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City of Winchester (Va.) Miscellaneous Records, 1887-1922, includes Medical Licenses, 1887-1914; Vendors' Liens, 1894-1912; Mechanics' Lien Docket No. 1, 1893-1922.

Winchester (Va.) Confederate Pension Board Register and Minute Book, 1900-1915, consists of the minutes taken during the meetings of the Confederate Pension Board related to its work largely approving or rejecting pension applications for relief aid made by individuals or widows of those who fought in the War Between the States.

Winchester (Va.) Election Records, 1894-1950, includes List of Registered Voters, 1902-1928, and individual lists of white and colored voters, 1894-1950, from each ward. Information from the individual lists were transferred to the List of Registered Voters. The volume is divided by precincts: Alexandria, Carper's Valley, Lamp, City Hall, Rouso Engine House, Sarah Lane, Shenandoah, Neffstown, Borden, Station House, Friendship, and Stonewell; and within each precinct on the basis of color. Information found in the volumes includes date of registration; number of registered voter; name of registered voter; date of birth; age; occupation; residence; length of residence in state, county, and precinct; whether exempt from poll tax; if naturalized, and if so, date of papers and by what court issued; if transferred from another precinct, and if so, when and to what precinct.

Winchester (Va.) Minute Books, 1802-1811, 1843-1860, record all matters brought before the court on a daily basis when it was in session including but not limited to: civil and criminal suits, appointments of county officers, appointments of guardians and administrators, deed recordings, free negro registrations, naturalization registrations, and court fees. Clerks would transfer information from minute books to appropriate order book, deed book, fiduciary book, free negro register, etc. Collection includes a minute book from the City of Winchester circuit court.

Winchester (Va.) Will Books, 1794-1938 typically record the names of the testatior, list of heirs and the year the wills were proven in court, and probate records such as inventories and appraisements.