PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi03833::A Guide to the Highland County (Va.) Election Records, 1944-1974)//EN" "vi03833.xml" A Guide to the Highland County (Va.) Election Records, 1944-1974 Highland County (Va.) Election Records, 1944-1974 1046848 Sarah Nerney 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 Sarah Nerney, 7 February 2013 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Highland County (Va.) Election Records, 1944-1974 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1046848 Sarah Nerney

Library of Virginia 2013 Sarah Nerney Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Highland County (Va.) Election Records, 1944-1974 1046848 State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia .35 cu. ft. (1 box) English Highland County (Va.) Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Highland County (Va.) Election Records, 1944-1974. Local government records collection, Highland County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Highland County.

Historical Information

Highland County was named for its mountainous terrain. It was formed from Bath and Pendleton (West Virginia) Counties in 1847.

Scope and Content

Highland County (Va.) Election Records, 1944-1974, are abstracts of votes. These records are certified by the circuit court clerk and document the summary by the Electoral Board of the official results. Includes total number of voters, write-in certification, total votes for each candidate/issue.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Highland County (Va.). Circuit Court. Subjects: Local elections -- Virginia -- Highland County. Geographical Names: Highland County (Va.) -- History -- 20th century. Genre and Form Terms: Abstracts (summaries) -- Virginia -- Highland County. Election returns -- Virginia -- Highland County. Local government records -- Virginia -- Highland County.