Warren County (Va.) County Court Records, 1836-1903

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Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
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POC: Archives Reference Services
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Preferred citation:

Warren County (Va.) County Court Records, 1836-1903. Local government records collection, Warren County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

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

Warren County (Va.) County Court Records, 1836-1903. Local government records collection, Warren County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Warren County (Va.) County Court Records, 1836-1903 contains Chancery Issue Docket, Common Law Issue Dockets, Memorandum Books, Writ Docket, Process Books A and B, Common Law Rules Books A and B, Record of Judgments, Fee Books, Executions, Volumes A-D, Index A to Minute Books, Chancery Writ Docket, and Witness Attendance Books.

This volume contains a record of Issues made by the Chancery Court.

Barcode Number 1096416 contains Common Law Issue Dockets, 1850-1862. Barcode Number 1096415 contains Common Law Issue Dockets, 1871-1873.

Barcode Number 1096439 contains Memorandum Book, 1836-1838. Barcode Number 1096420 contains Memorandum Book, 1839-1842. Barcode Number 1096419 contains Memorandum Book, 1844-1850. Barcode Number 1096418 contains Memorandum Book, 1851-1865.

The book has brief entries concerning writs that were enforced.

This book shows how the court exercised jurisdiction over a person or a specific property.

This book shows how the court exercised jurisdiction over a person or a specific property.

Rules was a session of the Court. Some judgments were solved in Rules and others were sent to be heard in a Court.

Rules was a session of the Court. Some judgments were solved in Rules and others were sent to be heard in a Court.

Barcode Number 1096472 contains Record of Judgments, 1843-1877. Barcode Number 1096473 contains Record of Judgments, 1880-1887.

Barcode Number 1096477 contains Fee Book, 1836-1847. Barcode Number 1096508 contains Fee Book, 1847-1856. Barcode Number 1096507 contains Fee Book, 1856-1859. Barcode Number 1096510 contains Fee Book, 1860-1868.

Barcode Number 1096480 contains Executions, Volume A, 1836-1845. Barcode Number 1096483 contains Executions, Volume B, 1845-1867. Barcode Number 1096481 contains Executions, Volume C, 1867-1875. Barcode Number 1096482 contains Executions, Volume D, 1875-1903.

Minute books contain brief entries of the business heard at Court.

Barcode Number 1096591 contains Witness Attendance Book, 1836-1871. Barcode Number 1096492 contains Witness Attendance Book, 1871-1888.

This book has brief entries concerning writs ordered by the Chancery Court that were enforced.

Biographical / historical:

Warren County was named for Joseph Warren, the revolutionary patriot who sent Paul Revere and William Dawes on their famous rides and who was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The county was formed from Frederick and Shenandoah counties in 1836.

A Docket is a brief record of proceedings in a court of justice. It usually gives the style of the suit and the date the court first dealt with it. Sometime it gives the date the suit was removed from the docket.

An issue is the act of issuing or promulgating; e.g. to issue an order or writ. An issue docket is the record of issuance, showing parties' names, actions, and remarks.

An execution is a court order directing a sheriff or other officer to enforce a judgment, usually by seizing and selling the judgment debtor's property. An Execution Books lists executions sued out or pending in the sheriff's office. It shows notices of process, names of all parties, amount of judgment, date of execution, return date and sheriff's return.

A Writ is a written judicial order to perform a specified act, or giving authority to have it done. A written court order of a judicial process, directing that a sheriff or other judicial officer do what is commanded by the writ; or giving authority and commission to have it done. The Writ Docket is a book that have brief entries concerning writs that were enforced.

Fee Books are volumes showing the date of a duty performed by the clerk, the name of the person paying the fees, and the amount. It includes the fees charged attorneys, cash accounts, and the clerk's fees in common law and chancery cause.

A Memorandum Book is used for notations of entries to be made in other books.

Judgments are civil cases in which justice was administered on the strictly formulated rules of common law. The majority of cases in this record series relate to matters of debt.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Warren County.
Physical location:
State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
Physical description:
26 v.