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Washington County (Va.) Appraisement of Joel Galliher's Estate, undated. The appraisal lists household items and their estimated value.

Washington County (Va.) Attendance Records of Spring Creek School, Number 8, Goodson District, 1892-1898 includes the records of the Monthly Attendance, statistical records about attendance, the subjects taught, and the number of pupils studying each subject. The book also contains the End of the Year Report for each year. Each school year began in month of September and ended in the month of January or the month of February.

Washington County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1849-1962, 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.

Washington County (Va.) Commissioners' Report, 1858 Dec. 14. This document is a commissioners' report from an unidentified Washington County chancery cause. It contains the court-appointed commissioners' valuation of the slaves in the estate of James E. Sathim and their recommendation for the division of this property among Sathim's heirs.

Washington County (Va.) Commonwealth Claims, 1902 are financial records of services provided the Commonwealth of Virginia by individuals living or working in a county or a city. The individuals presented their claims to a Court in the locale where the service was render in order to receive payment for their services.

Washington County (Va.) Court Records, 1800-1831. The collection contains various documents removed from Washington County court records: a land grant to John Preston, Assignee of Job Crabtree, 1800; a letter from James Fulton to William King, 1806; a letter from Henry Thompson to David Pierce, 1816; a letter from Alexander Fulton to William King, 1802; a land grant to Job Crabtree, 1830; two letters from William Morgan to his father Captain Alexander Morgan, 1815; a letter from Peter Mayo to L L. Henderson concerning a possible suit against the estate of William Trigg, 1815; three letters from John Morgan to William Carpenter, 1820, pertaining to a decree to sell Morgan's slaves; a letter pertaining to a deposition from the case McHenry vs. Mitchell, 1821; a letter from Franklin Smith to Congressman Alexander Smyth, 1824; and a letter from John Thompson to his wife in Woodford County, Kentucky, 1831.

Washington County (Va.) Estray Book, 1865-1913 is a register giving public notice of valuable, tame animals, either lost or found wandering and presumed escaped from their owners. These records allow the owners to reclaim their animals. Pages 1-8 of book include notes and calculation examples on Practical Surveying and pages 10-55 records estrays.

Washington County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1777-1871 includes Guardians' Bonds, 1780-1871 and Administrators' Bonds, 1777-1799, 1811, 1815. There are two undated Administrators' Bonds, one bond is for William Fork's estate and the other one is for Abraham Wilson's estate.

Washington County (Va.) Records, 1833-1910 circa includes miscellaneous records from the following series: Court Records, Fiduciary Records, Military and Pension Records, Wills, Land Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Road and Bridge Records, and Free Negro and Slave Records.