Business Records of the Hogshead-Smiley Mill 1807-1901

Location of collection:

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

University of Virginia

P.O. Box 400110

160 McCormick Rd

Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Brenda Gunn

Email: bg9ba@virginia.edu

Phone: (434) 924-1037

Phone: (434) 243-1776

Fax: (434) 924-4968

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/reference-request

Summary

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

The Hogshead-Smiley Mill Records consist of 37 items, ca. 1807-1901, and seven ledgers, 1846-1912. The papers are chiefly deeds for land around the mill, on Moffats Creek in Augusta County, Virginia. Also included is an unbound account book of Smiley's Mill, ca. 1807-1827. The ledgers consist of grist mill accounts kept by John R. Robinson, E.A. Lacy, and others, millers for William Smiley.

Acquisition information:

The collection was purchased from Mrs. Richard Hogshead, Middlebrook, Virginia, 1 January 1935.

Physical description:

The Hogshead-Smiley Mill Records consist of 37 items, ca. 1807-1901, and seven ledgers.