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Preferred Citation

Muddy Creek Mill Account book, 1847-1850. Local government records collection, Cumberland 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 Cumberland County.

Historical Information

Benjamin H. Powell perhaps served as an agent for Muddy Creek Mill, a flour mill in Cumberland County.

Scope and Content

Muddy Creek Mill Account Book, 1847-1850, records on an almost daily basis services rendered by the mill for individual customers (bushels of wheat ground, amount of flour purchased, etc.,) and the amount owed and paid. At the front of the volume is Benjamin H. Powell's flour shipping list. Each entry contains the date flour was shipped, by whom shipped, and the amount shipped. At the back of the volume is Powell's wheat book that perhaps records amount of bushels of wheat per customer processed by mill. Each entry includes the date, name of customer, and amount of bushels procesed.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Muddy Creek Mill (Cumberland County, Va.)

Subjects:

• Flour Mills -- Virginia -- Cumberland County.
• Flour.
• Wheat -- Virginia -- Cumberland County.

Geographical Names:

• Cumberland County -- History -- 19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

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

Added Entry - Personal Name:

• Powell, Benjamin H.