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Botetourt County (Va.) Court Records, 1720-1970, consist of Board of Supervisors records, bonds/commissions/oaths, business records, census records, Commissioner of the Revenue records, county court records, circuit court records, circuit superior court of law and chancery records, superior court of law records, election records, fiduciary records, justice of the peace records, land records, marriage records and vital statistics, military and pension records, organization records, road and bridge records, school records, tax and fiscal records, township records, treasurer's records, and wills. Please consult Archives Research Services for details.

Botetourt County (Va.) Estate of George B. Skilren or Skillern, account of John Cartmill for boarding slaves, 1837 Nov 8, is an account of services rendered for the board, clothing, medical, and burial expenses incurred for various slaves who are named in the bill. John Moore, sheriff of Botetourt, was the administrator of the estate.

Botetourt County (Va.) Maps of the land taken for the use of the James River and Kanawha Canal, 1848 circa, are maps and survey records of land taken by the James River and Kanawha Canal Company and the Commonwealth of Virginia from private citizens and the town of Buchanan in order to facilitate the construction of the canal in Botetourt County.

Botetourt County (Va.) Minute Book for Court Exemption from Military Draft, 1861-1865, document the board's ruling on petitions for exemption from military service in the Confederate army. Most petitions were made on the grounds of permanent bodily infirmity or having furnished a substitute. Most all statements about applications for exemption state the regiment to which the requestor was drafted to serve. Two of the 1862 meetings give names of free male negroes who were drafted into the Confederate States Quartermaster department to work on defenses in the New River District or with the Army of South Westerly Virginia.

Botetourt County (Va.) Minutes of the Provisional Committee, 1861-1865, record information about the county's efforts to supply its voluntary military units as well as for indigent soldiers' families. Included is information about committee members and officials, county bonds to raise money, tax monies collected, accounts paid out (including to whom paid and the amount, but rarely the reason why paid), and occasional specific information about soldiers, or a soldier's family, or a particular military unit, including the Botetourt Dragoons.

Botetourt County (Va.) Subpoena, 1771, consists of a subpoena in the judgment suit of John Craig vs. Pleasant Mooreman for various persons to appear as witnesses. The subpoena is endorsed with a jury verdict for the plaintiff.

Botetourt County (Va.) Tithables, 1770-1790. Consists of a photostat images of the list of tithable heads of household in the county for the years 1770-1790.

Botetourt County (Va.) Tithables, 1771, consists of a list by William Christian of the heads of household and associated tithes for that year.

Ledger, circa 1842-1852, of an unidentified physician. It records services provided to individual patients, their families, and their slaves. Information found in entries includes name of patient, medical services rendered, form of payment, amount owed, and amount paid. Slave patients and family members are usually not named and are listed under the owner's or head of household's name. Services rendered include visits to patients, prescriptions for medication, and operations. There is an index at the front of the volume.