Russell County (Va.) Records, circa 1860-1955

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:

Russell County (Va.) Records, circa 1860-1955. Local government records collection, Russell County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Summary

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

Russell County (Va.) Records, circa 1860-1955. Local government records collection, Russell County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Russell County (Va.) Records, circa 1860-1955, consist of the following series: Military and Pension Records, Court Records (subfield series include Judgments, Criminal Records, Jury Records and Court Finance), Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, County Administrative Records (subfield series include Commissioner of Revenue Records, Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records and Board of Supervisors Records), Tax and Fiscal Records, Miscelleanous Records, Land Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Election Records, Fiduciary Records and Business Records.

Military and Pension Papers: Pension Papers (1923-27); Court Records: Subpoenas, Executions, Judgments, Criminal Records, Jury Records, Court Finance: Court Fines, Petitions(1860-1905); Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, 1906; County Administrative Records: Commissioner of Revenue Records: Erroneous Assessment of Lands; Tax and Fiscal Records: Commonwealth Accounts, 1895-1904; Miscellaneous Records: Estray Records, Powers of Attorney 1903, 1915; Land Records: Copies of Deeds, Deeds, Land Partitions, List of Conveyances, Certification of Titles, circa 1880-1955; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths: Appointments of Officials, Officials' Oaths, circa 1904; Election Records, circa 1899-1903; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, 1902-1915, Board of Supervisors Records, circa 1900; Fiduciary Records: Administrator Bonds, Executor Bonds, Guardian Bonds, Inventories, circa 1900; Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships: List of Officers of Clinchfield Coal Corporation, Drill Coal Mining Company, Appalachian Coal Corporation, Dawson Coal and Coal Company, S. T. Coal Corporation, Castlewood Water Company, Lebanon Motor and Supply Company, Southwest Virginia Coal Company, Clinchfield Hungarian American Miners Benefit Society, Emerald Coal Company, Dixie Splint Coal Company, Buchanan Coal Company, Superior Coal Company, Russell Coal Corporation, Middle Creek coal Company, circa 1917.

Biographical / historical:

Russell County was named for General William Russell, a Clinch Valley pioneer and the member of the House of Delegates who introduced the legislation forming the county from Washington County in 1786.

The first marriage register and most loose papers were lost in a fire in the Clerk's office in 1872. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills (except Will Book 1) exist.

Acquisition information:
This box came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of records from Russell County.
Physical location:
State Records Center---Archives Annex, Library of Virginia.
Physical description:
1 box.