Prince William County (Va.) County Court Records, 1752-1897, undated contain three fee books, eight indices to execution books, one memorandum book, one minute book, seven order books, two record books and one summons docket (Index to Cases Suspended)/Memorandum Book. Early order and minute books for this county also contain executions.

Record book dated 1803-1804 was kept for the District Court in Dumfries and heard suits from Prince William as well as surrounding localities.

Fee books are volumes showing the date of a duty performed by the clerk, the name of the person paying the fees and the amount. These books include fees charged attorneys, cash accounts and the clerk's fees in common law and chancery suits.

An execution is a court order directing a sheriff or other officer to enforce a judgment, usually by seizing and selling the judgment debtor's property.

Memorandum books are used for notations of entries to be made in other books.

Minute books contain the clerk's rough notes of court proceedings.

Order books are the formal, corrected transcript of the clerk's notes of the proceedings of court.

A summons could be one of three things: a writ directing a sheriff to summon a defendant to appear in court, a writ or process commencing the plaintiff's action and requiring the defendant to appear and answer or a notice requiring a person to appear in court as a juror or a witness.

A docket is a brief formal record of proceedings in a court of justice; an entry of all acts in the conduct of a case, from inception to conclusion.