Petersburg (Va.) Registers of Free Negroes and Mulattoes, 1794-1865
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Petersburg (Va.) Circuit Court
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This unidentified liquor dealer operated in Virginia during the early twentieth century. It is possible that the business was owned by either John L. Mulcaha or B. D. Booth & Co., both of whom were liquor dealers in Petersburg, Virginia, in the early 1900s. Loose receipts in the ledger are addressed to either Booth or Mulcaha. From the guide to the Unidentified Liquor Dealer Ledger, 1903, (The Library of Virginia) Petersburg was formed from part...
Petersburg (Va.)
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Petersburg was formed from parts of Dinwiddie, Prince George, and Chesterfield Counties. A garrison and fur-trading post called Fort Henry was established there in 1645 on the site of the Indian village Appamattuck. The present name, suggested in 1733 by William Byrd, honors Peter Jones, Byrd's companion on expeditions into the Virginia backcountry. Petersburg was established in 1748 and incorporated as a town in 1784. In the later years the towns of Blandford, Pocahontas, and Raven...
