Historical Information:Armistead and McAshan conducted business in Cumberland County during the early 19th century.

Scope and Content:Armistead and McAshan Ledger, 1836-1838, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order and the amount owed and paid. Ledger does not list the names of items purchased, rather it used the general term "merchandise". Ledger also records the company's controlling accounts such as wheat account, flour account, crop tobacco account, and cash account.

Historical Information:James and Samuel Boyd operated a general store in Cartersville, Virginia during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.

Scope and Content:The James and Samuel Boyd Records consist of three daybooks and a memorandum book.

James and Samuel Boyd Daybooks, 1798-1800, recorded transactions as they occurred daily from November 1798-November 1800. Information found in each entry includes name of customer, items purchased, and the amount owed. Merchandise sold include farm tools, rum, dry-goods, knives, shirts, books, plates, snuff, and sugar. The back of one volume includes inventory lists for 1800 and 1801. The inventory for 1800 was done based on Pennsylvania currency, New York currency, and Virginia currency.

James and Samuel Boyd Memorandum Book, 1798-1801, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, merchandise purchased, amount owed, form of payment, and amount paid. Forms of payment include cash, credit, and barter of items such as fodder, oats, apples, and eggs. The volume includes an index listing the names of customers in alphabetical order and the page number where their accounts can be found.

Historical Information:An unidentified general store that conducted business in Stony Point, Virginia in the early 19th century.

Scope and Content:Alexis M. Davenport Journal was used as a daybook recording transactions as they occurred daily from March 1816-December 1816. Information found in entries includes name of customer, items purchased, and the amount owed. Also recorded was store's payment of sundry debts. Merchandise sold include flour, dry-goods, padlocks, nails, saucers, whiskey, and spices. Beside each entry is a page number to a missing Ledger A where customers' individual accounts and the store's controlling accounts were entered.

Historical Information:Benjamin B. Johnson operated a general store that conducted business during the early nineteenth century in Cartersville, Virginia.

Scope and Content:Benjamin B. Johnson Ledger C, 1824-1825, records the accounts of individual customers. Beside each entry is the page number found in corresponding journal C where the customer's specific transactions can be found. Each account lists transactions in chronological order and the amount owed and paid. Also, records store's controlling accounts including stock account, merchandise account, cash account, tavern account, charges account, etc.

Benjamin B. Johnson Journal C, 1824-1826, is a daybook that records transactions daily as they occurred. Beside each entry is the page number of the customer's individual account found in corresponding ledger C. Information found in each entry includes name of customer and the amount owed and paid. The daybook also records store's payments of regular expenses such as purchases of merchandise, debt accounts, and transportation of goods. Merchandise sold included food, clothing, dry goods, brown sugar, butter, wine, silverware, and candles.

Scope and Content:Robert M. Moore Account Book, 1833-1842, records transactions in chronological order. Information found in volume includes date of transaction, items purchased, and amount owed and paid. Goods purchased perhaps by Moore. Items purchased include tea, vinegar, tin cups, dry-goods, scissors, whiskey, and herrings. Payments made with cash, bacon, and flour.

Historical Information:Benjamin Harris Powell perhaps served as an agent for Muddy Creek Mill, a flour mill in Cumberland County.

Scope and Content:Muddy Creek Mill Account Book, 1847-1850, records on an almost daily basis services rendered by the mill for individual customers (bushels of wheat ground, amount of flour purchased, etc.,) and the amount owed and paid. At the front of the volume is Benjamin H. Powell's flour shipping list. Each entry contains the date flour was shipped, by whom shipped, and the amount shipped. At the back of the volume is Powell's wheat book that perhaps records number of bushels of wheat per customer processed by mill. Each entry includes the date, name of customer, and number of bushels processed.

Historical Information:Charles R. Palmore was a physician treating patients in Cumberland County in the late 19th century.

Scope and Content:Charles R. Palmore Account Book, 1870-1881, records the accounts of individual patients. The accounts list in chronological order the amount owed and paid by patients for visits, medication, consultation, and other medical services. Payments to the physician were made with cash, tobacco, fodder, wheat, and chickens.

Historical Information:Benjamin H. Powell owned a general store that conducted business in Cartersville, Virginia.

Scope and Content:Benjamin Harris Powell Daybook, 1852-1854, records transactions as they occurred daily from December 1852-February 1854. Information found in each entry includes name of customer, items purchased, and the amount owed. Merchandise sold include bacon, knives, turkey, dry goods, clothing, pen holders, nails, and shoes.

Historical Information:A general store with the initials S and M operated in Cumberland County in the mid-19th century.

Scope and Content:S and M General Store Ledger, 1856-1859, records the individual accounts of customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order, items purchased, and amount owed or paid. Payments made by cash or barter such as cleaning the canal or wheat. Merchandise sold include soap, spices, clothing, dry-goods, whiskey, coffee, nails, and scissors.

Historical Information:A mill with the initials S and W operated in Cumberland County in the early 19th century. The mill may have been named Sutphin and Walton.

Scope and Content:S and W Mill Ledger, 1831-1832, records the individual accounts of customers. Each account lists in chronological order services rendered the amount owed and paid. Services offered by the mill included producing flour and carding wool. Payments were made by cash or barter such as wheat, beef, or corn.

Scope and Content:S and W Mill Ledger, 1831-1832, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order and the amount owed and paid. Ledger does not list the names of items purchased, rather it used the general term "merchandise." Ledger also records the company's controlling accounts such as cash account, mill account, and boat account.

Scope and Content:A and D Smith Letter Book, 1829-1842, records correspondence between A and D Smith and other businesses, in-state and out of state. Information found in the correspondence relates to payment of checks and drafts and the shipment of goods. Also included in the volume is an account of goods sold at auctions held in 1841 and 1842. The account lists quantity and item sold, price for a single item, purchaser's name, and total cost. Items auctioned included dry goods, clothing, tea, pad locks, and skillets.

Historical Information:The general store owned by Alexander C. Smith conducted business in Cumberland County in the early 19th century.

Scope and Content:Alexander C. Smith Ledgers C and D, 1836-1844, records the individual accounts of customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order, items purchased, and amount owed or paid. Also listed are payments made by customers to store for hauling goods such as tobacco or manure. Merchandise sold include water buckets, cream tartar, clothing, dry-goods, whiskey, and ointments. Payments made by cash or barter such as corn, wood, or animal skins.

Historical Information:James L. and W. W. Spencer were physicians who practiced in Cumberland County in the early 19th century

Scope and Content:James L. and W. W. Spencer Ledger, 1844, records the accounts of individual customers. The accounts list in chronological order the amount owed by customers for visits to patients, medication, consultation, and other medical services.

Historical Information:The unidentified general store conducted business in Cumberland County in the early 19th century. The store may have been operated by James Smith.

Scope and Content:Unidentified General Store Account Book, 1840-1843, records transactions as they occurred on an almost daily basis from 2 March 1840-30 October 1843. Information found in each entry includes name of customer, items purchased, and the amount owed and paid. Merchandise sold include sugar, scissors, brandy, clothing, dishes, and coffee.

Historical Information:The unidentified general store conducted business in Cumberland County in the early 19th century. The store may have been operated by Charles R. Carrington.

Scope and Content:Unidentified General Store Daybook, 1842-1843, records transactions as they occurred daily from August 1842-February 1843. Information found in each entry includes name of customer, items purchased, and the amount owed. Merchandise sold include screws, chickens, whiskey, dry-goods, clothing, sugar, nails, and molasses.