Albemarle County (Va.) Business Records, 1831-1904, undated

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

Summary

Extent:
20 volumes; 6 microfilm reels
Creator:
Albemarle County (Va.) Circuit Court
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Albemarle County (Va.) Business Records, 1831-1904, undated are comprised of various records created by individuals and companies in pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Albemarle County (Va.) Represented records consist of bound volumes such as a subscriber list, account books, ledgers, daybooks, real estate listings and an order book.

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 safe keeping 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 record exhibits appeared both in chancery causes and in judgments, these records serving as exhibits for business dissolution cases, debt suits, and contract disputes.

Locality History: Albemarle County was named for William Anne Keppel, second earl of Albemarle, and governor of Virginia from 1737 to 1754. It was created by a statute of 1744 and formed from Goochland County; part of Louisa County was added in 1761 and islands in the Fluvanna (now the James) River in 1770. The court met for the first time on 8 February 1745. The county seat is the city of Charlottesville. Area: 722.6 square miles. Population: 94,186 (2000), 90,400 (2005 estimate)

Lost Records Locality: Albemarle County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Created in 1744. All order books except the first and many loose papers between 1748 and 1781 were destroyed by British general Banastre Tarleton's raid on Charlottesville in 1781 during the Revolutionary War.

Acquisition information:

These records came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Albemarle County in an undated accession.

Mason, Walker and Richardson Records, 1860-1875, came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Fluvanna County in an undated accession.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged

  • Series I: Charlottesville Chronicle Subscriber List and Account Book, 1860-1868
  • Series II: John S. Crawford Plantation Account Book, 1859-1869
  • Series III: William J. Ficklin Account Book, 1902-1904
  • Series IV: C. R. Mann Book C, 1879-1880
  • Series V: Mason, Walker and Richardson Records, 1860-1875
  • Series VI: William T. McAllister Daybook, 1876-1877
  • Series VII: Price, Phares, and Randolph Real Estate Listings, undated
  • Series VIII: John B. Spiece Plantation Ledger, 1831-1890 (bulk 1857-1890)
  • Series IX: Unidentified Newspaper Account Book, 1831-1836
  • Series X: Woods and Company Records, 1897-1898
  • Series XI: A. P. Bibb and Company Ledgers, 1871-1872, 1874
  • Series XII: Mrs. Jones Account Book, 1857-1871
  • Series XIII: Samuel Lewis Ledger, 1839-1855
  • Series XIV: Unidentified Business Ledger, 1857-1859
  • Series XV: Unidentified Business Ledger, 1858-1860
  • Series XVI: Unidentified Business Ledger, 1861

Physical location:
State Records Center; Library of Virginia