Jefferson County almshouse record books

Archive

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Jefferson County almshouse record books

Entry/Object ID

ARC710

Scope and Content

Four record books from the county Poor Farm or Almshouse near Leetown, WV: (1) 1872-1886: Green marbled cover. Account book, pages are numbered, printed in blue in upper corners; pages 1-11 have tabs with pre-printed alphabetical notations. Lists of produce and livestock raised at Poor Farm and use of each, lists of purchases, moneys paid out, receipts, sales, work done, and lists of bills presented to and passed by the Board of Commissioners. The last page was torn out. (2) 1872-1930: Green marbled cover. Handwritten on first page: "Almshouse Record 1872". Names written on page are E. S. Avis, James M. Hiedwold. Notation handwritten on second page: "Names of persons remaining in the Almshouse on the 27th day of March 1872. At the time turned over by Chas. G. Littleton to John Avis and recipients after." After the name of each person listed is further information regarding age, particulars of admission, whether the person died and the date or whether the person left of his/her own accord and the date, etc. Also included is a Physician's Report; list of crops and notes on the gardens; list of births; 1930 lists of "men white", "men colored", "White women", and "Colored women" compiled by Daisy D. Fritts Matron Infirmary; lists of deaths; and lists of hogs bought and hogs killed. Some pages missing, either torn or cut out. (3) 1881-1899 ("County Infirmary May 1881 Agent's Book" on cover): cloth-covered hard binding. Pages are numbered, printed in blue in upper corners. Pages 1-4, pages 23-26, and pages 147-160 are missing. Remaining pages are lists of persons admitted in the county infirmary with columns for the individual's age, sex, and race; lists of expenditures and receipts; lists of grains and other crops produced; lists of births and deaths (and where buried). Lists of people generally were segregated by sex and by race. (4) 1886-1894: Leather bound with a gilt "A" on spine. Marbled flyleaves; Wm. F. Murphy's Sons Stationers label pasted inside front cover. Contents of this ledger listed by Doug Perks: Births (page 301): 1887 -1889 by Date, Name, Race (white/colored), Sex, DOB, and Remarks. Commissioners & Overseers of the Poor Visiting Infirmary (page 143): May 1886 - March 1887. Deaths (page 300): May 1886 - August 1889 by Date, Name, Race (white/colored), Age, Cause, Burial , and Remarks . Expenses (page 51): May 1886 - August 1889 by date. Categories: Meats value, Flour value, Corn meal value, Groceries value, and Contingencies. Farm Account (page 240 and 242): May 1886 - August 1893; Expenses and Receipts. Inventory of Stock (page 374 [NOTE: pages missing]). Minutes of the County Commission held at Infirmary (page 1): July 28, 1886 - January 24, 1894. Persons Supported (page 101 [NOTE: pages missing]). Products of the Farm consumed and sold (page 201) Registry of Persons Admitted (page 121): May 1886 - September 1889 including Name, Race/sex, Nativity, Overseer & Commissioner who gave order, and Remarks. Registry of Persons Discharged (page 125): May 1886 - April 1889 including Name, sex/race, condition of health, and Remarks. Workers (listed by surname): Heidwohl, James Mason (page 195; May 1886 - August 1893); Sowers, Lewis (page 190; December 1886 - December 1892). Remarks related to ethnicity i.e., "half white," "colored." Note: all burials listed as "on county farm." Note: remarks referenced where person was born.

Acquisition

Accession

601

Source or Donor

Tabb, Jane for Virginia Tabb Family

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Donated by the Virginia D. Tabb Family

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1872 - 1930

Archive Size/Extent

Four record books