Tallapoosa County AlArchives History .....Ray, Ransom Store Ledger Entry ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Beverly Loffler beverly@jloffler.com August 15, 2007, 4:04 pm STORE LEDGER Tallapoosa Co., AL This ledger was found in the Tallapoosa Court House. The ledger contains the dates, quantities, and costs of the various items purchased, as well has how the accounts were settled. The ledger is bound, but untitled. There is no indication of the name of the store that provided the goods. All the transactions appear to have taken place in the late 1850’s. Transcribed by Beverly Giles Loffler 9 Aug 2007 RANSOM RAY Page 276 Jan 5 14 lbs Coffee 2.00 Jan 27 2 plugs Tobacco .60 Apr 29 7 lbs coffee 1.00 10 lbs Tobacco 6.00 May 23 7 lbs Coffee by Moncreaf? 1.00 May 25 14 lbs Coffee 2.00 May 26 Candy .10 Jun 9 7 lbs Coffee 1.00 Jun 19 7 lbs Coffee (lined out) Jun 21 36 ¾ lbs Bacon 6.26 Aug 11 By Cash 5.00 Aug 20 32 plugs Tobacco by James 1.00 1 lb Shot .15 ¼ lb Powder 1.21 1 base? Cass? 1.21 Sept 2 Crackers .10 Sept 3 14 lbs Coffee 2.00 Sept 11 7 lbs Coffee by Moncreaf? 1.00 Sept 23 48 lbs Bacon 10.56 Tobacco 1.00 Nov 2 1 lb Lead 1.21 ¼ lbs Powder .25 Nov 17 14 lbs Coffee 2.00 Dec 5 7 lbs Coffee 1.00 Dec 11 4 plugs Tobacco 1.00 Jan 9 Tobacco by James 1.00 Balance 42.39 Feb 8 By Cash 12.00 Balance 30.39 Feb 9 By Cash $25.39 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/tallapoosa/history/other/rayranso22nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/alfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb