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Use microfilm copy, Amherst County (Va.) Reel 131.
Robert M. Brown, Attorney Account Books, 1838-1880. Amherst County (Va.) Reel 131, Local government records collection, Amherst County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Amherst County.
Microfilm reel was generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Program.
Amherst County was named for Major General Jeffery Amherst, British commander in North America during the latter part of the French and Indian War and governor of Virginia from 1759 to 1768. It was formed from Albemarle County in 1761. Islands in the Fluvanna (now the James) River were added in 1770.
Robert M. Brown, Attorney Account Books, 1838-1880, records accounts related to legal services. Entries record names of clients, dates of transactions, form of transactions, legal services rendered, amount owed, form of payments, and amount paid. Legal services include defense counsel in law suits, administrator of decedent estates, guardian of minors, and recording legal documents. Transactions include sale of slaves. Both volumes include indices.
Additional information found in account books include contracts and transactions related to the building of a Presbyterian church at Amherst Courthouse. The contracts record the specifications and materials used to build the church.