Series IV: Williams and Woodville Account Books, 1849, 1852-1853, 1861-1870,

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3 volumes

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Historical Information:Williams and Woodville was a medical practice formed by Charles Williams and James Lewis Woodville.

James Lewis Woodville was born 8 Jan. 1820 in Augusta County, Virginia to James L. and Mary S. Lewis Woodville. He first attended the University of Virginia and then the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with a degree in medicine in 1844. Shortly thereafter he opened a medical practice in Botetourt County, Virginia. While there he also met and married Mary Ann Breckenridge (b. 1831) on 29 Sept. 1852. The couple had at least 6 children.

At the start of the Civil War, Woodville volunteered his medical services to the Confederate Army. He served first in the 7th Virginia Infantry, and also at the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs Hospital near Blacksburg, West Virginia. Near the war's end Woodville was transferred to the Huguenot Springs Hospital near Richmond, Virginia. Following the war Woodville moved to Sweet Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia and began a new medical practice. He died there on 14 August 1904.

Scope and Content:Williams and Woodville Account Book, 1849, records the accounts of individual patients. The accounts list charges and payments for visits to patients, medication, and other medical services.

Williams and Woodville Account Book, 1852-1853, records the accounts of individual customers. Transactions are listed in chronological order. Each entry records date of transaction, service rendered, and amount owed. Services rendered include visits to patients, prescriptions for medication, and extracting teeth. Volume includes an index that lists in alphabetical order the names of patients and the page numbers where their accounts can be found.

Williams and Woodville Account Book, 1861-1870, records the accounts of individual patients. Accounts list charges and payments for visits, consultations, prescriptions for medicines, treatments such as setting fractures, plasters for blisters and opening wounds. Individuals were treated in household along with their enslaved individuals. Volume includes an index that lists in alphabetical order the names of patients and the page numbers where their accounts can be found. In addition, the volume contains a listing of bonds to do with the estate of Dr. Charles Williams.

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State Records Center

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