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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Greg Crawford, 25 May 2010 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Robert M. Brown, Attorney Account Books, 1838-1880 A Collection in the Library of Virginia Barcode numbers 1105993, 1106000/Amherst County (Va.) Reel 131 Greg Crawford

Library of Virginia 2010 Greg Crawford Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Robert M. Brown, Attorney Account Books, 1838-1880 Barcode numbers 1105993, 1106000/Amherst County (Va.) Reel 131 Library of Virginia 2 v.; 1 microfilm reel English Brown, Robert M. 1814-1894. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

Use microfilm copy, Amherst County (Va.) Reel 131.

Preferred Citation

Robert M. Brown, Attorney Account Books, 1838-1880. Amherst County (Va.) Reel 131, Local government records collection, Amherst County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Amherst County.

Microfilm reel was generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Program.

Historical Information

Amherst County was named for Major General Jeffery Amherst, British commander in North America during the latter part of the French and Indian War and governor of Virginia from 1759 to 1768. It was formed from Albemarle County in 1761. Islands in the Fluvanna (now the James) River were added in 1770.

Scope and Content

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.

Additional information found in account books include contracts and transactions related to the building of a Presbyterian church at Amherst Courthouse. The contracts record the specifications and materials used to build the church.

Index Terms Persons: Brown, Robert M. 1814-1894. Subjects: Administration of estates -- Virginia -- Amherst County. African Americans -- History. Lawyers -- Virginia -- Amherst County. Legal services -- Virginia -- Amherst County. Presbyterian church buildings -- Virginia -- Amherst County. Slaves -- Virginia -- Amherst County. Geographical Names: Amherst County -- History -- 19th century. Genre and Form Terms: Account books -- Virginia -- Amherst County. Business records -- Virginia -- Amherst County. Contracts -- Virginia -- Amherst County. Local government records -- Virginia -- Amherst County.