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        <titleproper>A Guide to the Scott County (Va.) Court Records, <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1815-1942, undated</date></titleproper>
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      <titleproper>A Guide to the Scott County (Va.) Court Records, <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1815-1942, undated</date></titleproper>
      <subtitle>A Collection in <lb/>the Library of Virginia
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      <head>Descriptive Summary
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      <unittitle label="Title" encodinganalog="245$a">Scott County (Va.) Court Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" label="Date" encodinganalog="245$f" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1815-1942, undated
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      <physloc label="Location">State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
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      <physdesc label="Physical Characteristics" encodinganalog="300$a">7 v.; 151 boxes
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        <language langcode="eng">English
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      <origination label="Collector" encodinganalog="110$a">Scott County (Va.) Circuit Court.
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        <p>There are no restrictions.
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        <head>Preferred Citation
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        <p>Scott County (Va.) Court Records, 1815-1942, undated. Local government records collection, Scott County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
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        <head>Acquisition Information
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        <p>The majority of items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Scott County.
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        <p>Items 1165189 and 1165190 came to the Virginia State Library and Archives (now the Library of Virginia) under accession number 33999.
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      <p>Scott County was formed from Lee, Russell and Washington counties by a statute adopted on 24 November 1814. The county court first met on 14 February 1815. Scott County was named for General Winfied Scott, a native of Virginia, in recognition of his victories during the War of 1812. General Scott was later commanding general of the American army during the war with Mexico.
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      <p>These records were originally created by the County, Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery and Circuit Courts.</p>
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      <p>Scott County (Va.) Court Records, 1815-1942, undated, are comprised of various volumes and loose records (both processed and unprocessed.) The volumes, 1819-1909, consist of 2 execution books, 1 memorandum book, 1 witness attendance book, 1 fee book, 1 book containing attachments, appeals and motions and 1 execution at law book. The loose records consist of 4 boxes of county court and justice of the peace executions, 116 boxes of judgments (1815-1910), 12 boxes of commonwealth causes (1815-1921), 1 box of causes determined, causes determined at law and common law causes, 5 boxes of criminal records (including warrants, an oversized indictment, recognizances, 1815 Jul.-1896 Jun. and undated, affidavits for William Peters in the suit of Confederate States of America versus William Peters - charge of harboring, 1863 and other record types), 1 box of chancery executions, 1 box of judgments, affidavits and declarations, 6 boxes of additional judgments (one of which contains Atkinson's Saturday Washington Post newspaper), 1 box of unprocessed judgments, 1 box containing a variety of judgments (unlawful detainers [1867, 1870], warrants[1823 Nov.-1916 Mar.], writ of habeas corpus[1863], writs of possession[1897, 1899] and a writ of supersedes[1859] and 2 boxes containing items related to judgments (summons[1823-1911], transcript Record[1867-1884], writ of error[1878]. Debts owed to James Fullen (exhibits in unidentified court case), 1815-1825 ca. Debts owed to William H. Fisher (exhibits in unidentified court case in which Wolfe and others were parties in suit) 1820-1830 ca; petitions[1843-1915], exceptions[1831], orders[1854], scire facias[1819-1877], sheriff report of sales[1877], statement of proceedings[1871], subpoenas[1815-1923], suggestions[1872-1891], summons[1815-1822] and and one box of Clerks' Records, Jury Records and Court Finance Records.
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        <p>Additional Scott 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=VA255">"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."</extref>
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        <head>Corporate Names:</head>
        <corpname encodinganalog="610$a">Scott County (Va.) Circuit Court.</corpname>
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        <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650$a">Public records--Virginia--Scott County.</subject>
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        <head>Geographical Names:</head>
        <geogname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="651$a">Scott County (Va.)--History.</geogname>
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        <genreform source="aat" encodinganalog="655$a">Local government records--Virginia--Scott County.</genreform>
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