Bedford County (Va.) Business Records, 1884-1943

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:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Bedford County (Va.) Business Records, 1884-1943. [include volume title]. Local government records collection, Bedford County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Extent:
29 volumes
Creator:
Bedford County (Va.) Circuit Court
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Bedford County (Va.) Business Records, 1884-1943. [include volume title]. Local government records collection, Bedford County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Bedford County (Va.) Business Records, 1884-1941 is comprised of various records created by individuals and companies is pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Bedford County (Va.). Represented records largely consists of bound volumes such as ledgers, daybooks, minute books, cashbooks, certificates of deposits, registers of discounted bills, policy books, and a contract book.

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 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.

Locality History: Bedford County was named probably for John Russell, fourth duke of Bedford, who served as secretary of state for the southern department from 1748 to 1751 and had general supervision of colonial affairs. It was formed from Lunenburg County in 1753, and parts of Albemarle and Lunenburg Counties were added in 1755. The county court first met on 5 May 1754. The county seat is the town of Bedford.

Acquisition information:
These records came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Bedford County in an undated accession.
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.

These records were processed by Greg Crawford in 2000.

Encoded by J. Taylor: March 2025.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into eleven series:

  • Series I: Business Records of the Bedford County Bank, 1910-1931
  • Series II: Business Records of the Citizen's National Bank, 1929-1941
  • Series III: Business Records of the Citizen's Bank of Huddleston, 1925-1943
  • Series IV: Business Records of the Farmer's Savings Bank, 1925-1940
  • Series V: Business Records of the Great Americans Insurance Company of New York, 1911-1920
  • Series VI: Business Records of the Nichols Supply Company, 1923-1934
  • Series VII: Business Records of the People's National Bank of Lynchburk, 1916-1930
  • Series VIII: Business Records of the Shanklin, Campbell, and Company, 1884-1887
  • Series IX: Business Records of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, 1921-1924
  • Series X: Business Records of the Unidentified Bank, 1910-1923
  • Series XI: Business Records of the Unidentified Business, 1920-1930

Physical location:
State Record Center-Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
Physical description:
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