Warren County (Va.) General Index to Wills, 1835-1935

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:

Warren County (Va.) General Index to Wills, 1835-1935. Local government Records collection, Warren County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

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

Warren County (Va.) General Index to Wills, 1835-1935. Local government Records collection, Warren County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Warren County (Va.) General Index to Wills, 1835-1935, contains the names of the people's wills and the fiduciary documents relating to their estate. This book include entries for wills, inventories, appraisements, estate accounts, accounts of sale, guardian accounts, committee accounts, trustee accounts, bonds, and other fiduciary records. The name of the Will Books and the page number on which the wills and the fiduciary accounts are recorded, are given in the index.

The book is arranged alphabetically. In each of the alphabetical section, the records start with Will Book A, 1838-1849 and continue through Will Book K, 1933-1935.

Biographical / historical:

Warren County was named for Joseph Warren, the revolutionary patriot who sent Paul Revere and William Dawes on their famous rides and who was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The county was formed from Frederick and Shenandoah counties in 1836.

Acquisition information:
This item came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Warren County.
Physical location:
State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
Physical description:
1 v.