A&M 2487T.B. Cauthorn Papers, 1867-1907 A&M 2487Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

1549 University Ave. P.O. Box 6069 Morgantown, WV 26506-6069Business Number: 304-293-3536wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.comURL:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-06-18 13:48:21 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center T.B. Cauthorn Papers Cauthorn, T. B. A&M 2487 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/516 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case) 1867-1907 West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: West Virginia & Regional History Center English Conditions Governing Access

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], T.B. Cauthorn Papers, A&M 2487, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

 Scope and Contents

Business correspondence, accounts, ledger book, and legal papers of Townley B. Cauthorn, farmer and lumber merchant of Millboro (Bath County), Virginia. The collection contains pay records for sawmill hands and farm laborers, employee purchase accounts, and legal documents. Also included are a record of road work done in Bath County when Cauthorn was Commissioner of Roads and an agreement between Cauthorn and Edgar S. Davis for the adoption by Cauthorn of Mattie Davis.

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 Bath County (Va.) Millboro (Va.) Bath County (Va.) Account books Farms and farming. Lumber industry and timber. Lumber trade Mills and mill-work Roads. SEE ALSO Turnpikes. Cauthorn, T. B. Davis, Edgar S. Davis, Mattie - adoption. Business Correspondence and Miscellaneous DocumentsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1703591883–19071Scope and Contents

Includes letters concerning orders for merchandise, payments, etc; also includes two school grade reports for Mattie Davis.

Business RecordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1703601878–19092Scope and Contents

Includes insurance policies, receipts, merchants' bills, and advertising circulars.

Business RecordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1703611873–18963Scope and Contents

Includes "Weekly Time Book [1890-1891] (showing purchases, payments for hauling lumber); Pay Book for Saw Mill and Company Store Records (pay book contains only one sheet of "time rolls" for sawmill hands, showing March-May, August 1871; company store book shows purchases of sawmill employees from 1890-1896); and a record book [1873-1883] (showing time worked and wages paid to Cauthorn's farm hands and credits to the employees for purchases from local merchants).

Legal Records and PapersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1703621867–18984Scope and Contents

Includes jury summons for T.B. Cauthorn; case papers for bankruptcy proceedings; appointment of Cauthorn to Road Commissioners of Bath Co., Virginia; payment for jury duty; agreement for adoption of Mattie Davis; and a record book for county road work kept by Cauthorn when he served as Commissioner of Roads.