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Inventory and appraisement of the estate of Colonel James White, 1839-1873, list the type and value of personal property owned by White at the time of his death on his plantations in Washington County, Virginia, and Jackson County, Alabama. The name of his Virginia plantation was Limestone and the name of his Alabama plantation was Bellefont. The inventory and appraisement include a lengthy list of slaves owned by White. Information recorded includes name, gender, age, and value of slaves. The volumes also record transactions made by White's administrators. Entries record date of transcation, form of transaction, and amount owed and paid. The smaller volume is located inside the front cover of the larger volume.

Lynch, Cummings, and Company Ledger, 1858-1874 (bulk 1858-1862), record the accounts of individual customers and the company's controlling accounts. Information found in the accounts include name of customer, date of transaction, form of transaction, merchandise purchased, amount owed, form of payment, and amount paid. Entries do not record the specific item purchased; rather, they use the general term "Merchandise." The account books include an index listing in alphabetical order the names of individuals and controlling accounts and the page numbers where there accounts can be found.

Washington County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1777-1871 includes Guardians' Bonds, 1780-1871 and Administrators' Bonds, 1777-1799, 1811, 1815. There are two undated Administrators' Bonds, one bond is for William Fork's estate and the other one is for Abraham Wilson's estate.

Washington County (Va.) Recorded and Unrecorded Deeds, 1799-1882 (bulk 1863-1882), consist of deeds of bargain and sale, deeds of gift, homestead mortgages, and deeds of trust both recorded and unrecorded. Recorded deeds were proved and recorded in deed books. Unrecorded deeds were never proved and recorded in deed books. A few of the deeds include plats.

Washington County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons of Washington County, State of Virginia, cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866. Also commonly called Washington County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. This register records the name of the husband, his age, place of birth, residence, occupation, last owner, last owner's residence, name of the wife, her age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence, name of children with the ages of each, and the date of commencement of cohabitation.

Washington County (Va.) Township Records, 1870-1875, consist of three volumes relating to the administrative functions of the township boards of the county.