Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Unidentified Blacksmith Account Book, 1836-1838. Local government records collection, Giles County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Giles County under the accession number 45263.

Historical Information

Giles County was named for William Branch Giles, United States senator from Virginia in 1806 when the county was created from Montgomery, Monroe (now in West Virginia), and Tazewell Counties. Several subsequent additions were made from Wythe (1808), Monroe in 1829 and Mercer in 1841 (both now in West Virginia), Craig (1880), and Tazewell (1826 and 1836) Counties. The county seat is Pearisburg.

Scope and Content

Unidentified Blacksmith Account Book, 1836-1838, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, type of transaction, item purchased or service rendered, quantity of items purhased or services rendered, amount owed or paid.

Index Terms

Subjects:

• Blacksmithing -- Virginia -- Giles County.
• Horseshoeing -- Virginia -- Giles County.

Geographical Names:

• Giles County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Account books -- Virginia -- Giles County.
• Business records -- Virginia -- Giles County.
• Local government records -- Virginia -- Giles County.