PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi02822::A Guide to the Craig County (Va.) Court Records, 1855-1933)//EN" "vi02822.xml" A Guide to the Craig County (Va.) Court Records, 1855-1933 Craig County (Va.) Court Recordsm 1855-1933 1207501-1207503 Sarah Nerney Library of Virginia © 2010 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Sarah Nerney, 14 December 2010 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Craig County (Va.) Court Records, 1855-1933 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1207501-1207503 Sarah Nerney

Library of Virginia 2010 Sarah Nerney Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Craig County (Va.) Court Records, 1855-1933 1207501-1207503 State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia .9 cu. ft. (3 boxes) English Craig County (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions. The collection is unprocessed but open for research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Craig County (Va.) Court Records, 1851-1933. Local government records collection, Craig County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Craig County under the accession number 44924.

Historical Information

Craig County was named for Robert Craig, a nineteenth-century Virginia congressman. The county was formed from Botetourt, Roanoke, Giles, and Monroe (West Virginia) Counties in 1851. Parts of Monroe County were added in 1853 and 1856, part of Montgomery County was added in 1853, part of Alleghany County added in 1856, and part of Giles County added in 1858.

Scope and Content

Craig County (Va.) Court Records, 1851-1933, consist of unprocessed judgments and chancery and other court papers. The judgments and court papers date roughly from 1852 into the 1900s and consist mainly of misfiled items pulled out of chancery causes. The chancery consists of summons and subpoenas from 1851-1866 and various pieces of chancery causes dating 1915-1933.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Craig County (Va.). Circuit Court. Subjects: Public records -- Virginia -- Craig County. Geographical Names: Craig County (Va.) -- History. Genre and Form Terms: Criminal court records -- Virginia -- Craig County. Judicial records -- Virginia -- Craig County. Local government records -- Virginia -- Craig County.