"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, if the accused is a slave), the victim, justices, attorney, witnesses, and security; and the court's ruling on the case."-- Publisher's statement on p....

A four-volume set, which contains abstracts of the Loudoun County, Virginia Office Judgments Books for 1786-1847. 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, which recorded...