Historical Information: John S. Crawford was an enslaver and owned extensive real estate in Bath County, Virginia in the 19th century.

Scope and Content: John S. Crawford Plantation Account Book, 1859-1869, records the accounts of individuals, including enslaved Black and Multiracial people, who purchased goods from Crawford. Information found in the accounts include name of individual, date of transaction, goods purchased, service rendered, form of payment, amount owed, and amount paid. Goods sold include tobacco, corn, whiskey, coffee, meal, and bacon. Services rendered include pasturing livestock, renting out wagons, Forms of payment include cash, credit, labor, and barter of goods including chickens, iron kettles, and flour. Includes index.

Scope and Content: William J. Ficklin Account Book, 1902-1904, records produce bought by various individuals.

Historical Information: C. Ross Mann owned a mercantile business called C.R. Mann located in the town of Batesville in Albemarle County, Virginia. The ledger was used as an exhibit in the chancery suit Wingo, Ellett, and Crump, etc., versus Mann and Wood heard in the Albemarle County Circuit Court. The dispute centered over money owed Wingo, Ellett, and Crump by C. Ross Mann and his business partner William L. Wood. According to Mann, all the business' financial records were held by Wood which Wood denied.

Scope and Content: C. R. Mann Book C, 1879-1880, is a ledger 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, and amount owed or paid, and form of payment. Items sold include tobacco, food (bacon, beef, eggs, sugar), tools, farm implements, nails, tools, and cloth. forms of payment include cash, credit, and barter of items such as wheat, cherries, and chickens.

Also see: Albemarle County (Va.) Chancery Cause, Wingo, Ellett, and Crump], etc. versus Mann and Wood, 1890-022 .

Scope and Content: Mason, Walker and Richardson Daybooks, July 1860-July 1861 and 1873-1875, record the transactions as they occurred daily. Information found in each entry includes name of customer, items purchased, payment debts or expenses, and the amount owed and paid. Merchandise sold include beef, soap, whiskey, bed steads, cabbage, potatoes, sugar, and coffee. Entries in one of the daybooks include page numbers that correspond with page numbers found in the ledger. Both daybooks include additional miscellaneous information.

Mason, Walker and Richardson Ledger A, 1860-1861, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in the accounts includes items purchased, payment debts or expenses, and the amount owed and paid. Payments made by cash, barter including eggs and vegetables, or labor. Ledger also includes a list of horses and mules worked at Shadwell. The list includes name of horse or mule, age, and value.

Scope and Content: William T. McAllister Daybook, 1876-1877, records accounts of individuals for purchases made within the tavern. Information includes name of account holder, quantity of purchases, and total of accounts.

Scope and Content: Price, Phares, and Randolph real estate listings, undated, records physical descriptions of 115 properties that have been offered for sale. The properties are primarily large farms with dwelling houses. Other properties have smokehouses, icehouses, or quarters for enslaved individuals available.

Historical Information: :John B. Spiece was a lawyer and an enslaver in Albemarle County.

Scope and Content: John B. Spiece Plantation Ledger, 1831-1890 (bulk 1857-1890), records debits and credits incurred in the administration of his plantation. Accounts include wages for laborers employed in picking fruit, milling, and planting; board for laborers; and supplies such as clothing bought for his enslaved individuals or tools and farm implements. Page 477 records the names of ten enslaved individuals owned by Spiece and their date of death from 1847-1864.

Scope and Content: Unidentified Newspaper Account Book, 1831-1836, records individual accounts of customers. Information found in accounts accounts include name of customer, date of transaction, service rendered, amount owed and paid, and form of payment. Services rendered primarily relate to publishing advertisements for customers such as property sales including enslaved individuals. The account book also includes a list of names of subscribers who lived locally, in-state, and out-of-state. Includes index.

Scope and Content: Woods and Company Account Book, 1897-1898, contains accounts of goods bought and sold. Items include produce, eggs, flour, sugar, and coffee.

Woods and Company Order Book No. 4, 1897-1898, records name of customer, date of purchase, grocery items (such as coffee, butter, tobacco, and bacon) purchased, and price of purchase.