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Hopkins and Harris Daybook, 1851 Nov.-1852 Oct., records transactions as they occurred on a daily basis. Information found in each entry includes name of customer, items purchased, and the amount owed. Merchandise sold include bales of cotton, shoes, whiskey, molasses, jugs, nails, pocket knives, and cheese. Page numbers associated with each entry correspond with page numbers in ledger. Additional found in daybook includes an inventory of goods sold by Hopkins and Harris in October 1852. Entries list quantity and total cost of each item. Item in poor condition due to damaged spine.

Minter and Tisdale Ledger, 1847-1851, records the accounts of individual customers and additional miscellaneous information. Entries within each account are listed in chronological order. Entries list date of transaction, merchandise purchased, and amount owed and paid. Payments made by cash, credit or labor. Merchandise sold include whiskey, flour, bacon, coffee, corn, and shoes.

Robert W. Ashlin and Company Account book, 1871-1874, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each account includes dates of transactions, merchandise sold, and the amount owed and paid. Merchandise sold include supplies to local cooper's shop, gloves, dry-goods, shoes, rice, candy, bleach, and bacon. Payments made by cash or barter such as butter, chickens, and sumac.

William B. Hodgson, Jr. Ledger, 1865-1905, records the individual accounts of customers and additional miscellaneous information. Entries within each account are listed in chronological order. Entries list date of transaction, style of transaction (merchandise purchased or form of payment), amount owed or paid. Payments made by cash, credit, or labor. Merchandise sold include food, clothing, livestock, consumer goods, and dry goods.