Court records
Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:
Preston County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers
Records of the Preston County court, consisting almost entirely of land records such as maps, surveys, plats, deeds, and indentures. There are also some personal papers and correspondence of Preston County residents, including Israel Baldwin and Julius K. Monroe, and the Fairfax family. Some photographs from this collection have been digitized.
Raleigh County Archives
Trial docket; order, oath, bond, minute and land books; and court of quarterly sessions, overseers of the poor, marriage, and supervisors records.
Summers County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers
County court records consisting primarily of marriage records and sheriff settlements relating to roads, schools, and poor funds. There are also estate administration papers; lunacy proceedings; Board of Education records; receipts and bank records; other misc. records, and an account book of the firm of Meador and Graham in Hinton, WV. There are also some papers of former clerks E. H. Peck and P. B. Pack.
Taylor County Justice Docket
Tucker County Archives
Circuit and county court suit and other papers from Tucker County. Alphabetical, chronological, and subject indexes to these records are available.
Tyler County Archives
Records of appearances in Tyler County court between 1826 and 1833.
Tyler County Archives
Circuit and county court papers including minute books, order books, witness books, rule books, execution books, and trial dockets. There are poll books for state and federal elections (1816-52).
United States District Court, Western District of Virginia, Records
Trial docket and minute book, 1843-73, and an indexed fee book, 1843-80, of the U.S. District Court at Charleston, West Virginia. The trial docket includes names of presiding judges, jury members and witnesses, and summaries of daily proceedings. The fee book itemizes court fees paid.
United States District Court, Wheeling, Naturalization Petitions
Naturalization petitions of the U.S. District Court for Northern WV at Wheeling. These are declarations of intent for U.S. citizenship from immigrants who are overwhelmingly either of British, Irish or German nativity.