Chappelear Collection Guide to the Chappelear Collection Mss. 65 C38

Guide to the Chappelear Collection Mss. 65 C38

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Identification

Mss. 65 C38

Title

Chappelear Collection 1788-1959

Quantity

6.00 Linear Feet

Quantity

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Preferred Citation:

Chappelear Collection, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Acquisition Information:

Gift of 309 pieces by Mrs. Chappelear in memory of B. Curtis Chappelear in February 1956; gift of 116 pieces by Albert Edmonds in February 1956; and gift of 2 pieces by John Gott in February 1976.

Processing Information:

Processed and finding aid updated in 2017.

Biographical Information:

Benjamin Curtis Chappelear, author of "Maps and Notes Pertaining to the Upper Section of Fauquier County, Virginia" (Warrenton, Va.: The Warrenton Antiquarian Society, 1954).

Scope and Contents

Collection, 1876-1959, of Benjamin Curtis Chappelear including manuscript and printed maps of Fauquier, Loudoun, Clarke, and Warren Counties, Virginia; Virginia state maps; United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey Maps of areas in Virginia and West Virginia; notes concerning land records and manuscript volumes which include account books collected by Chappelear of blacksmiths, farmers, postmasters, students, tanners, and operators of general stores. The collection also includes drawings done by Nancy Chappelear as well as genealogical notes on different families.

Separated Material

Transferred to Rare Books: Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War, Star Publishing Company, Chicago Illinois Copyright 1894 by Alfred H. Guersey and Henry M. Alden, and 1894 by McDonnell Bros. Volume II, Issues 1 – 27 with over half of the issues missing

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Account books
Agriculture--Virginia--History--18th century
Blacksmithing
Blacksmithing--Virginia
Chicago (Ill.)--History--19th century
Clarke County (Va.)--Maps
Daybooks
Design drawings
Farm management--Virginia--History--19th century
Farm management--Virginia--History--20th century
Farms--Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
Fauquier County (Va.)--History
Fauquier County (Va.)--History--19th century
Fauquier County (Va.)--Maps
Genealogy
General stores--Virginia
Hopewell (Va.)--History
Land grants--Virginia
Ledgers (Accounting)
Legal documents
Loudoun County (Va.)--Maps
Manuscripts (document genre)
Maps
Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
Merchants--Virginia--Fauquier County
Registers (lists)
Registers of birth, etc
Retail trade--Virginia--History
Roads--Virginia
Schools--Virginia
Shoemakers--Virginia
Tanners
Tanning--History--19th century
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Universities and colleges
Virginia Military Institute--History--19th century
Virginia--Genealogy
Virginia--Maps
Warren County (Va.)--Maps
West Virginia--Maps

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Chicago (Ill.)--History--19th century
Hopewell (Va.)--History
Virginia--Genealogy
Warren County (Va.)--Maps
West Virginia--Maps

Container List

id140156

Series 1: Maps and Plats

1876-1959

Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript and printed maps of Fauquier, Loudoun, Clarke, and Warren counties, Va.; Virginia state maps; United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey Maps of areas in Virginia and West Virginia. The following abbreviations are used: MAPS AND NOTES (B. Curtis Chappelear, Maps and notes pertaining to the upper section of Fauquier County, Virginia, Warrenton, Va., 1954); CLARKE COUNTY (Rose M.E. MacDonald, Clarke County: a daughter of Frederick..., Berryville, Va., 1943); FAUQUIER COUNTY (Fauquier County Bi-centennial Committee. Fauquier County, Virginia. Warrenton, Virginia, 1959).

Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 5 Folder: 1 id140199
"Eighteenth Century map of region around Ashby's Gap"

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 38" x 36". Proposed changes indicated. Annotated.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 5 Folder: 1 id140211
Clarke County

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 59" x 39".
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 5 Folder: 1 id140212
"Berryville neighborhood"

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 19" x 19½". Annotated.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 5 Folder: 1 id140220
Unidentified plat in the area of "Villa Larue"

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 30" x 36". Annotated. On same sheet as Item 5.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 5 Folder: 1 id140222
Unidentified plat in the area of "Villa Larue"

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 30" x 36". Annotated.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 5 Folder: 1 id140235
Northern Clarke Co. along the West Virginia border

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 36" x 61".
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 5 Folder: 1 id140236
Northern Clarke Co. along the West Virginia border

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 37" x 62". Annotated.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 5 Folder: 2 id140232
Northern Clarke Co., chiefly the land of George Fairfax which passed into the hands of the Larue's and Lindsey's

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 22" x 37". Annotated.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 6 Folder: 1 id140195
Fauquier, Loudoun, and Clarke Counties boundary line

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 36" x 48".
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 6 Folder: 1 id140210
"John Wood's map of Frederick County"
1820
Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 36" x 46½". Annotated.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 6 Folder: 1 id140230
Unidentified plat in Battletown area

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 27" x 24". Annotated.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 6 Folder: 1 id140191
Fauquier and Loudoun Counties boundary line in the area of Paris

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 23½" x 17". "F.G. 122-116" written on item. Annotated.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 7 Folder: 1 id140167
Fauquier and Loudoun Counties boundary line from Paris to Brookmeade

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 25" x 36". Two drafts, one superimposed on the other.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 7 Folder: 1 id140173
"Charles Green's Patent of 1742"

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 25½" x 36½". See MAPS AND NOTES, p. 22.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 7 Folder: 1 id140213
Berryville area

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 25" x 36". Annotated.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 7 Folder: 1 id140233
"Springfield"

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 21" x 36". Annotated.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 7 Folder: 1 id140234
Unidentified plat in the Runnymede-Morgan Springs area

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 21" x 36". Annotated.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 7 Folder: 2 id140164
"Historical map of the northern portion of Fauquier Co. and a part of Loudoun Co."

Scope and Contents
Photostat. 23½" x 37". Incomplete; "Advance Copy" written on the item.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 7 Folder: 2 id140182
Fauquier and Loudoun Counties boundary line

Scope and Contents
Draft (photostat). 18" x 29½". "Compiled from maps No. 10, 11, 12" written on item.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 7 Folder: 2 id140238
Southeast Corner

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 50½" x 35½". A few annotations.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 7 Folder: 3 id140169
Fauquier and Loudoun Counties boundary line from Upperville to junction of Pantherskin Run, Plum Run, and Goose Creek

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 39½" x 47".
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 7 Folder: 3 id140170
"John Carter's 5487 acres near Upperville, part of Landon Carter's patent of 9699 acres"
June 30, 1731
Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 36" x 36".
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 7 Folder: 3 id140192
Adjoining areas of Clarke, Warren, Loudoun and Fauquier Counties

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 36" x 47½". Annotated.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 8 Folder: 1 id140201
Plat of Paris
circa 1829
Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 36" x 27". See MAPS AND NOTES, p. 32. Annotated. On same sheet as Item 2.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 8 Folder: 1 id140203
Railroads and Waterways in Clarke Co.

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 36" x 27". Annotated. On same sheet as Item 1.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 8 Folder: 2 id140162
Northern portion of Fauquier Co. and part of Loudoun Co.

Scope and Contents
Draft (photostat). 32" x 23½". Probably a rough draft of the map inserted in MAPS AND NOTES.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 8 Folder: 2 id140165
"Fauquier and Loudoun Counties boundary line. Deed Book 28"

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 8" x 13". Annotated.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 8 Folder: 2 id140174
Charles Green's Patent

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 24½" x 18".
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 8 Folder: 2 id140185
Fauquier and Loudoun Counties boundary line from Paris to Upperville

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 18" x 30½". Sheet also contains several abortive sketches of Paris area. Distances marked.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 9 Folder: 1 id140176
Fauquier and Loudoun Counties boundary line from Upperville to Rose Hill

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 26" x 35".
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 9 Folder: 1 id140180
Fauquier and Loudoun Counties boundary line from Upperville to Rose Hill

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 35½" x 28".
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 9 Folder: 1 id140187
"Map of Paris and vicinity"
1834
Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 17" x 23½".
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 9 Folder: 1 id140193
Clarke, Fauquier, and Loudoun Counties boundary line

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 18" x 23½". Annotated.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 9 Folder: 1 id140206
Fauquier County and Clarke County boundary line

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 37" x 26".
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 9 Folder: 1 id140207
Portions of the Clarke Co. part of the Shenandoah River

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 37" x 26".
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 9 Folder: 1 id140214
"Plat of Berryville. Deed book P. pages 361"
1881
Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 37" x 25". Annotated.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 9 Folder: 1 id140223
"Jubez Larue's Land as divided among his heirs... In Land Book No. 1, page 327"

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 32" x 16". Annotated.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 9 Folder: 2 id140172
Fauquier and Loudoun Counties boundary line in the area of Greengarden

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 23" x 18". Annotated. "F.G. 122-87" written on item.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 9 Folder: 2 id140178
Fauquier and Loudoun Counties boundary line in the area of Upperville

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 23½" x 18". "F.G. 122-84" written on item.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 9 Folder: 2 id140237
Eastern Clarke Co. from Snicker's Ferry to Berry's Ferry

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 21½" x 17". Annotated. Many mill sites marked.
Mixed Materials Case: MC 60 Drawer 9 Folder: 2 id140177
Unidentified plat in the area of Upperville

Scope and Contents
Pencil draft. 28½" x 36". Perhaps area of Charles Green's Patent, MAPS AND NOTES, p. 22. Cf. C26. Distances marked. Also Carter Lane-Turnpike Road, 22¾" x 36", and draft of same 28¼" x 36". (See more at C25)

id310285

Series 2: Printed Material

1892-1912

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id310295
Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack
1892-1896
Scope and Contents
Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack by the J. Gruber Almanack Company. 7 copies, each tied with cotton string. 1892, 2 copies each of 1894, 1895 and 1896.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id310297
Murder Trials of Allen Family, Newspaper Clippings
1912
Scope and Contents
Newspaper articles from the Winchester Evening Star about the murder trials of Floyd Allen and sons. May 1912. The clippings are fragile.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id310299
Murder Trial of J. Samuel McCue, Newspaper Clippings
1905
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings from the Winchester Evening Star about the trial and hanging of J.Samuel McCue, former Mayor of Charlottesville, for killing his wife. February 1912. Clippings are fragile.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id310301
Murder Trial of Strothers Brothers, Newspaper Clippings
1907
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings from 1907 from the Winchester Evening Star and other papers about the murder of their brother-in-law William F. Bywaters, Jr. by James A. and Philip J. Strothers. Bywaters had impregnated their sister, talked her into a failed abortion, and then married her.

id310307

Series 3: Research Notes

undated

Scope and Contents

The notes consist of Chappelear's research for his book "Maps and Notes Pertaining to the Upper Section of Fauquier County, Virginia. Includes transcriptions of wills, deeds, rental agreements and other legal material. Includes biographies, list of local newspapers, elevation of towns, hand drawn plats and maps Some notes are grouped by owners of property, some are grouped by location and sometimes a combination of both. This series has been kept in the order received, but it is difficult to determine if it matches the publication format or some other criterion. Subject headings such as "Shenandoah Valley," "Berryville," Burwell," and "Frederick County" appear on some items.

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id310305
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Notes on Thomas Fawcett, Branson Carter, Richard Fawcett, Fernley Tract, Bordan Grant and others. 57 pieces.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id310311
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Notes on land parcels in the area of Clarke County, Berryville, Snicker's Ferry, Berry's Ferry and Anderson's land. 8 pieces.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id310313
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Notes on land description and ownership in the area of Berryville.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id310315
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Research notes primarily on Nathaniel Burwell and Berry's Ferry.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id310317
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Labeled as research notes on Frederick County, but includes land descriptions and ownership information from other areas.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id310319
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Labeled as research notes on Frederick County, but includes land descriptions and ownership information from other areas.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id310321
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Labeled as research notes on Frederick County, but includes land descriptions and ownership information from other areas.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id310341
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Labeled as research notes on Frederick County, but includes land descriptions and ownership information from other areas.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id310343
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
3 composition notebooks and 4 small note pads with notes on land ownership, legal documents and biographical data in Frederick County and other areas.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id310345
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Labeled as research notes on Robert Burwell's land, but includes land descriptions and ownership information from other areas.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id310351
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Labeled as research notes on Robert Burwell's land, but includes land descriptions and ownership information from other areas
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id310353
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Labeled as research notes on Robert Burwell's land, but includes land descriptions and ownership information from other areas
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id310355
Research Notes
1945
Scope and Contents
Labeled as research notes on Robert Burwell's land, but includes land descriptions and ownership information from other areas Includes a letter from Louis A. Sigaud asking for Chappelear's opinion on his new book "Belle Boyd, Confederate Spy," January 20, 1945.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id310357
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Labeled as research notes on Nathaniel Burwell's land and Berry's Ferry but includes land descriptions and ownership information from other areas.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id310359
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Labeled as research notes on Nathaniel Burwell's land, but includes land descriptions and ownership information from other areas.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id310363
Research Notes
1909
Scope and Contents
5 composition books of notes with handwritten titles: Description of Map; John Ashby and Aaron Chamberlin; No. 2 John Dyer and William Dibrell; Name of Carters and their Claim; and No. 1 Emmet Templeton testifies in the Carter & Carr Land Case. These books appear to be notes on other facets of land ownership, too. 3 other small notepads have notes mostly on the Carter Family. Includes a February 25, 1909 news clipping about President Roosevelt riding from Washington D.C. to Warrenton and back in one day.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id310365
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Geographical, land ownership and biographical notes about the Carter case, Noble family, Byrd family, Page famiy and Carter family.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id310367
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Geographical, land ownership and biographical notes.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id310369
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Geographical, land ownership and biographical notes.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id310371
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Geographical, land ownership and biographical notes.
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id310375
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Labeled as research notes on Shenandoah Valley, but includes land descriptions and ownership information from other areas.
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id310377
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Labeled as research notes on Shenandoah Valley, but includes land descriptions and ownership information from other areas.
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id310379
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Labeled as research notes on Shenandoah Valley, but includes land descriptions and ownership information from other areas.
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id310381
Research Notes

Scope and Contents
Labeled as research notes on Shenandoah Valley, but includes land descriptions and ownership information from other areas.

Series 4: Manuscript Volumes

1792-1937

Scope and Contents

Includes account books, day books, cash books, invoice books, registers and other accounting manuscripts for blacksmiths, cattle farms, farms, public schools, general stores, tanneries and other enterprises. Family names and businesses are generally in alphabetical order and include Adams, Aldie School, Byrne, Chappelear, Edmonds, Effinger, Fletcher, Hunter, Little, Owens and Strother. Ledgers without associated names are at end of series under Fauquier County. Benjamin Curtis Chappelear's (1877-1954) parents were John Armistead and Amanda Virginia Settle Edmonds Chappelear. His grandparents were Benjamin Garner and Matilda Fletcher Chappelear. The Strother Family is related to the Edmonds Family

Mixed Materials Box: 5 Volume: 1
Adams - Virginia Military Folder Institute School Accounts
1909-1914
Scope and Contents
School expenses for T.S. Adams, a Virginia Military Institute Cadet. Each page is headed "In account with the VA. MILITARY INSTITUTE, Cr". Includes school supplies, clothing, food, medical items and more. 55 pp of which 35 are used. 8 ½" x 5 ½"
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Volume: 2
Byrne Family Farm Ledger and Notes
1905-1937
Scope and Contents
The ledger appears to belong to Kim H. Byrne. The title of the ledger is "The Farmer's Business Record" with individually headed pages for fertilizer, grain, butter, egg and others. Mr. Byrne listed items in almost every category, plus other entries for land sold; expenses for building and maintaining a barn; repairing a house; and formulas for killing horse lice, keeping cider sweet, and painting a tin roof. 328 pp, 14" x 8".
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Volume: 3
Chappelear Family - Farm Ledger and Bonds
1857-1864
Scope and Contents
Account book of J. Pendleton Chappelear in Paris, Virginia. Contains accounts for farm and personal business. Frequent references to selling wood and hauling. End of book contains accounts of notes (lending) given to people, mostly during the Civil War era. Contains loose material. 168 pages, of which 80 are blank. 12 1/4" x 7 3/4".
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Volume: 4
Chappelear Family - Account Book
1858-1870
Scope and Contents
Includes an index. Accounts for mostly farm supplies and cattle but some accounts of notes and bonds given and received. Newspaper clippings pasted on a few pages. Last entries for the "Methodist Episcopal Church" in Paris, Virginia for 1870. 53 pp. 12 ¼" x 7 ¼".
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Volume: 5
Chappelear Family - Account Book
1865-1872
Scope and Contents
Index at end of book. Accounts for farm items, groceries and cattle related business. 227 pp. 11 ½" x 8"
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Volume: 6
Chappelear Family - Account Book
1870-1876
Scope and Contents
B.C. Chappelear from Delaplane, Virginia is written in front of book. Includes an index to accounts related to mostly farm and cattle operations. Includes notes on stud information; formulas to facilitate practical calculation; comments on crops sown; work done; animals sold; and animals killed. Some items pasted in book. 12" x 7 ¼".
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Volume: 1
Chappelear Family - Account Book
1876-1890
Scope and Contents
B.C Chappelear from Delaplane, Virginia is written in front of book. Includes an index to accounts related mostly to farm, chicken and cattle operations. End of books includes records of "Bonds in Hand" and an inventory of farming implements. A few newspaper clippings are glued onto inside back cover. 265 pages. 12" x 7 ½".
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Volume: 2
Chappelear Family - Account Book - Road Commissioner
1880-1896
Scope and Contents
J.A. Chappelear's Road Accounts as Road Commissioner for Fauquier County. Road accounts organized by name of road with list of residents. Also includes his personal farm accounts. Index at beginning of book and at end of book another list of names with notations. Includes banking information. 180 pages. 12 ¼" x 7 ½"
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Volume: 3
Chappelear Family - Account Book
1896-1905
Scope and Contents
J.A. Chappelear's account book with notes pertaining to law cases, contracts, family, farm information and bonds. Newspaper clippings glued on inside front cover. Includes index. 190 pages, though some are missing. 18 ¼" x 7 ½".
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Volume: 4
Chappelear Family - Account Book
1905-1922
Scope and Contents
Chappelear family account book with index. Includes entries for farming and cattle enterprises, plus some bonds and personal items. Farming notes and a 1920 estate evaluation are included. Newspaper clippings are glued throughout the ledger. 300 pp. 9 ¾" x 6 ¾".
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Volume: 5
Edmonds Family - Account Book
1869-1898
Scope and Contents
Farm account book of John Edmonds. Includes entries for farm items purchased, money paid for laborers, personal items purchased, travel expenses and cattle information. 115 pp. 11 3/4" x 5 3/4". Some pages torn and missing.
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Volume: 1
Edmonds Family - Daybook,
1852-1867, 1881
Scope and Contents
Farm daybook probably belonging to the Edmonds Family since many entries include reimbursement to Edmonds family members. Most entries cover the Civil War period and include leasing a horse to the army. 155 pages. 11 3/4" x 5 3/4". Some pages torn and missing.
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Volume: 2
Edmonds Family - Medical Treatments' Notes and Account Book,
1803-1804, 1822, undated
Scope and Contents
Notes on different medical treatments for a range of medical problems and diseases, one page for each treatment. Miscellaneous accounts entered on the end papers. Contains some loose accounts, including a list of Muster fines received by Lewis Edmonds in 1821-1822.
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Volume: 3
Edmonds Family - Account Book,
1792-1805
Scope and Contents
Back of book has family records, beginning with William Edmonds who married Esther Foote on January 15, 1799. Contains "suits commercial" with a list of names and particulars of the suit plus family, personal and harvest expenses. A register for horses includes name of horses purchased and breeding information. A register of negroes contains names, relationships and births of women and children. 90 pages. 7" x 4 ¾".
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Volume: 4
Fletcher Family - Ciphering Exercise Book,
1818-1819
Scope and Contents
Ciphering exercise book belonging to William Fletcher. No cover. Some pages torn and missing. 196 pages. 11 ¾ x 8 ¼.
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Volume: 5
Fletcher Family - Ciphering Exercise Book,
1818-1821
Scope and Contents
Ciphering exercise book belonging to Agnes Fletcher. 200 pages of which pages 1-20 are missing. No cover. 11 ¾" x 8 ¼".
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Volume: 6
Fletcher Family - Business College Notes
1868
Scope and Contents
Notes by F. Fletcher in a notebook with title "Eastman National Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York" and subtitle "Actual Business." 24 pages.
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Volume: 7
Little Family - Daybook (Personal),
undated
Scope and Contents
Daybook for J. Little family accounts and expenditures, plus cash received and paid. Contains loose papers, childrens' drawings and a label for "Concord Sugar Corn." 99 pages of which about 25 are missing. 12 ¾" x 8 ¼".
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Volume: 1
Owens Family - Daybook for Blacksmith,
1845
Scope and Contents
Daybook with names of customers, work done and price charged. The Owens Family lived in Turners, Fauquier County in 1850, which is probably the location of their blacksmith business. Elizabeth Owens, Cuthbert Owens, William Owens and John Owens are associated with this business. 150 pp, 7 3/4"x6 1/2". Some pages torn and missing.
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Volume: 2
Owens Family - Account Book for Blacksmith
1846-1853
Scope and Contents
Account book of blacksmith John S. Owens. 104 pp. 12 3/4" x 7 3/4". Some pages torn. The Owens Family lived in Turners, Fauquier County in 1850, which is probably the location of their blacksmith business. Elizabeth Owens, Cuthbert Owens, William Owens and John Owens are associated with this business.
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Volume: 3
Owens Family - Cyphering Exercise Book,
1820-1821
Scope and Contents
Mathematic exercise book from Long Branch Institution, belonging to Samuel Owens of Fauquier County, with James Owens' name also noted. 200 pages of which pages 1-20 are missing. 11 ¾" x 8 ¼". Surveying work is very well done.
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Volume: 4
Owens Family Account Book for Tannery,
1837-1867
Scope and Contents
Accounts for tannery belonging to J.S. Owens. Contains loose papers pertaining to accounts. Has an index. 329 pages. 12 ¼" x 7 ½".
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Volume: 5
Owens Family - Account Book and Daybook for Tannery and Shoemaker
1857-1860
Scope and Contents
J. S. Owens accounts for tannery and possibly a shoemaker with entries of people's shoe measurements. 120 pages, 12 ¼" x 8".
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Volume: 1
Owens Family - Account Book and Daybook for Tannery and Shoemake,
1860-1862
Scope and Contents
Owens' account book. Accounts for tannery and possibly a shoemaker. Tannery probably owned by J.S. Owens
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Volume: 2
Owens Family - Account Book and Daybook for Tannery and Shoemaker,
1865-1869
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to J.S. Owens of Hopewell, Virginia. Contains papers pertaining to accounts and to formulas for tanning solutions. 192 pages of which 95 are blank. 11 ¾" x 7 ¼".
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Volume: 3
Strother Family - Daybook for General Store
1873-1876
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 576 pages. 12 ½" x 7 ½".
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Volume: 4
Strother Family - Daybook for General Store,
1874-1875
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 357 pages. 12" x 7 ¼".
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Volume: 1
Strother Family - Daybook for General Store
1880-1881
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 578 pages. 12 ¾" x 7 ½"
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Volume: 2
Strother Family - Daybook for General Store
1881-1882
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 385 pages. 15" x 6".
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Volume: 3
Strother Family - Daybook for General Store, 1884
1884
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 179 pages. 12 ½" x 7 ¼".
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Volume: 4
Strother Family - Daybook for General Store
1884
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 254 pages. 12 ¾" x 7 ¼".
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Volume: 1
Strother Family - Daybook for General Store
1884-1885
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 357 pages. 12 ¼" x 7 ½".
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Volume: 2
Strother Family - Daybook for General Store,
1885
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 216 pages. 12 ¼" x 7 ½".
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Volume: 3
Strother Family - Daybook for General Store
1888-1889
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 236 pages. 12 ¼" x 7 ¼".
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Volume: 4
Strother Family - Daybook for General Store,
1889
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 240 pages. 12 ¼" x 7 ¼".
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Volume: 1
Strother Family - Daybook for General Store
1889-1890
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 481 pages of which 471 were used. 12 ¾" x 7 ¼"
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Volume: 2
Strother Family - Daybook for General Store,
1892-1893
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris,Virginia. 400 pages. 14" x 7 ½".
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Volume: 3
Strother Family - Daybook for General Store,
1897-1898
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 200 pages. 12 ¼" x 7 ½".
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Volume: 4
Strother Family - Account Book for General Store
1890's
Scope and Contents
Account book belonging to Lewis Strother, proprietor of General Merchandise per loose letterhead paper in the book. Pages torn. First 28 are missing. Contains loose papers, one of which is a partial index. 120 pages. 12 ¼" x 7 ¼".
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Volume: 1
Strother Family - Invoice Book for General Store
1901-1903
Scope and Contents
Lists each item purchased for a general store owned by Lewis Strother. Items include paint, notions, clothing, dinnerware and more. 200 pages of which 185 are used. 12 ¼" x 7 ½".
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Volume: 2
Fauquier County, Virginia - Account Book for General Store
1873-1875
Scope and Contents
Account book with an index for a general store in Fauquier County, Virginia. Includes account of deposits with First National Bank of Alexandria. 214 pages. 12" x 7". Loose cover.
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Volume: 3
Fauquier County, Virginia - Account Book for Farm and Family
1873-1875
Scope and Contents
Unbound account book for a farm operation, particularly cattle. Includes accounts for personal household items. 260 pages. 13" x 8 ½".
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Volume: 4
Fauquier County, Virginia - Account Book for General Store
1883
Scope and Contents
Account book with an index for a general store in Fauquier County, Virginia. 295 pages. 12" x 7 ½".
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Volume: 5
Fauquier County, Virginia - Account Book for General Store
1886-1887
Scope and Contents
Account book from Paris, Fauquier County, Virginia. 495 pages of which about 15 are missing. 12" x 5 ¼".
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Volume: 1
Fauquier County, Virginia - Cash Book for Unknown Business
1892, 1894-1899
Scope and Contents
Cash book, possibly belonging to the Strother Family. Includes deposits and payments into the First National Bank of Alexandria. 288 pages of a quarter are used. 12" x 5 ¾".
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Volume: 2
Fauquier County, Virginia - Daybook for an Ordinary
1821-1827
Scope and Contents
Daybook for an ordinary business in Paris, Virginia. Includes payment for dinners, horse boarding, postage and more. 265 pages of which pages 1-68 are missing. Bound in paper. Front cover missing. 13 ¼" x 8 ½".
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Volume: 3
Fauquier County, Virginia - Daybook for an Ordinary,
1831-1832
Scope and Contents
Daybook for an ordinary business in Paris, Virginia. Includes payment for dinners, horse boarding, postage and more. 153 pages of which pages 1-28 are missing. No cover. 13 ¼" x 7 ¾".
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Volume: 4
Fauquier County, Virginia - Daybook for Post Office,
1844-1846, 1837-1900
Scope and Contents
Daybook for a Post Office located in Paris, Virginia. Notes names with postage paid and where mail is sent. Pages missing. Recipe and newspaper clippings pasted on first and last pages. "I.S. No. 10" on spine.
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Volume: 5
Fauquier County, Virginia - Account Book and Daybook for Farm, Leatherworker, General Store and Blacksmith,
1848
Scope and Contents
Index on page 14. Farm account book, daybook for leather goods sold at Lyons, blacksmith account and general store daybook for store at Woodside. Probably belongs to the Chappelear Family. Pages torn, cut and missing. 12 ¾" x 7 ½".
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Volume: 6
Fauquier County - Daybook for General Store
1879
Scope and Contents
Daybook for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 90 pages. 7 ½" x 5 ½".
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Volume: 7
Fauquier County, Virginia - Inventory Ledger for General Store,
1904-1906
Scope and Contents
Invoice book which also serves as an inventory for items in a general store. Store probably located in Fauquier County, Virginia but not indicated on ledger. 155 pages. 12 ¼" x 7 ¼".
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 8
Fauquier County, Virginia - Account Book for General Store
1812
Scope and Contents
2 loose pages of an account book, printed on both sides. 12 ½" x 8".
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Volume: 9
Check Book from Unknown Location
1860-1867, 1940
Scope and Contents
Partially used check book from the Girard Life Insurance Annuity, and Trust Company of Philadelphia with receipt stubs. Includes newspaper clippings about the unveiling of Governor Holt's portrait in 1940. 18 pages. 10" x 7 ¾".
Mixed Materials Box: 15 Volume: 1
Aldie School - Daily, Term, and Register Ledger
1890-1896
Scope and Contents
"The Virginia Public School Register" ledger for Aldie School in the Mercer District of Loudoun County, Virginia. Includes pupils' names, attendance, teachers' reports, notations beside books used in classes, classes available and more. Some loose pages are in front of ledger. 66 pp. 14 ¾" x 9 ¼".
Mixed Materials Box: 15 Volume: 2
Strother Family - Daybook for General Store
1878
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 385 pages. 14 ½" x 7".
Mixed Materials Box: 15 Volume: 3
Fauquier County, Virginia - Account Book for General Store
1788-1789
Scope and Contents
Account Book with daily tabulations done monthly. Index. Pages 14 to 68 are missing. 179 pages of which 60 are blank. 14 ½" x 9 ½".
Mixed Materials Box: 15 Volume: 4
Fauquier County, Virginia - Account Book for General Store
1794-1795
Scope and Contents
Account book, fragment of 16 pages, without a cover. 18" x 11 ½".
Mixed Materials Box: 15 Volume: 5
Fauquier County, Virginia - Account Book, Ledger, Journal, Legal Documents,
1870-1916
Scope and Contents
A day ledger for 1908 and 1914 for gasoline and 1916 for cash. September 19, 1870 transcript of a deed between Nancy Green, administrator of George W. Green and Elizabeth S. Edmonds in Fauquier County. Account book 1908-1909, mostly for bonds and money lent. Transcript of deed of trust for the late Lewis Edmonds to Jno. A. Chappelear with a description of the land, which was called Belle Grove, 1916. Daybook for farm items sold: eggs, fowl and more. 12" x 7 ½".
Mixed Materials Box: 15 Volume: 6
Fauquier County - Account Books, Farm Journal, Exercise Book, Remedies,
1851-1864, 1829-1830, 1846-1855
Scope and Contents
Account book composed of different account pages grouped together, distinguished by the different paper used and handwriting. Some customers are noted as "coloured." Includes arithmetic exercises, farm journal (1836-1864) and various cures for people and animals. The signature of B. Chappelear of "Woodside, Va." is written on one page. Leather cover is in poor condition.
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Volume: 1
Strother Family - Daybook for General Store
1894-1895
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 400 pages. 15 ½" x 6".
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Volume: 2
Strother Family - Daybook for General Store
1898-1899
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Lewis Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 500 pages. 15 ¾" x 6".
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Volume: 1
Strother Family - Daybook for General Store
1898-1901
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 500 pages. 15 ¾" x 6 ¼".
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Volume: 2
Strother Family - Daybook for General Store
1906-1907
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Lewis Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 359 pages 15 ½" x 6 ¼". Some pages cut.
Mixed Materials Box: 18 Volume: 1
Strother Family - Account Book for General Store
1888-1894
Scope and Contents
Account book belonging to Lewis Strother. Contains loose papers pertaining to accounts. 485 pages. 12 ½ x 7 ½".
Mixed Materials Box: 18 Volume: 2
Fauquier County, Virginia - Account Book for General Store
1815-1818
Scope and Contents
Account book from Fauquier County, Virginia. 213 pages with some pages missing. 13" x 7 ¾".
Mixed Materials Box: 19 Volume: 1
Fletcher Family - Account Book
1811-1820
Scope and Contents
Farm account book, probably owned by Robert Fletcher. First part of book pertains to his debits and credits incurred as an executor, probably of his Father's estate. The last part are accounts of general farm expenses. Last half of book's pages have been removed. 25 pp. 15 1/2"x6 1/2".
Mixed Materials Box: 19 Volume: 2
Fletcher Family - Account Book
1870-1887
Scope and Contents
Farm accounts of the Fletcher Family. Contains index and loose papers. 460 pages of which about 65 are missing and 305 are blank. 16" x 10 ¼".
Mixed Materials Box: 19 Volume: 3
Owens Family - Account Book for Tanner and Shoemaker
1846-1851, 1858
Scope and Contents
Accounts for tanning and leather goods business, belonging to John S. Owens of Hopewell, Virginia. Contains shoe information for customers. Contains a blacksmith's accounts for 1846. 155 pages. 15 ¼" x 5 ¾". 31
Mixed Materials Box: 19 Volume: 4
Owens Family - Daybook for Farm,
1843-1844
Scope and Contents
Farm daybook of the Owens Family from Hopewell, Fauquier County, Virginia. Entries are for clothing costs, value of household goods, farm goods, stock, and slaves bought at a sale. Includes loose papers pertaining to farm matters. 365 pages of which 16 are used. 15 ½" x 5 ¾".
Mixed Materials Volume: 1
Loose Volume 1: Effinger Family - Account Book
undated
Scope and Contents
Account book belonging to G.M. and A.M. Effinger of Rockingham County, Virginia. Daily and monthly payments by individuals. Index covered by newspaper clippings. Purpose of payments is not known. Strother is one of the family names noted.. 416 pages of which 363 are used. 17 ½" x 10 ½".
Mixed Materials Volume: 2
Loose Volume 2: Hunter - Post Office Account Book,
undated
Scope and Contents
Upperville, Virginia Post Office Account Book maintained by J. Hunter, Postmaster. Note in front of ledger by B.F. Fletcher, dated September 13, 1893, states that this book was left in the Upperville Post Office by his friend James Hunter and he has decided to care for it since Hunter has died in California. P.Y. Brooke is embossed on the spine. 600 pages of which 200 pages are used. 15 ¼" x 9 ½".
Mixed Materials Volume: 3
Loose Volume 3: Strother Family - Daybook for General Store
1876-1878
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. Contains loose papers pertaining to accounts and newspaper clippings. 480 pages. 15 ½" x 9 ¼".
Mixed Materials Volume: 4
Loose Volume 4: Strother Family - Daybook for General Store,
1879-1880
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. Contains loose papers including a printed bill of L. Strother, Merchant. 361 pages. 15 ¾" x 9 ¼".
Mixed Materials Volume: 5
Loose Volume 5: Strother Family - Daybook for General Store,
1883-1886
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. Contains loose papers including a printed bill of L. Strother, Merchant. 361 pages. 15 ¾" x 9 ¼".
Mixed Materials Volume: 6
Loose Volume 6: Strother Family - Daybook for General Store,
1902-1905
Scope and Contents
Daybook belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. 600 pages. 17 ¼" x 7".
Mixed Materials Volume: 7
Loose Volume 7: Strother Family - Account Book for General Store,
1891-1896
Scope and Contents
Account belonging to the Strother Family for a general store in Paris, Virginia. Contains newspaper clippings. 576 pages. 15 ¾" x 9 ¼".
Mixed Materials Volume: 8
Loose Volume 8: Chicago, Illinois - Cash Book for a Business,
1899-1900
Scope and Contents
Daily cash book with entrees dealing with expenses of a business ranging from postage to janitorial work. D&S is embossed on cover. Book itself is made by Lewis and Irwin and sold by Henry O. Shepherd.