PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi04909::A Guide to the Westmoreland County (Va.) Superior Court of Law Records, 1809-1831)//EN" "vi04909.xml" A Guide to the Westmoreland County (Va.) Superior Court of Law Records, 1809-1831 Westmoreland County (Va.) Superior Court of Law Records 1101682, 1101717-1101798, 1101804-1101827 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, 31 January 2018 Description is in English A Guide to the Westmoreland County (Va.) Superior Court of Law Records, 1809-1831 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1101682, 1101717-1101798, 1101804-1101827

Library of Virginia 2018 LVA Staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Westmoreland County (Va.) Superior Court of Law Records, 1809-1831 1101682, 1101717-1101798, 1101804-1101827 State Records Center--Archives Annex, Library of Virginia 9 v. English Westmoreland County (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Westmoreland County (Va.) Superior Court of Law Records, 1809-1831. Local government records collection, Westmoreland County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

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

Biographical Information

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

The Superior Court of Law was created in 1808, and met biannually in each county. A General Court judge rode a circuit throughout his district, and court records were filed with those of the county courts where the court met. This court was abolished in 1831 along with the Superior Court of Chancery and replaced with the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery.

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.) Superior Court of Law Records, 1809-1831, consist of 1 Rule Docket, 2 Execution Books, 1 Record Book of the Superior Court and Quarterly Sessions, 1 book of Office Judgments, 2 Order Books, 1 Orders at Law Book and 1 Minute Book.

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.