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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Callie Lou Freed, 11 June 2021 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Wise County (Va.) Records, circa 1850-1980, undated A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1016223-1016284 Callie Lou Freed

Library of Virginia 2020 Library of Virginia staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Wise County (Va.) Records, circa 1850-1980, undated 1016223-1016284 Library of Virginia--21 found at State Records Center--Archives Annex, Library of Virginia and 1(1016226) found at Library of Virginia. 22 boxes English Wise County (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Wise County (Va.) Records, circa 1850-1980, undated. Local government records collection, Wise County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These boxes came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Wise County.

Historical Information

Wise County was named for Henry Alexander Wise, governor of Virginia from 1856-1860. The county was formed in 1856 from Lee, Scott and Russell counties.

Scope and Content

Wise County (Va.) Records, circa 1850-1980, undated, consist of the following series: Court Records (subfield series include Criminal Records, Judgments, Clerks' Records, Chancery Records and Jury Records), Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Tax and Fiscal Records, Fiduciary Records, Military and Pension Records, Election Records, Organization Records, County Administrative Records (subfield series include Treasurers' Records, Board of Supervisors Records, Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records and Overseers of the Poor Records), School Records, Business Records, Land Records, Miscellaneous Records and Marriage Records and Vital Statistics.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Wise 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.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Wise County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Public records--Virginia--Wise County. Geographical Names: Wise County (Va.)--History. Genre and Form Terms: Local government records--Virginia--Wise County. Contents List Records, 1889-1964

Court Records: Criminal Records: Indictments, Judgments; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths; Tax and Fiscal Records; Fiduciary Records: Military and Pension Records: Confederate Widow Pension Applications; Election Records.

Records, 1892-1935

Court Records: Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes; Tax an Fiscal Records.

Records, 1870-1910

Court Records: Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes, Judgments; Organization Records: Knights of Pythias Virginia Convention Proceedings, 1904 Feb.); County Administrative Records: Treasurers' Records; Tax and Fiscal Records. No chancery found.

Records, 1875-1915

Court Records: Criminal Records, Judgments, Clerks' Records; Tax and Fiscal Records; Election Records, 1901; School Records, 1907; Organization Records. Chancery pulled.

Records, 1884-1930

Court Records: Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes, 1884-1900, Clerk's Records, (Record of Cases), 1899, Chancery Records; Election Records, 1928-1930; Business Records(2 bound volumes, hauling lumber account book), 1903-1905. Pre-1914 chancery pulled.

Records, 1865-1915; 1935

County Administrative Record: Board of Supervisors Records, 1935; Court Records: Criminal Records, Judgments, Clerks' Records; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths; Fiduciary Records; Tax and Fiscal Records. No chancery found.

Records, 1889-1963

County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records, 1889-1937 and 1960-1963 (payroll), Treasurer's Records, 1937; Fiduciary Records and Land Records: Deeds, 1889-1919; Court Records: Judgments, 1918-1944, Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes, 1928-1951, Chancery Records, 1946; Election Records, 1952-1954; Bonds, Commissions, Oaths, 1936-1947 (Special Police and Constable Appointments); Miscellaneous Records: Partial copy of Coalfield Progress, 1935 August 8.) Pre-1914 chancery pulled.

Records, 1856-1932

Court Records: Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes and Arrest Warrants, 1859-1860, Judgments, 1858-1924, Chancery Records, 1920 and 1927, Clerk's Records: Clerk's Correpondence, 1928; Miscellaneous Records: Powers of Attorney, 1856-1897 and 1923; Election Records (Big Stone Gap), 1905; Land Records: Deeds, 1920 and 1931; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, 1911-1922, Board of Supervisors Records, 1930; Treasurers' Records, 1928 and 1932; Fiduciary Records, 1912 and 1919; Tax and Fiscal Records, 1928-1932 (Hunting and Fishing Licenses.)

Records, 1850-1950

Court Records: Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes, Jury Records: Grand Jury Presentments, Judgments, Chancery Records, 1920-1950; Land Records, 1890-1910; Tax and Fiscal Records: Commonwealth Claims; Election Records, 1905-1915; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths (includes loyalty oaths, 1866); Military and Pension Records (application for Union pension 1894); County Administrative Records: Treasurer's Record , 1904; Organization Records: Church Records (Methodist Woman's Home Missionary Society fundraising cards), 1904); Marriage Records and Vital Statistics: Marriage License. Pre-1913 Chancery Pulled.

Records, circa 1899-1945

Tax and Fiscal Records, 1899-1919; Military and Pension Records (list of persons registered for the draft), 1917; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1899-1904; Court Records: Judgments, circa 1900-1940, Chancery Records, 1917-1934, Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes, 1904-1945. Pre-1914 chancery pulled.

Records, 1887-1910

Tax and Fiscal Records, Court Records: Judgments, Criminal Records; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, 1887-1894; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths; Military and Pension Records. Chancery pulled.

Records, circa 1900-1980 (bulk 1900-1966)

Court Records: Judgments, 1900-1966, 1980, Criminal Records, 1900-1942, Chancery Records, 1921-1960, Clerk's Records (memorandum book), 1970; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, circa 1900-1945; Fiduciary Records, 1914-1966; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, 1924; Tax and Fiscal Records (Poll Tax Book, 1925). No pre-1914 chancery found.

Records, 1885-1907

Court Records: Judgments, Criminal Records; Tax and Fiscal: Claims. No chancery found.

Records, 1857-1950

Court Records: Criminal Records, 1857-1930, Judgments, 1890-1950; Tax and Fiscal Records, 1989-1910. No chancery found.

Records, circa 1859-1955; 1979-1980

Court Records: Judgments, 1859-1955, 1979-1980, Criminal Records, Chancery Records, circa 1915-1955; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths; Tax and Fiscal Records; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records, 1922; Miscellaneous Records: Powers of Attorney; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics: Marriage Licenses, 1922. Pre-1914 chancery pulled.

Records, 1889-1969

Court Records: Clerks' Records, 1904-1962 (includes annual reports, 1904-1910), Criminal Records, 1889-1950 (paroles, 1905-1950), Judgments, 1922; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records, 1919; Tax and Fiscal Records: Claims, 1919; Land Records: Deeds, 1969. Chancery pulled.

Records, 1893-1959, undated

Court Records: Judgments, 1893-1927, Criminal Records, 1908-1934, Chancery Records, 1925; Election Records, 1917-1932; Land Records, 1912-1924, 1959; Fiduciary Records: 1914-1917; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1918; Miscellaneous Records: Powers of Attorney, undated. Pre-1914 chancery pulled.

Records, circa 1903-1949

School Records; Court Records: Criminal Records, circa 1910-1940, Judgments, Chancery Records, 1940; Organization Records, 1903; Business Records, 1941-1942; Tax and Fiscal Records; County Administrative Records: Overseers of the Poor Records; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths; Fiduciary Records; Election Records, 1922-1925, 1949; Miscellaneous Records: Powers of Attorney. Pre-1913 chancery pulled.

Records, 1885-1900

Court Records: Judgments, Criminal Records, Clerk's Records; Land Records; Fidcuiary Records; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths; County Administrativer Records: Overseers of the Poor Records, Treasurer's Records; Tax and Fiscal Records; Election Records and Miscellaneous Records: Powers of Attorney. Chancery pulled.

Records, circa 1875-1940

Court Records: Abstracts of Judgments; County Administrativer Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records; Tax and Fiscal Records; Election Records.

Records, 1890-1979

Land Records: Deeds, 1890-1969; Fiduciary Records, 1925-1969; Court Records: Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes, 1900-1965, Judgments, 1907-1979, Chancery Records, 1934-1948, Clerks' Records, 1903-1916; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1931-1935; Tax and Fiscal Records, 1920-1933, Bear-Deer Damage Stamps, 1970-1971; Election Records, 1935; County Administrative Records: Treasurer's Records, 1933. Pre-1913 chancery removed.

Records, 1885-1900

Court Records: Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes, Judgments: Civil Executions; Fiduciary Records.