A Guide to the Robert M. Brown, Attorney Account Books, 1838-1880
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Collection numbers: Barcode numbers 1105993, 1106000/Amherst County (Va.) Reel 131
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Use Restrictions
Use microfilm copy, Amherst County (Va.) Reel 131.
Preferred Citation
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.
Acquisition Information
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.
Historical Information
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Index Terms
- Brown, Robert M. 1814-1894.
- Administration of estates -- Virginia -- Amherst County.
- African Americans -- History.
- Lawyers -- Virginia -- Amherst County.
- Legal services -- Virginia -- Amherst County.
- Presbyterian church buildings -- Virginia -- Amherst County.
- Slaves -- Virginia -- Amherst County.
- Amherst County -- History -- 19th century.
- Account books -- Virginia -- Amherst County.
- Business records -- Virginia -- Amherst County.
- Contracts -- Virginia -- Amherst County.
- Local government records -- Virginia -- Amherst County.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Amherst County -- History -- 19th century.