Scope and Content: The business records of Abram R. North consists of memorandum books, an inventory, a journal, and a ledger.

Historical Information: Abram R. North was a dealer in books and stationary operating in Lynchburg, Virginia, during the nineteenth century.

See also: Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause 1854-017: Exr. of William Rucker etc. vs. Admr. of Abram R. North etc.

Scope and Content: The business records of Berger and Stone consists of a ledger. The ledger recorded the accounts of individual customers. Berger and Stone used the ledger to document the purchases of customers and to manage commission accounts. Accounts for items commissioned included the name of the grower or farmer and document the items received and the money made from sales. The accounts of individual customers include the date of transaction and monies owed. Details for items purchased or commissioned were rarely provided. Some examples of items commissioned include apples, pears, ham, and eggs. Each entry includes the page number where the transaction could be located in an unidentified corresponding daybook.

Historical Information: Operating in Lynchburg, Va., during the mid-twentieth century, Berger and Stone were commission merchants and growers agents specializing in poultry, eggs, meat, fruit, vegetables, and grain. Alonza S. Berger and C. B. Stone were managing partners of the firm.

Historical Information: Born in Virginia in 1834, Charles J. Raine was a clothier operating in Lynchburg, Virginia, specializing in men's clothing. Raine was a partner in the clothier Glass and Raine, but in December 1859, Raine purchased the company from his partner R. H. Glass. With the start of the Civil War, Raine began producing and selling military uniforms, and Raine made uniforms for most of the volunteer militia companies in central southern Virginia. Charles J. Raine would later become the chief of artillery in Edward Johnson's division of Richard Ewell's corps in the Army of Northern Virginia. At the Battle of Gettysburg, Raine became the senior captain of artillery after the death of his commander Major Joseph W. Lattimer. On 30 November 1863, Raine was killed in action at the Battle of Mine Run. Surviving Raine were his wife Mary and two sons Gilbert and Hunter.

Scope and Content: The business records of Charles J. Raine consists of an account book. It recorded the financial activities of the clothier located on Main Street in Lynchburg, Va. The volume's first entry documents Raine's purchase of stock from his former partner R. H. Glass on 1 December 1859 and includes a list of all customers who have outstanding accounts with the firm. These entries include the customer's name along with the amounts they owed. The remainder of the volume was used as a daybook to record Raine's financial activities. Customer sales are documented and record the customer's name, name and quantity of item purchased, and amount owed. Customers bought such items as shirts, gloves, pants, coats, and cravats. Raine also used the volume to record business expenses for items such as rent, employee wages, travel expenses, and postage. Beginning in April 1861 and continuing through the last entry in September 1861, recorded sales reflect the coming Civil War and showcase Raine's involvement in the war effort with customers purchasing such items as uniforms, military hats, and swords.

Scope and Content: The business records of George C. Granberry consists of one volume; the first half of the volume was used as a cashbook between 1858 and 1862, to document Granberry's cash on hand by recording cash received and disbursed. Information found in each entry includes date, type of transaction, and monies debited or credited. Granberry listed payments for personal purchases (food, clothing, tobacco, etc.), personal and property taxes, and debts owed to individuals. Monies received were listed either under an individual name or as "sales of to-day." The second half of the book, beginning in 1867, Granberry used the volume as a cotton book to record the cotton he commissioned to store and sell. Transactions in the cotton book are listed under the customer name and include the amount of cotton stored, total value of cotton, and storage and drayage fees.

Historical Information: George C. Granberry was a Lynchburg, Va., merchant involved with the cotton industry during the mid-nineteenth century.

Historical Information: On 23 April 1872, tobacco merchant George Miles entered into a partnership with Montgomery, Alabama, tobacco commission merchants John M. Davis and Robert A. Beall to form George Miles and Company. Initially operating in Liberty, Va., the firm would relocate to Lynchburg in 1873 after adding the partners Micajah Davis and J. Irwin Smith to the firm. George Miles was responsible for the manufacture of tobacco in Lynchburg that was then shipped to Davis and Beall in Alabama for sale. In 1874, the partnership disbursed after falling into heavy debt.

Scope and Content: The business records of George Miles consists of an account book. The volume recorded receipts and disbursements related to the processing and shipping of tobacco to Richmond, Va. Information found in the account book is divided by accounts such as cash, expense, leaf tobacco, and various individuals and companies with which Miles conducted business. The left section of each account records the cash paid by Miles for expenses such as the purchase of supplies, shipping fees, storage fees, and taxes. The right side of each account records the receipts from cash or check, the name of the individual or company, and the amounts received. Details were not provided about the nature of these transactions except when the transactions were for the sale of tobacco. Also included in the account book are inventory lists of machinery and supplies owned by Miles.

See also: Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1878-013: William Graves etc. vs. George Miles etc.

Historical Information: Howe and Mason was a general store operating in Dublin, Va., during the mid-nineteenth century. Managing partners of the firm included John D. Howe and William B. Mason.

Scope and Content: The business records of Howe and Mason consist of a daybook. The volume recorded the cash sales of the general store on a daily basis as they occurred. Information found in each entry includes customer name, name and quantity of item purchased, and amounts paid. Customers bought a variety of items including groceries, coffee, dry-goods, clothing, shoes, hardware, tobacco, and glassware.

This daybook was referenced in a deposition given by William B. Mason on 16 May 1890 as part of an as of yet unidentified court case involving Howe and Mason versus Dudley Dunbar.

Historical Information: Located in Lynchburg, Va., the Jewel Fruit Company operated for a brief period, 1911-1912, selling confectionaries, fruits, candies, cigars, cigarettes, and tobacco. Officers of the company included B. M. Bennett, president, and J. C. McClung, secretary-treasurer. On 27 April 1912, all assets of the company were conveyed to trustee John G. Haythe so that they could be liquidated for the benefit of the company's creditors.

Scope and Content: The business records of the Jewel Fruit Company conist of a journal and a ledger.

See also: Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1913-019: Trustees of the Jewel Fruit Company vs. B.M. Bennet etc.

Historical Information: J. M. Goad and Company operated a general store in Lynchburg, Va., during the late nineteenth century.

Scope and Content: The business records of J.M. Goad and Company consist of a ledger. The volume recorded the financial activities of the general store and the accounts of individual customers. Information found in each customer account include the customer name, date of purchase, cost of items purchased, and monies debited or credited to the account. Purchases were not detailed but rather were listed either as the notation "to merchandise" or as "to sundries." The general store accepted cash, barter, and work as payments toward outstanding accounts. The financial activities of the general store were tracked through merchandise accounts, cash accounts, bills receivable, and commission accounts. Information found in these accounts include names of customers or businesses and the amounts either paid or received. A store expense account tracked payments for items such as postage, gas, and taxes. The accounts in this volume were carried over from an unidentified ledger.

Historical Information: John A. Rowan, a resident of Lynchburg, Virginia, was a prominent landowner and an enslaver who had estates in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. He died in 1843.

Scope and Content: The business records of John A. Rowan consists of an estate account book. The volume recorded an inventory of John Rowan's estate in Mississippi called Silver Creek. It includes a list of 72 enslaved people. Entries record the names of the enslaved people, their occupation, their physical description, age, and who was married to or were the children of. Entries related to the enslaved people are repeated twice more in the volume with additional columns that record the assigned value of each person and the division of the enslaved people between Rowan's widow Susan A. Rowan and his Virginia heirs. There are also entries of debts related to Rowan's estate. Volume also records copies of vouchers related to Rowan's estate. Vouchers include the sale of enslaved people.

See also: Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1876-056: Elizabeth Rowan etc. vs. Exr. of John A. Rowan etc.

Historical Information: John H. Tyree (1806-1876) was a tobacco auctioneer and merchant operating in Lynchburg, Va. After marrying Anna Phoebe Brandsford (1812-1876) in October 1828, Tyree built his plantation Tyreeanna, which was a stop on the railroad that ran from Richmond to the western territory. Tyreeanna was turned into a hotel in the 1880s. The mansion would later burn down in 1936.

Scope and Content: The business records of John H. Tyree consist of a tobacco sales book. THe volume recorded the amounts of tobacco Tyree received and sold on commission. Organized by date of sale, information found in the sales book includes the planter's name, buyer's name, amount purchased, and total monies paid. Commission fees, storage fees, freight and drayage fees, and taxes were deducted from the total sale to determine the monies owed to the planter. Funds were then paid to the planter through either check or credit on accounts.

See also: Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1885-001: Admr. of John H. Tyree vs. Samuel Tyree etc.

Historical Information: Johnson, Woolfolk, and Company were printers operating in Lynchburg, Va., during the mid-nineteenth century. Managing partners of the firm were John C. Johnson, Robert N. Woolfolk, and H. M. Garland. The firm was affiliated with The Daily Express, a Lynchburg newspaper, which ran for a brief time in the 1850s.

Scope and Content: The business records of Johnson, Woolfolk, and Company consist of a daybook and a ledger.

Historical Information: John B. McDaniel and S. C. Hurt operated a general mercantile business in Lynchburg, Va., during the mid-nineteenth century. McDaniel and Hurt sold a variety of items including hardware, dry-goods, groceries, clothing, and tobacco.

Scope and Content: The business records of McDaniel and Hurt consist of a daybook. The daybook, labeled as daybook No. 2, recorded the daily financial activities of the general mercantile business. Customer purchases were recorded in the volume, and information found in these entries include name of customer, name and quantity of item purchased, amounts owed, and amounts paid. McDaniel and Hurt sold items such as tobacco, licorice, and whiskey on commission, and the storage, drayage, and commission fees for these sales were documented. The daybook was also used to record business expenses and bank deposits and withdrawals. The opening of this daybook makes reference to an unidentified Daybook No. 1.

Historical Information: Reid and Nash were commission merchants operating out of New York during the nineteenth century. Charles H. Reid and Thomas C. Nash were managing partners in the firm. Reid and Nash sold on commission and shipped a variety of items including fruit, oysters, flour, cotton, liquor, and furs. Though based in New York, Reid and Nash worked with merchants throughout the South, including the Lynchburg, Va. area.

Scope and Content: The business records of Reid and Nash consist of an account book, labelled as Account Book No. 4. The volume recorded the sales accounts of individual customers and shipping invoices of the commission merchants. Entries are organized either under individual customer accounts or invoices of shipments. Information found in the individual customer accounts include outstanding account balances, quantity and name of item taken on commission, price per unit, and total worth of the items. Fees such as freight, insurance, and commission charges were deducted from the total sale amount to determine the total amount due to the customer. Invoices of shipments documented the name of customer who placed the items on commission, name of the individual or business who purchased the items, and the name of the ship along with the location to which the items were bound. Information found in the invoices included name and quantity of item shipped, total sale price for the items, and fees incurred such as freight, insurance, storage, labor, and commission charges.

See also: Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1877-011: James J. Scott etc. vs. Reid and Nash, etc.

Historical Information: A merchant operating in Lynchburg, Virginia, during the early nineteenth century, Richard Taylor specialized in selling ready-made clothing, cloth, and other sewing items.

Scope and Content: The business records of Richard Taylor consist of a daybook, which recorded Taylor's daily financial activities. Transactions were entered as they occurred and document both customer purchases and business expenses. Entries for customer accounts include the customer name, name and quantity of item purchased, price per unit, and total amount owed. Taylor sold a variety of clothing related items including cloth, buttons, hosiery, parasols, gloves, shoes, and jewelry. Throughout the daybook, Taylor notes payments for merchandise received. Taylor also entered several accounts for items put on consignment with local auctioneers.

See also: Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1822-069: Abram R. North vs. Richard Taylor etc.

Historical Information: Richards, Ryan, and Company were dry-goods merchants and milliners operating in Lynchburg, Va., during the mid-nineteenth century. William H. Ryan was one of the managing partners of the company.

Scope and Content: The business records of Richards, Ryan, and Company consist of two cashbooks. The volumes recorded the merchants' daily cash sales and document the cash on hand. The volumes record purchases of items such as clothing, hats, cloth, gloves, umbrellas, and coffee. Customer names were not included with the cash sales, but customer names were provided in entries concerning payments made on outstanding account balances.

Historical Information: Robert L. and Charles H. Kent operated a general mercantile business in Lynchburg, Virginia, during the mid-nineteenth century. The Kents sold a variety of items including dry-goods, hardware, glassware, groceries, and clothing. Robert L. Kent was also a lawyer in Lynchburg, and census records indicate that Charles H. Kent was both a carpenter and a clerk in the general store.

Scope and Content: The business records of Robert L. Kent consist of a journal. The volume recorded the accounts of individual customers of the general store. Information found in the customer accounts include the date of transaction, name and quantity of the item purchased, amounts owed, and amounts paid. Customers bought a variety of items including cigars, cloth, tobacco, coffee, gloves, glassware, and shoes. The partnership of Kent and Seay is mentioned throughout the volume, but no details are provided as to the nature of the Kents' partnership with Wilson F. Seay.

Historical Information: John C. Shackleford, a Lynchburg area saddler and harness maker, formed a partnership with John S. Lewellin in 1846 to engage in the business of saddlers and harness makers as well as dealers in carriages and coaches. The partnership dissolved in 1848 after the business had become insolvent. On 1 July 1848, Shackleford and Lewellin transferred all holdings of the business to John S. Lewellin and Robert S. Wilkins, who carried on as saddlers and carriage dealers under the name of Lewellin and Wilkins.

Scope and Content: The business records of Shackleford and Lewellin/Lewellin and Wilkins consists of a ledger. The volume recorded the settlement of debts incurred by Shackleford and Lewellin and the transfer of the business to the firm Lewellin and Wilkins. The first half of the ledger records the company expenditures and the cash on hand for the firm Shackleford and Lewellin. Information found in each entry includes the date of transaction, name of customer or person owed money, and cash received or disbursed. The remainder of the ledger records Lewellin and Wilkins attempts at settling the debts of the firm. Accounts are organized by the individual creditor's name and include the notation "debts in suit" and the amount of money owed. Scattered throughout the ledger are accounts detailing business expenditures, which included the purchase of carriages to sale, rent, storage fees, horse feed, and freight charges.

See also: Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1857-010: Henry B. Richards vs. Shackleford and Lewellin etc, Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1857-011: Edmund Longwood vs. Shackleford and Lewellin etc, and Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1857-040: Pearson and Salada etc. vs. John S. Lewellin etc.

Historical Information: Traders Bank operated in the Lynchburg, Virginia area during the mid-nineteenth century.

Scope and Content: The business records of Traders Bank consist of an offering book. The volume recorded records the loans made by the bank. Information found in each entry includes the name of the payer, name of the endorser, for whom the loan was discounted, date the loan was made, term length of the loan, loan amount, amount of discount, proceeds, and the date the loan was due. Also, when the loan was provided to a payer outside of Lynchburg, Va., the location was noted.

See also: Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1897-015: Traders Bank vs. J.H. Valentine etc, Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1897-019: Trustees of Traders Bank vs. Charles R. Wilson etc, and Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1898-010: Traders Bank etc. vs. E.A. Biggers etc.

Scope and Content: The business records of the unidentified flour mill consists of a journal. The volume recorded the financial activities of the Lynchburg mill. Entries are arranged chronologically as they occurred and record both business expenses and customer purchases. Transactions for customer purchases include the date, quantity of flour or meal purchased, cost per bushel, and amounts paid. Business expenses were also recorded and include such items as repairs to the mill and the purchases of equipment and provisions.

Historical Information: A dealer in dry-goods, groceries, and hardware, this unidentified general store operated in the Lynchburg, Va., area during the early nineteenth century.

Scope and Content: The business records of the unidentified general store consist of a cash sales book. The volume recorded the cash sales of the store as they occurred. Information found in each entry includes the date, item purchased, amount per unit, and total price paid. Occasionally the customer name was listed along with their purchase. Customers bought a variety of items such as cloth, clothing, jewelry, books, whiskey, shoes, stoneware, stationary, coffee, and sugar.

Scope and Content: The business records of the unidentified grocer consists of a ledger. The ledger recorded the accounts of individual customers. Information found in each account includes customer name, date of purchase, name and quantity of item purchased, and total amount of monies debited or credited to the account. Examples of items purchased include flour, roast beef, tomatoes, eggs, molasses, and candy. The grocer accepted cash and work at the store as payment. Also included in the ledger was a cash account that provided each day's balance with totaled sales amounts and the amount of cash paid out.

Historical Information: The unidentified merchant did business in Lynchburg in the early nineteenth century. On 3 April 1865, 206th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was among the first troops to enter Richmond. The regiment was then sent to Lynchburg for provost duty. During this time, the regiment documented their actions in Richmond in Ledger C. Many members of the regiment signed their names in the ledger, and Lieutenant Abraham E. Litz wrote about their march on Richmond and camping "in the City Poor House, used by the C.S. as a military institute."

Scope and Content: The business records of the unidentified merchant, with the initials of A.J., consists of three ledgers; Ledger B, 1812-1813, Ledger C, 1813-1814, and Ledger D, 1814-1815. The ledgers record the accounts of individual customers, with accounts carried over to the next ledger once a volume was completed. Information found in each entry includes customer name, date of transaction, amounts owed, and amounts paid. Purchases were listed as "to sundries" with no other details provided. The ledgers were also used to document the financial activities of the business with account entries for interest earned, bank deposits, tobacco crops, merchandise purchases, and profits and loss statements. Ledger B indicates that accounts were carried over from an unidentified Ledger A; similarly, Ledger D makes reference to an unidentified Ledger E.

Ledger C was written in by the 206th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Included is a description of their march on Richmond, multiple drawings, nursery rhymes, and the signatures of the members of the regiment.

Historical Information: Operating in the Lynchburg, Va., area during the mid-nineteenth century, this unidentified commission merchant was involved in the tobacco industry and was primarily concerned with the commission and sale of liquorice to local tobacco manufacturers.

Scope and Content: The business records the unidentified tobacco merchant consist of an invoice book. The volume recorded the financial activities of an unidentified commission merchant involved in the tobacco industry and documents the amounts of liquorice received and sold on commission. Organized under the commission client's name, the invoice book documents the number of cases of liquorice received, total value of the cases, and any storage and drayage fees incurred. Transactions of liquorice sold were then recorded, and information found in these entries include date of purchase, customer name, amount purchased, and total monies paid. The sales for each commission client were totaled and then commission fees, along with any fees for services such as storage, drayage, insurance, or advertising, were deducted in order to provide the final amount owed the commission client. The commission merchant received liquorice from dealers in Richmond, Philadelphia, and New York, and sold the liquorice to tobacco manufacturers located in the Lynchburg area. The unidentified merchant was also involved in the sale of tobacco, and there are several entries, dated 1845-1847, documenting the amounts of manufactured tobacco sold on commission.

Historical Information: Weinman Wills Barytes Company operated a mining facility in Lynchburg, Va., for a brief period from 1895 to 1896. Officers of the company included H. H. Denning, president; E. D. Wills, vice-president; and W. J. Weinman, secretary. In September 1896, the company was forced to turn over its assets to trustee A. R. Long so that they could be liquidated and the proceeds applied to the debts incurred by the company.

Scope and Content: The business records of Weinman Wills Barytes Company consists of a stockholder minute book. The volume recorded meetings of the company's officers and stockholders. The minutes document the election of officers, duties and compensation of officers, collection of stock, and a proposed merger with the Lynchburg Manufacturing Company. The last meeting, held 4 September 1896, discusses the inability of the company to pay its creditors and the transfer of the company's assets to trustee A. R. Long.

See also: Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1897-046: A.R. Long, trst. vs. Lynchburg Iron Company etc.

Historical Information: A dealer in dry-goods, groceries, and clothing, White and Irvine operated in the Lynchburg, Va., area during the mid-nineteenth century. Managing partners of the firm included Addison Irvine, William White, and Jeremiah White.

Scope and Content: The business records of White and Irvine consist of a ledger labelled Ledger D. The volume recorded the accounts of individual customers. Information found in each entry includes customer name, date of transactions, name and quantity of items purchased, amounts owed, and amounts paid. Customers bought such items as whiskey, cloth, clothing, hats, sugar, coffee, tobacco, and stoneware. Accounts were carried over to Ledger D from an unidentified Ledger C.

Historical Information: William H. Mosley was a partner in Mosley and Holcombe, an auctioneer firm operating in Lynchburg, Va., during the mid-nineteenth century.

Scope and Content: The business records of William H. Mosley consist of an auction sales book. The volume recorded the sales made at auctions and private sales held in Lynchburg, Va. Entries are organized by date of auction. Information found in each transaction include lot number, name of winning bidder, item purchased, and the amount paid. Purchases were totaled at the end of each auction. A variety of items were sold at the auctions including furniture, glassware, tobacco, cloth, stoneware, jewelry, and livestock.

Historical Information: William H. Reynolds was a merchant and grocer in Lynchburg, Va., during the late nineteenth century. In June 1874 Reynolds entered into a partnership with Rothwell Ellsworth and M. N. Fleming, tanners in Lynchburg, to operate a bark mill in Bethel, Va.

Scope and Content: The business records of William H. Reynolds consists of an account book. The volume recorded Reynolds's daily financial activities. The first half of the volume, with entries from October 1873 to June 1874, was used as a daybook to record the sales of Reynolds's grocery business. Information found in each entry includes the name of the customer, name and quantity of item purchased, and the amounts paid for the purchase. Customers bought such items as sugar, cheese, bacon, butter, eggs, tobacco, coffee, candy, and candles. Beginning in June 1874, the volume was used to document William Reynolds's participation in the firm of Reynolds and Ellsworth, a bark mill located in Lynchburg. Reynolds recorded the amounts of bark he purchased and the freight bills he paid having the bark shipped to the mill. A copy of the contract between William Reynolds and Rothwell Ellsworth forming the partnership of Reynolds and Ellsworth is also included in the account book.

See also: Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1876-050: William H. Reynolds vs. R. Ellsworth etc.

Historical Information: William Scholfield operated a general store in the Lynchburg, Va., area during the early nineteenth century.

Scope and Content: The business records of William Scholfield consist of a ledger. The volume recorded the accounts of individual customers of the general store. Information found in each entry includes the date of transaction, the notation "to merchandise" or "per order", and monies debited or credited to the account. Customer accounts were carried over from an unidentified ledger. In addition, for a brief period in 1862 the volume was used to record the proceedings of the Fairfax County Court. The proceedings contained the oaths of offices for various magistrates and public officers.

Historical Information: In July 1840, William Thom and Thomas Harper entered into a partnership as stone-cutters and masons operating in Lynchburg, Va. Their partnership dissolved after the death of Thomas Harper in February 1842.

Scope and Content: The business records of William Thom and Thomas Harper consist of a ledger. The volume recorded the financial activities of the Lynchburg, Va., stone-cutters. The volume was used primarily to document the accounts of employees. Information found in each employee account includes the amount of rock worked, amounts owed for work, and cash or goods given as payment for work. Many of the workers employed by the quarriers were hired enslaved people. The accounts for the enslaved people include their name, expenses incurred while travelling to Lynchburg, and the cost of basic provisions such as blankets, clothes, and shoes. Enslaved people who performed work beyond their required tasks were often compensated with cash or luxury items such as bacon, sugar, and coffee. Surnames of the listed enslaved people include Copper, Hammelton, Cristen, Portige, Brown, Hill, Cole, and Allan. Also mentioned was Cornelius, a man who was enslaved by the partners, who worked as a blacksmith. In addition to employee accounts, the ledger also contains account entries used to track the company's expenditures on tools, food supplies, and carpentry and blacksmith work.

See also: Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1848-019: James Ley vs. William Thom etc, Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1848-020: James V. Knight vs. William Thom etc, and Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1848-021: Admr. of Thomas Harper vs. William Thom

Historical Information: On 30 May 1894, the Woodson-Johnson Furniture Company purchased the lands and holdings of the West Lynchburg Furniture Company situated in Campbell County just outside of Lynchburg, Va. Chartered in June 1894, the Woodson-Johnson Furniture Company operated from 1894 to November 1895 when its buildings, machinery, and stock were all destroyed by fire. Officers and owners of the company included H. P. Woodson, president, and C. J. Johnson, vice-president.

Scope and Content: The business records of Woodson-Johnson Furniture Company consists of a minute book. The volume recorded the meetings of the company's owners, board of directors, and stockholders. Early meetings of the board of directors document the company's charter, the establishment of by-laws, and the hiring of employees. Names of stockholders and the amounts of stock purchased are included in the meeting minutes. Later meetings mention the failing productivity of the company and the need for machinery repairs. The final meeting included in the volume, held on 16 May 1896, discusses the suit brought against the company by the heirs of W. J. Denman.

See also: Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1899-104: Admr(s). of W.J. Denman vs. Woodson-Johnson Furniture Company and Lynchburg (Va.) Chancery Cause, 1901-079: W.J. Collins vs. Woodson-Johnson Furniture Company.