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Louisa County (Va.) Business Records, 1835-1882. [include volume title]. Local government records collection, Louisa County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
These records came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Louisa County in 1949/50 under accession number 23562, in 2008 under accession number 43572, as well as an undated accession.
Please see Louisa County Microfilm index in the Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm available on the Library of Virginia website for full listing.
Unidentifed General Store, 1846 is available as microfilm reel Louisa County Reel 118.
Prior to 2024, the various business records in this collection were originally described as individual records, but they have been consolidated into one large business record for the locality.
These records were processed by Greg Crawford between 2003 and 2009. Efforts have been taken to identify chancery causes related to these business records as some of these records were used as evidence in court proceedings.
The records from Series IV: Business Records of an Unidentified Store, 1846 were microfilmed by the Library of Virginia Imaging Services in 1984.
Encoded by J. Taylor; August 2024.
Louisa County (Va.) Business Records, 1835-1882 is comprised of various records created by individuals and companies is pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Louisa County. Represented records largely consists of bound volumes such as ledgers, daybooks, account books, journals, and cashbooks.
This collection is arranged into five series:
Additional Louisa County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia. Consult
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Account book includes a list of accounts due Hunt for 1860 and 1861. It also includes a handwritten poem by an unknown author concerning the the Civil War battle at Spotsylvania and the death of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
The daybook recorded in chronological order the saddlery's daily transactions. Information found in the daybook includes name of customer, date of transaction, merchandise purchased or services rendered, quantity purchased, and amount owed and amount paid. Merchandise sold includes bridles, saddles, martingales, bridle bits, horse collars, and bridle reins. Services rendered include repairing saddle bags, saddles, harnesses, and bridles.
Ledger A recorded the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, merchandise purchased or services rendered, quantity purchased, and amount owed and amount paid. Information in Ledger A and account book correspond with information found in daybook. Both volumes include an index that lists customers in alphabetical order.
The daybook recorded in chronological order the daily transactions of Shepherd Hunter and Company, a general store located in the town of Louisa Court House. Information found in the daybook includes date of transaction, name of customer, merchandise purchased, quantity purchased, price of each item, and amount owed. Each entry also includes page number where information can be found in journal. Merchandise sold includes coffee pots, beaver gloves, dry goods, nails, clothing, candles, spices, razor straps, butter pots, and palm hats.
The journal recorded individual accounts of customers. Each account lists in chronological order the transactions a customer made each month. Each account also lists merchandise purchased, quantity purchased, price of each item, and amount owed. Information found in journal was taken from daybook.
The business records of the unidentified general store consist of a daybook. The daybook recorded in chronological order the daily transactions of an unidentified general store located in the town of Louisa Court House. Information found in the daybook includes name of customer, date of transaction, merchandise purchased, quantity purchased, price of each item, and amount owed. Merchandise sold includes nails, dishes, clothing, whiskey, grind stone, cheese, spices, salt, bacon, and molasses. Volume missing cover.
This record is an account book volume, possibly from a store, which recorded payments made either in money or by labor for various goods. The persons in the book are most likely African Americans as the volume has the phrase "negro book" written on the inside cover. Each entry is made under the name of a person and records the goods purchased and either the money owed or paid, or if paid in labor and what labor was done. Kinds of goods purchased include sugar, tobacco, molasses, buttons, shoes, trousers, cloth, knives, a watch, and so forth. There is no discernible arrangement though there is an index at the front of the volume. The volume is extremely difficult to read due to ink bleed through from other pages.