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Size | 2.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 30 items) |
Abstract | Burwell J. Corban (born 1853) was a farmer, merchant, and magistrate of Corbandale and Palmyra, Montgomery Country, Tenn. This collection contains records of Burwell J. Corban and his father. Volumes are chiefly daybooks and ledgers for general merchandise business in the 1850s and 1865-1878. Also included are records of judgments in minor cases tried by a Montgomery County, Tenn., magistrate, 1854-1877; a magistrate's docket, 1858-1890; physician's accounts, 1852; scattered accounts for lumber milling, blacksmith work, and wages; a schedule of local mails; and a list of local subscribers of newspapers, 1850-1861. |
Creator | Corban, Burwell J., b. 1853. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, December 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Burwell J. Corban (born 1853) was a farmer, merchant, and magistrate of Corbandale and Palmyra, Montgomery Country, Tenn. He was magistrate of the 19th District of Montgomery County, 1882; member of the county executive committee, 1884; elected in 1886 as representative of Montgomery County in Lower House of the Tennessee Legislature; Justice of the Peace and chairman of the Prohibition Meeting of 1887; member of the Coleman Hunting Club; and member and officer of the McCulloch Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons, Palmyra, Tenn. He appears to have also been involved in a number of businesses including a lumber business, an ironworks, and a general store. Business names that appear in the collection are Poplar Spring Furnace; Corban, Parrish & Co.; Corban, Roberts & Co.; Corban, Nebtell & Co.; Palmyra Mills; and Corbandale Mills.
Back to TopThis collection contains records of Burwell J. Corban (born 1853) and his father, merchants and magistrates of Corbandale and Palmyra, Montgomery County, Tenn. Volumes are chiefly daybooks and ledgers for general merchandise business in the 1850s and 1865-1878. Also included are records of judgments in minor cases tried by a Montgomery County, Tenn., magistrate, 1854-1877; a magistrate's docket, 1858-1890; physician's accounts, 1852; scattered accounts for lumber milling, blacksmith work, and wages; a schedule of local mails; and a list of local subscribers of newspapers, 1850-1861.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Volume 1: October 1850-1861Tennessee. Volume contains a schedule of mails, list of newspapers and local subscribers, register of money and other valuable letters sent, list of boarders along with a rent and meal check, agreements between Corban and Nebtell & Co., 1854, and ledger notations. |
Folder 2 |
Folder number not used. |
SV-3496/2 |
Volume 2: February 1852-September 1854Palmyra. Daybook containing itemized account of general merchandise sold. |
Folder 3 |
Volume 3: 9 February 1852-July 1853Palmyra. Daybook containing itemized list of general merchandise sold. |
Folder 4 |
Volume 4: 1852-1855Palmyra. Ledger of Corban, Parrish & Co., listing wholesale dealers and prices. |
Folder 5 |
Folder number not used. |
SV-3496/5 |
Volume 5: 1852Ledger of J. M. Jackson, physician. |
Folder 6 |
Volume 6: 1852-1856Ledger listing totals only. |
Folder 7 |
Volume 7: August 1853-30 June 1854Palmyra. Daybook containing itemized account of general merchandise sold. |
Folder 8 |
Folder number not used. |
SV-3496/8 |
Volume 8: 1853Palmyra. Ledger containing itemized account of general merchandise sold. |
Folder 9 |
Volume 9: 6 April 1854-28 August 1858Probably a magistrate's casebook. |
Folder 10 |
24 May 1854-23 August 1875Tennessee. Record of legal cases tried and of fines paid to justices of the peace. |
Folder 11 |
Folder number not used. |
SV-3496/11 |
Volume 11: July 1854-September 1855Palmyra. Daybook containing itemized account of general merchandise sold. |
Folder 12 |
Folder number not used. |
SV-3496/12 |
Volume 12: October 1854-June 1859Palmyra and Corbandale. Daybook of Corban, Parrish & Co. containing itemized account of general merchandise. |
Folder 13 |
Volume 13: 1855-1858Tennessee. The first half of the volume is an itemized ledger from the Palmyra Mills, a lumber mill, March 1855-February 1857. The second half of the volume is a daybook of an itemized account of general merchandise sold in Corbandale, October 1858-April 1859. |
Folder 14 |
Folder number not used. |
SV-3496/14 |
Volume 14: 1855-1857Ledger from Corban, Parrish & Co. showing totals only. Many of the individual itemized accounts from which this was taken are in Volume 12. |
Folder 15 |
Volume 15: 1855-1856; 1859Palmyra. Itemized account of general merchandise sold and daybook. The spine of the book is labeled "Negro." |
Folder 16 |
Volume 16: 1855-1875Volume appears to have three uses over time used: 1855-1862 is a chronological record of cash received and paid out; 1865 is an itemized ledger of merchandise, primarily foodstuffs, sold and delivered; August 1865-1875 is a daybook of an itemized account of merchandise sold. Volume might be related to Palmyra Mill. |
Folder 17 |
Volume 17: November 1856-May 1857Palmyra. Daybook containing itemized merchandise. |
Folder 18 |
Volume 18: 1857-1867Ledger used for several types of accounts including blacksmith work, general merchandise, lumber, services received, board, and day-laborers' time. |
Folder 19 |
Folder number not used. |
SV-3496/19 |
Volume 19: 4 September 1858-1877Palmyra. Magistrate's docket; separate index is enclosed. |
Folder 20 |
Volume 20: 1866-1867Ledger containing itemized accounts of purchases, working time, and board owed of several individuals. |
Folder 21 |
Volume 21: 1866-1873Volume used for three purposes: merchandise account, cash account, and itemized account of general merchandise sold and wages owed to various individuals. |
Folder 22 |
Volume 22: 1867-1870Ledger containing itemized account of general merchandise sold and wages owed to various individuals. |
Folder 23 |
Volume 23: 1867-1868Ledger containing itemized account of general merchandise sold and wages owed to various individuals. |
Folder 24 |
Volume 24: November 1867-11 July 1868Daybook of Poplar Spring Furnace, containing itemized list of general merchandise sold. |
Folder 25 |
Volume 25: April 1875-1878Ledger containing itemized list of purchases of general merchandise. |
Folder 26 |
Folder number not used. |
SV-3496/26 |
Volume 26: 1876-9 September 1890Montgomery County magistrate docket |
Folder 27 |
Volume 27: 1883Palmyra. Bylaws, member roll, minutes of meetings and incorporation of the Palmyra School House. |
Folder 28 |
Volume 28: UndatedScrapbook containing clippings regarding Montgomery County, Corban, and the Democratic Party in Tennessee and nationally. |
Folder 29 |
Volume 29: UndatedVolume containing sample exercises in bookkeeping. |
Reel 1-4
Reel 1Reel 2Reel 3Reel 4 |
Microfilm copy of Volumes 1-29Reel 1: Volume 1-7; reel 2: vol 8-13; reel 3: vol 14-19; reel 4: vol 20-29 |