A Guide to the Southampton County (Va.) Judgments, 1743-1943 Southampton County (Va.) Judgments, 1743-1943
1050775-1050778, 1119643-1119694, 1147497-1147639
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Barcode numbers 1050775-1050778, 1119643-1119694, 1147497-1147639
Title Southampton County (Va.) Judgments,
1743-1943
Physical Characteristics 90 cu. ft. (168 boxes)
Language
English
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Southampton County (Va.) Judgments, 1743-1943. Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
These items came in a transfer of court papers from Southampton County.
Southampton County was formed from Isle of Wight County in 1749. A part of Nansemond County was added in 1785.
The County Court was the original colonial court of adjudication and recordation, and it was the principal tribunal for the
administration of local justice. The individual justices could act on small claims
matters as well as criminal matters where imminent bodily harm was a possibility, there being an appeal to the full County
Court, which met monthly. This court ceased to exist in 1904 and the recordation function
was transferred to the circuit court.
The District Courts were created by the General Assembly in 1788. They were designed to alleviate congestion in the General
Court which had caused long delays in adjudication of common law cases. The District
Courts were abolished in 1808 and were replaced by the superior courts of law.
The Superior Court of Law was created in 1808. It met twice a year in each county, presided over by a circuit-riding General
Court judge. Records were filed with the County Court. It had civil and criminal
jurisdiction. The court ceased to exist in 1831.
The Circuit Superior Courts of Law and Chancery, established in 1831, were the upper courts on the local level. Sessions were
held twice a year in each county, presided over by a General Court judge. The
counties were grouped into districts for the convenience of the judge. The court ceased to exist in 1851.
The Circuit Court was authorized by the Constitution of 1851 and established by an act of the General Assembly passed in May
1852. Courts were held twice yearly in each county, presided over by 21 judges who
rode circuits in the area of their jurisdiction. The records were filed with County Court records. These courts were granted
original jurisdiction concurrrent with that of the County Courts, as well as appellate
jurisdiction in all civil cases of more than fifty dollars and criminal cases not "expressly cognizable in some other court,"
including those involving loss of life.
Southampton County (Va.) Judgments, 1743-1943, contain civil cases heard in County Court, District Court, Superior Court of
Law, Circuit Superior Court, and Circuit Court in which justice was administered on the strictly
formulated rules of common law. The majority of cases in this record series relate to matters of debt. A few boxes in the
collection contain additional material such as clerks' notes, letters, and criminal warrants.
Chronological (Cases filed within each box by month and year they were resolved.)
Civil procedure -- Virginia -- Southampton County.
Courts -- Virginia -- Southampton County.
Debt -- Virginia -- Southampton County.
Decisions -- Virginia -- Southampton County.
Judicial records -- Virginia -- Southampton County.
Local government records -- Virginia -- Southampton County.
Public Records -- Virginia -- Southampton County.
Southampton County (Va.) -- Circuit Court.
Southampton County (Va.) -- Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery.
Southampton County (Va.) -- County Court.
Southampton County (Va.) -- District Court.
Southampton County (Va.) -- History.
Southampton County (Va.) -- Superior Court of Law.
Southampton County (Va.) -- History.
Barcode 1147497
Judgments, County Court
1743-1751
Barcode 1119646
Judgments, County Court (Oversize)
1752-1821
Barcode 1147498
Judgments, County Court
1752-1754
Barcode 1147499
Judgments, County Court
1754-1755
Barcode 1147500
Judgments, County Court
1755-1756
Barcode 1147501
Judgments, County Court
1756-1758
Barcode 1147502
Judgments, County Court
1758-1759
Barcode 1147503
Judgments, County Court
1760-1761
Barcode 1147504
Judgments, County Court
1761-1762
Barcode 1147505
Judgments, County Court
1763
Barcode 1147506
Judgments, County Court
1764
Barcode 1147507
Judgments, County Court
1764-1765
Barcode 1147508
Judgments, County Court
1765-1766
Barcode 1147509
Judgments, County Court
1766-1767
Barcode 1147510
Judgments, County Court
1767
Barcode 1147511
Judgments, County Court
1767-1768
Barcode 1147512
Judgments, County Court
1768-1769
Barcode 1147513
Judgments, County Court
1770-1771
Barcode 1147514
Judgments, County Court
1771-1772
Barcode 1147515
Judgments, County Court
1772-1773
Barcode 1147516
Judgments, County Court
1773-1775
Barcode 1147517
Judgments, County Court
1776-1783
Barcode 1147518
Judgments, County Court
1783-1784
Barcode 1147519
Judgments, County Court
1784
Barcode 1147520
Judgments, County Court
1784-1785
Barcode 1147521
Judgments, County Court
1785-1786
Barcode 1147522
Judgments, County Court
1786-1787
Barcode 1147523
Judgments, County Court
1787-1788
Barcode 1147524
Judgments, County Court
1788-1789
Barcode 1147527
Judgments, County Court
1789-1790
Barcode 1147528
Judgments, County Court
1790-1791
Barcode 1147529
Judgments, County Court
1791
Barcode 1147530
Judgments, County Court
1791-1792
Barcode 1119643
Judgments, District Court and Superior Courts
1793-1826
Barcode 1147531
Judgments, County Court
1793
Barcode 1147532
Judgments, County Court
1794-1795
Barcode 1147533
Judgments, County Court
1795
Barcode 1147534
Judgments, County Court
1795-1796
Barcode 1147535
Judgments, County Court
1796-1797
Barcode 1147536
Judgments, County Court
1797-1798
Barcode 1147537
Judgments, County Court
1798-1799
Barcode 1147538
Judgments, County Court
1799-1800
Barcode 1147539
Judgments, County Court
1800
Barcode 1147540
Judgments, County Court
1801
Barcode 1147541
Judgments, County Court
1801
Barcode 1147542
Judgments, County Court
1802
Barcode 1147543
Judgments, County Court
1802-1803
Barcode 1147544
Judgments, County Court
1803-1804
Barcode 1147545
Judgments, County Court
1804-1805
Barcode 1147546
Judgments, County Court
1805
Barcode 1147547
Judgments, County Court
1805
Barcode 1147548
Judgments, County Court
1806
Barcode 1147549
Judgments, County Court
1806-1807
Barcode 1147550
Judgments, County Court
1807
Barcode 1147551
Judgments, County Court
1807-1808
Barcode 1147552
Judgments, County Court
1808
Barcode 1147553
Judgments, County Court
1809-1810
Barcode 1119649
Judgments
1809-1816
Barcode 1147554
Judgments, County Court
1810
Barcode 1147555
Judgments, County Court
1810-1811
Barcode 1147556
Judgments, County Court
1812-1813
Barcode 1147557
Judgments, County Court
1813-1814
Barcode 1147558
Judgments, County Court
1814-1815
Barcode 1147559
Judgments, County Court
1816
Barcode 1147561
Judgments, County Court
1816-1817
Barcode 1147560
Judgments, County Court
1817
Barcode 1119650
Judgments
1817-1819
Barcode 1147562
Judgments, County Court
1818
Barcode 1147563
Judgments, County Court
1818
Barcode 1147564
Judgments, County Court
1818-1819
Barcode 1147565
Judgments, County Court
1819-1820
Barcode 1147566
Judgments, County Court
1820
Barcode 1147567
Judgments, County Court
1820-1821
Barcode 1119651
Judgments
1820-1821
Barcode 1119652
Judgments
1821-1823
Barcode 1147568
Judgments, County Court
1821
Barcode 1147569
Judgments, County Court
1821-1822
Barcode 1147570
Judgments, County Court
1822
Barcode 1147571
Judgments, County Court
1823
Barcode 1147572
Judgments, County Court
1823-1824
Barcode 1147573
Judgments, County Court
1824
Barcode 1147574
Judgments, County Court
1824-1825
Barcode 1119654
Judgments
1824-1825
Barcode 1147575
Judgments, County Court
1825
Barcode 1147576
Judgments, County Court
1825-1826
Barcode 1147577
Judgments, County Court
1826
Barcode 1119653
Judgments
1826-1827
Barcode 1147578
Judgments, County Court
1827
Barcode 1147579
Judgments, County Court
1827
Barcode 1147580
Judgments, County Court
1827
Barcode 1147581
Judgments, County Court
1827
Barcode 1147583
Judgments, County Court
1828
Barcode 1147584
Judgments, County Court
1828
Barcode 1147585
Judgments, County Court
1828
Barcode 1147582
Judgments, County Court
1828
Barcode 1119656
Judgments
1828-1829
Barcode 1119655
Judgments
1829-1831
Barcode 1147586
Judgments, County Court
1829
Barcode 1147587
Judgments, County Court
1829
Barcode 1147588
Judgments, County Court
1830
Barcode 1147589
Judgments, County Court
1830
Barcode 1147590
Judgments, County Court
1830
Barcode 1147591
Judgments, County Court
1831
Barcode 1147592
Judgments, County Court
1831
Barcode 1147593
Judgments, County Court
1831-1832
Barcode 1119658
Judgments
1831-1833
Barcode 1147594
Judgments, County Court
1832
Barcode 1147595
Judgments, County Court
1832-1833
Barcode 1147596
Judgments, County Court
1833-1834
Barcode 1147597
Judgments, County Court
1834
Barcode 1119657
Judgments
1834-1835
Barcode 1147598
Judgments, County Court
1835
Barcode 1147599
Judgments, County Court
1836
Barcode 1119659
Judgments
1836-1838
Barcode 1147600
Judgments, County Court
1837
Barcode 1147601
Judgments, County Court
1838
Barcode 1147602
Judgments, County Court
1839
Barcode 1119660
Judgments
1839-1841 (D)
Barcode 1147603
Judgments, County Court
1840
Barcode 1147604
Judgments, County Court
1840-1841
Barcode 1147605
Judgments, County Court
1841
Barcode 1119661
Judgments
1841 (F)-1842 (C)
Barcode 1119662
Judgments
1842 (D)-1843 (H)
Barcode 1147606
Judgments, County Court
1842
Barcode 1147607
Judgments, County Court
1842-1843
Barcode 1147608
Judgments, County Court
1843
Barcode 1119664
Judgments
1843 (J)-1844 (F)
Barcode 1119663
Judgments
1844 (G)-1846 (C)
Barcode 1147609
Judgments, County Court
1844
Barcode 1147610
Judgments, County Court
1845-1846
Barcode 1119665
Judgments
1846 (D)-1849 (N)
Barcode 1147611
Judgments, County Court
1847-1848
Barcode 1147612
Judgments, County Court
1849-1850
Barcode 1119666
Judgments
1849 (P)-1851
Barcode 1119669
Judgments
1851-1857
Barcode 1147613
Judgments, County Court
1851-1854
Barcode 1147614
Judgments, County Court
1855-1857
Barcode 1147615
Judgments, County Court
1858
Barcode 1119670
Judgments
1858-1870
Barcode 1147616
Judgments, County Court
1859-1860
Barcode 1147617
Judgments, County Court
1861-1867
Barcode 1147618
Judgments, County Court
1868
Barcode 1147619
Judgments, County Court
1868-1870
Barcode 1147620
Judgments, County Court
1870-1871
Barcode 1119672
Judgments
1871-1884, 1893-1907
Barcode 1147621
Judgments, County Court
1872
Barcode 1147622
Judgments, County Court
1872-1873
Barcode 1147623
Judgments, County Court
1874-1876
Barcode 1147624
Judgments, County Court
1876-1878
Barcode 1147625
Judgments, County Court
1879-1881
Barcode 1147626
Judgments, County Court
1882-1883
Barcode 1147627
Judgments, County Court
1884
Barcode 1147628
Judgments, County Court
1885
Barcode 1147629
Judgments, County Court
1886
Barcode 1147630
Judgments, County Court
1887-1888
Barcode 1147631
Judgments, County Court
1888-1889
Barcode 1147632
Judgments, County Court
1890
Barcode 1147633
Judgments, County Court
1891-1892
Barcode 1147634
Judgments, County Court
1892-1893
Barcode 1147635
Judgments, County Court
1894
Barcode 1147636
Judgments, County Court
1894-1895
Barcode 1050776
judgments, clerk's notes, letters,
1894-1907, 1924, 1930
Barcode 1147637
Judgments, County Court
1896-1900
Barcode 1050781
criminal warrants and judgments
1897-1911, 1940-1943
Barcode 1147638
Judgments, County Court
1901-1903
Barcode 1119694
Judgments
1908-1912
Barcode 1050775
judgments
1913-1919, 1926
Barcode 1050777
judgments
1920-1921, 1925, 1928
Barcode 1050778
judgments
1920s-1930s
Barcode 1147639
Judgments, County Court
n.d.
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