Wood, Kasey, and Wood Account Books,
Scope and Content
The Wood, Kasey, and Wood Account Books document the transactions of a general store and zinc distributor in Max Meadows, Virginia, during the mid- to late nineteenth century. Materials include two detailed ledgers, three day books, and one cash book. Customers and suppliers named in these account books include (but are not limited to): Lehigh Zinc Company, Mercer Zinc Works, Union Lead Mines, a school house, Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Co., Palmer Hartsook & Co. (commission merchants), Ogelsby & Robinson, Jolen Rhodes, Columbus Smithers, Polley Hubbard, Charles Holliday, Robert H. Crockett, and J. M. Brower and Bro. Cotton. The proprietors' names, Thomas Wood and sons, along with A. M. Kasey, also appear in accounts. Examples of common transacted items include: coffee, eggs, tobacco, sugar, oil, butter, a pack of cards, soap, perfume, cotton, candy, potatoes, shoes, whiskey, zinc, and "sundries." Some loose letters to Thomas Wood concerning business also appear, affixed within the ledgers.
Dates
- Creation: 1864 - 1891
Creator
- Wood, Kasey, and Wood (Max Meadows, Va.) (Organization)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Wood, Kasey, and Wood Account Books must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Information
Wood, Kasey, and Wood Company (sometimes referred to as Wood Kasey and Co.) served Max Meadows, Virginia, as a general store during the mid- to late nineteenth century. While dealing largely in foodstuffs, clothing, alcohol and common household items, Wood, Kasey, and Wood also shipped zinc ore from local mines to the Lehigh Zinc Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and Mercer Zinc Works of Trenton, New Jersey. According to Wythe County Virginia, A Bicentennial History, iodized zinc ore was hauled to Max Meadows from local lead mines because it was the closest shipping point.
Thomas Wood, the elder proprietor of Wood, Kasey, and Wood, appears in the 1880: Wythe County Virginia Census as a 67-year-old merchant-placing his birth year around 1813. Born in England, Wood immigrated to Virginia and married Margaret Elizabeth Crockett in November 26, 1841. This union produced many children: William, Robert, Grafton, Bamford, Mary Agnes, Margaret Louise, Elizabeth Graham, John, Ann, and Josie Wood. Several of Thomas's sons appear in the ledger books and G. C. (Grafton) and William Wood sometimes appear as Thomas's partners. Daughter Margaret Louise Wood married Alexander Marion Kasey, likely her father's business partner.
Full Extent
0.7 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Wood, Kasey, and Wood Account Books document the transactions of a general store and zinc distributor in Max Meadows, Virginia, during the mid- to late nineteenth century. Materials include two detailed ledgers, three day books, and one cash book.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by material type.
Acquisition Information
The Wood, Kasey, and Wood Account Books were purchased by Special Collections in 1985.
General Physical Description note
2 boxes; 0.7 cu. ft.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement and description of the Wood, Kasey, and Wood Account Books commenced in June, 2008 and was completed in July, 2008.
- Title
- A Guide to the Wood, Kasey, and Wood Account Books, 1864-1891
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- Wood, Kasey, and Wood Account Books
- Author
- Emily Cook
- Date
- © 2008 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
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