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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the W.G. Winn & Company account books #4661-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Sally Nicholson of Charlotte, N.C., and Lucy Shockley in May 1993.

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• Account books.
• General stores--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Henderson (N.C.)--History.
• Merchants--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Vance County (N.C.)--Commerce.
• Vance County (N.C.)--History--20th century.
• W.G. Winn & Company.
• Winn, Warner Guy.

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.