Buchanan County (Va.) Court Records, 1893-1915

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:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Buchanan County (Va.) Court Records, 1893-1915. Local government records collection, Buchanan County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

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

Buchanan County (Va.) Court Records, 1893-1915. Local government records collection, Buchanan County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Buchanan County (Va.) Court Records, 1893-1915, includes a County and Circuit Court Process Book; County and Circuit Court Common Law Executions, Volume 2; and Record of Forfeited Forthcoming Bonds.

Process is any means usded by the court ot acquire or execise jurisdiction over a person or specific property. This volume contains a list of the different processes used by the court.

A forthcoming bond is a bond conditional on the forthcoming property to answer a judgment as may be entered in court. After giving a bond, the property remains in the posession of the debtor.

Common Law Executions, Volume 2, contains a record executions issued in Common Law Court.

Biographical / historical:

Buchanan County was named for the United States president James Buchanan and was formed from Tazewell and Russell Counties in 1858.

Records were destroyed by fire in 1885; records created after that date suffered extreme damage in a flood in 1977.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Buchanan County.
Physical location:
State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
Physical description:
3 volumes.