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Russell County (Va.) Bond of Samuel Ewing to make a deed for Charles Cartor, 1803, binds Ewing to Cartor to make a good and sufficient deed for 74 acres of land in Russell County.

Russell County (Va.) Business Records, 1888-1919, is comprised of various records created by individuals and companies is pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Russell County (Va.). Represented records largely consists of bound volumes such as an account book, receipt book and a ledger.

Russell County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1840-1960, 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.

Russell County (Va.) Deed, McCoy etc to McCoy etc, 31 December 1833, is a deed of land partition between George McCoy and wife Tabitha, Brumfield McCoy and wife Nancy, Robert Holebrook and wife Mary, Reubin McCoy and wife Lucy, James McCoy and wife Anna, and John and Thomas McCoy for 150 acres of land in Russell Co.

Russell County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1860-1955 circa, include miscellaneous records filed in a local court by trustees, administrators, executors, guardians, and committees that related to the performance of their duties managing a person's estate. These records typically include the following; bonds, appraisements, audits, inventories, accounts, estate divisions, settlements, dowery records, etc. Information related to enslaved people are commonly found in these records.

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.) Records, circa 1860-1955, consist of the following series: Military and Pension Records, Court Records (subfield series include Judgments, Criminal Records, Jury Records and Court Finance), Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, County Administrative Records (subfield series include Commissioner of Revenue Records, Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records and Board of Supervisors Records), Tax and Fiscal Records, Miscelleanous Records, Land Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Election Records, Fiduciary Records and Business Records.

Russell County (Va.) Register of Convicts, 1880-1956, is a comprehensive register of convicted felons for the county. This register includes the name in full of the convict and whether there are any aliases, the present and last known residence of the accused, the color or race of the individual (including white, black, dark brown, and mulatto), the individual's height, eye color, hair color and any identifying marks, the apparent and known age of the criminal, his or her occupation, the offense, the court in which convicted, date of conviction and page of record book and whether the judgment was reversed or pardon granted (later identified as penalty or sentence or term of imprisonment.)

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.