Wise County (Va.) Business Records, 1891-1937

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

Many of the business volumes are fragile and should not be handled. please check alternative form available heading for volumes that have been microfilmed. Please use microfilm if available.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Wise County (Va.) Business Records, 1891-1937. [include volume title]. Local government records collection, Wise County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Extent:
13 volumes and 13 leave
Creator:
Wide County (Va.) Circuit Court.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Wise County (Va.) Business Records, 1891-1937. [include volume title]. Local government records collection, Wise County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Wise County (Va.) Business Records, 1891-1937, is comprised of various records created by individuals and companies is pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Wise County (Va.). Represented records largely consists of bound volumes such as ledgers, daybooks and journals.

Biographical / historical:

Context for Record Type: Business Records, both volumes and loose records are in some cases transferred to the Library of Virginia as components of court record transfers. These business records in some cases were simply stored in the local court building for safekeeping by business owners. In other cases, business records (particularly ledgers, account books, etc.) may have been filed in a court case as an exhibit. These business records exhibit appeared both in chancery causes and in judgments. These records serving as exhibits for business dissolution cases, debt suits, and contract disputes.

Locality History:Wise County was named for Henry Alexander Wise, governor of Virginia from 1856 to 1860. It was formed in 1856 from Lee, Scott, and Russell Counties. Its area is 415.6 square miles, and the county seat is Wise.

Acquisition information:
These records came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Wise County in 2006.
Processing information:

Prior to 2024, the various business records in this collection were originally described as individual records, but they have been consolidated into one large business record for the locality.

The records in this collection were processed at different times in 2006 by Gregory Crawford. Efforts have been taken to identify chancery causes related to these business records as some of these records were used as evidence in court proceedings.

Encoded by Sherri Bagley, December 2024

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged

  • Series I: Bond Coal Company Ledger, 1905-1913
  • Series II: Colonial Coal and Coke Company Business Records, 1903-1913
  • Series III: G. D. Davis Ledger, 1913-1915
  • Series IV: G. Henry Stanley General Store Ledger, 1920
  • Series V: Guest Mountain Fuel Company Ledger, 1929-1937
  • Series VI: Johncoswell Coal Corporation Journal, 1920-1921
  • Series VII: Royal Laundry Company Ledger, 1922-1926
  • Series VIII: Snodgrass Brother Ledger, 1891
  • Series IX: Unidentified General Store Daybook A, 1906-1907
  • Series X: Unidentified General Store Ledger, 1892-1896
  • Series XI: Unidentified Lumber Business Daybook, 1892-1895

Physical location:
State Record Center
Physical description:
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