Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Lynchburg (Va.) Court Records, 1808-1857. 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

Lynchburg, in Campbell County, was named for John Lynch, the owner of the original town site. It was established in 1786, was incorporated as a town in 1805, and became a city in 1852. Parts of Campbell and Bedford Counties were annexed to the city in 1976.

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

Lynchburg (Va.) Court Records, 1808-1857. The collection contains various documents removed from Lynchburg Court records, as follows: a letter pertaining to the court case Tabb vs. Featherstone, 1829; a letter from the chancery cause Nathan Hutchison vs. C. Pigg and others, 1830; two letters, a deposition, an envelope, and a reference to the marriage record for William Price and Mary Simpson (1808), from the court case Adams vs. Penn, 1808-1838; a letter and receipts from a chancery cause involving Jones, Davis, Webb, and the firm Brooke and Hamilton, 1839; two depositions and an affidavit from the chancery cause King vs. Kent, 1842; an execution from the chancery cause Garland vs. Henry, 1846; and a letter from the court case Gills vs. Gills, 1857.

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 Lynchburg 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:

• Lynchburg (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Equity--Virginia--Lynchburg.
• Replevin--Virginia.

Geographical Names:

• Lynchburg (Va.)--History--19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Affidavits--Virginia--Lynchburg.
• Chancery causes--Virginia--Lynchburg.
• Depositions--Virginia--Lynchburg.
• Envelopes--Virginia--Lynchburg.
• Judicial records--Virginia--Lynchburg
• Letters (correspondence)--Virginia--Lynchburg.
• Local government records--Virginia--Lynchburg.
• Receipts (financial records)--Virginia--Lynchburg.

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