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Chancery Causes, 1838-1961. (Cite style of suit and chancery index no.). Local Government Records Collection, Augusta County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\n"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGreene County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1838-1961 were processed first in 2005 and reprocessed in 2022, up to the year 1899, in order to add additional information, such as enslaved names and causes of action. At this time, there are no current plans to reprocess the 1900-1961 records. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Digital images of Chancery Causes 1838-1899 were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncoded by G. Crawford: 2014; updated by J. Taylor: 2023; Update by M. Mason: December 2024\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information\n"],"processinfo_tesim":["Greene County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1838-1961 were processed first in 2005 and reprocessed in 2022, up to the year 1899, in order to add additional information, such as enslaved names and causes of action. At this time, there are no current plans to reprocess the 1900-1961 records. \n"," Digital images of Chancery Causes 1838-1899 were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2024.","Encoded by G. Crawford: 2014; updated by J. Taylor: 2023; Update by M. Mason: December 2024"],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional Greene County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/\"\u003eA Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm\u003c/extref\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGreene County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Greene County may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Digital Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/lost\"\u003eLost Records Localities Digital Collection\u003c/extref\u003e available at Virginia Memory.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Greene County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult  A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm .","Greene County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Greene County may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Digital Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available at Virginia Memory."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGreene County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1838-1961 consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChancery causes before 1900 include a substantial number of cases concerning debts and estates. These cases largely involve disputes between individuals over the division of money and land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA divorce case introduced by Jane Powell, who sued on the grounds of excessive cruelty. She reported in her bill that James Powell, her husband, hid his true character during their courtship and after their marriage, he began to sell off land she inherited against her will. Witnesses stated, in the depositions taken by the court, that James Powell was violent and married Jane Powell, not for love, but for her inheritance.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case includes a warrant, issued in 1880, for B.C. Gentry for setting fire to a public place of worship.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelia and Anthony, two Black people enslaved by Fanny Buckner, were accused of burning down a dwelling house. Anthony was sold; however, Delia was not. The reason given was because her implication in the fire was found to be without basis. 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Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.\n","Chancery causes before 1900 include a substantial number of cases concerning debts and estates. These cases largely involve disputes between individuals over the division of money and land.","A divorce case introduced by Jane Powell, who sued on the grounds of excessive cruelty. She reported in her bill that James Powell, her husband, hid his true character during their courtship and after their marriage, he began to sell off land she inherited against her will. Witnesses stated, in the depositions taken by the court, that James Powell was violent and married Jane Powell, not for love, but for her inheritance.\n","The case includes a warrant, issued in 1880, for B.C. Gentry for setting fire to a public place of worship.\n","Delia and Anthony, two Black people enslaved by Fanny Buckner, were accused of burning down a dwelling house. Anthony was sold; however, Delia was not. The reason given was because her implication in the fire was found to be without basis. 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