Finding Aid to the James Lorenzo Schoolfield Tobacco Sales Account Book held at Jones Memorial Library
Manuscript finding aid
Tobacco
Accounting
Schoolfield, James Lorenzo (1808-1864)
Manuscript finding aid to the James Lorenzo Schoolfield Tobacco Sales Account Book. The book lists quantities of tobacco shipped, cash received for shipments, and tolls paid between 1841-1843 in Lynchburg, Virginia.
George M. Jones Memorial Library
George M. Jones Memorial Library
2022
George M. Jones Memorial Library
Adobe portable document file (pdf)
English
MS1016FA
Finding aid to the George Washington Clement (1819-1910) Account Books
Manuscript finding aid
Clement, George Washington (1819-1910)
Mt Zion (Campbell County, Virginia)
Manuscript finding aid for the George Washington Clement (1819-1910) Account Books held at Jones Memorial Library. There are two account books, for 1857-1858 and 1840-1850.
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Virginia)
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Virginia)
2023
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Virginia)
PDF (Computer file format)
English
MS1049FA
Jones-Sterling Family Collection (Manuscript 1247, Box 4)
Enslaved persons
Spring Hill (Fluvanna County, Va.)
Plantations--Virginia
slave labor camps
Selected images of pages from two journals kept by James T. Jones for agricultural land in Fluvanna County, Virginia for the period 1831-1851. The images show pages from manuscript collection 1247, Box 4, folders 4-1 and 4-2.
Depicted on these pages are handwritten entries with the names of individuals, plus dates and details, under the title of "Loss Time of Hands" for the years 1832, 1833, 1834, 1841, 1842, and 1843.
The U.S. Censuses for 1850 and 1860 show that James T. Jones of Fluvanna County, Virginia enslaved 22 persons and 10 persons, respectively. The individuals named on these images are likely to be persons enslaved by Jones between 1832-1843.
Individuals named on these pages include [Fountaine] Humphrey, Ellis, William, Buff (or Biff), Judy, Matilda, Fanny, Jack, and Sam.
The Jones property was known as "the old Jones place" and later as the "Marvin Payne Property". It was located near the Monticello Dam and Rivanna River in Fluvanna County.
Jones, James T., 1789-1879
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
1831-1851
George M. Jones Memorial Library
Creative Commons non-commercial, non-derivative use permitted
MS1247FA
JPEG image
English
MS1247.Box4.4-1.4-2
Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States of America