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Grayson County (Va.) Justice of the Peace Records, 1868-1947 (bulk 1868-1893). Local government records collection, Grayson County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Grayson County.
Grayson County was named for William Grayson, a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1784 to 1787 and one of the first two United States senators from Virginia. It was formed from Wythe County in 1792, and a part of Patrick County was added in 1810.
Grayson County (Va.) Justice of the Peace Records, 1868-1947 (bulk 1868-1893), contains Judgments, 1898-1918, Executions, 1904-1947, an Execution Book, 1868-1893, and a volume of Justices' Judgments, 1879-1901. Judgments are civil cases in which justice was administered on the strictly formulated rules of common law. Executions are judicial writs directing the sheriff to satisfy a judgment from a debtor's property. An execution book is a volume used by the justice of the peace to record the financial results of judgments. Recorded are the names of the parties in the suit, date of judgment, amount of judgment, costs, date of execution, to whom execution was delivered for collection, and date execution was returnable. The volume of Justices' Judgments contains the name of persons accused, offense, date of conviction, amount of fine, name of the justice, constable, and clerk, adn associated fees assessed.
Additional Grayson County Court Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm"