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Russell County (Va.) Marriage Registers, 1853-1908, are divided into two separate volumes. The first volume covers 1853-1886. The second volume covers 1886-1908. Because of the adoption of a more standardized format, both volumes contain the following information: the date and place of marriage, the full names of both parties, the age and condition before marriage of both parties, their places of birth, their places of residence, their parents names, the occupation of the husband, the name of the person performing the ceremony and a special remarks section which often included consent information and whether or not the couple were "colored." African American marriages are noted in both volumes from 1867-1908. There are two volumes titled "General Indexes to Marriage Licenses, 1853-1930, " that cover these registers among other volumes and are found on Microfilm Reel 25. The information contained within these registers is also found in a single volume in the Russell County Circuit Court Clerk's Office-- labeled Marriage Register No. 2. This volume also appears on Microfilm Reel 25. Marriage Register No. 1 was destroyed by fire.

Russell County (Va.) Marriage Registers, 1853-1908, are divided into two separate volumes. The first volume covers 1853-1886. The second volume covers 1886-1908. Because of the adoption of a more standardized format, both volumes contain the following information: the date and place of marriage, the full names of both parties, the age and condition before marriage of both parties, their places of birth, their places of residence, their parents names, the occupation of the husband, the name of the person performing the ceremony and a special remarks section which often included consent information and whether or not the couple were "colored." African American marriages are noted in both volumes from 1867-1908. There are two volumes titled "General Indexes to Marriage Licenses, 1853-1930, " that cover these registers among other volumes and are found on Microfilm Reel 25. The information contained within these registers is also found in a single volume in the Russell County Circuit Court Clerk's Office-- labeled Marriage Register No. 2. This volume also appears on Microfilm Reel 25. Marriage Register No. 1 was destroyed by fire.

Russell County (Va.) Smallpox Epidemic Records, 1904-1905, consists of three items in which the justice of the peace for Russell County ordered two doctors, R.C. Meade and L.F. Banner, to go to certain locations in Russell County to determine whether people there were infected with smallpox and thus required to be quarantined. Locations included: the house of John Ewens (African American) at Castlewood, Virginia, Fullar Bro. Store on Lick Creek, and various other households in Dante, Virginia: Dave Salyers, Nathan Blevins, Henry Cook, Sarah Counts, Tom Castle, Lee Jordon, John Salyers.