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Campbell County (Va.) Judgments (Freedom Suits), 1852, 1861, consist of two suits for freedom initiated by slaves.

Campbell County (Va.) Personal Property Tax Book, 1848-1850, are three years of lists of taxable personal property bound into the same volume. Information recorded includes names of persons chargeable with tax; white males above 16 years of age; slaves above 16 years of age; slaves above 12 years of age; horses, mules etc.; 4 wheel pleasure carriages and harnesses, and value; stages, and value, including harness; carryalls and harness, and value; 2 wheel pleasure carriages and harnesses, and value; gold watches; patent lever or lepine silver watches; other watches; metallic clocks; other clocks; pianos, and value; plate over the value of $50; attorneys paying specific tax, and amount of tax; physicians and surgeons paying specific tax, and amount of tax; dentists paying specific tax, and amount of tax; amount of interest or profits on moneys loaned out, or on bonds acquired by purchase, including interest, profits or dividends on state or corporation bonds; amount of monied yearly income over $400, received as salaries or fees of office; bridges and ferries: amount of yearly rent or value over $100; newspaper printing presses, and amount of tax; and total amount of tax in dollars and cents. Each year is recorded together with the names arranged alphabetically. At the end of each year is a recapitulation for each category and certifications by the commissioner of the revenue and the clerk of court as to the accuracy of the list.

Campbell County (Va.) Virginia Teacher's Daily Register, 1906-1908, contains daily attendance records, statistical information, and physical descriptions of the Woodland School (also called White School No. 17) in Rustburg, the county seat of Campbell County. The attendance records include name of teacher, names of pupils (surname, given name, and middle initial), age of pupils, and total days present for each pupil. Also included are monthly statistics: number of boys and girls on the roll, average daily attendance for boys and girls, average percent of boys and girls attending, average days present for boys and girls, average age of boy and girl pupils, number of boys and girls entered and dropped, number of boys and girls over 21 years of age, and the number of students studying spelling, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, grammar, history and higher branches. Also included is a summary of the number of visits to school by the County Superintendant, District Trustees, and others. In the back of the register, name of parent or guardian for each student is listed.