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Preferred Citation

Warwick County (Va.) Subpoena, 1843. Local government records collection, Warwick County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 37179.

Historical Information

Warwick County (extinct) was named either for Robert Rich, earl of Warwick, a prominent member of the London Company, or for the county of Warwick in England. The county was originally called Warwick River and was one of the original shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634. The shorter name was adopted in 1643. Warwick County became extinct in 1952, when it became the city of Warwick. The new city was consolidated with the city of Newport News in 1958 and took the latter's name. Denbigh was the county seat.

County court records were destroyed at several times with most destruction occurring during the Civil War. The clerk's office was burned on 15 December 1864. County court minute books and loose records from 1787 to 1819 were destroyed by the fire. Additional records were burned in Richmond on 3 April 1865, where they had been moved for safekeeping during the Civil War.

Scope and Content

Warwick County (Va.) Subpoena, 1843. Consists of a subpoena for Daniel P. Curtis, Humphrey Harwood, and Carter Crafford to testify on behalf of William Crafford in the case, Executor of John Jones vs. William Crafford.

Related Material

Additional Warwick County Court Records can be found with Warwick County Court records on microfilm at The Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

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

For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note .

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Warwick County (Va.)--Circuit Court.

Geographical Names:

• Warwick County (Va.)--History--19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Court records--Virginia--Warwick County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Warwick County.
• Subpoenas--Virginia--Warwick County.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Originals are located at the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.