Courthouses
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Anderson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0001
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items of the Anderson and Alexander families including correspondence dealing with legal business, family matters, and Lexington, Virginia affairs. Consists largely of the family correspondence of William Alexander Anderson, Francis T. Anderson, and Mary Anne Alexander Anderson; includes letters to and from Virginia Governor John Letcher, and two letters from Mildred Lee, daughter of Robert E. Lee. Other correspondents include William A. Glasgow, George Hutcheson...
Dates:
1755 - 1958
James Monroe Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0017
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the appointment, July 29, 1800, of John Bowyer, Andrew Reid, and John Caruthers as presidential electors; proclamation, March 16, 1802, by Gov. Monroe authorizing the meeting house outside Lexington, Va. as a proper place for holding court (2 copies); and U.S. land grant of 160 acres, April 2, 1818, to Aaron Sanford. All of these documents are signed by Monroe.
Dates:
Inclusive 1800-1818
Rockbridge County, County Court memorandum book
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0461
Scope and Contents
This memorandum book contains entries in various hands of fines paid and damages assessed in court cases, including slander, property damage, and liability suits.
Dates:
Inclusive 1801-1802
Rockbridge County Courthouse
File — Box 11, Folder: 12
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1609 - 2016