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Court records

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

Hampshire County Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0051
Overview

Court case and other miscellaneous papers from various county offices, 1736-1749; record books, 1820-1948; and account books of banks, churches, general stores, insurance firms, physicians, estate settlements, and gristmills. There is a partial index of plaintiffs, defendants, and subjects in the case papers, and a checklist of the bound volumes.

Dates: 1736-1949

Hardy County (W. Va.) Court Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0848
Overview

Microfilmed county court records consisting of one tax book for Hardy County, 1818-1820; and one minute book, 1786-1791. Both the tax book and minute book are in the same ledger.

Dates: 1786-1820

Henry A. Barron, Papers of a Barbour County Resident

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3966
Overview

Papers of Henry A. Barron, a resident of Barbour County, including legal documents, financial records, and correspondence. Much of the material in this collection concerns Barron's service as a Justice of the Peace, including court documents regarding legal activities of Barbour County citizens. See "Scope and Content Note" and "Historical Note" for further information.

Dates: 1838-1906; Majority of material found within 1848-1879

Jackson County Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0662
Overview

Execution book, 1848-1850, and county court fee book, 1850-1958.

Dates: 1848-1858

J.C. Sanders, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2034
Overview

A collection of court records, genealogies, historical sketches and other materials relating to Hampshire and Mineral counties in West Virginia and surrounding areas in Virginia and Maryland. Subjects include a naturalist description of the area and an early history of the region including Indians, white settlement, the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. There is material on the Civil War and World War I and World War II veterans.

Dates: ca. 1700-1950

Jefferson County Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0382
Overview

Court case papers, 1802-1913, and county record books, 1830-1905; included are records for retail merchandising, 1884-1894, in Jefferson County. A partial name and subject index to the case papers and a checklist of the bound volumes are available.

Dates: 1802-1913

Jefferson County Court Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2447
Scope and Contents

This collection includes the tax book (1871) for Averill Township in Jefferson County, West Virginia; the tax book for Bolivar and Harpers Ferry Township, Jefferson County, 1871; and the Registrar's list of voters, precinct 1 Harpers Ferry (Oak Grove), Jefferson County, 1910.

Dates: 1871, 1910

J.N. Wilkinson Surveyor's Field Book

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2549
Overview

Wilkinson, a resident of Bridgeport, recorded in this book the record of surveys which he did for private individuals, county courts, and mining companies in Doddridge, Harrison, and Marion counties.

Dates: 1885-1886

Joseph C. Jefferds, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1983
Overview Correspondence, sketches, records, charts, broadsides, newspapers, pamphlets, books, and one West Virginia University cadet uniform of 1898. There are typescript carbon copies of county court records from Bath County, Virginia, and Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties, West Virginia; list of scholars attending Lewisburg Academy 1883-1885; and genealogical material on Arbuckle, Beard, Bell, Boone, Bright, Burger, Burr, Cooley, Cunningham-Gudgell, Dickinson, Feamster, Gillilan, Gilmore,...
Dates: 1896-1965

Kanawha County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0145
Overview

County court records consisting primarily of court case papers, related court record books (dockets, execution books, fee books, witness books, etc.), and public records concerning a variety of topics including land records, schools, and marriages. There are also a few private account books relating to various local industries, including salt, mining, sawmills, steamboats, and general stores.

Dates: 1773-1933