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Montgomery County (Va.) Executions, 1800-1914, are court orders directing a sheriff, or other officer, to enforce a judgment usually by seizing and selling the judgment debtors' property. Original file drawer numbers from file cabinets retained.

Montgomery County (Va.) Fiduciary Records and Wills, 1775-1973 includes Estate papers, 1775-1840, Vouchers , 1800s, Estate and Administrator Bonds, 1773-1873, Wills and Appraisements, 1815-1873, Settlements, 1888-1973, and Inheritance tax reports, 1921-1924. Estate papers and Estate and Administrator Bonds include some material from Fincastle County. Settlement papers includes inheritance tax certificates.

Montgomery County (Va.) Health and Medical Records, 1805-1968 consists of records previously described as Lunacy Papers. These records pertain to the legal determination of whether an individual was deemed unfit to handle their own affairs based on inebriety, insanity or other mental incompetence. It often includes the records of appointment and administration of a guardian.

Montgomery County (Va.) Inventory of Christina Pate's Personal Estate, 1816 Aug. 5. The inventory is a list and appraisal of the household furnishings and livestock belonging to Christina Pate.

Montgomery County (Va.) Judgments, 1770-1799, contains civil cases in which justice was administered on the strictly formulated rules of common law. The majority of the cases in this record series relate to matters of debt. One notable case, dated September 1794, involves Andrew Lewis, colonel of militia during the French and Indian War and later brigadier general during the Revolutionary War, and his debt with George Quill & Co. for a barrel of rum. Also included in the collection are photostats of a bond of Daniel Boone and William Cowen to Alexander Baine dated 12 March 1774 and a writ of summons for Daniel Boone dated 5 May 1774.

Montgomery County (Va.) Military and Pension Records, 1773-1899; undated, consist of military service records, accounts and vouchers, and claims for reimbursement by civilians and service members. These include:

Montgomery County (Va.) Military and Pension Records, 1839-1918 includes 2 undated lists of pensioners, Revolutionary War and War of 1812 pension claims, 1839-1853; a partial printed Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841; Confederate Veteran Disability Certifications: 1879-1898; List of Pensioners from Montgomery County, 1903; Miscellaneous Confederate records, 1900-1915; James F. Preston Confederate Veterans Camp Minutes, 1894-1908; Montgomery County Muster Rolls for World War I Service, 1917-1918; List of Men Ordered to Report to this Local Board for Military Duty (WWI), 1917; Lists of Names of Persons whose Registration Cards are in the possession of this Local Board (WWI) July 1918 and September, 1918 and Selective Service Local Board Classification List (WW1), circa 1917. Additionally the records include a printed Index to Confederate Veteran Disability Certifications; this index was created by a student intern. Oversize Box includes Docket of [Selective Service] Local Board for Montgomery County and Radford VA (WW1), 1917 and Selective Service Local Board Classification List (WW1) circa 1917.

Montgomery County (Va.) Miscellaneous Court Records, 1750-1861, contains the following record types: Election Records, Fiduciary Records, Land Records, Marriage Records, Military and Pension Records, Public Building and Grounds, Road and Bridge Records, School Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, and Wills.

Montgomery County (Va.) Miscellaneous Records, 1778-1940, contains the following record types: Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Clerk's Records, Court Records, Land Records, Election Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, and Miscellaneous Records.