Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Nelson County (Va.) Circuit Court. Copy of chancery suit, 1833, Robert Alonzo Brock Collection, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Acquisition Information

The Robert Alonzo Brock Collection was filmed by The Huntington Library in cooperation with The Library of Virginia with funding provided by The Library of Virginia Foundation with the support of The Roller- Bottimore Foundation and The Robins Foundation. Microfilm received 15 April 2004.

Historical Information

Nelson County was formed from Amherst County in 1807. It was named for Governor Thomas Nelson, Jr.

Scope and Content

Pages 173-226 of a copybook, 1833, that records the chancery suit Silas P. Vawter and wife and others versus James P. Rodgers and others heard in Nelson County Superior Court of Law and Chancery.

Access Terms

Corporate Terms

• Nelson County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subject Terms

• Equity--Virginia--Nelson County.
• Public records--Virginia--Nelson County.

Geographic Terms

• Nelson County (Va.)--History--19th century.

Record Type

• Copybooks--Virginia--Nelson County.
• Courts of chancery--Virginia--Nelson County.
• Judicial records--Virginia--Nelson County.

Added Entry - Personal Name

• Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914, collector.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Originals are located at the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.