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Newport News (Va.) and Warwick County (Va.) Records, 1646-1971, consist of the following series: County and City Court Records (subfield series include Judgments, Clerk' Records, Jury Records, Common Law papers and Chancery Records, Election Records, Fiduciary Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, County Administrative Records (subfield series include Board of Supervisors Records and Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records), Tax and Fiscal Records, Business Records, Organization Records, Fiduciary Records, Wills, Military and Pension Records, Miscellaneous Records and Property Records.

Newport News (Va.) Judgment: W.H. Baumeister versus Newport News Publishing Company, 1906 June, is a trespass on the case suit concerning damages for physical injuries received while Baumeister was an employee of the Newport News Publishing Company. Mr. Baumeister was a pressman and received injuries to an arm that required an amputation while attempting to fix a printing press. Baumeister alleged that the publishing company had not provided safe working conditions and improperly lit the area underneath the press thereby causing his accident. The suit papers contain Baumeister's original filing, answers from the publishing company, jury instructions, jury verdicts, exceptions to court decisions, appeal bonds and verdicts, depositions, and diagrams of the press room and the press.

Newport News (Va.) record of declaration of intention (1908 July-1910 Dec) are two volumes that record a person's name, age, occupation, color, complexion, height in feet and inches, weight, color of hair, color of eyes, other visible distinctive marks, place and date of birth, current residence, place from where emigrated to the United States, vessel arrived on, last foreign residence, a renunciation of allegiance and fidelity to the state of which the person is currently a citizen, and the date the intention was sworn. There is an index in the front of each volume.

Warwick County (Va.) and Newport News (Va.) Organization Records, circa 1899-1941, typically consist of appointments of trustees, minutes, and miscellaneous records of religious organizations, fraternal organizations, independent associations, and cooperatives.

Warwick County (Va.) Court Docket Book, 1813-1818, records the schedule of the cases awaiting action in the County Court including office judgments, issues, writs of inquiry, criminal suits, and chancery causes. Information recorded includes surname of plaintiff, surname of defendant, reason for action (debt, presentment, case, slander, etc.) The volume records grand jury presentments made against individuals accused of a crime. Information includes name of accused and alleged crime committed. The volume also records the schedule for guardians' returns. Information includes name of guardian and names of minors.

Warwick County (Va.) Records, 1646-1914, include photocopies of county court orders, docket book, pages from order books, judgments, deeds, wills and other miscellaneous court records. Information found in order book and pages from order books include deeds, wills, estate inventories, and summary of suits heard in county court.

Warwick County (Va.) Records, 1650-1840, include county court orders, county claims, order book, docket book, pages from order books, judgments, chancery cause, deeds, justice of the peace commission, and fiduciary records. Information found in order book and pages from order books include deeds, wills, estate inventories, and summary of suits heard in county court.

Warwick County (Va.) Records, 1688-1751, include an administrator's bond, 1719; judgments, 1688, 1718, 1719; torn page from a will book, 1718; and the will of Nathaniel Wythe, 1751.

Warwick County (Va.) Stanley Township and Board of Supervisors' Minutes, 1871-1904, consists of one volume of minutes relating to the administrative functions of these county boards.