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Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Treasurer of Shenandoah County   Account Book, 1870-1881, SC 0345, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Processing Information

The account book was originally cataloged in 1990 as a monograph under the call number Oversize LA380.S47 S472 1870. It was recataloged in March 2023 as a manuscript.

Biographical / Historical

Shenandoah County's   Ashby District, which this account book primarily documents, comprises Mt. Jackson, Hawkinstown, Hamburg, Rinkerton, Mt. Clifton, Conicville, Hudson's Cross Roads, Shenandoah Alum Springs, and Orkney Springs.

Due to the general nature of the contents of the account book, a fuller biographical/historical note or administrative history is not appropriate.

Scope and Contents

Ledger account book for the treasurer of Shenandoah County  , Virginia. Records public school teacher salaries, school supplies, contingency and other teacher fund expenditures, primarily for the Ashby School District. Also includes expense information on: books for indigent children, lumber for making desks (Mt. Jackson School), and room rents for schools including the African Church (Mt. Jackson) School. Names listed in the account book include John Wesley Wayland Jr. (1829-1899), Joseph H. Ruby (1841-1915), Mollie D. Lupton, W.S. Kennedy, Ephraim Shaver, Mary M. Branson, and William A. Mohler, among others.

A printed sheet is adhered to the back inside cover: "First Apportionment of school funds for 1879-80." It lists fund sources and amounts (ex. from dog tax, county   funds, state funds, treasurer's com. on state funds) for the following districts: Lee  , Ashby, Madison, Johnston, Stonewall, Davis). Half of page is missing; bottom portion of page remains, with following information: J. H. Grabill, C.S.S., December 5, 1879. Includes separate state school fund receipt, dated January 5, 1880, for an Ashby School District commission.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Public schools -- Virginia -- Shenandoah County   -- History -- 19th century
• Account books
• African Americans -- Education -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
• Bookworm & Silverfish
• Education -- Virginia -- Finance
• Mount Jackson (Va.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
• School districts -- Virginia -- Finance
• School districts -- Virginia -- Shenandoah County   -- History -- 19th century
• Shenandoah County   (Va.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources