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Also known as the \"Freedmen's Bureau,\" this agency was responsible for aiding refugees of the Civil War, especially formerly enslaved people in the areas of education, employment, and health care. Meant to last for only one year after the war, the Bureau was largely operational from June 1865 to December 1868, and officially abolished in 1872.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedmen's Contracts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLocal offices of the Freedmen's Bureau assisted in drawing up contracts between formerly enslaved people and employers. These contracts were meant to ensure that the formerly enslaved were accorded fair and legal work contracts that included precise terms of employment. However, because many formerly enslaved people were forced to enter into arrangements with former enslavers, arrangements could be largely ignored or abused. They eventually morphed into sharecropping and debt peonage. Contracts usually specify the dates of the expected employment, the occupation of the employee, expected wages and housing arrangements, and any rent that was to be paid to the employer. These records were generated by the federal government and therefore many are housed in the National Archives, however a few localities retained possession of these records in their courthouses after the dissolution of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1872. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedmen's Apprenticeship Indentures \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the fall of 1865, the Freedmen's Bureau assumed responsibility as the governing body for apprenticeship indentures and oversaw the binding out of children of formerly enslaved people to indenture holders. Although these contracts were generated by the federal government, a few localities retained possession and they were filed in the courthouse as Freedmen's Bureau records. 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Although these contracts were generated by the federal government, a few localities retained possession and they were filed in the courthouse as Freedmen's Bureau records. They typically contain the name of the person or institution binding out, the person to whom bound, the name of the person being indentured, the length of the apprenticeship, and the responsibilities of the person taking on the indenture.","Locality History:  Brunswick County was named for the duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg, one of the German possessions of King George I. It was formed by statute in 1720 from Prince George County and on 31 October 1723 the boundaries of the county were ordered to be laid out, but, because of the sparse population, the county court first met in June 1732. Brunswick County was enlarged by the addition of parts of Surry and Isle of Wight Counties in 1733. The county seat is Lawrenceville."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBrunswick County (Va.) 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Free and Enslaved Records, 1823-1862 ","Records related to free and enslaved people of Brunswick County (Va.) and other localities are available through the  Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection   on the Library of Virginia website.","Additional Brunswick County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia.  Consult  \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm\"  found on the Library of Virginia's web site.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBrunswick County (Va.) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1865-1868, consist of Freedmen's Contracts and Freedmen's Apprenticeship Indentures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedmen's Contracts, consist of employment contracts between formerly enslaved African Americans and their employers. 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They are contractual agreements between the indenture holder and agents of the Freedmen's Bureau. They stipulate the amount the indenture holder agreed to pay to the Freedmen's Bureau in exchange for the child to be bound to them by the Freedmen's Bureau; length of apprenticeship; and a statement of the obligations and responsibilities of each party. 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Please use microfilm if available.","Please see  Brunswick County Microfilm   index in the Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm available on the Library of Virginia website for full listing.","Unidentified Blacksmith and Drummondsburg Plantation Account Book, 1850-1870 is available as microfilm Brunswick County (Va.) Reel 137.","This collection is arranged into nine series: Series I: Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association Contract Book, 1921-1924\n  Series II: Unidentified Blacksmith and Drummondsburg Plantation Account Book, 1850-1870\n  Series III: Business Records of Thomas C. Proctor, 1862-1879 Series IV: Bank of Lawrenceville Records, 1892-1927 Series V: Brunswick Bank and Trust Company Records, 1931-1938 Series VI: Brunswick County State Bank Certificate of Deposit Register, 1923-1930 Series VII: Unidentified Blacksmith Shop Account Book, 1813-1815 Series VII: Unidentified Blacksmith Shop Ledger, 1842-1846 Series IX: Brunswick County Business Records, 1795-1902","Context for Record Type:  Business Records, both volumes and loose records, are in some cases transferred to the Library of Virginia as components of court record transfers. These business records in some cases were simply stored in the local court building for safe keeping by business owners. In other cases, business records (particularly ledgers, account books, etc.) may have been filed in a court case as an exhibit. These business record exhibits appeared both in chancery causes and in judgments, these records serving as exhibits for business dissolution cases, debt suits, and contract disputes.\n","Locality History:  Brunswick County was named for the duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg, one of the German possessions of King George I. It was formed by statute in 1720 from Prince George County and on 31 October 1723 the boundaries of the county were ordered to be laid out, but, because of the sparse population, the county court first met in June 1732. Brunswick County was enlarged by the addition of parts of Surry and Isle of Wight Counties in 1733. The county seat is Lawrenceville. Area: 566.1 square miles. Population: 18,419 (2000), 18,400 (2005 estimate.)\n","Lost Records Locality:  Brunswick County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Created in 1720 (county government established in June 1732). Most loose records prior to 1781 are missing. Pre-1781 volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.\n","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.","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.","Encoded by C. Freed, August 2024\n","See also: A Guide to the Brunswick County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1781-1942 (bulk 1840-1916)","Additional Brunswick County (Va.) records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult  \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"","Brunswick County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Brunswick County records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Digital Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available at Virginia Memory.","For additional information, Consult Tri-State Growers Association Records, 1921-1927. Southern Historical Records Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.","Brunswick County (Va.) Business Records, 1795-1938, are comprised of various records created by individuals and companies in pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Brunswick County (Va.) Represented records consist of bound volumes such as a contract book, account books, ledgers, a scratcher, registers, a cashbook and loose records.\n","Historical Information: The Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association was a non-profit association of tobacco farmers organized in North Carolina in 1921 and administered by a board of twenty-five directors in Raleigh. It was organized \"for the purpose of promoting, fostering, and encouraging the business of marketing tobacco cooperatively: for reducing speculation; for stabilizing the local tobacco markets; for cooperatively and collectively handling the problems of tobacco growers, and for other pertinent purposes.\"\n","Scope and Content: Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association Contract Book, 1921-1924. The contract book contains the names of farmers who signed contracts, their address (name of community), the date of the contract, the number of pounds and type of tobacco (dark or bright) they pledged to produce each year, and the amount of acreage they planned to use to produce it. Index included. The book also contains the printed terms of marketing agreement made between tobacco growers and the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, recorded at the county court 1924 July 1.\n","Historical Information: Unidentified Blacksmith and Drummondsburg Plantation Account Book, 1850-1870, records financial transactions of an unidentified blacksmith shop and a farm called Drummondsburg Plantation.\n","Scope and Content: Unidentified Blacksmith Accounts, 1850-1854, record the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found includes date of transaction, services rendered or items sold, form of payment, and amount owed or paid. Services rendered include shoeing horses, setting axles, sharpening farm implements, and repairing tools and wagons. Includes index.\n","Drummondsburg Plantation Accounts, 1863-1870, record the accounts of individuals who purchased goods from the plantation and individuals who worked on the farm. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found includes date of transaction, goods purchased, form of payment, amount owed or paid, wages paid to laborers, number of days missed, and reasons for loss labor. Several laborers on farm were former enslaved individuals. Forms of payment include cash, credit, and barter.\n","Historical Information:  Thomas C. Proctor was a saddler who did business in and around Brunswick County in the mid-nineteenth century. He owned a tannery business.","Scope and Content:  The business records of Thomas C. Proctor, 1862-1879, consist of a ledger and an account book. ","Thomas C. Proctor's tannery ledger, 1870-1879, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order merchandise purchased and services rendered and the amount owed and paid. Payments were made in cash and bartered services such as hauling timber or leather. Merchandise sold include French calf skin, mule harnesses, saddles, buggy whips, and other leather goods. The volume also includes numerous loose materials such as personal letters and account records.","Thomas C. Proctor's tannery ledger, 1870-1879, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order merchandise purchased and services rendered and the amount owed and paid. Payments were made in cash and bartered services such as hauling timber or leather. Merchandise sold include French calf skin, mule harnesses, saddles, buggy whips, and other leather goods. The volume also includes numerous loose materials such as personal letters and account records.","The account book, 1862-1877, of Thomas C. Proctor is a business ledger, likely related to Proctor's tannery business. Information included in the book records the amount of stock on hand, number of sales for each year, and individual customer transactions. The volume includes a few loose documents, including two letters to Proctor. The inside cover of the book has \"Lawrenceville Division of Sons of Temperance No. 453 May 22nd 1851\" written on it, but this appears to be unrelated to the rest of the account book.\n","The account book, 1862-1877, of Thomas C. Proctor is a business ledger, likely related to Proctor's tannery business. Information included in the book records the amount of stock on hand, number of sales for each year, and individual customer transactions. The volume includes a few loose documents, including two letters to Proctor. The inside cover of the book has \"Lawrenceville Division of Sons of Temperance No. 453 May 22nd 1851\" written on it, but this appears to be unrelated to the rest of the account book.\n","See also: Brunswick County (Va.) Chancery Cause 1884-025: William E. Proctor etc. vs. Admr. of Thomas C. Proctor etc.","Historical Information: The Bank of Lawrenceville operated in Brunswick County in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries. ","Scope and Content:  The Bank of Lawrenceville Records, 1892-1927, consist of an individual scratcher, 2 general ledgers, 2 individual ledgers and a liability ledger. ","Bank of Lawrenceville Individual Scratcher B, 1892-1894. The purpose of the ledger is unknown. Each page in the ledger is divided into two columns with individual names listed in each column and a cash amount by each name. A total cash amount is listed at the bottom of each column. The ledger was updated on a daily basis.","Bank of Lawrenceville General Ledger 3, 1899-1903, records on a daily basis the bank's controlling accounts such as assets (individual deposits, capital stock, etc.,) and liabilities (loans and discounts, taxes, expenses, etc.)\n","Bank of Lawrenceville Individual Ledger G, 1901-1902, records the individual checking accounts of the bank's customers. Each entry records on a daily basis withdrawals and deposits.","Bank of Lawrenceville Individual Ledger K, 1907-1909, records the individual checking accounts of the bank's customers. Each entry records on a daily basis withdrawals and deposits.","Bank of Lawrenceville General Ledger 6, 1913-1918, records on a daily basis the bank's controlling accounts such as assets (individual deposits, capital stock, etc.,) and liabilities (loans and discounts, taxes, expenses, etc.)","Bank of Lawrenceville Liability Ledger, 1918-1927, records outstanding loans of bank's customers. Entries are entered in alphabetical order by customer's surname. Each entry lists date of loan, payer of loan (maker or endorser), date due, and date paid by maker of loan or by endorser of loan.\n","Historical Information: The Brunswick Bank and Trust Company was built in 1924 and operated at 219 North Main Street in Lawrenceville, Virginia during the early 20th century. \n","Scope and Content: Brunswick Bank and Trust Company Records, 1931-1938, consist of a general ledger and a receivership register and cashbook.\n","Brunswick Bank and Trust Company General Ledger 2, 1931-1934, records on a daily basis the bank's controlling accounts both resources and liabilities.","Brunswick Bank and Trust Company Receivership Register and Cashbook, 1934-1938, records a failed institution's complete details. When a bank is placed in receivership, it is deemed to have failed and is legally closed by the state banking authority. An independent third party, known as a receiver is appointed by the court to manage the bank's assets amd distribute them to its creditors. The register notes the bank's assets, liabilities and ongoing liquidation or resolution activities.","The cashbook records the payments received from individual customers for purchases of merchandise and payments of the company's expenses","Historical Information: The Brunswick County State Bank was built in 1922 and operated at 132 West Hicks Street in Lawrenceville, Virginia in the early 20th century.\n","Scope and Content: Brunswick County State Bank Certificate of Deposit Register, 1923-1930, records certificates of deposit issued to individual customers. Each entry lists the number and cash amount of the certificate of deposit, date issued, and the date of maturity. \n","Historical Information: The unidentified Blacksmith shop operated in Brunswick County in the early 19th century.\n","Scope and Content: Unidentified Blacksmith Shop Account Book, 1813-1815,  records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order services rendered and the amount owed and paid by the customer. Services performed by the blacksmith shop include shoeing horses, mending scythe blades, making hooks, and pointing plows, axes, and hoes. The volume is in poor condition.\n","Historical Information: The unidentified Blacksmith shop operated perhaps by the Turnbull family in the town of Lawrenceville in Brunswick County in the mid-19th century. \n","Scope and Content: Unidentified Blacksmith Shop Ledger, 1842-1846,  records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order services rendered and the amount owed by the customer. Ledger also records expenses paid by blacksmith shop including purchase of coal and payment of wages. Services performed by the blacksmith shop include shoeing horses, repairing carriage wheels, making nails and keys, and pointing plows and hoes.\n","Historical Information: The various businesses found within the box files operated in Brunswick County from the late 18th century to the early 20th century.  \n","Scope and Content: The Brunswick County Business Records, 1795-1902, are comprised of seven folders, reflecting the loose records of eight businesses, found within a single Hollinger box. The following series are:\n","Blick and Morgan, 1812,  a retail business with records found in one folder. Comprised of individual customer receipts and accounts listed by month and date. Accounts indicate items purchased such as plates, nails, chairs, brandy, playing cards, tea, pins, shoes, glass and different fabric types.  Accounts also include amount of items purchased and pricing with reference to amounts owed and payments made. \n","Lawrenceville Wood Working Company, 1902, with records found in one folder. Describes the charter for a joint stock company. Company operates saw mills and a lumber planing business focused on cutting, selling and manufacturing wood and lumber of all kinds. \n","Pope and Thomas, Peebles, Plummer and Company, Peebles and White, 1851-1874, 1860-1874, retail businesses with records found in two folders. ","Ben E. Pope and Willie F. Thomas were merchants from Southampton County, Virginia. Included are a list of various receipts and a list of bonds due (1859-1867) from claims against individuals owing money.\n","Peebles and White and Peebles, Plummer and Company include receipts for items purchased, claims due, a list of bonds involving suing individuals for money owed, correspondence with their attorney and papers related to a business settlement. \n","David Robertson and Peter Pride Jr., 1798-1820, merchants with records found in one folder. Included are various accounts and receipts regarding the operation of Robertson's plantaion.  Peter Pride Jr was his overseer.  Accounts mention the employment of enslaved individuals. \n","James Ruffin Seward, 1845-1867, operated a retail business with records found in one folder. Records include a list of debts due, itemized accounts from individuals--noting items bought such as coffee, bacon, sugar, shoes, candy, buttons and thread and balance due and receipts.\n","Trotter and Quarles, 1795-1815, merchants with records found in one folder. Included are itemized accounts from individuals--items bought and balance due, receipts, correspondence and accounts with individuals using enslaved labor. \n","There are no restrictions.\n","State Records Center; Library of Virginia\n","English\n"],"collection_title_tesim":["Brunswick County (Va.) Business Records, \n1795-1938"],"collection_ssim":["Brunswick County (Va.) Business Records, \n1795-1938"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Brunswick County (Va.) Circuit Court\n"],"creator_ssim":["Brunswick County (Va.) Circuit Court\n"],"acqinfo_ssim":["These records came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Brunswick County in an undated accession.\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["15 volumes, 1 microfilm reel and 1 box (.45 cu. ft.)"],"extent_tesim":["15 volumes, 1 microfilm reel and 1 box (.45 cu. ft.)"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMany of the business volumes are fragile and should not be handled, \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eplease check alternative formats for volumes that have been microfilmed. Please use microfilm if available.\u003c/emph\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions\n"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Many of the business volumes are fragile and should not be handled,  please check alternative formats for volumes that have been microfilmed. Please use microfilm if available."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePlease see \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA039\"\u003eBrunswick County Microfilm \u003c/extref\u003e index in the Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm available on the Library of Virginia website for full listing.\u003c/emph\u003e \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified Blacksmith and Drummondsburg Plantation Account Book, 1850-1870 is available as microfilm Brunswick County (Va.) Reel 137.\u003c/p\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Alternative Form Available\n"],"altformavail_tesim":["Please see  Brunswick County Microfilm   index in the Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm available on the Library of Virginia website for full listing.","Unidentified Blacksmith and Drummondsburg Plantation Account Book, 1850-1870 is available as microfilm Brunswick County (Va.) Reel 137."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged into nine series:\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries I: Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association Contract Book, 1921-1924\n \u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries II: Unidentified Blacksmith and Drummondsburg Plantation Account Book, 1850-1870\n \u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries III: Business Records of Thomas C. Proctor, 1862-1879\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries IV: Bank of Lawrenceville Records, 1892-1927\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries V: Brunswick Bank and Trust Company Records, 1931-1938\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries VI: Brunswick County State Bank Certificate of Deposit Register, 1923-1930\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries VII: Unidentified Blacksmith Shop Account Book, 1813-1815\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries VII: Unidentified Blacksmith Shop Ledger, 1842-1846\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries IX: Brunswick County Business Records, 1795-1902\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003c/list\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection is arranged into nine series: Series I: Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association Contract Book, 1921-1924\n  Series II: Unidentified Blacksmith and Drummondsburg Plantation Account Book, 1850-1870\n  Series III: Business Records of Thomas C. Proctor, 1862-1879 Series IV: Bank of Lawrenceville Records, 1892-1927 Series V: Brunswick Bank and Trust Company Records, 1931-1938 Series VI: Brunswick County State Bank Certificate of Deposit Register, 1923-1930 Series VII: Unidentified Blacksmith Shop Account Book, 1813-1815 Series VII: Unidentified Blacksmith Shop Ledger, 1842-1846 Series IX: Brunswick County Business Records, 1795-1902"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eContext for Record Type:\u003c/emph\u003e Business Records, both volumes and loose records, are in some cases transferred to the Library of Virginia as components of court record transfers. These business records in some cases were simply stored in the local court building for safe keeping by business owners. In other cases, business records (particularly ledgers, account books, etc.) may have been filed in a court case as an exhibit. These business record exhibits appeared both in chancery causes and in judgments, these records serving as exhibits for business dissolution cases, debt suits, and contract disputes.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLocality History:\u003c/emph\u003e Brunswick County was named for the duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg, one of the German possessions of King George I. It was formed by statute in 1720 from Prince George County and on 31 October 1723 the boundaries of the county were ordered to be laid out, but, because of the sparse population, the county court first met in June 1732. Brunswick County was enlarged by the addition of parts of Surry and Isle of Wight Counties in 1733. The county seat is Lawrenceville. Area: 566.1 square miles. Population: 18,419 (2000), 18,400 (2005 estimate.)\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLost Records Locality: \u003c/emph\u003eBrunswick County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Created in 1720 (county government established in June 1732). Most loose records prior to 1781 are missing. Pre-1781 volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Context for Record Type:  Business Records, both volumes and loose records, are in some cases transferred to the Library of Virginia as components of court record transfers. These business records in some cases were simply stored in the local court building for safe keeping by business owners. In other cases, business records (particularly ledgers, account books, etc.) may have been filed in a court case as an exhibit. These business record exhibits appeared both in chancery causes and in judgments, these records serving as exhibits for business dissolution cases, debt suits, and contract disputes.\n","Locality History:  Brunswick County was named for the duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg, one of the German possessions of King George I. It was formed by statute in 1720 from Prince George County and on 31 October 1723 the boundaries of the county were ordered to be laid out, but, because of the sparse population, the county court first met in June 1732. Brunswick County was enlarged by the addition of parts of Surry and Isle of Wight Counties in 1733. The county seat is Lawrenceville. Area: 566.1 square miles. Population: 18,419 (2000), 18,400 (2005 estimate.)\n","Lost Records Locality:  Brunswick County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Created in 1720 (county government established in June 1732). Most loose records prior to 1781 are missing. Pre-1781 volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBrunswick County (Va.) Business Records, 1795-1938. Local government records collection, Brunswick County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Brunswick County (Va.) Business Records, 1795-1938. Local government records collection, Brunswick County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.\n"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePrior 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEfforts have been taken to identify chancery causes related to these business records as some of these records were used as evidence in court proceedings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncoded by C. Freed, August 2024\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information\n"],"processinfo_tesim":["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.","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.","Encoded by C. Freed, August 2024\n"],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee also:\u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi02207.xml\"\u003eA Guide to the Brunswick County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1781-1942 (bulk 1840-1916)\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional Brunswick County (Va.) records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA039\"\u003e\"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrunswick County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Brunswick County records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Digital Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/lost\"\u003eLost Records Localities Digital Collection\u003c/extref\u003e available at Virginia Memory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor additional information, Consult Tri-State Growers Association Records, 1921-1927. Southern Historical Records Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See also: A Guide to the Brunswick County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1781-1942 (bulk 1840-1916)","Additional Brunswick County (Va.) records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult  \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"","Brunswick County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Brunswick County records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Digital Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available at Virginia Memory.","For additional information, Consult Tri-State Growers Association Records, 1921-1927. Southern Historical Records Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBrunswick County (Va.) Business Records, 1795-1938, are comprised of various records created by individuals and companies in pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Brunswick County (Va.) Represented records consist of bound volumes such as a contract book, account books, ledgers, a scratcher, registers, a cashbook and loose records.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eThe Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association was a non-profit association of tobacco farmers organized in North Carolina in 1921 and administered by a board of twenty-five directors in Raleigh. It was organized \"for the purpose of promoting, fostering, and encouraging the business of marketing tobacco cooperatively: for reducing speculation; for stabilizing the local tobacco markets; for cooperatively and collectively handling the problems of tobacco growers, and for other pertinent purposes.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content:\u003c/emph\u003eTobacco Growers Cooperative Association Contract Book, 1921-1924. The contract book contains the names of farmers who signed contracts, their address (name of community), the date of the contract, the number of pounds and type of tobacco (dark or bright) they pledged to produce each year, and the amount of acreage they planned to use to produce it. Index included. The book also contains the printed terms of marketing agreement made between tobacco growers and the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, recorded at the county court 1924 July 1.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eUnidentified Blacksmith and Drummondsburg Plantation Account Book, 1850-1870, records financial transactions of an unidentified blacksmith shop and a farm called Drummondsburg Plantation.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content:\u003c/emph\u003eUnidentified Blacksmith Accounts, 1850-1854, record the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found includes date of transaction, services rendered or items sold, form of payment, and amount owed or paid. Services rendered include shoeing horses, setting axles, sharpening farm implements, and repairing tools and wagons. Includes index.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrummondsburg Plantation Accounts, 1863-1870, record the accounts of individuals who purchased goods from the plantation and individuals who worked on the farm. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found includes date of transaction, goods purchased, form of payment, amount owed or paid, wages paid to laborers, number of days missed, and reasons for loss labor. Several laborers on farm were former enslaved individuals. Forms of payment include cash, credit, and barter.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003e Thomas C. Proctor was a saddler who did business in and around Brunswick County in the mid-nineteenth century. He owned a tannery business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content:\u003c/emph\u003e The business records of Thomas C. Proctor, 1862-1879, consist of a ledger and an account book. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas C. Proctor's tannery ledger, 1870-1879, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order merchandise purchased and services rendered and the amount owed and paid. Payments were made in cash and bartered services such as hauling timber or leather. Merchandise sold include French calf skin, mule harnesses, saddles, buggy whips, and other leather goods. The volume also includes numerous loose materials such as personal letters and account records.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas C. Proctor's tannery ledger, 1870-1879, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order merchandise purchased and services rendered and the amount owed and paid. Payments were made in cash and bartered services such as hauling timber or leather. Merchandise sold include French calf skin, mule harnesses, saddles, buggy whips, and other leather goods. The volume also includes numerous loose materials such as personal letters and account records.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe account book, 1862-1877, of Thomas C. Proctor is a business ledger, likely related to Proctor's tannery business. Information included in the book records the amount of stock on hand, number of sales for each year, and individual customer transactions. The volume includes a few loose documents, including two letters to Proctor. The inside cover of the book has \"Lawrenceville Division of Sons of Temperance No. 453 May 22nd 1851\" written on it, but this appears to be unrelated to the rest of the account book.\n\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe account book, 1862-1877, of Thomas C. Proctor is a business ledger, likely related to Proctor's tannery business. Information included in the book records the amount of stock on hand, number of sales for each year, and individual customer transactions. The volume includes a few loose documents, including two letters to Proctor. The inside cover of the book has \"Lawrenceville Division of Sons of Temperance No. 453 May 22nd 1851\" written on it, but this appears to be unrelated to the rest of the account book.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also:\u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=025-1884-025\"\u003eBrunswick County (Va.) Chancery Cause 1884-025: William E. Proctor etc. vs. Admr. of Thomas C. Proctor etc.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eThe Bank of Lawrenceville operated in Brunswick County in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content: \u003c/emph\u003eThe Bank of Lawrenceville Records, 1892-1927, consist of an individual scratcher, 2 general ledgers, 2 individual ledgers and a liability ledger. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBank of Lawrenceville Individual Scratcher B, 1892-1894. The purpose of the ledger is unknown. Each page in the ledger is divided into two columns with individual names listed in each column and a cash amount by each name. A total cash amount is listed at the bottom of each column. The ledger was updated on a daily basis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBank of Lawrenceville General Ledger 3, 1899-1903, records on a daily basis the bank's controlling accounts such as assets (individual deposits, capital stock, etc.,) and liabilities (loans and discounts, taxes, expenses, etc.)\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBank of Lawrenceville Individual Ledger G, 1901-1902, records the individual checking accounts of the bank's customers. Each entry records on a daily basis withdrawals and deposits.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBank of Lawrenceville Individual Ledger K, 1907-1909, records the individual checking accounts of the bank's customers. Each entry records on a daily basis withdrawals and deposits.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBank of Lawrenceville General Ledger 6, 1913-1918, records on a daily basis the bank's controlling accounts such as assets (individual deposits, capital stock, etc.,) and liabilities (loans and discounts, taxes, expenses, etc.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBank of Lawrenceville Liability Ledger, 1918-1927, records outstanding loans of bank's customers. Entries are entered in alphabetical order by customer's surname. Each entry lists date of loan, payer of loan (maker or endorser), date due, and date paid by maker of loan or by endorser of loan.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eThe Brunswick Bank and Trust Company was built in 1924 and operated at 219 North Main Street in Lawrenceville, Virginia during the early 20th century. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content:\u003c/emph\u003eBrunswick Bank and Trust Company Records, 1931-1938, consist of a general ledger and a receivership register and cashbook.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrunswick Bank and Trust Company General Ledger 2, 1931-1934, records on a daily basis the bank's controlling accounts both resources and liabilities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrunswick Bank and Trust Company Receivership Register and Cashbook, 1934-1938, records a failed institution's complete details. When a bank is placed in receivership, it is deemed to have failed and is legally closed by the state banking authority. An independent third party, known as a receiver is appointed by the court to manage the bank's assets amd distribute them to its creditors. The register notes the bank's assets, liabilities and ongoing liquidation or resolution activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe cashbook records the payments received from individual customers for purchases of merchandise and payments of the company's expenses\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eThe Brunswick County State Bank was built in 1922 and operated at 132 West Hicks Street in Lawrenceville, Virginia in the early 20th century.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content:\u003c/emph\u003eBrunswick County State Bank Certificate of Deposit Register, 1923-1930, records certificates of deposit issued to individual customers. Each entry lists the number and cash amount of the certificate of deposit, date issued, and the date of maturity. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eThe unidentified Blacksmith shop operated in Brunswick County in the early 19th century.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content:\u003c/emph\u003eUnidentified Blacksmith Shop Account Book, 1813-1815,  records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order services rendered and the amount owed and paid by the customer. Services performed by the blacksmith shop include shoeing horses, mending scythe blades, making hooks, and pointing plows, axes, and hoes. The volume is in poor condition.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eThe unidentified Blacksmith shop operated perhaps by the Turnbull family in the town of Lawrenceville in Brunswick County in the mid-19th century. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content:\u003c/emph\u003eUnidentified Blacksmith Shop Ledger, 1842-1846,  records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order services rendered and the amount owed by the customer. Ledger also records expenses paid by blacksmith shop including purchase of coal and payment of wages. Services performed by the blacksmith shop include shoeing horses, repairing carriage wheels, making nails and keys, and pointing plows and hoes.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eThe various businesses found within the box files operated in Brunswick County from the late 18th century to the early 20th century.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content:\u003c/emph\u003eThe Brunswick County Business Records, 1795-1902, are comprised of seven folders, reflecting the loose records of eight businesses, found within a single Hollinger box. The following series are:\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlick and Morgan, 1812,  a retail business with records found in one folder. Comprised of individual customer receipts and accounts listed by month and date. Accounts indicate items purchased such as plates, nails, chairs, brandy, playing cards, tea, pins, shoes, glass and different fabric types.  Accounts also include amount of items purchased and pricing with reference to amounts owed and payments made. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawrenceville Wood Working Company, 1902, with records found in one folder. Describes the charter for a joint stock company. Company operates saw mills and a lumber planing business focused on cutting, selling and manufacturing wood and lumber of all kinds. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePope and Thomas, Peebles, Plummer and Company, Peebles and White, 1851-1874, 1860-1874, retail businesses with records found in two folders. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBen E. Pope and Willie F. Thomas were merchants from Southampton County, Virginia. Included are a list of various receipts and a list of bonds due (1859-1867) from claims against individuals owing money.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeebles and White and Peebles, Plummer and Company include receipts for items purchased, claims due, a list of bonds involving suing individuals for money owed, correspondence with their attorney and papers related to a business settlement. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavid Robertson and Peter Pride Jr., 1798-1820, merchants with records found in one folder. Included are various accounts and receipts regarding the operation of Robertson's plantaion.  Peter Pride Jr was his overseer.  Accounts mention the employment of enslaved individuals. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Ruffin Seward, 1845-1867, operated a retail business with records found in one folder. Records include a list of debts due, itemized accounts from individuals--noting items bought such as coffee, bacon, sugar, shoes, candy, buttons and thread and balance due and receipts.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTrotter and Quarles, 1795-1815, merchants with records found in one folder. Included are itemized accounts from individuals--items bought and balance due, receipts, correspondence and accounts with individuals using enslaved labor. \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Brunswick County (Va.) Business Records, 1795-1938, are comprised of various records created by individuals and companies in pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Brunswick County (Va.) Represented records consist of bound volumes such as a contract book, account books, ledgers, a scratcher, registers, a cashbook and loose records.\n","Historical Information: The Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association was a non-profit association of tobacco farmers organized in North Carolina in 1921 and administered by a board of twenty-five directors in Raleigh. It was organized \"for the purpose of promoting, fostering, and encouraging the business of marketing tobacco cooperatively: for reducing speculation; for stabilizing the local tobacco markets; for cooperatively and collectively handling the problems of tobacco growers, and for other pertinent purposes.\"\n","Scope and Content: Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association Contract Book, 1921-1924. The contract book contains the names of farmers who signed contracts, their address (name of community), the date of the contract, the number of pounds and type of tobacco (dark or bright) they pledged to produce each year, and the amount of acreage they planned to use to produce it. Index included. The book also contains the printed terms of marketing agreement made between tobacco growers and the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, recorded at the county court 1924 July 1.\n","Historical Information: Unidentified Blacksmith and Drummondsburg Plantation Account Book, 1850-1870, records financial transactions of an unidentified blacksmith shop and a farm called Drummondsburg Plantation.\n","Scope and Content: Unidentified Blacksmith Accounts, 1850-1854, record the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found includes date of transaction, services rendered or items sold, form of payment, and amount owed or paid. Services rendered include shoeing horses, setting axles, sharpening farm implements, and repairing tools and wagons. Includes index.\n","Drummondsburg Plantation Accounts, 1863-1870, record the accounts of individuals who purchased goods from the plantation and individuals who worked on the farm. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found includes date of transaction, goods purchased, form of payment, amount owed or paid, wages paid to laborers, number of days missed, and reasons for loss labor. Several laborers on farm were former enslaved individuals. Forms of payment include cash, credit, and barter.\n","Historical Information:  Thomas C. Proctor was a saddler who did business in and around Brunswick County in the mid-nineteenth century. He owned a tannery business.","Scope and Content:  The business records of Thomas C. Proctor, 1862-1879, consist of a ledger and an account book. ","Thomas C. Proctor's tannery ledger, 1870-1879, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order merchandise purchased and services rendered and the amount owed and paid. Payments were made in cash and bartered services such as hauling timber or leather. Merchandise sold include French calf skin, mule harnesses, saddles, buggy whips, and other leather goods. The volume also includes numerous loose materials such as personal letters and account records.","Thomas C. Proctor's tannery ledger, 1870-1879, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order merchandise purchased and services rendered and the amount owed and paid. Payments were made in cash and bartered services such as hauling timber or leather. Merchandise sold include French calf skin, mule harnesses, saddles, buggy whips, and other leather goods. The volume also includes numerous loose materials such as personal letters and account records.","The account book, 1862-1877, of Thomas C. Proctor is a business ledger, likely related to Proctor's tannery business. Information included in the book records the amount of stock on hand, number of sales for each year, and individual customer transactions. The volume includes a few loose documents, including two letters to Proctor. The inside cover of the book has \"Lawrenceville Division of Sons of Temperance No. 453 May 22nd 1851\" written on it, but this appears to be unrelated to the rest of the account book.\n","The account book, 1862-1877, of Thomas C. Proctor is a business ledger, likely related to Proctor's tannery business. Information included in the book records the amount of stock on hand, number of sales for each year, and individual customer transactions. The volume includes a few loose documents, including two letters to Proctor. The inside cover of the book has \"Lawrenceville Division of Sons of Temperance No. 453 May 22nd 1851\" written on it, but this appears to be unrelated to the rest of the account book.\n","See also: Brunswick County (Va.) Chancery Cause 1884-025: William E. Proctor etc. vs. Admr. of Thomas C. Proctor etc.","Historical Information: The Bank of Lawrenceville operated in Brunswick County in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries. ","Scope and Content:  The Bank of Lawrenceville Records, 1892-1927, consist of an individual scratcher, 2 general ledgers, 2 individual ledgers and a liability ledger. ","Bank of Lawrenceville Individual Scratcher B, 1892-1894. The purpose of the ledger is unknown. Each page in the ledger is divided into two columns with individual names listed in each column and a cash amount by each name. A total cash amount is listed at the bottom of each column. The ledger was updated on a daily basis.","Bank of Lawrenceville General Ledger 3, 1899-1903, records on a daily basis the bank's controlling accounts such as assets (individual deposits, capital stock, etc.,) and liabilities (loans and discounts, taxes, expenses, etc.)\n","Bank of Lawrenceville Individual Ledger G, 1901-1902, records the individual checking accounts of the bank's customers. Each entry records on a daily basis withdrawals and deposits.","Bank of Lawrenceville Individual Ledger K, 1907-1909, records the individual checking accounts of the bank's customers. Each entry records on a daily basis withdrawals and deposits.","Bank of Lawrenceville General Ledger 6, 1913-1918, records on a daily basis the bank's controlling accounts such as assets (individual deposits, capital stock, etc.,) and liabilities (loans and discounts, taxes, expenses, etc.)","Bank of Lawrenceville Liability Ledger, 1918-1927, records outstanding loans of bank's customers. Entries are entered in alphabetical order by customer's surname. Each entry lists date of loan, payer of loan (maker or endorser), date due, and date paid by maker of loan or by endorser of loan.\n","Historical Information: The Brunswick Bank and Trust Company was built in 1924 and operated at 219 North Main Street in Lawrenceville, Virginia during the early 20th century. \n","Scope and Content: Brunswick Bank and Trust Company Records, 1931-1938, consist of a general ledger and a receivership register and cashbook.\n","Brunswick Bank and Trust Company General Ledger 2, 1931-1934, records on a daily basis the bank's controlling accounts both resources and liabilities.","Brunswick Bank and Trust Company Receivership Register and Cashbook, 1934-1938, records a failed institution's complete details. When a bank is placed in receivership, it is deemed to have failed and is legally closed by the state banking authority. An independent third party, known as a receiver is appointed by the court to manage the bank's assets amd distribute them to its creditors. The register notes the bank's assets, liabilities and ongoing liquidation or resolution activities.","The cashbook records the payments received from individual customers for purchases of merchandise and payments of the company's expenses","Historical Information: The Brunswick County State Bank was built in 1922 and operated at 132 West Hicks Street in Lawrenceville, Virginia in the early 20th century.\n","Scope and Content: Brunswick County State Bank Certificate of Deposit Register, 1923-1930, records certificates of deposit issued to individual customers. Each entry lists the number and cash amount of the certificate of deposit, date issued, and the date of maturity. \n","Historical Information: The unidentified Blacksmith shop operated in Brunswick County in the early 19th century.\n","Scope and Content: Unidentified Blacksmith Shop Account Book, 1813-1815,  records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order services rendered and the amount owed and paid by the customer. Services performed by the blacksmith shop include shoeing horses, mending scythe blades, making hooks, and pointing plows, axes, and hoes. The volume is in poor condition.\n","Historical Information: The unidentified Blacksmith shop operated perhaps by the Turnbull family in the town of Lawrenceville in Brunswick County in the mid-19th century. \n","Scope and Content: Unidentified Blacksmith Shop Ledger, 1842-1846,  records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order services rendered and the amount owed by the customer. Ledger also records expenses paid by blacksmith shop including purchase of coal and payment of wages. Services performed by the blacksmith shop include shoeing horses, repairing carriage wheels, making nails and keys, and pointing plows and hoes.\n","Historical Information: The various businesses found within the box files operated in Brunswick County from the late 18th century to the early 20th century.  \n","Scope and Content: The Brunswick County Business Records, 1795-1902, are comprised of seven folders, reflecting the loose records of eight businesses, found within a single Hollinger box. The following series are:\n","Blick and Morgan, 1812,  a retail business with records found in one folder. Comprised of individual customer receipts and accounts listed by month and date. Accounts indicate items purchased such as plates, nails, chairs, brandy, playing cards, tea, pins, shoes, glass and different fabric types.  Accounts also include amount of items purchased and pricing with reference to amounts owed and payments made. \n","Lawrenceville Wood Working Company, 1902, with records found in one folder. Describes the charter for a joint stock company. Company operates saw mills and a lumber planing business focused on cutting, selling and manufacturing wood and lumber of all kinds. \n","Pope and Thomas, Peebles, Plummer and Company, Peebles and White, 1851-1874, 1860-1874, retail businesses with records found in two folders. ","Ben E. Pope and Willie F. Thomas were merchants from Southampton County, Virginia. Included are a list of various receipts and a list of bonds due (1859-1867) from claims against individuals owing money.\n","Peebles and White and Peebles, Plummer and Company include receipts for items purchased, claims due, a list of bonds involving suing individuals for money owed, correspondence with their attorney and papers related to a business settlement. \n","David Robertson and Peter Pride Jr., 1798-1820, merchants with records found in one folder. Included are various accounts and receipts regarding the operation of Robertson's plantaion.  Peter Pride Jr was his overseer.  Accounts mention the employment of enslaved individuals. \n","James Ruffin Seward, 1845-1867, operated a retail business with records found in one folder. Records include a list of debts due, itemized accounts from individuals--noting items bought such as coffee, bacon, sugar, shoes, candy, buttons and thread and balance due and receipts.\n","Trotter and Quarles, 1795-1815, merchants with records found in one folder. Included are itemized accounts from individuals--items bought and balance due, receipts, correspondence and accounts with individuals using enslaved labor. \n"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eState Records Center; Library of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Center; Library of Virginia\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":25,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T08:42:13.347Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi05391","ead_ssi":"vi_vi05391","_root_":"vi_vi05391","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi05391","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi05391.xml","title_ssm":["Brunswick County (Va.) Business Records, \n1795-1938"],"title_tesim":["Brunswick County (Va.) Business Records, \n1795-1938"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Brunswick County (Va.) Business Records, \n1795-1938"],"text":["Brunswick County (Va.) Business Records, \n1795-1938","Many of the business volumes are fragile and should not be handled,  please check alternative formats for volumes that have been microfilmed. Please use microfilm if available.","Please see  Brunswick County Microfilm   index in the Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm available on the Library of Virginia website for full listing.","Unidentified Blacksmith and Drummondsburg Plantation Account Book, 1850-1870 is available as microfilm Brunswick County (Va.) Reel 137.","This collection is arranged into nine series: Series I: Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association Contract Book, 1921-1924\n  Series II: Unidentified Blacksmith and Drummondsburg Plantation Account Book, 1850-1870\n  Series III: Business Records of Thomas C. Proctor, 1862-1879 Series IV: Bank of Lawrenceville Records, 1892-1927 Series V: Brunswick Bank and Trust Company Records, 1931-1938 Series VI: Brunswick County State Bank Certificate of Deposit Register, 1923-1930 Series VII: Unidentified Blacksmith Shop Account Book, 1813-1815 Series VII: Unidentified Blacksmith Shop Ledger, 1842-1846 Series IX: Brunswick County Business Records, 1795-1902","Context for Record Type:  Business Records, both volumes and loose records, are in some cases transferred to the Library of Virginia as components of court record transfers. These business records in some cases were simply stored in the local court building for safe keeping by business owners. In other cases, business records (particularly ledgers, account books, etc.) may have been filed in a court case as an exhibit. These business record exhibits appeared both in chancery causes and in judgments, these records serving as exhibits for business dissolution cases, debt suits, and contract disputes.\n","Locality History:  Brunswick County was named for the duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg, one of the German possessions of King George I. It was formed by statute in 1720 from Prince George County and on 31 October 1723 the boundaries of the county were ordered to be laid out, but, because of the sparse population, the county court first met in June 1732. Brunswick County was enlarged by the addition of parts of Surry and Isle of Wight Counties in 1733. The county seat is Lawrenceville. Area: 566.1 square miles. Population: 18,419 (2000), 18,400 (2005 estimate.)\n","Lost Records Locality:  Brunswick County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Created in 1720 (county government established in June 1732). Most loose records prior to 1781 are missing. Pre-1781 volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.\n","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.","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.","Encoded by C. Freed, August 2024\n","See also: A Guide to the Brunswick County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1781-1942 (bulk 1840-1916)","Additional Brunswick County (Va.) records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult  \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"","Brunswick County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Brunswick County records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Digital Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available at Virginia Memory.","For additional information, Consult Tri-State Growers Association Records, 1921-1927. Southern Historical Records Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.","Brunswick County (Va.) Business Records, 1795-1938, are comprised of various records created by individuals and companies in pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Brunswick County (Va.) Represented records consist of bound volumes such as a contract book, account books, ledgers, a scratcher, registers, a cashbook and loose records.\n","Historical Information: The Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association was a non-profit association of tobacco farmers organized in North Carolina in 1921 and administered by a board of twenty-five directors in Raleigh. It was organized \"for the purpose of promoting, fostering, and encouraging the business of marketing tobacco cooperatively: for reducing speculation; for stabilizing the local tobacco markets; for cooperatively and collectively handling the problems of tobacco growers, and for other pertinent purposes.\"\n","Scope and Content: Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association Contract Book, 1921-1924. The contract book contains the names of farmers who signed contracts, their address (name of community), the date of the contract, the number of pounds and type of tobacco (dark or bright) they pledged to produce each year, and the amount of acreage they planned to use to produce it. Index included. The book also contains the printed terms of marketing agreement made between tobacco growers and the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, recorded at the county court 1924 July 1.\n","Historical Information: Unidentified Blacksmith and Drummondsburg Plantation Account Book, 1850-1870, records financial transactions of an unidentified blacksmith shop and a farm called Drummondsburg Plantation.\n","Scope and Content: Unidentified Blacksmith Accounts, 1850-1854, record the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found includes date of transaction, services rendered or items sold, form of payment, and amount owed or paid. Services rendered include shoeing horses, setting axles, sharpening farm implements, and repairing tools and wagons. Includes index.\n","Drummondsburg Plantation Accounts, 1863-1870, record the accounts of individuals who purchased goods from the plantation and individuals who worked on the farm. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found includes date of transaction, goods purchased, form of payment, amount owed or paid, wages paid to laborers, number of days missed, and reasons for loss labor. Several laborers on farm were former enslaved individuals. Forms of payment include cash, credit, and barter.\n","Historical Information:  Thomas C. Proctor was a saddler who did business in and around Brunswick County in the mid-nineteenth century. He owned a tannery business.","Scope and Content:  The business records of Thomas C. Proctor, 1862-1879, consist of a ledger and an account book. ","Thomas C. Proctor's tannery ledger, 1870-1879, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order merchandise purchased and services rendered and the amount owed and paid. Payments were made in cash and bartered services such as hauling timber or leather. Merchandise sold include French calf skin, mule harnesses, saddles, buggy whips, and other leather goods. The volume also includes numerous loose materials such as personal letters and account records.","Thomas C. Proctor's tannery ledger, 1870-1879, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order merchandise purchased and services rendered and the amount owed and paid. Payments were made in cash and bartered services such as hauling timber or leather. Merchandise sold include French calf skin, mule harnesses, saddles, buggy whips, and other leather goods. The volume also includes numerous loose materials such as personal letters and account records.","The account book, 1862-1877, of Thomas C. Proctor is a business ledger, likely related to Proctor's tannery business. Information included in the book records the amount of stock on hand, number of sales for each year, and individual customer transactions. The volume includes a few loose documents, including two letters to Proctor. The inside cover of the book has \"Lawrenceville Division of Sons of Temperance No. 453 May 22nd 1851\" written on it, but this appears to be unrelated to the rest of the account book.\n","The account book, 1862-1877, of Thomas C. Proctor is a business ledger, likely related to Proctor's tannery business. Information included in the book records the amount of stock on hand, number of sales for each year, and individual customer transactions. The volume includes a few loose documents, including two letters to Proctor. The inside cover of the book has \"Lawrenceville Division of Sons of Temperance No. 453 May 22nd 1851\" written on it, but this appears to be unrelated to the rest of the account book.\n","See also: Brunswick County (Va.) Chancery Cause 1884-025: William E. Proctor etc. vs. Admr. of Thomas C. Proctor etc.","Historical Information: The Bank of Lawrenceville operated in Brunswick County in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries. ","Scope and Content:  The Bank of Lawrenceville Records, 1892-1927, consist of an individual scratcher, 2 general ledgers, 2 individual ledgers and a liability ledger. ","Bank of Lawrenceville Individual Scratcher B, 1892-1894. The purpose of the ledger is unknown. Each page in the ledger is divided into two columns with individual names listed in each column and a cash amount by each name. A total cash amount is listed at the bottom of each column. The ledger was updated on a daily basis.","Bank of Lawrenceville General Ledger 3, 1899-1903, records on a daily basis the bank's controlling accounts such as assets (individual deposits, capital stock, etc.,) and liabilities (loans and discounts, taxes, expenses, etc.)\n","Bank of Lawrenceville Individual Ledger G, 1901-1902, records the individual checking accounts of the bank's customers. Each entry records on a daily basis withdrawals and deposits.","Bank of Lawrenceville Individual Ledger K, 1907-1909, records the individual checking accounts of the bank's customers. Each entry records on a daily basis withdrawals and deposits.","Bank of Lawrenceville General Ledger 6, 1913-1918, records on a daily basis the bank's controlling accounts such as assets (individual deposits, capital stock, etc.,) and liabilities (loans and discounts, taxes, expenses, etc.)","Bank of Lawrenceville Liability Ledger, 1918-1927, records outstanding loans of bank's customers. Entries are entered in alphabetical order by customer's surname. Each entry lists date of loan, payer of loan (maker or endorser), date due, and date paid by maker of loan or by endorser of loan.\n","Historical Information: The Brunswick Bank and Trust Company was built in 1924 and operated at 219 North Main Street in Lawrenceville, Virginia during the early 20th century. \n","Scope and Content: Brunswick Bank and Trust Company Records, 1931-1938, consist of a general ledger and a receivership register and cashbook.\n","Brunswick Bank and Trust Company General Ledger 2, 1931-1934, records on a daily basis the bank's controlling accounts both resources and liabilities.","Brunswick Bank and Trust Company Receivership Register and Cashbook, 1934-1938, records a failed institution's complete details. When a bank is placed in receivership, it is deemed to have failed and is legally closed by the state banking authority. An independent third party, known as a receiver is appointed by the court to manage the bank's assets amd distribute them to its creditors. The register notes the bank's assets, liabilities and ongoing liquidation or resolution activities.","The cashbook records the payments received from individual customers for purchases of merchandise and payments of the company's expenses","Historical Information: The Brunswick County State Bank was built in 1922 and operated at 132 West Hicks Street in Lawrenceville, Virginia in the early 20th century.\n","Scope and Content: Brunswick County State Bank Certificate of Deposit Register, 1923-1930, records certificates of deposit issued to individual customers. Each entry lists the number and cash amount of the certificate of deposit, date issued, and the date of maturity. \n","Historical Information: The unidentified Blacksmith shop operated in Brunswick County in the early 19th century.\n","Scope and Content: Unidentified Blacksmith Shop Account Book, 1813-1815,  records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order services rendered and the amount owed and paid by the customer. Services performed by the blacksmith shop include shoeing horses, mending scythe blades, making hooks, and pointing plows, axes, and hoes. The volume is in poor condition.\n","Historical Information: The unidentified Blacksmith shop operated perhaps by the Turnbull family in the town of Lawrenceville in Brunswick County in the mid-19th century. \n","Scope and Content: Unidentified Blacksmith Shop Ledger, 1842-1846,  records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order services rendered and the amount owed by the customer. Ledger also records expenses paid by blacksmith shop including purchase of coal and payment of wages. Services performed by the blacksmith shop include shoeing horses, repairing carriage wheels, making nails and keys, and pointing plows and hoes.\n","Historical Information: The various businesses found within the box files operated in Brunswick County from the late 18th century to the early 20th century.  \n","Scope and Content: The Brunswick County Business Records, 1795-1902, are comprised of seven folders, reflecting the loose records of eight businesses, found within a single Hollinger box. The following series are:\n","Blick and Morgan, 1812,  a retail business with records found in one folder. Comprised of individual customer receipts and accounts listed by month and date. Accounts indicate items purchased such as plates, nails, chairs, brandy, playing cards, tea, pins, shoes, glass and different fabric types.  Accounts also include amount of items purchased and pricing with reference to amounts owed and payments made. \n","Lawrenceville Wood Working Company, 1902, with records found in one folder. Describes the charter for a joint stock company. Company operates saw mills and a lumber planing business focused on cutting, selling and manufacturing wood and lumber of all kinds. \n","Pope and Thomas, Peebles, Plummer and Company, Peebles and White, 1851-1874, 1860-1874, retail businesses with records found in two folders. ","Ben E. Pope and Willie F. Thomas were merchants from Southampton County, Virginia. Included are a list of various receipts and a list of bonds due (1859-1867) from claims against individuals owing money.\n","Peebles and White and Peebles, Plummer and Company include receipts for items purchased, claims due, a list of bonds involving suing individuals for money owed, correspondence with their attorney and papers related to a business settlement. \n","David Robertson and Peter Pride Jr., 1798-1820, merchants with records found in one folder. Included are various accounts and receipts regarding the operation of Robertson's plantaion.  Peter Pride Jr was his overseer.  Accounts mention the employment of enslaved individuals. \n","James Ruffin Seward, 1845-1867, operated a retail business with records found in one folder. Records include a list of debts due, itemized accounts from individuals--noting items bought such as coffee, bacon, sugar, shoes, candy, buttons and thread and balance due and receipts.\n","Trotter and Quarles, 1795-1815, merchants with records found in one folder. Included are itemized accounts from individuals--items bought and balance due, receipts, correspondence and accounts with individuals using enslaved labor. \n","There are no restrictions.\n","State Records Center; Library of Virginia\n","English\n"],"collection_title_tesim":["Brunswick County (Va.) Business Records, \n1795-1938"],"collection_ssim":["Brunswick County (Va.) Business Records, \n1795-1938"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Brunswick County (Va.) Circuit Court\n"],"creator_ssim":["Brunswick County (Va.) 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Pre-1781 volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBrunswick County (Va.) Business Records, 1795-1938. Local government records collection, Brunswick County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Brunswick County (Va.) Business Records, 1795-1938. Local government records collection, Brunswick County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.\n"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePrior 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEfforts have been taken to identify chancery causes related to these business records as some of these records were used as evidence in court proceedings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncoded by C. Freed, August 2024\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information\n"],"processinfo_tesim":["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.","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.","Encoded by C. Freed, August 2024\n"],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee also:\u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi02207.xml\"\u003eA Guide to the Brunswick County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1781-1942 (bulk 1840-1916)\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional Brunswick County (Va.) records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA039\"\u003e\"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrunswick County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Brunswick County records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Digital Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/lost\"\u003eLost Records Localities Digital Collection\u003c/extref\u003e available at Virginia Memory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor additional information, Consult Tri-State Growers Association Records, 1921-1927. Southern Historical Records Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See also: A Guide to the Brunswick County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1781-1942 (bulk 1840-1916)","Additional Brunswick County (Va.) records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult  \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"","Brunswick County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Brunswick County records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Digital Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available at Virginia Memory.","For additional information, Consult Tri-State Growers Association Records, 1921-1927. Southern Historical Records Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBrunswick County (Va.) Business Records, 1795-1938, are comprised of various records created by individuals and companies in pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Brunswick County (Va.) Represented records consist of bound volumes such as a contract book, account books, ledgers, a scratcher, registers, a cashbook and loose records.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eThe Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association was a non-profit association of tobacco farmers organized in North Carolina in 1921 and administered by a board of twenty-five directors in Raleigh. It was organized \"for the purpose of promoting, fostering, and encouraging the business of marketing tobacco cooperatively: for reducing speculation; for stabilizing the local tobacco markets; for cooperatively and collectively handling the problems of tobacco growers, and for other pertinent purposes.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content:\u003c/emph\u003eTobacco Growers Cooperative Association Contract Book, 1921-1924. The contract book contains the names of farmers who signed contracts, their address (name of community), the date of the contract, the number of pounds and type of tobacco (dark or bright) they pledged to produce each year, and the amount of acreage they planned to use to produce it. Index included. The book also contains the printed terms of marketing agreement made between tobacco growers and the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, recorded at the county court 1924 July 1.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eUnidentified Blacksmith and Drummondsburg Plantation Account Book, 1850-1870, records financial transactions of an unidentified blacksmith shop and a farm called Drummondsburg Plantation.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content:\u003c/emph\u003eUnidentified Blacksmith Accounts, 1850-1854, record the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found includes date of transaction, services rendered or items sold, form of payment, and amount owed or paid. Services rendered include shoeing horses, setting axles, sharpening farm implements, and repairing tools and wagons. Includes index.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrummondsburg Plantation Accounts, 1863-1870, record the accounts of individuals who purchased goods from the plantation and individuals who worked on the farm. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found includes date of transaction, goods purchased, form of payment, amount owed or paid, wages paid to laborers, number of days missed, and reasons for loss labor. Several laborers on farm were former enslaved individuals. Forms of payment include cash, credit, and barter.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003e Thomas C. Proctor was a saddler who did business in and around Brunswick County in the mid-nineteenth century. He owned a tannery business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content:\u003c/emph\u003e The business records of Thomas C. Proctor, 1862-1879, consist of a ledger and an account book. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas C. Proctor's tannery ledger, 1870-1879, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order merchandise purchased and services rendered and the amount owed and paid. Payments were made in cash and bartered services such as hauling timber or leather. Merchandise sold include French calf skin, mule harnesses, saddles, buggy whips, and other leather goods. The volume also includes numerous loose materials such as personal letters and account records.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas C. Proctor's tannery ledger, 1870-1879, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order merchandise purchased and services rendered and the amount owed and paid. Payments were made in cash and bartered services such as hauling timber or leather. Merchandise sold include French calf skin, mule harnesses, saddles, buggy whips, and other leather goods. The volume also includes numerous loose materials such as personal letters and account records.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe account book, 1862-1877, of Thomas C. Proctor is a business ledger, likely related to Proctor's tannery business. Information included in the book records the amount of stock on hand, number of sales for each year, and individual customer transactions. The volume includes a few loose documents, including two letters to Proctor. The inside cover of the book has \"Lawrenceville Division of Sons of Temperance No. 453 May 22nd 1851\" written on it, but this appears to be unrelated to the rest of the account book.\n\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe account book, 1862-1877, of Thomas C. Proctor is a business ledger, likely related to Proctor's tannery business. Information included in the book records the amount of stock on hand, number of sales for each year, and individual customer transactions. The volume includes a few loose documents, including two letters to Proctor. The inside cover of the book has \"Lawrenceville Division of Sons of Temperance No. 453 May 22nd 1851\" written on it, but this appears to be unrelated to the rest of the account book.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also:\u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=025-1884-025\"\u003eBrunswick County (Va.) Chancery Cause 1884-025: William E. Proctor etc. vs. Admr. of Thomas C. Proctor etc.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eThe Bank of Lawrenceville operated in Brunswick County in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content: \u003c/emph\u003eThe Bank of Lawrenceville Records, 1892-1927, consist of an individual scratcher, 2 general ledgers, 2 individual ledgers and a liability ledger. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBank of Lawrenceville Individual Scratcher B, 1892-1894. The purpose of the ledger is unknown. Each page in the ledger is divided into two columns with individual names listed in each column and a cash amount by each name. A total cash amount is listed at the bottom of each column. The ledger was updated on a daily basis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBank of Lawrenceville General Ledger 3, 1899-1903, records on a daily basis the bank's controlling accounts such as assets (individual deposits, capital stock, etc.,) and liabilities (loans and discounts, taxes, expenses, etc.)\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBank of Lawrenceville Individual Ledger G, 1901-1902, records the individual checking accounts of the bank's customers. Each entry records on a daily basis withdrawals and deposits.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBank of Lawrenceville Individual Ledger K, 1907-1909, records the individual checking accounts of the bank's customers. Each entry records on a daily basis withdrawals and deposits.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBank of Lawrenceville General Ledger 6, 1913-1918, records on a daily basis the bank's controlling accounts such as assets (individual deposits, capital stock, etc.,) and liabilities (loans and discounts, taxes, expenses, etc.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBank of Lawrenceville Liability Ledger, 1918-1927, records outstanding loans of bank's customers. Entries are entered in alphabetical order by customer's surname. Each entry lists date of loan, payer of loan (maker or endorser), date due, and date paid by maker of loan or by endorser of loan.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eThe Brunswick Bank and Trust Company was built in 1924 and operated at 219 North Main Street in Lawrenceville, Virginia during the early 20th century. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content:\u003c/emph\u003eBrunswick Bank and Trust Company Records, 1931-1938, consist of a general ledger and a receivership register and cashbook.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrunswick Bank and Trust Company General Ledger 2, 1931-1934, records on a daily basis the bank's controlling accounts both resources and liabilities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrunswick Bank and Trust Company Receivership Register and Cashbook, 1934-1938, records a failed institution's complete details. When a bank is placed in receivership, it is deemed to have failed and is legally closed by the state banking authority. An independent third party, known as a receiver is appointed by the court to manage the bank's assets amd distribute them to its creditors. The register notes the bank's assets, liabilities and ongoing liquidation or resolution activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe cashbook records the payments received from individual customers for purchases of merchandise and payments of the company's expenses\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eThe Brunswick County State Bank was built in 1922 and operated at 132 West Hicks Street in Lawrenceville, Virginia in the early 20th century.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content:\u003c/emph\u003eBrunswick County State Bank Certificate of Deposit Register, 1923-1930, records certificates of deposit issued to individual customers. Each entry lists the number and cash amount of the certificate of deposit, date issued, and the date of maturity. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eThe unidentified Blacksmith shop operated in Brunswick County in the early 19th century.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content:\u003c/emph\u003eUnidentified Blacksmith Shop Account Book, 1813-1815,  records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order services rendered and the amount owed and paid by the customer. Services performed by the blacksmith shop include shoeing horses, mending scythe blades, making hooks, and pointing plows, axes, and hoes. The volume is in poor condition.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eThe unidentified Blacksmith shop operated perhaps by the Turnbull family in the town of Lawrenceville in Brunswick County in the mid-19th century. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content:\u003c/emph\u003eUnidentified Blacksmith Shop Ledger, 1842-1846,  records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order services rendered and the amount owed by the customer. Ledger also records expenses paid by blacksmith shop including purchase of coal and payment of wages. Services performed by the blacksmith shop include shoeing horses, repairing carriage wheels, making nails and keys, and pointing plows and hoes.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eThe various businesses found within the box files operated in Brunswick County from the late 18th century to the early 20th century.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content:\u003c/emph\u003eThe Brunswick County Business Records, 1795-1902, are comprised of seven folders, reflecting the loose records of eight businesses, found within a single Hollinger box. The following series are:\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlick and Morgan, 1812,  a retail business with records found in one folder. Comprised of individual customer receipts and accounts listed by month and date. Accounts indicate items purchased such as plates, nails, chairs, brandy, playing cards, tea, pins, shoes, glass and different fabric types.  Accounts also include amount of items purchased and pricing with reference to amounts owed and payments made. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawrenceville Wood Working Company, 1902, with records found in one folder. Describes the charter for a joint stock company. Company operates saw mills and a lumber planing business focused on cutting, selling and manufacturing wood and lumber of all kinds. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePope and Thomas, Peebles, Plummer and Company, Peebles and White, 1851-1874, 1860-1874, retail businesses with records found in two folders. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBen E. Pope and Willie F. Thomas were merchants from Southampton County, Virginia. Included are a list of various receipts and a list of bonds due (1859-1867) from claims against individuals owing money.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeebles and White and Peebles, Plummer and Company include receipts for items purchased, claims due, a list of bonds involving suing individuals for money owed, correspondence with their attorney and papers related to a business settlement. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavid Robertson and Peter Pride Jr., 1798-1820, merchants with records found in one folder. Included are various accounts and receipts regarding the operation of Robertson's plantaion.  Peter Pride Jr was his overseer.  Accounts mention the employment of enslaved individuals. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Ruffin Seward, 1845-1867, operated a retail business with records found in one folder. Records include a list of debts due, itemized accounts from individuals--noting items bought such as coffee, bacon, sugar, shoes, candy, buttons and thread and balance due and receipts.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTrotter and Quarles, 1795-1815, merchants with records found in one folder. Included are itemized accounts from individuals--items bought and balance due, receipts, correspondence and accounts with individuals using enslaved labor. \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Brunswick County (Va.) Business Records, 1795-1938, are comprised of various records created by individuals and companies in pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Brunswick County (Va.) Represented records consist of bound volumes such as a contract book, account books, ledgers, a scratcher, registers, a cashbook and loose records.\n","Historical Information: The Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association was a non-profit association of tobacco farmers organized in North Carolina in 1921 and administered by a board of twenty-five directors in Raleigh. It was organized \"for the purpose of promoting, fostering, and encouraging the business of marketing tobacco cooperatively: for reducing speculation; for stabilizing the local tobacco markets; for cooperatively and collectively handling the problems of tobacco growers, and for other pertinent purposes.\"\n","Scope and Content: Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association Contract Book, 1921-1924. The contract book contains the names of farmers who signed contracts, their address (name of community), the date of the contract, the number of pounds and type of tobacco (dark or bright) they pledged to produce each year, and the amount of acreage they planned to use to produce it. Index included. The book also contains the printed terms of marketing agreement made between tobacco growers and the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, recorded at the county court 1924 July 1.\n","Historical Information: Unidentified Blacksmith and Drummondsburg Plantation Account Book, 1850-1870, records financial transactions of an unidentified blacksmith shop and a farm called Drummondsburg Plantation.\n","Scope and Content: Unidentified Blacksmith Accounts, 1850-1854, record the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found includes date of transaction, services rendered or items sold, form of payment, and amount owed or paid. Services rendered include shoeing horses, setting axles, sharpening farm implements, and repairing tools and wagons. Includes index.\n","Drummondsburg Plantation Accounts, 1863-1870, record the accounts of individuals who purchased goods from the plantation and individuals who worked on the farm. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found includes date of transaction, goods purchased, form of payment, amount owed or paid, wages paid to laborers, number of days missed, and reasons for loss labor. Several laborers on farm were former enslaved individuals. Forms of payment include cash, credit, and barter.\n","Historical Information:  Thomas C. Proctor was a saddler who did business in and around Brunswick County in the mid-nineteenth century. He owned a tannery business.","Scope and Content:  The business records of Thomas C. Proctor, 1862-1879, consist of a ledger and an account book. ","Thomas C. Proctor's tannery ledger, 1870-1879, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order merchandise purchased and services rendered and the amount owed and paid. Payments were made in cash and bartered services such as hauling timber or leather. Merchandise sold include French calf skin, mule harnesses, saddles, buggy whips, and other leather goods. The volume also includes numerous loose materials such as personal letters and account records.","Thomas C. Proctor's tannery ledger, 1870-1879, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order merchandise purchased and services rendered and the amount owed and paid. Payments were made in cash and bartered services such as hauling timber or leather. Merchandise sold include French calf skin, mule harnesses, saddles, buggy whips, and other leather goods. The volume also includes numerous loose materials such as personal letters and account records.","The account book, 1862-1877, of Thomas C. Proctor is a business ledger, likely related to Proctor's tannery business. Information included in the book records the amount of stock on hand, number of sales for each year, and individual customer transactions. The volume includes a few loose documents, including two letters to Proctor. The inside cover of the book has \"Lawrenceville Division of Sons of Temperance No. 453 May 22nd 1851\" written on it, but this appears to be unrelated to the rest of the account book.\n","The account book, 1862-1877, of Thomas C. Proctor is a business ledger, likely related to Proctor's tannery business. Information included in the book records the amount of stock on hand, number of sales for each year, and individual customer transactions. The volume includes a few loose documents, including two letters to Proctor. The inside cover of the book has \"Lawrenceville Division of Sons of Temperance No. 453 May 22nd 1851\" written on it, but this appears to be unrelated to the rest of the account book.\n","See also: Brunswick County (Va.) Chancery Cause 1884-025: William E. Proctor etc. vs. Admr. of Thomas C. Proctor etc.","Historical Information: The Bank of Lawrenceville operated in Brunswick County in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries. ","Scope and Content:  The Bank of Lawrenceville Records, 1892-1927, consist of an individual scratcher, 2 general ledgers, 2 individual ledgers and a liability ledger. ","Bank of Lawrenceville Individual Scratcher B, 1892-1894. The purpose of the ledger is unknown. Each page in the ledger is divided into two columns with individual names listed in each column and a cash amount by each name. A total cash amount is listed at the bottom of each column. The ledger was updated on a daily basis.","Bank of Lawrenceville General Ledger 3, 1899-1903, records on a daily basis the bank's controlling accounts such as assets (individual deposits, capital stock, etc.,) and liabilities (loans and discounts, taxes, expenses, etc.)\n","Bank of Lawrenceville Individual Ledger G, 1901-1902, records the individual checking accounts of the bank's customers. Each entry records on a daily basis withdrawals and deposits.","Bank of Lawrenceville Individual Ledger K, 1907-1909, records the individual checking accounts of the bank's customers. Each entry records on a daily basis withdrawals and deposits.","Bank of Lawrenceville General Ledger 6, 1913-1918, records on a daily basis the bank's controlling accounts such as assets (individual deposits, capital stock, etc.,) and liabilities (loans and discounts, taxes, expenses, etc.)","Bank of Lawrenceville Liability Ledger, 1918-1927, records outstanding loans of bank's customers. Entries are entered in alphabetical order by customer's surname. Each entry lists date of loan, payer of loan (maker or endorser), date due, and date paid by maker of loan or by endorser of loan.\n","Historical Information: The Brunswick Bank and Trust Company was built in 1924 and operated at 219 North Main Street in Lawrenceville, Virginia during the early 20th century. \n","Scope and Content: Brunswick Bank and Trust Company Records, 1931-1938, consist of a general ledger and a receivership register and cashbook.\n","Brunswick Bank and Trust Company General Ledger 2, 1931-1934, records on a daily basis the bank's controlling accounts both resources and liabilities.","Brunswick Bank and Trust Company Receivership Register and Cashbook, 1934-1938, records a failed institution's complete details. When a bank is placed in receivership, it is deemed to have failed and is legally closed by the state banking authority. An independent third party, known as a receiver is appointed by the court to manage the bank's assets amd distribute them to its creditors. The register notes the bank's assets, liabilities and ongoing liquidation or resolution activities.","The cashbook records the payments received from individual customers for purchases of merchandise and payments of the company's expenses","Historical Information: The Brunswick County State Bank was built in 1922 and operated at 132 West Hicks Street in Lawrenceville, Virginia in the early 20th century.\n","Scope and Content: Brunswick County State Bank Certificate of Deposit Register, 1923-1930, records certificates of deposit issued to individual customers. Each entry lists the number and cash amount of the certificate of deposit, date issued, and the date of maturity. \n","Historical Information: The unidentified Blacksmith shop operated in Brunswick County in the early 19th century.\n","Scope and Content: Unidentified Blacksmith Shop Account Book, 1813-1815,  records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order services rendered and the amount owed and paid by the customer. Services performed by the blacksmith shop include shoeing horses, mending scythe blades, making hooks, and pointing plows, axes, and hoes. The volume is in poor condition.\n","Historical Information: The unidentified Blacksmith shop operated perhaps by the Turnbull family in the town of Lawrenceville in Brunswick County in the mid-19th century. \n","Scope and Content: Unidentified Blacksmith Shop Ledger, 1842-1846,  records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists in chronological order services rendered and the amount owed by the customer. Ledger also records expenses paid by blacksmith shop including purchase of coal and payment of wages. Services performed by the blacksmith shop include shoeing horses, repairing carriage wheels, making nails and keys, and pointing plows and hoes.\n","Historical Information: The various businesses found within the box files operated in Brunswick County from the late 18th century to the early 20th century.  \n","Scope and Content: The Brunswick County Business Records, 1795-1902, are comprised of seven folders, reflecting the loose records of eight businesses, found within a single Hollinger box. The following series are:\n","Blick and Morgan, 1812,  a retail business with records found in one folder. Comprised of individual customer receipts and accounts listed by month and date. Accounts indicate items purchased such as plates, nails, chairs, brandy, playing cards, tea, pins, shoes, glass and different fabric types.  Accounts also include amount of items purchased and pricing with reference to amounts owed and payments made. \n","Lawrenceville Wood Working Company, 1902, with records found in one folder. Describes the charter for a joint stock company. Company operates saw mills and a lumber planing business focused on cutting, selling and manufacturing wood and lumber of all kinds. \n","Pope and Thomas, Peebles, Plummer and Company, Peebles and White, 1851-1874, 1860-1874, retail businesses with records found in two folders. ","Ben E. Pope and Willie F. Thomas were merchants from Southampton County, Virginia. Included are a list of various receipts and a list of bonds due (1859-1867) from claims against individuals owing money.\n","Peebles and White and Peebles, Plummer and Company include receipts for items purchased, claims due, a list of bonds involving suing individuals for money owed, correspondence with their attorney and papers related to a business settlement. \n","David Robertson and Peter Pride Jr., 1798-1820, merchants with records found in one folder. Included are various accounts and receipts regarding the operation of Robertson's plantaion.  Peter Pride Jr was his overseer.  Accounts mention the employment of enslaved individuals. \n","James Ruffin Seward, 1845-1867, operated a retail business with records found in one folder. Records include a list of debts due, itemized accounts from individuals--noting items bought such as coffee, bacon, sugar, shoes, candy, buttons and thread and balance due and receipts.\n","Trotter and Quarles, 1795-1815, merchants with records found in one folder. Included are itemized accounts from individuals--items bought and balance due, receipts, correspondence and accounts with individuals using enslaved labor. \n"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eState Records Center; Library of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Center; Library of Virginia\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":25,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T08:42:13.347Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi05391"}},{"id":"vi_vi04315","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Brunswick County (Va.) 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Although not reliant on profession, this system of affluent white men making the decisions largely ensured that only other white men served in this position for much of its history.","Prior to the Civil War, the coroner would summon a jury of twelve white men, usually prominent citizens of that locality, to assist him in determining cause of death. The jury viewed the body of the deceased and heard the testimony of witnesses which did include both white and Black perspectives. This witness testimony was recorded and after seeing and hearing the evidence, and unlike other judicial proceedings, enslaved people could provide depositions in coroner's inquisitions, but still, an all-white jury delivered in writing to the coroner their conclusion concerning cause of death referred to as the inquisition. These causes of death would be determined by a white perspective and Black individuals were only consulted; they were never in a position to make decisions. After the Civil War, the process remained the same but the racial distinctions stipulating jury eligibility no longer remained. However, as appointments still continued and juror eligibility reserved for those \"entitled to vote and hold office,\" the authority and influence in the hands of white citizens remained throughout the late 19th and early 20th century.","In 1877, an act of the General Assembly changed the number of jurors to six, and by 1926, only the coroner determined cause of death but they could require physicians to assist them with determining cause of death. Then in 1946, the General Assembly abolished the Coroner's office/ office of Coroner's Physician altogether, appointed instead a Chief Medical Examiner, and by 1950 transitioned to a statewide Office of the Chief Medical Examiner which now lives within the Department of Health.","If a criminal act was determined to be the cause of death, the coroner delivered the guilty person to the sheriff and the inquests would be used as evidence in the criminal trial. In this case, coroner's inquisitions were filed with the trial papers. If there was not a trial, coroner's inquisitions were filed separately and are more likely to appear in this collection as a standalone set of documents.","Locality History:  Brunswick County was named for the duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg, one of the German possessions of King George I. It was formed by statute in 1720 from Prince George County and on 31 October 1723 the boundaries of the county were ordered to be laid out, but, because of the sparse population, the county court first met in June 1732. Brunswick County was enlarged by the addition of parts of Surry and Isle of Wight Counties in 1733. The county seat is Lawrenceville.\n\n","Brunswick County Coroners Inquisitions 1801-1947 were processed around 2011 by Ed Jordan for the purpose of inclusion in Virginia Untold. Therefore, at the time of processing, pre-1865 records related to free and enslaved Black and multiracial individuals were identified and indexed or the purposes of digitizing them for the digital project Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative.","In Fall 2024 the remaining pre-1865 inquests and remaining post-1865 inquests were processed and indexed by M. Mason.","Encoded by C. Underwood, 2011; updated by M. Mason, October 2024.","See also:  Brunswick County (Va.) 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These include demeaning and dehumanizing references to race, ethnicity, and nationality; enslaved or free status; physical and mental ability; religion; sex; and sexual orientation and gender identity.","Coroners' Inquisitions contain graphic and in some cases violent or otherwise disturbing descriptions of death.","Brunswick County (Va) Coroners' Inquisitions, 1801-1947, contains investigations into the deaths of individuals who died by a sudden, violent, unnatural or suspicious manner, or died without medical attendance. Causes of death found in these records include accidental, alcohol, drowning, homicide, injuries, infanticide, medical conditions, natural causes (\"visitation by God\"), and suicide.","Documents commonly found in coroners' inquisitions include the inquisition, depositions, and summons. Some inquisitions contain other documents such as exhibits. Information found in the inquisition include the name of the coroner, the names of the jurors, the name and age of the deceased if known, gender and race of the deceased, and when, how, and by what means the deceased came to his or her death. If the coroner knew the deceased person to be Black or Multiracial, the inquest should identify the person individual's legal status (free or enslaved). If the coroner knew the deceased person to be enslaved, the inquest often includes their name, their enslaver and the enslaver's residence. Information found in the depositions include the name of the deponent(s) and their account of the circumstances that led to the death of the deceased.","Records from Brunswick County contain a number of inquests relating to free and enslaved Black and Multiracial individuals prior to the Civil War. The pre-1865 inquests contain many examples of violence perpetrated by white enslaver against Black enslaved individuals, particularly Black women [Jenny, 1812 November 1 and Hannah, 1859 September 5]. Following 1865, there are rather few inquests related to Black and Multiracial individuals.","There are also a large number of inquests concerning infant deaths and deaths of small children. ","Particularly represented, 1900-1947, are inquests related to train and vehicle accidents. Many of the accidents involve automobiles striking other vehicles or pedestrians. ","Inquests after 1930 are largely a single item, the inquest, and do not contain depositions or much additional information regarding the death. ","Coroners' inquisitions of note:","There are three lynchings contained in these records, Wyche Drumgoole, 1870 March 4, a Black man accused of assisting in the murder of Lilly Rawlings, a white woman. 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The jury viewed the body of the deceased and heard the testimony of witnesses which did include both white and Black perspectives. This witness testimony was recorded and after seeing and hearing the evidence, and unlike other judicial proceedings, enslaved people could provide depositions in coroner's inquisitions, but still, an all-white jury delivered in writing to the coroner their conclusion concerning cause of death referred to as the inquisition. These causes of death would be determined by a white perspective and Black individuals were only consulted; they were never in a position to make decisions. After the Civil War, the process remained the same but the racial distinctions stipulating jury eligibility no longer remained. However, as appointments still continued and juror eligibility reserved for those \"entitled to vote and hold office,\" the authority and influence in the hands of white citizens remained throughout the late 19th and early 20th century.","In 1877, an act of the General Assembly changed the number of jurors to six, and by 1926, only the coroner determined cause of death but they could require physicians to assist them with determining cause of death. Then in 1946, the General Assembly abolished the Coroner's office/ office of Coroner's Physician altogether, appointed instead a Chief Medical Examiner, and by 1950 transitioned to a statewide Office of the Chief Medical Examiner which now lives within the Department of Health.","If a criminal act was determined to be the cause of death, the coroner delivered the guilty person to the sheriff and the inquests would be used as evidence in the criminal trial. In this case, coroner's inquisitions were filed with the trial papers. 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Information found in the inquisition include the name of the coroner, the names of the jurors, the name and age of the deceased if known, gender and race of the deceased, and when, how, and by what means the deceased came to his or her death. If the coroner knew the deceased person to be Black or Multiracial, the inquest should identify the person individual's legal status (free or enslaved). If the coroner knew the deceased person to be enslaved, the inquest often includes their name, their enslaver and the enslaver's residence. Information found in the depositions include the name of the deponent(s) and their account of the circumstances that led to the death of the deceased.","Records from Brunswick County contain a number of inquests relating to free and enslaved Black and Multiracial individuals prior to the Civil War. The pre-1865 inquests contain many examples of violence perpetrated by white enslaver against Black enslaved individuals, particularly Black women [Jenny, 1812 November 1 and Hannah, 1859 September 5]. Following 1865, there are rather few inquests related to Black and Multiracial individuals.","There are also a large number of inquests concerning infant deaths and deaths of small children. ","Particularly represented, 1900-1947, are inquests related to train and vehicle accidents. Many of the accidents involve automobiles striking other vehicles or pedestrians. ","Inquests after 1930 are largely a single item, the inquest, and do not contain depositions or much additional information regarding the death. ","Coroners' inquisitions of note:","There are three lynchings contained in these records, Wyche Drumgoole, 1870 March 4, a Black man accused of assisting in the murder of Lilly Rawlings, a white woman. 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The judicial duty of the office was to hold inquisitions in cases when persons met a sudden, violent, unnatural or suspicious death, or death without medical attendance. The law did not encourage the Coroner to be a medical professional until the 20th century, and only stipulated that the local court be responsible for the appointment. Although not reliant on profession, this system of affluent white men making the decisions largely ensured that only other white men served in this position for much of its history.","Prior to the Civil War, the coroner would summon a jury of twelve white men, usually prominent citizens of that locality, to assist him in determining cause of death. The jury viewed the body of the deceased and heard the testimony of witnesses which did include both white and Black perspectives. This witness testimony was recorded and after seeing and hearing the evidence, and unlike other judicial proceedings, enslaved people could provide depositions in coroner's inquisitions, but still, an all-white jury delivered in writing to the coroner their conclusion concerning cause of death referred to as the inquisition. These causes of death would be determined by a white perspective and Black individuals were only consulted; they were never in a position to make decisions. After the Civil War, the process remained the same but the racial distinctions stipulating jury eligibility no longer remained. However, as appointments still continued and juror eligibility reserved for those \"entitled to vote and hold office,\" the authority and influence in the hands of white citizens remained throughout the late 19th and early 20th century.","In 1877, an act of the General Assembly changed the number of jurors to six, and by 1926, only the coroner determined cause of death but they could require physicians to assist them with determining cause of death. Then in 1946, the General Assembly abolished the Coroner's office/ office of Coroner's Physician altogether, appointed instead a Chief Medical Examiner, and by 1950 transitioned to a statewide Office of the Chief Medical Examiner which now lives within the Department of Health.","If a criminal act was determined to be the cause of death, the coroner delivered the guilty person to the sheriff and the inquests would be used as evidence in the criminal trial. In this case, coroner's inquisitions were filed with the trial papers. 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Therefore, at the time of processing, pre-1865 records related to free and enslaved Black and multiracial individuals were identified and indexed or the purposes of digitizing them for the digital project Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative.","In Fall 2024 the remaining pre-1865 inquests and remaining post-1865 inquests were processed and indexed by M. Mason.","Encoded by C. Underwood, 2011; updated by M. Mason, October 2024.","See also:  Brunswick County (Va.) Health and Medical Records, 1799-1901 .  ","See also:  Brunswick County (Va.) Judgments, 1782-1971 (bulk 1782-1944) . Brunswick County criminal suits are filed with Brunswick County Judgments, 1782-1947, located at the Library of Virginia. 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These include demeaning and dehumanizing references to race, ethnicity, and nationality; enslaved or free status; physical and mental ability; religion; sex; and sexual orientation and gender identity.","Coroners' Inquisitions contain graphic and in some cases violent or otherwise disturbing descriptions of death.","Brunswick County (Va) Coroners' Inquisitions, 1801-1947, contains investigations into the deaths of individuals who died by a sudden, violent, unnatural or suspicious manner, or died without medical attendance. Causes of death found in these records include accidental, alcohol, drowning, homicide, injuries, infanticide, medical conditions, natural causes (\"visitation by God\"), and suicide.","Documents commonly found in coroners' inquisitions include the inquisition, depositions, and summons. Some inquisitions contain other documents such as exhibits. Information found in the inquisition include the name of the coroner, the names of the jurors, the name and age of the deceased if known, gender and race of the deceased, and when, how, and by what means the deceased came to his or her death. If the coroner knew the deceased person to be Black or Multiracial, the inquest should identify the person individual's legal status (free or enslaved). If the coroner knew the deceased person to be enslaved, the inquest often includes their name, their enslaver and the enslaver's residence. Information found in the depositions include the name of the deponent(s) and their account of the circumstances that led to the death of the deceased.","Records from Brunswick County contain a number of inquests relating to free and enslaved Black and Multiracial individuals prior to the Civil War. The pre-1865 inquests contain many examples of violence perpetrated by white enslaver against Black enslaved individuals, particularly Black women [Jenny, 1812 November 1 and Hannah, 1859 September 5]. Following 1865, there are rather few inquests related to Black and Multiracial individuals.","There are also a large number of inquests concerning infant deaths and deaths of small children. ","Particularly represented, 1900-1947, are inquests related to train and vehicle accidents. Many of the accidents involve automobiles striking other vehicles or pedestrians. ","Inquests after 1930 are largely a single item, the inquest, and do not contain depositions or much additional information regarding the death. ","Coroners' inquisitions of note:","There are three lynchings contained in these records, Wyche Drumgoole, 1870 March 4, a Black man accused of assisting in the murder of Lilly Rawlings, a white woman. 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This witness testimony was recorded and after seeing and hearing the evidence, and unlike other judicial proceedings, enslaved people could provide depositions in coroner's inquisitions, but still, an all-white jury delivered in writing to the coroner their conclusion concerning cause of death referred to as the inquisition. These causes of death would be determined by a white perspective and Black individuals were only consulted; they were never in a position to make decisions. After the Civil War, the process remained the same but the racial distinctions stipulating jury eligibility no longer remained. 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The jury viewed the body of the deceased and heard the testimony of witnesses which did include both white and Black perspectives. This witness testimony was recorded and after seeing and hearing the evidence, and unlike other judicial proceedings, enslaved people could provide depositions in coroner's inquisitions, but still, an all-white jury delivered in writing to the coroner their conclusion concerning cause of death referred to as the inquisition. These causes of death would be determined by a white perspective and Black individuals were only consulted; they were never in a position to make decisions. After the Civil War, the process remained the same but the racial distinctions stipulating jury eligibility no longer remained. However, as appointments still continued and juror eligibility reserved for those \"entitled to vote and hold office,\" the authority and influence in the hands of white citizens remained throughout the late 19th and early 20th century.","In 1877, an act of the General Assembly changed the number of jurors to six, and by 1926, only the coroner determined cause of death but they could require physicians to assist them with determining cause of death. Then in 1946, the General Assembly abolished the Coroner's office/ office of Coroner's Physician altogether, appointed instead a Chief Medical Examiner, and by 1950 transitioned to a statewide Office of the Chief Medical Examiner which now lives within the Department of Health.","If a criminal act was determined to be the cause of death, the coroner delivered the guilty person to the sheriff and the inquests would be used as evidence in the criminal trial. In this case, coroner's inquisitions were filed with the trial papers. 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Information found in the inquisition include the name of the coroner, the names of the jurors, the name and age of the deceased if known, gender and race of the deceased, and when, how, and by what means the deceased came to his or her death. If the coroner knew the deceased person to be Black or Multiracial, the inquest should identify the person individual's legal status (free or enslaved). If the coroner knew the deceased person to be enslaved, the inquest often includes their name, their enslaver and the enslaver's residence. Information found in the depositions include the name of the deponent(s) and their account of the circumstances that led to the death of the deceased.","Records from Brunswick County contain a number of inquests relating to free and enslaved Black and Multiracial individuals prior to the Civil War. The pre-1865 inquests contain many examples of violence perpetrated by white enslaver against Black enslaved individuals, particularly Black women [Jenny, 1812 November 1 and Hannah, 1859 September 5]. Following 1865, there are rather few inquests related to Black and Multiracial individuals.","There are also a large number of inquests concerning infant deaths and deaths of small children. ","Particularly represented, 1900-1947, are inquests related to train and vehicle accidents. Many of the accidents involve automobiles striking other vehicles or pedestrians. ","Inquests after 1930 are largely a single item, the inquest, and do not contain depositions or much additional information regarding the death. ","Coroners' inquisitions of note:","There are three lynchings contained in these records, Wyche Drumgoole, 1870 March 4, a Black man accused of assisting in the murder of Lilly Rawlings, a white woman. 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