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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Russell County (Va.) Circuit Court. Land Grant to Joseph Jessee, 1870 Mar. 13, 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

Russell County was named for William Russell, a Clinch Valley pioneer and the member of the House of Delegates who introduced the legislation forming the county from Washington County in 1786.

Created in 1786. The first marriage register and most loose papers were lost in a fire in the clerk’s office in 1872. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills (except Will Book 1) exist.

Scope and Content

Russell County (Va.) Land Grant to Joseph Jessee, 1870 Mar. 13.

Related Material

Additional Russell County Land Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

Russell County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Russell Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localites Database found on the Library of Virginia's web site.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Russell County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Public records-- Virginia--Russell County.

Geographical Names:

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

Genre and Form Terms:

• Land records-- Virginia--Russell County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Russell County.

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