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Scott County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1815-1881, are bonds and contracts of apprenticeship given by the Overseers of the Poor, showing the names of master and apprentice, the trade to be taught, details of the contract, the amount of the bond and the names of sureties. Many of the apprentices bound out prior to 1866 were free African Americans.

Scott County (Va.) Board of Supervisors Records, 1883-1908, consist of vouchers related to county levy and various records related to county roads such as loose road funds, warrants and accounts, a road book and a road fund ledger.

Scott County (Va.) Business Records, 1846-1921, is comprised of various records created by individuals and companies is pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Scott County (Va.). Represented records largely consists of bound volumes such as daybooks, ledgers and checkbooks.

Scott County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1816-1942, 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.

Scott County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1859-1943 (bulk 1887-1920), are comprised of loose executions, suit papers and judgments, 2 order books, a memorandum book, a fee book, a chancery fee book and a process book.

Scott County (Va.) Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery Executions cover 1834-1841.

Scott County (Va.) County Court Records, 1816-1905 (bulk 1881-1905), is comprised of loose Commonwealth Executions and Capias, a Fee book, a Memorandum Book, a Process Book and a Memorandum and Execution Book.

Scott County (Va.) Records, 1782-1951, undated, consist of Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, County Administrative Records (including Board of Supervisors, Commissioner of Revenue, Overseer of the Poor, Sheriffs' and Treasurer Records), Court Records (County, Circuit and Unspecified), Election Records, Fiduciary Records, Health and Medical Records, Justice of the Peace Records, Land Records, Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, Military and Pension Records, Miscellaneous Records, Organization Records, Public Buidings and Grounds, Road and Bridge Records, School Records, Tax and Fiscal Records and Wills.

Scott County (Va.) Court Records, 1815-1942, undated, are comprised of various volumes and loose records (both processed and unprocessed.) The volumes, 1819-1909, consist of 2 execution books, 1 memorandum book, 1 witness attendance book, 1 fee book, 1 book containing attachments, appeals and motions and 1 execution at law book. The loose records consist of 4 boxes of county court and justice of the peace executions, 116 boxes of judgments (1815-1910), 12 boxes of commonwealth causes (1815-1921), 1 box of causes determined, causes determined at law and common law causes, 5 boxes of criminal records (including warrants, an oversized indictment, recognizances, 1815 Jul.-1896 Jun. and undated, affidavits for William Peters in the suit of Confederate States of America versus William Peters - charge of harboring, 1863 and other record types), 1 box of chancery executions, 1 box of judgments, affidavits and declarations, 6 boxes of additional judgments (one of which contains Atkinson's Saturday Washington Post newspaper), 1 box of unprocessed judgments, 1 box containing a variety of judgments (unlawful detainers [1867, 1870], warrants[1823 Nov.-1916 Mar.], writ of habeas corpus[1863], writs of possession[1897, 1899] and a writ of supersedes[1859] and 2 boxes containing items related to judgments (summons[1823-1911], transcript Record[1867-1884], writ of error[1878]. Debts owed to James Fullen (exhibits in unidentified court case), 1815-1825 ca. Debts owed to William H. Fisher (exhibits in unidentified court case in which Wolfe and others were parties in suit) 1820-1830 ca; petitions[1843-1915], exceptions[1831], orders[1854], scire facias[1819-1877], sheriff report of sales[1877], statement of proceedings[1871], subpoenas[1815-1923], suggestions[1872-1891], summons[1815-1822] and and one box of Clerks' Records, Jury Records and Court Finance Records.

Scott County (Va.) Election Records, 1884-1898, consist of loose ballots and polls found in Box 63.