Search

Craig County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1853-1942, consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.

Craig County (Va.) Court Records, 1852-1938, consist of County Court Causes Ended (1853-1907); Circuit Court Common Law Causes Ended (1852-1913); Division of lands (1852-1938 circa); and Various Series. The Various Series boxes came from drawers of miscellaneous drawers of court papers at the courthouse and contain records from the following local records series: Board of Supervisors, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Court Records, Election Records, Marriage and Vital Statistics Records, Military Records, Overseer of the Poor Records, Road and Bridge Records, and Tax and Fiscal Records (1860-1930 circa). The Various Series records can be found in barcode numbers 1208598-1208603.

Craig County (Va.) Court Records, 1851-1933, consist of unprocessed judgments and chancery and other court papers. The judgments and court papers date roughly from 1852 into the 1900s and consist mainly of misfiled items pulled out of chancery causes. The chancery consists of summons and subpoenas from 1851-1866 and various pieces of chancery causes dating 1915-1933.

Craig County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, undated, consist of a partial bill of sale, undated. In it, Oliver Callaghan of Botetourt County, Virginia, agreed to sell Judy and Alfred, her son, to Andrew Walker of Monroe County, Virginia [now Monroe County, West Virginia], for $550.

Craig County (Va.) Lists of Voters Registered, 1895-1931, include Craig County lists of registered voters compiled in one individual county precinct and the county-wide Rolls of White and Colored Voters.

Craig County (Va.) Records, 1893-1965 (bulk 1934-1965), consist of a list of deeds recorded, 1893 and list of voters, 1934-1965.

Manganese Iron and Coal Company Minute Book and Stock Certificate Books, 1889-1909, includes a minute book, 1889-1908 and stock certificate books, 1891-1909. The minute book records the company's charter and the meetings of the company's stockholders and board of directors from its inception. Information found in the minutes includes date and location of meetings, selection of officers, resignation of officers, by-laws, resolutions, committeee reports, and decisions made by the board of directors and stockholders related to the activities of the company. The stock certificate books include duplicate stock certificates kept for the company's records of capital stock shares sold. Each stock certificate includes a certificate number, date of purchase, name of buyer, and the number of shares purchased.