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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Greg Crawford, 26 September 2014 Description is in English A Guide to the Campbell County (Va.) Records, 1763-1868 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 0007389946, 0007538190 Greg Crawford

Library of Virginia 2014 Library of Virginia staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Campbell County (Va.) Records, 1763-1868 0007389946, 0007538190 Library of Virginia 2.00 cu. ft. English Campbell County (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Campbell County (Va.) Records, 1763-1868. Local Government Records Collection, Campbell County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Campbell County under accession number 50580.

Historical Information

Campbell County was named for William Campbell, a general in the militia during the Revolutionary War and one of the heroes of the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780. The county was formed from Bedford County by an act passed on 15 December 1781. The county court first met on 7 February 1782.

Scope and Content

Campbell County (Va.) Records, 1763-1868, consist of the following records: deeds, land patents, land warrant, wills, guardian accounts, military and pension records, owers of attorney, petitions, manumission deeds emancipating slaves, slave patrol commssion, inventories and appraisements, estate accounts, obligation bonds, and a broadside.

A civil suit between Thomas Jefferson and Samuel Scott, 1810. Jefferson claimed Scott forcibly entered and detained lands and tenements owned by Jefferson in Campbell County.

A civil suit between Patrick Henry and Henry Walthall and others, 1796.

A circular issued by the Conservative State Committee, 1868, expressing the committee's concerns about the 1868 state constitution, specifically in regards to social and political rights for African Americans.

One newspaper - Virginia Gazette and Independent Chronicle, 29 September 1787.

 Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Campbell County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.

 Index Terms Corporate Names: Campbell County (Va.) Circuit Court Subjects: African Americans -- History Business enterprises -- Virginia -- Campbell County Debt -- Virginia -- Campbell County Estates (Law) -- Virginia -- Campbell County Land subdivision -- Virginia -- Campbell County Geographical Names: Campbell County (Va.) -- History. Genre and Form Terms: Deeds -- Virginia -- Campbell County Judicial records -- Virginia -- Campbell County Land records -- Virginia -- Campbell County Local government records -- Virginia -- Campbell County Wills -- Virginia -- Campbell County