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Preferred Citation

Tazewell County (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1801-1912, undated. Local government records collection, Tazewell County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Tazewell County.

Historical Information

Tazewell County was named for Henry Tazewell, United States senator from Virginia from 1794 until his death in 1799. It was formed from Wythe and Russell Counties by an act passed on 19 December 1799 to take effect on 1 May 1800, and the county court first met on 3 June 1800. Subsequent additions were made from Logan (now in West Virginia) in 1834, Russell (1807), Wythe (1826), and Washington (1826) Counties. The county seat is Tazewell.

Two freeholders were appointed on order of the county court to procession or review the bounds of farms or tracts of land in each precinct in order to renew or replace old landmarks. This was originally a function of the church vestry, but was continued by the court after disestablishment. Persons who walked the boundaries were called processioners.

Scope and Content

Tazewell County (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1801-1912, undated typically record an area of land processioned with geographical landmarks, roads, property lines noted, the names of the persons present, the date(s) when the processioning occurred, the names of the processioners, and the date that the return was recorded by the local court.

Arrangement

Chronological.

Related Material

Additional Tazewell County records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

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