Scope and Content: The business records of Albert C. Moore consists of a ledger. The volume recorded checks or loans written by Albert C. Moore, a drawer, on behalf of individuals and companies. Information found in volume includes date of entry, name of drawer, name of company or individual, address of company or individual, amount of interest, date of payment, and amount paid.

Scope and Content: The business records of the Branner Tire Shop consists of a daybook. The volume recorded transactions on a daily basis from December 1923-June 1924. It also includes accounts of individual customers for 1925 and several loose documents dated 1926. Information found in volume includes date of transaction, name of customer, service rendered, and amount owed, and whether customer paid or not. Services rendered include sale of gas, tires, and tire valves; tire repairs; and oil changes. Names of automobiles (Ford truck, Ford sedan, Buick, Dodge, etc.) are included in some entries.

Historical Information: Branner Tire Shop was an automobile service station owned by G.L. Branner located in Winchester, Virginia.

Scope and Content: The business records of Charles W. Anderson consists of a record book. The record book recorded masonry work performed by Charles W. Anderson. Information found in entries include names of individuals Anderson did work for, date of work, service rendered, expenses, amount of work done per day, and payment. Services rendered include bricklaying, stone work, building fireplaces and laying payment. Anderson was part of a firm known as Anderson and Strother.

Scope and Content: The business records of Crupper and Clark consist of two ledgers. The volumes recorded the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order and the amount owed and paid. The ledgers do not list the names of items purchased, rather they use the general term "merchandise". They also record the company's controlling accounts such as merchandise account, cash account, and expense account.

Historical Information: The Crupper and Clarke mercantile partnership was formed by Micajah Crupper and Elijah Clarke and conducted business in the town of Berrysville, Virginia. It dissolved in 1812.

See also: Frederick County (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1833-143: George Steptoe Lane vs. Micajah Crupper etc.

Historical Information: David Keeler was a tanner who conducted business in Front Royal in Warren County. He was born in Frederick County and died in Warren County in 1856.

Scope and Content: The business records of David Keeler consist of a daybook. The volume recorded transactions as they occurred on a daily basis from April 1824-August 1833. Information found in each entry includes name of customer, services rendered or items purchased, and the amount owed and paid. Items sold include calf skin, dog skin, horse hide, sheep skin, and leather goods. Payments made by cash and barter including corn, calf skin, sheep skin, wood, and flour.

Scope and Content: The business records of the Eastern Silica and Chemical Corporation consists of a ledger. The first third of the volume recorded the company's controlling accounts such as advertising account, insurance account, machinery and equipment account, petty cash, expenses, etc. Each account lists date of transaction and the amount paid. The rest of the volume includes the individual accounts of customers. Information found in each account includes name of customer, address of customer, date of transaction, invoice number of transaction, and the amount owed and paid.

Historical Information: Eastern Silica and Chemical Corporation was a company that mined and sold raw materials used to produce glass in Frederick County during the early twentieth century.

Scope and Content: The business records of Garber, Gold, and Company consists of a ledger. The volume recorded the individual accounts of customers who did business with Basic City Livery and Exchange Stables located in Augusta County and owned by Garber, Gold, and Company. Each account lists transactions in chronological order, style of transaction, and the amount owed and paid. Services rendered include renting of horses, buggies, harnesses, and lodging and feeding of horses. Volume also includes information collected by Philip H. Gold as special commissioner in a court case heard in the Shenandoah County Circuit Court titled Mary E. Pitman versus Administrator of John L. Pitman and others.

Historical Information: Garber, Gold, and Company was a partnership that conducted business in Frederick County. It owned a livery business in Augusta County called Basic City Livery and Exchange Stables. One of the partners was Philip H. Gold who also served as deputy circuit court clerk in Frederick County.

Scope and Content: The business records of Hollingsworth and Parkins consists of a daybook and ledger. Both volumes include references to Union Mills located in Frederick County.

Historical Information: Hollingsworth and Parkins was a mill partnership located near the town of Winchester.

See also: Frederick County (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1835-192: Isaac Hollingsworth vs. Nathan Parkins

Scope and Content: The business records of James H. Griffith and Company consists of a daybook. The volume recorded Daybook, 1857-1858, of James H. Griffith and Company records transactions as they occurred on a daily basis from June 1857-June 1858. Information found in each entry includes name of customer, items purchased, and the amount owed and paid. Merchandise sold include tools, coffee, clothing, shoes, candlewick, molasses, and dry-goods. Payments made by cash, barter (butter, eggs, apples, etc.,) and labor. The last few pages of volume record debt accounts of individual customers.

Historical Information: James H. Griffith and Company was a general store located in the town of White Hall in Frederick County.

Scope and Content: The business records of James S. Lane and Towner consists of a ledger. The volume recorded the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Each entry list date of transaction, merchandise sold, and amount owed or paid. Merchandise sold include dry-goods, clothing, coffee, bowls, fur hats, spices, books, food, and tea.

Historical Information: James S. Lane and Towner was a mercantile partnership formed by James S. Lane and Benjamin T. Towner and located in Jefferson County, West Virginia.

Historical Information: John S. Guyer was born in Keighly, Yorkshire, England on August 4, 1817. He came to America with his mother in 1829 and settled in Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia. Guyer attended Winchester Medical College. After graduating in 1848, he began his medical practice in Bloomery, present-day West Virginia, and later became a partner of a Dr. Carter in Morgantown. Guyer returned to Middletown in 1854 and started a medical practice. At the beginning of the Civil War, he was appointed surgeon of the 51st Virginia Regiment eventually becoming senior surgeon of the brigade. Guyer resigned in 1862 returning to his practice in Middletown. He was arrested by Union troops and according to his obituary was offered a position as a surgeon in the Union Army with the rank of Brigadier General which Guyer declined. After the war, Guyer served as a magistrate for Frederick County and was president of the Frederick County Medical Society from 1875 until his death on December 9, 1888.

Scope and Content: The business records of John S. Guyer consist of a ledger. The volume recorded transactions in chronological order. Each entry list date of transaction, style of transaction (service rendered, form of payment, etc.,), and amount owed or paid. Payments made by cash, credit, or barter (potatoes, apples, mutton, etc.). Services rendered include visits to patients, medication, and consultations.

Historical Information: Joseph Abraham Nulton was born in Winchester on November 27, 1837. He worked in his father Abraham Nulton's stove and tinware business. At the beginning of the Civil War, Nulton enlisted in Company F, Second Virginia Infantry, Stonewall Brigade. He was discharged from the army after being wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Nulton took over the stove and tinware business after his father's death in 1871. He was elected clerk of Frederick County Circuit Court 1881 serving 12 years. Nulton died of pneumonia on March 3, 1893.

Scope and Content: The business records of Joseph A. Nulton consist of a ledger. The volume was used to keep track of customer orders for products sold by Nulton. It records the individual accounts of customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Each entry list date of transaction, style of transaction, and amount owed or paid. Items sold include coffee pots, tea pots, spoons, kitchen stoves, spitoons, and flat irons.

Scope and Content: The business records of Joseph W. Carter consist of a daybook. The volume recorded in chronological order the transactions of a mill owned by Carter. Each entry includes date of transaction, name of customer, style of transaction, goods purchased, and amount owed or paid. Payments made by cash, credit, or barter such as bacon, wheat, corn, and rye. The mill threshed rye, corn, and wheat into flour and meal.

Scope and Content: The business records of Nanmiter and Keeler conist of a ledger. The volume recorded individual accounts of customers. Information found in each account includes name of customer, date of transaction, services rendered or items purchased, and the amount owed and paid. Items sold include calf skin, horse collars, sheep skin, and leather goods. Services rendered include tanning animal skins and repair of leather goods. Payments made by cash and barter including wheat, animal hides, bacon, and potatoes.

Scope and Content: The business records of Richard C. Windle consist of two daybooks and an inventory volume. The daybooks recorded transactions as they occurred on a daily basis from September 1840-October 1843. Information found in each entry includes name of customer, items purchased, and the amount owed and paid. Merchandise sold include dry-goods, coffee, candles, sugar, pitchers, umbrellas, rice, and spices. The inventory volume listed merchandise found at Windle's store after he sold it. Each entry records the quantity of merchandise, type of merchandise, cost per item, and total value of merchandise.

Historical Information: Richard C. Windle owned a general store that conducted business during the mid-nineteenth century in Winchester, Virginia. He was forced to sell his general store due to outstanding debt on March 13, 1845.

See also: Frederick County (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1857-018: George D. Harrison vs. Trustees of Richard C. Windle etc.

Historical Information: Richard S. Griffith operated a general store in the town of White Hall during the mid-nineteenth century.

Scope and Content: The business records of Richard S. Griffith consist of a ledger. The volume recorded the accounts of individual customers. Each account records debit and credit transactions in chronological order. Each entry list date of transaction, style of transaction (merchandise purchased or form of payment), and amount owed and paid. Payments made by cash, credit, barter (chickens, butter, eggs, bacon, etc.) or labor (hauling goods). Merchandise sold include dry-goods, spices, nails, food, tobacco, clothing, umbrellas, and boots.

Scope and Content: The business records of the Shenandoah Valley Hedge Company consist of a stock certificate book. The volume includes stock certificates and receipts of shareholders. The stock certificate records name of shareholder, number of shares purchased, amount of each share, date of purchase, and signatures of the company's secretary and president. The receipt records the certificate number, name of shareholder, number of shares purchased, date of purchase, shareholder's address, and amount paid for shares. Receipt also includes a section if shareholder transferred his shares to another individual. Includes name of individual and date of transfer.

Scope and Content: The business records of the unidentified attorney consist of a ledger. The volume recorded the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in accounts include date of transaction, services rendered, amount owed, amount paid, and form of payment. Payments made by cash, credit, or barter such as cloth and beef. Services rendered include legal representation in chancery, debt, and other suits, writing deeds, legal counsel, and payment of legal fees.

Scope and Content: The business records of the unidentified business, perhaps a general store, consist of a ledger. The volume recorded the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, form of payment, and the amount owed and paid. Ledger does not list the names of items purchased, rather it uses the general term "merchandise". Payments made by cash, credit, labor such as hauling corn and flour, and by barter such as wheat, pork, chickens, and corn.

Scope and Content: The business records of the unidentified business consist of a newspaper subscription and exchange book. The volume recorded a list of town subscribers from 1850 to 1852. Information found includes date of subscription, name of subscriber, length of subscription, and whether subscription was transferred or discontinued. Majority of the volume records newspaper subscriptions and exchanges of out of town customers. Entries are organized by name of locality such as Baltimore, Maryland; Richmond, Virginia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Middletown, Indiana; and Millville, Iowa. Information found in each entry includes date of subscription or exchange, name of customer, name of newspaper subscribed or exchanged, amount owed or paid, and whether subscription was transferred or discontinued. A list of newspapers that customers subscribed or exchanged is found inside the front cover of the volume. They include the Baltimore Daily Sun, Boston Post, Pittsburgh Dispatch, Richmond Enquirer, Fellowsville (Va.) Democrat, and Weston (Va.) Sentinel. Volume is in poor condition due to damaged spine.

The last few pages of the volume record the sale of items from an unidentified estate conducted in 1868. Entries include name of item and quantity purchased, name of purchaser, and amount paid.

Scope and Content: The business records of the unidentified general store consist of a ledger, called "Ledger C." The volume recorded the individual accounts of customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, merchandise purchased, form of payment, and amount owed and paid. Merchandise sold include china bowls, clothing, dry-goods, animal skins, glass panes, shoes, nails, and sugar. Payments made by cash, credit, labor such as masonry work, hauling fodder, etc., and barter such as sugar, lumber, corn, turnips, etc.

Scope and Content: The business records of the unidentified general store consist of a ledger. The volume recorded the accounts of individual customers. Each account records transactions in chronological order. Each entry list date of transaction, style of transaction (merchandise purchased, form of payment, etc.,), and amount owed or paid. Payments made by cash, credit, or barter (eggs, veal, corn, peach brandy, etc.,). Merchandise sold include dry-goods, chocolate, clothing, food, text books, dining ware, and brandy. Volume is in poor condition due to damaged spine.

Scope and Content: The business records of the unidentified general store consist of a ledger. The volume was used as a daybook by an unidentified general store. It recorded transactions as they occurred on a daily basis from November 1828-April 1829. Information found in each entry includes name of customer, merchandise sold, and the amount owed or paid. Merchandise sold include molasses, coffee, brandy, dry-goods (yarn, muslin, buttons, silk thread, etc.,), nails, and combs. Payments made by cash, credit, and barter such as pork and butter.

Scope and Content: The business records of the unidentified general store consist of a ledger. The volume recorded the individual accounts of customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, merchandise purchased, price of merchandise, and total cost. Merchandise sold include fish, corn, dry-goods (muslin, yarn, calico, etc.,), clothing, plates, brandy, knives, and books. Payments made by cash, credit, and barter such as butter and pork.

Scope and Content: The business records of the unidentified mill consist of a ledger. The volume recorded the mill's transactions in chronological order. Each entry includes name of customer; quantity of corn, wheat, rye, etc., ground; and amount owed. Ledger also records a list of customers given credit for flour barrels and a list of services (wheat ground, flour delivered, etc.,) rendered to Baales Davis.

Scope and Content: The business records of the unidentified mill consist of an account book. The volume recorded customer accounts in chronological order from June 1810 to August 1811. Each account list name of customer, quantity of flour or other items purchased, and amount paid. The predominant form of flour produced by the mill was superfine flour.

Scope and Content: The business records of the unidentified shoemaker, who was located in the town of Winchester, consist of a ledger. The first half of the volume recorded in chronological order the individual accounts of customers from 1850-1853. Each account lists name of customer, date of transaction, service rendered or merchandise sold, and amount owed and paid. The second half of the volume recorded individual transactions in chronological order, similar to a daybook, from September 1854-August 1855. Each entry records name of customer, service rendered or merchandise sold, and amount owed. Merchandise sold include boots, slippers, and shoes. Services rendered include mending and soling boots and shoes.

Scope and Content: The business records of the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company consist of a fourth installment book. The volume lists in alphabetical order the company's shareholders, the amount of shares purchased, and amount paid for shares.

Historical Information: The Winchester and Potomac Railroad (W & P) was the first railroad in Winchester, VA. It was chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in 1831 and ran from Harper's Ferry to Winchester. The original train stopped at the corner of Water and Market Streets. In March 1862, the United States Army seized the railroad. In 1866, when the Winchester and Potomac was returned to the owners, they decided to lease the right-of-way to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B & O). In 1902, through a third party, the W & P was acquired by the B & O.

See also: Frederick County (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1835-168: Winchester and Potomac Rail Road Company vs. Grove and Campbell

Scope and Content: The business records of Washington G. Singleton consist of a daybook. Singleton was an attorney who practiced in the courts of Frederick, Clarke, Rappahannock and Warren Counties. It recorded in chronological order Singleton's legal activities. Each entry lists name of client or court case, service rendered, and amount owed or paid. Payments made by cash, credit, or barter, such as wood. Services rendered include legal representation in chancery, debt, and other suits, writing deeds, legal counsel, and payment of legal fees.

Historical Information: Washington George Singleton, son of Joshua and Nancy Wynne Singleton, was born in 1798 in Virginia. He married Maria Antoinette Waite on 26 April 1823. In 1828 began what would become a successful law practice. His success led to his appointment by President Jackson as United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia in 1834. He served for eight years in that office and then returned to his private practice in Winchester. Singleton, who practiced law until his death in 1866, also was elected the Clerk of the Superior Court of the Chancery in 1858. He continued to practice law until his death in 1866.

Scope and Content: The business records of William Long and Company consist of a daybook. The volume recorded transactions as they occurred on an almost daily basis from May 1802-November 1803. Information found in each entry includes name of customer, items purchased, and the amount owed and paid. Merchandise sold include dry-goods, spices, pen knives, clothing, tin cups, coffee, and farm tools.

Historical Information: William Long and Company was a mercantile partnership formed in 1802 by William Long and William Wilson. It conducted business in the town of Middletown during the early nineteenth century.

See also: Frederick County (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1824-100: Evan Berry etc. vs. Executors of Joseph Berry

Scope and Content: The business records of William McEndree consist of a ledger. The volume recorded the accounts of individual customers. Each account records transactions in chronological order. Each entry list date of transaction, style of transaction (merchandise purchased, service rendered, or form of payment),and amount owed or paid. Payments made by cash, credit, or barter (whiskey, rye, corn, empty barrels, etc.,). Services rendered include hauling rye. The predominant merchandise sold was whiskey. Other merchandise sold include wheat, corn, pork, potatoes, bacon, and rye.

Historical Information: William McEndree was landowner, mill owner and perhaps liquor distiller who lived in Frederick County.

See also: Frederick County (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1837-064: Hiram L. Opie etc. vs. Admr. of William McEndree etc.

Historical Information: William R. Alexander was born in Clarke County, Virginia. He attended Loudoun Preparatory School and law school at the University of Virginia. Alexander completed the prescribed courses in one yearand was an acclaimed orator in the Jefferson Literary society. He moved to Winchester in 1875 where he practiced law as a criminal lawyer in the courts of Frederick, Clarke, and Warren Counties during the late nineteenth century. Alexander was elected Commonwealth Attorney for four terms and was elected mayor of Winchester in 1890. He unsuccessfully ran for a congressional seat and attorney general. Alexander died of tuberculosis on December 23, 1898.

Scope and Content: The business records of William R. Alexander consist of an office book. The volume recorded transactions in chronological order. Each entry list date of transaction, service rendered, and amount and paid. Payments made by cash, credit, barter (horses, wood, flour, etc.,), and labor (moving a safe, garden work, cutting wood, etc.,). Services rendered include legal representation in chancery, debt, divorce, and other suits, writing deeds, legal counsel, and payment of legal fees.