viblbv00516Burns & Burns RecordsBurns & Burns Records, 1871-1910 Ms.1994.032Special Collections and University Archives StaffSpecial Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-07 13:40:13 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Burns & Burns Records Burns and Burns (Law firm) (Lebanon, Va.) Ms.1994.032 2 Cubic Feet 2 boxes 1871-1910 The collection consists of the office records of Burns & Burns, Attorneys at Law, of Lebanon, Virginia. The records consist of case files, legal briefs, correspondence, circuit court petitions, and collection notices. The materials in the collection are in English. Conditions Governing Access

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 Source of Acquisition

The Burns & Burns Records were purchased by Special Collections in 1994.

 Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Burns & Burns Records occurred in 1996. Additional processing was completed in 1998.

 Administrative History

The collection consists of the office records of Burns & Burns, Attorneys at Law, of Lebanon, Virginia. The records begin as those of Burns & Ayers until approximately 1900, when the firm changed its name to Burns & Burns and was headed by William E. Burns.

 Scope and Content

The collection consists of the office records of Burns & Burns, Attorneys at Law, of Lebanon, Virginia. The records begin as those of Burns & Ayers until approximately 1900, when the firm changed its name to Burns & Burns and was headed by William E. Burns. The records consist of case files, legal briefs, correspondence, circuit court petitions, and collection notices. Corporate clients include the Norfolk & Western Railway Company, Clinch Valley Coal & Iron Company, the Long Pole Lumber Company, the Bassett Jewelry Company, and the Illinois Sewing Machine Company, among others. The firm also defended several people against the Commonwealth of Virginia in murder trials.

 Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically.

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The guide to the Burns & Burns Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).

 Local/Regional History and Appalachian South Elizabeth Samples vs. Stuart Land & Cattle Company, land dower dispute1871-189711W.A. Stewart vs. A.S. Carter, land dispute1891-189512H.C. Stuart vs. J.H. Tow1892-189813Miscellaneous collection correspondence1892-191814Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia at Wytheville, James S. Helton vs. P.L. Johnson189315R. Stinson & Son vs. Harris & Stinson1893-189616L.B. Self vs. A.K. Couch1893-189817Holland addition (Coeburn Land & Improvement Co.)1893-190518W.H. Barrow vs. C.W. Hunt189419Brown vs. B.J. Wysor1894110James S. Helton vs. P.L. Johnson1894111P.L. Johnson vs. L. Finney1894112Pocahontas Inn vs. Samuel Ashton Jr.1894113Tucker & Co. vs. Harris and Stinson1894114H.C. Stuart vs. Sue G. Hancock, estate settlement1894-1895115Commonwealth of Virginia vs. W.N. Rensch1894-1896116Campbell vs. Carter's heirs1894-1896117Commonwealth of Virginia vs. John Wilson, felony1895118Dr. Harter Medicine Co. vs. L.J. Johnson1895119Mary E. Stinson vs. Margaret Hargis, estate settlement1895-1896120Tucker & Co. vs. H.C. Davis1895-1896121Powers, Little & Co. vs. J.H. Humphreys1895-1897122J.T. Puckett vs. D. Getzendanner1895-1898123Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Alfred Goff et al1896124Huntsman Bros. & Co. vs. J.B. Fuller1896125Elizabeth Rasnick vs. Reuben Banner1896126J.M. Robinson Norton & Co. vs J.T. Kendrick & Co.1896127Tucker & Co. vs. Honaker Produce & Supply1896128Debt collections against T.K. Wallace1896-1899129Miscellaneous postcards1896-1918130Miscellaneous envelopes1896-1924131The Fidelity Insurance, Trust Safe & Deposit Co. vs. Norfolk & Western Railroad Co.1897132Norfolk & Western Railway and Lebanon & Cleveland Telephone papers concerning placement of telephone equipment on N & W property1897133M.L. Ogburn & Co. vs. J.J. Dickenson1897134The Russell College vs. A.F. Hunt1897135The Russell College vs. H. Sawyers1897136H.A. Shoemaker vs. James S. Helton and V.B. Meade1897137Martha Ann Street vs. Wilson et al, land deed1897138The Piano Manufacturing Co. vs. William E. Fields1898139Jackson, Oglesby & Co. vs. H.D. Lockhart & Co.1898-1899140Pearre Bros. & Co. vs. C.H. Compton & Co.1898-1899141Letters of Jane Collins, Jack Hardin, C.E. Stafford and others concerning Burns & Ayers interest in land and timber1898-1900142Pearre Bros. & Co. vs. C.H. Compton & Co.1898-1900143J.H. Meade vs. M.V. Fletcher1898-1903144Receipt for writ tax in Burns & Ayers vs. J.B. Fugate1900145Letter concerning Howard vs. N & W Railway1900146F.R. Penn Tobacco Co. vs. H.F. Garrett & Co.1900147Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Taylor Horton and Henry Horton1900-1901148Ashbrook and Thomas vs. A.J. Kaufhold1900-1905149Powers, Little & Co. vs. C. Wallace1901-1902150Powers, Little & Co. vs. T.K. Wallace & Son1901-1902151Fee bills for J.B. Ashbrook1901-1904152C.S. and J.H. Bradshaw vs. G.C. Gose, Administrator1902153H.H. Dickenson & Son vs. H.B. Ferguson1902-1904154Benjamin Dye vs. J.C. Artrip1902-1907155G.W. Quarles & Co. vs. J.E. Monk1903156Cyrus Blankenship vs. W.M. Ritter Lumber Co.1903157W.E. Burns correspondence concerning Robert Cross loan with the Princeton Banking Co.1903158Clinch Valley Barytes Co. Vs. J. McGlothins heirs1903159A. Combs vs. R. Clark1903160Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Frank A. Smith1903161Wolford Bros. Vs. Barney Thompson1903162Interstate Coal & Iron Co. and Clinch Valley Coal & Iron Co. vs. John Cook's heirs (also, see same vs. John Warder's heirs)1903-1905163Interstate Coal & Iron Co. and Clinch Valley Coal & Iron Co. vs. John Warder's heirs (also, see same vs. John Cook's heirs)1903-1906164Incorporation of Swords Creek Coal and Coke Co.1903-1906165John W. Ball vs. Clinch Valley Barytes Co.1903-1908166Mary E. Counts vs. Lot Counts, et al1903-1909167J.W. Bastic vs. John C. Fugate, debt1904168McCue & Wright Milling Co. vs. J.H. Shoemaker190421Office of W.W. Bird, commissioner of Lebanon, VA, depositions concerning S.M. McEwen vs. Dawson Coal & Coke190422W.L. Dennis vs. Parris Charles190423Elk Garden Mercantile Co. vs. C.J. Dickenson190424Enterprise Foundry Co. vs. Robinson and Sharmaker190425H.C. Ketron vs. Geo W.H. Gilmer, partition190426Wilson Litton vs. Mary Litton, settlement of Salomon Litton's estate190427Contract for Long Pole Lumber Co. and William H. Haire190428McCue & Wright Milling Co. vs. J.E. Monk190429McEwen depositions concerning suit against Dawson Coal & Coke1904210S.N. Johnson vs. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.1904211H.C. Smith letter to Burns & Burns1904212Thompson & Crockett vs. Norfolk and Western Railway Co.1904213In re Kilgore's direct index and reference to deed books1904214Isaac Eberly vs. Paris Charles1904215Flat Top Grocery Co. vs. J.H. Shoemaker1904-1905216Myrtle Harris vs. Charlie Harris, partition1904-1905217William Honaker vs. Isaac Honaker1904-1905218W.A. Scott & Co. vs. G.E. Burnett1904-1905219John N. Watkins vs. W.J. Williamson1904-1905220M.D. Wells vs. T.K. Wallace & Sons1904-1905221R.E. Hawley vs. H.H. Aston1904-1909222J.B. Bradshaw vs. Cosby Bradshaw, suit to partition land1905223Bluefield Furniture Co. vs. G.E. Burnett1905224L. Finney vs. Long Pole Lumber Co.1905225Morgan Justus vs. W.M. Ritter Lumber Co.1905226Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Joe Doston1905227Bluefield Hardware Co. vs. Brown & Cyphers1905228G.W. Price vs. Norfolk and Western Railway Co.1905229Wilbur Stock Food Co. vs. J.T. Brattin1905230Spencer Tracy Co. vs. Banner Co.1905231Sweer, Orr Co. vs. D. Banner1905232Bluefield Furniture Co. vs. M.L. Barrett1905233A.C. Fowler vs. Long Pole Lumber Co.1905-1906234A. D. Shoemaker vs. Gardner Barytes1905-1906235Flanders vs. Salyer Bros.1905-1906236William Nash and Fullen Nash vs. Yellow Poplar Lumber Co., Excelsior Coal & Lumber Co., Russell Fork Coal & Lumber Co., and Virginia Trust Co.1905-1910237Elliot vs. Elliot, estate settlement1906238Douglas H. Gordon vs. R.G. Watkins, estate settlement1906239Guggenheimer & Co. vs. Banner & House1906240Thomas McCloud vs. Clinch Valley Barytes Co., contract dispute1906241The Red Cross Supply Co. vs. Mrs. Amanda Collins1906242J.C. Smith correspondence to C.C. Burns concerning Counts vs. Counts1906243Abbey Wilson and Robert Coleman vs. Abel McFaddin and J.C. Pipper1906244A.C. Fowler vs. Hutchinson Lumber & Manufacturing Co.1906-1907245Bassett Jewelry Co. vs. L.L. Bays & Sons1906-1907246Illinois Sewing Machine Co. vs. A.D. Stewart & Co.1906-1908247J.I. Hunt vs. J.H. Chandler1906-1908248Travelers Insurance Co. vs. Clinch Valley Baryter Co.1906-1909249Thomas, Andrews & Co. vs. Salyer Bros.1907250Baltimore Bargain House vs. Perry Honaker & Co.1908251Bowser & Co. vs. A.L. Grizzle1908252Guggenheimer & Co. vs. O'Keita Planning Mill Co.1908253Illinois Sewing Machine Co. vs. A.L. Grizzle1908254Stebbins Specialty Co. vs. T. R. Robinson1908-1909255O.H. Viall vs. Boyd & Alderson1908-1909256E.R. Boyd note to C.C. Burns concerning Illinois Sewing Machine Co. vs. Henry Ratliff1909257Correspondence between Robertson, Burns, and Morison concerning McEwen vs. Dawson Coal & Coke Co.1910258Ashbrook & Thomas vs. A.J. Kaufhold259Sarah Barton vs. Jasper Cook's heirs260Commonwealth of Virginia vs. David Ball and Cornelius Ball261Commonwealth of Virginia vs. George Cook262Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Lindsay Thompson and Gregory Burnett263Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Wiley Oquinn264Charles Johnson vs. James L Smith and wife, ejectment265Russell County Circuit Court depositions for S.M. McEwen vs. Dawson Coal & Coke Co.266Dr. J.M. Taulbee vs. Russell County267Abstract title of George A. Warder, et al268Songs and memoriam by L.A. Killion written about his parents; Deed to L. Killion included269