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Nelson County (Va.) Court Records, 1808-1964. Local government records collection, Nelson County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
The volumes came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Nelson County.
Items 1206426 and 0007309831 came to the Library of Virginia under accession number 42148. These items are found at the Library of Virginia.
Nelson County was formed in 1807 from Amherst County. The county was named for Thomas Nelson, Jr., governor of Virginia from June to November 1781.
The volumes and records were originally created by the County Court, the Superior Court of Law, the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery and the Circuit Court.
Nelson County (Va.) Court Records, 1808-1964, contain the following record types: a Process Book, a Sleeping Docket, a Chancery Fee Book, a Clerk's Ticket Register labeled Nevada, Oregon Washington and Idaho, a Memorandum Book, a Convict Register and 2 boxes of unprocessed Judgments.
Additional Nelson County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."