Ohio County (West Virginia) Index, Volume 11: Card Index to all Ohio County Courts' Case Files
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Ohio County (West Virginia) Index, Volume 11: Card Index to all Ohio County Courts' Case Files & Loose Papers (Part 4: 1842-1851) - Kenneth Fischer Craft. Volume 11 continues the series by continuing to publish an exciting group of Ohio County, Virginia/West Virginia Records - the "Card Index to Ohio County Courts' original case files & loose papers" housed at the West Virginia & Regional History Collection at West Virginia University. During the 1930's another massive project was undertaken to collect an [partially] index all the surviving Ohio County, Virginia/West Virginia court case files & loose papers [about 500,000 items] from every court: County, Circuit, Superior, Circuit Superior, etc. from 1776 - 1930!An index card was made for each socument showing the plaintiff & defendant (or personal entry), the offense (or subject), the envelope number[at West Virginia University] containing the original papers and a brief description ofwhat documents are included in the envelope. There cards have been entered into a database and are being publishedfor the first time ever in this series! Volume 11 covers the period 1842-1851. What's in these records? Just about anything - whatever survived! By covering all the courts, we find an index to criminal cases; Chancery court cases & filesdealing with disputes over estates; more names involved in 'Road Orders,' Grand Juries, Witnesses, wolf scalp payments, militia officers and war services; a few land grants and naturalizations, ect. What document did your ancestor leave behind? Volume 11 has a unique "Personal Time Line" Index whereby every name, place or stream is sorted by year - with reference to the original card information. There are over 32,00 names in the index! 2003, 8.5 x 11, paper, 568 pp. $67.50 C711 ISBN: 0788423762"