Historical Information:D. M. Bailey and Son was a retail business in Bland County during the late 19th century.

Scope and Content:D. M. Bailey and Son Records consist of a ledger and daybook.

Ledger, 1886-1898, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, amount owed, form of payment, and amount paid.

Daybook C, 1890-1893, records daily company transactions. Information includes name of customer, dates of transactions, items purchased, quantity of items purchased, price of each item, form of payment, and amount owed and paid. Merchandise sold includes nails, shoes, candy, dry goods, tobacco, bacon, and clothing. Payments are made by cash, credit, barter, and labor. Entries can be found in Ledger, 1886-1898.

Historical Information:Barclay Dodd opearated a general store in Bland County during the late 19th century.

Scope and Content:Barclay Dodd Records consist of a ledger and an account book.

Ledger, 1880-1890, and Account Book 1, 1889-1890, record the individual accounts of customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order, items purchased, cost per item, amount owed, amount paid, and form of payment. Items sold include dry goods, toiletries, food, cigars, and watches. Forms of payment include cash, credit, labor, and barter of items such as eggs, flour, and coal.

Historical Information:Newberry, Finley, and Company was a retail business in Bland County during the late 19th to early 20th centuries.

Scope and Content:Newberry, Finley, and Company Ledgers, 1899-1908, record the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes name of customer, date of transaction, amount owed, form of payment, and amount paid. Volume does not contain detailed information regarding items sold by general store. Rather, it uses the general term "merchandise." Volume also includes miscellaneous loose papers. Both volumes have an index.

Historical Information:G. W. Thompson and Son operated a retail business in Hicksville in the 20th century.

Scope and Content:G. W. Thompson and Son Ledger, April 1915-November 1923, gives a detailed account of individual customers. Accounts are found in volume's index, in front of volume, alphabetically by last name. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, itemization of individual items with exact date of purchase noted in parentheses, amount owed which is noted in a separate column, amount paid and form of payment. Merchandise sold included staples such as eggs, sugar and coffee, shoes, denim, tobacco, leather, meat, curtains, oil, soap, fresh fruit, vegetables, candy, medicine and cheese. Volume also includes letters, advertisements and a mini ledger with various measurements and prices. Pages 170-172 indicate the partnership may have managed an estate account and guardian accounts for the Newberry family.

Historical Information:An Unidentified General Store operated in Bland County in the early 20th century.

Scope and Content:Unidentified General Store Ledger, 15 Oct 1906-24 March 1908, records a quick account of individual transactions by date and account number. Each entry includes items purchased, amount owed, interest owed, amount paid and form of payment usually cash or check. Items sold included shoes, pants and shirts, tobacco, cheese, syrup, cigars, matches and eggs.