Historical Information: Clinch River Coal Company conducted business during the early twentienth century in Tazewell County, Virginia.

Payroll ledger, 1910-1912, of Clinch River Coal Company records the daily earnings and deductions of employees. Entries record the name of employee; the number of hours worked or tons hauled per day; the number of deductions; totals for the month; rate of pay; total earnings; deductions for purchases at company store, rent, services of company physician, insurance, coal, smithing, powder, and cash advances; total of worker's earnings; total of deductions taken from employee's pay; and balance due employee or to the company.

Historical Information: Conly T. Leedy operated a blacksmith business in Tazewell County during the late nineteenth century.

Account book, 1890, of blacksmith Conly T. Leedy that records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, type of transaction, item purchased or service rendered, amount owed or paid and form of payment. Items sold include bolts, horseshoes, and fish gigs. Services rendered include adding or removing horseshoes, sharpening tools, mending axles, and repairing wagons. Payments made by cash, credit, check, labor, and barter of items such as flour, coal, and bacon. Volume is in poor condition due to missing cover.

Historical Information: Hagy Service Garage was an automobile service and repair business that was owned by John Hagy and D. H. Webb and conducted business during the early twentieth century in the town of Tazewell, Virginia.

Ledger, 1922-1923, of Hagy Service Garage records the individual accounts of customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, service rendered, amount owed, form of payment, and amount paid. The volume includes an index that lists in alphabetical order the names of customers and the page numbers where their accounts can be found.

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

Ledger C, 1899-1909, of John Henry Crockett, a physician. It records the individual accounts of individual patients. Each account lists dates of transactions and charges and payments for visits to patients, medication, and medical services such as delivering babies, obstetrical surgery, and treatments for physical injuries. Forms of payment include cash, credit, check, labor, and barter of items such as turkey, lumber, beef, and oats. The volume includes an index that records the names of customers in alphabetical order and the page numbers where their accounts can be found.

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.

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.

Historical Information: Minor Wynn and Company was a general store owned by Minor Wynn that conducted business during the early nineteenth century in Tazewell County, Virginia.

Account book, 1829-1839, of Minor Wynn and Company, a general store records the individual accounts of customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Entries record the date of transactions, the amount owed and amount paid, the page number of corresponding daybook where detailed information regarding transactions are found, form of payment, and total amount owed and paid. The account book includes an index that lists in alphabetical order the names of customers and the page numbers where their accounts can be found.

Historical Information: Oldsmobile Olds Motor Works was founded in 1897 by Ransom Eli Olds. It had two automobile factories in Detroit and Lansing, Michigan.

Catalog, 1905, lists automobiles for sale by Oldsmobile Olds Motor Works. Each entry includes the name, image, price, and description of the automobile. The catalog also provides a brief description of Oldsmobile's two factories in Detroit and Lansing, Michigan.

Historical Information: The unidentified general store conducted business during the late nineteenth century in Tazewell County, Virginia.

Account book, 1899-1900, of an unidentified general store. They record the individual accounts of customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order, items purchased, quantity of items purchased, cost per item, amount owed, amount paid, and form of payment. Items sold include dry-goods, dried fruit, tools, spices, food, guns, pencils, soda, and clothing. Forms of payments include cash, check, credit, labor, and barter of items such as walnuts, corn, opussums, and bacon. The ledger includes an index that lists in alphabetical order the names of customers and the page numbers where their accounts can be found.

Historical Information: The unidentified general store conducted business during the early twentieth century in Tazewell County, Virginia.

Ledger, 1904-1924, of an unidentified general store. They record the individual accounts of customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order, items purchased, cost per item, amount owed, amount paid, and form of payment. Items sold include dry-goods, oil, flour, spices, meat, matches, brooms, nails, and clothing. Forms of payments include cash and labor. It also records the store's cash sales for 1923 and 1924. The ledger includes an index that lists in alphabetical order the names of customers and the page numbers where their accounts can be found.

Historical Information: R.D. (Robert Davidson) Huffard was born in Wythe County in 1850. He studied medicine at the Medical College of Virginia and established a practice in Smyth County. In 1891, he moved to Tazewell County where he practiced until his death in 4 Novemebr 1898. The account book was used as an exhibit in the chancery suit Foote and Johnson and others versus Administrator of R.D. Huffard and others heard in the Tazewell County Circuit Court.

Also see: Tazewell County Chancery Cause, Foote and Johnson and others versus Administrator of R.D. Huffard and others, 1903-043. Available Digitially through the Chancery Records Index.

R.D. Huffard Physician Account Book, 1893-1901, records the accounts of individual patients including African-Americans. Each account lists dates of transactions, charges and payments for visits to patients, medication, and medical services such as setting broken bones, obstetrical surgery including abortions, and treatments for sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis and gonorrhea.