Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Smyth   County   (Va.) Salt Delivery Account, 1864. Local government records collection, Smyth   County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 35569.

Historical Information

Smyth   County   was named for Alexander Smyth  , a former congressman from Virginia who died in 1830 while efforts were underway to create the county  . The county   was formed in 1832 from Washington and Wythe Counties   The county   seat is Marion.

During the Civil War in Virginia, large demands for salt from the military, the government, and the citizenry meant that salt had to be rationed. The General Assembly passed several laws beginning on 9 March 1862 to facilitate this rationing to the people of Virginia. The ration was based on an allowance of twenty pounds of salt per person per year (see Acts of the Assembly, 1 October 1862). A commissioner of the salt controlled the distribution at the county   level once a county   was delivered its allotment. The commissioner was appointed by the county   court.

Scope and Content

Smyth   County   (Va.) Salt Delivery Account, 1864, records the amount of salt delivered by Stuart Buchanan and Company and Charles Scott and Company.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Smyth   County   (Va.). Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Rationing--Virginia-- Smyth   County  .
• Salt--Virginia-- Smyth   County  .
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects.

Geographical Names:

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

Genre and Form Terms:

• Accounts--Virginia-- Smyth   County  .
• Local government records--Virginia-- Smyth   County  .