Finding aid to the Lynchburg & Durham Railroad Company Stock Certificate

JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
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Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
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LYNCHBURG & DURHAM RAILROAD COMPANY STOCK CERTIFICATE
The collection consists of two stock certificates totaling nine shares from the Lynchburg
& Durham Railroad Company, issued to John B. Winfree in 1887 and 1890.

LYNCHBURG & DURHAM RAILROAD COMPANY
In 1887, several railroad companies, including the Roxboro Railroad Company, the
Lynchburg, Halifax and North Carolina Railroad Company, and the Durham and Roxboro
Railroad Company, were consolidated to form the Lynchburg and Durham Railroad Company
with Peter J. Otey of Lynchburg as president of each of the companies. The contract was agreed
to in May, 1887 and the new company issued shares with a par value of $100. The line of
railroad extended from the City of Lynchburg, Virginia, to Durham, North Carolina. On 28
April 1893, the property of the railroad was leased to the Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company. In 1896 the property was purchased at a foreclosure sale by the Norfolk, Lynchburg
and Durham Railroad company, which was organized for that purpose. On 6 October 1896 the
property was transferred to the Norfolk and Western Railway Company.

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