A Guide to the Craig County (Va.) Business Records, 1881-1923,

Library of Virginia

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Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000
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Processed by: Greg Crawford, Sarah Nerney

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Craig County (Va.) Business Records, 1881-1923. Local government records collection, Brunswick County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

I.J. Carper and Brother Ledger B came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Craig County in 2010 under accession number 44924.

Robert I. Hutchison Account Book came to the Library of Virginia as a gift from Robert D. Moon in 2007 under accession number 43164.

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.

I.J. Carper and Brother Ledger was prcoessed by G. Crawford around 2012. The Robert I. Hutchison Account Book was processed by S. Nerney around 2007.

Encoded by C. Freed, September 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: Craig County was named for Robert Craig, a nineteenth-century Virginia congressman. The county was formed from Botetourt, Roanoke, Giles, and Monroe (now in West Virginia) Counties in 1851, and several subsequent additions were made from Alleghany (1856), Giles (1858), Monroe (1853 and 1856), and Montgomery (1853) Counties. The county seat is New Castle. Area: 330.6 square miles. Population: 5,091 (2000), 5,100 (2005 estimate.)

Lost Records Locality: Craig County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Created in 1851. The courthouse was vandalized by Union troops in December 1863 and again in June 1864 during the Civil War. Deed Book A and most of the loose papers were destroyed. Pre-Civil War recorded deeds were rerecorded in Deed Books B and C. Volumes that record court orders and wills exist.

Scope and Content

Craig County (Va.) Business Records, 1881-1923, are comprised of various records created by individuals and companies in pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Craig County (Va.) Represented records consist of bound volumes such as a ledger and an account book.

Related Material

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

Craig County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Craig 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: I.J. Carper and Brother Ledger B, 1881-1883

Physical Location: State Records Center

1 volume

Historical Information: I.J. Carper and Brother was a mercantile business that operated in Newcastle, Va., during the late 19th century. The managing partners were I.J. Carper and J.C. Carper.

The volume was used as an exhibit in the chancery case Hurst, Miller, and Company and others versus Charles E. Carper and others heard in the Circuit Court of Craig County.

Scope and Content: : I.J. Carper and Brother Ledger B, 1881-1883, records the accounts of individual customers. Information found in each entry includes date, items sold, quantity of items sold, amount owed, and amount paid. Items sold include sugar, cigars, clothing, shoes, food, and hardware. Forms of payment include cash, credit, and barter.

Also see: Craig County Chancery Cause - Hurst, Miller and Company vs Charles E. Carper, Etc. 1905-003. Avaible Digitially through the Chancery Records Index.

Barcode number 1207500: I.J. Carper and Brother Ledger B 1881-1883

Series II : Robert I. Hutchison Account Book, 1909-1923

Physical Location: Library of Virginia

1 volume

Scope and Content: Robert I. Hutchison Account Book, 1909-1923, records accounts with various individuals and banks that relate to Hutchison's life as a farmer. Accounts concern subjects such as the sale and purchase of livestock and land, the purchase of supplies, agriculture duties performed for others (such as threshing wheat, building a fence, or plowing a field), insurance paid on farm buildings, payments made on bank debts, and payments to various individuals for services rendered. Entries are arranged by individual or bank name. There is an index at the front of the volume.

Barcode number 1176196: Robert I. Hutchison Account Book 1909-1923