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Machine-readable finding aid derived from being created directly into EAD, created by Louise Jones, 12 April 2012 Description is in English 2014-02-07 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Buchanan County (Va.) Court Records, 1880-1912 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1050357, 1050362, 1123771, 1123776 Louise Jones

Library of Virginia 2010 Library of Virginia staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Buchanan County (Va.) Court Records, 1880-1912 1050357, 1050362, 1123771, 1123776 State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia 2 v. and 2 boxes English Buchanan County (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Buchanan County (Va.) Court Records, 1880-1912. Local government records collection, Buchanan 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 Buchanan County.

Historical Information

Buchanan County was named for the United States president James Buchanan and was formed from Tazewell and Russell Counties in 1858.

Records were destroyed by fire in 1885; records created after that date suffered extreme damage in a flood in 1977.

Scope and Content

Buchanan County (Va.) Court Records, 1880-1912, consist of a Witness Attendance Book, a Minutes Book, and two boxes of fifas (executions).

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Buchanan County Court Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm"

See the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.

For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Buchanan County (Va.) Circuit Court Subjects: Public records--Virginia--Buchanan County Geographical Names: Buchanan County (Va.)--History Genre and Form Terms: Local government records--Virginia--Buchanan County Added Entry - Corporate Name: Buchanan County (Va.) County Court. Contents List Witness Attendance Book, 1880-1895

This book gives the names of witnesses.

Minutes, 1893-1901

Minutes books contain the clerk's rough notes of court proceedings, which were later transcribed into an order book. Most minute books lack indexes.

Fifas, 1885-1895

Box 128a contains fifas, 1885-1895. Fifas are executions used in Judgment suits.

Fifas, 1896-1912

Box 128b contains Fifas, 1896-1912.