Madison County (Va.) Records, 1793-1945

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
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Madison County (Va.) Records, 1793-1945. Local government records collection, Madison County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Madison County (Va.) Circuit Court
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Madison County (Va.) Records, 1793-1945. Local government records collection, Madison County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Madison County (Va.) Records, 1793-1945, includes miscellaneous records from the following series: Court Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Road and Bridge Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Marriage/Vital Statistics, Fiduciary Records, Business Records, Military/Pension Records, Land Records, and Election Records.

Chancery Index, CC Issue Dockets, Supervisor's Order Book Index, County Court Fee books, receipt books, blank forms, unidentified indexes; Tax and Fiscal Records: Personal Property Tax Book

Executions, Court Claims, Road claims, estray warrants

Bonds/Commissions/Oaths: Officials' Bonds; Court Records: Constables returns and executions.

Birth Registers, Henry Barnes Vouchers and Sale book, account book, official oaths, license tax assessments

Fiduciary Records and Bonds/Commissions/Oaths: Bonds, Fiduciary bonds, Bonds of Fiduciaries, officers, etc.

Unidentified Blacksmith Account Book, 1863-1865; Pages from unidentified account book, 1869-1871; Election Records; Fiduciary Records; Land Records; Military Exemptions, 1862; Military Discharge papers, 1917; Miscellaneous Records: Estray papers, power of attorney, fox scalp warrants, fragments of newspapers and broadsides; Road and Bridge Records; Tax and Fiscal Records, and Bonds/Commissions/Oaths

Judgments, Commonwealth Causes, etc.

Depositions, dockets, clerks' records, receipts, wrappers, and fragments,

Court Records: Judgments; copy of transcript of chancery suit heard in Supreme Court of Appeals; Papers re: chancery suit Shirley vs. Shirley; Papers re: chancery suit involving John W. White; Orphan Chancery; Clerk's Records; Fiduciary Records

Biographical / historical:

Madison County was named for James Madison, a prominent Virginian and a member of Congress in 1792 when the county was formed from Culpeper County.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Madison County.
Physical location:
State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
Physical description:
9 boxes and/or volumes