Richmond County (Va.) Business Records, 1793-1874

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 should not be handled. please check alternative form available heading for volumes that have been microfilmed. Please use microfilm if available.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Richmond County (Va.) Business Records, 1793-1874. [include volume title]. Local government records collection, Richmond County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Extent:
7 volumes
Creator:
Richmond County (Va.) Circuit Court.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Richmond County (Va.) Business Records, 1793-1874. [include volume title]. Local government records collection, Richmond County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Richmond County (Va.) Business Records, 1793-1874, is comprised of various records created by individuals and companies is pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Richmond County (Va.). Represented records largely consists of bound volumes such as ledgers, daybooks, journals, letter book, minute books and subscription books.

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 records exhibit appeared both in chancery causes and in judgments. These records serving as exhibits for business dissolution cases, debt suits, and contract disputes.

Lost Records Note:Created in 1692. Some volumes were burned and mutilated through unknown causes; in addition, the will books prior to 1699 were missing as early as 1793, and order books for the period 1794-1816 are also missing. Numerous loose records prior to 1781 are missing as well.

Locality History:Richmond County was named either for Richmond borough in Surrey, England, or for the late-seventeenth-century duke of Richmond. It was formed from old Rappahannock County in 1692. Its area is 193 square miles, and the county seat is Warsaw.

Acquisition information:
These records came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Richmond County in 2004.
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 at different times in 2004 by Gregory 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, September 2024

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged

  • Series I: Glenn and Brother Daybook, 1849-1851
  • Series II: Mangorike Wharf Company Minutes and Subscription Book, 1873-1874
  • Series III: Moody and Price Letter Book, 1793-1796
  • Series IV: Plummer and Tapscott Journal, 1812-1814
  • Series V: Robert B. Sydnor Journals and Ledger, 1847-1852

Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
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