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Hanover County (Va.) Birth and Death Records, 1918-1927, consist of birth and death registers.

Hanover County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1831-1913, 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.

Hanover County (Va.) Court Papers, 1784-1871, consists largely of unprocessed records created by the Hanover Superior Courts and County Court; and one processed Superior Court of Law judgment, circa 1825, McGeorge vs Spiller.

Hanover County (Va.) Court Records, 1834-1888. The collection contains 13 documents removed from Hanover County court records, as follows: a deposition from the chancery cause Burton vs. Liggon's Administrator, 1834; a subpoena from the chancery cause Bethell vs. Blakeley's Administrator, 1835; a summary of proceedings from the chancery cause Mary Burch vs. Administrator of Peter Burch, 1838; a decree from the chancery cause William Hancock vs. James M. Breedlove, etc., 1845; a letter from an unknown series from William S. Richardson to C. William Dabney, 1846; a letter and affidavit from the court case Barrett and others vs. Peers and others, 1846; a receipt and envelope with the surnames Crenshaw and Stanley, 1872; a postcard with the surname Leake, 1878; a postcard with the surnames Bosher and Pollard, 1883; a postcard with the surnames Jones and Redd, 1884; an envelope from the case Richardson vs. Burnett and Talley, 1886; and an envelope with the surname Leake, 1888.

The Hanover County (Va.) Election Records, 1879-1966, consists of 133 volumes of rolls and lists of registered voters along with county poll books for general, primary, and local option elections.

Hanover County (Va.) Virginia Teacher's Daily Register, 1906-1907, contains daily attendance records and statistical information of white students attending public school, No. 13 located in Ashland and Hylas district. The attendance records include name of teacher (Ola Bernice C. Sims), names of pupils (surname, given name, and middle initial), age of pupils, and total days present for each pupil. Also included are monthly statistics such as number of boys and girls on the roll and average daily attendance for boys and girls.