Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Campbell County (Va.). Health and Medical Records, 1840-1892. Local government records collection, Campbell County Court Records, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Campbell County in 2004 under accession number 41133.

Historical Information

Campbell County was named for William Campbell, a general in the militia during the Revolutionary War and one of the heroes of the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780. The county was formed from Bedford County by an act passed on 15 December 1781. The county court first met on 7 February 1782.

Mental Health Records may consist of a variety of documents that historically were referred to as lunacy papers in the courthouses of Virginia localities and municipalities.

Scope and Content

Campbell County (Va.) Health and Medical Records, 1840-1892, consist of one folder of Mental Health Records.

Mental health records often include warrants, orders, petitions, depositions, reports, etc. for or by justices of the peace and others regarding the mental condition of individuals who were released to the recognizance of a family member or who were committed to a mental hospital. Fiduciary records such as estate inventories of a person judged insane may also be present. The folder of mental health records is comprised of nine cases, including a woman adjudged insane over death of child, and an 1869 case of a man named Manuel or Emanual Jones referenced as being a "freedman", with depositions that include his age, marital status, and occupation.

Arrangement

Chronological by entry date, then alphabetically by last name of individual.

Related Material

Additional Campbell 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:

• Campbell County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• African Americans--Mental Health--Virginia--Campbell County.
• Insanity--Jurisprudence--Virginia--Campbell County.
• Jails--Virginia--Campbell County.
• Mental illness--Virginia--Campbell County.
• Physicians--Virginia--Campbell County.
• Psychiatric hospitals--Virginia.
• Public records--Virginia--Campbell County.

Geographical Names:

• Campbell County (Va.)--History--19th Century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Health and Medical--Virginia--Campbell County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Campbell County.

Adjunct Descriptive Data