PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi03860::A Guide to the Bland County (Va.) Records, 1861-1957)//EN" "vi03860.xml" A Guide to the Bland County (Va.) Records, 1861-1957 Bland County (Va.) Records, 1861-1957 1015383-1015386, 1015388, 1015390, 1015406, 1097588, 1097638, 1151851-1151853 Bari Helms Library of Virginia © 2012 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, 25 January 2013 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Bland County (Va.) Records, 1861-1957 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1015383-1015386, 1015388, 1015390, 1015406, 1097588, 1097638, 1151851-1151853 Bari Helms

Library of Virginia 2012 Library of Virginia staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia Bland County (Va.) Records, 1861-1957 1015383-1015386, 1015388, 1015390, 1015406, 1097588, 1097638, 1151851-1151853 State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia 12 boxes and/or volumes English Bland County (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Bland County (Va.) Records, 1861-1957, Local government records collection, Bland County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Bland County.

Historical Information

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.

Scope and Content

Bland County (Va.) Records, 1861-1957, includes miscellaneous records from the following series: Circuit Court Records, County Court Records, Justice of the Peace Records, Election Records, Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, Fiduciary Records, Land Records, Military and Pension Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Clerk's Records, Board of Supervisors, and Road and Bridge Records.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Bland 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: Bland County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Public records -- Virginia -- Bland County. Geographical Names: Bland County (Va.) -- History. Genre and Form Terms: Local government records -- Virginia -- Bland County. Contents List Records, 1896-1901

Commonwealth Causes, Road and Bridge Records, and Jury Records.

Records, 1889-1895

Commonwealth Causes, Road and Bridge Records, and Jury Records.

Records, 1881-1903

Judgments Confessed, Abstracts of Votes, and Constable's Returns

Records, 1902-1903

Judgments, Commonwealth Causes, Sleeping Papers, Disposed and Current Papers, Old Law Papers, Road and Bridge Records.

Records, 1888-1921

Constable's Returns and Dockets and Liquour License Reports.

Records, 1862-1946

Personal Papers of G. R. Repass [court clerk], 1895-1946; Health and Medical Records: Lunacy Papers, 1912-1936; Tax and Fiscal Records: Orders for Claims, 1902-1913; Marriage and Vital Statistics: Orders for Marriage Licenses, 1913-1925.

Records, 1867-1927

Birth and Death Lists, Certificates of Births and Deaths, Fiduciary Settlements, and Sale and Appraisement Bills Recorded.

Records, 1867-1903

Common Law Rule Docket (includes County and Circuit Court).

Records, 1861-1896

County Court Records: Pleas, 1861-1862; Military and Pension Records: Board of Exemption Minutes, 1862-1863; Board of Supervisors: Minute Book, 1870-1896.

Records, 1889-1911

Deeds and lists of heirs.

Records, 1912-1929

Deeds and lists of heirs.

Records, 1930-1957, 1960

Deeds and lists of heirs.