And this may prove of use as well:
>
> ³We had a time to take a look at the village of Warwick C.H. [Virginia] which
> consists of two dwellings, one store, the clerkıs office, court house and
> jail, the latter being about the size of a northern smoke house. The county
> records were scattered about the vicinity in the mud, and many papers had
> been carried away as relics of the place.²
>
> Diary entry of Robert Robertson, 29 April 1862. In Charles N. Walker and
> Rosemary Walker, editors, ³Diary of the War by Robert S. Robertson,² Old Fort
> News [published by the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society in Fort
> Wayne Indiana] v. 28 (October-December 1965), p. 19.
>
> [Robert Robertson was an officer in the 93rd regiment of New York volunteers
> and A.D.C. to General N. A. Miles commanding the 1st Brigade, 1st Division,
> 2nd Army Corps.]
>
> A copy of this diary is in the collections of the Virginia Historical
> Society.
>
> Camille Wells.
>
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Harold Gill" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 4:41 PM
>> > Subject: Re: Warwick County Court Records, Fire and Destruction
>> >
>> >
>>> >> According to the "Report of the Special Committee to Co-operate with the
>>> >> State Library Board," dated July 29, 1929, the Warwick County Clerk's
>>> >> Office was burnt on December 15, 1864. Apparently quoting the county
>>> >> clerk, the report states: "The minute books of the old County Court from
>>> >> 1787 to 1819 were all destroyed by the fire that burned the Court House
>>> >> December 15, 1864; also all of the files in all cases and causes prior
>>> to
>>> >> that time. All other records are intact and are in the files in this
>>> >> office." There is no mention of how the fire started.
>>> >> HBG
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