Buchanan County (Va.) Court Records, 1880-1912

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:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Buchanan County (Va.) Court Records, 1880-1912. 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, 1880-1912. Local government records collection, Buchanan County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Buchanan County (Va.) Court Records, 1880-1912, consist of a Witness Attendance Book, a Minutes Book, and two boxes of fifas (executions).

This book gives the names of witnesses.

Minutes books contain the clerk's rough notes of court proceedings, which were later transcribed into an order book. Most minute books lack indexes.

Box 128a contains fifas, 1885-1895. Fifas are executions used in Judgment suits.

Box 128b contains Fifas, 1896-1912.

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:
2 v. and 2 boxes