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Page County Farmers' Alliance Organization Records, 1892-1894. Local Government Records Collection, Page County Court Records, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Page County.
Page County Farmers' Alliance, organized in the late 1880's, was comprised of local farmers and their wives. It's purpose was to promote the economic and political interests of farmers.
Excerpts from the minutes were used as an exhibit in a chancery suit, Stoneburner and Richards and others versus Page County Farmers' Alliance and others, heard in the Circuit Court of Page County during the mid-1890's.
Excerpts of minutes, 1892-1894, of Page County Farmers' Alliance that records the meetings of the organization's executive committee. They record the committee's discussions concerning George W. Rothgeb and his management of the Union Exchange Farmers' Alliance Store.
For additional information see the Page County Chancery Cause, Stoneburner and Richards and others versus Page County Farmers' Alliance and others. It can be found in the Local Records Collection at the Library of Virginia. The index number is 1899-024.