A Guide to the Rockbridge County (Va.) Judgments, 1778-1934
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Barcode numbers: 1140602-1140639, 1140641-1140743, 1140745, 1160557, 1168875, 1172174, 1174761, 1174762
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
Rockbridge County (Va.) Judgments, 1778-1934. Local government records collection, Rockbridge County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
Acquisition Information
These items came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Rockbridge County.
Historical Information
Rockbridge County was named for Natural Bridge, an exceptional rock formation located in the county. The county was formed from Augusta and Botetourt counties in 1778, and another part of Botetourt was added later.
Scope and Content
Rockbridge County (Va.) Judgments, 1778-1934, consist of judgments, commonwealth causes, and petitions. Judgments are civil cases in which justice was administered on the strictly formulated rules of common law. The majority of cases in this record series relate to matters of debt. Commonwealth causes are criminal court cases and consist primarily of warrants, summons, indictments, and verdicts handed down by grand juries and other legal authorities in order to prosecute individuals who violated the penal code. Petitions are formal written applications to a court requesting judicial action on a certain matter.
Arrangement
Judgments are organized chronologically by ended date, year then month. Commonwealth causes and petitions are filed following the judgments for each year.
Index Terms
- Rockbridge County (Va.) Circuit Court.
- Civil procedure -- Virginia -- Rockbridge County.
- Crime -- Virginia -- Rockbridge County.
- Debt -- Virginia -- Rockbridge County.
- Rockbridge County (Va.) -- History.
- Decisions -- Virginia -- Rockbridge County.
- Indictments -- Virginia -- Rockbridge County.
- Judicial records -- Virginia -- Rockbridge County.
- Local government records -- Virginia -- Rockbridge County.
- Petitions -- Virginia -- Rockbridge County.
- Warrants (law) -- Virginia -- Rockbridge County.
- Rockbridge County (Va.) County Court.