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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word, created by Cathy Carlson Reynolds, 12 June 2012 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the H. M. Heuser Court Docket Notebook, 1899-1908 A Collection in Special Collections, Kegley Library 2010.8 Cathy Carlson Reynolds

Special Collections, Kegley Library, Wytheville Community College 2011 Cathy Carlson Reynolds Special Collections, Kegley Library, Wytheville Community College Descriptive Summary Special Collections, Kegley Library H. M. Heuser Court Docket Notebook 1899-1908 2010.8 1 item. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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Preferred Citation

H. M. Heuser Court Docket Notebook, Mss. Collection 2010.8, Kegley Library, Wytheville Community College, Wytheville, VA

Acquisition Information

Donated by the Rural Retreat Literary Society in December 1992.

Biographical Information

Henry Massilon Heuser, son of Guido Alexander Heuser and Jennie Sehorn, was born in Wytheville, Virginia on 28 February 1867. He attended summer law school at the University of Virginia and complted his bachelors law degree at Washington and Lee College in 1890. That same year he was admitted to the Virginia bar. He practiced first in Ivanhoe then reolocated to Wytheville. He served as commonwealth attorny from 1899 to 1908. He continued his practice of law until his death on 7 June 1957.

Heuser married Myra Painter on 23 August 1893 and had two sons, Paul Ernst Heuser, and Frederick Randolph Heuser. He is buried in East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia.

Scope and Content

Wythe County Commonwealth Attorney Henry Massilon Heuser, recorded details about criminal and civil cases in the Wythe County Court from July 1899 to January 1908. Heuser recorded defendant, alleged offense, laws (acts) referenced, and court decisions. Not all cases contain this information. He recorded both felony and misdemeanor offenses.