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According to Black's Law Dictionary they are \"administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law.\" A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case; however, the judge is basing the decision on findings compiled and documented by Commissioners. Chancery causes are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history. Chancery causes document the lived experiences of free and enslaved individuals; women; children; people living with physical disabilities or mental health struggles; people living in poverty; defunct institutions and corporate entities; or those that may not have otherwise left traditional written histories. ","Locality History:  Fincastle County was created from Botetourt County in 1772, and the county court first met on 5 January 1773. Fincastle County became extinct on 31 December 1776 when it was divided to form Montgomery, Washington and Kentucky Counties. The county was named probably for George, Viscount Fincastle, Lord Dunmore's son; for John Murray, fourth earl of Dunmore, Viscount Fincastle; or for the town of Fincastle, Virginia, which was established in 1772 and named for George, Viscount Fincastle.\n","Locality History:  Montgomery County was formed from Fincastle County in 1776, and the county court first met on 7 January 1777. Part of Botetourt County was added in 1790. Part of Pulaski County was added in 1842. The county was named for Richard Montgomery, who was killed in the American assault on Quebec late in 1775.\n","Records transferred to the Library of Virginia from the Circuit Court of Montgomery County for processing and reformatting. Original records returned to the locality by request of the clerk of the Circuit Court.","Original Montgomery County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1773-1938 are retained in the locality. Contact the Clerk of the Circuit Court for access.","Additional records from accession numbers 40900, 50490, and 37669 were interfiled with their original case files and returned with the rest of the Montgomery County Chancery Causes to the Circuit Court.","Montgomery County (Va.) Chancery Causes were processed by Library of Virginia staff in 2016.","Item previously cataloged as \"Montgomery County (Va.) Deposition of Samuel H. Woods, 1837\" under accession number 37669 has been interfiled with the Montgomery County Chancery Cause 1842-004: Trst(s). of Elizabeth Hairston vs. Robert Kyle etc.","Item previously cataloged as \"Montgomery County (Va.) Chancery Cause: Ryan for etc. vs. Ryan etc: Commissioner's Report Division of Slaves of William Ryan, 1841 Dec. 26\" under accession number 50490 has been interfiled with the Montgomery County Chancery Cause 1841-013: Francis Ryan vs. White G. Ryan etc. and White G. Ryan for etc. vs. Francis Ryan, widow etc.","Item previously cataloged as \"Montgomery County (Va.) Depositions, Vineyard's Admr. vs. Covey etc, 1841\" under accession number 40900 has been interfiled with the Montgomery County Chancery Cause 1844-001: Admr. of Nancy Vineyward vs. Daniel B. Covey and wife etc.","Post-1912 records have been indexed, but not scanned. At this time, there are no plans to digitize these records.","Digital images were generated in 2017 by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program.","Encoded by G. Crawford: 2016; Updated by J. Taylor: January 2024.\n","Additional Montgomery County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult  \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"","Montgomery County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1773-1938, consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics. ","A number of suits from 1861-1865 involve plaintiff's using the Chancery Court to prevent the Confederate Army from seizing personal land or goods for use in the war effort.","Freedom suit. See also Franklin County judgments 1808 April  Nanny Pegee etc vs. John Hook and Zachariah Stanley . Suit originated in Montgomery County, ended in Franklin County then appealed beyond.  Nanny Pegee and her family achieved freedom.  See the  Finding Aid for Franklin County  for more information on the suit.\n","In this freedom suit, Rachel Viney alleged she was descended from Native Americans and therefore should not be enslaved. The cause originated in Northumberland County.\n","In his 1814 will, Isaac H. Coles left his two estates, Dan River estate and Bucksin property, and the enslaved people that worked the properties to two different heirs. A dispute over the estate arose over which enslaved persons worked at which estate. An extensive list of enslaved names included in the suit has names, ages, occupations, and locations. \n","Reed Wright hired out Venus, an enslaved woman slave to Lawson Dunnington with the stipulation that after the terms of the contract were fulfilled, Venus wass to be emancipated. However, Dunnington planned to leave the state with Venus; Wright filed his suit in the Chancery Court to ensure that his hire arrangement and Venus' eventual emancipation were ensured. \n","John Craig requested an injunction to prevent the opening of new stone quarry (for construction of Turnpike Road). Two existing quarries were already an immediate danger to his family and the enslaved people on his property due to falling rocks and Craig claimed the new quarry would mean his blacksmith shop would be \"blown to bits.\" An injunction was issued but the case was dismissed once a settlement was reached.   \n","Letitia Floyd was the wife of former Virginia governor John Floyd and the mother of John B. Floyd. She brought suit over Susanna Preston's (her mother's) estate. James Patton Preston, her brother, also served as governor.   \n","A series of freedom suits which were all heard together. The causes hinged on descent from a common ancestor, named Flora, as well as an enslaved person, who was \"carried off from Massachusetts,\" freed in Connecticut, then sold illegally into slavery from New York. The cases include a letter from the clerk of Roanoke County which said he felt some of the papers in the causes may have been deliberately mislaid. The plaintiffs do not seem to have achieved their freedom.\n","The suit involved the possession and potential sale of Solitude, a farm located at Virginia Tech which was also the oldest building on campus. \n","Includes patents from U.S. Patent Office for a \"Telegraph Water Carrier\" and a comparable invention; the case involved a dispute over the ability to market the patent in southwestern Virginia.\n","Includes two related cases in which the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company asked for an injunction to prevent the local impressment agent from impressing wheat owned by the company (purchased from local farmers). Local agent wanted to use wheat to provide food for indigent wives and children of Confederate soldiers in the county; railroad company needed the grain to feed enslaved people and free African Americans working on the rail line. A complaint given by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company stated the agent used armed force to impress grain.\n ","James P. Hammett requested an injunction to prevent a Confederate Army warehouse from being built on his property in Central Depot (Radford). Includes answer from Major General John Breckinridge and engineer's report with plat of land in question.  \n","The suit was a request by Lewis F.J. Amiss for an injunction to prevent Major Thomas L. Brown, a Confederate Quartermaster, from seizing his garden for use as a Confederate Hospital at White Sulphur Springs in Montgomery County.    \n","This contract suit contains numerous depositions from Montgomery, Roanoke, and Wythe county residents who were testifying to land values in the area and the postwar economy. \n","This business dispute includes depositions which discussed the price of whiskey during the Civil War and the value assigned to the labor of enslaved people in building the distillery business.  \n","The cause originiated from Radford (Central Depot), J. Lawrence Radord asked for an injunction to prevent a house on his property from being used as a hospital for smallpox patients. \n","A debt suit which referenced enslaved persons and debts accrued during the Civil War. The cause originated with R.J. Foster, and Co, merchant company in Richmond and the defendant is Henry Edward Decie, who  sold a yacht, the  America  to the Confederacy and then served as its captain running the blockade during 1861. He also may have been a con-artist and had considerable debts to local citizens. Auction schedule is extensive and offers view of the size of his estate. \n","The cause included information on the settlement of Captain Jacob Kent's estate (Kentland and other land as well as enslaved persons and stock in Montgomery White Sulphur Springs). An 1859 appraisement included a list of enslaved persons divided into family groupings. Several pieces of evidence also included references to Kent's heirs wishing to avoid a public sale of enslaved persons and preferred the land be sold instead. The cause was brought against Elizabeth Gibboney, the wife of Robert Gibboney Robert Gibboney was the deceased adminstrator of the Kent estate, who had died fifteen years after the estate was settled. SEE ALSO: Montogmery County Chancery cause 1880-028.  \n","Matilda M. Roat wished to use estate funds to attend Marion Female Academy. Deposition references what she had studied, what she would study, and why she wanted to continue her education in spite of previously being trained in the trade of dressmaker.\n","A divorce suit that delved into issues of drug (morphine or opium) abuse and domestic abuse of both spouse and children.\n","A debt suit which included a commissioners report makes mention of land belonging to George Washington that sat adjacent to the Methodist E. Church (South) Cemetery. Sections of adjoining lands had been sold for burial of African Americans, and Montgomery County sought some of the land for burial of the poor.  \n","A contract dispute which focuses on whether James F. Martin and Ida Baker Martin had a living child or one born dead.  Many depositions center on her pregnancy and premature birth which resulted in the death of both her and the child and then what happened to the child after its death.\n","Mollie L. Garrison filed for divorce from her husband William Garrison on the grounds of desertion. Garrison was on the run for rape and attempted murder. Included in the casefile is a broadside from Roanoke City offering reward for his capture. \n","An injunction was filed to stop construction of a water gate. The depositions provide information about downtown Christiansburg in the early 1900s. They provided descriptions of buildings and terrain, including the presence of a stream running through town. They also referenced a fire that consumed many town buildings.   \n","The cause is concerned with debts incurred to the various contractors responsible for construction at the Christiansburg Industrial Institute, founded after the Civil War to aid African American students. \n","In this divorce suit, Agnes Schaub described her married life to Floyd Schaub. Agnes ran away to Bristol at the age of 15 in order to get married to Floyd. The couple moved around a bit before ending up in a coal camp in Switchback, West Virginia. Schaub is described as \"more fiend than man\" and left Agnes to her own devices when she came down with typhoid. Agnes recalled that without  the intervention of the Hungarians in the camp, she would have died.  Deposition by her mother mentions Italians and African Americans in the camp. \n","There are no restrictions.\n","Montgomery County (Va.) Circuit Court\n","English\n"],"collection_title_tesim":["Montgomery County (Va.) 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Arranged chronologically.\n","Arrangement of documents within each folder are as follows: Bill, Answer, and Final Decree (if found.)\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eContext for Record Type:\u003c/emph\u003e Chancery Causes are cases of equity. According to Black's Law Dictionary they are \"administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law.\" A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case; however, the judge is basing the decision on findings compiled and documented by Commissioners. Chancery causes are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history. 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The county was named probably for George, Viscount Fincastle, Lord Dunmore's son; for John Murray, fourth earl of Dunmore, Viscount Fincastle; or for the town of Fincastle, Virginia, which was established in 1772 and named for George, Viscount Fincastle.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLocality History:\u003c/emph\u003e Montgomery County was formed from Fincastle County in 1776, and the county court first met on 7 January 1777. Part of Botetourt County was added in 1790. Part of Pulaski County was added in 1842. The county was named for Richard Montgomery, who was killed in the American assault on Quebec late in 1775.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Context for Record Type:  Chancery Causes are cases of equity. According to Black's Law Dictionary they are \"administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law.\" A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case; however, the judge is basing the decision on findings compiled and documented by Commissioners. Chancery causes are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history. Chancery causes document the lived experiences of free and enslaved individuals; women; children; people living with physical disabilities or mental health struggles; people living in poverty; defunct institutions and corporate entities; or those that may not have otherwise left traditional written histories. ","Locality History:  Fincastle County was created from Botetourt County in 1772, and the county court first met on 5 January 1773. Fincastle County became extinct on 31 December 1776 when it was divided to form Montgomery, Washington and Kentucky Counties. The county was named probably for George, Viscount Fincastle, Lord Dunmore's son; for John Murray, fourth earl of Dunmore, Viscount Fincastle; or for the town of Fincastle, Virginia, which was established in 1772 and named for George, Viscount Fincastle.\n","Locality History:  Montgomery County was formed from Fincastle County in 1776, and the county court first met on 7 January 1777. Part of Botetourt County was added in 1790. Part of Pulaski County was added in 1842. The county was named for Richard Montgomery, who was killed in the American assault on Quebec late in 1775.\n"],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRecords transferred to the Library of Virginia from the Circuit Court of Montgomery County for processing and reformatting. 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At this time, there are no plans to digitize these records.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDigital images were generated in 2017 by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncoded by G. Crawford: 2016; Updated by J. Taylor: January 2024.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information\n"],"processinfo_tesim":["Montgomery County (Va.) Chancery Causes were processed by Library of Virginia staff in 2016.","Item previously cataloged as \"Montgomery County (Va.) Deposition of Samuel H. Woods, 1837\" under accession number 37669 has been interfiled with the Montgomery County Chancery Cause 1842-004: Trst(s). of Elizabeth Hairston vs. Robert Kyle etc.","Item previously cataloged as \"Montgomery County (Va.) Chancery Cause: Ryan for etc. vs. Ryan etc: Commissioner's Report Division of Slaves of William Ryan, 1841 Dec. 26\" under accession number 50490 has been interfiled with the Montgomery County Chancery Cause 1841-013: Francis Ryan vs. White G. Ryan etc. and White G. Ryan for etc. vs. Francis Ryan, widow etc.","Item previously cataloged as \"Montgomery County (Va.) Depositions, Vineyard's Admr. vs. Covey etc, 1841\" under accession number 40900 has been interfiled with the Montgomery County Chancery Cause 1844-001: Admr. of Nancy Vineyward vs. Daniel B. Covey and wife etc.","Post-1912 records have been indexed, but not scanned. At this time, there are no plans to digitize these records.","Digital images were generated in 2017 by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program.","Encoded by G. Crawford: 2016; Updated by J. Taylor: January 2024.\n"],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional Montgomery County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA187\"\u003e\"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Montgomery County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult  \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\""],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMontgomery County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1773-1938, consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. 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See also Franklin County judgments 1808 April \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eNanny Pegee etc vs. John Hook and Zachariah Stanley\u003c/title\u003e. Suit originated in Montgomery County, ended in Franklin County then appealed beyond.  Nanny Pegee and her family achieved freedom.  See the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi03107.xml\"\u003eFinding Aid for Franklin County\u003c/extref\u003e for more information on the suit.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn this freedom suit, Rachel Viney alleged she was descended from Native Americans and therefore should not be enslaved. The cause originated in Northumberland County.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn his 1814 will, Isaac H. Coles left his two estates, Dan River estate and Bucksin property, and the enslaved people that worked the properties to two different heirs. A dispute over the estate arose over which enslaved persons worked at which estate. 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Two existing quarries were already an immediate danger to his family and the enslaved people on his property due to falling rocks and Craig claimed the new quarry would mean his blacksmith shop would be \"blown to bits.\" An injunction was issued but the case was dismissed once a settlement was reached.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetitia Floyd was the wife of former Virginia governor John Floyd and the mother of John B. Floyd. She brought suit over Susanna Preston's (her mother's) estate. James Patton Preston, her brother, also served as governor.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA series of freedom suits which were all heard together. The causes hinged on descent from a common ancestor, named Flora, as well as an enslaved person, who was \"carried off from Massachusetts,\" freed in Connecticut, then sold illegally into slavery from New York. 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Sections of adjoining lands had been sold for burial of African Americans, and Montgomery County sought some of the land for burial of the poor.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA contract dispute which focuses on whether James F. Martin and Ida Baker Martin had a living child or one born dead.  Many depositions center on her pregnancy and premature birth which resulted in the death of both her and the child and then what happened to the child after its death.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMollie L. Garrison filed for divorce from her husband William Garrison on the grounds of desertion. Garrison was on the run for rape and attempted murder. Included in the casefile is a broadside from Roanoke City offering reward for his capture. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn injunction was filed to stop construction of a water gate. The depositions provide information about downtown Christiansburg in the early 1900s. They provided descriptions of buildings and terrain, including the presence of a stream running through town. They also referenced a fire that consumed many town buildings.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe cause is concerned with debts incurred to the various contractors responsible for construction at the Christiansburg Industrial Institute, founded after the Civil War to aid African American students. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn this divorce suit, Agnes Schaub described her married life to Floyd Schaub. Agnes ran away to Bristol at the age of 15 in order to get married to Floyd. The couple moved around a bit before ending up in a coal camp in Switchback, West Virginia. Schaub is described as \"more fiend than man\" and left Agnes to her own devices when she came down with typhoid. Agnes recalled that without  the intervention of the Hungarians in the camp, she would have died.  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","A number of suits from 1861-1865 involve plaintiff's using the Chancery Court to prevent the Confederate Army from seizing personal land or goods for use in the war effort.","Freedom suit. See also Franklin County judgments 1808 April  Nanny Pegee etc vs. John Hook and Zachariah Stanley . Suit originated in Montgomery County, ended in Franklin County then appealed beyond.  Nanny Pegee and her family achieved freedom.  See the  Finding Aid for Franklin County  for more information on the suit.\n","In this freedom suit, Rachel Viney alleged she was descended from Native Americans and therefore should not be enslaved. The cause originated in Northumberland County.\n","In his 1814 will, Isaac H. Coles left his two estates, Dan River estate and Bucksin property, and the enslaved people that worked the properties to two different heirs. A dispute over the estate arose over which enslaved persons worked at which estate. An extensive list of enslaved names included in the suit has names, ages, occupations, and locations. \n","Reed Wright hired out Venus, an enslaved woman slave to Lawson Dunnington with the stipulation that after the terms of the contract were fulfilled, Venus wass to be emancipated. However, Dunnington planned to leave the state with Venus; Wright filed his suit in the Chancery Court to ensure that his hire arrangement and Venus' eventual emancipation were ensured. \n","John Craig requested an injunction to prevent the opening of new stone quarry (for construction of Turnpike Road). Two existing quarries were already an immediate danger to his family and the enslaved people on his property due to falling rocks and Craig claimed the new quarry would mean his blacksmith shop would be \"blown to bits.\" An injunction was issued but the case was dismissed once a settlement was reached.   \n","Letitia Floyd was the wife of former Virginia governor John Floyd and the mother of John B. Floyd. She brought suit over Susanna Preston's (her mother's) estate. James Patton Preston, her brother, also served as governor.   \n","A series of freedom suits which were all heard together. The causes hinged on descent from a common ancestor, named Flora, as well as an enslaved person, who was \"carried off from Massachusetts,\" freed in Connecticut, then sold illegally into slavery from New York. The cases include a letter from the clerk of Roanoke County which said he felt some of the papers in the causes may have been deliberately mislaid. The plaintiffs do not seem to have achieved their freedom.\n","The suit involved the possession and potential sale of Solitude, a farm located at Virginia Tech which was also the oldest building on campus. \n","Includes patents from U.S. Patent Office for a \"Telegraph Water Carrier\" and a comparable invention; the case involved a dispute over the ability to market the patent in southwestern Virginia.\n","Includes two related cases in which the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company asked for an injunction to prevent the local impressment agent from impressing wheat owned by the company (purchased from local farmers). Local agent wanted to use wheat to provide food for indigent wives and children of Confederate soldiers in the county; railroad company needed the grain to feed enslaved people and free African Americans working on the rail line. A complaint given by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company stated the agent used armed force to impress grain.\n ","James P. Hammett requested an injunction to prevent a Confederate Army warehouse from being built on his property in Central Depot (Radford). Includes answer from Major General John Breckinridge and engineer's report with plat of land in question.  \n","The suit was a request by Lewis F.J. Amiss for an injunction to prevent Major Thomas L. Brown, a Confederate Quartermaster, from seizing his garden for use as a Confederate Hospital at White Sulphur Springs in Montgomery County.    \n","This contract suit contains numerous depositions from Montgomery, Roanoke, and Wythe county residents who were testifying to land values in the area and the postwar economy. \n","This business dispute includes depositions which discussed the price of whiskey during the Civil War and the value assigned to the labor of enslaved people in building the distillery business.  \n","The cause originiated from Radford (Central Depot), J. Lawrence Radord asked for an injunction to prevent a house on his property from being used as a hospital for smallpox patients. \n","A debt suit which referenced enslaved persons and debts accrued during the Civil War. The cause originated with R.J. Foster, and Co, merchant company in Richmond and the defendant is Henry Edward Decie, who  sold a yacht, the  America  to the Confederacy and then served as its captain running the blockade during 1861. He also may have been a con-artist and had considerable debts to local citizens. Auction schedule is extensive and offers view of the size of his estate. \n","The cause included information on the settlement of Captain Jacob Kent's estate (Kentland and other land as well as enslaved persons and stock in Montgomery White Sulphur Springs). An 1859 appraisement included a list of enslaved persons divided into family groupings. Several pieces of evidence also included references to Kent's heirs wishing to avoid a public sale of enslaved persons and preferred the land be sold instead. The cause was brought against Elizabeth Gibboney, the wife of Robert Gibboney Robert Gibboney was the deceased adminstrator of the Kent estate, who had died fifteen years after the estate was settled. SEE ALSO: Montogmery County Chancery cause 1880-028.  \n","Matilda M. Roat wished to use estate funds to attend Marion Female Academy. Deposition references what she had studied, what she would study, and why she wanted to continue her education in spite of previously being trained in the trade of dressmaker.\n","A divorce suit that delved into issues of drug (morphine or opium) abuse and domestic abuse of both spouse and children.\n","A debt suit which included a commissioners report makes mention of land belonging to George Washington that sat adjacent to the Methodist E. Church (South) Cemetery. Sections of adjoining lands had been sold for burial of African Americans, and Montgomery County sought some of the land for burial of the poor.  \n","A contract dispute which focuses on whether James F. Martin and Ida Baker Martin had a living child or one born dead.  Many depositions center on her pregnancy and premature birth which resulted in the death of both her and the child and then what happened to the child after its death.\n","Mollie L. Garrison filed for divorce from her husband William Garrison on the grounds of desertion. Garrison was on the run for rape and attempted murder. Included in the casefile is a broadside from Roanoke City offering reward for his capture. \n","An injunction was filed to stop construction of a water gate. The depositions provide information about downtown Christiansburg in the early 1900s. They provided descriptions of buildings and terrain, including the presence of a stream running through town. They also referenced a fire that consumed many town buildings.   \n","The cause is concerned with debts incurred to the various contractors responsible for construction at the Christiansburg Industrial Institute, founded after the Civil War to aid African American students. \n","In this divorce suit, Agnes Schaub described her married life to Floyd Schaub. Agnes ran away to Bristol at the age of 15 in order to get married to Floyd. The couple moved around a bit before ending up in a coal camp in Switchback, West Virginia. Schaub is described as \"more fiend than man\" and left Agnes to her own devices when she came down with typhoid. Agnes recalled that without  the intervention of the Hungarians in the camp, she would have died.  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According to Black's Law Dictionary they are \"administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law.\" A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case; however, the judge is basing the decision on findings compiled and documented by Commissioners. Chancery causes are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history. Chancery causes document the lived experiences of free and enslaved individuals; women; children; people living with physical disabilities or mental health struggles; people living in poverty; defunct institutions and corporate entities; or those that may not have otherwise left traditional written histories. ","Locality History:  Fincastle County was created from Botetourt County in 1772, and the county court first met on 5 January 1773. Fincastle County became extinct on 31 December 1776 when it was divided to form Montgomery, Washington and Kentucky Counties. The county was named probably for George, Viscount Fincastle, Lord Dunmore's son; for John Murray, fourth earl of Dunmore, Viscount Fincastle; or for the town of Fincastle, Virginia, which was established in 1772 and named for George, Viscount Fincastle.\n","Locality History:  Montgomery County was formed from Fincastle County in 1776, and the county court first met on 7 January 1777. Part of Botetourt County was added in 1790. Part of Pulaski County was added in 1842. The county was named for Richard Montgomery, who was killed in the American assault on Quebec late in 1775.\n","Records transferred to the Library of Virginia from the Circuit Court of Montgomery County for processing and reformatting. Original records returned to the locality by request of the clerk of the Circuit Court.","Original Montgomery County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1773-1938 are retained in the locality. Contact the Clerk of the Circuit Court for access.","Additional records from accession numbers 40900, 50490, and 37669 were interfiled with their original case files and returned with the rest of the Montgomery County Chancery Causes to the Circuit Court.","Montgomery County (Va.) Chancery Causes were processed by Library of Virginia staff in 2016.","Item previously cataloged as \"Montgomery County (Va.) Deposition of Samuel H. Woods, 1837\" under accession number 37669 has been interfiled with the Montgomery County Chancery Cause 1842-004: Trst(s). of Elizabeth Hairston vs. Robert Kyle etc.","Item previously cataloged as \"Montgomery County (Va.) Chancery Cause: Ryan for etc. vs. Ryan etc: Commissioner's Report Division of Slaves of William Ryan, 1841 Dec. 26\" under accession number 50490 has been interfiled with the Montgomery County Chancery Cause 1841-013: Francis Ryan vs. White G. Ryan etc. and White G. Ryan for etc. vs. Francis Ryan, widow etc.","Item previously cataloged as \"Montgomery County (Va.) Depositions, Vineyard's Admr. vs. Covey etc, 1841\" under accession number 40900 has been interfiled with the Montgomery County Chancery Cause 1844-001: Admr. of Nancy Vineyward vs. Daniel B. Covey and wife etc.","Post-1912 records have been indexed, but not scanned. At this time, there are no plans to digitize these records.","Digital images were generated in 2017 by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program.","Encoded by G. Crawford: 2016; Updated by J. Taylor: January 2024.\n","Additional Montgomery County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult  \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"","Montgomery County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1773-1938, consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics. ","A number of suits from 1861-1865 involve plaintiff's using the Chancery Court to prevent the Confederate Army from seizing personal land or goods for use in the war effort.","Freedom suit. See also Franklin County judgments 1808 April  Nanny Pegee etc vs. John Hook and Zachariah Stanley . Suit originated in Montgomery County, ended in Franklin County then appealed beyond.  Nanny Pegee and her family achieved freedom.  See the  Finding Aid for Franklin County  for more information on the suit.\n","In this freedom suit, Rachel Viney alleged she was descended from Native Americans and therefore should not be enslaved. The cause originated in Northumberland County.\n","In his 1814 will, Isaac H. Coles left his two estates, Dan River estate and Bucksin property, and the enslaved people that worked the properties to two different heirs. A dispute over the estate arose over which enslaved persons worked at which estate. An extensive list of enslaved names included in the suit has names, ages, occupations, and locations. \n","Reed Wright hired out Venus, an enslaved woman slave to Lawson Dunnington with the stipulation that after the terms of the contract were fulfilled, Venus wass to be emancipated. However, Dunnington planned to leave the state with Venus; Wright filed his suit in the Chancery Court to ensure that his hire arrangement and Venus' eventual emancipation were ensured. \n","John Craig requested an injunction to prevent the opening of new stone quarry (for construction of Turnpike Road). Two existing quarries were already an immediate danger to his family and the enslaved people on his property due to falling rocks and Craig claimed the new quarry would mean his blacksmith shop would be \"blown to bits.\" An injunction was issued but the case was dismissed once a settlement was reached.   \n","Letitia Floyd was the wife of former Virginia governor John Floyd and the mother of John B. Floyd. She brought suit over Susanna Preston's (her mother's) estate. James Patton Preston, her brother, also served as governor.   \n","A series of freedom suits which were all heard together. The causes hinged on descent from a common ancestor, named Flora, as well as an enslaved person, who was \"carried off from Massachusetts,\" freed in Connecticut, then sold illegally into slavery from New York. The cases include a letter from the clerk of Roanoke County which said he felt some of the papers in the causes may have been deliberately mislaid. The plaintiffs do not seem to have achieved their freedom.\n","The suit involved the possession and potential sale of Solitude, a farm located at Virginia Tech which was also the oldest building on campus. \n","Includes patents from U.S. Patent Office for a \"Telegraph Water Carrier\" and a comparable invention; the case involved a dispute over the ability to market the patent in southwestern Virginia.\n","Includes two related cases in which the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company asked for an injunction to prevent the local impressment agent from impressing wheat owned by the company (purchased from local farmers). Local agent wanted to use wheat to provide food for indigent wives and children of Confederate soldiers in the county; railroad company needed the grain to feed enslaved people and free African Americans working on the rail line. A complaint given by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company stated the agent used armed force to impress grain.\n ","James P. Hammett requested an injunction to prevent a Confederate Army warehouse from being built on his property in Central Depot (Radford). Includes answer from Major General John Breckinridge and engineer's report with plat of land in question.  \n","The suit was a request by Lewis F.J. Amiss for an injunction to prevent Major Thomas L. Brown, a Confederate Quartermaster, from seizing his garden for use as a Confederate Hospital at White Sulphur Springs in Montgomery County.    \n","This contract suit contains numerous depositions from Montgomery, Roanoke, and Wythe county residents who were testifying to land values in the area and the postwar economy. \n","This business dispute includes depositions which discussed the price of whiskey during the Civil War and the value assigned to the labor of enslaved people in building the distillery business.  \n","The cause originiated from Radford (Central Depot), J. Lawrence Radord asked for an injunction to prevent a house on his property from being used as a hospital for smallpox patients. \n","A debt suit which referenced enslaved persons and debts accrued during the Civil War. The cause originated with R.J. 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SEE ALSO: Montogmery County Chancery cause 1880-028.  \n","Matilda M. Roat wished to use estate funds to attend Marion Female Academy. Deposition references what she had studied, what she would study, and why she wanted to continue her education in spite of previously being trained in the trade of dressmaker.\n","A divorce suit that delved into issues of drug (morphine or opium) abuse and domestic abuse of both spouse and children.\n","A debt suit which included a commissioners report makes mention of land belonging to George Washington that sat adjacent to the Methodist E. Church (South) Cemetery. Sections of adjoining lands had been sold for burial of African Americans, and Montgomery County sought some of the land for burial of the poor.  \n","A contract dispute which focuses on whether James F. Martin and Ida Baker Martin had a living child or one born dead.  Many depositions center on her pregnancy and premature birth which resulted in the death of both her and the child and then what happened to the child after its death.\n","Mollie L. Garrison filed for divorce from her husband William Garrison on the grounds of desertion. Garrison was on the run for rape and attempted murder. Included in the casefile is a broadside from Roanoke City offering reward for his capture. \n","An injunction was filed to stop construction of a water gate. The depositions provide information about downtown Christiansburg in the early 1900s. They provided descriptions of buildings and terrain, including the presence of a stream running through town. 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Fincastle County became extinct on 31 December 1776 when it was divided to form Montgomery, Washington and Kentucky Counties. The county was named probably for George, Viscount Fincastle, Lord Dunmore's son; for John Murray, fourth earl of Dunmore, Viscount Fincastle; or for the town of Fincastle, Virginia, which was established in 1772 and named for George, Viscount Fincastle.\n","Locality History:  Montgomery County was formed from Fincastle County in 1776, and the county court first met on 7 January 1777. Part of Botetourt County was added in 1790. Part of Pulaski County was added in 1842. The county was named for Richard Montgomery, who was killed in the American assault on Quebec late in 1775.\n"],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRecords transferred to the Library of Virginia from the Circuit Court of Montgomery County for processing and reformatting. 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An extensive list of enslaved names included in the suit has names, ages, occupations, and locations. \n","Reed Wright hired out Venus, an enslaved woman slave to Lawson Dunnington with the stipulation that after the terms of the contract were fulfilled, Venus wass to be emancipated. However, Dunnington planned to leave the state with Venus; Wright filed his suit in the Chancery Court to ensure that his hire arrangement and Venus' eventual emancipation were ensured. \n","John Craig requested an injunction to prevent the opening of new stone quarry (for construction of Turnpike Road). Two existing quarries were already an immediate danger to his family and the enslaved people on his property due to falling rocks and Craig claimed the new quarry would mean his blacksmith shop would be \"blown to bits.\" An injunction was issued but the case was dismissed once a settlement was reached.   \n","Letitia Floyd was the wife of former Virginia governor John Floyd and the mother of John B. 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The plaintiffs do not seem to have achieved their freedom.\n","The suit involved the possession and potential sale of Solitude, a farm located at Virginia Tech which was also the oldest building on campus. \n","Includes patents from U.S. Patent Office for a \"Telegraph Water Carrier\" and a comparable invention; the case involved a dispute over the ability to market the patent in southwestern Virginia.\n","Includes two related cases in which the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company asked for an injunction to prevent the local impressment agent from impressing wheat owned by the company (purchased from local farmers). Local agent wanted to use wheat to provide food for indigent wives and children of Confederate soldiers in the county; railroad company needed the grain to feed enslaved people and free African Americans working on the rail line. A complaint given by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company stated the agent used armed force to impress grain.\n ","James P. 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Sections of adjoining lands had been sold for burial of African Americans, and Montgomery County sought some of the land for burial of the poor.  \n","A contract dispute which focuses on whether James F. Martin and Ida Baker Martin had a living child or one born dead.  Many depositions center on her pregnancy and premature birth which resulted in the death of both her and the child and then what happened to the child after its death.\n","Mollie L. Garrison filed for divorce from her husband William Garrison on the grounds of desertion. Garrison was on the run for rape and attempted murder. Included in the casefile is a broadside from Roanoke City offering reward for his capture. \n","An injunction was filed to stop construction of a water gate. The depositions provide information about downtown Christiansburg in the early 1900s. They provided descriptions of buildings and terrain, including the presence of a stream running through town. 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If a criminal act was determined to be the cause of death, the coroner was to deliver the guilty person to the sheriff and the coroners' inquests would be used as evidence in the criminal trial.\n","Montgomery County (Va.) Coroners' Inquisitions, 1822-1911, 1924-1946 are investigations into the deaths of individuals who died by a sudden, violent, unnatural or suspicious manner, or died without medical attendance. Causes of death found in coroners' inquisitions include murder, infanticide, suicide, domestic violence, exposure to elements, drownings, train accidents, automobile accidents, and natural causes, or as commonly referred to in the 19th century, \"visitation by God.\"  Documents commonly found in coroners' inquests include the inquisition, depositions, and summons. Criminal papers such as recognizance bonds can be found in coroner inquisitions. 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Criminal offenders and victims who appear in cases prior to the abolition of slavery in Virginia in 1865 included both free and enslaved persons.\n","Warrants were issued by grand juries, judges, and justices of the peace directing law enforcement officials to either arrest and imprison a person suspected of having committed a crime or to cause an individual to appear in court to answer accusations made against them. Peace warrants directing an offender to \"keep the peace of the Commonwealth\" or to restrain from any violent acts are commonly found in assault and battery cases.","Summonses were used to call a suspected person to appear in court. A summons could also be issued to direct witnesses or victims to come before the court in order to provide evidence or information deemed pertinent to a case.","An indictment is the official, written description of the crime that an accused individual is suspected of committing, which is approved by a grand jury and presented to a court in order to begin legal proceedings. Due to this process, indictments are often referred to as \"presentments.\"","Verdicts are the formal pronouncements made by juries on issues submitted to them by a judge or other law enforcement official. In the case of a guilty verdict, a judge will sentence the offender. Sentences may include a fine, corporal punishment, and/or imprisonment. 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Enslavers could be fined for permitting their enslaved people to hire themselves out for work and enslaved people were jailed on these occasions. While public whipping originated as a form of punishment for all those convicted, in Virginia, it was retained for those who were Black, free or enslaved, and officially outlawed as a punishment for white criminals in 1848. Often, Black individuals served much longer penitentiary sentences while the cases of white men, who had committed the same or similar crimes, were dismissed.","Locality History Note:  Montgomery County was formed from Fincastle County in 1776, and the county court first met on 7 January 1777. Part of Botetourt County was added in 1790. Part of Pulaski County was added in 1842. The county was named for Richard Montgomery, who was killed in the American assault on Quebec late in 1775.\n","Fincastle County was created from Botetourt County in 1772, and the county court first met on 5 January 1773. Fincastle County became extinct on 31 December 1776 when it was divided to form Montgomery, Washington and Kentucky Counties. The county was named probably for George, Viscount Fincastle, Lord Dunmore's son; for John Murray, fourth earl of Dunmore, Viscount Fincastle; or for the town of Fincastle, Virginia, which was established in 1772 and named for George, Viscount Fincastle.\n","1850 subpoena from the case Commonwealth vs. Gilbert remains at the Montgomery County Circuit Court.\n","In December 2024, LVA staff traveled to Montgomery County to return \"Free Negro Registers\" from the clerk's office which had been loaned for scanning. While onsite, staff photographed four different records related to enslaved and free people that the clerk had stored in her office for safekeeping in two separate folders. The items never came to LVA; they remain in the locality and are presumably isolated from other records and held in the clerk's office. \n","Encoded by Bari Helms, 2010; updated by M. 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Throughout the early nineteenth century, Virginia legislators revised the laws in ways that reduced the legal status of free Black and multiracial people to that of enslaved, thereby creating a legal system based on race. White Virginians and legislators feared insurrection and passed laws restricting the number of Black and multiracial people allowed to gather in groups. Enslavers could be fined for permitting their enslaved people to hire themselves out for work and enslaved people were jailed on these occasions. While public whipping originated as a form of punishment for all those convicted, in Virginia, it was retained for those who were Black, free or enslaved, and officially outlawed as a punishment for white criminals in 1848. 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Throughout the early nineteenth century, Virginia legislators revised the laws in ways that reduced the legal status of free Black and multiracial people to that of enslaved, thereby creating a legal system based on race. White Virginians and legislators feared insurrection and passed laws restricting the number of Black and multiracial people allowed to gather in groups. Enslavers could be fined for permitting their enslaved people to hire themselves out for work and enslaved people were jailed on these occasions. While public whipping originated as a form of punishment for all those convicted, in Virginia, it was retained for those who were Black, free or enslaved, and officially outlawed as a punishment for white criminals in 1848. Often, Black individuals served much longer penitentiary sentences while the cases of white men, who had committed the same or similar crimes, were dismissed.","Locality History Note:  Montgomery County was formed from Fincastle County in 1776, and the county court first met on 7 January 1777. Part of Botetourt County was added in 1790. Part of Pulaski County was added in 1842. The county was named for Richard Montgomery, who was killed in the American assault on Quebec late in 1775.\n","Fincastle County was created from Botetourt County in 1772, and the county court first met on 5 January 1773. Fincastle County became extinct on 31 December 1776 when it was divided to form Montgomery, Washington and Kentucky Counties. The county was named probably for George, Viscount Fincastle, Lord Dunmore's son; for John Murray, fourth earl of Dunmore, Viscount Fincastle; or for the town of Fincastle, Virginia, which was established in 1772 and named for George, Viscount Fincastle.\n"],"originalsloc_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e1850 subpoena from the case Commonwealth vs. Gilbert remains at the Montgomery County Circuit Court.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"originalsloc_heading_ssm":["Location of Originals\n"],"originalsloc_tesim":["1850 subpoena from the case Commonwealth vs. Gilbert remains at the Montgomery County Circuit Court.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMontgomery County (Va.) Commonwealth Causes and Criminal Papers, 1774-1827,1850. Local Government Records Collection, Montgomery County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Montgomery County (Va.) Commonwealth Causes and Criminal Papers, 1774-1827,1850. Local Government Records Collection, Montgomery County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.\n"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn December 2024, LVA staff traveled to Montgomery County to return \"Free Negro Registers\" from the clerk's office which had been loaned for scanning. While onsite, staff photographed four different records related to enslaved and free people that the clerk had stored in her office for safekeeping in two separate folders. The items never came to LVA; they remain in the locality and are presumably isolated from other records and held in the clerk's office. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncoded by Bari Helms, 2010; updated by M. Mason, October 2025 \u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information\n"],"processinfo_tesim":["In December 2024, LVA staff traveled to Montgomery County to return \"Free Negro Registers\" from the clerk's office which had been loaned for scanning. While onsite, staff photographed four different records related to enslaved and free people that the clerk had stored in her office for safekeeping in two separate folders. The items never came to LVA; they remain in the locality and are presumably isolated from other records and held in the clerk's office. \n","Encoded by Bari Helms, 2010; updated by M. Mason, October 2025 "],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e See also: \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://search.arvasarchive.org//vivaxtf/view?docId=mcc/VaChMCC0005.xml\"\u003eMontgomery County (Va.) 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","Criminal  Cases,1774-1850, undated contain about sixteen cases. Cases of note include Commonwealth vs. Romeo (enslaved), 1774, in which Romeo is accused of attempting to kill William Campbell, Romeo's enslaver.  Also Commonwealth vs. Bob and Sam (enslaved), 1786. The two enslaved men confess to the murder of Joseph Baker, Bob and Sam's enslaver.  ","Also included are several cases of treason against people who publicly declared themselves as Tory or who refused to lift arms against the King of Great Britain. One such case, dated 1779 April, accuses John Henderson of entering into a conspiracy to seize the public magazines and use them to lay waste to Montgomery County.","There is also an 1850 subpoena from the case Commonwealth vs. Gilbert [digitized].","Criminal records,1778-1779, include Grand jury presentments, memorandum of expenses for taking prisoner \"Augusta Goal\" to, and depositions to unidentified treason case. 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They also had to include an account of all members of the applicant's family, including their health and ability to contribute to household income. In 1832, the third act extended pension benefits to include soldiers who had served in the state troops or militia. Congress also passed a related act in 1836 granting pensions to the widows and orphans of Revolutionary War veterans.\n","Locality History:    Montgomery County was named for Richard Montgomery, who was killed in the American assault on Quebec late in 1775. It was formed from Fincastle County in 1776, and the county court first met on 7 January 1777. Subsequent additions were made from Botetourt (1790) and Pulaski (1842) Counties. The county seat is Christiansburg.\n","Fincastle County (extinct) was named probably for George, viscount Fincastle, Lord Dunmore's son; for John Murray, fourth earl of Dunmore, viscount Fincastle; or for the town of Fincastle, Virginia, which was established in 1772 and named for George, viscount Fincastle. The county was created from Botetourt County in 1772, and the county court first met on 5 January 1773. Fincastle County became extinct on 31 December 1776 when it was divided to form Montgomery, Washington, and Kentucky Counties.\n","Declarations for Revolutionary War Pensions, 1834, were removed from a collection of Montgomery County military and pension records and processed and indexed as a distinct unit by M. Long.\n","Encoded by M. Long: September 2024.\n","See also:  Montgomery County (Va.) Military and Pension Records, 1773-1899; undated  at the Library of Virginia.","Additional Montgomery County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia. 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The declarations also include affidavits from witnesses who could verify information provided by applicants.\n","Applicants in this series reported to have served in the 12th Virginia Regiment and to have been present at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, and Battle of Monmouth.","There are no restrictions.\n","Library of Virginia\n","English\n"],"collection_title_tesim":["Montgomery County (Va.) Declarations for Revolutionary War Pensions, \n1834"],"collection_ssim":["Montgomery County (Va.) Declarations for Revolutionary War Pensions, \n1834"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Montgomery County (Va.) Circuit Court\n"],"creator_ssim":["Montgomery County (Va.) Circuit Court\n"],"acqinfo_ssim":["These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Montgomery County.\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":[".15 cu. ft. (1 box)"],"extent_tesim":[".15 cu. ft. 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