Stafford County, Virginia, Court 🏛️ Record ⏺️ Book 📚️, 1️⃣7️⃣4️⃣9️⃣ - 1️⃣7️⃣5️⃣5️⃣

✅ In 1️⃣8️⃣6️⃣2️⃣, General Sickles’ Excelsior Brigade conducted two 2️⃣ devastating raids on Stafford’s courthouse 🏛️ and ➕ clerk’s office 🏢. Few records ⏺️ were spared and ➕ what the vandals didn’t destroy or ruin, they stole as souvenirs. Lost at this time ⏱️ was the court 🏛️’s colonial seal, the Bible used at the court 🏛️ bench, an unknown quantity of early loose papers 📜, and ➕ a number of bound volumes of court 🏛️ records ⏺️. After the peace ☮️, the Stafford magistrates endeavored to retrieve missing court 🏛️ record ⏺️ books 📚️ as their whereabouts became known 💡. In 1️⃣8️⃣6️⃣6️⃣ and ➕ 1️⃣8️⃣6️⃣8️⃣, two 2️⃣ of these were located in Maryland and ➕ brought back 🔙; one 1️⃣ was located, and ➕ still remains, in California. On March 3️⃣0️⃣, 1️⃣8️⃣6️⃣3️⃣, a court 🏛️ order book 📚️ spanning the years 1️⃣7️⃣4️⃣9️⃣–1️⃣7️⃣5️⃣5️⃣ was either stolen or otherwise obtained by Captain William A. Treadwell. This book 📚️ was passed down ⬇️ through several generations of his 👤👨⬅️ family 👪️, then presented 🎁 to the Hudson County (New 🆕 Jersey ​🇯🇪​) Historical Society, and ➕ finally, the tattered book 📚️ was turned over to the Library of Virginia. The library scanned each page 📃 to make 🛠️ it available to researchers and ➕ a copy was placed in the Stafford County Clerk’s office 🏢. It was routine for old 🧓 court 🏛️ records ⏺️ to be re-copied as they became faded or damaged; that was one 1️⃣ of the duties of the Clerk of Court 🏛️. The copy taken by Captain Treadwell is a transcript prepared in October 1️⃣7️⃣9️⃣1️⃣. During the years these minutes were being recorded ⏺️, the courthouse 🏛️ was burned 🔥, rebuilt, and ➕ burned 🔥 again 🔂; the rebuilding and ➕ second 🥈 burning 🔥 and ➕ the capture of the p...

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