Staunton (Va.) Corporation Court Records, 1802-1971 (Bulk 1930-1966)

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:

Staunton (Va.) Corporation Court Records, 1802-1971 (Bulk 1930-1966), Local government records collection, Staunton (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

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

Staunton (Va.) Corporation Court Records, 1802-1971 (Bulk 1930-1966), Local government records collection, Staunton (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Staunton (Va.)Corporation Court Records, 1802-1971 (Bulk 1930-1966), consists of Clerk's Order Books, Miscellaneous Records and a Register of Felons.

Miscellaneous Records, accounts, receipts, allowances, and vouchers, summons, executions, list of certificates of Assessment of Merchants and other in Corp. of Staunton, 1851. Court Records: Ebdon v. A.H.H. Stuart, 1857; Court Records: Summons, Executions, Recognizances, Accounts, 1850-1859.

Biographical / historical:

The City of Staunton, in Augusta County, was named, according to tradition, for Rebecca Staunton, wife of Sir William Gooch, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749. Staunton was laid out in 1748 at the site of the Augusta County courthouse and was established as a town in 1761. It was incorporated as a town in 1801 and as a city in 1871.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from the city of Staunton.
Physical location:
State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
Physical description:
7 boxes and or volumes.