Rockingham Public Library Collection of Rockingham County Legal Documents, 1767-1873
Summary Information
- Repository:
- Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University
- Creator:
- Rockingham Library Association
- Title:
- Rockingham Public Library Collection of Rockingham County Legal Documents
- Collection No.:
- SC 0136
- Date:
- 1767-1873
- Extent:
- 1 box, .4 Cubic Feet
- Language of the Material:
- English
- Abstract:
- The Rockingham Public Library Collection of Rockingham County Legal Documents, 1767-1873, consists of one box chiefly comprised of legal documents from Rockingham County and Harrisonburg.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Rockingham Public Library Collection of Rockingham County Legal Documents, 1767-1873, SC 0136, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.
Bio/Historical Note
Contents relevant to Rockingham County and Harrisonburg from the earliest days of the county's formation.
Scope and Content
The Rockingham Public Library Collection of Rockingham County Legal Documents, 1767-1873, consists of one box comprised chiefly of legal documents from Rockingham County and Harrisonburg. Materials include court case documents, road and bridge records, complaints, and land causes.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series:
Series 1: Court Cases, 1767-1839
Series 2: Roads, Bridges, Mills, 1796-1851
Series 3: Miscellaneous, 1778-1873
Administrative Information
Revision Description
Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. 2013-11-21
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).
Acquisition Information
Received on deposit immediately after a February 3, 1994 contract with the Rockingham Library Association was signed. Existing organization and file headings were retained.
Processing Information
In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbring campaigin in the spring of 2017. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 3060.
Location
Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University
880 Madison DriveMSC 1704Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807library-special@jmu.eduURL: https://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/
Index Terms
Subject
- Carthrae, John
- Chandler family
- Harrison family
- Virginia. Circuit Court (Rockingham County)
- Virginia. Circuit Court (Rockingham County) -- Sources
- Rockingham County (Va.). Jail
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
- Wise-Dinkle Mill (Rockingham County, Va.)
- Pirkey's Mill (Rockingham County, Va.)
- Chrisman's Mill (Rockingham County, Va.)
- Mathias-Stover Mill (Rockingham County, Va.)
- Zirkel & Byrd Mill (Rockingham County, Va.)
- Courts -- Virginia -- Sources
- Court records -- Virginia -- Rockingham County -- Sources
- Justice, Administration of
- Debt -- Virginia -- Rockingham County
- Voting -- Virginia -- Rockingham County
- African Americans -- Virginia -- Rockingham County
- American loyalists -- Biography
- Roads -- Virginia -- History
- Roads -- Rockingham County -- History
- Roads -- Virginia -- Maintenance and repair
- Roads -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History
- Bridges -- Virginia -- History
- Post roads -- Virginia -- History
- Railroads -- Design and construction -- Virginia -- 19th century
- Railroads -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
- Coaching (Transportation) -- Virginia -- History
- Transportation -- Virginia -- History
- Mills and mill-work -- Virginia -- Rockingham County
- Flour mills -- Virginia -- Rockingham County
- Poor -- Services for -- Virginia -- 19th century
- Briery Branch (Va.) Road
- Brocks Gap (Va.) Road
- Dry River (Va.) Road
- United States Highway 33
- Great Road (Shenandoah River Valley, Va. and W. Va.)
- Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History
- Virginia -- History
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Court Cases, 1767-1838 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Title/Description | Instances | ||
| Chandler, Sr., Samuel vs. Nathan Chandler; Col. Arch Rutherford vs. Charles and David Chandler and Jacob Nicholas, 1814-1831 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| General court cases, 1767-1838
Armentrout, Nicholas vs. Mathias Stover, Ohio, 1818- 1832; Beard, Margaret vs. David Beard, 1824-1832; Harrison, Nath. & John Harrison vs. Archibald Looker, 1832; Basely, Haga, 1829; High, Jacob vs. Sally Knopp late Hupp admr. of John Hupp, 1810; Huling vs. Looker, 1820-1832; Looker, John vs. Henry Long, 1829-1831; Lindon [?], Thomas, Wm. Robertson vs. Wm. Dever, 1835- 1838; Peters vs. Pence, 1814-1839; Ragan, Daniel vs. M. Williams, 1821-1830; Scott, James vs. Jacob Hudlow, 1767-1822 |
box 1 | folder 2 | |
| McDowell, Miller vs. Wm. McMahon, 1810-1831 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
| Rifle, Daniel vs. John Smoot, 1824-1832 | box 1 | folder 4 | |
Series 2: Roads, Bridges, Mills, 1796-1851 |
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| Title/Description | Instances | ||
| Bridge, 1818 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
| Briery Branch, 1823-1825 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
| Brocks Gap- Peaked Mtn.-Keezletown Dove's Mill Road, 1824-1826 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
| Dry River Road, 1799-1834 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
| Grist mill, Wise-Dinkle, 1796-1851 | box 1 | folder 9 | |
| Hands to work on roads, 1823-1824 | box 1 | folder 10 | |
| Harrisonburg to Richmond, McGaheysville to Luray, Pirkey's Mill, 1822 | box 1 | folder 11 | |
| Harrisonburg to Woodstock-Back Road, 1824-1826 | box 1 | folder 12 | |
| Keezletown to New Market, 1825-1826 | box 1 | folder 13 | |
| Lawyer Road, Port Republic Republic to Waynesboro, 1822-1826 | box 1 | folder 14 | |
| Mathias Stover Mill-Fawcett, Keezletown, 1825 | box 1 | folder 15 | |
| Mtn. Road, Chrisman's Mill, 1822-1825 | box 1 | folder 16 | |
| Road related, 1822-1826 | box 1 | folder 17 | |
| Road to Shenandoah County-Road past Henry Miller, 1823 | box 1 | folder 18 | |
| Stage Road-Zirkle Byrd Mill, 1805-1822 | box 1 | folder 19 | |
Series 3: Miscellaneous, 1787-1892 |
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| Title/Description | Instances | ||
| African Americans, 1778-1851 | box 1 | folder 20 | |
| Debts, 1787-1869 | box 1 | folder 21 | |
| Estates complaints, 1792-1858 | box 1 | folder 22 | |
| Estray livestock, 1826-1851 | box 1 | folder 23 | |
| Land causes, 1796-1859 | box 1 | folder 24 | |
| Miscellaneous (mostly summonses; also list of bonds, election results, grand jury), 1779-1873 | box 1 | folder 25 | |
| Overseers of the Poor, 1802-1809 | box 1 | folder 26 | |
| Railroads (Manassas Gap, Valley Branch of B&O), 1855-1892 | box 1 | folder 27 | |
| Rockingham County seal receipt, Harrisonburg jail, 1779-1855 | box 1 | folder 28 | |
| Taxes, 1783-1864 | box OV 1 | folder 1 | |
| Tory: John Carthrae, 1787 | box 1 | folder 29 | |