PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi04512::A Guide to the City of Winchester (Va.) Miscellaneous Records, 1887-1922)//EN" "vi04512.xml" A Guide to the City of Winchester (Va.) Miscellaneous Records, 1887-1922 Winchester (Va.) Miscelleanous Records, 1096845, 1096802 Sherri Bagley Library of Virginia © 2017 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved. Machine-readable finding aid derived from Database by Sherri Bagley, 06 December 2017 Description is in English A Guide to the City of Winchester (Va.) Miscellaneous Records, 1887-1922 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1096845, 1096802

Library of Virginia 2017 Library of Virginia staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia City of Winchester (Va.) Miscellaneous Records, 1887-1922 1096845, 1096802 State Records Center-Archives Annex, Library of Virginia 2 vols. English Winchester (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Winchester (Va.) Miscellaneous Records, 1887-1922. Local government records collection, City of Winchester Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipment of court papers from City of Winchester.

Historical Information

City of Winchester, in Frederick County was first known as Opequon, then as Frederick's Town (or Fredericktown), and, finally, upon establishment as a town in 1752, as Winchester. According to tradition, one of the town's founders, James Wood, named the town in honor of his birthplace in England. Winchester was incorporated as a town in 1779 and as a city in 1874. It was enlarged by annexation from Frederick County in 1970.

Scope and Content

City of Winchester (Va.) Miscellaneous Records, 1887-1922, includes Medical Licenses, 1887-1914; Vendors' Liens, 1894-1912; Mechanics' Lien Docket No. 1, 1893-1922.

Arrangement

Arranged Chronological

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional City of Winchester 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: Winchester (Va.) Circuit Court Subjects: Medical records--Virginia--Winchester Public records--Virginia--Winchester Geographical Names: Winchester (Va.)--History Genre and Form Terms: Local government records--Virginia--Winchester