Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#4661-z
W. G. WINN & COMPANY ACCOUNT BOOKS
Abstract: Warner Guy Winn was the owner of a general
merchandise store called W. G. Winn & Company in Vance
County, N.C., near Epson between Henderson and Louisburg,
N.C. Account ledgers of W. G. Winn & Company, Henderson,
N.C. The books, dated 1918-25, 1925-29, and 1929-36,
show names of customers, dates and amounts of purchases,
and payments of accounts. Also shown are tallies of
daily, monthly, and yearly sales.
Online Catalog Terms:
Accounting--Books of account.
General stores--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Henderson (N.C.)--History--20th century.
Merchants--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Vance County (N.C.)--Commerce--20th century.
Vance County (N.C.)--History--20th century.
W. G. Winn & Company.
Winn, Warner Guy.
Size: 3 volumes (S-4661/1-3) and enclosures.
Provenance: Received from Sally Nicholson of Charlotte, N.C., and
Lucy Shockley in May 1993.
Access: No restrictions.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these
papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United
States copyright law.