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Ledgers and account books

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 118 Collections and/or Records:

Jarnagin Account Books, ca. 1870s-1880s.

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0083
Scope and Contents Account books, ledgers, and day books from: H. T. Jarnagin (Jarnagin, Tenn., 1870s-1880s); Carmichael and Jarnagin (1890s); Harris and Jarnagin (Morristown, Tenn., 1880s); Carmichael and Craig (1890s); Harris and Jarnagin (Tampico, Tenn., 1871-1872). Collection also includes: Cash book of the Tennessee Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1922-1927; letter from F. C. Jarnagin written from Carson and Newman College, 1894; canceled checks of T. R. James, Morristown, Tenn;...
Dates: 1870-1890

Jefferson County, Tenn., Physician’s Account Book, 1871-1874. [Dr. Helms? Wm. M.F. Helms?].

 Collection
Identifier: MM.2003.004
Scope and Contents Jefferson County, Tenn., Physician’s Account Book, 1871-1874, 1877. [Dr. Helms? Wm. M. F. Helms?] 1 vol. Lists names of patients, services rendered, and accounts of money due and paid. H. C. Helms account on pp. 4-5. Helms document on p. 170. Volume contains several loose papers and notes. They were left in place and interleaved with acid-free paper. One letter to “Dear Aunt’ written from Milligan, Tenn., (unsigned, undated ALS 2 pp. 1 pc.) mentions commencement and the young ladies’ debates...
Dates: 1871-1874

Jim Thompson Co. Photography Ledgers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0223
Scope and Contents

Jim Thompson Photographs ledgers account books, daily cash books.

Dates: 1914-1943

John C. Tate and Company account books (Panther Springs, Tenn.).

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0869
Scope and Contents

John C. Tate and Company account books (Panther Springs, Tenn.) Four volumes of account books: 1852-1859, 1859-1862, 1859-1866, 1867-1870

Dates: 1852-1870

John N. Fain Collection.

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0084
Scope and Contents Collection of Fain family papers from East Tennessee. Includes: diaries of Eliza Rhea Anderson Fain (1816-1892), dating from 1834 to 1892; military papers of Richard G. Fain; papers from the Mossy Creek Cotton Mill, 1862-1879; account books, Bible entries for Fain and Anderson families; photographs; almanacs; recipes; slaves to Liberia (folder 31); Rhea family genealogy; Elizabeth Rhea Anderson diary; Hiram Fain diary; patent medicine circulars; ephemera. 11 boxes of processed material....
Dates: 1816-1892

Kepler store, Hawkins County, Tenn., account books and post office records.

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0728
Scope and Contents

36 paperback store ledgers 1900-1918 + loading receipt book 1914; hardback ledgers for 1898, 1901, 1909, 1916, 1901-1916, 1922 Fry post office (1882-1901) postal account book, voter registration receipts, 1909-1911, Kepler post office (1894-1903), 30 black-and-white photographs of the Kepler community Fry post office discontinued 1901 moved to Kepler; Kepler discontinued in 1903 moved to Persia

Dates: 1898-1918

Knox County Highway Department and Workhouse purchase journal, 1938-1940 (account books).

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0301
Scope and Contents

Knox County Highway Department and Workhouse purchase journal, 1938-1940 . 1 vol. (oversize).

Dates: 1938-1940

Knox County Poor Asylum Purchase Record, July 1915-January 1924. (account books)

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0736
Scope and Contents

Knox County Poor Asylum Purchase Record, July 1915-January 1924. Monthly record. 1 oversize volume. Loose papers removed from volume include: envelope with stamp from B. L. Johnson & Co. Confectioners, Knoxville, Tenn. 1921; letterhead from Deaver Dry Goods Company, Knoxville, Tenn. 1922. 1 pc.; letterheads from C. W. Henderson Company, Wholesalers, Knoxville, Tenn. 1923. 2 pcs.

Dates: 1915-1924

Knoxville and Ohio Railway ledgers, 1891-1892.

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0094
Scope and Contents

Knoxville and Ohio Railway ledgers, 1891-1892.

Dates: 1891-1892

Knoxville Library Company account book of subscribers, 1817-1824. (account books)

 Collection
Identifier: MM.1999.009
Scope and Contents

Account of the subscribers the Knoxville Library Company and collected by Ro. King, treasurer. 1817-1824. 1 vol.

Dates: 1817-1824

Leather and Harness business account book, 1841-1843. George M. White.

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0435
Scope and Contents

One volume ‘Leather & Harness Firm Credit Book, 1841-1843.’ [Knoxville, Tenn]. (notes in Miss Laura Luttrell’s handwriting). Entries from January 1, 1841-December 30, 1843. Include entries for skins and hides (calfskin, deer hides) in many entries. Loose account page and several signed notes for George M. White with Wm. R. Caswell and Charles R. Roberts.

Dates: 1841-1843

Ledger books (Loudon Co. & Monroe Co.)

 Collection
Identifier: MM.2021.009
Scope and Contents

Loudon County and Monroe County pocket ledger books, Jos. Perkins and James Mahoney - items bought and sold, labor performed, and labor received. Calligraphy lesson in middle of one book.

Dates: 1880s-1890s

Ledgers (likely Cheek’s Cross Roads)

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0970
Scope and Contents Seven (7) ledgers likely pertaining to Cheek's Cross Roads, Tennessee, or an earlier store, ranging in date from 1779-1877, including one (1) dated circa 1779-1784, beginning with Alexander Bean and ending with Samuel Crawford; one (1) dated circa 1819, beginning with John MacFarlane and ending with Dr. William Kear, with entries for members of the Graham family, including William Graham (see Lot 638); one (1) dated circa 1845-1846, beginning with Israel Cole and ending with William and...
Dates: 1779 - 1877

Mabry and Charlton Papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0238
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of three generations of the Charlton, Mabry, and Hazen families, Knoxville. 1832, 1854-1940. Also included are business papers, scrapbooks, and ledgers. A supplemental accession was made by Ronald R. Allen on December 30, 1993, which was incorporated into the collection.

Dates: 1832-1940

McCallum and Bowen Account Book and List of Knox County voters, 1865-1866.

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0141
Scope and Contents

[Daniel] McCallum and Bowen Account Book and List of Knox County voters, 1865-1866. Both manuscripts recorded in one volume

Dates: 1849-1850; 1865-1866

Merchant’s Account Book and Union Sunday School Minute Book.

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0493
Scope and Contents

2 ledgers from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee where the Trotters and Wynnes lived. Ashley Wynne Trotter married Julia Belle Wynne. He was a dentist in Sevierville. They lived on Middle Creek Rd. and are buried in Middle Creek Cemetery. The first ledger is a general store ledger for Pigeon Forge, dated 1876-1877. The second is a ledger for the Union Sunday School Pigeon Forge, dated 1878-1882.

Dates: 1876 - 1882

Mission Home / Home for the Friendless in Knoxville (photographs, ephemera)

 Collection
Identifier: MM.2007.002
Scope and Contents 1. Photograph of Mrs. N. Rabe, Knoxville. (woman seated in chair with pillow behind head). Taken by Stewart, Knoxville, Tenn. On card 4.25x6.5”. 2. Photograph, ‘Knoxville Home for the Friendless.’ Group of men, women and children in front of wood and brick building. Handwritten ‘Mama’ by one woman. No date. Approx. 7x5 x 8.5” mounted on larger board. 3. Composition book with ‘Act. of the Home of the Friendless.’ 1895-1896 handwritten records. Includes: names, age, date come, discharged. Also...
Dates: 1894-1896

Mount Rest Home Collection.

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0225
Scope and Contents Collection contains the papers of the Mount Rest Home in Knoxville, Tenn, which began in 1893. The collection includes a history of the home, a memorial address to Mrs. Margaret Cowan McClung (1883), secretary’s books (1919-1971), treasurer’s books (1913-1948, 1961-1970), newspaper clippings (1941-1993), legal papers, wills and bank books of inmates, lists of donations and events (1951-1968), and miscellaneous papers. There are 3 oversized ledgers of financial accounts (1924-1948, 1952-1976)...
Dates: 1913-1976

Naveh Cottage Collection -- Home for Friendless Babies (Knoxville, Tenn.).

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0160
Scope and Contents

Seven account books, 1926-1945, from Naveh Cottage (also known as the Home for Friendless Babies), 2236 Woodbine Ave., Knoxville. Includes: receipts and expenses, non-cash donations, laundries, some notes on girls at Naveh Cottage, and teachers. Also: Purpose of the Naveh Cottage Board, n.d. (1 p.) + Octavia B. Phillips’ poem, “The Broken String,” 1938 (1 p.).

Dates: 1926-1945

New Market Store Ledger, 1856-1857.

 Collection
Identifier: MM.2010.021
Scope and Contents

New Market Store Ledger, May 6, 1856-October 31, .1857. Possibly from the store Gen. William Brazelton (1792-1877) and his partner William Moffett operated in New Market

Dates: 1856-1857

Noe Family Papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0188
Scope and Contents

1817-1899 papers of the Noe family, Grainger County, Tenn, + the Howell and Carmichael families. Mostly land transactions, Grainger County, Tenn.; papers from the Howell estate, ca. 1845; 1872 building bond to construct Macedonia Baptist Church; Jonathan Noe’s account book, 1827-1877; Carmichael, Howell, and Purkey genealogy Five land grants, 1795-1827. To Elijah Danthin, William Maclin, Abraham Spoon, Joseph Noe, and Charles Brooks. (Some are damaged)

Dates: 1817-1899

Passenger and Stage Travel Register, 1850-1851.

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0269
Scope and Contents Handwritten volume with entries for travelers, most from East Tennessee, 1850-1851. Categories include: names (appear to have been signed by the travelers); residence; destination; bill of fare; time of leaving; and a running total of the number of passengers (802+). One note of ‘bill of fair’ says ‘By S. C. H.’ Notes under bill of fare/fair indicate Number of diets, horses, notes re: stage passenger, etc. Believed to be the ledger of a tavern in East Tennessee (Grainger County?), which...
Dates: 1850-1851

Paul Fink Collection--Washington County, Tenn., ca. 1781-1931. [PHOTOCOPIES].

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0062
Scope and Contents

The Paul Fink Collection contains primarily Washington Co., Tenn., manuscripts and legal records, ca. 1781-1931. Papers are arranged in two sections: chronologically, 1871-1931 (13 boxes); or by “Separate Files” for legal cases too large to be interfiled by date. There are also some subject files and account books. Many folders have detailed contents lists (handwritten) at the front of the folder. The detailed card index (4 boxes) should be consulted.

Dates: 1781 - 1931

Prentiss Price Papers. Hawkins County, Tenn., Court Cases. (1788 -1897).

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0111
Scope and Contents Court cases, most from Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tenn., ca. 1788 to ca. 1897. Arranged alphabetically by first person listed on case. Detailed finding aid lists additional names involved. Collection also includes: account book, Wm. Alexander, 1834-1852; Battle of Tohopeka casualty report, 1814; Hawkins County election returns, 1869; Hawkins County jurors and tax collectors, 1834; Hawkins County militia roll, 1824; 1833 petition re: route of River Road near Hawkins & Grainger County...
Dates: 1788-1897

Record of special taxes assessed in the Second District, State of Tennessee. 1866-1868.

 Collection
Identifier: MM.1997.121
Scope and Contents

Record of special taxes assessed in the Second District, State of Tennessee. 1866-1868. 1 volume. Lists taxes places on businesses, with date, name, business name, location, and rate and amount of tax. (Pages half torn out at back of volume).

Dates: 1866-1868

Red Cedar Marble Company account book, 1884. Concord, Knox County, Tenn. (account books)

 Collection
Identifier: MM.2012.008
Scope and Contents

Red Cedar Marble Company account book, 1884. Concord, Knox County, Tenn. 1 vol. Pp. 3-4 notes about company, October 22 & November 18, 1884. Remainder of volume is blank.

Dates: 1884

Red Food No. 2k Knoxville, Tenn.  Receipts and Account Book (1944-1947).

 Collection
Identifier: MM.2018.010
Scope and Contents

Red Food No. 2k Knoxville, Tenn., Receipts and Account Book (1944-1947)

Dates: 1940-1950

Robert L. and Willie K. Gaut Collection--Cockreham Manuscripts.

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0067
Scope and Contents

Hawkins Co., Tenn. papers of the Cockreham and Horner families. Includes account books, ledgers receipts, estate settlement documents, etc. Ca. 1820s-1870s, 1903. Also included: Cheek’s X Roads (Cross Roads) day book, 1826-1827; stallion license, 1841; Hawkins Co., Tenn. warrants, bills of cost, 1841-1845; five leather cases (wallets).

Dates: 1820-1880; 1903

Samuel Molsbee diary, ledger, photograph (photographs).

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0110
Scope and Contents

Includes an account book from a store near the Devil’s Nose, Hawkins County, Tenn., 1855-1859 and also a journal of preaching at various places in the are beginning 1861. Two unidentified large photographs (16 x 20) of elderly men.

Dates: 1855-1863

Samuel Shields Store Ledger, Shield’s Station, Blaine, Tenn., 1834.

 Collection
Identifier: MM.2004.014
Scope and Contents

Samuel Shields store ledger, Shields Station, Blaine Tennessee, 1834. It covers the period January 1, 1834-May 13, 1834. It is one unlined and handwritten ledger with a listing of items purchased by individuals during that period. It is a dry goods store ledger and items recorded include coffee, cloth, liquor and other goods. It includes the buyers' names and the goods purchased. One volume.

Dates: 1834