Religious History - CourtBar

Post Office Box 1248 Wise, VA 24293 Phone: (276) 328-6111		Wise County and Norton City Clerk of Court Religious History of Wise County		206 East Main Street Room 245, Wise VA, 24293 E-Mail:
Home Case Index Records and Maps Religious History Marriage License Notary Public
DEVELOP university scholars frequently intern in the Clerk of Court office doing applied learning projects while pursuing selected academic work in fields ranging from geographic information science, remote sensing, mathematics, business, criminal justice, astronomy and other courses of interest. Over 100 student scholars have worked in internships. The Clerk of Court is a supporter of the Wise County Math & Science Initiative for local high school students to learn physics, calculus, and computer programming.		In 2006, as a part of the county’s sesquicentennial (150-year) activities, Clerk of Court associates created a digital database of church formations from 1856 through mid-2006. Church formation is a court process whereby the judge appoints church trustees to hold the real estate of the denomination. While the documents provide a somewhat incomplete view of the religious history of Wise County, it does form the basis for further research and academic inquiry. The database permits queries of church names, trustees, dates of formation, and a view of the associated and available file documents based on chancery court documents. Wise County Church file Database Utilization of the database is FREE as a part of the history preservation effort of Wise County. Special recognitions for the project are given to Jacob Atkins, Denise Isaacs, Jennifer Maggard, and Dr. Thomas Costa of The University of Virginia’s College at Wise. Genealogy information may be obtained through the Wise County Historical Society. Wise County Historical Society		The Geographic Information Science Department is now managed by Jessica Swinney. The Clerk of Court endeavors to ensure that real estate parcels are properly mapped for subsequent map inclusion as rapidly as possible. The GISci Department may be contacted at 328-7110. The Clerk of Court cooperates in providing data to MIXNET Corp. so local subscribers may access the real estate document images from 1970 to the current year. The remote document subscription ExtraNet access has been provided since 1998 by Mixnet's eFile. Land document subsribers may also use the FREE GIS database to locate parcels in one browser window and bring-up the documents associated with that parcel in a second browser window.
Home Telephone Directory Fee Schedule Deed Calculator Attorneys Passports Blog