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Buchanan County (Va.) Court Records, 1880-1912. Local government records collection, Buchanan 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 Buchanan County.
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.
Buchanan County (Va.) Court Records, 1880-1912, consist of a Witness Attendance Book, a Minutes Book, and two boxes of fifas (executions).
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 .
This book gives the names of witnesses.
Minutes books contain the clerk's rough notes of court proceedings, which were later transcribed into an order book. Most minute books lack indexes.
Box 128a contains fifas, 1885-1895. Fifas are executions used in Judgment suits.
Box 128b contains Fifas, 1896-1912.