Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

John Henry Crockett Ledger, 1895-1898. Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Tazewell County.

Historical Information

Doctor John Henry Crockett was a physician who practiced medicine and operated a pharmaceutical business in Tazewell County during the late nineteenth century.

Scope and Content

Ledger, 1895-1898, of a pharmaceutical business operated by John Henry Crockett, a physician. It records the individual accounts of customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order, medication purchased, quantity purchased, form of payment, amount owed, and amount paid. Pharmaceutcals sold include laudanum, sweet oil, quinine, linament, borax, castor oil, pepsin, and glycerine. The store also sold general merchandise such as bug poison, toothbrushes, toilet paper, shoe polish, and cigarettes. Forms of payment include cash, credit, check, and labor. The volume includes an index that records the names of customers in alphabetical order and the page numbers where their accounts can be found.

Access Terms

Personal Name

• Crockett, John Henry

Subject Terms

• Drugs--Virginia--Tazewell County.
• Drugstores--Virginia--Tazewell County.
• Medicine--Virginia--Tazewell County.
• Pharmacy--Virginia--Tazewell County.
• Physicians--Virginia--Tazewell County.

Geographic Terms

• Tazewell County (Va.)--History--19th century.

Record Type

• Business records--Virginia--Tazewell County.
• Ledgers (account books)--Virginia--Tazewell County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Tazewell County.