A Guide to the Dinwiddie County (Va.) Business Records, 1857-1873

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Many of the business volumes are fragile. Please handle with extreme care.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Dinwiddie County (Va.) Business Records, 1857-1873. Local government records collection, Dinwiddie County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Dinwiddie County in an undated accession.

Processing Information

Prior to 2024, the various business records in this collection were originally described as individual records, but they have been consolidated into one large business record for the locality.

Encoded by C. Freed, October, 2024

Context for Record Type: Business Records, both volumes and loose records, are in some cases transferred to the Library of Virginia as components of court record transfers. These business records in some cases were simply stored in the local court building for safe keeping by business owners. In other cases, business records (particularly ledgers, account books, etc.) may have been filed in a court case as an exhibit. These business record exhibits appeared both in chancery causes and in judgments, these records serving as exhibits for business dissolution cases, debt suits, and contract disputes.

Locality History: : Dinwiddie County was named for Robert Dinwiddie, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1751 to 1758, and was formed from Prince George County in 1752. The county seat is Dinwiddie. Area: 503.7 square miles. Population: 24,533 (2000), 25,800 (2005 estimate.)

Lost Records Locality: Created in 1752. The bulk of court records prior to 1865 were stolen, mutilated, and/or destroyed by Union troops who ransacked the courthouse during the last months of the Civil War. Post-1830 volumes such as deed books, will books, chancery order books, and marriage registers exist.

Scope and Content

Dinwiddie County (Va.) Business Records, 1857-1873, are comprised of various records created by individuals in pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Dinwiddie County (Va.) Represented records consist of bound volumes such as a ledger.

Related Material

Additional Dinwiddie (Va.) records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

Dinwiddie County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Dinwiddie County records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Digital Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.

Contents List

Series I: Keeler and Scott Ledger, 1857-1873

Physical Location: State Records Center

1 volume

Historical Information: Keeler and Scott was a blacksmith partnership that conducted business in Dinwiddie County during the mid-nineteenth century. Isaac S. Keeler was one of the partners and was also a lawyer.

Scope and Content: Keeler and Scott Ledger, 1857-1873, contains information related to a blacksmith business. The ledger records the individual accounts of customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order, service rendered, and the amount owed and paid. Services rendered include shoeing horses, making farm implements, repairing buggies, and making locks.

The ledger also includes information related to a law firm such as decisions issued in court cases and legal fees for services rendered.

Barcode number 1124943: Keeler and Scott Ledger 1857-1873