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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Callie Lou Freed, 20 May 2021 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Russell County (Va.) Records, circa 1860-1955 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1012005 Callie Lou Freed

Library of Virginia 2021 Library of Virginia staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Russell County (Va.) Records, circa 1860-1955 1012005 State Records Center---Archives Annex, Library of Virginia. 1 box. English Russell County (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Russell County (Va.) Records, circa 1860-1955. Local government records collection, Russell County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

This box came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of records from Russell County.

Historical Information

Russell County was named for General William Russell, a Clinch Valley pioneer and the member of the House of Delegates who introduced the legislation forming the county from Washington County in 1786.

The first marriage register and most loose papers were lost in a fire in the Clerk's office in 1872. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills (except Will Book 1) exist.

Scope and Content

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.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Russell County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm" found on the Library of Virginia's web site.

Russell County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Russell County Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection.

For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Russell County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Public records--Virginia--Russell County. Geographical Names: Russell County (Va.)--History. Genre and Form Terms: Local government records--Virginia--Russell County. Contents List Records, circa 1860-1955

Military and Pension Papers: Pension Papers (1923-27); Court Records: Subpoenas, Executions, Judgments, Criminal Records, Jury Records, Court Finance: Court Fines, Petitions(1860-1905); Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, 1906; County Administrative Records: Commissioner of Revenue Records: Erroneous Assessment of Lands; Tax and Fiscal Records: Commonwealth Accounts, 1895-1904; Miscellaneous Records: Estray Records, Powers of Attorney 1903, 1915; Land Records: Copies of Deeds, Deeds, Land Partitions, List of Conveyances, Certification of Titles, circa 1880-1955; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths: Appointments of Officials, Officials' Oaths, circa 1904; Election Records, circa 1899-1903; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, 1902-1915, Board of Supervisors Records, circa 1900; Fiduciary Records: Administrator Bonds, Executor Bonds, Guardian Bonds, Inventories, circa 1900; Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships: List of Officers of Clinchfield Coal Corporation, Drill Coal Mining Company, Appalachian Coal Corporation, Dawson Coal and Coal Company, S. T. Coal Corporation, Castlewood Water Company, Lebanon Motor and Supply Company, Southwest Virginia Coal Company, Clinchfield Hungarian American Miners Benefit Society, Emerald Coal Company, Dixie Splint Coal Company, Buchanan Coal Company, Superior Coal Company, Russell Coal Corporation, Middle Creek coal Company, circa 1917.