PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi04907::A Guide to the Westmoreland County (Va.) Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery Records, 1831-1845)//EN" "vi04907.xml" A Guide to the Westmoreland County (Va.) Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery Records, 1831-1845 Westmoreland County (Va.) Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery Records 1101801, 1101806 and 1101811 Callie Lou Freed Library of Virginia © 2018 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by Callie Lou Freed, 24 January 2018 Description is in English A Guide to the Westmoreland County (Va.) Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery Records, 1831-1845 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1101801, 1101806 and 1101811

Library of Virginia 2018 Library of Virginia Staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Westmoreland County (Va.) Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery Records, 1831-1845 1101801, 1101806 and 1101811 State Records Center--Archives Annex, Library of Virginia 3 v. English Westmoreland County (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Westmoreland County (Va.) Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery Records, 1831-1845. Local government records collection, Westmoreland County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These volumes came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court records from Westmoreland County.

Historical Information

Westmoreland County was named for the English county. It was formed from Northumberland County in 1653. The county seat is Montross.

The Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery was created in 1831 to take the place of the Superior Court of Law and the Superior Court of Chancery. Sessions were held twice yearly in each county. The court was abolished by the Virginia Constitution of 1851 and replaced by the Circuit Court.

Many loose papers were burned during the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Volumes that record deeds, court orders (except an order book for the period 1764-1776) and wills exist.

Scope and Content

Westmoreland County (Va.) Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery Records, 1831-1845, consist of a Minute Book, an Order book and a volume of Office Judgments.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically.

 Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Westomoreland County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.

Related Material

Westmoreland County (Va.) is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Westmoreland County records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Digital Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Westmoreland County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Public records--Virginia--Westmoreland County. Geographical Names: Westmoreland County (Va.)--History--19th century. Genre and Form Terms: Local government records--Virginia--Westmoreland County.