A Guide to the Staunton (Va.) City Council Records, 1819-1965
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the Library of Virginia
Collection Number 1050924, 1050926-1050929, 1050931-1050971
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Preferred Citation
City Council Records 1819-1965, Local government records collection.
Acquisition Information
These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipment from the City of Staunton.
Historical Information
The city of Staunton, in Augusta County, was named, according to tradition, for Rebecca Staunton, wife of Sir William Gooch, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749. Staunton was laid out in 1748 at the site of the Augusta County courthouse and was established as a town in 1761. It was incorporated as a town in 1801 and as a city in 1871.
Scope and Content
Staunton (Va.) City Council Records 1819-1965, consists of Account Settlements, Bids, Bills, Commissioner of Safety reports, County Levies, Deliquent Lists, Election Nominations, Mayor's Reprorts, Minutes of Overseer's for the Poor, Ordinances, Petitions, Police Reports and Resolutions.
Related Material
Additional Staunton court records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."
Index Terms
- Staunton (Va.) Circuit Court
- Public records--Virginia--Staunton (Va.)
- Staunton (Va.)--History
- Local government records--Virginia--Staunton (Va.)
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Contents List
Commissioner of safety reports, delinquent lists, bills, resolutions, ordinances, election nomination [Series #s 1-18]
Ordinances, reports of minutes of overseers of the poor, petitions, account settlemets [Series #s 37-46]
Resolutions, mayor's reports, vouchers, bids, etc. [Series #s 46-49]
Public work contracts and receipts, mayor reports police papers, etc. [Series #s 50-53]
Bills, Reports, delinquent lists, county levies, [Series #s 19-36]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 54-59]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 69-70]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 68-69]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 67-68]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 60-62]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 62-66]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 79-85]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 72-74]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 74-78]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #70]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 71-72]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 85-87]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 95-96]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 93-94]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 96-97]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 98-101]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 92-93]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 88-92]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 102-103]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 103-106]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 106-107]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 107-111, 113-114]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 114-115]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series # 115]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 119-122]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 125-128]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 123-124]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series # 122]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 117-118]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series # 116]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 128-129]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 129-136]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 136-138]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 138-141]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 141-142]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 142-148]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series # 158]
Lists of Hustings, building permits, white registrations,
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series # 158]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series #s 145-153]
Reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc. [Series # 158]