A Guide to the Stafford County Account Books, 1804-1876 Stafford County, Va., Account Books 5307

A Guide to the Stafford County Account Books, 1804-1876

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The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 5307

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

5307

Title

Stafford County Account Books, 1804-1876

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 5 volumes.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Stafford County, Va., Account Books, Accession #5307, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was a gift of G.H.S. King.

Scope and Content Information

The account books consist of a ledger of plantation and personal acounts, 1811-1834, of Col. Hugh Tenant Weedon Mercer of "Sentry Box," Fredericksburg; a ledger of store and mill accounts, 1804-1806, of Daniel Carroll Brent, Richland, Aquia Creek, Stafford County; a ledger of store and mill accounts, 1804-1806, of Swan and Brent; a legal account book, 1850-1854, of George Henry Clay Rowe of Stafford County; and an acount book, 1853-1876, of George Phillips King of "Sunnyside," Stafford County, Va.

The "Sunnyside" accounts include records for a soap and candle factory, a list of items lost in the bombardment of Fredericksburg, December 1862, and a fragament of an account of the dissention in the Baptist Church of Fredericksburg. The ledgers also contain genealogical notes on their owners by George H. S. King.

Contents List

Ledger of plantation and personal accounts, of Col. Hugh Tenant Weedon Mercer (1776-1853), of "Sentry Box," Fredericksburg, VA. 1811-1834

140 pages.

Ledger of store and mill accounts, of [Robert] Swan & [Daniel C.] Brent, of Richland, Aquia Creek, Stafford County, VA. 1804-1806

2 copies:

Original ledger, kept by Daniel Carroll Brent (c. 1770-1841).

94 folios.
Fair copy with revisions, additions, and an index to the accounts, marked "Richland Mill," and also probably kept by D.C. Brent.

94 folios.

Legal account book kept by George Henry Clay Rowe (1830-1873) of Stafford County, VA. 1850-1854

433 pages.

Account book kept by George Phillips King (1813-1876) of "Sunnyside," Stafford County, VA. ca. 1853-1876

500 pages.