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Cashbook, Daybooks, and Ledgers, 1878-1886, of Barley, Beaty, and Company, a general store, consist of a cashbook, six daybooks and three ledgers.

Frederick County (Va.) Court Record, 1854. The collection contains an envelope addressed to George Bowman, Strasburg, Virginia. The envelope was removed from an unknown series of Frederick County court records.

Frederick County (Va.) Lists of Tithables and Taxable Property, 1781, 1784-1786. Consists of the list of tithable heads of household and taxable property in the county for the years 1781, 1784-1786.

Frederick County (Va.) Marriage Register, 1850-1870, is a list of marriages celebrated in the county and recorded by the county clerk. The first half of this original volume, 1850-1862, mentions the date of the marriage license and the full names of both parties. In this part of the volume, marriages between "free negroes" or "persons of color" are found in every year except 1855. In the second section of the volume, 1865-1870, the following information is found: the fulll name of husband and wife, the date of marriage, the place of marriage, the age of the husband, the age of the wife, the condition of the husband (including his occupation) before marriage, the condition of the wife before marriage, the birth places of husband and wife, the names of their parents and the name of the person who married them. All marriages are numbered consectively from 1 to 643. Marriages between "persons of color" are noted throughout this section. There are no record of any marriages, white or colored, for the years 1863 and 1864.

Frederick County (Va.) Marriage Register, 1782-1853, is a typewritten list compiled by extracting information from the original marriage bonds and ministers' returns found in the Circuit Court Clerk's Office. The register contains only the full names of the parties, the name of the minister who performed the marriage ceremony and the date of the marriage. Marriages between "mulattoes" and "free negroes" are noted from 1809-1852--pages 51 through 112. Corrections to entries are noted in pencil.

Frederick County (Va.) Minute Books, 1761-1858, record all matters brought before the court on a daily basis when it was in session including but not limited to: civil and criminal suits, appointments of county officers, appointments of guardians and administrators, deed recordings, free negro registrations, naturalization registrations, and court fees. Clerks would transfer information from minute books to appropriate order book, deed book, fiduciary book, free negro register, etc.

Frederick County (Va.) Records, 1746-1927, undated, consist of the following series: Court Records (subfield series include Judgments, Clerk's Records, Personal Documentation and Chancery Records), Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, Land Records, Military and Pension Records, Road and Bridge Records, Organization Records, County Administrative Records (subfield series include Treasurers' Records and Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records) and Wills.

Will books, 1743-1794, of Frederick County Court. The will books includes the name of testator, list of heirs and year the wills were proven in court and probate records such as inventories and appraisements.