General stores
Found in 70 Collections and/or Records:
Peter Larew Papers
Preston County Court Records
The court record volumes of Preston County consisting of tax lists of both land and personal property, justice dockets, and circuit court records. There are alien declaration books and voting lists. There are also some private account books notably of a dry goods store, Parks & McGrew.
Reed General Store (Taylor County, W.Va.) Ledgers
Robert T. Moore Records
A ledger, receipts, notes, and account statements for the general merchandise retail business of Robert T. Moore, Wellsburg, 1797-1826. Also, several account statements for the wholesale and retail meat business of George M. West, Wellsburg, 1909.
Ruffner Family Papers
Letters and copies of eight letters, 1813-1841; pages 5-10 from Kanawha Salines general merchandise account book, 6-9 March 1827; three manuscript volumes by Henry Ruffner: "Notes on a Tour to the West" and "An Expedition to the North," 1815, and "An Account of Amounts Paid to Rev. Nath'l W. Calhoon," 1826-1834; and "Subscription for Church, 1836-1842," by David Ruffner. There is also a printed brief involving Ruffner-Donnally estates, 1875, and information on the Shackelford family.
Salt Sulphur Springs Records
Samuel W. Shingleton, Collector, Records
Ledger, 1849-1851, of Samuel D. Thorn, a purveyor of groceries, grain, and whiskey from Thorntown, Monongalia County, West Virginia; and a Sunday school minute book, Mt. Morris Methodist Episcopal Church, Barbour County, 1848-1863.
Stuart Family Papers
Talbott-Tolbert Family Papers
Thomas B. Frye Papers
Letters, receipts, and business papers of a resident of Keyser who was an agent for Hartford Fire Insurance Company and the Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford. Frye was later a traveling agent for Green and Laing, Hardware and Cutlery, Wheeling, and others, and a dealer in general merchandise.