PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::viu03833::Business Records of the Hogshead-Smiley mill)//EN" "viu03833.xml" A Guide to the Business Records of the Hogshead-Smiley Mill, 1807-1901Hogshead-Smiley Mill, Business Records 38-22 Special Collections, University of Virginia Library © 2005 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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Special Collections, University of Virginia Library 2005 Special Collections Staff Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Business Records of the Hogshead-Smiley Mill 1807-1901 38-22 The Hogshead-Smiley Mill Records consist of 37 items, ca. 1807-1901, and seven ledgers. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

Business Records of the Hogshead-Smiley Mill, Accession #38-22, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

The collection was purchased from Mrs. Richard Hogshead, Middlebrook, Virginia, 1 January 1935.

Alternative Form Available

Account book of Smiley's Mill, 1807-1827 and Account Ledger of "T. M. Smiley's Mill," 1891-1901 are also available on microfilm M-2405.

 Scope and Content

The Hogshead-Smiley Mill Records consist of 37 items, ca. 1807-1901, and seven ledgers, 1846-1912. The papers are chiefly deeds for land around the mill, on Moffats Creek in Augusta County, Virginia. Also included is an unbound account book of Smiley's Mill, ca. 1807-1827. The ledgers consist of grist mill accounts kept by John R. Robinson, E.A. Lacy, and others, millers for William Smiley.

Contents List Account book of Smiley's Mill 1807-1827 Land deeded between Jane & Robert McChesney, Sr. & Robert McChesney 1808 Land deeded between Samuel Clarke & Robert McChesney, Sr. 1812 Sep Land deeded between James & May McClums; William , Jane & John McChesney & Robert McChesney 1816 May 18 Land deeded between James & Jane Buchanan & Robert McChesney 1822 Apr 19 Land deeded between Robert McChesney & John McChesney 1823 Feb 24 Land located for Robert McChesney by John Page 1826 Jun 3; Aug 26 Land deeded between William Cales & Robert McChesney 1842 Jun 9 Land surveyed for Robert McChesney by John Withrow 1842 Jun Land deeded between William Cales & John Cales 1842 Jul 30 Land surveyed for John Cales by John Withrow 1845 Oct 31 Land surveyed for Elijah Hogshead by James M. Lilley 1846 Dec 3 Sale of land - Elijah Hogshead (Exr of Wm. Cales) to Robert McChesney 1847 Mar 15 Land deeded between Elijah Hogshead (Exr of Wm. Cales) & Robert McChesney 1847 Jun 28 Land deeded between Samuel & Jane Seroul & John C. Echard 1849 May 26 Extract from deed - William Brubeck 1850 Sep 7 Land deeded between Daniel & Mary Hull & James F. Hite 1853 Survey of land, Joseph Lowman 1853 May 31 Land deeded between Daniel & Mary Hull & Robert Craig, James F. Hite, & D.C. Arehart 1857 Mar 21 Land surveyed for Robert McChesney & John N. Hite by James H. Callison 1859 Apr Land deeded between Robert McChesney & John N. Hite 1859 Sep 13 Land deeded between J.C. Echard & Samuel Payne 1860 Dec 24 Land deeded between John & Elizabeth Echard & James F. Hite 1865 Oct 31 Land surveyed for Robert Craig & John N. Hite by Jas. H. Callison 1872 Mar 1 Land deeded between James F. Hite & John N. Hite 1874 Oct 23 Land deeded between T.C. Rice Brubeck, Robert B. Brubeck & Amanda Brubeck & John N. Hite 1881 Sep 21 Land deeded between Henry C. Hite & John N. Hite 1882 Dec 5 Land deeded between John Weir & John H. Hite 1894 Jan 30 Land deeded between John & Elizabeth Hite & Henry C. Hite 1894 Feb 12 Land deeded between Jane & John R. Mines & John N. Hite 1894 Aug 13 Land deeded between James Bumgardner, Jr.; Fitzhugh Elder: Trustees of William H. Wilson & John N. Hite 1901 May 7 Misc. papers ca. 1807-1901 Ledgers Index. Tables showing tolls received, wheat sowed and harvested, part produced, etc. 1846 [1852-1864] 1912 1 Index 1854-1860 2 Index 1860-1868 3 Index. Special accounts of tolls on William Smiley's & J.B. Schultz's grain 1869-1875 4 No index. Chiefly for Abarrel "accounts" 1876-1888 5 Index 1880-1891 6 Account Ledger of "T. M. Smiley's Mill" (183 pages w/ [partial] index) 1891-1901 7 James Miller and William Miller - land deeded to William Gale 1811 Oct 22 Oversize Land grant to Robert McChesney 1840 Nov 3 Oversize Harvey Paine and wife - land deeded to Robert McChesney 1842 Oct 4 Oversize