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The name probably came from the English borough of Richmond upon Thames, which Byrd visited on several occasions.  Richmond was established in 1742 and in 1779 was designated the capital of Virginia effective April 1780. It was incorporated as a city in 1842. It was capital of the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865. Richmond was enlarged by the annexation of Manchester (or South Richmond) in 1910, and by the addition of Barton Heights, Fairmount, and Highland Park in 1914. A further annexation from Chesterfield County occurred in 1970.                                                                                                    \n","Richmond (Va.) Court Records, 1743-1900. The collection contains wills, deeds, and scattered additional court records pertaining to Richmond city government, particularly the development of the city in the nineteenth century.  The collection is comprised mostly of Land Records (deeds, surveys, and plats).  Also included are Wills, Criminal Records, Chancery Records, Free Negro and Slave Records, Judgments, Tax and Fiscal Records, Bonds, Commissions, and Oaths; Overseer of the Poor Records, School Records, Election Records, and a small amount of Private Correspondence.   \n","The first reel (4640) contains Wills, 1803-1863; Fiduciary Records, 1820 and 1823; Criminal Records, 1823-1824, 1860, and 1866-1875; Chancery Court Records, 1805-1887; Judgments, 1855-1867; a letter and Board of Commissioners' report pertaining to an outbreak of disease at the National Hotel in Washington D.C., 1857 May 13; and Clerk's Records, 1866.","Included are the will of James Swinton, 1803 Oct. 10; the will of John J. Johnson, 1820 Nov. 18; the will of William Hewlett, 1820 Apr. (includes two slaves, Jack and Milly); a copy of the will of Larance Lottier, 1849 Aug. 25; the will of John Cosby, 1859 Mar. 17; the will of Robert E. 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Clarke, circa 1870; an order from the chancery cause, Admr. of John Allan vs. Allan, etc., 1872; a commissioner's report from the chancery cause, Allen vs. Bargamen, 1873; records from the chancery cause, Breathed vs. Cullen, etc., 1875 Jan. 26; and a note for decree from the chancery cause, Stephenson vs. Stevenson, etc., 1887 Jul. \n","Also included on this reel is a draft, by Mayor Joseph Mayo of Richmond, for a statement to the Hustings Court regarding habeas corpus and the detention of Charles Riddell on a charge of assault and battery, 1860 Aug. 28.","The second reel (4641) contains scattered records of the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1872-1914; private correspondence of H.H. Harris, 1872-1873 and 1887; and records of the Board of Health, the Post Office, and the School Board.  Also included are various plats, surveys, and deeds pertaining to city buildings, circa 1803-circa 1870; a copy, 1822, of a report on the division of the city into wards; various tax records, 1848-1870; a certificate pertaining to an escaped slave, 1848; a petition, 1873, from the Lee Monument Committee to city council requesting designation of a location for a monument to Robert E. Lee; correspondence pertaining to a commission for Joel Hart to create a sculpture of Henry Clay for Virginia, 1877; oaths of allegiance taken by city officials, 1877-1878; petitions regarding the city almshouse, 1888; and records pertaining to Jackson Ward Park and the Richmond Reformatory School.","The third reel contains Deeds and Surveys, 1743-1900.  It includes 68 deeds, and several surveys, plans, assessments, and lists.  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Also included are Wills, Criminal Records, Chancery Records, Free Negro and Slave Records, Judgments, Tax and Fiscal Records, Bonds, Commissions, and Oaths; Overseer of the Poor Records, School Records, Election Records, and a small amount of Private Correspondence.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first reel (4640) contains Wills, 1803-1863; Fiduciary Records, 1820 and 1823; Criminal Records, 1823-1824, 1860, and 1866-1875; Chancery Court Records, 1805-1887; Judgments, 1855-1867; a letter and Board of Commissioners' report pertaining to an outbreak of disease at the National Hotel in Washington D.C., 1857 May 13; and Clerk's Records, 1866.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are the will of James Swinton, 1803 Oct. 10; the will of John J. Johnson, 1820 Nov. 18; the will of William Hewlett, 1820 Apr. (includes two slaves, Jack and Milly); a copy of the will of Larance Lottier, 1849 Aug. 25; the will of John Cosby, 1859 Mar. 17; the will of Robert E. 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Also included are various plats, surveys, and deeds pertaining to city buildings, circa 1803-circa 1870; a copy, 1822, of a report on the division of the city into wards; various tax records, 1848-1870; a certificate pertaining to an escaped slave, 1848; a petition, 1873, from the Lee Monument Committee to city council requesting designation of a location for a monument to Robert E. Lee; correspondence pertaining to a commission for Joel Hart to create a sculpture of Henry Clay for Virginia, 1877; oaths of allegiance taken by city officials, 1877-1878; petitions regarding the city almshouse, 1888; and records pertaining to Jackson Ward Park and the Richmond Reformatory School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe third reel contains Deeds and Surveys, 1743-1900.  It includes 68 deeds, and several surveys, plans, assessments, and lists.  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Also included are Wills, Criminal Records, Chancery Records, Free Negro and Slave Records, Judgments, Tax and Fiscal Records, Bonds, Commissions, and Oaths; Overseer of the Poor Records, School Records, Election Records, and a small amount of Private Correspondence.   \n","The first reel (4640) contains Wills, 1803-1863; Fiduciary Records, 1820 and 1823; Criminal Records, 1823-1824, 1860, and 1866-1875; Chancery Court Records, 1805-1887; Judgments, 1855-1867; a letter and Board of Commissioners' report pertaining to an outbreak of disease at the National Hotel in Washington D.C., 1857 May 13; and Clerk's Records, 1866.","Included are the will of James Swinton, 1803 Oct. 10; the will of John J. Johnson, 1820 Nov. 18; the will of William Hewlett, 1820 Apr. (includes two slaves, Jack and Milly); a copy of the will of Larance Lottier, 1849 Aug. 25; the will of John Cosby, 1859 Mar. 17; the will of Robert E. 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Also included are Wills, Criminal Records, Chancery Records, Free Negro and Slave Records, Judgments, Tax and Fiscal Records, Bonds, Commissions, and Oaths; Overseer of the Poor Records, School Records, Election Records, and a small amount of Private Correspondence.   \n","The first reel (4640) contains Wills, 1803-1863; Fiduciary Records, 1820 and 1823; Criminal Records, 1823-1824, 1860, and 1866-1875; Chancery Court Records, 1805-1887; Judgments, 1855-1867; a letter and Board of Commissioners' report pertaining to an outbreak of disease at the National Hotel in Washington D.C., 1857 May 13; and Clerk's Records, 1866.","Included are the will of James Swinton, 1803 Oct. 10; the will of John J. Johnson, 1820 Nov. 18; the will of William Hewlett, 1820 Apr. (includes two slaves, Jack and Milly); a copy of the will of Larance Lottier, 1849 Aug. 25; the will of John Cosby, 1859 Mar. 17; the will of Robert E. 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Clarke, circa 1870; an order from the chancery cause, Admr. of John Allan vs. Allan, etc., 1872; a commissioner's report from the chancery cause, Allen vs. Bargamen, 1873; records from the chancery cause, Breathed vs. Cullen, etc., 1875 Jan. 26; and a note for decree from the chancery cause, Stephenson vs. Stevenson, etc., 1887 Jul. \n","Also included on this reel is a draft, by Mayor Joseph Mayo of Richmond, for a statement to the Hustings Court regarding habeas corpus and the detention of Charles Riddell on a charge of assault and battery, 1860 Aug. 28.","The second reel (4641) contains scattered records of the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1872-1914; private correspondence of H.H. Harris, 1872-1873 and 1887; and records of the Board of Health, the Post Office, and the School Board.  Also included are various plats, surveys, and deeds pertaining to city buildings, circa 1803-circa 1870; a copy, 1822, of a report on the division of the city into wards; various tax records, 1848-1870; a certificate pertaining to an escaped slave, 1848; a petition, 1873, from the Lee Monument Committee to city council requesting designation of a location for a monument to Robert E. Lee; correspondence pertaining to a commission for Joel Hart to create a sculpture of Henry Clay for Virginia, 1877; oaths of allegiance taken by city officials, 1877-1878; petitions regarding the city almshouse, 1888; and records pertaining to Jackson Ward Park and the Richmond Reformatory School.","The third reel contains Deeds and Surveys, 1743-1900.  It includes 68 deeds, and several surveys, plans, assessments, and lists.  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