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Highland County Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1855-1969, (bulk) 1855-1899

Highland County (Va.) Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1855-1969 (bulk) 1855-1899, include court bonds that provide information concerning obligations or covenants between persons, made binding by a money guarantee. Bonds are given for various causes, and show the names of the principal and sureties, the date, amount and condition of the obligation and signatures.

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Highland County Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1855-1969, (bulk) 1855-1899

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Highland County (Va.) Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1855-1969 (bulk) 1855-1899, include court bonds that provide information concerning obligations or covenants between persons, made binding by a money guarantee. Bonds are given for various causes, and show the names of the principal and sureties, the date, amount and condition of the obligation and signatures.

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Highland County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1848-1912 (bulk 1868-1912)

Highland County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1848-1912 (bulk 1868-1912), 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.

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Highland County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1848-1912 (bulk 1868-1912)

Highland County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Highland County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1848-1912 (bulk 1868-1912), 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.

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Highland County (Va.) Commonwealth Causes, 1852-1867

Highland county (Va.) Commonwealth Causes, 1852-1867, are criminal court cases and consist primarily of warrants, summons, and indictments handed down by grand juries and other legal authorities in order to prosecute individuals who violated the penal code. These offenses ranged in severity from assault and battery to larceny to murder.

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Highland County (Va.) Commonwealth Causes, 1852-1867

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Highland county (Va.) Commonwealth Causes, 1852-1867, are criminal court cases and consist primarily of warrants, summons, and indictments handed down by grand juries and other legal authorities in order to prosecute individuals who violated the penal code. These offenses ranged in severity from assault and battery to larceny to murder.

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Highland County (Va.) Federal Farm Credit Lien Book, 1937-1946

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Highland County (Va.) Records, 1862-1944 (1862-1885 bulk)

Highland County (Va.) Records, 1862-1944 (1862-1885 bulk), include various records from the following series: Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Election Records, Circuit Court Records, Fiduciary Records, Land Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Town Records, and Miscellaneous Records

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Highland County (Va.) Records, 1862-1944 (1862-1885 bulk)

Highland County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Highland County (Va.) Records, 1862-1944 (1862-1885 bulk), include various records from the following series: Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Election Records, Circuit Court Records, Fiduciary Records, Land Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Town Records, and Miscellaneous Records

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Highland County (Va.) Registers of Births and Deaths, 1870-1898

Information found on birth and death registers for each county changed little between 1853 and 1896. Birth registers contain headings for: date of birth; name of child (if named); race (if "colored," whether slave or free); sex; whether born alive or dead; place of birth; full name of father or owner; father's occupation; father's residence (county or locality in the county); mother's full name; how many infants at this birth (whether this was a multiple birth); deformities or any circumstances of interest; name of the person giving the information; and the relation of the informant to the person born.

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Highland County (Va.) Registers of Births and Deaths, 1870-1898

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Information found on birth and death registers for each county changed little between 1853 and 1896. Birth registers contain headings for: date of birth; name of child (if named); race (if "colored," whether slave or free); sex; whether born alive or dead; place of birth; full name of father or owner; father's occupation; father's residence (county or locality in the county); mother's full name; how many infants at this birth (whether this was a multiple birth); deformities or any circumstances of interest; name of the person giving the information; and the relation of the informant to the person born.

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Highland County (Va.) Tax and Fiscal Records, 1938-1973

Highland County (Va.) Tax and Fiscal Records are composed of Poll tax lists (1939-1963) and Reports on audit (1948-1973). The poll tax lists record by district the names of persons who have paid all state poll taxes for a particular year. These lists were required to be submitted to the circuit courts and the Auditor of Public Accounts. The reports on audit are reports compiled by outside auditors on finances for Highland County.

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Highland County (Va.) Tax and Fiscal Records, 1938-1973

Highland County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Highland County (Va.) Tax and Fiscal Records are composed of Poll tax lists (1939-1963) and Reports on audit (1948-1973). The poll tax lists record by district the names of persons who have paid all state poll taxes for a particular year. These lists were required to be submitted to the circuit courts and the Auditor of Public Accounts. The reports on audit are reports compiled by outside auditors on finances for Highland County.

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