Giles County (Va.) Judgments, 1806-1952 circa

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:
Giles County (Va.) Circuit Court
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Giles County (Va.) Judgments, 1806-1952 circa, consist of civil suits, commonwealth causes, other court papers filed in the court such as road and bridge records, tax and fiscal records, overseers of the poor, court appointments and resignations, fiduciary records, and other court papers. Not every record type will be found in every bundle of papers.

Biographical / historical:

Giles County was named for William Branch Giles, United States senator from Virginia in 1806 when the county was created from Montgomery, Monroe (now in West Virginia), and Tazewell Counties. Several subsequent additions were made from Wythe (1808), Monroe in 1829 and Mercer in 1841 (both now in West Virginia), Craig (1880), and Tazewell (1826 and 1836) Counties. The county seat is Pearisburg.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Giles County. Portions of this collection were transferred under the accession number 45263.
Physical location:
State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
Physical description:
109 boxes