PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi03622::A Guide to the Isle of Wight County (Va.) Judgments, 1857-1941//EN" "vi03622.xml" A Guide to the Isle of Wight (Va.) Judgments, 1857-1941 Isle of Wight County (Va.) Judgments, 1857-1941 1161370-1161387, 1161400, 1161407. J. Porter Library of Virginia © 2013 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by J. Porter, 16 August 2013 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Isle of Wight County (Va.) Judgments, 1857-1941 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1161370-1161387, 1161400, 1161407. J. Porter

Library of Virginia 2013 Library of Virginia staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Isle of Wight County (Va.) Judgments, 1857-1941 1161370-1161387, 1161400, 1161407 Library of Virginia. Some Records in this collection may be located at the State Records Center. Contact Archives Research Services for access information, direction and hours. 20 boxes. English Isle of Wight County (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Isle of Wight County (Va.) Judgments, 1857-1941. Local government records collection, Isle of Wight Couunty Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These records came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers Isle of Wight County, Va.

Historical Information

Isle of Wight County was most likely named for the Isle of Wight of the south coast of England. It was first known as Warrosquyoake and was one of the eight shires established in 1634. The present name was given in 1637. Part of Nansemond County was added in 1769.

 Scope and Content

Isle of Wight County (Va.) Judgments, 1857-1941, consits of civil cases heard in Circuit Court in which justice was administered on the strictly formulated rules of common law. The majority of cases in this record series relate to matters of debt.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Isle of Wight County 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: Isle of Wight County (Va.) Circuit Court Subjects: Civil procedure -- Virginia -- Isle of Wight County. Debt -- Virginia -- Isle of Wight County. Public records -- Virginia -- Isle of Wight County. Geographical Names: Isle of Wight County (Va.) -- History. Genre and Form Terms: Decisions -- Virginia -- Isle of Wight County. Judicial records -- Virginia -- Isle of Wight County. Local government records -- Virginia -- Isle of Wight County.