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Business Records, 1881-1951, is comprised of various records created by individuals and companies in pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Newport News (Va.). Represented records largely consists of bound volumes such as ledgers, stock books, minute books, sales books, deed books, and contract books. \u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi06206#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vi_vi06206","ead_ssi":"vi_vi06206","_root_":"vi_vi06206","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi06206","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi06206.xml","title_ssm":["Newport News, City of/Warwick County (Va.) Business Records, \n1881-1951"],"title_tesim":["Newport News, City of/Warwick County (Va.) Business Records, \n1881-1951"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Newport News, City of/Warwick County (Va.) Business Records, \n1881-1951"],"text":["Newport News, City of/Warwick County (Va.) Business Records, \n1881-1951",".","There are no restrictions.\n","This collection is arranged into four series:\n\n Series I: The Old Dominion Land Company Business Records, 1881-1949 Series II: The Peninsula Automobile Association Business Records, 1919-1921 Series III: The Savings Bank of Newport News Business Records, 1901-1904 Series IV: The Warwick Machines Company Business Records, 1918-1951","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, debut suits, and contract disputes.\n","Locality History:  City of Newport News was located in Warwick County, which is now extinct. The origin of the name is uncertain but the phrase \"Newportes News\" appeared in documents as early as 1619 and probably commemorated Christopher Newport, who made five voyages to Virginia between 1607 and 1619. Newport News was a small settlement until late in the nineteenth century, when it became the eastern terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. The Old Dominion Land Company bought land there in 1880 and began laying out a new village in October. Newport News was incorporated as a city by act of the General Assembly in 1896 without ever having been incorporated as a town. On 1 July 1958 Newport News was enlarged by consolidation with the city of Warwick, which then became extinct.","Lost Locality Notes: Recognized as Warwick River County, one of the original shires, in 1634; the name was shortened to Warwick in 1643. County court records were destroyed at several times with most destruction occurring during the Civil War. The clerk's office was burned on 15 December 1864. County court minute books and loose records from 1787 to 1819 were destroyed by the fire. Additional records were burned in Richmond on 3 April 1865, where they had been moved for safekeeping during the Civil War.","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.\n","These records were processed by Bari Helms between 2008-2010.","The Warwick County business records were originally maintained as a separate, discrete group. Those records were consolidated with the Newport News business records into a singular guide due to overlapping geographical locations and dates.","Encoded by J. Taylor: June 2024.","Additional Newport News and Warwick County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia.  Consult  \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"","Warwick County County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Warwick County County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n","Newport News, City of/Warwick County (Va.) Business Records, 1881-1951, is comprised of various records created by individuals and companies in pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Newport News (Va.). Represented records largely consists of bound volumes such as ledgers, stock books, minute books, sales books, deed books, and contract books. \n","Historical Information: In 1869, financier Collis P. Huntington and a number of others formed a group to purchase controlling interest in teh Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. During the reorganization meeting of the stockholders, Huntington was elected president. Agents of the company began to purchase land between Richmond and Newport News in 1870 and in 1872, a decision was made to locate the Atlantic terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in Newport News. The Old Dominion Land Company was chartered in 1880 to secure railway right-of-ways on the Peninsula. Railroad construction on the peninsula began in 1880 and two years later, the Old Dominion Land Company began work on the Hotel Warwick, which opened the same year. The Old Dominion Land Company contributed to the establishment of a number of community facilities, including Newport News' first bank, the Warwick County Courthouse, and a Union Chapel. They also donated the land which was used to build Riverside Hospital, the public library, and Huntington Park. ","Collis P. Huntington died unexpectedly at the beginning of the new century, leaving his interests to Arabella Huntington, his widow, his adopted children, Princess Clara von Hatzvelt and Archer M. Huntington, and Henry E. Huntington, his nephew who later married Arabella. Upon the United States' entrance into World War I, the federal government entered into a number of leases and purchase agreements with the Old Dominion Land Company because of Newport News' importance as a place of embarkment. Thousands of soldiers were stationed at bases which were built on land owned by the Old Dominion Land Company. ","By 1932, nearly all of the profitable property owned by the Old Dominion Land Company had been sold. Within the decade, the company was almost entirely liquidated, with the Hotel Warwick as the only valuable property still owned by the Old Dominion Land Company. Liquidation of the company was completed in 1948.","For a more detailed history of the Old Dominion Land Company, see  \"A Finding Aid to the records of the Old Dominion Land Company\"","Scope and Content: Old Dominion Land Company Business Records, 1881-1949, consists of eight volumes that document the development of property in Newport News, Va. Occasionally information appears relating to the development of property in other Virginia counties such as Gloucester, Norfolk, New Kent, and Rockbridge.","The Record of Contract and Deed books list the contract and deed information of land in development. Information found in each entry include contract and deed numbers, date of contract and deed, name with whom contract made, grantee named in deed, lot and block numbers, consideration, cash payments, and the length of contract.","The Sales Books record lots purchased from the land company. Arranged by block number, information found in each transaction includes date of purchase, lot number, name of purchaser, town and state location of the property, price paid, and taxes owed.\n\t","Historical Information: The Peninsula Automobile Association was organized with 39 charter numbers in Newport News in 1909. It became a club member of the American Automobile Association in 1919. The American Automobile Association was founded in 1902, in Chicago, Illinois, when nine motor clubs banded together in response to the lack of roads and highways suitable for automobiles.\n","Scope and Content: The Peninsula Automobile Association consists of two volumes, a minute book and an account book. The minutes contain committee reports, records of election of officers, and a record of the proceedings of monthly meetings. Topics discussed include the state of roads, efforts to lobby the government to improve, expand, and maintain roads and streets, fundraising, and service projects, such as providing cars to assist the Red Cross in entertaining wounded soldiers. Accounts are a record of receipts and disbursements for the year 1921.","Historical Information: Chartered in 1901, the Savings Bank of Newport News did not open its doors until 1 March 1902. The bank operated in Newport News, Va., during the early twentieth century. Early officers of the bank included L. F. Barnes, president, and Carter Perkins, cashier and secretary.","Scope and Content: The Savings Bank of Newport News business records consists of one stock book and one minute book.","Savings Bank of Newport News Minute Book, 1901-1904, records the minutes for the meetings of the bank's board of directors and stockholders. In early meetings, the board of directors and stockholders discussed establishing the bank's charter, selecting board members, crafting a constitution, and adopting bylaws. Details concerning the acquirement of stockholders and the collection capital stock from subscribers were included in later meetings\n\t","Savings Bank of Newport News Stock Book, 1903, includes duplicate stock certificates kept for the bank's records of capital stock shares sold. Each stock certificate includes a certificate number, date of purchase, name of buyer, and the number of shares purchased.\n\t","Historical Information: The Warwick Machine Company was a marine engineering and machinery company operating in Newport News, Va. In 1950 the company sold its assets to the Hooper Valve and Engineering Corporation.","Scope and Content: The business records of the Warwick Machine Company consist of a ledger, receivership records, trial balance records, a letter book, and records of losses. Only the ledger book has been processed.","Warwick Machine Company Ledger, 1943-1950, records the company's financial activities. Part of the ledger functions as a cashbook recording the cash on hand, cash available at various banks, and accounts receivable. The rest of the ledger documents the machine company's expenses such as salaries, taxes, purchase of materials and supplies, and machinery upkeep and repairs. Information found in each entry includes the date of transaction and amounts either debited or credited. Only occasionally was a note provided describing the details of the transaction. Scattered throughout the ledger are entries documenting the sale of the company in 1950 to the Hooper Valve and Engineering Corporation.","There are no restrictions.\n","State Record Center-Archives Annex, Library of Virginia\n","English\n"],"collection_title_tesim":["Newport News, City of/Warwick County (Va.) Business Records, \n1881-1951"],"collection_ssim":["Newport News, City of/Warwick County (Va.) Business Records, \n1881-1951"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Newport News (Va.) Circuit Court\n"],"creator_ssim":["Newport News (Va.) 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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, debut suits, and contract disputes.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLocality History:\u003c/emph\u003e City of Newport News was located in Warwick County, which is now extinct. The origin of the name is uncertain but the phrase \"Newportes News\" appeared in documents as early as 1619 and probably commemorated Christopher Newport, who made five voyages to Virginia between 1607 and 1619. Newport News was a small settlement until late in the nineteenth century, when it became the eastern terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. The Old Dominion Land Company bought land there in 1880 and began laying out a new village in October. Newport News was incorporated as a city by act of the General Assembly in 1896 without ever having been incorporated as a town. On 1 July 1958 Newport News was enlarged by consolidation with the city of Warwick, which then became extinct.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLost Locality Notes:\u003c/emph\u003eRecognized as Warwick River County, one of the original shires, in 1634; the name was shortened to Warwick in 1643. County court records were destroyed at several times with most destruction occurring during the Civil War. The clerk's office was burned on 15 December 1864. County court minute books and loose records from 1787 to 1819 were destroyed by the fire. Additional records were burned in Richmond on 3 April 1865, where they had been moved for safekeeping during the Civil War.\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, debut suits, and contract disputes.\n","Locality History:  City of Newport News was located in Warwick County, which is now extinct. The origin of the name is uncertain but the phrase \"Newportes News\" appeared in documents as early as 1619 and probably commemorated Christopher Newport, who made five voyages to Virginia between 1607 and 1619. Newport News was a small settlement until late in the nineteenth century, when it became the eastern terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. The Old Dominion Land Company bought land there in 1880 and began laying out a new village in October. Newport News was incorporated as a city by act of the General Assembly in 1896 without ever having been incorporated as a town. On 1 July 1958 Newport News was enlarged by consolidation with the city of Warwick, which then became extinct.","Lost Locality Notes: Recognized as Warwick River County, one of the original shires, in 1634; the name was shortened to Warwick in 1643. County court records were destroyed at several times with most destruction occurring during the Civil War. The clerk's office was burned on 15 December 1864. County court minute books and loose records from 1787 to 1819 were destroyed by the fire. Additional records were burned in Richmond on 3 April 1865, where they had been moved for safekeeping during the Civil War."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNewport News, City of/Warwick County (Va.) Business Records, 1881-1951. [include volume title]. Local government records collection, Newport News, City of/Warwick County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Newport News, City of/Warwick County (Va.) Business Records, 1881-1951. [include volume title]. Local government records collection, Newport News, City of/Warwick County Court Records. 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Consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA159\"\u003e\"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"\u003c/extref\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWarwick County County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Warwick County County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities 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 found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Newport News and Warwick County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia.  Consult  \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"","Warwick County County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Warwick County County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNewport News, City of/Warwick County (Va.) Business Records, 1881-1951, is comprised of various records created by individuals and companies in pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Newport News (Va.). Represented records largely consists of bound volumes such as ledgers, stock books, minute books, sales books, deed books, and contract books. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eIn 1869, financier Collis P. Huntington and a number of others formed a group to purchase controlling interest in teh Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. During the reorganization meeting of the stockholders, Huntington was elected president. Agents of the company began to purchase land between Richmond and Newport News in 1870 and in 1872, a decision was made to locate the Atlantic terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in Newport News. The Old Dominion Land Company was chartered in 1880 to secure railway right-of-ways on the Peninsula. Railroad construction on the peninsula began in 1880 and two years later, the Old Dominion Land Company began work on the Hotel Warwick, which opened the same year. The Old Dominion Land Company contributed to the establishment of a number of community facilities, including Newport News' first bank, the Warwick County Courthouse, and a Union Chapel. They also donated the land which was used to build Riverside Hospital, the public library, and Huntington Park. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCollis P. Huntington died unexpectedly at the beginning of the new century, leaving his interests to Arabella Huntington, his widow, his adopted children, Princess Clara von Hatzvelt and Archer M. Huntington, and Henry E. Huntington, his nephew who later married Arabella. Upon the United States' entrance into World War I, the federal government entered into a number of leases and purchase agreements with the Old Dominion Land Company because of Newport News' importance as a place of embarkment. Thousands of soldiers were stationed at bases which were built on land owned by the Old Dominion Land Company. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy 1932, nearly all of the profitable property owned by the Old Dominion Land Company had been sold. Within the decade, the company was almost entirely liquidated, with the Hotel Warwick as the only valuable property still owned by the Old Dominion Land Company. Liquidation of the company was completed in 1948.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor a more detailed history of the Old Dominion Land Company, see \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990001726530205756\"\u003e\"A Finding Aid to the records of the Old Dominion Land Company\"\u003c/extref\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content:\u003c/emph\u003eOld Dominion Land Company Business Records, 1881-1949, consists of eight volumes that document the development of property in Newport News, Va. Occasionally information appears relating to the development of property in other Virginia counties such as Gloucester, Norfolk, New Kent, and Rockbridge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Record of Contract and Deed books list the contract and deed information of land in development. Information found in each entry include contract and deed numbers, date of contract and deed, name with whom contract made, grantee named in deed, lot and block numbers, consideration, cash payments, and the length of contract.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Sales Books record lots purchased from the land company. Arranged by block number, information found in each transaction includes date of purchase, lot number, name of purchaser, town and state location of the property, price paid, and taxes owed.\n\t\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eThe Peninsula Automobile Association was organized with 39 charter numbers in Newport News in 1909. It became a club member of the American Automobile Association in 1919. 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Details concerning the acquirement of stockholders and the collection capital stock from subscribers were included in later meetings\n\t\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSavings Bank of Newport News Stock Book, 1903, includes duplicate stock certificates kept for the bank's records of capital stock shares sold. Each stock certificate includes a certificate number, date of purchase, name of buyer, and the number of shares purchased.\n\t\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eThe Warwick Machine Company was a marine engineering and machinery company operating in Newport News, Va. In 1950 the company sold its assets to the Hooper Valve and Engineering Corporation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eScope and Content:\u003c/emph\u003eThe business records of the Warwick Machine Company consist of a ledger, receivership records, trial balance records, a letter book, and records of losses. Only the ledger book has been processed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWarwick Machine Company Ledger, 1943-1950, records the company's financial activities. Part of the ledger functions as a cashbook recording the cash on hand, cash available at various banks, and accounts receivable. The rest of the ledger documents the machine company's expenses such as salaries, taxes, purchase of materials and supplies, and machinery upkeep and repairs. Information found in each entry includes the date of transaction and amounts either debited or credited. Only occasionally was a note provided describing the details of the transaction. Scattered throughout the ledger are entries documenting the sale of the company in 1950 to the Hooper Valve and Engineering Corporation.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Newport News, City of/Warwick County (Va.) Business Records, 1881-1951, is comprised of various records created by individuals and companies in pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Newport News (Va.). Represented records largely consists of bound volumes such as ledgers, stock books, minute books, sales books, deed books, and contract books. \n","Historical Information: In 1869, financier Collis P. Huntington and a number of others formed a group to purchase controlling interest in teh Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. During the reorganization meeting of the stockholders, Huntington was elected president. Agents of the company began to purchase land between Richmond and Newport News in 1870 and in 1872, a decision was made to locate the Atlantic terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in Newport News. The Old Dominion Land Company was chartered in 1880 to secure railway right-of-ways on the Peninsula. Railroad construction on the peninsula began in 1880 and two years later, the Old Dominion Land Company began work on the Hotel Warwick, which opened the same year. The Old Dominion Land Company contributed to the establishment of a number of community facilities, including Newport News' first bank, the Warwick County Courthouse, and a Union Chapel. They also donated the land which was used to build Riverside Hospital, the public library, and Huntington Park. ","Collis P. Huntington died unexpectedly at the beginning of the new century, leaving his interests to Arabella Huntington, his widow, his adopted children, Princess Clara von Hatzvelt and Archer M. Huntington, and Henry E. Huntington, his nephew who later married Arabella. Upon the United States' entrance into World War I, the federal government entered into a number of leases and purchase agreements with the Old Dominion Land Company because of Newport News' importance as a place of embarkment. Thousands of soldiers were stationed at bases which were built on land owned by the Old Dominion Land Company. ","By 1932, nearly all of the profitable property owned by the Old Dominion Land Company had been sold. Within the decade, the company was almost entirely liquidated, with the Hotel Warwick as the only valuable property still owned by the Old Dominion Land Company. Liquidation of the company was completed in 1948.","For a more detailed history of the Old Dominion Land Company, see  \"A Finding Aid to the records of the Old Dominion Land Company\"","Scope and Content: Old Dominion Land Company Business Records, 1881-1949, consists of eight volumes that document the development of property in Newport News, Va. Occasionally information appears relating to the development of property in other Virginia counties such as Gloucester, Norfolk, New Kent, and Rockbridge.","The Record of Contract and Deed books list the contract and deed information of land in development. Information found in each entry include contract and deed numbers, date of contract and deed, name with whom contract made, grantee named in deed, lot and block numbers, consideration, cash payments, and the length of contract.","The Sales Books record lots purchased from the land company. Arranged by block number, information found in each transaction includes date of purchase, lot number, name of purchaser, town and state location of the property, price paid, and taxes owed.\n\t","Historical Information: The Peninsula Automobile Association was organized with 39 charter numbers in Newport News in 1909. It became a club member of the American Automobile Association in 1919. The American Automobile Association was founded in 1902, in Chicago, Illinois, when nine motor clubs banded together in response to the lack of roads and highways suitable for automobiles.\n","Scope and Content: The Peninsula Automobile Association consists of two volumes, a minute book and an account book. The minutes contain committee reports, records of election of officers, and a record of the proceedings of monthly meetings. Topics discussed include the state of roads, efforts to lobby the government to improve, expand, and maintain roads and streets, fundraising, and service projects, such as providing cars to assist the Red Cross in entertaining wounded soldiers. Accounts are a record of receipts and disbursements for the year 1921.","Historical Information: Chartered in 1901, the Savings Bank of Newport News did not open its doors until 1 March 1902. The bank operated in Newport News, Va., during the early twentieth century. Early officers of the bank included L. F. Barnes, president, and Carter Perkins, cashier and secretary.","Scope and Content: The Savings Bank of Newport News business records consists of one stock book and one minute book.","Savings Bank of Newport News Minute Book, 1901-1904, records the minutes for the meetings of the bank's board of directors and stockholders. In early meetings, the board of directors and stockholders discussed establishing the bank's charter, selecting board members, crafting a constitution, and adopting bylaws. Details concerning the acquirement of stockholders and the collection capital stock from subscribers were included in later meetings\n\t","Savings Bank of Newport News Stock Book, 1903, includes duplicate stock certificates kept for the bank's records of capital stock shares sold. Each stock certificate includes a certificate number, date of purchase, name of buyer, and the number of shares purchased.\n\t","Historical Information: The Warwick Machine Company was a marine engineering and machinery company operating in Newport News, Va. In 1950 the company sold its assets to the Hooper Valve and Engineering Corporation.","Scope and Content: The business records of the Warwick Machine Company consist of a ledger, receivership records, trial balance records, a letter book, and records of losses. Only the ledger book has been processed.","Warwick Machine Company Ledger, 1943-1950, records the company's financial activities. Part of the ledger functions as a cashbook recording the cash on hand, cash available at various banks, and accounts receivable. The rest of the ledger documents the machine company's expenses such as salaries, taxes, purchase of materials and supplies, and machinery upkeep and repairs. Information found in each entry includes the date of transaction and amounts either debited or credited. Only occasionally was a note provided describing the details of the transaction. 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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, debut suits, and contract disputes.\n","Locality History:  City of Newport News was located in Warwick County, which is now extinct. The origin of the name is uncertain but the phrase \"Newportes News\" appeared in documents as early as 1619 and probably commemorated Christopher Newport, who made five voyages to Virginia between 1607 and 1619. Newport News was a small settlement until late in the nineteenth century, when it became the eastern terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. The Old Dominion Land Company bought land there in 1880 and began laying out a new village in October. Newport News was incorporated as a city by act of the General Assembly in 1896 without ever having been incorporated as a town. On 1 July 1958 Newport News was enlarged by consolidation with the city of Warwick, which then became extinct.","Lost Locality Notes: Recognized as Warwick River County, one of the original shires, in 1634; the name was shortened to Warwick in 1643. County court records were destroyed at several times with most destruction occurring during the Civil War. The clerk's office was burned on 15 December 1864. County court minute books and loose records from 1787 to 1819 were destroyed by the fire. Additional records were burned in Richmond on 3 April 1865, where they had been moved for safekeeping during the Civil War.","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.\n","These records were processed by Bari Helms between 2008-2010.","The Warwick County business records were originally maintained as a separate, discrete group. Those records were consolidated with the Newport News business records into a singular guide due to overlapping geographical locations and dates.","Encoded by J. Taylor: June 2024.","Additional Newport News and Warwick County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia.  Consult  \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"","Warwick County County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Warwick County County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n","Newport News, City of/Warwick County (Va.) Business Records, 1881-1951, is comprised of various records created by individuals and companies in pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Newport News (Va.). Represented records largely consists of bound volumes such as ledgers, stock books, minute books, sales books, deed books, and contract books. \n","Historical Information: In 1869, financier Collis P. Huntington and a number of others formed a group to purchase controlling interest in teh Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. During the reorganization meeting of the stockholders, Huntington was elected president. Agents of the company began to purchase land between Richmond and Newport News in 1870 and in 1872, a decision was made to locate the Atlantic terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in Newport News. The Old Dominion Land Company was chartered in 1880 to secure railway right-of-ways on the Peninsula. Railroad construction on the peninsula began in 1880 and two years later, the Old Dominion Land Company began work on the Hotel Warwick, which opened the same year. The Old Dominion Land Company contributed to the establishment of a number of community facilities, including Newport News' first bank, the Warwick County Courthouse, and a Union Chapel. They also donated the land which was used to build Riverside Hospital, the public library, and Huntington Park. ","Collis P. Huntington died unexpectedly at the beginning of the new century, leaving his interests to Arabella Huntington, his widow, his adopted children, Princess Clara von Hatzvelt and Archer M. Huntington, and Henry E. Huntington, his nephew who later married Arabella. Upon the United States' entrance into World War I, the federal government entered into a number of leases and purchase agreements with the Old Dominion Land Company because of Newport News' importance as a place of embarkment. Thousands of soldiers were stationed at bases which were built on land owned by the Old Dominion Land Company. ","By 1932, nearly all of the profitable property owned by the Old Dominion Land Company had been sold. Within the decade, the company was almost entirely liquidated, with the Hotel Warwick as the only valuable property still owned by the Old Dominion Land Company. Liquidation of the company was completed in 1948.","For a more detailed history of the Old Dominion Land Company, see  \"A Finding Aid to the records of the Old Dominion Land Company\"","Scope and Content: Old Dominion Land Company Business Records, 1881-1949, consists of eight volumes that document the development of property in Newport News, Va. Occasionally information appears relating to the development of property in other Virginia counties such as Gloucester, Norfolk, New Kent, and Rockbridge.","The Record of Contract and Deed books list the contract and deed information of land in development. Information found in each entry include contract and deed numbers, date of contract and deed, name with whom contract made, grantee named in deed, lot and block numbers, consideration, cash payments, and the length of contract.","The Sales Books record lots purchased from the land company. Arranged by block number, information found in each transaction includes date of purchase, lot number, name of purchaser, town and state location of the property, price paid, and taxes owed.\n\t","Historical Information: The Peninsula Automobile Association was organized with 39 charter numbers in Newport News in 1909. It became a club member of the American Automobile Association in 1919. The American Automobile Association was founded in 1902, in Chicago, Illinois, when nine motor clubs banded together in response to the lack of roads and highways suitable for automobiles.\n","Scope and Content: The Peninsula Automobile Association consists of two volumes, a minute book and an account book. The minutes contain committee reports, records of election of officers, and a record of the proceedings of monthly meetings. Topics discussed include the state of roads, efforts to lobby the government to improve, expand, and maintain roads and streets, fundraising, and service projects, such as providing cars to assist the Red Cross in entertaining wounded soldiers. Accounts are a record of receipts and disbursements for the year 1921.","Historical Information: Chartered in 1901, the Savings Bank of Newport News did not open its doors until 1 March 1902. The bank operated in Newport News, Va., during the early twentieth century. Early officers of the bank included L. F. Barnes, president, and Carter Perkins, cashier and secretary.","Scope and Content: The Savings Bank of Newport News business records consists of one stock book and one minute book.","Savings Bank of Newport News Minute Book, 1901-1904, records the minutes for the meetings of the bank's board of directors and stockholders. In early meetings, the board of directors and stockholders discussed establishing the bank's charter, selecting board members, crafting a constitution, and adopting bylaws. Details concerning the acquirement of stockholders and the collection capital stock from subscribers were included in later meetings\n\t","Savings Bank of Newport News Stock Book, 1903, includes duplicate stock certificates kept for the bank's records of capital stock shares sold. Each stock certificate includes a certificate number, date of purchase, name of buyer, and the number of shares purchased.\n\t","Historical Information: The Warwick Machine Company was a marine engineering and machinery company operating in Newport News, Va. In 1950 the company sold its assets to the Hooper Valve and Engineering Corporation.","Scope and Content: The business records of the Warwick Machine Company consist of a ledger, receivership records, trial balance records, a letter book, and records of losses. Only the ledger book has been processed.","Warwick Machine Company Ledger, 1943-1950, records the company's financial activities. Part of the ledger functions as a cashbook recording the cash on hand, cash available at various banks, and accounts receivable. The rest of the ledger documents the machine company's expenses such as salaries, taxes, purchase of materials and supplies, and machinery upkeep and repairs. Information found in each entry includes the date of transaction and amounts either debited or credited. Only occasionally was a note provided describing the details of the transaction. Scattered throughout the ledger are entries documenting the sale of the company in 1950 to the Hooper Valve and Engineering Corporation.","There are no restrictions.\n","State Record Center-Archives Annex, Library of Virginia\n","English\n"],"collection_title_tesim":["Newport News, City of/Warwick County (Va.) 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The Old Dominion Land Company bought land there in 1880 and began laying out a new village in October. Newport News was incorporated as a city by act of the General Assembly in 1896 without ever having been incorporated as a town. On 1 July 1958 Newport News was enlarged by consolidation with the city of Warwick, which then became extinct.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLost Locality Notes:\u003c/emph\u003eRecognized as Warwick River County, one of the original shires, in 1634; the name was shortened to Warwick in 1643. County court records were destroyed at several times with most destruction occurring during the Civil War. The clerk's office was burned on 15 December 1864. County court minute books and loose records from 1787 to 1819 were destroyed by the fire. 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The origin of the name is uncertain but the phrase \"Newportes News\" appeared in documents as early as 1619 and probably commemorated Christopher Newport, who made five voyages to Virginia between 1607 and 1619. Newport News was a small settlement until late in the nineteenth century, when it became the eastern terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. The Old Dominion Land Company bought land there in 1880 and began laying out a new village in October. Newport News was incorporated as a city by act of the General Assembly in 1896 without ever having been incorporated as a town. On 1 July 1958 Newport News was enlarged by consolidation with the city of Warwick, which then became extinct.","Lost Locality Notes: Recognized as Warwick River County, one of the original shires, in 1634; the name was shortened to Warwick in 1643. County court records were destroyed at several times with most destruction occurring during the Civil War. The clerk's office was burned on 15 December 1864. County court minute books and loose records from 1787 to 1819 were destroyed by the fire. Additional records were burned in Richmond on 3 April 1865, where they had been moved for safekeeping during the Civil War."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNewport News, City of/Warwick County (Va.) Business Records, 1881-1951. [include volume title]. Local government records collection, Newport News, City of/Warwick County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Newport News, City of/Warwick County (Va.) Business Records, 1881-1951. [include volume title]. Local government records collection, Newport News, City of/Warwick County Court Records. 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Consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA159\"\u003e\"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"\u003c/extref\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWarwick County County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Warwick County County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities 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 found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Newport News and Warwick County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia.  Consult  \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"","Warwick County County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Warwick County County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNewport News, City of/Warwick County (Va.) Business Records, 1881-1951, is comprised of various records created by individuals and companies in pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Newport News (Va.). Represented records largely consists of bound volumes such as ledgers, stock books, minute books, sales books, deed books, and contract books. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHistorical Information:\u003c/emph\u003eIn 1869, financier Collis P. Huntington and a number of others formed a group to purchase controlling interest in teh Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. During the reorganization meeting of the stockholders, Huntington was elected president. Agents of the company began to purchase land between Richmond and Newport News in 1870 and in 1872, a decision was made to locate the Atlantic terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in Newport News. The Old Dominion Land Company was chartered in 1880 to secure railway right-of-ways on the Peninsula. Railroad construction on the peninsula began in 1880 and two years later, the Old Dominion Land Company began work on the Hotel Warwick, which opened the same year. The Old Dominion Land Company contributed to the establishment of a number of community facilities, including Newport News' first bank, the Warwick County Courthouse, and a Union Chapel. They also donated the land which was used to build Riverside Hospital, the public library, and Huntington Park. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCollis P. Huntington died unexpectedly at the beginning of the new century, leaving his interests to Arabella Huntington, his widow, his adopted children, Princess Clara von Hatzvelt and Archer M. 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Railroad construction on the peninsula began in 1880 and two years later, the Old Dominion Land Company began work on the Hotel Warwick, which opened the same year. The Old Dominion Land Company contributed to the establishment of a number of community facilities, including Newport News' first bank, the Warwick County Courthouse, and a Union Chapel. They also donated the land which was used to build Riverside Hospital, the public library, and Huntington Park. ","Collis P. Huntington died unexpectedly at the beginning of the new century, leaving his interests to Arabella Huntington, his widow, his adopted children, Princess Clara von Hatzvelt and Archer M. Huntington, and Henry E. Huntington, his nephew who later married Arabella. Upon the United States' entrance into World War I, the federal government entered into a number of leases and purchase agreements with the Old Dominion Land Company because of Newport News' importance as a place of embarkment. Thousands of soldiers were stationed at bases which were built on land owned by the Old Dominion Land Company. ","By 1932, nearly all of the profitable property owned by the Old Dominion Land Company had been sold. Within the decade, the company was almost entirely liquidated, with the Hotel Warwick as the only valuable property still owned by the Old Dominion Land Company. Liquidation of the company was completed in 1948.","For a more detailed history of the Old Dominion Land Company, see  \"A Finding Aid to the records of the Old Dominion Land Company\"","Scope and Content: Old Dominion Land Company Business Records, 1881-1949, consists of eight volumes that document the development of property in Newport News, Va. Occasionally information appears relating to the development of property in other Virginia counties such as Gloucester, Norfolk, New Kent, and Rockbridge.","The Record of Contract and Deed books list the contract and deed information of land in development. Information found in each entry include contract and deed numbers, date of contract and deed, name with whom contract made, grantee named in deed, lot and block numbers, consideration, cash payments, and the length of contract.","The Sales Books record lots purchased from the land company. Arranged by block number, information found in each transaction includes date of purchase, lot number, name of purchaser, town and state location of the property, price paid, and taxes owed.\n\t","Historical Information: The Peninsula Automobile Association was organized with 39 charter numbers in Newport News in 1909. It became a club member of the American Automobile Association in 1919. The American Automobile Association was founded in 1902, in Chicago, Illinois, when nine motor clubs banded together in response to the lack of roads and highways suitable for automobiles.\n","Scope and Content: The Peninsula Automobile Association consists of two volumes, a minute book and an account book. The minutes contain committee reports, records of election of officers, and a record of the proceedings of monthly meetings. Topics discussed include the state of roads, efforts to lobby the government to improve, expand, and maintain roads and streets, fundraising, and service projects, such as providing cars to assist the Red Cross in entertaining wounded soldiers. Accounts are a record of receipts and disbursements for the year 1921.","Historical Information: Chartered in 1901, the Savings Bank of Newport News did not open its doors until 1 March 1902. The bank operated in Newport News, Va., during the early twentieth century. Early officers of the bank included L. F. Barnes, president, and Carter Perkins, cashier and secretary.","Scope and Content: The Savings Bank of Newport News business records consists of one stock book and one minute book.","Savings Bank of Newport News Minute Book, 1901-1904, records the minutes for the meetings of the bank's board of directors and stockholders. In early meetings, the board of directors and stockholders discussed establishing the bank's charter, selecting board members, crafting a constitution, and adopting bylaws. Details concerning the acquirement of stockholders and the collection capital stock from subscribers were included in later meetings\n\t","Savings Bank of Newport News Stock Book, 1903, includes duplicate stock certificates kept for the bank's records of capital stock shares sold. 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It was established in 1880 and incorporated as a city by act of the General Assembly in 1896 without ever having been incorporated as a town.  Newport News was enlarged by consolidation with the city of Warwick in 1858.\n","Warwick County was originally called Warwick River County when it was formed as one of the original eight shires in 1634.  The shorter name was adopted in 1643.  It was named either for Robert Rich, earl of Warwick, a prominent member of the London Company, or for the county of Warwick in England.  Warwick County became extinct in 1952, when it became the city of Warwick.  The new city was consolidated with the city of Newport News in 1958 and took the latter's name.  Denbigh was the county seat.","Deed Books and Indices to Deeds for Newport News and Warwick County can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. 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