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The Farrier Family Papers were donated to the University Libraries in 1974.
The collection is in its original order from the time of donation. Several set of files were rehoused in new boxes in 2011. The finding aid is from existing inventories and research done at the time of donation in 1974. Some descriptive information was added in 2013 and 2014. In 2017-2018, efforts were made to clean up the inventory, which had previously identified the materials as "Box #" with a date. Boxes were given titles based on the general contents included and the existing dates. In 2021, additional description was completed, including expanded Biographical Note, added Separated Materials note, updated and new inventory scope notes and box titles, and series imposed based upon 1974 descriptions.
Martin Pence Farrier (1869-1946) and his son, Andrew Lewis Farrier (1895-1972) were lawyers in Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia. Their law firm represented some of the most important industries in Southwest Virginia, including the Norfolk and Western Railway Company, Appalachian Power Company, and several coal and lumber interests.
M. P. Farrier was a clerk for Giles County, Virginia as early as 1894. He qualified to practice law on February 1, 1904, and then formed a partnership with Judge Martin Williams (1858-1934), which lasted until January 1, 1920. Farrier represented Giles and Bland counties in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1922 through 1923. In March 1923, he became Commissioner of Accounts for Giles County. The Williams and Farrier law firm reformed from January 1, 1924 thru July 1, 1934, when Farrier was appointed Trial Justice of Giles County. During this time period, M. P. Farrier also served as Treasurer of Bland County Lumber Company and Vice-President and member of the Board of Directors of Buchanan Coal Land Corp.
A. L. Farrier served during World War I. He studied law under his father and qualified to practice in December 1938. A. L. and M. P. Farrier joined in a legal partnership on January 1, 1939. The partnership lasted until M. P. Farrier's death in 1946, and A. L. continued to practice law until his death in 1972.
Both men are buried in Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg, Virginia.
The collection includes files from the firm of Williams and Farrier, later Farrier and Farrier. Materials include copies of deeds, title searches, land transactions, estate matters, loan contracts, divorce suits, small claims collection suits, ledgers, and correspondence. Additional details of some files are included in the original inventories, available on request.
The collection is in its original order from the time of its donation. Series are based on original order and descriptions.
The following publications (and additional titles) have been separated from the collection, and some are cataloged in the University Libraries:
The guide to the Farrier Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).
Two series of files from a wooden cabinet. The first set deals mainly with land and estate matters, mostly from the early 1940s. The second set concerns estates. Files are from the office of Pearisburg attorneys, M. P. and A. L. Farrier and of Martin Williams and M. P. Farrier.
Files are from the office of Pearisburg attorneys, M. P. and A. L. Farrier.
Typed and hand written material concerning land transactions between Welford W. Dowdy and Virginia Dowdy Broadwell, Clarence Sarver, et al, and Everett Scott, Riley Warden and A. B. Allen, Henry Dalton and J.F. Rushbrook, Hallie Porterfield Stower and F. R. Parr and a title to the Mountain View Subdivision in Pearisburg, Va.
Farrier and Farrier negotiate several land transactions between Giles County land owners and the USDA Forest Service. Owners are trying to capitalize on the high demand for lumber resulting from its new usage in World War II.
Slight material concerning debts and taxes of the Little Stony Game and Fish Preserve, and a statement declaring M. P. Farrier trustee of the Preserve. See Federal Forest Service file concerning sale of the Preserve.
Various wills, presumably written by A. L. Farrier, for the following people: John H. Givens; Erastus E. Cook; Walter Gauties; James M. Dillard; Ada S. Lambert; Vance S. Lambert; William T. Doyle; Grace J. Kirk; G. A. Kessinger; and John Hundley Eller.
Files are from the office of Pearisburg attorneys, M. P. and A. L. Farrier.
An association of southwest Virginia businessmen, including M. P. Farrier, F. E. and W. B. Snidow, Martin Williams, and other prominent Giles County men, established for the purpose of exploiting coal and gas deposits in the area. The company does not appear to have done well. File contains mostly handwritten statements concerning debts and assets.
Substantial correspondence with Bancroft-Whitney Co. concerning the purchases of law books by M. P. and A. L. Farrier.
When the Bland County Lumber Co. went bankrupt some time after 1936, a commissioner was appointed to investigate the company's liabilities and assets. Material in this file consists mainly of M. P. Farrier's handwritten answers to a series of questions put to him by the commissioner. Farrier gives detailed information concerning land holdings and company debts. See related Bland Lumber Co. files (Bland County Lumber Co. v. Mrs. A. A. Strange and Bland Lumber Company Maps).
In his capacity as County Commissioner of Accounts, M. P. Farrier reviewed the accounts submitted by the administrator for the following estates: M. E. Gooch; A. J. Straley; O. S. Dillow; J. A. Stafford; W. E. P. Lucus; W. B. Staffoed; A. J. Smith; I. W. Peters; W. L. Price; J. A. Gusler; C. W. Shannon; L. A. Ritter; C. W. Straley; J. A. Bane; G. M. Henderson; and C. W. Meredith. He likewise reviewed the accounts submitted by guardians for the following people: A. J. Smith; W. O. Smith; M. L. Collins; M. W. Runions. January 1928-January 1938.
Similar to the above for following estates: J. W. T. Henderson; J. D. French; J. W. Stafford; E. G. Sarver; M. S. Woodyard; J. R. Emmons; M. T. Barger; W. A. Johnson; E. S. Johnson; J. F. Jewel; and John Brill. Also for guardians of M. L. Collins; Dewey and Almoa Daves; Margaret McNeely; George Akers, and Lewis Rowe. May 1934-November 1939.
M. P. Farrier, as Commissioner of Accounts for Giles County, reviews the statements of Minnie F. Davis, guardian for Leonard A. French, a minor.
Similar to above files for following estates: G. G. Lindsey; S. K. Bane; J. E. Tripton; M. G. J. Snidow; G. T. Fuller; P. N. Southern; J. H. Spangler; J. R. Johnston; A. E. Dunford; M. W. Mallory; Edward Lowe; Fount Johnson; J. T. S. Hoge; R. L. Elmore; J. W. Turner; J. M. Ratcliff; J. M. Farley; J. M. Givens. Likewise for the guardians of Donald and Arthur Stafford; M. L. Collins; Frank and Mary L. Johnston; L. B. and M. W. Bowen; O. B. Snidow; A. E. Epling; trusteeship over Harry J. James. April 1936-October 1940.
Similar to the above for the following estates: L. S. McElroth; E. B. French; M.E. Mottesheard; D. F. Hale; S. C. Overstreet; F. W. Williams; P. J. Muncy; S. D. Lucas; L. J. Smith; Albert Hutchinson; Sylvester Snodgrass; H. W. Morris; S. T. Pack; C. L. Simpkins; G. H. Dennis; W. B. Knight; I. P. Thompson; G. A. Shumate; Tom Smith; W. S. Dean; J. W. Turner; Frances Williams; N. E. Buckland; A. J. Straley; F. L. Johnston; J. L. Straley; and B. S. Huffman. Also for guardians of Robert Croy; Ernest Robertson; Fay, Louise, Irene and Johnston Smith; Brackett Porterfield; Rhoda E. Eplling; Llwellyn and Mary T. Johnson; Lula Porterfield; M. E. Stafford; Ilean and Crackett Straley; L. A. French; and Larry Woodyard. Wills of J. A. Adair and W. F. Webb. December 1922-April 1933.
Similar to above for the following estates: W. D. Ratcliff; E. S. Ratcliff; J. W. Meredith; L. M. Whittaker; A. J. Straley; J. E. Carson; F. H. Stafford; J. S. Eaton; E. J. Morris; H. H. Smith; S. K. Woods; Joshua Radford; A. W. Snidow; G. G. Lindsey; P. B. Wimmer and O. L. Williams. Also for guardians of Goodlow Straley, Johnson Smith, and I. S. Vaught. April 1937-January 1939.
Similar to above for the following estates: G. W. Nowlin; L. M. Thompson; J. D. Mann; A. B. hare; Sallie Hambrick; R. A. Pauley; S. V. White; A. D. Collins; A. P. Saunders; J. R. Emmons; Annie Dickinson; W. H. Thomas; J. M. Wright; C. B. Williams; G. L. Bane; W. T. Kirk; Louise Jarvis; S. L. Buckland; H. W. Mann; B. F. Riddle; M. F. Cooper; R. V. Wheeler; J. J. Topsail; G. G. Lindsey. Also for the guardians of Louis and O. P. Ferrell and Polly Ann and J. A. Eppley. September 1938-October 1943.
Similar to the above for the following estates: E. L. Buchanan; E. E. Montgomery; J. T. Bishop; M. A. Muncy; J. H. Duncan; Gertude Fisher; W. H. Reynolds; C. H. Wimmer; C. E. Cooper; B. M. Johnston; H. H. Wolfe; O. B. Quick; L. C. Williams; and Nannie Gordon. All material in this file is handwritten indicating that the statements are not final drafts. Also, about half have uncashed check to F. E. Snidow attached, indicating they were not recorded by the county clerk. September 1942-May 1945.
M. P. Farrier acting for the interest of the E. S. Dennis heirs, disposes of the property and real estate of E. S. Dennis in an attempt to satisfy the debts of the deceased. Extensive correspondence between Farrier and the two heirs. September 1921-February 1925.
Statements of claim against Dennis estate. March 1922-January 1930.
Office files of M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF).
Present are the receipts showing land taxes paid by J. D. Foote for 1916-1919. Majority of the material consists of deeds showing the extensive land holdings of Foote in Giles County.
Present are two receipts for a burial blot near Pearisburg, a Christmas card and Valentine card from his wife, and two letters from an acquaintance in Richmond.
MPF was a member of the county committee which investigated the prospect of establishing a county budget. The committee felt that a budget was unnecessary since the county's revenue was large enough to afford the freedom of action provided by a non-budget system. A detail statement of all assessed real estate and property in Giles County is presented, as well as a statement of yearly county expenditures. Files also contain a copy of the Pearisburg Virginian , dated April 1, 1920, which has a series of articles and editorials concerning a county board for road improvement.
Some correspondence, but most material consists of copies of bills MPF wanted presented to the General Assembly. Bills concern: condemnation of private land; collection of taxes and levies; construction and maintenance of division fences; grants of public land; a new charter for the town of Narrows; terms of court for Giles County; sentencing felony convictions; right of land ownership; awarding and dissolving of injunctions; bonding of committees; certificates of acknowledgement; and regulation of judgments.
MPF was the patron of several bills before the General Assembly on the following subjects: partnerships, sale of estate property and dissolution injunctions. Copies of numerous other bills are included, received by MPF as a member of the General Assembly.
Extensive correspondence between Layman and MPF concerning cases on which they worked together. Layman, attorney from New Castle, seems to have collaborated with Farrier throughout their extensive careers.
MPF aided in the revision of the Pulaski and Giles Mutual Insurance Co. by-laws. He was also a policy holder.
Two notes and two contracts signed by Porterfield. Contracts concern the purchase of sheep and horses by Porterfield from MPF.
Present are deeds, loans, and contracts executed by MPF for Porterfield. There is also a statement of accounts for the estate of G. T. Porterfield.
Several drafts of petitions, bills, and resolutions presented to the Virginia Assembly concerning improvement, construction, and maintenance of public roads in Giles County.
MPF attempted to aid E. S. Ratcliff in his efforts to obtain full insurance benefits from the U. S. Veterans Bureau owing from his son's death. Mrs. Landona E. Ratcliff was receiving monthly check as a beneficiary of her son. Upon her death, E. S. Ratcliff sought to transfer the benefits to himself acting as administrator of his wife's estate.
Incorporation papers for the bank are present as well as several collection cases handled by MPF. In one incident, it appears A. L. Farrier resigned as cashier when his books came up $450 short during an audit. In another, Martin Williams, MPF, and A. L. Farrier were investigated by a state commission to determine their relationship to three lumber companies who borrowed heavily from the bank before folding.
Correspondence between Governor Trinkle and MPF concerning various bills before the General Assembly. The question of building a new system of public roads in Virginia seems to be a much-discussed issue.
MPF accepts a position as title examiner. Except for three letters between Farrier and company representatives, the majority of the material consists of blank forms.
Copies of wills: K. R. and N. L. Shumate; J. L. Harris; A. S. and J. W. Miller; B. L. Hale; L. L. Teel; Nannie Gordon; J. M. and M. J. Tuggle; C. E. Sonner; M. C. Bolton; E. J. Draper; A. L. Caldwell; and E. A. Keister.
Acting as guardian, MPF controlled a small amount of money belonging to each girl, from which he paid for items like schoolbooks, clothes, medicine, etc. until the girls came of age.
Office files of M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF).
Williams and Farrier and Farrier handle various matters for several churches in Giles County. Most common is the buying, selling, and granting of church land.
Office files from Farrier and Farrier (abbreviated F&F), mostly from M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF).
Blank forms for incorporation of companies.
Materials concern MPF's sale of Brown's interest in land to pay off debt to the First National Bank of Pearisburg and Sinking Valley Creek Bank. See also Horton, E. W. v. Ellen E. Taylor, et al folder.
MPF represented Snidow who sold land he held in trust to pay off the owner's (Lula Gusler) debts. The remaining funds were distributed to Henry Gusler and other heirs.
Files from the offices of Martin Williams and M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF). Subjects range from Appalachian Electric Power Co. to Norfolk & Western, in rough alphabetical order.
Abstracts for land parcels in Giles County bought by Appalachian Electric Power Co.
IRS requests for detailed statement of 1917-1918; income tax reports from the company, June 1921-January 1922. Income tax reports for 1921 and 1923, December 1920-December 1923. Notes concerning asses and liabilities of the company, December 1919-June 1924.
Statements of shipments by the company, November 1919-December 1920. Claim against Strange Mining Co. seeking compensation for converting to war production and re-converting following World War I, November 1922. Materials concerning business operations, January 1920-January 1922.
Williams and Farrier correspondence as representation for the company, in particular land sales, timber and mineral rights, and contracts, January 1924-October 1927. IRS requests for tax reports, March 1922-June 1925.
File suggests either MPF or Williams served as trial judge.
File contains a deed between Dunn and J. H. Jervis, but makes no mention of Williams.
Bland County matters, March-October 1926. Tazewell matters, April 1927-September 1929. Suit v. I. P. King, March 1927-June 1929. Foreclosure suits, land sales, farm loan applications, title abstracts, detailed loan applications, April 1917-November 1929.
Files from the offices of Martin Williams and M. P. Farrier (abbreviated MPF). Subjects range from Norfolk & Western to Waddle, et al.
Include title searches conducted by attorneys in regard to loan and insurance applications, also in regard to land transactions.
Most files concern loan contracts and land transactions.
With a few exceptions, most of the material in this box concerns loan contracts and land transactions.
Includes material found loose at the front of the box. Consists of deeds, abstracts, court briefs, contracts, and correspondence connected to the work of Andrew L. Farrier.
Material found loose at the front of the box. Work by Williams & Farrier or Martin P. Farrier, including deeds, title abstracts, cancelled checks, and a report on improving Mountain Lake. There are also papers concerning the estate of Percy H. Brown.
Material deals mainly with land sales.
Includes Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Jennelle; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jennings; Mr. and Mrs. Mirent L. Johnson; Mr. and Mrs. Shuler J. Johnston; Mr. and Mrs. James M. Jones; Mrs. Marie S. Journell; and Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Journell.
Includes Carrie A. McGuire; Robert L. Meredith; Cloyd C. Morris; C. P. Martin; Edward K. McCoy; Lacy W. Moore; S. A. Martin; Mid-State Homes, Inc.; Earnest H. Lang; W. W. Lafon; and Hattie E. Miller.
Includes Okley Albert; John Peery; J. Maurice Payne: Clarence Pfeifer; Ernest G. Porterfield; Ira ELmer Price; Miller C. Porterfield; James W. Perkins; Jottie M. Pennington; A. C. Pyrtle; W. C. Price; Pauline S. Phlegar; Olonzo C. Proffitt; Bill Pillion; Grayson D. Pettrey; James W. Price; Aldon B. Porterfield; Sidney L. Peeters; H. R. Price; and William D. Parcell.
Includes Basil Radford, et al; T. S. Robertson; C. O. Rogers; Ernest B. Radford; Alice F. Runion; Donald L. Ray, et al; Thomas E. Robertson; Alice M. Ragsdale; and Dallas M. Ross.
Includes L. K. Smith; Dexter Stevers; Harvey C. Snidow; John L. Stafford; W. D. Sanders; H. G. Smith; Veda S. Smith; N. E. Short; Bertie Saunders; Elizabeth Snidow Payne; Darcie C. Shelor; Douglas E. Shorter; Hattie L. Sadler; Cecil M. Surratt; Billy B. St. Clair; G. H. Gerrell; C. R. Smith; W. S. Smith; John S. St. Clair; Sidney M. Scott; R. C. Stafford; C. P. Scott; F. W. Smith; L. M. Smith; R. G. Simon; A. H. Spangler; H. P. Smith; P. L. Stephens; J. J. Snidow; Sallie Stanley; M. L. Spangler; C. R. Spangler; C. M. Smith; and George Stevens.
Includes Maps and deeds for John F. Woodyard; Clarence H. Sadler; Muriel T. Wilson; Everett N. Williams, July-November 1970; and items for O. F. Vaught; Martin Viars; Kenneth P. Young.
Includes H. M. and J. A. Gusler; Sarah G. and L. A. Blevins; and William E. Going.
Includes Gladys M. and S. K. Johnston; Sterling R. and Eddie Johnson; William G. Johnston; Robert F. and Edna W. Johnston; and W. T. and Lucy H. Jamison.
Includes C. P. Logan; Earl B. Lucas; Luther Lucas; C. W. and L. K. Long Mason; C. A. Lucas; St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Newport); James D. Lafon; L. L. and J. Doak Lucas; Minor Lafon; and Wilbur W. Lafon.
Includes Billy Gene McCall; W. F. McCall; Joseph F. McGuire; Lucy P. McGuire; Bessie Phlegar McDonald; Robert H. McCall; and E. D. McClanahan.
Includes John J. Miller; Virgil Meadows; C. F. and Edward F. Mahaffey; J. R. Morris; J. L. Morris; and Campbell and Melvin D. Mutter.
Includes Janey B. Reel; S. D. Rickman; Calla M. Roy; and Charles G. Robertson.
Includes A. E. Shumate, Jr.; J. E. Sutphin; Leland G. Smith; J. B. Stanley; C. G. Sarver; James H. Sartin; W. A. Stiff; G. M. Scott; Frank B. Strader, Jr.; W. D. Sanders; Clarence Shortt; and Floyd A. Scott.
Includes Mrs. Grace. S. Williams; Vera B. and Randolph J. Wilburn; Nola J. Woods; William E. Williams; Charles C. Weaver; John F. Woodyard; Williams-Jamison Funeral Home; and John Lee Wilson.
Includes Kile C. Williams, March 1967, and A. P. Martin, May 1968.
Primarily includes small claim collection suits.
Includes Allen F. Eaton v. E. F. Conger; Eline's, Inc. v. L. E. Munsey; Gibson Candy Co. v. James A. Woods and Lucas; Giles County Motor Co. v. B. H. Taylor; and Lockwood Embree Sales Corp. v. Virginia Garage.
Includes Rich Creek Hardware Co. v. L. M. Cooper, September 1926-November 1929; Radford Sales Corp. v. W. A. Fletcher, May-June 1930; Rocky Gap Merchantile Co. v. W. G. Kitts, July-October 1930; Rocky Gap Merchantile Co. v. B. H. Barnett, July-October 1930; Catelberg Nation Jewelry Co. v. Mrs. Carrie Rowe, September-October 1932; and Rountree's Furniture Co. v. W. N. Hurley, April-May 1933.
Includes J. E. Shcrader v. J. H. Pruett; J. C. Shelton v. M. T. McArthur; Seidman Neckware Co. v. H. B. Shelton Co.; J. L. Sibold v. T. L. Litchford; and Spiegel v. Burman Blankenship.
Includes S. E. Stafford v. H. D. Sands; F. P. Snidow and Co. v. Floyd Kissinger; Shelton and Shelton v. Thompson and Taylor; Shelton and Shelton v. B. H. Taylor; Shelton and Shelton v. W. B. Snidow; Dr. S. A. Tuck v. Robert Jones; St. Clair v. Gordon; and St. Luke's Hospital v. George Chapman, dec'd.
Includes O. K. Caps v. Wolf Creek Merchantile Co.; Witten, T. F. v. D. M. St. Clair; Warlick Piano Rooms v. J. H., E. N., and Marshal Williams; Bluefield Plate Glass v. J. L. Warren; Montgomery Ward and Co. v. H. W. Williams; and National Biscuit Co. v. Bob's Place.
Primarily small claim suits and court cases handled by Walker Williams.
Includes P. F. Ball; Lewis Bowles; J. H. Brown; Buchanan Coal Land Corp. to Kingston Coal Co.; Clarence Brooks, et al to W. J. Brooks; T. W. Kerr to J. W. Bailey, et al; J. L Breeding to V. M. Breeding; G. O. Beckner; and J. A. D. Bales to J. S. Andrews.
Includes Caldwell Sites Co.; Sidney Chewning; W. Caudill; Eliza Comer v. W. A. Comer; Mitchell Caudle; D. E. Conley; Mrs. Arch Caldwell; S. L. Creath; Lula Carter; Athrus Chambers; W. H. Calhoun; O. H. Cunningham; Cudahy Brothers Co.; Frank D. Claypool; Dode G. Caldwell; Henry Campbell; C. I. T. Corporation; and Constantine L. Cametas.
Includes John Draper; Frank S. Demsky; R. Frank Debusk; C. W. Dunford; Carey Dunn; Frank S. Douthat; and Bessie E. Douthat.
Includes J. W. Flannagan; Rocky Gap Flooring Co.; Hoge Hunter; Will Fuller; Farmers Exchange, Inc.; Federal Land Bank of Baltimore; Marvin Farley; Mrs. J. H. Fry; Everette Fletcher; Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland; Theo. R. Ferrell; Harper N. Frei; and George E. L. Fletcher.
Includes G. M. Hodge; Jack Harrell; Wilbur and Kemper Hale; Ransom B. Houchins; Frank Harless; H. F. Harless; and Beulah Holland.
Includes H. S. Edmunds; I. G. Reed; J. W. Cunningham; Standard Oil Co.; A. Ray Johnston; R. King Johnston; Emory Johnston; John Jarney; Robert A. Johnston; Mrs. Earl G. Johnson; and Mrs. Lucy Johnston.
Includes Cleo Lucas; Mrs. W. K. Leech; W. K. Lucas; Lon Link; Guy Lucas; D. O. Lawrence; and Larkin Co., Inc.
Includes J. C. Meadows; Montgomery Ward; Norton General Hospital v. E. E. Martin; Paul Martin; E. J. and Talma Martin; Harry Martin; Lee Moyer; D. H. Martin; Virginia Munsey; Cora Kerr, et al, and William Mills; Mrs. Clyde Martin; Bernard Mason; W. H. Malcom; F. E. Martin; Ann Meadows; W. S. Meadows; C. M. McClung and Co.; Merchantile Adjuster Publishing Co.; E. R. McLear; Jack Martin; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mallory; Woody Nolen; A. J. Nackley; J. A. Newberry; Josie Perdue; A. J. Porterfield; Virgil Pennington; W. H. Quam; John H. Painter; Roy Richardson (Gov. G. C. Peery); C. A. Payson; Pure Oil Co.; S. L. and E. N. Peters; Walter Prunty; K. M. Messer v. J. C. Perdue; W. D. Pearson; Star Amusement Co.; N. F. and M. B. Rowland; Ira Reed and the Rich Creek Supply Co.; Hugh N. Rakes; W. C. Rose and Co.; J. E. Robertson, et al; Mrs. T. F. Richardson; and Tom Rock.
Includes Roy Caudill Sadler; St. Elizabeth's General Hospital v. H. H. Smallwood; Star Amusement Co.; George Sayers; Mrs. W. C. St. Clair; Robert Snider; George C. Spangler; B. H. Taylor: Ottomar Strange; W. E. Snider; E. E. Snidow; Snow Church Directory Co.; W. A. Snidow, et al; H. M. Smith; J. T. Snidow; C. P., J. W., and P. F. Shrader; Maggie Songer, et al; and Simon Solins v. P. W. Strother.
Material also concerns the Town of Pearisburg and the law firm of Williams and Williams.
Includes J. W. Turner; Spear and Co. v. S. A. Thompson; Young v. B. J. Thompson; Howe, Cora and Medie Tabor; B. M. Teel v. Joe Troitino; W. A. Thornhill; Theodore T. Thomas; and University of Virginia.
Includes W. R. Williamson; Julia Woodyard; L. C. Williams; Walker A. Williams, I. E. Williams; Roy Witten; Charles Wilkenson; Claude Williams; George W. Wheeler; Mrs. Margaret Williamson; Harrison Woodyard; Martin Williams; J. W. Williams; W. F. Wright; J. W. Walker and Son; Roberta Shamson v. T. B. Shannon; John Walker; A. C. Williams; R. H. Woods v. J. E. Webb; Lewis Wall; F. H. Woods; Donald Williams and S. S. Williams; Fred Wells; L. C. Woodyard; Everette Wolf; Homer Wilson; J. H. Walker, Susie J. Walker; and J. J. Wicker.
Includes copies of title abstracts.
Includes title abstracts, loan contract, land sales, and a few court cases.
Includes land transactions, loan contracts, and a few claim suits in rough alphabetical order.
Includes S. J., J. H., and D. H. Walker; Harvey B. Wilson, et al to C. V. Wilson; D. W. Sanders to Ernest Hilton; Harry M. Douthat; Pearisburg Methodist Church; Morton King; Jack Turner; Noble D. Porterfield to T. M. Smith; C. B. Gilliam to the First Methodist Church of Pearisburg; J. L. Morris; and E. H. Dillon, et al to R. C. Dillon.
Includes contracts, court cases, land sales, collection suits, and court briefs.
Includes Hazel B. Keffer; Roy Dunford; G. W. Nowlin; J. W. Hale; W. H. Nickels; N & W Railway Co. annual passes; S. B. Nelson; Radford Finance Corp.; and A. K. Hylto.
Includse C. J. Presby (Prealey?); H. H. Powell; Martin Williams; Leonard Freeman; W. D. Payne; B. W. Porterfield; O. K. Phleager; Bank of Pocahontas; L. L. Prescott; J. P. Price; J. B. Pulliam; J. H. Price; Pulaski Grocery Co.; Pearisburg Virginian; Cleopatra Porterfield; Personal Services, Inc; Mrs. W. L. Piper; A. J. Porterfield; Mrs. W. P. Poindexter; R. F. Pritchard; Princeton Motor Co.; Pembroke Mutual Telephone Co.; A. M. Pyne; First National Bank of Peterstown; Mattie Spangler; Sarah Ella Porterfield; Carrie Page; S. A., J. M., and R. W. Patteson; G. H. Parent Co.; Walter M. Perdue; and C. W. Peek and Co.
Includes Southeastern Finance Co.; T. G. Porterfield; Office rent receipts for M. P. Farrier; Roundtree Corp. v. W. N. Hurley; Richmond Office Supply Co.; Rawls-Dickson Candy Co.; Chas. S. Roller, Jr.; Mrs. Lacy Riggs; B. S. Ratcliff; A. W. Robertson; The Repass Adjustment Bureau; Frank Turner Shop; Richmond Adjustment Bureau; the Roanoke Hardware Co.; Roanoke Photo Finishing Co.; Miss Mary Rogers; Bruce Rader; W. H., H. M., and W. P. Reynolds; T. J. Pearson; Hugh Reid; Chief of delinquent tax section for Com. of Virginia; J. P. Royall; Harry H. Roberts; Ronceverte Small Loan Co.; and R. D. Rowley.
Includes Kate A. Simpson; A. E., E. J., and J. L. Straley; Atlee L. Smith; F. H. Stansill; Southwest Loan and Discount Co., Inc.; H. P. Sartin; D. C. Spangler; and Thomas B. Stanley.
Includes E. E. Sarver from Isaac Williams; M. L. and F. S. Williams; J. C. Williams v. Commercial Credit Co.; W. G. Williams; S. S., G. L., and C. B. Williams; and Donald L. and C. K. Williams.
Contents are similar to Box 36.
Includes deeds, correspondence, small claim collection, damage suits with a few land sales, divorce suits, and contract disputes.
The majority of material deals with small claim collection and damage suits, but there are also a few land sales, divorce suits, and contract disputes. (Material that was not in file folders have been arranged alphabetically in file folders.)
Includes record of expenses kept by A. L. Farrier.
Includes six checkbooks containing stubs and blank checks, which show outlays and deposits of Williams and Farrier and Farrier and Farrier law firms.
Includes list of collection cases handled by Martin Williams.
Includes list of cases and fees received.
Includes only one incomplete entry concerning a stock holder's meeting.
Includes collection suits, fees for services, and disbursement of funds.
Includes court suits, deeds, collection suits, court briefs, negatives, checks, and correspondence.
Includes personal accounts and fees received.
Includes expense, personal, and cash accounts.
Records concerning the settlement of the following estates: F. E. Dunkler; W. R. Powell, E. S. Denins; H. L. Eaton; and A. J. Hardwick.
Records kept by M. P. Farrier, admin. for estate.
Accounts kept in regard to timber operations on the land of J. J. Cole.
A statement of receipts and disbursements for the estate, agreed to by J. M. St. Clair, guardian, and recorded by M. P. Farrier.
Includes collections and disbursements, fees received, and estate settlement of the M. P. Farrier estate.
Includes deeds, correspondence, contracts, court suits, and materials pertaining to estate settlements and other legal matters.
Includes list of collection suits handled by Williams and Farrier.
Includes records of money and fees received, estate and court cases settled, and money disbursements.
Includes records of an unnamed estate with heirs G. W. Meredith, Lacy Meredith, and Helen E. Hendrickson.
Includes list of collection suits handled by Williams and Farrier.
Includes correspondence, court suits, contracts, records of receipts and disbursements, and general records concerning the settlement of Honaker and Feeney receivership of M. P. Farrier.
Includes three sets of letters from unmarked letter boxes in rough alphabetical order within each set.
Includes letters between M. P. Farrier and the heirs of the G. A. Shumate Estate.
Includes company's incorporation charter and stockholder's meetings, kept by M. P. Farrier, who was company secretary.
Includes record of incorporation and stockholder's meetings.
Includes check stubs and cancelled checks.
Inside cover is labeled Peters Mountain Mining Co., Narrows, Va., 1917. The title page and index have been cut out, however. On an inside page, in front of the few pages of records, is the title Crockett Mining Company), 1918. A few pages of records follow, with wages page and expenses incurred.
Includes deposit slips, notes, and records concerning the settlement of the estate in a box.
Records concern the Big Stony Railway Co., Bland County Lumber Co., the Camp Mfg. Co., the Flat Top Manganese Mines, E. S. Sufferin, and the Strange Mining Co.
Includes list of collection suits handled by M. P. Farrier.
Includes records for a lumber company, possibly Bland Lumber Co. [Index and title pages are missing.]
Includes only one suit for Walker A. Williams.
Records kept on numerous companies, individual and organizations concerning income from property or merchandise sold, expenses paid out, and payments and collections on outstanding debts.
Receipts and disbursements recorded by the receivers, Bernard Mason and M. P. Farrier, in the settlement of company's affairs.
Includes fees received by Farrier and statements of his personal finances.
Includes clients, court suits, land sales, etc., divided into six letter boxes and arranged alphabetically within each box.