A Guide to the Thomas A. Davis Account Book, 1882-1942
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Barcode Number: 1107884
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia800 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000
USA
Phone: (804) 692-3888 (Archives Reference)
Fax: (804) 692-3556 (Archives Reference)
Email: archdesk@lva.virginia.gov(Archives)
URL: http://www.lva.virginia.gov/
© 2012 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.
Processed by: Library of Virginia staff
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Thomas A. Davis, 1882-1942. Local government records collection, Fluvanna 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 Fluvanna County.
Historical Information
Thomas A. Davis was a wheelwright who conducted business during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Fluvanna County.
Fluvanna County takes its name from an eighteenth-century designation of the upper James River. The name, meaning river of Anne, was originally bestowed in honor of Queen Anne of England. The county was formed from Albemarle County in 1777. The county seat is Palmyra.
Scope and Content
Thomas A. Davis Account Book, 1882-1942, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each account includes dates of transactions, services rendered, and the amount owed and paid. Services rendered include making wagon bodies and wheels, building coffins, repairing thrasher machines, and mending saw shafts. Volume also includes a listing of items sold from Thomas A. Davis' estate following his death.
Index Terms
- Davis, Thomas A. b. 1846
- Carriage and wagon making -- Virginia -- Fluvanna County.
- Coffins -- Virginia -- Fluvanna County.
- Wheelwrights -- Virginia -- Fluvanna County.
- Fluvanna County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.
- Account books -- Virginia -- Fluvanna County.
- Business records -- Virginia -- Fluvanna County.
- Local government records -- Virginia -- Fluvanna County.
Persons:
Subjects:
Geographical Names:
Genre and Form Terms:
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Fluvanna County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.