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Preferred Citation

Plummer and Tapscott Journal, 1812-1814. Local Government Records Collection, Richmond County Court Records, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Richmond County.

Historical Information

Plummer and Tapscott was a general store that conducted business in Farnham Church, Richmond County, Virginia, during the early 19th century.

Richmond County may have been named for Richmond borough in Surrey, England, or for Charles Lennox, first duke of Richmond and a son of King Charles II. It was formed from Old Rappahannock County in 1692. The county seat is Warsaw.

Some volumes were burned and mutilated through unknown causes; in addition, the will books prior to 1699 were missing as early as 1793, and order books for the period 1794-1816 are also missing. Numerous loose records prior to 1781 are missing as well.

Scope and Content

Journal, 1812-1814, used as a daybook that records in chronological order the daily transactions of Plummer and Tapscott, a general store. Information recorded in the journal includes date of transaction, name of customer, items purchased, quantity of items purchased, amount owed, and a page number where the entry is found in a missing ledger. Merchandise sold include spices, clothing, scissors, rhubarb, nails, knives, candles, paper, dry-goods, and snuff.

Related Material

Additional Richmond County Court Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm"

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

For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note .

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