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Montgomery County (Va.) Public Buildings and Grounds, 1772-1860. Barcode number 1048926. Local government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
These item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Montgomery County Circuit Court.
Montgomery County was formed in 1775 from Fincastle County. Part of Botetourt County was added in 1789 and part of Pulaski County in 1842.
Montgomery County (Va.) Public Buildings and Grounds, 1772-1860. This series consist of a single folder containing accounts for repairs to the courthouse (1772, 1793, 1831), a survey of the jail and courthouse boundary (1788), a report from Montgomery County commissioners assigned to inspect the Greenbriar County jail building (1811), and a contract and accounts for building the new jail (1859-1860). The 1772 account for courthouse repairs concerns the Fincastle County courthouse.
Additional Montgomery County records may 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.