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Local government records collection, Radford Court Records. Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia\n"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDigital images for Chancery Causes, 1891-1910 were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2025 and 2026.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRadford (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1891-1910 were processed by E. Woodward and T. Harter 2024-2025. At this time, there are no plans to process and index the 1913-1940 chancery causes.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncoded by V. Brooks: 2026\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information\n"],"processinfo_tesim":["Digital images for Chancery Causes, 1891-1910 were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2025 and 2026.\n","Radford (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1891-1910 were processed by E. Woodward and T. Harter 2024-2025. At this time, there are no plans to process and index the 1913-1940 chancery causes.\n","Encoded by V. Brooks: 2026\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRadford (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1891-1940, consist of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of Radford and filed in the corporation court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disagreements. 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, business records or vital statistics.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChancery Causes, 1891-1910, primarily consist of debt cases, contract disputes, and divorce suits. 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Bird, in which Alfred's brother Russell Carter had been arrested in Bland County in 1874-1875 on charges of harboring a girl ostensibly abducted for \"concubinage.\" Bond and surety for bond to retain attorneys French \u0026amp; Muncy ostensibly at issue. The Carters were Black and the Bland County bill alleges that the Carters would be \"swindled out of their little homes by the ___ of the said injunction suit.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebt suit. Answer references land speculation of properties along railroad routes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract dispute. Suit contains architectural drawings, floor plans and elevations, for a two-story residence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract dispute. The City of Radford contracted with American Bridge \u0026amp; Iron Co. to build a bridge over Connelly's Run in the city. Suit includes agreements, contracts, and correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDivorce suit. Defendant's adultery had been proven, and complainant sought and won divorce with alimony of $3,600/year on condtion she resume her maiden name. Contract/agreement between father in law and complainant in which he specifically agreed to fund this alimony for the rest of the complainant's life if his son should fail to do so or died before she did, and further directed in his will to fund this if he himself died and his son failed to pay. Also includes about 40 letters regarding details of the case and the complainant's plight. McHarg Sr. was president of the Detroit and Mackinac Railway Company and a director of the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company. Prominent NY family.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Radford (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1891-1940, consist of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of Radford and filed in the corporation court. 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Some of the chancery causes began in other localities, including Bristol City, Bland County, Tazewell County, Montgomery County, and Pulaski County and Mercer County and McDowell County, West Virginia, before moving to Radford.\n","Chancery Causes 1913-1940 are at this time unprocessed so have no descriptive information.\n","Debt suit regarding purchase of town lot in Radford, whereby complainant mentions land speculation and possible fraud on the part of the defendant. The defendant's answer also mentions that: \"long prior to...1891...the boom at Radford had collapsed and there was no demand for lots whatever, and even if complainant purchased for speculation alone as he alleges, he should not involke the aid of a court of equity to reimburse him for a loss at gambling.\"\n","Debt suit involving several suits originating in Bland County, one of which is Alfred Carter vs. Admr. William M. Bird, in which Alfred's brother Russell Carter had been arrested in Bland County in 1874-1875 on charges of harboring a girl ostensibly abducted for \"concubinage.\" Bond and surety for bond to retain attorneys French \u0026 Muncy ostensibly at issue. The Carters were Black and the Bland County bill alleges that the Carters would be \"swindled out of their little homes by the ___ of the said injunction suit.\"\n","Debt suit. Answer references land speculation of properties along railroad routes.","Contract dispute. Suit contains architectural drawings, floor plans and elevations, for a two-story residence.","Contract dispute. The City of Radford contracted with American Bridge \u0026 Iron Co. to build a bridge over Connelly's Run in the city. Suit includes agreements, contracts, and correspondence.","Divorce suit. Defendant's adultery had been proven, and complainant sought and won divorce with alimony of $3,600/year on condtion she resume her maiden name. Contract/agreement between father in law and complainant in which he specifically agreed to fund this alimony for the rest of the complainant's life if his son should fail to do so or died before she did, and further directed in his will to fund this if he himself died and his son failed to pay. Also includes about 40 letters regarding details of the case and the complainant's plight. McHarg Sr. was president of the Detroit and Mackinac Railway Company and a director of the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company. 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Sent east, Wharton commanded units under generals Loring and Samuel Jones in the western part of Virginia. He received his promotion to brigadier general July 8, 1863, and briefly commanded the Valley District. During the winter and spring of 1863-64, Wharton served with Gen. Longstreet's command in East Tennessee. He commanded a brigade at the Battle of New Market and pursued Federal forces under Gen. Hunter. His brigade fought with Gen. Early's Shenandoah Campaign and subsequent attacks into Maryland and Washington, D.C. His command was soundly defeated at Waynesboro in March of 1865. Paroled at Lynchburg, Va., June 21, 1865, he resided in Radford, Va., for the remainder of his life. Several times elected to the state senate, Wharton spent much of his time developing mining in Virginia. He died May 12, 1906.","Scope and Content: Records of the General G. C. Wharton Camp of United Confederate Veterans, 1896-1922, consists of correspondence and member records. ","Correspondence consists of communications with other United Confederate Veterans units about dues, membership, meetings, and reunions as well as membership lists, invoices and advertisements for reunion badges, special and general orders and circular letters from Headquarters United Confederate Veterans in New Orleans and the Grand Camp Confederate Veterans Department of Virginia in Richmond, a circular to raise funds for a Jefferson Davis monument in Richmond, a pamphlet about the Confederate Museum in Richmond, a program from a 1904 UDC reunion in Nashville, TN, a pamphlet \"The Story of Camp Chase\" by W. H. Knauss, a pamphlet \"Well Known Confederate Veterans and Their War Records,\" and various death memoriams.","Member records consist of individual sheets filled out by each person belonging to the Camp and contains details related to service in the Confederate army. Details include where enlisted and mustered into service, dates of those activities, rank when enlisted, captain and colonel, engagements participated in, promotions received, when and where wounded, where in hospital, when and where captured, when and were imprisoned and for how long, parole or release details, and reenlistment information if any.","There are no restrictions.\n","Library of Virginia\n","English\n"],"collection_title_tesim":["Radford (Va.) Organization Records, \n1896-1922"],"collection_ssim":["Radford (Va.) Organization Records, \n1896-1922"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Radford (Va.) Circuit Court\n"],"creator_ssim":["Radford (Va.) 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The town of Central City was established in 1885 and incorporated as a town in 1887. Its name changed to Radford in 1890 to honor John Blair Radford, a prominent local citizen, and it was incorporated as a city in 1892.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Context for Record Type:  Organization Records, both volumes and loose records, are in some cases transferred to the Library of Virginia as components of court record transfers. These organization records in some cases were simply stored in the local court building for safe keeping by business owners. In other cases, organization records (particularly ledgers, account books, etc.) may have been filed in a court case as an exhibit. These organization record exhibits appeared both in chancery causes and in judgments, these records serving as exhibits for business dissolution cases, debt suits, and contract disputes.\n","Locality History:  Radford, in Montgomery County, was formerly known as Lovely Mount, English Ferry, Ingles's Ferry, Central Depot, and Central City. The town of Central City was established in 1885 and incorporated as a town in 1887. Its name changed to Radford in 1890 to honor John Blair Radford, a prominent local citizen, and it was incorporated as a city in 1892."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRadford (Va.) Organization Records, 1896-1922, [series or volume title]. Local government records collection, Radford Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Radford (Va.) Organization Records, 1896-1922, [series or volume title]. Local government records collection, Radford Court Records. 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Taylor: October 2025."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional Radford (Va.) court records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia.Consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA131\"\u003e\"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"\u003c/extref\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Radford (Va.) court records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia.Consult  \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\""],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRadford (Va.) Organization Records, 1896-1922 is comprised of various records created by groups in Radford County. 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Floyd's Western Virginia Campaign. Defending Fort Donaldson, Wharton escaped with Floyd in February, 1862. Sent east, Wharton commanded units under generals Loring and Samuel Jones in the western part of Virginia. He received his promotion to brigadier general July 8, 1863, and briefly commanded the Valley District. During the winter and spring of 1863-64, Wharton served with Gen. Longstreet's command in East Tennessee. He commanded a brigade at the Battle of New Market and pursued Federal forces under Gen. Hunter. His brigade fought with Gen. Early's Shenandoah Campaign and subsequent attacks into Maryland and Washington, D.C. His command was soundly defeated at Waynesboro in March of 1865. Paroled at Lynchburg, Va., June 21, 1865, he resided in Radford, Va., for the remainder of his life. Several times elected to the state senate, Wharton spent much of his time developing mining in Virginia. 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The records consist of loose records, including correspondence and member records.\n","Historical Information: The United Confederate Veterans were organized in New Orleans in 1899 at a meeting of the heads of various departments, divisions, and other Confederate organizations, all meeting and amalgamating into one organization, known as the United Confederate Veterans. The first reunion was held in Chattanooga, Tennessee on 3 July 1890.","Gabriel Colvin Wharton was born in Culpepper County, Va., July 23, 1824. He graduated second in the Virginia Military Institute class of 1847 and became a civil engineer. He was involved in mining in Arizona before the outbreak of the war. He joined the 45th Virginia Regiment of the Confederate Army in July 1861, and was elected major. He was made colonel of the 51st Virginia Regiment in August, 1861. His first action came with Gen. John B. Floyd's Western Virginia Campaign. Defending Fort Donaldson, Wharton escaped with Floyd in February, 1862. Sent east, Wharton commanded units under generals Loring and Samuel Jones in the western part of Virginia. He received his promotion to brigadier general July 8, 1863, and briefly commanded the Valley District. During the winter and spring of 1863-64, Wharton served with Gen. Longstreet's command in East Tennessee. He commanded a brigade at the Battle of New Market and pursued Federal forces under Gen. Hunter. His brigade fought with Gen. Early's Shenandoah Campaign and subsequent attacks into Maryland and Washington, D.C. His command was soundly defeated at Waynesboro in March of 1865. Paroled at Lynchburg, Va., June 21, 1865, he resided in Radford, Va., for the remainder of his life. Several times elected to the state senate, Wharton spent much of his time developing mining in Virginia. He died May 12, 1906.","Scope and Content: Records of the General G. C. Wharton Camp of United Confederate Veterans, 1896-1922, consists of correspondence and member records. ","Correspondence consists of communications with other United Confederate Veterans units about dues, membership, meetings, and reunions as well as membership lists, invoices and advertisements for reunion badges, special and general orders and circular letters from Headquarters United Confederate Veterans in New Orleans and the Grand Camp Confederate Veterans Department of Virginia in Richmond, a circular to raise funds for a Jefferson Davis monument in Richmond, a pamphlet about the Confederate Museum in Richmond, a program from a 1904 UDC reunion in Nashville, TN, a pamphlet \"The Story of Camp Chase\" by W. H. Knauss, a pamphlet \"Well Known Confederate Veterans and Their War Records,\" and various death memoriams.","Member records consist of individual sheets filled out by each person belonging to the Camp and contains details related to service in the Confederate army. Details include where enlisted and mustered into service, dates of those activities, rank when enlisted, captain and colonel, engagements participated in, promotions received, when and where wounded, where in hospital, when and where captured, when and were imprisoned and for how long, parole or release details, and reenlistment information if any."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":2,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T10:56:25.361Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi06243","ead_ssi":"vi_vi06243","_root_":"vi_vi06243","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi06243","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi06243.xml","title_ssm":["Radford (Va.) 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Taylor: October 2025.","Additional Radford (Va.) court records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia.Consult  \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"","Radford (Va.) Organization Records, 1896-1922 is comprised of various records created by groups in Radford County. The records consist of loose records, including correspondence and member records.\n","Historical Information: The United Confederate Veterans were organized in New Orleans in 1899 at a meeting of the heads of various departments, divisions, and other Confederate organizations, all meeting and amalgamating into one organization, known as the United Confederate Veterans. The first reunion was held in Chattanooga, Tennessee on 3 July 1890.","Gabriel Colvin Wharton was born in Culpepper County, Va., July 23, 1824. He graduated second in the Virginia Military Institute class of 1847 and became a civil engineer. He was involved in mining in Arizona before the outbreak of the war. He joined the 45th Virginia Regiment of the Confederate Army in July 1861, and was elected major. He was made colonel of the 51st Virginia Regiment in August, 1861. His first action came with Gen. John B. Floyd's Western Virginia Campaign. Defending Fort Donaldson, Wharton escaped with Floyd in February, 1862. Sent east, Wharton commanded units under generals Loring and Samuel Jones in the western part of Virginia. He received his promotion to brigadier general July 8, 1863, and briefly commanded the Valley District. During the winter and spring of 1863-64, Wharton served with Gen. Longstreet's command in East Tennessee. He commanded a brigade at the Battle of New Market and pursued Federal forces under Gen. Hunter. His brigade fought with Gen. Early's Shenandoah Campaign and subsequent attacks into Maryland and Washington, D.C. His command was soundly defeated at Waynesboro in March of 1865. 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