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Giles County (Va.) Business Records, 1836-1912 is comprised of various records created by individuals and companies in pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Giles County (Va.). Represented records consist of bound volumes of ledgers, account books, journals, cashbooks, letter books, and daybooks.

Giles County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1807-1936, consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.

Giles County (Va.) Court Records, 1813-1855. The collection contains two documents removed from Giles County court records: a decree from the chancery cause Rives and Woods vs. Tyree G. Newbill, etc., 1855; and accounts of John Toney and Saumuel Panewalt, Jr., 1813. The accounts are difficult to read due to water damage.

Giles County (Va.) Declarations for Revolutionary War Pensions, 1819-1820, primarily record the declarations of individuals seeking to obtain Revolutionary War pensions provided by various acts of Congress. The applicants present detailed testimony of their time of service during the Revolutionary War. Information found in the declarations include date and location applicants entered into service, names of military companies they served in, names of military commanders they served under, names of fellow soldiers they served with, length of service, their age, and their place of birth. The predominant portion of the declarations are narratives of their tours of duty during the Revolutionary War with emphasis on battles they fought. The declarations also include affidavits from witnesses who could verify information provided by applicants.

Giles County (Va.) Judgments, 1806-1952 circa, consist of civil suits, commonwealth causes, other court papers filed in the court such as road and bridge records, tax and fiscal records, overseers of the poor, court appointments and resignations, fiduciary records, and other court papers. Not every record type will be found in every bundle of papers.

Giles County (Va.) Minute Books, 1820-1830, 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 minute books recorded in County Court and Superior Court of Law.

Giles County (Va.) Naturalization Records, 1849-1871, consists of loose naturalization records filed in the local court. Loose naturalization records may include affidavits, reports for naturalization, declarations of intent to become United States citizens, and notices of application for admission of citizenship. The reports are narrative accounts made by applicants summarizing their journey to the United States. The declarations of intent record the person's name, place of birth, age, country of previous citizenship, renunciation of allegiance and fidelity to the nation of which the person is currently a citizen, and the date the intention was sworn. Affidavits, signed by those who knew the applicant and could vouch for their loyalty to the United States, may also be filed with the reports and declarations.

Giles County (Va.) Organization Records, 1839-1866 is comprised of various records created by groups in Giles County. The records consist of a minute book and unprocessed, loose records.

Giles County (Va.) Reports of Indigent Soldiers' Families, 1861-1865, records names of the soldiers and family members, number of children per family, the amount of money or provisions provided to each family and for what use. The reports record that funds were to be used for provisions, shoes and clothing.