The journal is a typescript entitled Journal of a Journey from Virginia to Kentucky, which is transcribed and prepared by Anne Lilliott Long from an original journal kept by Calista Rosser Cralle Long. The journal details a migration from Campbell County, Virginia to Union County, Kentucky in December 1836 and January 1837.

The typescript is held in printed format at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.]]>

The collection includes land records, census records, and papers related to Campbell County.]]>

The journal includes minutes of the Oxford Iron Company with offices in Richmond, Virginia, and at the Oxford Iron Works in Campbell County, Virginia. Also included are copies of letters written to and from the principals of the company.


OXFORD IRON COMPANY

The Oxford Iron Company was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly of Virginia in February 1837, “for the purposes of manufacturing iron, steel and other metals,” with offices in Richmond, Virginia, and at the Oxford Iron Works in Campbell County. According to the minutes, the business was failing and several meetings were held in 1839-1840 regarding the disposal of the business. The last recorded meeting was August 27, 1840.]]>