Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#4815-z
J. AND M. SCHULTZ STORE LEDGER
Inventory
Abstract: Store, blacksmith shop, and mill in Afton, Va.,
about 20 miles west of Charlottesville. Customers
lived in western Albemarle County and northern Nelson
County, Va. After the Civil War, the store was owned
by Chesterfield Critzer. Critzer descendants ran the
business from the late 19th century until the late
1940s. The building still stands on Critzer's Shop
Road in Afton.
Store ledger, 1855-1860, from store in Afton, Va.
The ledger contains 464 pages of accounts with
individuals in Albemarle and Nelson counties, Va., for
purchases of groceries, fabric, clothes, shoes,
hardware, and other supplies. The name J. and M.
Schultz is printed on the spine of the volume.
Online Catalog Terms:
Account books--Virginia--History--19th century.
Albemarle County (Va.)--Economic conditions--19th century.
Critzer family.
J. and M. Schultz.
Merchants--Virginia--History--19th century.
Nelson County (Va.)--Economic conditions--19th century.
Size: 1 item.
Provenance: Received from E. W. Brooks, Department of History,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in
June 1996 (Acc. 96084).
Note: The family has additional documents related to the Critzer
family; donor would welcome contact from interested
researchers.
Access: No restrictions.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States
copyright law.