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Garth Family land Records. Include land deeds, surveys, plats and court hearings. 20 items.

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Jesse Garth's tax receipts, indicating rate of millage and total due. Majority are handwritten, although a number of printed blanks are included. Several paid by Elizabeth Garth. 86 items.

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Payments ordered by county and/or supreme courts to be made by Jesse Garth. 22 items.

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Scope and Contents Miscellaneous documents involve: a list of boarders compiled for Miss Sarah A.J. Garth (n.d.); an inventory of books (n.d.); a Whig election ticket for 1851; a tanning recipe; a recipe for tomato catsup; a recipe for curing rheumatic pains; and an inventory of "grandmama's things belonging to the house" by Jesse T.(?) Garth. 8 items.

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous documents within the collection but as yet uncertain of relationship to the Garth family include: Henry Mill's 1816 account with Bezaleel Brown; George Williams' accounts with Samuel Leitch, 1824-1829; William Garland's July 1823 fine by the clerk of Albemarle Co., receipts by Benjamin Brown and John H. Craven; land patent on April 1, 1864, for Christian M. Shafer and C.P. Matthews; April 10, 1868, application for patent generating gas; and agreement to sale of land on April...

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Garth family accounts with Samuel and James Leitch. Merchandise includes: hardware, dyestuffs, liqour, household goods, gun powder, staples and groceries, stationary, penknives, sewing accessories, various fabrics, books, an entire set of china (including serving dishes), parasol, fiddlestrings, various shoes, gloves, beavermitts, gents' gloves, gentleman's stockings cotton and silk ladies stockings, raisons and a copy of The Virginia Housewife. 19 items.

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Scope and Contents Jesse Garth's account book, showing debtors as John Benson, George Wolfe, Elijah Brown, David Isaacs, George Tool, (?) Medener, Abe Norris, Mathew Carsy, Samuel Leitch, N. Watson, (?) Coleman, Gennings Maupin, Lowel Brown, and Francis Dyer. Items involved pertain to lumber and/or farm products. 1 item.

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Jesse Garth's accounts with John R. Jones, for a wide variety of personal, household, and hardware merchandise, including: buckskin gloves, coal bellows, vest pattern, parasol, and square iron. 3 items.

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Scope and Contents Jess Garth's accounts with Timberlake & Magruder, for such items as bran, flour, cotton bales, plaster, freight, and drayage. 5 items

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Jesse Garth's accounts with Beverly Blair, pertaining to tobacco trade. 4 items.

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Scope and Contents Jesse Garth's Accounts with B. & J. Moseley, for a variety of household goods; grocery items and sewing and fabric accessories. 6 items.

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Jesse Garth's accounts with William W. Via, for a variety of customized blacksmithing products. 8 items.

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Garth Family documents of the enslaved. Predominately bills of sale listing names of sellers, amount paid, date of purchase, and enslaved names and/or ages. Also, a note of Jesse and Brightberry Garth as cosigners of loan for Jesse B. Garth. Also, a bill of hire for three enslaved persons for a month. 14 items.