LOUDOUN COUNTY VIRGINIA OFFICE JUDGMENTS

his is the third volume of a fourvolume set which contains abstracts of the Loudoun County Virginia Office Judgments Books for 17861847 This volume presents abstracts from two books the first covers the period 18221827 the second covers the period 18271835 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 recorded any amount of money rendered in his court and as requested any court within the Commonwealth or federal court any judgment for money and the time from which it would bear interest the specific amount and the names of creditors and debtors and their addresses if known etc In order to endow credit agreements with greater security the court was often used as a rational mechanism to record debts A fullname index adds to the value of this work 2015 5½x8½ paper index 344 pp