Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Buckingham County (Va.) Court Records, 1841-1847. 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

Buckingham County probably was named either for the English county or for the duke of Buckingham. According to some sources, however, the name came from Archibald Cary's tract of land called Buckingham, on what was then Willis's Creek. It was formed from Albemarle County in 1761.

The 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.

Records were destroyed by fire in 1869.

Scope and Content

Buckingham County Court Records, (Va.), 1841-1847. The collection contains three documents removed from Buckingham County court records: a judgment of debt, Leitch vs. Leitch, 1841; a letter from the court case, Kidd vs. Williams, 1846; and court orders, 1841 and 1847.

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 Buckingham County court records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm" on the Library of Virginia web site.

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 .

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Buckingham County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Replevin--Virginia.

Geographical Names:

• Buckingham County (Va.)--History--19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Judicial records--Virginia--Buckingham County.
• Letters (correspondence)--Virginia--Buckingham County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Buckingham County.

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