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Highland County (Va.) Board of Supervisors Records, circa 1870-1930, These records include the following: claims audited and allowed; county business records; County Road Commission report and claims allowed; county road contracts; county roads Stonewall District; Joint Road Construction Fund; Minutes for the Board of Supervisors and the Board of Equalization; new road construction and bridges; Overseers of the Road accounts; Record of Bluegrass Township; Record of Local Board of Review; Staunton and Parkersburg road reports, claims, funds and settlements; and Witness Book.

Highland County (Va.) Business Records, 1891-1914, is comprised of various records created by individuals and companies in pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Highland County (Va.). Represented records include company ledgers.

Highland County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, circa 1847-1944, these record include the following; Chancery, Common and Law Dockets, Fee Books, Memorandum Books, Executions, Warrants, Bonds and attachments.

Materials in the Library of Virginia's collections contain historical terms, phrases, and images that are offensive to modern readers. These include demeaning and dehumanizing references to race, ethnicity, and nationality; enslaved or free status; physical and mental ability; religion; sex; and sexual orientation and gender identity.

Highland County (Va.) County Court Records, 1847-1917, these records include the following: Chancery Rule Docket, Ended Causes, Execution Books Fee Books, Fee Ledger, Index to Execution Book Number 3, Issue Docket, Order Books, Process Book and a record of Witness Attendance.

Highland County (Va.) County Court Records, circa 1847-1926, these records come from multiple courts for example, Circuit Superior Courts of Law and Chancery, Circuit Court, and County Court. The selection of records include the following; Chancery Executions, Chancery Rule Docket, Clerk's Correspondence and Receipts, Commonwealth Causes, Fee Books, Minute Book from the Circuit Superior Courts of Law and Chancery, Register of Convicts, and a Witness Attendance Book from the Circuit Superior Courts of Law and Chancery.

Highland County (Va.) Election Records, 1902-1938, these record include the following; Voter Registrations, Voting Lists and Election Expenses.

Highland County (Va.) Lists of Families of Indigent Soldiers, 1862-1865, circa, are two lists of indigent families whose husbands were in the Confederate Army or who have died or been disabled in the service of the Confederate States of America. Each list includes the name of the head of household (the soldier or widow) and the number of people in the family. The lists are divided by district.

The Highland County (Va.) Records of the Overseer of the Poor is one volume dated 1847-1861. The minutes give the names of people receiving financial support, food, and clothing, as well as those removing into and out of the county, and the burial of the deceased. The reports names the individuals providing the services to the poor people and the amounts they were paid. The minutes also include the details of the Board of the Overseers of the Poor's annual financial settlement with the Sheriff for the years 1848 through 1861.

Highland County (Va.) Voter Register, 1902, records the roll of registered voters in Highland County. The volume is divided by precincts: Ruckman's School House, Hevener's Store, New Hampden, Court-house, Wilson's Mill, Bethlehem, Pullin's School House, and Steuart's Mill, and within each precinct on the basis of color. Information found in the volume includes date of registration; number of registered voter; name of registered voter; date of birth; age; occupation; residence; length of residence in state, county, and precinct; whether exempt from poll tax; if naturalized, and if so, date of papers and by what court issued; if transferred from another precinct, and if so, when and to what precinct.