PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi03361::A Guide to the Lee County (Va.) Judgments, 1860-1960)//EN" "vi03361.xml" A Guide to the Lee County (Va.) Judgments, 1860-1960 Lee County (Va.) Judgments, 1860-1960 0007286615, 1200659, 1200670, 1200683, 1200687, 1200689, 1200691-1200704, 1202664, 1207635 Bari Helms Library of Virginia © 2010 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from being created directly into EAD, created by Bari Helms, 28 February 2012 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Lee County (Va.) Judgments, 1860-1960 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 0007286615, 1200659, 1200670, 1200683, 1200687, 1200689, 1200691-1200704, 1202664, 1207635 Bari Helms

Library of Virginia 2010 Library of Virginia staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Lee County (Va.) Judgments, 1860-1960 0007286615, 1200659, 1200670, 1200683, 1200687, 1200689, 1200691-1200704, 1202664, 1207635 Library of Virginia 9.9 cu. ft. (22 boxes) English Lee County (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions. The collection is unprocessed but open for research.

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Preferred Citation

Lee County (Va.) Judgments, 1860-1960. Local Government Records Collection, Lee County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Lee County under accession number 44298.

Historical Information

Lee County was named Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, governor of Virginia from 1791 to 1794. It was formed from Russell County in 1792. Part of Scott County was added in 1823. Its area is 438 square miles, and the county seat is Jonesville.

A significant number of loose records prior to 1860 including chancery and judgments are missing. They were probably destroyed when Union forces burned the courthouse in October 1863 during the Civil War. Most volumes including deed books, will books, and order books exist because a local judge removed them from the courthouse for safekeeping before the fire occurred.

Scope and Content

Lee County (Va.) Judgments, 1860-1960, 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.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Lee County Court Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

 Index Terms Corporate Names: Lee County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Civil procedure--Virginia--Lee County. Debt--Virginia--Lee County. Public records--Virginia--Lee County. Geographical Names: Lee County (Va.)--History. Genre and Form Terms: Decisions--Virginia--Lee County. Judicial records--Virginia--Lee County. Local government records--Virginia--Lee County. Petitions--Virginia--Lee County. Warrants (Law)--Virginia--Lee County.