A Guide to the Chesterfield County Militia Roll and Plantation Accounts 1850-1853 Chesterfield County Militia Roll and Plantation Accounts 10777

A Guide to the Chesterfield County Militia Roll and Plantation Accounts 1850-1853

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The University of Virginia Library
Accession Number 10777

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Title

Chesterfield County Militia Roll and Plantation Accounts 1850-1853

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of one volume.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Chesterfield County Militia Roll and Plantation Accounts, Accession #10777, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased by the Library from Louis Ginsberg of Petersburg, Va., on August 10, 1988.

Scope and Content

This volume was first used as a militia company roll book for the months of April, May and October, 1850. Most of the approximately 165 individuals listed in the roll book were residents of Chesterfield County, Va. The following men served in the 6th Virginia Infantry, companies I and K, during the Civil War: Robert H. Bass, Julius C. Condry, Richard S. Forsee, Robert C. Forsee, John T. Purdy, Richard J. Elam, Cornelius G. Wilkinson, John W. Sims, Abner G. Forsee, Joseph A. Elam, Alfred Cheatham, Richard Johnson, Benjamin A. Moody, John T. Moody, Edward Osborne, William Rudd, Joseph Dorsett, Thomas Baily, David Franklin.

The volume was subsequently used as a plantation account book, including transactions related to slaves. "Negro accounts, 1853" consists of two pages of payments for various goods and services, especially "ditching." There is also a separate pencilled note reading "No negro man is to leave the plantation on Sunday until I permit them;" a record of guano sales; and, various business transactions with mostly identified persons, including Joshua Condry, Mrs. Elizabeth Elam of Richmond, Va., Bettie Lester and Sallie A. Flournoy.