This book OB (Court Order Book) 13 is an especially important OB in that it details happenings in Smyth County, Virginia immediately after the Civil War up until about six months after Virginia was readmitted to the Union. OB 13 begins at Court Tuesday, 20 Feb 1866 with the cause, The Commonwealth against John C. Poston for "neglect of official duty" (as Commonwealth's Attorney for Smyth Co.) and ends (with several intervening glitches which include the omission [numbers likely not used by the clerk] of pages 116, 117, 191, 449, 450, 451, 452, 455, 456, 540 and 541, as certified by the microfilmer at the Library of Virginia) 636 pages later, at Court, 13 Dec 1870 with the case of C. H. Morgan against Chs. Phipps and W. R Hayns; assumpsit. Jack Hockett and Donald Helton 2025, 8.5" x 11", every-name index, 338 pp. 107-SMOB13
