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Court records

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

Lewis County Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0062
Overview

Court cases, 1775-1933, and county record volumes and private account books of Lewis County, 1817-1932. The private accounts include records of a harness maker, millers, druggists, printers, and general merchants. A checklist of the bound volumes is available, as well as a chronological, subject, and name index to the suit papers.

Dates: 1775-1933
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marion County Circuit Court Trial Docket

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2739
Overview

Trial docket, Marion County Circuit Court, 1879-1884.

Dates: 1879-1884
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marshall County Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1672
Overview County and circuit clerks records, arranged chronologically. Records for the years 1835-1857, include bonds of ministers, tavern operators, ordinaries, ferries, and county officials; estate settlements; records pertaining to road, bridge, and public building; records of the overseer of the poor; school commissioners' and surveyors' appointments; and lists of county officials. Records for 1863-1874 include county supervisors' records; records of the Fairmont and Wheeling Turnpike; and muster...
Dates: 1831-1948
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mary McKendree Johnson, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1132
Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of genealogical notes on a number of Virginia and West Virginia families. There are also lists of war pensioners, copies of county and parish records, historical news clippings on Virginia and West Virginia, one box of newsclippings and other material relating to Wood County history and a folder of John J. Jackson papers, 1837-1884.

Dates: 1932-1958
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mason County Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0914
Scope and Contents Court case papers, 1786-1908, and record books, 1804-1903. Collection also contains poor claims, county claims, delinquent road lists, county road and bridge petitions, Justice’s reports, election certificates, road claims, birth reports, appraisements and bills of sale, Board of Education reports, abstracts of Judgements, oaths of county and district officer, bond records, administrator accounts, and surveyor appointments and road cases. A chronological index to the case papers is...
Dates: 1786-1908
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia County Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0487
Scope and Contents

Papers, mainly orders, of the Board of Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Supervisors; also miscellaneous orders, Sheriff's receipts; and Officers of Election accounts for 1863.

Dates: 1863-1869
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia County Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0026
Scope and Contents The collection contains record books and papers covering a period from the formation of the county of Monongalia in 1776 to 1933. The collection is broken prior to 1796. There are approximately six hundred thousand pieces including papers on civil and criminal cases, bonds, deeds, wills, licenses, settlements of public offices, school reports, and other papers commonly filled or recorded at county courthouses in the Virginias.There are two hundred and seventy-five volumes...
Dates: 1774-1933
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monroe County Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0102
Overview

Court case papers, wills, deeds, surveys and plats, ca.1772-1879, along with bound volumes of court records, deeds, estrays, road and tax records, a register for free blacks, and private account books, 1783-1923. The account books include: records of a U.S. Army post hospital at Union, 1867-1869; oil well drilling, 1886-1890; Union and Fort Spring Stage Line, 1876-1877; newspapers, 1867-1903; taverns, 1815-1872; and Union Lyceum minutes, 1845-1847.

Dates: ca. 1772-1923
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Morgan County Court Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0919
Overview

Court case papers, record books, and papers from various county offices.

Dates: ca. 1790-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ohio County Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0031
Scope and Contents Court case papers, 1776-1930; court and county record books; birth and death records, 1887-1888; and account and minute books of individuals, companies, and organizations, 1772-1935. The bound volumes include records of brand registrations, deeds, estrays, land entries, marriages, military service, surveys, and wills. The private account books relate to general merchandising, coal sales, dental practice, a debating society, distilling, carriage manufacturing, hotels, steamboat freighting,...
Dates: 1772-1935
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center