Greenville D. Wood Account Books,
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains three ledgers maintained by Greenville D. Wood, proprietor of a general mercantile business in Turtle Rock (Floyd County), Virginia, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Dates
- Creation: 1894 - 1912
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Greenville D. Wood Account Books must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Note
Greenville Darius Wood, son of Richard J. and Judith Anne Shortt Wood, was born on November 9, 1866. Following the 1892 death of his first wife, Melissa Graham, Wood married Lilly Barnard in 1895, and the couple had five children. Wood seems to have lived his entire adult life in the Little River District of Floyd County, Virginia, where he worked as a merchant and farmer. Greenville D. Wood died on September 13, 1943, and is buried in Floyd County's Harvestwood Cemetery.
Full Extent
0.6 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Account books for Floyd County, Virginia general mercantile store, providing customer names, dates of purchase, transaction descriptions and dates.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Acquisition Information
The Greenville D. Wood Account Books were acquired by Newman Library prior to 1941.
Physical Characteristics
0.6 cu. ft. 2 boxes
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Greenville D. Wood Account Books commenced and was completed in November, 2011.
- Title
- A Guide to the Greenville D. Wood Account Books, 1894-1912
- Subtitle
- A collection in Special Collections.
- Author
- John M. Jackson
- Date
- ©2011 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu