James E. Yates Account Book,
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of an account book maintained by James E. Yates, a livestock trader in Rappahannock County, Virginia during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Included are names of customers, as well as dates, descriptions, and amounts of transactions, largely relating to sales of cattle and other livestock. Also included is a file containing loose documents that had been loosely inserted in the ledger. Among these are account statements, receipts, checks, promissory notes, and business correspondence.
Dates
- Creation: 1874 - 1910
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the James E. Yates Account Book must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Note
James Edward Yates, the son of Benjamin and Mary Yates, was born in Culpeper County, Virginia on January 24, 1826. By 1860, Yates was living in Rappahannock County, Virginia, where he worked as a cattle dealer. He married Mary Elizabeth Moore in Rappahnnock County on March 19, 1868. The marriage record notes that Yates, a widower, was working as a cattle trader. A 50-year-old J. E. Yates is listed as a stock dealer living in Flint Hill (Rappahannock County), Virginia in the 1880 census. Among others in the household is Yates's wife, Betty; children Charlie, Edward M. and Lizzie; and Yates's mother-in-law, Betsy Moore. James E. Yates died on January 21, 1918 and is buried in Rappahannock County's Flint Hill Methodist Cemetery. (Mrs. A. A. Yates (1829-1867), also buried in this cemetery, was likely Yates's first wife, as a stock dealer named James Yates married Adaline Amanda Swain in Rappahannock county in 1859; in the 1880 census, Harriett Swain, Yates's mother-in-law, is listed among the inhabitants of his household.)
Full Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Account book maintained by James E. Yates, a livestock trader in Rappahannock County, Virginia.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by item type, with unbound financial documents preceding the account book.
Acquisition Information
The James E. Yates Account Book was acquired by Newman Library prior to 1941.
Alternate Form Available
This collection has been digitized and is available online.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the James E. Yates Account Book commenced and was completed in September, 2011.
- Title
- A Guide to the James E. Yates Account Book, 1874-1909
- 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