Grayson County (Va.)--History--19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Alexander M. Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.1 D30
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and accounts of Alexander Mathews Davis, lawyer of Grayson County, Va. Includes several Civil War letters.
Dates:
1850-1892
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Grayson County, Va. Account Book
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ap48
Scope and Contents
Journal, 1885, of an unidentified person in Grayson County, Virginia.
Dates:
1885
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Jonathan Cook Ledger
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame16
Scope and Contents
Ledger of Jonathan Cook of Grayson County, Virginia. He sold items such as glass buttons, chamber pots, forks and knives and food items.
Dates:
1837-1860
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Merchant's Account Book, Grayson County, Virginia
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame29u
Scope and Contents
Journal, 1857-1868, of an unidentified merchant, in or in the vicinity of Grayson County, Va.
Dates:
1857-1868
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Virginia probate inventories of enslaved people
Collection
Identifier: SC 00634
Scope and Contents
This collection contains nine Virginia probate inventories listing the assets of several estates, including enslaved men and women. Each inventory lists the names of enslaved persons, their gender, and an approximate age range, usually "between 12 and 50 years of age." One of the inventories lists property owned by a woman.
Dates:
1815 April 1
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center