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        <titleproper>A Guide to the Bland County (Va.) Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1861-1919</date></titleproper>
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      <titleproper>A Guide to the Bland County (Va.) Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1861-1919</date></titleproper>
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        <p> Bland County (Va.) Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1861-1919, Local government records collection, Bland County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219. 
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        <p>These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Bland County.
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      <p>Bland County is said to have been named for Richard Bland, a leader of colonial Virginia's resistance to Great Britain in the 1760s and 1770s.  It was formed from Giles, Wythe, and Tazewell Counties in 1861, and another part of Giles was added in 1900.  Its area is 369 square miles, and the county seat is Bland.
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        <p>Additional Bland County 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=VA027">"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."</extref></p>
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