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        <titleproper>A Guide to the Pittsylvania County (Va.) Court Records, <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1834-1854</date></titleproper>
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      <titleproper>A Guide to the Pittsylvania (Va.) Court Records, <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1834-1858</date></titleproper>
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      <unittitle label="Title" encodinganalog="245$a">Patrick County (Va.) Court Records,  
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      <physdesc label="Physical Characteristics" encodinganalog="300$a">26 p. and 1 leaf
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        <p>Pittsylvania County (Va.) Court Records, 1834-1854. Local government records collection, Local Government Records Replevin Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
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        <p>These items came to the Library of Virginia in 2004 in a transfer. 
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      <p>Pittsylvania County was named in honor of William Pitt, first earl of Chatham, a great English statesman. It was formed from Halifax County in 1766.
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      <p>These records was replevined by the Library of Virginia following the trial entitled Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Larry I. Vass heard in Henrico County Circuit Court in November 1972.
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      <p>Pittsylvania County (Va.) Court Records, 1834-1854. The collection contains various documents removed from Pittsylvania County court records, as follows: an answer from the chancery cause Administrator of Josiah Morton vs. James Smith, etc., 1834; the deposition of John Barnes from the Superior Court of Law and Chancery cause Adams Sutherlin vs. Thomas Sutherlin, etc., 1834; a copy, 1832, of the Guardian Accounts of Stephen Terry, Guardian of the Heirs of William Terry, 1825-1829; a bill from the chancery cause Deny Wills vs. Enoch Gerry and wife, etc., 1836; a letter from Notley P. Adams to Captain John E. Brown, used as an exhibit in the chancery cause Notley Adams vs. Administrators of John E. Brown, 1837; a deed from Rawlins and Coleman to Luke Palmer, 1842; an affidavit from the case Lipscomb vs. Barker, 1845; the deposition of Thomas F. Poindexter from the case Theophilus Collins vs. John H. Carter, 1846; a letter from S.E. White to William Rison, 1846 Aug. 30 pertaining to the settlement of the state of White's father; affidavits of Sally Keesee from the case, Sally Keesee and William Anderson vs. George P. Keesee, 1846; a deposition wrapper from the case Administrator of Tarpley vs. Executor of Price, 1848; a letter from C.B. Taliaferro, Bank of Virginia in Danville, to William H. Tunstall, concerning the accounts of A.C. Shelton, 1850 Nov. 4; a bill from the chancery cause James B. Harris vs. William Smith, Trustee, 1850; and a bill from the chancery cause Benjamin Watkins vs. William R. McCoy, etc., 1854.
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        <p>For additional information concerning the replevin of these items see Larry I. Vass Case records, 1781-1973, found at the Library of Virginia.</p>
        <p>Additional Pittsylvania County court records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult <extref xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA213">"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm"</extref> and <extref xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/local/chancery/index.htm">The Chancery Records Index</extref>. 
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        <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650$a">Replevin--Virginia.</subject>
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