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A Guide to the Warren County (Va.) Court Records, 1832-1932 Warren County (Va.)Court Records, 1832-1932 1013617-1176238 circa

A Guide to the Warren County (Va.) Court Records, 1832-1932

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the Library of Virginia
Barcode numbers: 1013617-1176238 circa


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Barcode numbers
1013617-1176238 circa
Title
previous hit Warren  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Court Records, 1832-1932
Physical Characteristics
11.45 cu. ft. (16 boxes) and 14 v.
Collector
previous hit Warren  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court.
Location
State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

previous hit Warren  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Court Records, 1832-1932. Local government records collection, previous hit Warren  next hit previous hit County  next hit 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 previous hit Warren  next hit previous hit County  next hit. A portion of the collection was transferred under accession number 37018.

Historical Information

previous hit Warren  next hit previous hit County  next hit was named for Joseph previous hit Warren  next hit, the revolutionary patriot who sent Paul Revere and William Dawes on their famous rides and who was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The previous hit county  next hit was formed from Frederick and Shenandoah previous hit counties  next hit in 1836.

A Docket is a brief record of proceedings in a court of justice. It usually gives the style of the suit and the date the court first dealt with it. Sometime it gives the date the suit was removed from the docket.

An execution is a court order directing a sheriff or other officer to enforce a judgment, usually by seizing and selling the judgment debtor's property. An Execution Books lists executions sued out or pending in the sheriff's office. It shows notices of process, names of all parties, amount of judgment, date of execution, return date and sheriff's return.

A Writ is a written judicial order to perform a specified act, or giving authority to have it done. A written court order of a judicial process, directing that a sheriff or other judicial officer do what is commanded by the writ; or giving authority and commission to have it done. The Writ Docket is a book that have brief entries concerning writs that were enforced.

Fee Books are volumes showing the date of a duty performed by the clerk, the name of the person paying the fees, and the amount. It includes the fees charged attorneys, cash accounts, and the clerk's fees in common law and chancery cause.

A Memorandum Book is used for notations of entries to be made in other books.

Judgments are civil cases in which justice was administered on the strictly formulated rules of common law. The majority of cases in this record series relate to matters of debt.

Scope and Content

previous hit Warren  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Court Records, 1832-1932 contains Executions for the previous hit County  next hit, Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery and Circuit Courts; Justice of the Peace Records; Magistrates and Chancery Execution;, Writ Docket; Minutes; Process Book A; Chancery Rules Books; Common Law Execution A; Order of Attendance; Register of Descriptive Lists of Persons Convicted of a Felony; Fee Books; Fee Book and Memorandum Book; Common Law Papers; Judgments; and Commonwealth Causes.

Related Material

Additional previous hit Warren  next hit previous hit County  next hit Court Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia previous hit County  next hit and City Records on Microfilm."

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

  • previous hit Warren  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court

    • Subjects:

  • Circuit courts--Virginia
  • Court records--Virginia-- previous hit Warren  next hit previous hit County  next hit

    • Geographical Names:

  • previous hit Warren  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.)--History

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Judicial records--Virginia-- previous hit Warren  next hit previous hit County  next hit
  • Local government records--Virginia-- previous hit Warren  next hit previous hit County  next hit
  • Public records--Virginia-- previous hit Warren  next hit previous hit County  next hit

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Warren County (Va.)--History
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Contents List

Barcode number 1013617: Executions, 1843-1853

Box 235 contains Executions, 1843-1853.

Barcode number 1013625: previous hit County  next hit Court Executions, 1853-1859

Box 239 contains Executions, 1853-1859.

Barcode numbers 1013627-1013628: Executions, 1842-1883

Barcode Number 1013627 contains Executions, 1842-1883 is in Box 237. Barcode Number 1013628 contains Executions, 1843-1877 is in Box 236. Part of the executions were from cases heard in the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery and the Circuit Court.

Barcode number 1013634: Executions, 1832-1892

Box 243 contains Executions Returned by Constables, 1872-1892; Magistrates' Executions, 1832-1856; and Chancery Executions, 1839-1892.

Barcode number 1096417: Writ Docket, 1850-1903

This book contains records of writs heard in the previous hit County  next hit Court and Superior Court of Law and Chancery.

Barcode number 1096425: Minutes, 1844-1870

This book contains the clerk's rough notes of court proceedings that were later transcribed into an order book.

Barcode number 1096449: Process Book A, 1836-1894

This book shows how the court exercised jurisdiction over a person or a specific property.

Barcode number 1096454: Chancery Rule Book A, 1836-1879

Rule was a session of the Court. Chancery Causes were first heard in Rules before they were heard in the Chancery Court. These rules were for Chancery Causes heard in the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery.

Barcode number 1096455: Chancery Rule A, 1837-1913

Rule was a session of the Court. Chancery Causes were first heard in the Rules before they were heard in the Chancery Court. These rules were for Chancery Causes heard in the previous hit County Court and Circuit Court.

Barcode number 1096478: Chancery Executions A, 1839-1894

This book contains executions issued by the Chancery Court.

Barcode number 1096479: Common Law Executions A, 1836-1883

This book contains executions issued by the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery and the Circuit Court.

Barcode number 1096489: Orders of Attendance, 1837-1884

This book contains the names of the witness called to appear at court for judgments, criminal cases, and or chancery causes.

Barcode number 1096495: Register of Descriptive Lists of Persons Convicted of Felony, 1867-1932

This books gives specific physical characteristics that can be used to identity the felons.

Barcode numbers 1096502-1096506: Fee Books, 1836-1883

Barcode Number 1096505 contains Fee Book, 1836-1853. Barcode Number 1096504 contains Fee Book,1854-1875. Barcode Number 1096506 contains Fee Book, 1868-1871. Barcode Number 1096502 contains Fee Book, 1881-1883. Barcode Number 1096503 contains a combination Fee Book and Memorandum Book for the years 1869-1882.

Barcode numbers 1134334-1134341, 1134427: Common Law Papers, 1836-1921 (bulk 1849-1921)

Barcode Number 1134427 contains Common Law Papers, 1836-1846, Box 1. Barcode Number 1134334 contains Common Law Papers, 1849-1858, Box 2. Barcode Number 1134335 contains Common Law Papers, 1858-1874, Box 3. Barcode Number 1134336 contains Common Law Papers, 1875-1885, Box 4. Barcode Number 1134337 contains Common Law Papers, 1886-1897, Box 5. Barcode Number 1134338 contains Common Law Papers, 1896-1909, Box 6. Barcode Number 1134339 contains Common Law Papers, 1907-1913, Box 7. Barcode Number 1134340 contains Common Law Papers, 1913-1918, Box 8. Barcode Number 1134341 contains Common Law Papers, 1917-1921, Box 9. These records are Accession Number 37018.

Barcode number 1176237: Judgments and Commonwealth Causes, 1836-1910

Box 2 contains Judgments, 1880-1910 and Commonwealth Causes, 1836-1910.

Barcode number 1176238: Judgment, 1840-1879

Box 1 contains Judgments, 1840-1879.