Stafford County, Virginia, Court Record Book, 1749 - 1755 - Paperbackby Jerrilynn Eby (Author) In 1862, General Sickles' Excelsior Brigade conducted two 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