Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Chesterfield County (Va.) Court Records, 1814-1848. Local government records collection, Local Government Records Replevin Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in 2004 in a transfer.

Historical Information

Chesterfield County was named for Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth earl of Chesterfield, British statesman and diplomat, and was formed from Henrico County in 1749.

These records were replevined by the Library of Virginia following the trial entitled Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Larry I. Vass heard in Henrico County Circuit Court in November 1972.

Scope and Content

Chesterfield County (Va.) Court Records, 1814-1848. The collection contains various documents removed from Chesterfield County court records, as follows: a letter from James Taylor, of Washington County, to Zachariah Brooks, of Manchester, Virginia, 1814; a letter, 1837, with the surnames Wilkinson, Flournoy, and Epps; an answer from the chancery cause Batte vs. Buchanan, 1838; comissioners reports from the chancery causes Binns vs. Gibbs and Gibbs vs. Binns, 1841 and 1844; a subpoena from the chancery cause Dunston vs. Anderson, 1843; the will of Alexander Snelling, 1848; a memo from the chancery cause Alvis vs. Goff, 1848; and several envelopes from unknown series.

Related Material

For additional information concerning the replevin of these items see Larry I. Vass Case records, 1781-1973, found at the Library of Virginia.

Additional Chesterfield County court records can be found on microfilm and in the Chancery Records Index at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm" and The Chancery Records Index .

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Chesterfield County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Equity--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Replevin--Virginia.

Geographical Names:

• Chesterfield County (Va.)--History.
• Washington County (Va.)--History.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Chancery causes--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Envelopes--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Judicial records--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Letters (correspondence)--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Chesterfield County.

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