Pittsylvania County (Va.) Business Records, 1788-1845

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

Many of the business volumes are fragile and shold not be handled. please check alternative formats for volumes that have been microfiled. Please use microfilm if available.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Pittsylvania County (Va.) Business Records, 1788-1845, [include volume title]. Local government records collection, Pittsylvania County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Extent:
2 volumes
Creator:
Pittsylvania County (Va.) Circuit Court.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Pittsylvania County (Va.) Business Records, 1788-1845, [include volume title]. Local government records collection, Pittsylvania County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Pittsylvania County (Va.) Business Record, 1839-1845, is comprised of records of accounts of individual patients. The account list in chronological order charges and payments for visits to patients, medication, and other medical services such as extracting teeth, operations, and visits to ill slaves. Forms of payment include cash and credit.

Historical Information:Ledger A. Anthony and Grasty was a partnership that conducted business in Pitsylvania County during the mid-nineteenth century. It records the accounts of individual patients. The accounts list in chronological order charges and payments for visits to patients, medication, and other medical services such as extracting teeth, operations, and visits to ill slaves. Forms of payment include cash and credit.

This ledger 1839-1845, is comprised of records of accounts of individual patients. The account list in chronological order charges and payments for visits to patients, medication, and other medical services such as extracting teeth, operations, and visits to ill slaves. Forms of payment include cash and credit.

Historical Information: An unidentified business that conducted business in Pittsylvania County during the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. An unidentified retail business that records the individual accounts of customers. Information found in each entry include date of transaction, items purchased, quantity of items purchased, date and form of payment, and total amount owed and paid. Items purchased include wheat, cotton, dry goods, clothing, spices, wool, dishware, iron, alcohol, food, and paper. Items paid by cash, credit, labor such as making clothing, picking cotton, plowing fields, etc., and barter such as corn, calf skin, green apples, and beeswax. There are also entries that refer to hiring out enslaved individuals.

An unidentified retail business that records the individual accounts of customers. Information found in each entry include date of transaction, items purchased, quantity of items purchased, date and form of payment, and total amount owed and paid. Items purchased include wheat, cotton, dry goods, clothing, spices, wool, dishware, iron, alcohol, food, and paper. Items paid by cash, credit, labor such as making clothing, picking cotton, plowing fields, etc., and barter such as corn, calf skin, green apples, and beeswax. There are also entries that refer to hiring out enslaved individuals.

Biographical / historical:

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 safekeeping 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.

Locality History: Pittsylvania County was named in honor of William Pitt, first Earl of Chatham, a great English statesman. It was formed from Halifax County in 1766.

Acquisition information:
These records came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Pittsylvania County in 2011.
Processing information:

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.

The records in this collection were processed as diffent times around 2004 by Greg Crawford. 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 Sherri Bagley, May 2024

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged

  • Series I: Anthony and Grasty Ledger A., 1839-1845
  • Series II: Unidentified Retail Ledger, 1788-1828

Physical location:
State Record Center
Physical description:
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