These alphabetically arranged entries reveal free or slave status; color; gender; date, place, and cause of death; age; parents; place of birth; informant; occupation; name of spouse or consort; and page and line number of entry. The index lists only those names that differ from the surname of the decedent. Slaves are grouped by owner. An informative list of commonly used medical terms and their meanings is included.

The Virginia Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics has records of births from 1853 to present, with the exception of the years between 1896 and June 14, 1912, when there was no law requiring them. These records are based on an act passed by the Virginia General Assembly on April 11, 1853. This is the first in a two-volume series of transcriptions of microfilm reels number 14 (1853-1871), number 15 (1871-1896) and number 45 (1853-1869) Bureau of Vital Statistics, Births of Fairfax County, 1853-1896. Entries have been divided into two alphabetically arranged sections: Colored/Free/White...

A criminal indictment is a written statement charging an individual with committing a crime or other offense, drawn up by a prosecuting attorney and found and presented by a grand jury. It is a formal accusation initiating a criminal case and usually required for felonies and other serious crimes. This book contains a transcription of the 1801-1843 criminal indictment book located in the archives section of the courthouse in Leesburg, Virginia. Entries have been abstracted in full, and typically provide the date of the proceeding; details of the offense; name of the accused (and slave owner,...

This volume continues from the previous 1853-1879 volume. Entries for free colored and white persons include name, race, sex, date and place of birth, father, father's occupation, father's residence, mother, and other. Slave entries include owner, slave, sex, slave's given name, date and place of birth, mother, and other.

his is the third volume of a four-volume set, which contains abstracts of the Loudoun County, Virginia Office Judgments Books for 1786-1847. This volume presents abstracts from two books: the first covers the period 1822-1827; the second covers the period 1827-1835. Entries may include: name of administrator, assignee, attorney, defendant, plaintiff, sheriff, deputy sheriff, or others; judgment, security, interest charged, and more. Debt cases "dominated civil court dockets throughout the colonial period." During this period, Virginia court clerks were required to keep judgment dockets, which...

This is the fourth volume of a four-volume set, which contains abstracts of the Loudoun County, Virginia Office Judgments Books for 1786-1847. This volume presents abstracts from two books: the first covers the period 1835-1842; the second covers the period 1842-1847. Entries may include: name of administrator, assignee, attorney, defendant, plaintiff, sheriff, deputy sheriff, or others; judgment, security, interest charged, and more. Debt cases "dominated civil court dockets throughout the colonial period." During this period, Virginia court clerks were required to keep judgment dockets,...