Collections : [College of William and Mary]

Botetourt Lodge No. 7 (Gloucester County, Va.) records contains materieals related to the Botetourt Lodge No. 7. Gloucester County Courthouse in Virginia. The collection includes minute and secretary books from the lodge dating from 1857-1891.

Ledger kept by the Dutton and Gayle Store in the area of Ware Neck in Gloucester County, Virginia. Items sold by the store include coffee, canned meat and groceries as well as tobacco and clothing. Accounts were kept of the price of goods as well as payments by patrons and recorded in the front half of the ledger.

Ledger kept by the Gloucester Court House Store which detailed purchases and payments by various residents of the area. Items purchased range from food items such as butter, flour, molasses, salt, and sugar to household items such as cloth, hardware, and candles. The shop also sold tobacco and various types of alcohol including rum, brandy, and whiskey.

1862 Civil War map of Gloucester Point, Virginia signed by William H. Powers and Henry Andrew Black, members of the Piedmont Artillery formed in Bedford County, Virginia. The map is hand-drawn and colored, and is thought to be a sentry map so soldiers knew where to go for guard duty.

Ledger kept by the Hickory Fork Store in the area of Hickory Fork in Gloucester County, Virginia. Items sold by the store include calico, silk, thread, and cotton. They also sold food items such as eggs, sugar, spices, fruit, and many other food staples. Tobacco, wine, and alcohol were also sold to various residents who purchased from the store. Accounts were kept of the price of goods as well as payments by patrons. The latter section of the book contains a farm journal by Thomas S. Harwood, with brief entries for each day on work and the weather on the Ainville estate. Written on cover in ink: T. S. Harwood, day book closed[?], 1 July 1848.

Account and ledger kept by R.P. Gray and Borther General Store located in the Sign Pine area of Gloucester County, Virginia. Accounts recorded include various residents of the area as well as other businesses such as the local church and the Signpine and Petsworth schools. The last half of the ledger also includes a complete inventory of supplies at the store. The page ranges for this inventory can be found from page 221-249 of the ledger.

Research files and oral history collection about the history of the Antioch Baptist Church in Gloucester, Virginia. Oral histories will be accessioned at the item level.

The Timberneck Farm Ledgers collection contains 11 ledgers including records of estate in relation to Timberneck Farm in Gloucester, Virginia as well as doctor's ledgers. The collection also includes school notes, essays and a Gloucester Charity School ledger.

Ledger kept by the Trevilian's Store in Naxera, Gloucester County, Virginia. Included are detailed purchases and payments by various residents of the area of various items the store sold. Items purchased range from food items such as lemons, butter, flour, coffee, molasses, salt, and sugar to household and building items such as nails, hardware, cement, and screening materials. Names of store patrons are itemized in the front of the ledger with corresponding pages associated with their purchases and payments.

Ledger kept by the Zanoni Store in Zanoni, Gloucester County, Virginia. Accounts were kept of the price of goods as well as payments by patrons. Items sold by the store include calico, sail cloth, thread, tobacco, and clothing, as well as food items such as eggs, cakes, fruit, and many other staples, and household tools and supplies like nails, oil, and shingles, and whiskey.