Wise County (Va.) Records, circa 1850-1980, 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:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Wise County (Va.) Records, circa 1850-1980, undated. Local government records collection, Wise County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Summary

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

Wise County (Va.) Records, circa 1850-1980, undated. Local government records collection, Wise County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Wise County (Va.) Records, circa 1850-1980, undated, consist of the following series: Court Records (subfield series include Criminal Records, Judgments, Clerks' Records, Chancery Records and Jury Records), Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Tax and Fiscal Records, Fiduciary Records, Military and Pension Records, Election Records, Organization Records, County Administrative Records (subfield series include Treasurers' Records, Board of Supervisors Records, Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records and Overseers of the Poor Records), School Records, Business Records, Land Records, Miscellaneous Records and Marriage Records and Vital Statistics.

Court Records: Criminal Records: Indictments, Judgments; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths; Tax and Fiscal Records; Fiduciary Records: Military and Pension Records: Confederate Widow Pension Applications; Election Records.

Court Records: Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes; Tax an Fiscal Records.

Court Records: Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes, Judgments; Organization Records: Knights of Pythias Virginia Convention Proceedings, 1904 Feb.); County Administrative Records: Treasurers' Records; Tax and Fiscal Records. No chancery found.

Court Records: Criminal Records, Judgments, Clerks' Records; Tax and Fiscal Records; Election Records, 1901; School Records, 1907; Organization Records. Chancery pulled.

Court Records: Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes, 1884-1900, Clerk's Records, (Record of Cases), 1899, Chancery Records; Election Records, 1928-1930; Business Records(2 bound volumes, hauling lumber account book), 1903-1905. Pre-1914 chancery pulled.

County Administrative Record: Board of Supervisors Records, 1935; Court Records: Criminal Records, Judgments, Clerks' Records; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths; Fiduciary Records; Tax and Fiscal Records. No chancery found.

County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records, 1889-1937 and 1960-1963 (payroll), Treasurer's Records, 1937; Fiduciary Records and Land Records: Deeds, 1889-1919; Court Records: Judgments, 1918-1944, Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes, 1928-1951, Chancery Records, 1946; Election Records, 1952-1954; Bonds, Commissions, Oaths, 1936-1947 (Special Police and Constable Appointments); Miscellaneous Records: Partial copy of Coalfield Progress, 1935 August 8.) Pre-1914 chancery pulled.

Court Records: Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes and Arrest Warrants, 1859-1860, Judgments, 1858-1924, Chancery Records, 1920 and 1927, Clerk's Records: Clerk's Correpondence, 1928; Miscellaneous Records: Powers of Attorney, 1856-1897 and 1923; Election Records (Big Stone Gap), 1905; Land Records: Deeds, 1920 and 1931; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, 1911-1922, Board of Supervisors Records, 1930; Treasurers' Records, 1928 and 1932; Fiduciary Records, 1912 and 1919; Tax and Fiscal Records, 1928-1932 (Hunting and Fishing Licenses.)

Court Records: Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes, Jury Records: Grand Jury Presentments, Judgments, Chancery Records, 1920-1950; Land Records, 1890-1910; Tax and Fiscal Records: Commonwealth Claims; Election Records, 1905-1915; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths (includes loyalty oaths, 1866); Military and Pension Records (application for Union pension 1894); County Administrative Records: Treasurer's Record , 1904; Organization Records: Church Records (Methodist Woman's Home Missionary Society fundraising cards), 1904); Marriage Records and Vital Statistics: Marriage License. Pre-1913 Chancery Pulled.

Tax and Fiscal Records, 1899-1919; Military and Pension Records (list of persons registered for the draft), 1917; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1899-1904; Court Records: Judgments, circa 1900-1940, Chancery Records, 1917-1934, Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes, 1904-1945. Pre-1914 chancery pulled.

Tax and Fiscal Records, Court Records: Judgments, Criminal Records; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, 1887-1894; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths; Military and Pension Records. Chancery pulled.

Court Records: Judgments, 1900-1966, 1980, Criminal Records, 1900-1942, Chancery Records, 1921-1960, Clerk's Records (memorandum book), 1970; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, circa 1900-1945; Fiduciary Records, 1914-1966; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, 1924; Tax and Fiscal Records (Poll Tax Book, 1925). No pre-1914 chancery found.

Court Records: Judgments, Criminal Records; Tax and Fiscal: Claims. No chancery found.

Court Records: Criminal Records, 1857-1930, Judgments, 1890-1950; Tax and Fiscal Records, 1989-1910. No chancery found.

Court Records: Judgments, 1859-1955, 1979-1980, Criminal Records, Chancery Records, circa 1915-1955; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths; Tax and Fiscal Records; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records, 1922; Miscellaneous Records: Powers of Attorney; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics: Marriage Licenses, 1922. Pre-1914 chancery pulled.

Court Records: Clerks' Records, 1904-1962 (includes annual reports, 1904-1910), Criminal Records, 1889-1950 (paroles, 1905-1950), Judgments, 1922; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records, 1919; Tax and Fiscal Records: Claims, 1919; Land Records: Deeds, 1969. Chancery pulled.

Court Records: Judgments, 1893-1927, Criminal Records, 1908-1934, Chancery Records, 1925; Election Records, 1917-1932; Land Records, 1912-1924, 1959; Fiduciary Records: 1914-1917; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1918; Miscellaneous Records: Powers of Attorney, undated. Pre-1914 chancery pulled.

School Records; Court Records: Criminal Records, circa 1910-1940, Judgments, Chancery Records, 1940; Organization Records, 1903; Business Records, 1941-1942; Tax and Fiscal Records; County Administrative Records: Overseers of the Poor Records; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths; Fiduciary Records; Election Records, 1922-1925, 1949; Miscellaneous Records: Powers of Attorney. Pre-1913 chancery pulled.

Court Records: Judgments, Criminal Records, Clerk's Records; Land Records; Fidcuiary Records; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths; County Administrativer Records: Overseers of the Poor Records, Treasurer's Records; Tax and Fiscal Records; Election Records and Miscellaneous Records: Powers of Attorney. Chancery pulled.

Court Records: Abstracts of Judgments; County Administrativer Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records; Tax and Fiscal Records; Election Records.

Land Records: Deeds, 1890-1969; Fiduciary Records, 1925-1969; Court Records: Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes, 1900-1965, Judgments, 1907-1979, Chancery Records, 1934-1948, Clerks' Records, 1903-1916; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1931-1935; Tax and Fiscal Records, 1920-1933, Bear-Deer Damage Stamps, 1970-1971; Election Records, 1935; County Administrative Records: Treasurer's Records, 1933. Pre-1913 chancery removed.

Court Records: Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes, Judgments: Civil Executions; Fiduciary Records.

Biographical / historical:

Wise County was named for Henry Alexander Wise, governor of Virginia from 1856-1860. The county was formed in 1856 from Lee, Scott and Russell counties.

Acquisition information:
These boxes came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Wise County.
Physical location:
Library of Virginia--21 found at State Records Center--Archives Annex, Library of Virginia and 1(1016226) found at Library of Virginia.
Physical description:
22 boxes