Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Lunenburg County (Va.) Judgments, 1745-1924 and undated. Local Government Records Collection, Lunenburg County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in transfer of court papers from Lunenburg County.

Historical Information

Judgments could include civil suits, chancery causes, criminal papers, free negro certificates, road petitions, land processioner's reports, coroner's inquest, grand jury list, officials' bonds, tax records, and administrators' bonds. According to Black's Law Dictionary they are "a court's final determination of the rights and obligations of the parties in a case.

Lunenburg County was formed in 1745 from Brunswick County. Part of Charlotte County was added in 1777.

Scope and Content

Lunenburg County (Va.) Judgments, 1745-1924 and undated, contain civil cases in which justice was administered on the strictly formulated rules of common law. The majority of cases in this record series relate to matters of debt.

Related Material

Additional Lunenburg County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

Additional unprocessed Lunenburg County Judgments are found at The Library of Virginia.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Civil procedure--Virginia--Lunenburg County.
• Debt--Virginia -- Lunenburg County.
• Public records--Virginia -- Lunenburg County.

Geographical Names:

• Lunenburg County (Va.) -- Genealogy
• Lunenburg County (Va.) -- History

Genre and Form Terms:

• Decisions--Virginia -- Lunenburg County.
• Judicial records--Virginia -- Lunenburg County.
• Local government records -- Virginia -- Lunenburg, County.

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