Fairfax County (Va.) Judgment (Capias), January 1799

Location of collection:

Library of Virginia

The Library of Virginia

800 East Broad Street

Richmond, VA 23219

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Archives Reference Services

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Summary

Creator:

Fairfax County (Va.) Circuit Court

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

Fairfax County (Va.) Judgment (Capias), January 1799. Consists of an order to take John Dalton and William Bailey into custody to answer a plea of trespass brought by Musgrove and Dyett.

Biographical / historical:

Fairfax County was formed in 1742 from Prince William County.

Original wills and deeds as well as many other loose papers were destroyed during the Civil War; deed books for twenty-six of the fifty-six years between 1763 and 1819 are missing. Numerous pre-Civil War minute books are missing as well.

Acquisition information:

This item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 42469.

Physical location:

Library of Virginia

Physical description:

2 p.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Court records--Virginia--Fairfax County.
Judgments--Virginia--Fairfax County.
Local government records--Virginia--Fairfax County.