Loudoun County, Virginia Court

United States Virginia Loudoun County Court

Chancery Court

• Library of Virginia's Virginia Memory: Chancery Record Index can be used to search digital images of Loudoun County chancery records for the years 1758-1912.
• Hiatt, Marty and Craig Roberts Scott. Index to Loudoun County, Virginia Chancery Suits, 1759-1915. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co. Available at FS Library. Free Lookups Available!
• Hiatt, Marty. "Loudoun County Chancery Suit Abstracts," [1760s-1800] Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr. 1997):87-90; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul. 1997):135-140; Vol. 2, No. 4 (Oct. 1997):173-176; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan. 1998):44-47; Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr. 1998):84-88; Vol. 4, No. 2 (Spring 1999):279-285; Vol. 5 (2000):482-502; Vol.6. Volumes 2-5 available at FS Library.
• Preston, P.L., Louisa Hutchison, Ann A. Hennings. Loudoun County, Virginia Chancery Suits, 1757-1874: Alphabetized by Plaintiff and Defendant with Cross References. 1982. Available at FS Library.

County Court

Loudoun County's original order and minute books are deposited at the Loudoun County Courthouse in Leesburg, Va. FS Library has acquired microfilms of order books 1757-1904 and rough minute books 1767-1809. Some of the earliest records have been published and indexed:

• Cook, Bettie Cummings. "Order Book A, Loudoun County," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Oct. 1999):368-371. Available at FS Library.
• Constantino, Roberto. Miscellaneous Road Cases, Loudoun County, Virginia, 1758-1782: Loudoun County Circuit Court, Clerk of Circuit Court, Archives: Miscellaneous Road Cases, Files No. 38 to 48, Leesburg, Virginia. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books: Heritage Books, 2003. Available at FS Library.
• Phillips, John T. The Historians Guide to Loudoun County, Virginia. Leesburg, Virginia: Goose Creek Productions, c1996. Available at FS Library. [Includes detailed abstracts and interpretations of court orders 1757-1766.] Free Lookups Available!
• Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Loudoun County, Virginia Orders [1757-1765]. 8 vols. McLean, Virginia: Antient Press, 1997-. Available at FS Library.
• T.L.C. Genealogy. Loudoun County, Virginia Minute Book, 1780-1783. Miami Beach, Florida: TLC Genealogy, 1990. Available at FS Library. ["Contains hundreds of claims paid by the County Court of Loudoun for material assistance given during the Revolutionary War."-Intro.] Lookups Available!

Criminal Cases

• Criminal Cases, 1757-1825. Available online, courtesy: The Archives of the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court. [Includes "court's summons, judgments, bonds and the descriptions of charges and sentences."]

Dumfries District Court and Superior Court of Law

• Dumfries District Court Order Books, 1793-1817. Original records, Prince William County Courthouse, Manassas, Va.; microfilmed reproduction: FS Catalog Collection [Dumfries District Court encompassed Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, and Prince William counties.]

Fee Books

• Sparacio, Ruth Trickey, Sam Sparacio, and Charles Binns. Fee Books of Loudoun County, Virginia (Charles Binns, Clerk of Court): Clerk's Fee Book for Year 1762, Clerk's Fee Book for Year 1764, Clerk's Fee Book for Year 1765. McLean, Virginia: R. and S. Sparacio, 1987. FS Catalog Collection

Hillsboro

• Town of Hillsboro Minute Book 1871-1963, microfilm, Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va.

Miscellaneous Papers

• Miscellaneous Papers, 1757-present. Available online, courtesy: The Archives of the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court.