Russell County Microfilm

County and City Records on Microfilm › VA › Russell County

Date of Formation: 1786

Formed From: Washington County

Lost Records Note:

The first marriage register and most loose papers were destroyed by fire in 1872.

Reel No.	ILL indicates a copy is available for loan	Local Records Categories and Contents
Reel No.		Bonds/Commissions/Oaths
60	ILL available	Bond Book, Vol. 11, 1940-1951 ( includes Officials' Bonds, Administrators' Bonds, Executors' Bonds & Guardians' Bonds, etc.),index, 489 p.
		SEE ALSO Circuit Court, Fiduciary Records AND Wills
Reel No.		Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships
60	ILL available	Account Book of C. Wallace & Co., 1888-1889, index, 368 p.
Reel No.		County Administrative Records
58	ILL available	Board of Supervisors' Order Book 1, 1871-1897, 324 p.
27	ILL available	Board of Supervisors' Order Book 3, 1897-1905, 200 p.
27	ILL available	Board of Supervisors' Order Book 4, 1905-1912, index, 265 p.
59	ILL available	Index to Board of Supervisors' Order Books, 1871-1944, A-Z
Reel No.		Court Records
		County Court
24	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, 1821 - 1830, 214 p.
81	ILL available	Convict Register, 1880, - 1956
22	ILL available	General Index to Law Order Books, 1786 - 1904, Defendants A - D.
22	ILL available	General Index to Law Order Books, 1786 - 1904, Defendants E - K.
23	ILL available	General Index to Law Order Books, 1786 - 1904, Defendants L - R.
23	ILL available	General Index to Law Order Books, 1786 - 1904, Defendants S - Z.
19	ILL available	General Index to Law Order Books, 1786 - 1904, Plaintiffs A - D.
19	ILL available	General Index to Law Order Books, 1786 - 1904, Plaintiffs E - K.
20	ILL available	General Index to Law Order Books, 1786 - 1904, Plaintiffs L - R.
20	ILL available	General Index to Law Order Books, 1786 - 1904, Plaintiffs S - Z.
21	ILL available	General Index to Law Order Books, 1786 - 1904 (Commonwealth of Virginia)
14	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 1, 1786 - 1791, [1], 252 p.
14	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 2, 1792 - 1799, [1], 555 p.
14	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 3, 1799 - 1808, 741 p.
15	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 4, 1808 - 1813, 452 [1] p.
15	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 5, 1813 - 1817, [1], 452 p.
15	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 6, 1817 - 1822, 542 p.
16	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 7, 1822 - 1825, 254 [1] p.
16	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 8, 1825 - 1828, 432 p.
16	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 9, 1828 - 1833, 442 p.
17	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 10, 1833 - 1838, 548 p.
17	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 11, 1838 - 1846, [1], 539 p.
17	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 12, 1846 - 1853, [1], 549 p.
18	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 13, 1853 - 1857, Unpaged index, 492 p.
18	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 14, 1857 - 1864, Unpaged index, 513 p.
18	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 15, 1864 - 1867, Unpaged index, 430 p.
29	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 16, 1868-1871, 472 p.
30	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 17, 1871-1877, 598 p.
31	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 18, 1877-1882, 497 p.
31	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 19, 1882-1884, 483 p.
32	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 20, 1884-1887, 485 p.
32	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 21, 1887-1890, 497 p.
33	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 22, 1890-1894, 500 p.
33	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 23, 1894-1897, 500 p.
34	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 24, 1897-1901, 500 p.
34	ILL available	Law Order Book, Vol. 25, 1901-1904, 262 p.
		SEE ALSO Land Records
		Superior Court of Law
39	ILL available	Common Law Order Book 1, 1809-1824, 444 p.
39	ILL available	Common Law Order Book 2, 1824-1837, 431 p.
		Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery
24	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 1, 1831 - 1872, Unpaged index, 503 p.
39	ILL available	Common Law Order Book 2, 1824-1837, 431 p.
40	ILL available	Common Law Order Book 4, 1850-1871, 601 p.
		Circuit Court
28	ILL available	Bond Book, Vol. 1, 1893-1904 (includes Administrators' Bonds, Committee Bonds, Executors' Bonds, Guardians' Bonds, and supersedeas), index, 129 p.
24	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 1, 1831 - 1872, Unpaged index, 503 p.
41	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 2, 1872-1881, 551 p.
41	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 3, 1882-1889, 597 p.
42	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 4, 1889-1895, 599 p.
42	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 5, 1895-1899, 608 p.
43	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 6, 1899-1904, 573 p.
43	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 7, 1904-1909, 600 p.
28	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 8, 1909-1913, 504 p.
40	ILL available	Common Law Order Book 4, 1850-1871, 601 p.
40	ILL available	Common Law Order Book 5, 1872-1886, 560 p.
61	ILL available	Common Law Order Book 6, 1886-1895, 491 p.
61	ILL available	Common Law Order Book 7, 1895-1904, 510 p.
81	ILL available	Convict Register, 1880, - 1956
59	ILL available	Index to Miscellaneous Lien Docket & Execution Books, 1938-1961, Grantors, A-Z, 199 p.
		SEE ALSO Land Records
		Various Courts
35	ILL available	Index to Chancery Order Books, Defendants A-D, 1822-1944, index, 234 p.
35	ILL available	Index to Chancery Order Books, Defendants E-K, 1822-1944, index, 282 p.
36	ILL available	Index to Chancery Order Books, Defendants L-R, 1822-1944, index, 232 p.
36	ILL available	Index to Chancery Order Books, Defendants S-Z, 1822-1944, index, 190 p.
37	ILL available	Index to Chancery Order Books, Plaintiffs A-D, 1822-1944, index, 174 p.
37	ILL available	Index to Chancery Order Books, Plaintiffs E-K, 1822-1944, index, 192 p.
38	ILL available	Index to Chancery Order Books, Plaintiffs L-R, 1822-1944, index, 152 p.
38	ILL available	Index to Chancery Order Books, Plaintiffs S-Z, 1822-1944, index, 136 p.
62	ILL available	Index to Common Law Order Books, Defendants A-G, 1809-1942
63	ILL available	Index to Common Law Order Books, Defendants H-R, 1809-1942
64	ILL available	Index to Common Law Order Books, Defendants S-Z, 1809-1942
65	ILL available	Index to Common Law Order Books, Plaintiffs A-G, 1809-1942
66	ILL available	Index to Common Law Order Books, Plaintiffs H-R, 1809-1942
67	ILL available	Index to Common Law Order Books, Plaintiffs S-Z, 1809-1942
Reel No.		Fiduciary Records
28	ILL available	Bond Book, Vol. 1, 1893-1904 (includes Administrators' Bonds, Committee Bonds, Executors' Bonds, Guardians' Bonds, and supersedeas), index, 129 p.
28	ILL available	Bond Book, Vol. 2, 1895-1903 (includes Administrators' Bonds, Committee Bonds, Executors' Bonds, Guardians' Bonds, and Marriage Bonds), index, 300 p.
44	ILL available	Fiduciary Settlements 1, 1922-1926, index, 504 p.
44	ILL available	Fiduciary Settlements 2, 1926-1931, index, pp. 1-427.
		SEE ALSO Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Land Records AND Wills
Reel No.		Land Records
		Deed Subgroup
1	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 1, 1787 - 1795, Unpaged index, 258 [1] p.
1	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 2, 1795 - 1798, 561 p.
2	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 3, 1798 - 1806, 747 [1] p.
2	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 4, 1806 - 1814, 646 [1] p.
3	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 5, 1814 - 1817, Unpaged index, 557 p.
3	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 6, 1817 - 1824, [1], unpaged index, 721 p.
4	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 7, 1824 - 1827, Unpaged index, 432 p.
4	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 8, 1827 - 1831, Unpaged index, 437 p.
4	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 9, 1831 - 1835, Unpaged index, 560 p.
5	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 10, 1835 - 1839, Unpaged index, 513 [1] p.
5	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 11, 1839 - 1846, Unpaged index, 564 [2] p.
6	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 12, 1846 - 1851, 552 p.
6	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 13, 1851 - 1856, Unpaged index, 560 p.
7	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 14, 1856 - 1861, Unpaged index, 527 [1] p.
7	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 15, 1861 - 1869, Unpaged index, 636 p.
45	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 16, 1868-1871, 1896 (includes Commissioners' Reports, Partitions of Land), index, 500 p.
45	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 17, 1869-1896 (includes Assignment of Dower), 560 p.
46	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 18, 1875-1878 (includes Agreements, Certificates of Exempted Property, Court Orders, Partitions of Land, Receipts, and Title Bonds), 516 p.
46	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 19, 1878-1881 (includes Agreements, Court Cases, Partitions of Land, and Title Bonds), 548 p.
47	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 20, 1881-1883 (includes Ante Nuptial Contracts, Court Cases, Powers of Attorney, and Title Bonds), 552 p.
47	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 21, 1883-1886 (includes Agreements, Court Cases, Partitions of Land, and Title Bonds), 560 p.
48	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 22, 1886-1887 (includes Agreements, Coal Rights, Bonds, Contracts, Court Cases, and Title Bonds), 560 p.
48	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 23, 1887 (includes Agreements, Articles of Consolidation, Contract, Mortgage, Powers of Attorney, and Title Bonds), 560 p.
49	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 24, 1887-1888 (includes Contracts, Court Cases, Mortgages, Powers of Attorney, and Title Bonds), 576 p.
49	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 25, 1888-1889 (includes Agreements, Court Cases, Lis Pendens, Mortgages, Partitions of Land, Powers of Attorney, and Rights of Way), 640 p.
50	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 26, 1889-1891 (includes Charters, Court Cases, Petitions, Powers of Attorney, Reports of Commissioners, Rights of Way, and Title Bonds), 600 p.
50	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 27, 1891-1894 (includes Contracts, Conveyances, and Lis Pendens), 600 p.
51	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 28, 1892-1894 (includes Agreements, Awards of Arbitrators, Baryta Rights, Contracts, Court Cases, Mortgages, Partitions of Land, and Renouncements of Will), 600 p.
51	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 29, 1894-1895 (includes Agreements, Awards of Arbitrators, Contracts, Court Cases, Partitions of Land, Powers of Attorney, Title Bonds, and Wills), 602 p.
52	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 30, 1895-1897 (includes Court Cases, Partitions of Land, and Title Bonds), 652 p.
52	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 31, 1897-1898 (includes Court Cases, Lis Pendens, Mortgages, Partitions of Land, and Powers of Attorney), 552 p.
53	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 32, 1898-1899 (includes Agreements, Court Cases, Liens, Partitions of Land, Powers of Attorney, and Title Bonds), 552 p.
53	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 33, 1899-1900 (includes Contracts, Court Cases, Lis Pendens, Mortgages, and Partitions of Land), 600 p.
68	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 34, 1900-1901, (includes Agreements, Deeds of Trust and Contracts), 604 p.
68	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 35, 1900-1902, (includes Deeds of Trust, Mortgages, Deeds of Bargain and Sale and Contracts), 599 p.
26	ILL available	County Surveyors' Book 1, 1786 - 1799, Unpaged index, [1], 376 p.
26	ILL available	County Surveyors' Book 2, 1799 - 1908, Unpaged index, 247 [2] p.
9	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, 1787 - 1917 Grantees A - J
9	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, 1787 - 1917 Grantees K - Z
8	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, 1787 - 1917 Grantors A - J
8	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, 1787 - 1917 Grantors K - Z
27	ILL available	Land Entry Book, 1786-1908, index, 273 p.
54	ILL available	Land Entry Book 1, 1786-1798, index, 282 p.
54	ILL available	Land Entry Book 2, 1797-1927, index, 289 p.
69	ILL available	Map of Town of Cleveland, 1889
10	ILL available	Superior Court of Law Deed Book (Land Causes), 1809 - 1817 - pp. 1-35 [8] (Deeds, 1809 - 1817); pp. 1-12 (Land Causes, 1814, 1817, 1822, follows the Deeds)
30	ILL available	Trust Deed Book 2, 1887-1896 (includes Agreements, Bills of Sale, Contracts, Leases, Mortgages, Notices, Other Deeds, and Powers of Attorney), index, 300 p.
Reel No.		Marriage Records and Vital Statistics
25	ILL available	General Index to Marriage Licenses, 1853 - 1930 Husband.
25	ILL available	General Index to Marriage Licenses, 1853 - 1930 Wife.
38	ILL available	General Index to Marriage Register, Males, 1971-1973, 200 p.
	ILL not available	Marriage Book, Vol. No. 1, destroyed by fire. Also Marriage Bonds
70	ILL available	Marriage Consents & Licenses, 1850-1874
71	ILL available	Marriage Licenses, 1874-1877
72	ILL available	Marriage Licenses, 1878-1881
73	ILL available	Marriage Licenses, 1881-1884
74	ILL available	Marriage Licenses, 1884-1888
75	ILL available	Marriage Licenses, 1888-1890
76	ILL available	Marriage Licenses, 1890-1893
77	ILL available	Marriage Licenses, 1893-1895
78	ILL available	Marriage Licenses, 1896-1898
79	ILL available	Marriage Licenses, 1898-1900
80	ILL available	Marriage Licenses, 1900-1905
25	ILL available	Marriage Register 2, 1853 - 1908, 156 fo.
29	ILL available	Marriage Register 6, 1936-1951, 101 p.
25	ILL available	Register of Births, 1853 - 1866, 59 fo.
25	ILL available	Register of Deaths, 1853 - 1866, 20 fo., [2] p.
		SEE ALSO Circuit Court AND Fiduciary Records
Reel No.		Military and Pension Records
27	ILL available	Induction and Discharge Records, Memorial Record, 1945, index, 27 p.
27	ILL available	Induction and Discharge Records, Muster Roll, 1917-1918, unpaged.
Reel No.		Wills
		Will Subgroup
	ILL not available	Will Book No. 1, Vol. destroyed by fire.
11	ILL available	Will Book, Vol. 2, 1803 - 1812, [1], unpaged index, [1], 276 p.
11	ILL available	Will Book, Vol. 3, 1812 - 1821, Unpaged index, 362 p.
11	ILL available	Will Book, Vol. 4a, 1821 - 1835, Unpaged index, 708 p.
12	ILL available	Will Book, Vol. 5, 1835 - 1846, Unpaged index, 542 p.
12	ILL available	Will Book, Vol. 6, 1846 - 1855, Unpaged index, 553 p.
12	ILL available	Will Book, Vol. 7, 1855 - 1866, Unpaged index, 497 p.
55	ILL available	Will Book, Vol. 8, 1866-1871 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Commissioners' Reports, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, Inventories, Officials' Bonds, and Sale Bills), 431 p.
55	ILL available	Will Book, Vol. 9, 1871-1880 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Commissioners' Reports, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, Inventories, Officials' Bonds, Powers of Attorney, and Sale Bills), 555 p.
56	ILL available	Will Book, Vol. 10, 1880-1886 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Commissioners' Reports, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, Inventories, Lists of Debts, Officials' Bonds, Powers of Attorney, and Sale Bills), 500 p.
56	ILL available	Will Book, Vol. 11, 1886-1894 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Commissioners' Reports, Contract of Release, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, Inventories, Lists of Debts, Officials' Bonds, and Sale Bills), 540 p.
57	ILL available	Will Book, Vol. 12, 1894-1900 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Bills of Sale, Commissioners' Reports, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, and Inventories), 538 p.
57	ILL available	Will Book, Vol. 13, 1900-1910 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Bills of Sale, Commissioners' Reports, Court Cases, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, and Inventories), 600 p.
58	ILL available	Will Book, Vol. 14, 1910-1917 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Bills of Sale, Commissioners' Reports, Court Cases, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, and Inventories), 500 p.
13	ILL available	General Index to Wills and Fiduciaries, 1803 - 1929 Devisee.
13	ILL available	General Index to Wills and Fiduciaries, 1803 - 1929 Devisor.
11	ILL available	Will Book, Vol. 4, 1809 - 1898, Unpaged index, 96 p. (includes Superior Court of Law, Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery and Circuit Court)
44	ILL available	Will Book, Vol. 2A, 1898-1904 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Committees' Accounts, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, Powers of Attorney, and Sale Bills), index, 60 p.(includes Circuit Court)
		SEE ALSO Land Records
Reel No.		Miscellaneous Records
60	ILL available	Estray Records, 1939-1946, 5 p.
54	ILL available	Mechanics' Liens, 1890-1915, index, 81 p.

ILL indicates a copy is available for loan.