T.B. Cauthorn Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], T.B. Cauthorn Papers, A&M 2487, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)
Creator:
Cauthorn, T. B.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], T.B. Cauthorn Papers, A&M 2487, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Business correspondence, accounts, ledger book, and legal papers of Townley B. Cauthorn, farmer and lumber merchant of Millboro (Bath County), Virginia. The collection contains pay records for sawmill hands and farm laborers, employee purchase accounts, and legal documents. Also included are a record of road work done in Bath County when Cauthorn was Commissioner of Roads and an agreement between Cauthorn and Edgar S. Davis for the adoption by Cauthorn of Mattie Davis.

Includes letters concerning orders for merchandise, payments, etc; also includes two school grade reports for Mattie Davis.

Includes insurance policies, receipts, merchants' bills, and advertising circulars.

Includes "Weekly Time Book [1890-1891] (showing purchases, payments for hauling lumber); Pay Book for Saw Mill and Company Store Records (pay book contains only one sheet of "time rolls" for sawmill hands, showing March-May, August 1871; company store book shows purchases of sawmill employees from 1890-1896); and a record book [1873-1883] (showing time worked and wages paid to Cauthorn's farm hands and credits to the employees for purchases from local merchants).

Includes jury summons for T.B. Cauthorn; case papers for bankruptcy proceedings; appointment of Cauthorn to Road Commissioners of Bath Co., Virginia; payment for jury duty; agreement for adoption of Mattie Davis; and a record book for county road work kept by Cauthorn when he served as Commissioner of Roads.

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard