Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Big Stony Lumber Company Cashbook and Ledger, 1903-1905. Local Government Records Collection, Giles County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These materials came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Giles County.

Historical Information

Big Stony Lumber Company was located in Giles County, Virginia, during the early twentieth century.

Scope and Content Information

Big Stony Lumber Company Cashbook and Ledger consist of a cashbook and a ledger.

Cashbook, 1904-1905, records chronologically, cash received and cash paid. The left page of volume records cash received from sales and rents. The right page records cash paid for merchandise, expenses, payroll, etc. The cash paid entries include page numbers of entries found in corresponding ledger.

Ledger, 1903-1905, records the accounts of individual customers and the company's controlling accounts. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, style of transaction, and amount owed or paid. Most transactions contain the generic words "merchandise" or "sundries." Each entry includes the page number found in corresponding cashbook.