This is an abstracted transcription of Scott County Court Minute Book 1 1815 - 1819. Scott County was created from parts of Russell, Lee, and Washington Counties in 1814 and became effective with the first meeting of the County Court on Bebruary 14, 1815. Estillville (current day Gate City) was chosen as the county seat. Originally Scott County included part of current day Wise County. A small piece of that area was lost to Lee in 1824 and the rest when Wise was created in 1856. In early Virginia history, the County Court was the governing body of a particular county, having judicial power at well as overseeing the fiscal and other affairs of the area within its jurisdiction. The types of orders contained with these records include: Deed conveyances, Road orders, Estate Administrator approvals, Executor appointments of Wills, District boundaries, Criminal trials, Debt trials, Officer's bonds (Sheriffs, Constables, Commissioners, etc.), Militia Officer recommendations, County Levies, Magisterial Court Appeals, Fines, County Expenditures and Revenues, Recommendations for Superior Court trials, Overseers of the Poor orders, Slave related orders and so much more!

This is an abstracted transcription of Scott County Court of Quarter Sessions records July 1819 - May 1824. These records include County Court Minute Book 2. Scott County was created from parts of Russell, Lee, and Washington Counties in 1814 and became effective with the first meeting of the County Court on Bebruary 14, 1815. Estillville (current day Gate City) was chosen as the county seat. Originally Scott County included part of current day Wise County. A small piece of that area was lost to Lee in 1824 and the rest when Wise was created in 1856. In early Virginia history, the County Court was the governing body of a particular county, having judicial power at well as overseeing the fiscal and other affairs of the area within its jurisdiction. The types of orders contained with these records include: Deed conveyances, Road orders, Estate Administrator approvals, Executor appointments of Wills, District boundaries, Criminal trials, Debt trials, Officer's bonds (Sheriffs, Constables, Commissioners, etc.), Militia Officer recommendations, County Levies, Magisterial Court Appeals, Fines, County Expenditures and Revenues, Recommendations for Superior Court trials, Overseers of the Poor orders, Slave related orders and so much more!

This book is an abstracted transcription of the Lee County Court and Court of Quarter Sessions records May 1808 - August 1811. These records include County Court Order Book 1. Lee County was created from the western section of Russell County in 1792 and became effective with the first meeting of the County Court in 1793. Jonesville was chosen as the county seat. The Order books from 1793 through 1807 were destroyed when the courthouse was burned by Union forces during the Civil War. Originally Lee County included parts of current day Wise and Scott Counties. Lee County lost its eastern most section when Scott County was created in 1814. However, a small piece of north-western Scott County was regained to Lee in 1824. Wise County was created in 1856 and included a portion of north-eastern Lee. In early Virginia history, the County Court was the governing body of a particular county, having judicial power as well as overseeing the fiscal and other affairs of the area within its jurisdiction. The types of orders contained within these records include: Deed Conveyances, Road Orders, Estate Administrator approvals, Executor appointments of Wills, District Boundaries, Criminal Trials, Debt Trials, Officer's Bonds (Sheriffs, Constables, Commissioners, etc.), Militia Officer recommendations, County Levies, Magisterial Court Appeals, Fines, County Expenditures and Revenues, Recommendations for Superior Court trials, Overseers of the Poor orders, Slave related orders, and so much more!

In the preparation of his opus, the author had occasion to interview many survivors of the original settlers of Sumner County.Cisco's opus emphasizes the founder and foundation of Sumner County, and, in fact, the work is substantially genealogical in content. The first fifty pages of the volume move rapidly over such topics as early exploration of the county, local topography, territorial laws and officials, early land owners, and, of course, Sumner County in the wars, particularly the Civil War. Thereafter, the work focuses on Sumner County pioneers and their families in a series of genealogical and biographical sketches of varying lengths, some of them illustrated.