A Guide to the John Billups Ledger, 1774-1838
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 20998
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Preferred Citation
John Billups. Ledger, 1774-1838. Accession 20998, Business records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Lent for copying by W.M. Billups, 1936 April 11.
Biographical/Historical Information
John Billups collected the parish levy for Kingston Parish, Gloucester, Virginia. His son, John R. Billups (b. 1803), operated a school in Mathews County, Virginia.
Scope and Content Information
Ledger records collection of the parish levy for Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, by John Billups, with entries for 333 individuals (1774-1775), accounts for various purchases, as well as entries relating to John R. Billups' (son of John Billups) activity as a teacher of Mathews County, Virginia (1827-1831). Also included are Billups family vital statistics, and records of birth, death, and sale of slaves (1803-1838).