Historical Information: Beverage and Brown was a blacksmith shop owned by Edward C. Beverage and Paul Brown. It conducted business in Highland County, Virginia during the early twentieth century. Beverage sold his share of the business to Brown in 1907.

Scope and Content: The Beverage and Brown Business Records consists of a ledger that records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found includes date of transaction, services rendered or items sold, form of payment, and amount owed or paid. Services rendered include shoeing horses, setting axles, balancing tires, and repairing tools, sleds, buggies, and sleighs. Items sold include bolts, tire irons, chains, and metal rings. Payments made by cash, credit, and barter of items such as wheat, sheep skin, and honey. Volume includes an index at the front that lists customers names in alphabetical order and the page number of their account. Numerous miscellaneous papers found in volume were placed into a folder at the front of volume.

Historical Information: Don Sullenberger and Company was a general store that conducted business in Highland County, Virginia during the late nineteenth century.

Scope and Content: The Don Sullenberger and Company Business Records consists of two ledgers which record the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, items sold, quantity of items sold, cost per item, form of payment, amount owed, and amount paid. Goods sold include flour, lye, dry goods, apparel, food, nails, kerosene, violin strings and candy. Payments made by cash, credit, labor, and barter of items such as wool, chestnuts, butter, and bacon. Volume also records the store's controlling accounts such as expense account, cash account, and accounts due.

Historical Information: Sullie B. Rexrode's general store conducted business in Highland County, Virginia during the early twentieth century.

Scope and Content: The Sullie B. Rexrode's Business Records consists of a ledger, which recorded the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, items sold, quantity of items sold, cost per item, form of payment, amount owed, and amount paid. Goods sold include onions, combs, dry goods, apparel, coffee, spices, syrup, oil, and fruit. Payments made by cash, credit, labor, and barter of items such as lambs, butter, and eggs. Additional miscellaneous information unrelated to the general store was found at the end of volume. Numerous pages were torn from volume.