Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Many of the business volumes are fragile. Please handle with extreme care

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Bland County (Va.) Business Records, 1889-1923, Local government records collection, Bland County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Bland County in an undated accession.

Processing Information

Prior to 2024, the various business records in this collection were originally described as individual records, but they have been consolidated into one large business record for the locality.

Encoded by C. Freed, October 2024

Historical Information

Context for Record Type: Business Records, both volumes and loose records, are in some cases transferred to the Library of Virginia as components of court record transfers. These business records in some cases were simply stored in the local court building for safe keeping by business owners. In other cases, business records (particularly ledgers, account books, etc.) may have been filed in a court case as an exhibit. These business record exhibits appeared both in chancery causes and in judgments, these records serving as exhibits for business dissolution cases, debt suits, and contract disputes.

Locality History: Bland County is said to have been named for Richard Bland, a leader of colonial Virginia's resistance to Great Britain in the 1760s and 1770s. It was formed from Giles, Wythe, and Tazewell Counties in 1861, and another part of Giles was added in 1900. The county seat is Bland. Area: 358.7 square miles. Population: 6,871 (2000), 7,100 (2005 estimate.)

Lost Records Locality: : Created in 1861. Most loose records were destroyed by fire in 1888. All volumes and part of the chancery papers were saved.

Scope and Content

Bland County (Va.) Business Records, 1889-1923, are comprised of various records created by individuals and companies in pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Bland County (Va.) Represented records consist of bound volumes such as a charter book and ledgers.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged

Related Material

Additional Bland County (Va.) records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

Bland County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Craig County records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Digital Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.

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