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The legislation that re-created the post-Civil War Western District of Virginia

By Steven R. Minor

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In 1871, Congress split the U.S. District Court for Virginia back into two districts, Eastern and Western, with court sessions to be held in the Western District at Lynchburg, Abingdon, Harrisonburg, and Danville. (Charlottesville, Roanoke, and Big Stone Gap were added later.) The original act did not mention Dickenson County, which was not formed until 1880.


Full post as published by Southwest Virginia Law Blog on March 01, 2019 (boomark / email).

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