Greenville D. Wood Account Books
Scope and Content
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
- 1894 - 1912
Language of Materials
The materials in the collection are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
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Biographical Note
Greenville Darius Wood was born to Richard J. and Judith Anne Shortt Wood 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.
Extent
0.6 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Abstract
The Greenville D. Wood Account Books document the operations of a Floyd County, Virginia general mercantile store, providing customer names, dates of purchase, and transaction descriptions.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by type then chronologically.
Source of Acquisition
The Greenville D. Wood Account Books were donated to the university in 1939 and transferred to Special Collections and University Archives in 1955.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Greenville D. Wood Account Books by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your- work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Greenville D. Wood Account Books commenced and was completed in November 2011. Initial desscription was completed in or prior to May 1970.
- Title
- Greenville D. Wood Account Books, 1894-1912
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John M. Jackson, Archivist
- Date
- 2020 (CC0 1.0)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu