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Camille Wells <[log in to unmask]>
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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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