Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Surry County (Va.) Court Records, 1835-1847. Local government records collection, Local Government Records Replevin Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in 2004 in a transfer.

Historical Information

Surry County was named for the county of Surrey in England, and was formed from James City County about 1652.

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.

Created in 1652. Deed Book 10 (1835–1838) is missing and order books for 1718–1741 and various other early volumes are fragmentary. Most loose records prior to 1806 are missing. Courthouse fires in 1906 and 1922 did not result in loss of records, however, because at that time records were housed in a separate clerk’s office.

Scope and Content

Surry County (Va.) Court Records, 1835-1847. The collection contains 11 documents removed from Surry County court records: an extract of an audit from the chancery cause Charity vs. Charity's Administrator, 1835; a letter from Samuel Higginbotham to Isaiah Harris, 1835; an answer from the chancery cause Executors of Charles Macindol vs. Executors of James S. Gilliam, 1835; an answer from the chancery cause William B. Grave's Trustee vs. Perkins, Boyd and Company, 1840; a deposition from the chancery cause Cole vs. Moring's Administrator, 1841; a notice from the chancery cause Cocke vs. Davis, 1841; a deposition from a chancery cause involving Cocke and Brother and Goodblood and Company, 1841; a deposition and an amended bill from the chancery cause Cross vs. Moore and Savin, 1845; and an envelope with the surnames Sebrell and Underwood, 1847.

Related Material

For additional information concerning the replevin of these items see Larry I. Vass Case records, 1781-1973, found at the Library of Virginia.

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

Surry County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Surry County Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Surry County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Equity--Virginia--Surry County.
• Replevin--Virginia.

Geographical Names:

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

Genre and Form Terms:

• Audits--Virginia--Surry County.
• Chancery Causes--Virginia--Surry County.
• Depositions--Virginia--Surry County.
• Envelopes--Virginia--Surry County.
• Judicial records--Virginia--Surry County.
• Legal notices--Virginia--Surry County.
• Letters (correspondence)--Virginia--Surry County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Surry County.

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