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Account book, 1820-1821, of J. Baker, a lawyer who practiced in Berkeley County, W. Va., Morgan County, W. Va., and Jefferson County, W. Va.

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Journal and ledger, 1817-1820, of Bedinger & Forman, millers, Berkeley County, Va. [W. Va.] which contains grist mill accounts, 1817-1820, and includes a copy of the constitution, 1850, of the Altonian Debating Society and minutes of the meetings.

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Receipt book for accounts paid by Henry Bedinger of Berkeley County, Virginia, 1789-1801.  Also contains accounts of a private school with teachers and pupils, 1848-1849  (5 pages at end of book), farm memoranda and accounts of an unknown person with farm laborers (including a list of negroes hired for manual labor) and household servants, 1856-1873.  182 pages.

Scope and Contents Three Tax ledgers and five Execution Books for Berkeley County, Virginia kept by Abraham Davenport, Sheriff, and Braxton Davenport, Deputy Sheriff. Jefferson County was formed from Berkeley County in 1801 and some of the tax books cover both time periods. Tax Books: 1790-1792, Abram Davenport, Sheriff; 1791-1802, Abram Davenport, Sheriff, and B. Davenport, Deputy Sheriff and 1801-1803, Abraham Davenport, Sheriff Execution Books: 1791, Abram Davenport, Sheriff;...

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Ledger, 1805-1809, of Davenport & Willett, merchants, of Berkeley County, Va. [W. Va.]

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Ledger "B", 1774-1802, of Henry Bedinger, Jr., merchant, of Berkeley County, Va. [W. Va.] which includes a power of attorney authorizing Magdalen Bedinger to settle all outstanding accounts of Henry Bedinger and a memorandum of the deaths of Henry Bedinger, Sr. (1729-1772) and of Magdalen Bedinger (d. 1796).

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Account books, 1854-1860, of Moses S. Grantham, merchant, of Berkeley County, Va. [W. Va.]

The Grantham Family owned the Baldwin-Grantham House in current Shanghai, West Virginia.

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Journal, 1827-1838, of William Grantham of Berkeley County, Va. [W. Va.]

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Ledger, 1850-1856, of Daniel Wright, miller [Berkeley County, Va.] [W. Va.] which contains grist mill accounts.