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A Guide to the Wise County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1855-1912 (bulk 1857-1912) Wise County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1855-1912 (bulk 1857-1912)) Wise County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1855-001-1912-110

A Guide to the Wise County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1855-1912 (bulk 1857-1912)

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Chancery Records Index
previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1855-001-1912-110
Title
previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1855-1912 (bulk 1857-1912)
Physical Characteristics
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Collector
previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

Patrons are to use digital images of previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Chancery Causes found on the Chancery Records Index available electronically at the website of the Library of Virginia.

Preferred Citation

previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1855-1912 (bulk 1857-1912). (Cite style of suit and chancery index no.). Local Government Records Collection, previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Digital images were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program.

Historical Information

Chancery Causes are cases of equity. According to Black's Law Dictionary they are "administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law." A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case.

previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit was named for Henry Alexander previous hit Wise  next hit, governor of Virginia from 1856 to 1860. It was formed in 1856 from Lee, Scott, and Russell previous hit Counties  next hit.

Scope and Content

previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1855-1912 (bulk 1857-1912), are indexed into the Chancery Records Index . Cases are identified by style of suit consisting of plaintiff and defendant names. Surnames of others involved in a suit, including secondary plaintiffs and defendants, witnesses, deponents and affiants, and family members with surnames different from the plaintiff or defendant are indexed. Chancery causes often involved the following: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, divorces, debt, and business disputes. Predominant documents found in chancery causes include bills (plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, wills, slave records, business records or vital statistics, among other items. Plats, if present, are noted, as are wills from localities with an incomplete record of wills or localities other than the one being indexed.

Chancery cases are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history.

Related Material

See the Chancery Records Index found on the Library of Virginia web site for the chancery records of other Virginia localities.

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

  • previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court.

    • Subjects:

  • African Americans--History.
  • Business enterprises--Virginia-- previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Debt--Virginia-- previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Divorce suits--Virginia-- previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Equity--Virginia-- previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Estates (Law)--Virginia-- previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Land subdivision--Virginia-- previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

    • Geographical Names:

  • previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.)--Genealogy.
  • previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.)--History.

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Chancery causes--Virginia-- previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Deeds--Virginia-- previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Judicial records--Virginia-- previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Land records--Virginia-- previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Local government records--Virginia-- previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Plats--Virginia-- previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Wills--Virginia-- previous hit Wise  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Wise County (Va.)--Genealogy.
  • Wise County (Va.)--History.
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