A Guide to the Buchanan County (Va.) Court Records, 1893-1915
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the Library of Virginia
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Preferred Citation
Buchanan County (Va.) Court Records, 1893-1915. Local government records collection, Buchanan County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Buchanan County.
Historical Information
Buchanan County was named for the United States president James Buchanan and was formed from Tazewell and Russell Counties in 1858.
Records were destroyed by fire in 1885; records created after that date suffered extreme damage in a flood in 1977.
Scope and Content
Buchanan County (Va.) Court Records, 1893-1915, includes a County and Circuit Court Process Book; County and Circuit Court Common Law Executions, Volume 2; and Record of Forfeited Forthcoming Bonds.
Related Material
Additional Buchanan County Court Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm"
See the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.
For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note .
Index Terms
- Buchanan County (Va.) Circuit Court
- Public records--Virginia--Buchanan County
- Buchanan County (Va.)--History
- Local government records--Virginia--Buchanan County
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Contents List
Process is any means usded by the court ot acquire or execise jurisdiction over a person or specific property. This volume contains a list of the different processes used by the court.
A forthcoming bond is a bond conditional on the forthcoming property to answer a judgment as may be entered in court. After giving a bond, the property remains in the posession of the debtor.
Common Law Executions, Volume 2, contains a record executions issued in Common Law Court.