Frederick County (Va.) Organization Records, 1909, undated

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Frederick County (Va.) Organization Records, 1909, undated [series or volume title] Local government records collection, Frederick County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Creator:
Frederick County (Va.) Circuit Court
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Frederick County (Va.) Organization Records, 1909, undated [series or volume title] Local government records collection, Frederick County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Frederick County (Va.) Organization Records, 1909, undated is comprised of various records created by groups in Frederick County. These records consist of meeting minutes, and other loose records. These loose records typically consist of appointments of trustees, minutes, and miscellaneous records of religious organizations, fraternal organizations, independent associations, and cooperatives.

The Democratic Executive Committee Records consists of three pages of meeting minutes in a volume which primarily consists of a Common Law Rough Docket. The minutes document the appointment of a committee to conduct a primary election to select a Democratic nominee to represent the Democratic party of Frederick County as candidate for the legislature. The committee also resolved that the members of the Democratic Executive Committee beginning August 1909 be chosen by the primary voters, with three members chosen from each magisterial district.

Includes boxes containing material identified as organization records. These records may be flat fliled or foldered but not fully processed.

Biographical / historical:

Context for Record Type: Organization Records, both volumes and loose records, are in some cases transferred to the Library of Virginia as components of court record transfers. These organization records in some cases were simply stored in the local court building for safe keeping by business owners. In other cases, organization records (particularly ledgers, account books, etc.) may have been filed in a court case as an exhibit. These organization record exhibits appeared both in chancery causes and in judgments, these records serving as exhibits for business dissolution cases, debt suits, and contract disputes.

Locality History: Frederick County was named in honor of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales and eldest son of King George II. It was formed from Orange County by a statute of 1738 that stipulated that when the population was large enough the new county government would begin to function. The county court first met on 11 November 1743. Part of Augusta County was added in 1754. The county seat is the city of Winchester.

Acquisition information:
This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of records from Frederick County Circuit Court under an undated accession.
Processing information:

Prior to 2025, the various organization records in this collection were originally described as individual records, but they have been consolidated into one large organization record for the locality. Since 2025, these records additionally include identified but not processed records.

Encoded by C. OBrion: 2009; updated by J. Taylor: October 2025.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into two series:

  • Series I: Frederick County (Va.) Democratic Executive Committee Records, 1909
  • Series II: Frederick County (Va.) Organization Records, undated [UNPROCESSED]

Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
3 pages; 0.45 cubic feet (1 box).