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Guide to the Yohogania County Court Records, 1776-1779 DAR.1937.30

Metadata Details

Title
Copybook of the records of Yohogania County Court, 1776-1779, Yohogania County Court records, 1776-1779, Records of Yohogania County Court, 1776-1779
Subject
Coz, Isaac, Smallman, Thomas, Valandigham, George, Ward, Edward, Yohogania County Court (Va.), Criminal law--Virginia--Cases, Torts--Virginia--Cases, Civil procedure--Virginia--History, Indentured servants--Virginia, Court records--Virginia--History, Yohogania County (Va.)--History, Westmoreland County (Pa.)--History, Washington County (Pa.)--History, Fayette County (Pa.)--History, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--History, Virginia--History, Pennsylvania--History, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Archival resources
Description
The records in this collection are manuscript copies of the originals and detail court cases presented to the Yohogania County Court between 1776 and 1779. This copy appears to be contemporary to the time included in the records. The cases vary from property disputes to murder trials, and include a number of small references to the dispute over control of Yohogania County between Pennsylvania and Virginia. There are also references to property cases involving slaves and indentured servants, as well as to appointment of officers to the Continental militia. References are made to men serving in the Revolutionary War and allowances made to their families for support., The original records covering 1776 to 1780 can be found in the Washington County, Pennsylvania, Courthouse., Copybook of the records of Yohogania County Court, 1776-1779, DAR 1937:30, Darlington Memorial Library, University of Pittsburgh., Gift to the Darlington Memorial Library, 1937., Yohogania County was established in Virginia in 1774, during the time when the sovereignty issue had not been resolved with Pennsylvania. In 1779 the controversy was settled in Pennsylvania's favor. Yohogania County included parts of these present day Pennsylvania counties: Allegheny, Westmoreland, Washington, Fayette and Beaver., Finding aid Available in repository and on Internet; Volume level control; http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-dar193730
Contributor
Yohogania County Court (Va.), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1776-1779
Type
Collection, Judicial records.
Format
0.42 (1
Identifier
oclc:ocn304660169, oclc:304660169, pitt:US-PPiU-dar193730
Language
eng
Relation
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-dar193730
Coverage
Virginia, Virginia, Virginia, Virginia, Virginia, Yohogania County (Va.), Westmoreland County (Pa.), Washington County (Pa.), Fayette County (Pa.), Pittsburgh (Pa.), Virginia, Pennsylvania, United States
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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