Surry County (Va.) Court Records, 1835-1847

Access and use

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
Phone: (804) 692-3888

Summary

Creator:
Surry County (Va.) Circuit Court
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Surry County (Va.) Court Records, 1835-1847. The collection contains 11 documents removed from Surry County court records: an extract of an audit from the chancery cause Charity vs. Charity's Administrator, 1835; a letter from Samuel Higginbotham to Isaiah Harris, 1835; an answer from the chancery cause Executors of Charles Macindol vs. Executors of James S. Gilliam, 1835; an answer from the chancery cause William B. Grave's Trustee vs. Perkins, Boyd and Company, 1840; a deposition from the chancery cause Cole vs. Moring's Administrator, 1841; a notice from the chancery cause Cocke vs. Davis, 1841; a deposition from a chancery cause involving Cocke and Brother and Goodblood and Company, 1841; a deposition and an amended bill from the chancery cause Cross vs. Moore and Savin, 1845; and an envelope with the surnames Sebrell and Underwood, 1847.

Biographical / historical:

Surry County was named for the county of Surrey in England, and was formed from James City County about 1652.

These records were replevined by the Library of Virginia following the trial entitled Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Larry I. Vass heard in Henrico County Circuit Court in November 1972.

Created in 1652. Order books for 1718–1741 and various other early volumes are fragmentary. Most loose records prior to 1806 are missing. Courthouse fires in 1906 and 1922 did not result in loss of records, however, because at that time records were housed in a separate clerk’s office.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in 2004 in a transfer.
Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
26 p.