Franklin County (Va.) Determined Papers, 1789-1937

Virginia. Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia was created by an act of the new General Assembly in 1779. By Constitutional amendment in 1928, the number of justices was increased from five to seven and the title of the presiding officer of the Court was changed from President to Chief Justice. At the same time, the amendment significantly increased the power given the Supreme Court by permitting the Court to prescribe forms and to regulate the practice of Virginia's courts. The Constitution of 1971 c...

Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals

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The Supreme Court of Appeals was created by an act of the General Assembly passed during its May 1779 session. The new court's antecedent was the General Court, which after it was reestablished under the constitution of 1776, shared appellate jurisdiction while the supreme court was restricted to civil cases, but the state constitution adopted in 1851 abolished the General Court. The Supreme Court thus became the state's only court of final appeal both for civil and criminal cases. An act of the...

Franklin County (Va.) Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery

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Franklin County (Va.) Superior Court of Law

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Virginia. General Court

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The General Courts of Virginia are part of the Judicial Branch of the Commonwealth's government. From the guide to the Writ of capias ad satisfaciendum against Henry Halstead, 1779 April 30, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) None available. From the guide to the Certificate of Naturalization to Mattern Sparr, 1767 April 21, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) ...

Franklin County (Va.) District Court.

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Franklin County (Va.) County Court

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Franklin County (Va.) Circuit Court

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Franklin County was named for Benjamin Franklin and was formed from Bedford and Henry Counties in 1785. From the guide to the Franklin County (Va.) Land Records, circa 1784-1917, (The Library of Virginia) John Hook, 1745-1808, was a prominent businessman, landowner, and slaveholder in Bedford and Franklin Counties, Virginia. He also served as sheriff of Franklin County. Nanny Pegee was a slave of Thomas Jones of North Carolina. Jones mov...

New London (Va.) District Court

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