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Madison County (Va.) Records, 1793-1945. Local government records collection, Madison County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Madison County.
Madison County was named for James Madison, a prominent Virginian and a member of Congress in 1792 when the county was formed from Culpeper County.
Madison County (Va.) Records, 1793-1945, includes miscellaneous records from the following series: Court Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Road and Bridge Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Marriage/Vital Statistics, Fiduciary Records, Business Records, Military/Pension Records, Land Records, and Election Records.
Chancery Index, CC Issue Dockets, Supervisor's Order Book Index, County Court Fee books, receipt books, blank forms, unidentified indexes; Tax and Fiscal Records: Personal Property Tax Book
Executions, Court Claims, Road claims, estray warrants
Bonds/Commissions/Oaths: Officials' Bonds; Court Records: Constables returns and executions.
Birth Registers, Henry Barnes Vouchers and Sale book, account book, official oaths, license tax assessments
Fiduciary Records and Bonds/Commissions/Oaths: Bonds, Fiduciary bonds, Bonds of Fiduciaries, officers, etc.
Unidentified Blacksmith Account Book, 1863-1865; Pages from unidentified account book, 1869-1871; Election Records; Fiduciary Records; Land Records; Military Exemptions, 1862; Military Discharge papers, 1917; Miscellaneous Records: Estray papers, power of attorney, fox scalp warrants, fragments of newspapers and broadsides; Road and Bridge Records; Tax and Fiscal Records, and Bonds/Commissions/Oaths
Judgments, Commonwealth Causes, etc.
Depositions, dockets, clerks' records, receipts, wrappers, and fragments,
Court Records: Judgments; copy of transcript of chancery suit heard in Supreme Court of Appeals; Papers re: chancery suit Shirley vs. Shirley; Papers re: chancery suit involving John W. White; Orphan Chancery; Clerk's Records; Fiduciary Records