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Preferred Citation

Russell County (Va.) Deed, McCoy etc to McCoy etc, 31 December 1833. Local government records collection, Russell County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 50747.

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.) Deed, McCoy etc to McCoy etc, 31 December 1833, is a deed of land partition between George McCoy and wife Tabitha, Brumfield McCoy and wife Nancy, Robert Holebrook and wife Mary, Reubin McCoy and wife Lucy, James McCoy and wife Anna, and John and Thomas McCoy for 150 acres of land in Russell Co.

Related Material

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:

• Deeds -- Virginia -- Russell County.

Geographical Names:

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

Genre and Form Terms:

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

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