First 10 pages of the volume is a business ledger, 1816-1817, possibly of Benjamin Bragg of Amelia County.Īnable, Gloria H. Also a list of names with numbers beside them, possibly indicating number of slaves owned.

Loose papers include circulars requesting full accounts of all male free blacks, of all slaves impressed in the county and a request to post notices as soon as possible. Also recorded was a list of deserters and absentees in Amelia County, list of persons forwarded to Camp Lee in Petersburg monthly reports providing lists of conscripts, persons exempt, and deserters. Lists include date of enrollment, name, age, occupation, birth place, height, eye color, hair color, skin complexion, and how disposed i.e, whether exemption was approved or disapproved, reason for exemption, whether detailed or not. 1 volume (84 pages).Īmelia County Militia enrollment records and unidentified cash account ledger, 1816-1817, 1864, contains a militia enrollment ledger, 1864, containing enrollment lists of persons eligible for militia service, including persons who applied for exemption from militia duty, persons applied to be detailed, persons exempt from militia duty on the basis of number of slaves owned or occupation, list of conscripts in Amelia County, and a list of free negroes. Militia Enrollment Records and Unidentified Cash Account Ledger, 1816-1817, 1864.Īccession Local Government Records, Amelia County. Also includes letters relating to the New York State Bank (Albany, N.Y.) and the First and the Second Banks of the United States, especially their Virginia branches, as well as applications to the First and Second Banks of the United States for branches in Fredericksburg and Lynchburg, Virginia.Īmelia County (Va.) Militia. Read of the 1st Virginia Artillery describing earlier stages of the Gettysburg campaign. Sutton letters, including letter from William M. There are items relating to the Civil War, including financing of the Confederate army, civilian relief, and blockade-runners.

Microfilm.īusiness correspondence and documents, 1841-1879, from various Virginia regional banks, consisting of correspondence and documents related to the Clarksville branch of the Exchange Bank of Virginia correspondence of Savings Institution of Richmond (1828- 1841), Pittsylvania Savings Bank (1861-1864), William M.

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