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Fluvanna County (Va.) Court Records, 1817-1855. Local government records collection, Local Government Records Replevin Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
These items came to the Library of Virginia in 2004 in a transfer.
Fluvanna County takes its name from an eighteenth-century term for the upper James River. The name, meaning river of Anne, was originally bestowed in honor of Queen Anne of England. The county was formed from Albemarle County in 1777.
These records were replevined by the Library of Virginia following the trial entitled Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Larry I. Vass heard in Henrico County Circuit Court in November 1972.
Fluvanna County (Va.) Court Records, 1817-1855. The collection contains various documents removed from Fluvanna County chancery records and other unidentified court records series. Chancery causes referenced in the documents are as follows: Brannan vs. Marshall, 1832; Amblar vs. Cary's Administrator, 1833; Lucado vs. Johnson's Executors, 1833; Perkins vs. Quarles, 1834; Bass and wife vs. George, 1835; Hodgson vs. Gray and Shepherd, 1835; Hodgson vs. McLein and George, etc., 1836; Ross's executor vs. Payne and wife, 1836; Bowles vs. Boothe and Mills, 1836; Bell vs. Hughes, 1837; Key vs. Key's Administrator, 1837; Wells vs. Grasly, 1838-1839, and the Fluvanna County Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery cause William Lane vs. Simpson B. Flanagan, etc., 1839. Documents include accounts, affidavits, answers, depositions, envelopes, letters, orders, a memo, notices of publication, petitions, and subpoenas.
For additional information concerning the replevin of these items see Larry I. Vass Case records, 1781-1973, found at the Library of Virginia.
Additional Fluvanna County court records can be found on microfilm and in the Chancery Records Index at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm" and The Chancery Records Index .