cahabafulksdoc1861.htm

J. P. Fulks
was a Dry Goods dealer in antebellum
Cahaba, Alabama.
This magnificent document, measuring8.5" x 7.0",
is a statement of the account of
Miss Eliza Virginia Milhous,11-12-year-old daughter of
Phillip and E. K. Milhous
on December 5, 1859, the eve ofsecession.
The document was donated to this website in 2006by and from the collection of
Alabama and Cahaba Historian
and my friend
-- Paul Whaley --
thank you, Paul!

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J. P. FULKS, & CO.,
DEALERS IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
D R Y G O O D S ,
Hats, Fancy Silk Goods, Boots and
Shoes, Paints & Oils, Hardware,
Nails, Castings, Jewelry,
SADDLERY, CROCKERY, GROCERIES, &c

J. P. FULKS, J. BABCOCK.

Cahaba, ________________________________186___

Miss V i r g i n i a M i l h o u s

To J.P. FULKS & CO., Dr.

Dealer in American and European Dry Goods.

1859

Dec	5	1 Pair Shoes 1 of--	1	25	.	.
.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	.	.	..	.	.	.
.	.	.	..	.	.	.
.	.	Cahaba Jany 21, 1861	.	.	.	.
.	.	Rec^d. of E.R. Milhous as Guardian of	.	.	.	.
.	.	a Eliza Virginia Milhous one25/100 Doll	.	.	.	.
.	.	on full of above a/c	.	.	.	.
.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	.	J. P. Fulks &Co	.	.	.
.	.	Per DStephenson	.	.	.	.
.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	.	.	.	.	..	.
.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	.	.	.	.	.	.
..	.	.	.	.	.	.

VirginiaMilhous appears
in the 1850 Census of Dallas
Co., AL, as being age two.
Therefore, when she
purchased this pair of shoes
in 1859, she would have
been only 11 or 12 years old.

J. Babcockis mentioned in
the diary of Rev. J. Cotten