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Botetourt Lodge No. 7 (Gloucester County, Va.) records contains materieals related to the Botetourt Lodge No. 7. Gloucester County Courthouse in Virginia. The collection includes minute and secretary books from the lodge dating from 1857-1891.

Subscription list of the Clarksburg Public Library, 1913-1922

Miscellaneous papers collected by the Clarksburg Public Library, including Harrison County land papers of John Lang, 1782-1821; General Land Office Warrant of Thomas Cunningham, an 1812 veteran for 160 acres in Illinois; letter from Melville D. Long from Point Lookout prison, April 1865; letter to Mrs. John J. Davis, Clarksburg, telling of an unexpected invasion of Baltimore by the Rebels in July 1854; and farm diary, 1856-1861 of P.R. Page, Gloucester County, Virginia. This volumes gives accurate and detailed information on the operation of a grain and livestock farm in eastern Virginia

Ledger kept by the Dutton and Gayle Store in the area of Ware Neck in Gloucester County, Virginia. Items sold by the store include coffee, canned meat and groceries as well as tobacco and clothing. Accounts were kept of the price of goods as well as payments by patrons and recorded in the front half of the ledger.

Ledger kept by the Gloucester Court House Store which detailed purchases and payments by various residents of the area. Items purchased range from food items such as butter, flour, molasses, salt, and sugar to household items such as cloth, hardware, and candles. The shop also sold tobacco and various types of alcohol including rum, brandy, and whiskey.

1862 Civil War map of Gloucester Point, Virginia signed by William H. Powers and Henry Andrew Black, members of the Piedmont Artillery formed in Beford County, Virginia. The map is hand-drawn and colored, and is thought to be a sentry map so soldiers knew where to go for guard duty.

Ledger kept by the Hickory Fork Store in the area of Hickory Fork in Gloucester County, Virginia. Items sold by the store include calico, silk, thread, and cotton. They also sold food items such as eggs, sugar, spices, fruit, and many other food staples. Tobacco, wine, and alcohol were also sold to various residents who purchased from the store. Accounts were kept of the price of goods as well as payments by patrons. The latter section of the book contains a farm journal by Thomas S. Harwood, with brief entries for each day on work and the weather on the Ainville estate. Written on cover in ink: T. S. Harwood, day book closed[?], 1 July 1848.

Account and ledger kept by R.P. Gray and Borther General Store located in the Sign Pine area of Gloucester County, Virginia. Accounts recorded include various residents of the area as well as other businesses such as the local church and the Signpine and Petsworth schools. The last half of the ledger also includes a complete inventory of supplies at the store. The page ranges for this inventory can be found from page 221-249 of the ledger.

The Timberneck Farm Ledgers collection contains 11 ledgers including records of estate in relation to Timberneck Farm in Gloucester, Virginia as well as doctor's ledgers. The collection also includes school notes, essays and a Gloucester Charity School ledger.