A Guide to the Lee County (Va.) Judgments, 1860-1960
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Barcode numbers: 0007286615, 1200659, 1200670, 1200683, 1200687, 1200689, 1200691-1200704, 1202664, 1207635
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions. The collection is unprocessed but open for research.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Lee County (Va.) Judgments, 1860-1960. Local Government Records Collection, Lee County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Lee County under accession number 44298.
Historical Information
Lee County was named Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, governor of Virginia from 1791 to 1794. It was formed from Russell County in 1792. Part of Scott County was added in 1823. Its area is 438 square miles, and the county seat is Jonesville.
A significant number of loose records prior to 1860 including chancery and judgments are missing. They were probably destroyed when Union forces burned the courthouse in October 1863 during the Civil War. Most volumes including deed books, will books, and order books exist because a local judge removed them from the courthouse for safekeeping before the fire occurred.
Scope and Content
Lee County (Va.) Judgments, 1860-1960, contains civil cases in which justice was administered on the strictly formulated rules of common law. The majority of the cases in this record series relate to matters of debt.
Related Material
Additional Lee County Court Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."
Index Terms
- Lee County (Va.) Circuit Court.
- Civil procedure--Virginia--Lee County.
- Debt--Virginia--Lee County.
- Public records--Virginia--Lee County.
- Lee County (Va.)--History.
- Decisions--Virginia--Lee County.
- Judicial records--Virginia--Lee County.
- Local government records--Virginia--Lee County.
- Petitions--Virginia--Lee County.
- Warrants (Law)--Virginia--Lee County.