Merchants--Virginia--Nelson County
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
William Faber Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 F11
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1846-1860, of William Faber, merchant and justice of the peace of Nelson County, Va. Chiefly accounts but includes a deed of trust for slaves.
Floyd J. Whitehead Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 W59
Scope and Contents
Dated 1805-1881. Business and personal letters and papers of Floyd L. Whitehead, Deputy Sheriff of Nelson County. Included are day books and fee books of the county; Confederate tax forms for the listing of cattle and agriculture products on which ten percent, tax-in-kind was to be paid; and broadsides advertising lotteries for the District of Columbia, Monongalia Academy, the Dismal Swamp Company and of the State of Virginia.