Price Family account book

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
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POC: Jeffrey S. Kozak
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Preferred citation:

Price Family account book, 1853-1873. MS 0342. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1 items
Creator:
Price, Berryman Z. (Berryman Zirkle), ?-1903 and Price, Jacob, 1808-1880
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Price Family account book, 1853-1873. MS 0342. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of the ledger and account book for the Price Family. This book originated with Jacob Price and was also used by his son, Berryman. The volume contains three distinct sections, including:

  • Business accounts kept by Jacob (1845-1858)
  • A roster of Berryman Z. Price's Artillery Company (circa 1864)
  • Post Civil War accounts maintained by Jacob and/or Berryman
The book contains details of supplies, goods, and services purchased and sold by the Prices, and provides insight into the economy and community ties in the New Market, Virginia area during the antebellum and post Civil War eras.

Biographical / historical:

The Price Family settled in the New Market area of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in the early 19th century. Jacob Price (1808-1880), was a prosperous farmer. He married Eleanor (Ellen) Rosenberger (1813-1865) of Rockingham County, Virginia on March 25, 1834. The couple had 4 children: Berryman Zirkle (1837-1903), George Adam, Miller A., and Mary Eleanor.

Jacob's son Berryman was a member of the New Market Artillery (Eighth Star Artillery, Danville Artillery) during the Civil War and served as a Captain and battery commander (Price's Light Artillery) after October 1864. Following the War, Berryman was a farmer and grazier in the Borden district of Shenandoah County, Virginia. He died on November 24, 1903 and is buried in the Zirkle Family Cemetery in New Market.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks