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Amherst County (Va.) Judgments (Freedom Suits), 1814-1819, consist of suits initiated by slaves seeking to gain their freedom on the law side of the court. Cases are identified by style of suit consisting of plaintiff and defendant names. Surnames of others involved in a suit, including secondary plaintiffs and defendants, witnesses, deponents and affiants, and family members with surnames different from the plaintiff or defendant are indexed. Also identified are names of slaves and slaveowners found in suit as well as whether slave(s) won their freedom. Predominant documents found in freedom suits include petitions, records of suits, depositions, affidavits, wills, among other items. Information found in documents include slave's argument for freedom, acquisition of slaves by slaveowners, slave ancestry, and relationship between slaves and slaveowners.

Bailie and Gallaher, Book and Job Printers Ledger, 1836-1840, records the accounts of individual customers. Information found in each account includes name of customer, date of transaction, form of transaction, amount and type of items printed, amount owed, form of payment, and amount paid. Forms of payment include cash and credit. Entries include payments for handbills, circulars, funeral tickets, and invitations.

Brown and Whitehead, Attorney Ledger, 1849-1857, records individual accounts of clients. Entries record date of transaction, amount owed and amount paid. Entries do not record legal service rendered. They use the generic term "to fee." Volume includes an index.

John Cabell's Estate Account Book, 1809-1834, records the accounts of individual's who conducted business with Cabell's estate. Information found in each account includes name of individual, date of transaction, form of transaction, amount and type of items purcahsed, amount owed, form of payment, and amount paid. Forms of payment include cash, credit, and barter. Transactions involve wheat, corn, oats, pork, farm tools, horses, livestock, and slaves. Individuals involved in transactions include John Cabell's children. Entries include costs related to the burial of John Cabell in May 1815.

Read and Montgomerie Journal, 1820-1827, records accounts of its customers in Bedford County, Virginia. It lists the debts owed and payments made by individual customers. It also includes Read and Montgomerie's legal expenses from law suits. The first twenty pages of the journal are missing. The volume's spine includes the initials "B. M." for Boyd Miller who was perhaps an agent for the company.

Robert M. Brown, Attorney Account Books, 1838-1880, records accounts related to legal services. Entries record names of clients, dates of transactions, form of transactions, legal services rendered, amount owed, form of payments, and amount paid. Legal services include defense counsel in law suits, administrator of decedent estates, guardian of minors, and recording legal documents. Transactions include sale of slaves. Both volumes include indices.

Unidentified Liquor Mechant Ledger D, 1814-1815, records the accounts of individual customers. Information found in each account includes name of customer, date of transaction, form of transaction, amount and type of liquor sold, amount owed, form of payment, and amount paid. Forms of payment include cash, credit, and barter of items such as corn, oats, and flour.