Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Rockingham County (Va.) Judgment Suits, 1806. Local government records collection, Rockingham County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 40506.

Historical Information

Rockingham County was formed in 1778 from Augusta County.

Created in 1778. A courthouse fire in 1787 destroyed wills and estate records, primarily. In June 1864 during the Civil War, court records (mostly volumes) were removed from the courthouse and loaded on a wagon to be taken to place of safety on or beyond the Blue Ridge. The wagon was overtaken by Union troops near Port Republic and set on fire, which was put out by local citizens. Many order books, deed books, will books, and fiduciary books, however, were lost or severely damaged by the fire. The loose records that remained at the courthouse were undamaged. Pre-1865 records including deeds and wills were rerecorded following an act of assembly passed in November 1884.

Scope and Content

Rockingham County (Va.) Judgment Suits, 1806. Consists of judgments from two debt cases: Hugh Dever vs. Gabriel Yancey and Daniel Ragin; and Conrad Custer vs. William Robinson.

Related Material

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

Rockingham County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Rockingham County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Rockingham County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Geographical Names:

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

Genre and Form Terms:

• Court records--Virginia--Rockingham County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Rockingham County.

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