Burns & Burns Records Burns & Burns Records, 1871-1910 Ms.1994.032

Burns & Burns Records, 1871-1910 Ms.1994.032


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Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Ms.1994.032
Title
Burns & Burns Records 1871-1910
Quantity
2 Cubic Feet, 2 boxes
Creator
Burns and Burns (Law firm) (Lebanon, Va.)
Language
The materials in the collection are in English.
Abstract
The collection consists of the office records of Burns & Burns, Attorneys at Law, of Lebanon, Virginia. The records consist of case files, legal briefs, correspondence, circuit court petitions, and collection notices.

Administrative Information

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The collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Burns & Burns Records, Ms1994-032, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Burns & Burns Records were purchased by Special Collections in 1994.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Burns & Burns Records occurred in 1996. Additional processing was completed in 1998.


Administrative History

The collection consists of the office records of Burns & Burns, Attorneys at Law, of Lebanon, Virginia. The records begin as those of Burns & Ayers until approximately 1900, when the firm changed its name to Burns & Burns and was headed by William E. Burns.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of the office records of Burns & Burns, Attorneys at Law, of Lebanon, Virginia. The records begin as those of Burns & Ayers until approximately 1900, when the firm changed its name to Burns & Burns and was headed by William E. Burns. The records consist of case files, legal briefs, correspondence, circuit court petitions, and collection notices. Corporate clients include the Norfolk & Western Railway Company, Clinch Valley Coal & Iron Company, the Long Pole Lumber Company, the Bassett Jewelry Company, and the Illinois Sewing Machine Company, among others. The firm also defended several people against the Commonwealth of Virginia in murder trials.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Burns & Burns Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).

Container List

box-folder 1 folder: 1
Elizabeth Samples vs. Stuart Land & Cattle Company, land dower dispute
1871-1897
box-folder 1 folder: 2
W.A. Stewart vs. A.S. Carter, land dispute
1891-1895
box-folder 1 folder: 3
H.C. Stuart vs. J.H. Tow
1892-1898
box-folder 1 folder: 4
Miscellaneous collection correspondence
1892-1918
box-folder 1 folder: 5
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia at Wytheville, James S. Helton vs. P.L. Johnson
1893
box-folder 1 folder: 6
R. Stinson & Son vs. Harris & Stinson
1893-1896
box-folder 1 folder: 7
L.B. Self vs. A.K. Couch
1893-1898
box-folder 1 folder: 8
Holland addition (Coeburn Land & Improvement Co.)
1893-1905
box-folder 1 folder: 9
W.H. Barrow vs. C.W. Hunt
1894
box-folder 1 folder: 10
Brown vs. B.J. Wysor
1894
box-folder 1 folder: 11
James S. Helton vs. P.L. Johnson
1894
box-folder 1 folder: 12
P.L. Johnson vs. L. Finney
1894
box-folder 1 folder: 13
Pocahontas Inn vs. Samuel Ashton Jr.
1894
box-folder 1 folder: 14
Tucker & Co. vs. Harris and Stinson
1894
box-folder 1 folder: 15
H.C. Stuart vs. Sue G. Hancock, estate settlement
1894-1895
box-folder 1 folder: 16
Commonwealth of Virginia vs. W.N. Rensch
1894-1896
box-folder 1 folder: 17
Campbell vs. Carter's heirs
1894-1896
box-folder 1 folder: 18
Commonwealth of Virginia vs. John Wilson, felony
1895
box-folder 1 folder: 19
Dr. Harter Medicine Co. vs. L.J. Johnson
1895
box-folder 1 folder: 20
Mary E. Stinson vs. Margaret Hargis, estate settlement
1895-1896
box-folder 1 folder: 21
Tucker & Co. vs. H.C. Davis
1895-1896
box-folder 1 folder: 22
Powers, Little & Co. vs. J.H. Humphreys
1895-1897
box-folder 1 folder: 23
J.T. Puckett vs. D. Getzendanner
1895-1898
box-folder 1 folder: 24
Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Alfred Goff et al
1896
box-folder 1 folder: 25
Huntsman Bros. & Co. vs. J.B. Fuller
1896
box-folder 1 folder: 26
Elizabeth Rasnick vs. Reuben Banner
1896
box-folder 1 folder: 27
J.M. Robinson Norton & Co. vs J.T. Kendrick & Co.
1896
box-folder 1 folder: 28
Tucker & Co. vs. Honaker Produce & Supply
1896
box-folder 1 folder: 29
Debt collections against T.K. Wallace
1896-1899
box-folder 1 folder: 30
Miscellaneous postcards
1896-1918
box-folder 1 folder: 31
Miscellaneous envelopes
1896-1924
box-folder 1 folder: 32
The Fidelity Insurance, Trust Safe & Deposit Co. vs. Norfolk & Western Railroad Co.
1897
box-folder 1 folder: 33
Norfolk & Western Railway and Lebanon & Cleveland Telephone papers concerning placement of telephone equipment on N & W property
1897
box-folder 1 folder: 34
M.L. Ogburn & Co. vs. J.J. Dickenson
1897
box-folder 1 folder: 35
The Russell College vs. A.F. Hunt
1897
box-folder 1 folder: 36
The Russell College vs. H. Sawyers
1897
box-folder 1 folder: 37
H.A. Shoemaker vs. James S. Helton and V.B. Meade
1897
box-folder 1 folder: 38
Martha Ann Street vs. Wilson et al, land deed
1897
box-folder 1 folder: 39
The Piano Manufacturing Co. vs. William E. Fields
1898
box-folder 1 folder: 40
Jackson, Oglesby & Co. vs. H.D. Lockhart & Co.
1898-1899
box-folder 1 folder: 41
Pearre Bros. & Co. vs. C.H. Compton & Co.
1898-1899
box-folder 1 folder: 42
Letters of Jane Collins, Jack Hardin, C.E. Stafford and others concerning Burns & Ayers interest in land and timber
1898-1900
box-folder 1 folder: 43
Pearre Bros. & Co. vs. C.H. Compton & Co.
1898-1900
box-folder 1 folder: 44
J.H. Meade vs. M.V. Fletcher
1898-1903
box-folder 1 folder: 45
Receipt for writ tax in Burns & Ayers vs. J.B. Fugate
1900
box-folder 1 folder: 46
Letter concerning Howard vs. N & W Railway
1900
box-folder 1 folder: 47
F.R. Penn Tobacco Co. vs. H.F. Garrett & Co.
1900
box-folder 1 folder: 48
Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Taylor Horton and Henry Horton
1900-1901
box-folder 1 folder: 49
Ashbrook and Thomas vs. A.J. Kaufhold
1900-1905
box-folder 1 folder: 50
Powers, Little & Co. vs. C. Wallace
1901-1902
box-folder 1 folder: 51
Powers, Little & Co. vs. T.K. Wallace & Son
1901-1902
box-folder 1 folder: 52
Fee bills for J.B. Ashbrook
1901-1904
box-folder 1 folder: 53
C.S. and J.H. Bradshaw vs. G.C. Gose, Administrator
1902
box-folder 1 folder: 54
H.H. Dickenson & Son vs. H.B. Ferguson
1902-1904
box-folder 1 folder: 55
Benjamin Dye vs. J.C. Artrip
1902-1907
box-folder 1 folder: 56
G.W. Quarles & Co. vs. J.E. Monk
1903
box-folder 1 folder: 57
Cyrus Blankenship vs. W.M. Ritter Lumber Co.
1903
box-folder 1 folder: 58
W.E. Burns correspondence concerning Robert Cross loan with the Princeton Banking Co.
1903
box-folder 1 folder: 59
Clinch Valley Barytes Co. Vs. J. McGlothins heirs
1903
box-folder 1 folder: 60
A. Combs vs. R. Clark
1903
box-folder 1 folder: 61
Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Frank A. Smith
1903
box-folder 1 folder: 62
Wolford Bros. Vs. Barney Thompson
1903
box-folder 1 folder: 63
Interstate Coal & Iron Co. and Clinch Valley Coal & Iron Co. vs. John Cook's heirs (also, see same vs. John Warder's heirs)
1903-1905
box-folder 1 folder: 64
Interstate Coal & Iron Co. and Clinch Valley Coal & Iron Co. vs. John Warder's heirs (also, see same vs. John Cook's heirs)
1903-1906
box-folder 1 folder: 65
Incorporation of Swords Creek Coal and Coke Co.
1903-1906
box-folder 1 folder: 66
John W. Ball vs. Clinch Valley Barytes Co.
1903-1908
box-folder 1 folder: 67
Mary E. Counts vs. Lot Counts, et al
1903-1909
box-folder 1 folder: 68
J.W. Bastic vs. John C. Fugate, debt
1904
box-folder 2 folder: 1
McCue & Wright Milling Co. vs. J.H. Shoemaker
1904
box-folder 2 folder: 2
Office of W.W. Bird, commissioner of Lebanon, VA, depositions concerning S.M. McEwen vs. Dawson Coal & Coke
1904
box-folder 2 folder: 3
W.L. Dennis vs. Parris Charles
1904
box-folder 2 folder: 4
Elk Garden Mercantile Co. vs. C.J. Dickenson
1904
box-folder 2 folder: 5
Enterprise Foundry Co. vs. Robinson and Sharmaker
1904
box-folder 2 folder: 6
H.C. Ketron vs. Geo W.H. Gilmer, partition
1904
box-folder 2 folder: 7
Wilson Litton vs. Mary Litton, settlement of Salomon Litton's estate
1904
box-folder 2 folder: 8
Contract for Long Pole Lumber Co. and William H. Haire
1904
box-folder 2 folder: 9
McCue & Wright Milling Co. vs. J.E. Monk
1904
box-folder 2 folder: 10
McEwen depositions concerning suit against Dawson Coal & Coke
1904
box-folder 2 folder: 11
S.N. Johnson vs. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
1904
box-folder 2 folder: 12
H.C. Smith letter to Burns & Burns
1904
box-folder 2 folder: 13
Thompson & Crockett vs. Norfolk and Western Railway Co.
1904
box-folder 2 folder: 14
In re Kilgore's direct index and reference to deed books
1904
box-folder 2 folder: 15
Isaac Eberly vs. Paris Charles
1904
box-folder 2 folder: 16
Flat Top Grocery Co. vs. J.H. Shoemaker
1904-1905
box-folder 2 folder: 17
Myrtle Harris vs. Charlie Harris, partition
1904-1905
box-folder 2 folder: 18
William Honaker vs. Isaac Honaker
1904-1905
box-folder 2 folder: 19
W.A. Scott & Co. vs. G.E. Burnett
1904-1905
box-folder 2 folder: 20
John N. Watkins vs. W.J. Williamson
1904-1905
box-folder 2 folder: 21
M.D. Wells vs. T.K. Wallace & Sons
1904-1905
box-folder 2 folder: 22
R.E. Hawley vs. H.H. Aston
1904-1909
box-folder 2 folder: 23
J.B. Bradshaw vs. Cosby Bradshaw, suit to partition land
1905
box-folder 2 folder: 24
Bluefield Furniture Co. vs. G.E. Burnett
1905
box-folder 2 folder: 25
L. Finney vs. Long Pole Lumber Co.
1905
box-folder 2 folder: 26
Morgan Justus vs. W.M. Ritter Lumber Co.
1905
box-folder 2 folder: 27
Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Joe Doston
1905
box-folder 2 folder: 28
Bluefield Hardware Co. vs. Brown & Cyphers
1905
box-folder 2 folder: 29
G.W. Price vs. Norfolk and Western Railway Co.
1905
box-folder 2 folder: 30
Wilbur Stock Food Co. vs. J.T. Brattin
1905
box-folder 2 folder: 31
Spencer Tracy Co. vs. Banner Co.
1905
box-folder 2 folder: 32
Sweer, Orr Co. vs. D. Banner
1905
box-folder 2 folder: 33
Bluefield Furniture Co. vs. M.L. Barrett
1905
box-folder 2 folder: 34
A.C. Fowler vs. Long Pole Lumber Co.
1905-1906
box-folder 2 folder: 35
A. D. Shoemaker vs. Gardner Barytes
1905-1906
box-folder 2 folder: 36
Flanders vs. Salyer Bros.
1905-1906
box-folder 2 folder: 37
William Nash and Fullen Nash vs. Yellow Poplar Lumber Co., Excelsior Coal & Lumber Co., Russell Fork Coal & Lumber Co., and Virginia Trust Co.
1905-1910
box-folder 2 folder: 38
Elliot vs. Elliot, estate settlement
1906
box-folder 2 folder: 39
Douglas H. Gordon vs. R.G. Watkins, estate settlement
1906
box-folder 2 folder: 40
Guggenheimer & Co. vs. Banner & House
1906
box-folder 2 folder: 41
Thomas McCloud vs. Clinch Valley Barytes Co., contract dispute
1906
box-folder 2 folder: 42
The Red Cross Supply Co. vs. Mrs. Amanda Collins
1906
box-folder 2 folder: 43
J.C. Smith correspondence to C.C. Burns concerning Counts vs. Counts
1906
box-folder 2 folder: 44
Abbey Wilson and Robert Coleman vs. Abel McFaddin and J.C. Pipper
1906
box-folder 2 folder: 45
A.C. Fowler vs. Hutchinson Lumber & Manufacturing Co.
1906-1907
box-folder 2 folder: 46
Bassett Jewelry Co. vs. L.L. Bays & Sons
1906-1907
box-folder 2 folder: 47
Illinois Sewing Machine Co. vs. A.D. Stewart & Co.
1906-1908
box-folder 2 folder: 48
J.I. Hunt vs. J.H. Chandler
1906-1908
box-folder 2 folder: 49
Travelers Insurance Co. vs. Clinch Valley Baryter Co.
1906-1909
box-folder 2 folder: 50
Thomas, Andrews & Co. vs. Salyer Bros.
1907
box-folder 2 folder: 51
Baltimore Bargain House vs. Perry Honaker & Co.
1908
box-folder 2 folder: 52
Bowser & Co. vs. A.L. Grizzle
1908
box-folder 2 folder: 53
Guggenheimer & Co. vs. O'Keita Planning Mill Co.
1908
box-folder 2 folder: 54
Illinois Sewing Machine Co. vs. A.L. Grizzle
1908
box-folder 2 folder: 55
Stebbins Specialty Co. vs. T. R. Robinson
1908-1909
box-folder 2 folder: 56
O.H. Viall vs. Boyd & Alderson
1908-1909
box-folder 2 folder: 57
E.R. Boyd note to C.C. Burns concerning Illinois Sewing Machine Co. vs. Henry Ratliff
1909
box-folder 2 folder: 58
Correspondence between Robertson, Burns, and Morison concerning McEwen vs. Dawson Coal & Coke Co.
1910
box-folder 2 folder: 59
Ashbrook & Thomas vs. A.J. Kaufhold
box-folder 2 folder: 60
Sarah Barton vs. Jasper Cook's heirs
box-folder 2 folder: 61
Commonwealth of Virginia vs. David Ball and Cornelius Ball
box-folder 2 folder: 62
Commonwealth of Virginia vs. George Cook
box-folder 2 folder: 63
Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Lindsay Thompson and Gregory Burnett
box-folder 2 carton: 64
Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Wiley Oquinn
box-folder 2 folder: 65
Charles Johnson vs. James L Smith and wife, ejectment
box-folder 2 folder: 66
Russell County Circuit Court depositions for S.M. McEwen vs. Dawson Coal & Coke Co.
box-folder 2 folder: 67
Dr. J.M. Taulbee vs. Russell County
box-folder 2 folder: 68
Abstract title of George A. Warder, et al
box-folder 2 folder: 69
Songs and memoriam by L.A. Killion written about his parents; Deed to L. Killion included