A Guide to the Giles County (Va.) Judgments, 1806-1952 circa
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Barcode number: 1048494, 1048497, 1048551, 1048555, 1117628-1117697, 1207357-1207395
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Preferred Citation
Giles County (Va.) Judgments, 1806-1952 circa, Local government records collection, Giles County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Giles County. Portions of this collection were transferred under the accession number 45263.
Historical Information
Giles County was named for William Branch Giles, United States senator from Virginia in 1806 when the county was created from Montgomery, Monroe (now in West Virginia), and Tazewell Counties. Several subsequent additions were made from Wythe (1808), Monroe in 1829 and Mercer in 1841 (both now in West Virginia), Craig (1880), and Tazewell (1826 and 1836) Counties. The county seat is Pearisburg.
Scope and Content
Giles County (Va.) Judgments, 1806-1952 circa, consist of civil suits, commonwealth causes, other court papers filed in the court such as road and bridge records, tax and fiscal records, overseers of the poor, court appointments and resignations, fiduciary records, and other court papers. Not every record type will be found in every bundle of papers.
Related Material
Additional Giles County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm"
Index Terms
- Giles County (Va.) Circuit Court.
- Public records--Virginia--Giles County.
- Local government records--Virginia--Giles County.