PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi05156::A Guide to the Campbell County (Va.) Deeds, 1783-1862)//EN" "vi05156.xml" A Guide to the Campbell County (Va.) Deeds, 1783-1862 Campbell County (Va.) Deeds, 1783-1862 0007741626-0007741629 Greg Crawford Library of Virginia © 2019 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, 09 April 2019 Description is in English A Guide to the Campbell County (Va.) Deeds, 1783-1862 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 0007741626-0007741629 Bari Helms

Library of Virginia 2019 Ed Jordan Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Campbell County (Va.) Deeds, 1783-1862 0007741626-0007741629 Library of Virginia 4 boxes English Campbell County (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Campbell County (Va.) Deeds, 1783-1862, Local government records collection, Campbell 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 Campbell County under the accession number 41336.

Historical Information

Campbell County was named for William Campbell, a general in the militia during the Revolutionary War and one of the heroes of the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780. The county was formed from Bedford County by an act passed on 15 December 1781. The county court first met on 7 February 1782. The county seat is Rustburg.

A law passed in 1782 by the state legislature made it lawful to emancipate slaves.

 Scope and Content

Campbell County (Va.) Deeds, 1783-1862, consists of deeds of emancipation and manumission, bills of sale related to transactions of enslaved people, certificates of removal of enslaved people, and an apprenticeship indenture.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Campbell County Deeds can be found at the Library of Virginia.

Additional Campbell County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm" found on the Library of Virginia's web site.

See also: Campbell County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1844

See also: Campbell County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1812-1813

See also: Campbell County (Va.) Deeds of Emancipation, 1782-1857

 Index Terms Corporate Names: Campbell County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: African Americans-History Apprentices--Virginia--Campbell County Free African Americans--Virginia--Campbell County Geographical Names: Campbell County (Va.)--History Genre and Form Terms: Local government records--Virginia--Campbell County.