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Rockingham County (Va.) Certificate of road work for Anderson Moffett, 1827 April 27, certifies the amount of work done by Moffett and his equipment of horses and wagon on county road maintenance and upkeep.

Rockingham County Chancery Causes, 1781-1946, 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.

Rockingham County (Va.) Coroners' reports and inquests, 1915-1936, are the records of the county coroner's investigation into questionable deaths, for example in the case of violence or of an unknown person. The inquests and reports often contain testimony from witnesses or persons who may have information regarding the death or the deceased. The verdict of the coroner and the jury is included.

Rockingham County (Va.) Deeds, 1756-1920, consist of deeds of bargain and sale, deeds of gift, mortgages, deeds of trust, and deeds of emancipation or manumission. Pre-1866 deeds include transactions of enslaved people. On presentation to the court, deeds were proved and recorded. If the deed was not witnessed, the grantor acknowledged the deed in open court. A few of the deeds include plats.

Rockingham County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1772-1913, include miscellaneous records filed in a local court by trustees, administrators, executors, guardians, and committees that related to the performance of their duties managing a person's estate. These records typically include the following; bonds, appraisements, audits, inventories, accounts, estate divisions, settlements, dowery records, etc. Information related to enslaved people are commonly found in these records.

Rockingham County (Va.) Fifa, Dyer vs. Jenkins, 1826 November, is from the suit of Zebulon Dyer vs. William Jenkins and is an execution to collect on the judgment of debt of $55.74. Written on the reverse of the document are the items noted by the sheriff to be used to pay the debt including a horse and household furniture.

Rockingham County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1783-1861. The collection contains Free Negro Registrations, 1812-1861; Free Negro Registrations Refused, undated; Free Negro Affidavits and Certificates, 1810-1859; Bills and Deeds of Emancipation, 1783-1833; a Free Negro List, 1860; Slave Bills of Sale, 1784-1796 and 1842; Orders and Presentments Concerning Freed Negroes Remaining Illegally in Virginia, 1818, 1826, and 1846 (photocopies); Miscellaneous Records, 1783-1806.

Rockingham County (Va.) Letter from the Auditor of Public Accounts to the Clerk of Court, 1840. Consists of a signed request from James E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts, requesting transfer, as required by law, of copies of records of committees of lunatics, specifically bonds of lunatic committees, orders of court pertaining to lunatic committees, and inventories or accounts of the estates of lunatics.

Rockingham County (Va.) Organization Records, 1775-1913, is comprised of various records created by groups in Northumberland County. Represented records largely consist of unprocessed loose records. These records typically consist of appointments of trustees, minutes, and miscellaneous records of religious organizations, fraternal organizations, independent associations, and cooperatives.

Rockingham County (Va.) Public Buildings and Grounds, 1785-1913. The materials consist of reports, orders and sundry documents related to the courthouse and jail. Included are orders to inspect the courthouse; jail inspectors' reports, 1820-1889, 1905-1913; and documents related to the construction of a new courthouse, 1895-1899.