River Historical Society in your estate plans, please let us know! We would like to thank you for your generous commitment to the future preservation of our history and welcome you to The Legacy Club.

Legal Designation

If you wish to name the New River Historical Society in your will or estate plans:
“The New River Historical Society, a non-profit corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, with the principal business address of 5254 Wilderness Road, Dublin, Virginia 24084, and with mailing address of P O Box 373, Newbern, Virginia 24126.”

If you wish for your gift or bequest to be specifically for the support of the museum:
“The Wilderness Road Regional Museum, owned and operated by New River Historical Society, a non-profit corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, with the principal business address of 5254 Wilderness Road, Dublin, Virginia 24084 and with mailing address of P O Box 373, Newbern, Virginia 24126.”

Tax ID: 54-1003556. The New River Historical Society is tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Date of Incorporation: 10-21-1966
Gifts of Real Estate

If you own property that you would like to donate to the New River Historical Society through your will or trust, please discuss the following language with your attorney and include this or similar language recommended by your attorney:

“I hereby give, devise, and bequeath to the New River Historical Society, a non-profit corporation existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and with the principal business address of 5254 Wilderness Road, Dublin, Virginia 24084 and with mailing address of PO Box 373, Newbern, Virginia 24126, all that certain piece, parcel or lot of land owned by me and situated and being in the Town of __________ and more particularly described as follows: (THE FULL LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY FOLLOWED BY THE STREET ADDRESS) I understand that the above named real estate may not qualify for permanent ownership by the New River Historical Society under their mission and area of protection and if it does not I hereby give permission for it to be sold at the sole discretion of the New River Historical Society and the proceeds used as the New River Historical Society Board of Directors deems appropriate to further the purposes of the Society.”