{"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.","last":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026page=1"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":null,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":1,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":7,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":true}},"data":[{"id":"vi_vi02055","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Bedford County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02055#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court.","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02055#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795. The deed documents the gift of a slave named Virgin, fourteen years old, from Thomas Blackwell of Culpeper County to the children of Benjmain Maury of Louisa County.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02055#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vi_vi02055","ead_ssi":"vi_vi02055","_root_":"vi_vi02055","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi02055","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi02055.xml","title_ssm":["Bedford County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795"],"title_tesim":["Bedford County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Bedford County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795"],"text":["Bedford County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795","1115559","Slavery--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Slavery--Virginia--Louisa County.","Deeds--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Land records--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Local government records--Virginia--Culpeper County.","1 leaf.","There are no restrictions.","Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.","Additional Culpeper County Land Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. See the Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.","Culpeper County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795. The deed documents the gift of a slave named Virgin, fourteen years old, from Thomas Blackwell of Culpeper County to the children of Benjmain Maury of Louisa County.","There are no restrictions.","Library of Virginia","Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Bedford County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795"],"collection_ssim":["Bedford County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["1115559"],"unitid_tesim":["1115559"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creators_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"access_terms_ssm":["There are no restrictions."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 37298."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Slavery--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Slavery--Virginia--Louisa County.","Deeds--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Land records--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Local government records--Virginia--Culpeper County."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Slavery--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Slavery--Virginia--Louisa County.","Deeds--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Land records--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Local government records--Virginia--Culpeper County."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["1 leaf."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.  \n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional Culpeper County Land Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. See the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA067\"\u003eGuide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm\n\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/local/lost/\"\u003eLost Records Localities Database\u003c/extref\u003e found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Culpeper County Land Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. See the Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795. The deed documents the gift of a slave named Virgin, fourteen years old, from Thomas Blackwell of Culpeper County to the children of Benjmain Maury of Louisa County.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795. The deed documents the gift of a slave named Virgin, fourteen years old, from Thomas Blackwell of Culpeper County to the children of Benjmain Maury of Louisa County."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia"],"corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"names_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:24:40.357Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi02055","ead_ssi":"vi_vi02055","_root_":"vi_vi02055","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi02055","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi02055.xml","title_ssm":["Bedford County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795"],"title_tesim":["Bedford County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Bedford County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795"],"text":["Bedford County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795","1115559","Slavery--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Slavery--Virginia--Louisa County.","Deeds--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Land records--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Local government records--Virginia--Culpeper County.","1 leaf.","There are no restrictions.","Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.","Additional Culpeper County Land Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. See the Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.","Culpeper County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795. The deed documents the gift of a slave named Virgin, fourteen years old, from Thomas Blackwell of Culpeper County to the children of Benjmain Maury of Louisa County.","There are no restrictions.","Library of Virginia","Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Bedford County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795"],"collection_ssim":["Bedford County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["1115559"],"unitid_tesim":["1115559"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creators_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"access_terms_ssm":["There are no restrictions."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 37298."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Slavery--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Slavery--Virginia--Louisa County.","Deeds--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Land records--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Local government records--Virginia--Culpeper County."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Slavery--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Slavery--Virginia--Louisa County.","Deeds--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Land records--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Local government records--Virginia--Culpeper County."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["1 leaf."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.  \n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional Culpeper County Land Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. See the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA067\"\u003eGuide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm\n\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/local/lost/\"\u003eLost Records Localities Database\u003c/extref\u003e found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Culpeper County Land Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. See the Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795. The deed documents the gift of a slave named Virgin, fourteen years old, from Thomas Blackwell of Culpeper County to the children of Benjmain Maury of Louisa County.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795. The deed documents the gift of a slave named Virgin, fourteen years old, from Thomas Blackwell of Culpeper County to the children of Benjmain Maury of Louisa County."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia"],"corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"names_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:24:40.357Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02055"}},{"id":"vi_vi03104","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Culpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910).","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi03104#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court.","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi03104#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eCulpeper (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927, consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics. \u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi03104#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vi_vi03104","ead_ssi":"vi_vi03104","_root_":"vi_vi03104","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi03104","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi03104.xml","title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910)."],"title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910)."],"normalized_title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910)."],"text":["Culpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910).","Digital images; 80.925 cubic feet (179 boxes)","Chancery Causes 1803-1913 use digital images found on the Chancery Records Index available electronically at the website of the Library of Virginia.","Chancery Causes 1914-1927 are processed and indexed information is available on the Chancery Records Index, but digital images are not available at this time. Contact Archives Research Services for availability.","Organized by case, of which each is assigned a unique index number comprised of the latest year found in case and a sequentially increasing 3-digit number assigned by the processor as cases for that year are found. Arranged chronologically.","of documents within each folder are generally as follows: Bill, Answer, and Final Decree (if found.)","Context for Record Type: Chancery Causes are cases of equity. According to Black's Law Dictionary they are \"administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law.\" A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case; however, the judge is basing the decision on findings compiled and documented by Commissioners. Chancery causes are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history. Chancery causes document the lived experiences of free and enslaved individuals; women; children; people living with physical disabilities or mental health struggles; people living in poverty; defunct institutions and corporate entities; or those that may not have otherwise left traditional written histories.","Locality History: Culpeper County may have been named for Catherine Culpeper; for her mother, Margaret Lady Culpeper; or for Thomas Culpeper, second baron Culpeper of Thoresway, governor of Virginia from 1677 to 1683; or for their family, which long held proprietary rights in the Northern Neck. It was formed from Orange County in 1749. The county seat is Culpeper.","Lost Locality Note: A significant number of loose records are missing for the period prior to 1840. They were stolen, mutilated, and/or destroyed during the Civil War. Culpeper was the site of several military engagements and experienced widespread pillaging by both Union and Confederate troops. The county courthouse was used as a jail for Confederate prisoners by Union forces.","Chancery Causes 1829-1913 were processed by field processors before 2009. Additional chancery causes from 1803-1927 were discovered among Culpeper County records already stored at the library. They were processed by V. Brooks around 2012.","Digital images of Chancery Causes 1829-1913 were generated by PTFS through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2009.","Digital images of Chancery Causes 1803-1912 were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2012.","Encoded by G. Crawford: April 2010; updated by C. Collins: October 2023.","Additional Culpeper County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Records may be found in the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available the Library of Virginia website.","Culpeper (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927, consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.","Several suits involve fertilizer companies, such as the Bradley Fertilizer Co., the Patapsco Guano Co., the Southern Fertilizer Co., the Tygert Allen Fertilizer Co. and the Tygert Fertilizer Co., the Virginia Carolina Chemical Co., the Monumental Chemical Co., and the Zell Guano Co., many of which ended after 1890. The Culpeper National Bank and the Culpeper Savings Bank were directly associated with seven and eight suits, respectively.","Commonly found surnames among the plaintiffs and defendants include Alcocke, Ashby, Baker, Barbour, Beckham, Bell, Bickers, Bowen, Bowers, Brooke, Brown, Browning, Butler, Clatterbuck, Colvin, Compton, Coons, Corbin, Covington, Curtis, Dulaney, Eggborn (also spelled Eggborne), Fant, Farish, Field, Flint, Freeman, Gaines, Gibson, Gordon, Gray, Grayson, Green, Hall, Hansbrough (also spelled Hansborough), Hill, Hitt, Hudson, Hume, Jackson, Jameson (also spelled Jamison), Jeffries, Jennings, Johnson, Jones, Kelly (also spelled Kelley), Latham, Lewis, Lightfoot, Long, Major, Marshall, Miller, Moore, Nalle, Nelson, Obannon, Payne, Pendleton, Perry, Petty, Richards, Rixey, Roberts, Robertson, Ross, Rosson, Scott, Settle, Shackleford (also spelled Shakelford), Slaughter, Smith, Somerville, Stringfellow, Strother, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Triplett, Turner, Vaughan (also spelled Vaughn), Ward, Wharton, Wheatley, Williams, Willis, Wood, Yancey, and Young.","There are no restrictions on use.","Library of Virginia","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910)."],"collection_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910)."],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"access_terms_ssm":["There are no restrictions on use."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The bulk of these records came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Culpeper County (Va.) in 2010 under the accession number 45147. Additional chancery causes were found among Culpeper County records, possibly transferred in 2008 under the accession number 43770, already stored at the library."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["Digital images; 80.925 cubic feet (179 boxes)"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eChancery Causes 1803-1913 use digital images found on the Chancery Records Index available electronically at the website of the Library of Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eChancery Causes 1914-1927 are processed and indexed information is available on the Chancery Records Index, but digital images are not available at this time. Contact Archives Research Services for availability. \u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Chancery Causes 1803-1913 use digital images found on the Chancery Records Index available electronically at the website of the Library of Virginia.","Chancery Causes 1914-1927 are processed and indexed information is available on the Chancery Records Index, but digital images are not available at this time. Contact Archives Research Services for availability."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOrganized by case, of which each is assigned a unique index number comprised of the latest year found in case and a sequentially increasing 3-digit number assigned by the processor as cases for that year are found. Arranged chronologically.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eof documents within each folder are generally as follows: Bill, Answer, and Final Decree (if found.)\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organized by case, of which each is assigned a unique index number comprised of the latest year found in case and a sequentially increasing 3-digit number assigned by the processor as cases for that year are found. Arranged chronologically.","of documents within each folder are generally as follows: Bill, Answer, and Final Decree (if found.)"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eContext for Record Type:\u003c/emph\u003e Chancery Causes are cases of equity. According to Black's Law Dictionary they are \"administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law.\" A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case; however, the judge is basing the decision on findings compiled and documented by Commissioners. Chancery causes are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history. Chancery causes document the lived experiences of free and enslaved individuals; women; children; people living with physical disabilities or mental health struggles; people living in poverty; defunct institutions and corporate entities; or those that may not have otherwise left traditional written histories. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLocality History:\u003c/emph\u003e Culpeper County may have been named for Catherine Culpeper; for her mother, Margaret Lady Culpeper; or for Thomas Culpeper, second baron Culpeper of Thoresway, governor of Virginia from 1677 to 1683; or for their family, which long held proprietary rights in the Northern Neck. It was formed from Orange County in 1749. The county seat is Culpeper. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLost Locality Note:\u003c/emph\u003e A significant number of loose records are missing for the period prior to 1840. They were stolen, mutilated, and/or destroyed during the Civil War. Culpeper was the site of several military engagements and experienced widespread pillaging by both Union and Confederate troops. The county courthouse was used as a jail for Confederate prisoners by Union forces. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Context for Record Type: Chancery Causes are cases of equity. According to Black's Law Dictionary they are \"administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law.\" A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case; however, the judge is basing the decision on findings compiled and documented by Commissioners. Chancery causes are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history. Chancery causes document the lived experiences of free and enslaved individuals; women; children; people living with physical disabilities or mental health struggles; people living in poverty; defunct institutions and corporate entities; or those that may not have otherwise left traditional written histories.","Locality History: Culpeper County may have been named for Catherine Culpeper; for her mother, Margaret Lady Culpeper; or for Thomas Culpeper, second baron Culpeper of Thoresway, governor of Virginia from 1677 to 1683; or for their family, which long held proprietary rights in the Northern Neck. It was formed from Orange County in 1749. The county seat is Culpeper.","Lost Locality Note: A significant number of loose records are missing for the period prior to 1840. They were stolen, mutilated, and/or destroyed during the Civil War. Culpeper was the site of several military engagements and experienced widespread pillaging by both Union and Confederate troops. The county courthouse was used as a jail for Confederate prisoners by Union forces."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910). (Cite style of suit and chancery index no.). Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910). (Cite style of suit and chancery index no.). Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eChancery Causes 1829-1913 were processed by field processors before 2009. Additional chancery causes from 1803-1927 were discovered among Culpeper County records already stored at the library. They were processed by V. Brooks around 2012. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDigital images of Chancery Causes 1829-1913 were generated by PTFS through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2009.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDigital images of Chancery Causes 1803-1912 were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2012.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEncoded by G. Crawford: April 2010; updated by C. Collins: October 2023.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Chancery Causes 1829-1913 were processed by field processors before 2009. Additional chancery causes from 1803-1927 were discovered among Culpeper County records already stored at the library. They were processed by V. Brooks around 2012.","Digital images of Chancery Causes 1829-1913 were generated by PTFS through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2009.","Digital images of Chancery Causes 1803-1912 were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2012.","Encoded by G. Crawford: April 2010; updated by C. Collins: October 2023."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional Culpeper County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/\"\u003eA Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\u003c/extref\u003e \n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Records may be found in the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/lost\"\u003eLost Records Localities Digital Collection\u003c/extref\u003e available the Library of Virginia website. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Culpeper County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Records may be found in the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available the Library of Virginia website."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927, consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral suits involve fertilizer companies, such as the Bradley Fertilizer Co., the Patapsco Guano Co., the Southern Fertilizer Co., the Tygert Allen Fertilizer Co. and the Tygert Fertilizer Co., the Virginia Carolina Chemical Co., the Monumental Chemical Co., and the Zell Guano Co., many of which ended after 1890. The Culpeper National Bank and the Culpeper Savings Bank were directly associated with seven and eight suits, respectively.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCommonly found surnames among the plaintiffs and defendants include Alcocke, Ashby, Baker, Barbour, Beckham, Bell, Bickers, Bowen, Bowers, Brooke, Brown, Browning, Butler, Clatterbuck, Colvin, Compton, Coons, Corbin, Covington, Curtis, Dulaney, Eggborn (also spelled Eggborne), Fant, Farish, Field, Flint, Freeman, Gaines, Gibson, Gordon, Gray, Grayson, Green, Hall, Hansbrough (also spelled Hansborough), Hill, Hitt, Hudson, Hume, Jackson, Jameson (also spelled Jamison), Jeffries, Jennings, Johnson, Jones, Kelly (also spelled Kelley), Latham, Lewis, Lightfoot, Long, Major, Marshall, Miller, Moore, Nalle, Nelson, Obannon, Payne, Pendleton, Perry, Petty, Richards, Rixey, Roberts, Robertson, Ross, Rosson, Scott, Settle, Shackleford (also spelled Shakelford), Slaughter, Smith, Somerville, Stringfellow, Strother, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Triplett, Turner, Vaughan (also spelled Vaughn), Ward, Wharton, Wheatley, Williams, Willis, Wood, Yancey, and Young.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Culpeper (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927, consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.","Several suits involve fertilizer companies, such as the Bradley Fertilizer Co., the Patapsco Guano Co., the Southern Fertilizer Co., the Tygert Allen Fertilizer Co. and the Tygert Fertilizer Co., the Virginia Carolina Chemical Co., the Monumental Chemical Co., and the Zell Guano Co., many of which ended after 1890. The Culpeper National Bank and the Culpeper Savings Bank were directly associated with seven and eight suits, respectively.","Commonly found surnames among the plaintiffs and defendants include Alcocke, Ashby, Baker, Barbour, Beckham, Bell, Bickers, Bowen, Bowers, Brooke, Brown, Browning, Butler, Clatterbuck, Colvin, Compton, Coons, Corbin, Covington, Curtis, Dulaney, Eggborn (also spelled Eggborne), Fant, Farish, Field, Flint, Freeman, Gaines, Gibson, Gordon, Gray, Grayson, Green, Hall, Hansbrough (also spelled Hansborough), Hill, Hitt, Hudson, Hume, Jackson, Jameson (also spelled Jamison), Jeffries, Jennings, Johnson, Jones, Kelly (also spelled Kelley), Latham, Lewis, Lightfoot, Long, Major, Marshall, Miller, Moore, Nalle, Nelson, Obannon, Payne, Pendleton, Perry, Petty, Richards, Rixey, Roberts, Robertson, Ross, Rosson, Scott, Settle, Shackleford (also spelled Shakelford), Slaughter, Smith, Somerville, Stringfellow, Strother, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Triplett, Turner, Vaughan (also spelled Vaughn), Ward, Wharton, Wheatley, Williams, Willis, Wood, Yancey, and Young."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions on use.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions on use."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:25:30.362Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi03104","ead_ssi":"vi_vi03104","_root_":"vi_vi03104","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi03104","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi03104.xml","title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910)."],"title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910)."],"normalized_title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910)."],"text":["Culpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910).","Digital images; 80.925 cubic feet (179 boxes)","Chancery Causes 1803-1913 use digital images found on the Chancery Records Index available electronically at the website of the Library of Virginia.","Chancery Causes 1914-1927 are processed and indexed information is available on the Chancery Records Index, but digital images are not available at this time. Contact Archives Research Services for availability.","Organized by case, of which each is assigned a unique index number comprised of the latest year found in case and a sequentially increasing 3-digit number assigned by the processor as cases for that year are found. Arranged chronologically.","of documents within each folder are generally as follows: Bill, Answer, and Final Decree (if found.)","Context for Record Type: Chancery Causes are cases of equity. According to Black's Law Dictionary they are \"administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law.\" A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case; however, the judge is basing the decision on findings compiled and documented by Commissioners. Chancery causes are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history. Chancery causes document the lived experiences of free and enslaved individuals; women; children; people living with physical disabilities or mental health struggles; people living in poverty; defunct institutions and corporate entities; or those that may not have otherwise left traditional written histories.","Locality History: Culpeper County may have been named for Catherine Culpeper; for her mother, Margaret Lady Culpeper; or for Thomas Culpeper, second baron Culpeper of Thoresway, governor of Virginia from 1677 to 1683; or for their family, which long held proprietary rights in the Northern Neck. It was formed from Orange County in 1749. The county seat is Culpeper.","Lost Locality Note: A significant number of loose records are missing for the period prior to 1840. They were stolen, mutilated, and/or destroyed during the Civil War. Culpeper was the site of several military engagements and experienced widespread pillaging by both Union and Confederate troops. The county courthouse was used as a jail for Confederate prisoners by Union forces.","Chancery Causes 1829-1913 were processed by field processors before 2009. Additional chancery causes from 1803-1927 were discovered among Culpeper County records already stored at the library. They were processed by V. Brooks around 2012.","Digital images of Chancery Causes 1829-1913 were generated by PTFS through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2009.","Digital images of Chancery Causes 1803-1912 were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2012.","Encoded by G. Crawford: April 2010; updated by C. Collins: October 2023.","Additional Culpeper County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Records may be found in the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available the Library of Virginia website.","Culpeper (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927, consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.","Several suits involve fertilizer companies, such as the Bradley Fertilizer Co., the Patapsco Guano Co., the Southern Fertilizer Co., the Tygert Allen Fertilizer Co. and the Tygert Fertilizer Co., the Virginia Carolina Chemical Co., the Monumental Chemical Co., and the Zell Guano Co., many of which ended after 1890. The Culpeper National Bank and the Culpeper Savings Bank were directly associated with seven and eight suits, respectively.","Commonly found surnames among the plaintiffs and defendants include Alcocke, Ashby, Baker, Barbour, Beckham, Bell, Bickers, Bowen, Bowers, Brooke, Brown, Browning, Butler, Clatterbuck, Colvin, Compton, Coons, Corbin, Covington, Curtis, Dulaney, Eggborn (also spelled Eggborne), Fant, Farish, Field, Flint, Freeman, Gaines, Gibson, Gordon, Gray, Grayson, Green, Hall, Hansbrough (also spelled Hansborough), Hill, Hitt, Hudson, Hume, Jackson, Jameson (also spelled Jamison), Jeffries, Jennings, Johnson, Jones, Kelly (also spelled Kelley), Latham, Lewis, Lightfoot, Long, Major, Marshall, Miller, Moore, Nalle, Nelson, Obannon, Payne, Pendleton, Perry, Petty, Richards, Rixey, Roberts, Robertson, Ross, Rosson, Scott, Settle, Shackleford (also spelled Shakelford), Slaughter, Smith, Somerville, Stringfellow, Strother, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Triplett, Turner, Vaughan (also spelled Vaughn), Ward, Wharton, Wheatley, Williams, Willis, Wood, Yancey, and Young.","There are no restrictions on use.","Library of Virginia","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910)."],"collection_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910)."],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"access_terms_ssm":["There are no restrictions on use."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The bulk of these records came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Culpeper County (Va.) in 2010 under the accession number 45147. Additional chancery causes were found among Culpeper County records, possibly transferred in 2008 under the accession number 43770, already stored at the library."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["Digital images; 80.925 cubic feet (179 boxes)"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eChancery Causes 1803-1913 use digital images found on the Chancery Records Index available electronically at the website of the Library of Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eChancery Causes 1914-1927 are processed and indexed information is available on the Chancery Records Index, but digital images are not available at this time. Contact Archives Research Services for availability. \u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Chancery Causes 1803-1913 use digital images found on the Chancery Records Index available electronically at the website of the Library of Virginia.","Chancery Causes 1914-1927 are processed and indexed information is available on the Chancery Records Index, but digital images are not available at this time. Contact Archives Research Services for availability."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOrganized by case, of which each is assigned a unique index number comprised of the latest year found in case and a sequentially increasing 3-digit number assigned by the processor as cases for that year are found. Arranged chronologically.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eof documents within each folder are generally as follows: Bill, Answer, and Final Decree (if found.)\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organized by case, of which each is assigned a unique index number comprised of the latest year found in case and a sequentially increasing 3-digit number assigned by the processor as cases for that year are found. Arranged chronologically.","of documents within each folder are generally as follows: Bill, Answer, and Final Decree (if found.)"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eContext for Record Type:\u003c/emph\u003e Chancery Causes are cases of equity. According to Black's Law Dictionary they are \"administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law.\" A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case; however, the judge is basing the decision on findings compiled and documented by Commissioners. Chancery causes are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history. Chancery causes document the lived experiences of free and enslaved individuals; women; children; people living with physical disabilities or mental health struggles; people living in poverty; defunct institutions and corporate entities; or those that may not have otherwise left traditional written histories. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLocality History:\u003c/emph\u003e Culpeper County may have been named for Catherine Culpeper; for her mother, Margaret Lady Culpeper; or for Thomas Culpeper, second baron Culpeper of Thoresway, governor of Virginia from 1677 to 1683; or for their family, which long held proprietary rights in the Northern Neck. It was formed from Orange County in 1749. The county seat is Culpeper. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLost Locality Note:\u003c/emph\u003e A significant number of loose records are missing for the period prior to 1840. They were stolen, mutilated, and/or destroyed during the Civil War. Culpeper was the site of several military engagements and experienced widespread pillaging by both Union and Confederate troops. The county courthouse was used as a jail for Confederate prisoners by Union forces. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Context for Record Type: Chancery Causes are cases of equity. According to Black's Law Dictionary they are \"administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law.\" A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case; however, the judge is basing the decision on findings compiled and documented by Commissioners. Chancery causes are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history. Chancery causes document the lived experiences of free and enslaved individuals; women; children; people living with physical disabilities or mental health struggles; people living in poverty; defunct institutions and corporate entities; or those that may not have otherwise left traditional written histories.","Locality History: Culpeper County may have been named for Catherine Culpeper; for her mother, Margaret Lady Culpeper; or for Thomas Culpeper, second baron Culpeper of Thoresway, governor of Virginia from 1677 to 1683; or for their family, which long held proprietary rights in the Northern Neck. It was formed from Orange County in 1749. The county seat is Culpeper.","Lost Locality Note: A significant number of loose records are missing for the period prior to 1840. They were stolen, mutilated, and/or destroyed during the Civil War. Culpeper was the site of several military engagements and experienced widespread pillaging by both Union and Confederate troops. The county courthouse was used as a jail for Confederate prisoners by Union forces."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910). (Cite style of suit and chancery index no.). Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910). (Cite style of suit and chancery index no.). Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eChancery Causes 1829-1913 were processed by field processors before 2009. Additional chancery causes from 1803-1927 were discovered among Culpeper County records already stored at the library. They were processed by V. Brooks around 2012. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDigital images of Chancery Causes 1829-1913 were generated by PTFS through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2009.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDigital images of Chancery Causes 1803-1912 were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2012.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEncoded by G. Crawford: April 2010; updated by C. Collins: October 2023.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Chancery Causes 1829-1913 were processed by field processors before 2009. Additional chancery causes from 1803-1927 were discovered among Culpeper County records already stored at the library. They were processed by V. Brooks around 2012.","Digital images of Chancery Causes 1829-1913 were generated by PTFS through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2009.","Digital images of Chancery Causes 1803-1912 were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2012.","Encoded by G. Crawford: April 2010; updated by C. Collins: October 2023."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional Culpeper County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/\"\u003eA Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\u003c/extref\u003e \n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Records may be found in the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/lost\"\u003eLost Records Localities Digital Collection\u003c/extref\u003e available the Library of Virginia website. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Culpeper County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Records may be found in the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available the Library of Virginia website."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927, consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral suits involve fertilizer companies, such as the Bradley Fertilizer Co., the Patapsco Guano Co., the Southern Fertilizer Co., the Tygert Allen Fertilizer Co. and the Tygert Fertilizer Co., the Virginia Carolina Chemical Co., the Monumental Chemical Co., and the Zell Guano Co., many of which ended after 1890. The Culpeper National Bank and the Culpeper Savings Bank were directly associated with seven and eight suits, respectively.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCommonly found surnames among the plaintiffs and defendants include Alcocke, Ashby, Baker, Barbour, Beckham, Bell, Bickers, Bowen, Bowers, Brooke, Brown, Browning, Butler, Clatterbuck, Colvin, Compton, Coons, Corbin, Covington, Curtis, Dulaney, Eggborn (also spelled Eggborne), Fant, Farish, Field, Flint, Freeman, Gaines, Gibson, Gordon, Gray, Grayson, Green, Hall, Hansbrough (also spelled Hansborough), Hill, Hitt, Hudson, Hume, Jackson, Jameson (also spelled Jamison), Jeffries, Jennings, Johnson, Jones, Kelly (also spelled Kelley), Latham, Lewis, Lightfoot, Long, Major, Marshall, Miller, Moore, Nalle, Nelson, Obannon, Payne, Pendleton, Perry, Petty, Richards, Rixey, Roberts, Robertson, Ross, Rosson, Scott, Settle, Shackleford (also spelled Shakelford), Slaughter, Smith, Somerville, Stringfellow, Strother, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Triplett, Turner, Vaughan (also spelled Vaughn), Ward, Wharton, Wheatley, Williams, Willis, Wood, Yancey, and Young.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Culpeper (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927, consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.","Several suits involve fertilizer companies, such as the Bradley Fertilizer Co., the Patapsco Guano Co., the Southern Fertilizer Co., the Tygert Allen Fertilizer Co. and the Tygert Fertilizer Co., the Virginia Carolina Chemical Co., the Monumental Chemical Co., and the Zell Guano Co., many of which ended after 1890. The Culpeper National Bank and the Culpeper Savings Bank were directly associated with seven and eight suits, respectively.","Commonly found surnames among the plaintiffs and defendants include Alcocke, Ashby, Baker, Barbour, Beckham, Bell, Bickers, Bowen, Bowers, Brooke, Brown, Browning, Butler, Clatterbuck, Colvin, Compton, Coons, Corbin, Covington, Curtis, Dulaney, Eggborn (also spelled Eggborne), Fant, Farish, Field, Flint, Freeman, Gaines, Gibson, Gordon, Gray, Grayson, Green, Hall, Hansbrough (also spelled Hansborough), Hill, Hitt, Hudson, Hume, Jackson, Jameson (also spelled Jamison), Jeffries, Jennings, Johnson, Jones, Kelly (also spelled Kelley), Latham, Lewis, Lightfoot, Long, Major, Marshall, Miller, Moore, Nalle, Nelson, Obannon, Payne, Pendleton, Perry, Petty, Richards, Rixey, Roberts, Robertson, Ross, Rosson, Scott, Settle, Shackleford (also spelled Shakelford), Slaughter, Smith, Somerville, Stringfellow, Strother, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Triplett, Turner, Vaughan (also spelled Vaughn), Ward, Wharton, Wheatley, Williams, Willis, Wood, Yancey, and Young."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions on use.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions on use."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:25:30.362Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi03104"}},{"id":"vi_vi02236","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02236#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court.","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02236#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866, is a volume that contains the same kinds of information as that found in a cohabitation register and a register of children of parents who had ceased to cohabit. The volume is divided into three slightly different sections with an index at the beginning that gives the page and line number for each indexed individual. It is also commonly called the Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. \u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02236#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vi_vi02236","ead_ssi":"vi_vi02236","_root_":"vi_vi02236","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi02236","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi02236.xml","title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866"],"title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866"],"text":["Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866","Culpeper County (Va.) Reel 55","African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Birth registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","1 microfilm reel","There are no restrictions.","Culpeper was formed from Orange County in 1749.","The Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves and provided for the legitimization of children of couples no longer cohabiting as long as the father recognized the children to be his. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife.","The federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such children. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105.","Additional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm\" found on the Library of Virginia web site.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.","Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866, is a volume that contains the same kinds of information as that found in a cohabitation register and a register of children of parents who had ceased to cohabit. The volume is divided into three slightly different sections with an index at the beginning that gives the page and line number for each indexed individual. It is also commonly called the Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register.","pp. 1-14 lists the line number, date and place of marriage, full name of parties married, ages, place of birth, residence, name of parents, occupation of husband, and married by. All couples listed were noted to be \"Married by the Law of 1866.\"","pp. 15-19 lists the line number, name of child, age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence, residence of father, father's age, father's last owner, name of mother, mother's age, mother's residence if alive or noted if dead, mother's last owner with residence, and signature of father.","pp. 20-21 lists the line number, name of husband and his age, place of birth, residence, occupation, last owner, last owner's residence; name of wife and her age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence; names of children with the age of each, and the date of commencement of cohabitation.","There are no restrictions.","Library of Virginia","Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866"],"collection_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Reel 55"],"unitid_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Reel 55"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands."],"creators_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands."],"access_terms_ssm":["There are no restrictions."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This item was microfilmed by the Library of Virginia's Imaging Services Division."],"access_subjects_ssim":["African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Birth registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County."],"access_subjects_ssm":["African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Birth registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["1 microfilm reel"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper was formed from Orange County in 1749. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves and provided for the legitimization of children of couples no longer cohabiting as long as the father recognized the children to be his. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such children. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Culpeper was formed from Orange County in 1749.","The Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves and provided for the legitimization of children of couples no longer cohabiting as long as the father recognized the children to be his. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife.","The federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such children. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866. Culpeper County (Va.) Reel 55, Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866. Culpeper County (Va.) Reel 55, Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA067\"\u003e\"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm\"\u003c/extref\u003e found on the Library of Virginia web site. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/local/lost/\"\u003eLost Records Localities Database\u003c/extref\u003e found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm\" found on the Library of Virginia web site.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866, is a volume that contains the same kinds of information as that found in a cohabitation register and a register of children of parents who had ceased to cohabit. The volume is divided into three slightly different sections with an index at the beginning that gives the page and line number for each indexed individual. It is also commonly called the Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003epp. 1-14 lists the line number, date and place of marriage, full name of parties married, ages, place of birth, residence, name of parents, occupation of husband, and married by. All couples listed were noted to be \"Married by the Law of 1866.\" \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003epp. 15-19 lists the line number, name of child, age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence, residence of father, father's age, father's last owner, name of mother, mother's age, mother's residence if alive or noted if dead, mother's last owner with residence, and signature of father. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003epp. 20-21 lists the line number, name of husband and his age, place of birth, residence, occupation, last owner, last owner's residence; name of wife and her age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence; names of children with the age of each, and the date of commencement of cohabitation. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866, is a volume that contains the same kinds of information as that found in a cohabitation register and a register of children of parents who had ceased to cohabit. The volume is divided into three slightly different sections with an index at the beginning that gives the page and line number for each indexed individual. It is also commonly called the Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register.","pp. 1-14 lists the line number, date and place of marriage, full name of parties married, ages, place of birth, residence, name of parents, occupation of husband, and married by. All couples listed were noted to be \"Married by the Law of 1866.\"","pp. 15-19 lists the line number, name of child, age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence, residence of father, father's age, father's last owner, name of mother, mother's age, mother's residence if alive or noted if dead, mother's last owner with residence, and signature of father.","pp. 20-21 lists the line number, name of husband and his age, place of birth, residence, occupation, last owner, last owner's residence; name of wife and her age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence; names of children with the age of each, and the date of commencement of cohabitation."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia"],"corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands."],"names_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:25:16.129Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi02236","ead_ssi":"vi_vi02236","_root_":"vi_vi02236","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi02236","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi02236.xml","title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866"],"title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866"],"text":["Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866","Culpeper County (Va.) Reel 55","African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Birth registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","1 microfilm reel","There are no restrictions.","Culpeper was formed from Orange County in 1749.","The Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves and provided for the legitimization of children of couples no longer cohabiting as long as the father recognized the children to be his. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife.","The federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such children. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105.","Additional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm\" found on the Library of Virginia web site.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.","Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866, is a volume that contains the same kinds of information as that found in a cohabitation register and a register of children of parents who had ceased to cohabit. The volume is divided into three slightly different sections with an index at the beginning that gives the page and line number for each indexed individual. It is also commonly called the Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register.","pp. 1-14 lists the line number, date and place of marriage, full name of parties married, ages, place of birth, residence, name of parents, occupation of husband, and married by. All couples listed were noted to be \"Married by the Law of 1866.\"","pp. 15-19 lists the line number, name of child, age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence, residence of father, father's age, father's last owner, name of mother, mother's age, mother's residence if alive or noted if dead, mother's last owner with residence, and signature of father.","pp. 20-21 lists the line number, name of husband and his age, place of birth, residence, occupation, last owner, last owner's residence; name of wife and her age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence; names of children with the age of each, and the date of commencement of cohabitation.","There are no restrictions.","Library of Virginia","Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866"],"collection_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Reel 55"],"unitid_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Reel 55"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands."],"creators_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands."],"access_terms_ssm":["There are no restrictions."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This item was microfilmed by the Library of Virginia's Imaging Services Division."],"access_subjects_ssim":["African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Birth registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County."],"access_subjects_ssm":["African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Birth registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["1 microfilm reel"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper was formed from Orange County in 1749. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves and provided for the legitimization of children of couples no longer cohabiting as long as the father recognized the children to be his. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such children. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Culpeper was formed from Orange County in 1749.","The Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves and provided for the legitimization of children of couples no longer cohabiting as long as the father recognized the children to be his. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife.","The federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such children. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866. Culpeper County (Va.) Reel 55, Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866. Culpeper County (Va.) Reel 55, Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA067\"\u003e\"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm\"\u003c/extref\u003e found on the Library of Virginia web site. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/local/lost/\"\u003eLost Records Localities Database\u003c/extref\u003e found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm\" found on the Library of Virginia web site.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866, is a volume that contains the same kinds of information as that found in a cohabitation register and a register of children of parents who had ceased to cohabit. The volume is divided into three slightly different sections with an index at the beginning that gives the page and line number for each indexed individual. It is also commonly called the Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003epp. 1-14 lists the line number, date and place of marriage, full name of parties married, ages, place of birth, residence, name of parents, occupation of husband, and married by. All couples listed were noted to be \"Married by the Law of 1866.\" \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003epp. 15-19 lists the line number, name of child, age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence, residence of father, father's age, father's last owner, name of mother, mother's age, mother's residence if alive or noted if dead, mother's last owner with residence, and signature of father. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003epp. 20-21 lists the line number, name of husband and his age, place of birth, residence, occupation, last owner, last owner's residence; name of wife and her age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence; names of children with the age of each, and the date of commencement of cohabitation. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866, is a volume that contains the same kinds of information as that found in a cohabitation register and a register of children of parents who had ceased to cohabit. The volume is divided into three slightly different sections with an index at the beginning that gives the page and line number for each indexed individual. It is also commonly called the Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register.","pp. 1-14 lists the line number, date and place of marriage, full name of parties married, ages, place of birth, residence, name of parents, occupation of husband, and married by. All couples listed were noted to be \"Married by the Law of 1866.\"","pp. 15-19 lists the line number, name of child, age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence, residence of father, father's age, father's last owner, name of mother, mother's age, mother's residence if alive or noted if dead, mother's last owner with residence, and signature of father.","pp. 20-21 lists the line number, name of husband and his age, place of birth, residence, occupation, last owner, last owner's residence; name of wife and her age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence; names of children with the age of each, and the date of commencement of cohabitation."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia"],"corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands."],"names_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:25:16.129Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02236"}},{"id":"vi_vi02383","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 1866","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02383#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court.","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02383#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons in Culpeper County, State of Virginia, whose Parents had ceased to cohabit on 27th February, 1866, which the Father recognizes to be his. Also commonly called Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. This one page register lists the name of the child, age, place of birth, residence, last owner, residence of the last owner, residence of father, his age and last owner, residence of last owner of father, name of mother, her age, her residence if alive or noted if dead, last owner of mother, residence of last owner of mother, and the signature of the father. \u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02383#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vi_vi02383","ead_ssi":"vi_vi02383","_root_":"vi_vi02383","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi02383","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi02383.xml","title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 1866"],"title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 1866"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 1866"],"text":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 1866","1174807, 0007432953","African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Birth registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","5 p. and digital images.","There are no restrictions.","Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.","The Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves and provided for the legitimization of children of couples no longer cohabiting as long as the father recognized the children to be his. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife.","The federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such children. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105.","Additional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm found on the Library of Virginia web site.","Additional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.","Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons in Culpeper County, State of Virginia, whose Parents had ceased to cohabit on 27th February, 1866, which the Father recognizes to be his. Also commonly called Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. This one page register lists the name of the child, age, place of birth, residence, last owner, residence of the last owner, residence of father, his age and last owner, residence of last owner of father, name of mother, her age, her residence if alive or noted if dead, last owner of mother, residence of last owner of mother, and the signature of the father.","Patrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode 00074329530) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website.","Library of Virginia","Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 1866"],"collection_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 1866"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["1174807, 0007432953"],"unitid_tesim":["1174807, 0007432953"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands."],"creators_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands."],"access_terms_ssm":["Patrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode 00074329530) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Culpeper County under the accession number 43031.","Digital images were created by the Library of Virginias Photographic and Digital Imaging Services. Photolab number 08_0611_01-09.tif."],"access_subjects_ssim":["African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Birth registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County."],"access_subjects_ssm":["African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Birth registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["5 p. and digital images."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves and provided for the legitimization of children of couples no longer cohabiting as long as the father recognized the children to be his. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such children. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105. \u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.","The Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves and provided for the legitimization of children of couples no longer cohabiting as long as the father recognized the children to be his. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife.","The federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such children. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 27th February 1866. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 27th February 1866. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA067\"\u003eA Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm\u003c/extref\u003e found on the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan/\"\u003eVirginia Unntold: the African American Narrative\u003c/extref\u003e website.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/local/lost/\"\u003eLost Records Localities Database\u003c/extref\u003e found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm found on the Library of Virginia web site.","Additional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons in Culpeper County, State of Virginia, whose Parents had ceased to cohabit on 27th February, 1866, which the Father recognizes to be his. Also commonly called Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. This one page register lists the name of the child, age, place of birth, residence, last owner, residence of the last owner, residence of father, his age and last owner, residence of last owner of father, name of mother, her age, her residence if alive or noted if dead, last owner of mother, residence of last owner of mother, and the signature of the father. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons in Culpeper County, State of Virginia, whose Parents had ceased to cohabit on 27th February, 1866, which the Father recognizes to be his. Also commonly called Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. This one page register lists the name of the child, age, place of birth, residence, last owner, residence of the last owner, residence of father, his age and last owner, residence of last owner of father, name of mother, her age, her residence if alive or noted if dead, last owner of mother, residence of last owner of mother, and the signature of the father."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePatrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode 00074329530) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan/\"\u003eVirginia Unntold: the African American Narrative\u003c/extref\u003e website.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Patrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode 00074329530) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia"],"corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands."],"names_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:25:16.129Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi02383","ead_ssi":"vi_vi02383","_root_":"vi_vi02383","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi02383","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi02383.xml","title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 1866"],"title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 1866"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 1866"],"text":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 1866","1174807, 0007432953","African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Birth registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","5 p. and digital images.","There are no restrictions.","Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.","The Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves and provided for the legitimization of children of couples no longer cohabiting as long as the father recognized the children to be his. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife.","The federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such children. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105.","Additional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm found on the Library of Virginia web site.","Additional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.","Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons in Culpeper County, State of Virginia, whose Parents had ceased to cohabit on 27th February, 1866, which the Father recognizes to be his. Also commonly called Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. This one page register lists the name of the child, age, place of birth, residence, last owner, residence of the last owner, residence of father, his age and last owner, residence of last owner of father, name of mother, her age, her residence if alive or noted if dead, last owner of mother, residence of last owner of mother, and the signature of the father.","Patrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode 00074329530) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website.","Library of Virginia","Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 1866"],"collection_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 1866"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["1174807, 0007432953"],"unitid_tesim":["1174807, 0007432953"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands."],"creators_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands."],"access_terms_ssm":["Patrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode 00074329530) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Culpeper County under the accession number 43031.","Digital images were created by the Library of Virginias Photographic and Digital Imaging Services. Photolab number 08_0611_01-09.tif."],"access_subjects_ssim":["African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Birth registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County."],"access_subjects_ssm":["African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Birth registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["5 p. and digital images."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves and provided for the legitimization of children of couples no longer cohabiting as long as the father recognized the children to be his. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such children. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105. \u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.","The Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves and provided for the legitimization of children of couples no longer cohabiting as long as the father recognized the children to be his. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife.","The federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such children. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 27th February 1866. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 27th February 1866. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA067\"\u003eA Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm\u003c/extref\u003e found on the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan/\"\u003eVirginia Unntold: the African American Narrative\u003c/extref\u003e website.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/local/lost/\"\u003eLost Records Localities Database\u003c/extref\u003e found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm found on the Library of Virginia web site.","Additional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons in Culpeper County, State of Virginia, whose Parents had ceased to cohabit on 27th February, 1866, which the Father recognizes to be his. Also commonly called Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. This one page register lists the name of the child, age, place of birth, residence, last owner, residence of the last owner, residence of father, his age and last owner, residence of last owner of father, name of mother, her age, her residence if alive or noted if dead, last owner of mother, residence of last owner of mother, and the signature of the father. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons in Culpeper County, State of Virginia, whose Parents had ceased to cohabit on 27th February, 1866, which the Father recognizes to be his. Also commonly called Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. This one page register lists the name of the child, age, place of birth, residence, last owner, residence of the last owner, residence of father, his age and last owner, residence of last owner of father, name of mother, her age, her residence if alive or noted if dead, last owner of mother, residence of last owner of mother, and the signature of the father."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePatrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode 00074329530) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan/\"\u003eVirginia Unntold: the African American Narrative\u003c/extref\u003e website.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Patrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode 00074329530) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia"],"corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands."],"names_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:25:16.129Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02383"}},{"id":"vi_vi02382","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02382#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court.","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02382#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons of Culpeper County, State of Virginia, cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866. Also commonly called Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. This register records on two pages the name of the husband, his age, place of birth, residence, occupation, last owner, last owner's residence, name of the wife, her age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence, name of children with the ages of each, and the date of commencement of cohabitation. Many of the persons listed under the column of father's name are actually the mothers of the children. \u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02382#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vi_vi02382","ead_ssi":"vi_vi02382","_root_":"vi_vi02382","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi02382","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi02382.xml","title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866"],"title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866"],"text":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866","1174806, 0007432950","African Americans -- Employment -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","2 p. and digital images.","There are no restrictions.","Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.","The Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves who had been cohabiting as of that date. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife.","The federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such cohabiting couples. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105.","Additional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm found on the Library of Virginia web site.","Additional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.","Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons of Culpeper County, State of Virginia, cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866. Also commonly called Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. This register records on two pages the name of the husband, his age, place of birth, residence, occupation, last owner, last owner's residence, name of the wife, her age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence, name of children with the ages of each, and the date of commencement of cohabitation. Many of the persons listed under the column of father's name are actually the mothers of the children.","Patrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode number 0007432950) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website.","Library of Virginia","Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866"],"collection_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["1174806, 0007432950"],"unitid_tesim":["1174806, 0007432950"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands."],"creators_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands."],"access_terms_ssm":["Patrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode number 0007432950) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Culpeper County under the accession number 43031.","Digital images were created by the Library of Virginia's Photographic and Digital Imaging Services. Photolab number 08_0615_01-04.tif."],"access_subjects_ssim":["African Americans -- Employment -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County."],"access_subjects_ssm":["African Americans -- Employment -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2 p. and digital images."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves who had been cohabiting as of that date. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such cohabiting couples. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105. \u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.","The Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves who had been cohabiting as of that date. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife.","The federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such cohabiting couples. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 27th February 1866. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 27th February 1866. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA067\"\u003eA Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm\u003c/extref\u003e found on the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan/\"\u003eVirginia Unntold: the African American Narrative\u003c/extref\u003e website.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/local/lost/\"\u003eLost Records Localities Database\u003c/extref\u003e found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm found on the Library of Virginia web site.","Additional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons of Culpeper County, State of Virginia, cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866. Also commonly called Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. This register records on two pages the name of the husband, his age, place of birth, residence, occupation, last owner, last owner's residence, name of the wife, her age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence, name of children with the ages of each, and the date of commencement of cohabitation. Many of the persons listed under the column of father's name are actually the mothers of the children.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons of Culpeper County, State of Virginia, cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866. Also commonly called Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. This register records on two pages the name of the husband, his age, place of birth, residence, occupation, last owner, last owner's residence, name of the wife, her age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence, name of children with the ages of each, and the date of commencement of cohabitation. Many of the persons listed under the column of father's name are actually the mothers of the children."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePatrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode number 0007432950) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan/\"\u003eVirginia Unntold: the African American Narrative\u003c/extref\u003e website.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Patrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode number 0007432950) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia"],"corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands."],"names_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:25:16.129Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi02382","ead_ssi":"vi_vi02382","_root_":"vi_vi02382","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi02382","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi02382.xml","title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866"],"title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866"],"text":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866","1174806, 0007432950","African Americans -- Employment -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","2 p. and digital images.","There are no restrictions.","Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.","The Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves who had been cohabiting as of that date. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife.","The federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such cohabiting couples. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105.","Additional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm found on the Library of Virginia web site.","Additional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.","Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons of Culpeper County, State of Virginia, cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866. Also commonly called Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. This register records on two pages the name of the husband, his age, place of birth, residence, occupation, last owner, last owner's residence, name of the wife, her age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence, name of children with the ages of each, and the date of commencement of cohabitation. Many of the persons listed under the column of father's name are actually the mothers of the children.","Patrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode number 0007432950) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website.","Library of Virginia","Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866"],"collection_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["1174806, 0007432950"],"unitid_tesim":["1174806, 0007432950"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands."],"creators_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands."],"access_terms_ssm":["Patrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode number 0007432950) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Culpeper County under the accession number 43031.","Digital images were created by the Library of Virginia's Photographic and Digital Imaging Services. Photolab number 08_0615_01-04.tif."],"access_subjects_ssim":["African Americans -- Employment -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County."],"access_subjects_ssm":["African Americans -- Employment -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2 p. and digital images."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves who had been cohabiting as of that date. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such cohabiting couples. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105. \u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.","The Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves who had been cohabiting as of that date. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife.","The federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such cohabiting couples. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 27th February 1866. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 27th February 1866. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA067\"\u003eA Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm\u003c/extref\u003e found on the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan/\"\u003eVirginia Unntold: the African American Narrative\u003c/extref\u003e website.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/local/lost/\"\u003eLost Records Localities Database\u003c/extref\u003e found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm found on the Library of Virginia web site.","Additional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons of Culpeper County, State of Virginia, cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866. Also commonly called Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. This register records on two pages the name of the husband, his age, place of birth, residence, occupation, last owner, last owner's residence, name of the wife, her age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence, name of children with the ages of each, and the date of commencement of cohabitation. Many of the persons listed under the column of father's name are actually the mothers of the children.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons of Culpeper County, State of Virginia, cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866. Also commonly called Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. This register records on two pages the name of the husband, his age, place of birth, residence, occupation, last owner, last owner's residence, name of the wife, her age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence, name of children with the ages of each, and the date of commencement of cohabitation. Many of the persons listed under the column of father's name are actually the mothers of the children."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePatrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode number 0007432950) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan/\"\u003eVirginia Unntold: the African American Narrative\u003c/extref\u003e website.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Patrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode number 0007432950) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Unntold: the African American Narrative website."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia"],"corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands."],"names_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:25:16.129Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02382"}},{"id":"vi_vi02384","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, 1866","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02384#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court.","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02384#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, February 27th, 1866, is also known as the Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. It consists of 5 pages of marriages of former slaves recorded on forms usually used to record regular marriages. Information recorded includes date and place of marriage (all given as February 27, 1866), town or county, full name of husband and wife, age and condition before marriage (single or widowed), places of birth of husband and wife, places of residence, names of parents, occupation of husband, and name of person performing marriage ceremony (all given as \"Law of VA\"). Unlike other cohabitation registers, no information is recorded about previous owners. There is no index. \u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02384#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vi_vi02384","ead_ssi":"vi_vi02384","_root_":"vi_vi02384","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi02384","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi02384.xml","title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, 1866"],"title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, 1866"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, 1866"],"text":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, 1866","1174805, 0007432947","African Americans -- Employment -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","5 p. and digital images.","There are no restrictions.","Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.","The Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves who had been cohabiting as of that date. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife.","The federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such cohabiting couples. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105.","Additional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm found on the Library of Virginia web site.","Additional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Memory website.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.","Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, February 27th, 1866, is also known as the Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. It consists of 5 pages of marriages of former slaves recorded on forms usually used to record regular marriages. Information recorded includes date and place of marriage (all given as February 27, 1866), town or county, full name of husband and wife, age and condition before marriage (single or widowed), places of birth of husband and wife, places of residence, names of parents, occupation of husband, and name of person performing marriage ceremony (all given as \"Law of VA\"). Unlike other cohabitation registers, no information is recorded about previous owners. There is no index.","Patrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode number 00074329470) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Memory website.","Library of Virginia","Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, 1866"],"collection_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, 1866"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["1174805, 0007432947"],"unitid_tesim":["1174805, 0007432947"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands."],"creators_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands."],"access_terms_ssm":["Patrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode number 00074329470) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Memory website."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Culpeper County under the accession number 43031.","Digital images were created by the Library of Virginia's Photographic and Digital Imaging Services. Photolab number 08_0612_01-10.tif."],"access_subjects_ssim":["African Americans -- Employment -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County."],"access_subjects_ssm":["African Americans -- Employment -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["5 p. and digital images."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves who had been cohabiting as of that date. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such cohabiting couples. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105. \u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.","The Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves who had been cohabiting as of that date. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife.","The federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such cohabiting couples. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, February 27th, 1866. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.  \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, February 27th, 1866. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/local/local_rec/index.htm\"\u003eA Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm\u003c/extref\u003e found on the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/collections_by_topic\"\u003eVirginia Memory\u003c/extref\u003e website.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/local/lost/\"\u003eLost Records Localities Database\u003c/extref\u003e found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm found on the Library of Virginia web site.","Additional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Memory website.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, February 27th, 1866, is also known as the Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. It consists of 5 pages of marriages of former slaves recorded on forms usually used to record regular marriages. Information recorded includes date and place of marriage (all given as February 27, 1866), town or county, full name of husband and wife, age and condition before marriage (single or widowed), places of birth of husband and wife, places of residence, names of parents, occupation of husband, and name of person performing marriage ceremony (all given as \"Law of VA\"). Unlike other cohabitation registers, no information is recorded about previous owners. There is no index. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, February 27th, 1866, is also known as the Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. It consists of 5 pages of marriages of former slaves recorded on forms usually used to record regular marriages. Information recorded includes date and place of marriage (all given as February 27, 1866), town or county, full name of husband and wife, age and condition before marriage (single or widowed), places of birth of husband and wife, places of residence, names of parents, occupation of husband, and name of person performing marriage ceremony (all given as \"Law of VA\"). Unlike other cohabitation registers, no information is recorded about previous owners. There is no index."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePatrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode number 00074329470) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/collections_by_topic\"\u003eVirginia Memory\u003c/extref\u003e website.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Patrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode number 00074329470) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Memory website."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia"],"corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands."],"names_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:25:16.129Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi02384","ead_ssi":"vi_vi02384","_root_":"vi_vi02384","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi02384","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi02384.xml","title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, 1866"],"title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, 1866"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, 1866"],"text":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, 1866","1174805, 0007432947","African Americans -- Employment -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","5 p. and digital images.","There are no restrictions.","Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.","The Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves who had been cohabiting as of that date. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife.","The federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such cohabiting couples. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105.","Additional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm found on the Library of Virginia web site.","Additional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Memory website.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.","Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, February 27th, 1866, is also known as the Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. It consists of 5 pages of marriages of former slaves recorded on forms usually used to record regular marriages. Information recorded includes date and place of marriage (all given as February 27, 1866), town or county, full name of husband and wife, age and condition before marriage (single or widowed), places of birth of husband and wife, places of residence, names of parents, occupation of husband, and name of person performing marriage ceremony (all given as \"Law of VA\"). Unlike other cohabitation registers, no information is recorded about previous owners. There is no index.","Patrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode number 00074329470) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Memory website.","Library of Virginia","Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, 1866"],"collection_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, 1866"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["1174805, 0007432947"],"unitid_tesim":["1174805, 0007432947"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands."],"creators_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands."],"access_terms_ssm":["Patrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode number 00074329470) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Memory website."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Culpeper County under the accession number 43031.","Digital images were created by the Library of Virginia's Photographic and Digital Imaging Services. Photolab number 08_0612_01-10.tif."],"access_subjects_ssim":["African Americans -- Employment -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County."],"access_subjects_ssm":["African Americans -- Employment -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","Marriage registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["5 p. and digital images."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves who had been cohabiting as of that date. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such cohabiting couples. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105. \u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.","The Virginia legislature passed an act on 27 February 1866 to legalize the marriages of former slaves who had been cohabiting as of that date. See Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1866-1867, Chapter 18, An act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to registers of marriage; and to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife.","The federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands directed the Assistant Superintendents of the states to order the county clerks to make a registry of such cohabiting couples. See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, February 27th, 1866. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.  \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, February 27th, 1866. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/local/local_rec/index.htm\"\u003eA Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm\u003c/extref\u003e found on the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/collections_by_topic\"\u003eVirginia Memory\u003c/extref\u003e website.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/local/lost/\"\u003eLost Records Localities Database\u003c/extref\u003e found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Culpeper County Marriage Records and Vital Statistics can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm found on the Library of Virginia web site.","Additional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Memory website.","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, February 27th, 1866, is also known as the Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. It consists of 5 pages of marriages of former slaves recorded on forms usually used to record regular marriages. Information recorded includes date and place of marriage (all given as February 27, 1866), town or county, full name of husband and wife, age and condition before marriage (single or widowed), places of birth of husband and wife, places of residence, names of parents, occupation of husband, and name of person performing marriage ceremony (all given as \"Law of VA\"). Unlike other cohabitation registers, no information is recorded about previous owners. There is no index. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, February 27th, 1866, is also known as the Culpeper County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. It consists of 5 pages of marriages of former slaves recorded on forms usually used to record regular marriages. Information recorded includes date and place of marriage (all given as February 27, 1866), town or county, full name of husband and wife, age and condition before marriage (single or widowed), places of birth of husband and wife, places of residence, names of parents, occupation of husband, and name of person performing marriage ceremony (all given as \"Law of VA\"). Unlike other cohabitation registers, no information is recorded about previous owners. There is no index."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePatrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode number 00074329470) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/collections_by_topic\"\u003eVirginia Memory\u003c/extref\u003e website.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Patrons are to use inkjet copies (barcode number 00074329470) or digital images with searchable transcription available through the Library of Virginia's Virginia Memory website."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia"],"corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands."],"names_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:25:16.129Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02384"}},{"id":"vi_vi01984","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Culpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi01984#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court.","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi01984#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eWill books, 1749-1791, of Culpeper County Court. The will books include the name oftestator, list of heirs, and year the wills were proven in court. They also include probate records such as inventories and appraisements. Will Book B does not have an index. \u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi01984#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vi_vi01984","ead_ssi":"vi_vi01984","_root_":"vi_vi01984","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi01984","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi01984.xml","title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791"],"title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791"],"text":["Culpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791","1146411-1146413","Appraisals--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Estate inventories--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Local government records--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Will books--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Wills--Virginia--Culpeper County.","3 vol. (1524p.)","There are no restrictions.","Chronological","Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.","Additional Culpeper County Will Books can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. See the Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.","Will books, 1749-1791, of Culpeper County Court.  The will books include the name oftestator, list of heirs, and year the wills were proven in court.  They also include probate records such as inventories and appraisements.  Will Book B does not have an index.","microfilm copy, Culpeper County (Va.) Reels 31 and 32.","Library of Virginia","Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791"],"collection_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["1146411-1146413"],"unitid_tesim":["1146411-1146413"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court"],"creators_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court"],"access_terms_ssm":["Use microfilm copy, Culpeper County (Va.) Reels 31 and 32."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Culpeper County."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Appraisals--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Estate inventories--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Local government records--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Will books--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Wills--Virginia--Culpeper County."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Appraisals--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Estate inventories--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Local government records--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Will books--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Wills--Virginia--Culpeper County."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["3 vol. (1524p.)"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eChronological\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Chronological"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional Culpeper County Will Books can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. See the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA067\"\u003eGuide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm\n\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/local/lost/\"\u003eLost Records Localities Database\u003c/extref\u003e found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Culpeper County Will Books can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. See the Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eWill books, 1749-1791, of Culpeper County Court.  The will books include the name oftestator, list of heirs, and year the wills were proven in court.  They also include probate records such as inventories and appraisements.  Will Book B does not have an index.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Will books, 1749-1791, of Culpeper County Court.  The will books include the name oftestator, list of heirs, and year the wills were proven in court.  They also include probate records such as inventories and appraisements.  Will Book B does not have an index."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003emicrofilm copy, Culpeper County (Va.) Reels 31 and 32.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["microfilm copy, Culpeper County (Va.) Reels 31 and 32."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia"],"corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court"],"names_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":3,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:24:40.357Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi01984","ead_ssi":"vi_vi01984","_root_":"vi_vi01984","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi01984","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi01984.xml","title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791"],"title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791"],"text":["Culpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791","1146411-1146413","Appraisals--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Estate inventories--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Local government records--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Will books--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Wills--Virginia--Culpeper County.","3 vol. (1524p.)","There are no restrictions.","Chronological","Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.","Additional Culpeper County Will Books can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. See the Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.","Will books, 1749-1791, of Culpeper County Court.  The will books include the name oftestator, list of heirs, and year the wills were proven in court.  They also include probate records such as inventories and appraisements.  Will Book B does not have an index.","microfilm copy, Culpeper County (Va.) Reels 31 and 32.","Library of Virginia","Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791"],"collection_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["1146411-1146413"],"unitid_tesim":["1146411-1146413"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court"],"creators_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court"],"access_terms_ssm":["Use microfilm copy, Culpeper County (Va.) Reels 31 and 32."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Culpeper County."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Appraisals--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Estate inventories--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Local government records--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Will books--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Wills--Virginia--Culpeper County."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Appraisals--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Estate inventories--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Local government records--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Will books--Virginia--Culpeper County.","Wills--Virginia--Culpeper County."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["3 vol. (1524p.)"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eChronological\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Chronological"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Culpeper County was formed in 1749 from Orange County."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791. Local government records collection, Culpeper County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional Culpeper County Will Books can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. See the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA067\"\u003eGuide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm\n\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/local/lost/\"\u003eLost Records Localities Database\u003c/extref\u003e found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Culpeper County Will Books can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. See the Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm","Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eWill books, 1749-1791, of Culpeper County Court.  The will books include the name oftestator, list of heirs, and year the wills were proven in court.  They also include probate records such as inventories and appraisements.  Will Book B does not have an index.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Will books, 1749-1791, of Culpeper County Court.  The will books include the name oftestator, list of heirs, and year the wills were proven in court.  They also include probate records such as inventories and appraisements.  Will Book B does not have an index."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003emicrofilm copy, Culpeper County (Va.) Reels 31 and 32.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["microfilm copy, Culpeper County (Va.) Reels 31 and 32."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia"],"corpname_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court"],"names_ssim":["Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":3,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:24:40.357Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi01984"}}],"included":[{"type":"facet","id":"repository_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Repository","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Library of Virginia","value":"Library of Virginia","hits":7},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Library+of+Virginia"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/repository_ssim.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"type":"facet","id":"collection_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Collection","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Bedford County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795","value":"Bedford County (Va.) Deed of Gift, 1795","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Bedford+County+%28Va.%29+Deed+of+Gift%2C+1795\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Culpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910).","value":"Culpeper County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1927 (bulk 1870-1910).","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Chancery+Causes%2C+1803-1927+%28bulk+1870-1910%29.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866","value":"Culpeper County (Va.) Marriage Register (Colored), 1866","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Marriage+Register+%28Colored%29%2C+1866\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 1866","value":"Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 1866","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Register+of+Children+of+Colored+Persons+whose+Parents+had+ceased+to+cohabit+which+the+Father+recognizes+to+be+his%2C+1866\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866","value":"Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Register+of+Colored+Persons+cohabiting+together+as+Husband+and+Wife%2C+1866\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, 1866","value":"Culpeper County (Va.) Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, 1866","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Register+of+Marriages+%28Colored%29+Under+Act+of+Assembly+of+Virginia%2C+1866\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Culpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791","value":"Culpeper County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1791","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Will+Books%2C+1749-1791\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/collection_ssim.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"type":"facet","id":"creator_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Creator","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court.","value":"Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court.","hits":7},"links":{"remove":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/creator_ssim.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"type":"facet","id":"names_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Names","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court","value":"Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court.","value":"Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","value":"Culpeper County (Va.). Circuit Court.","hits":4},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29.+Circuit+Court."}},{"attributes":{"label":"United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.","value":"United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=United+States+Bureau+of+Refugees%2C+Freedmen%2C+and+Abandoned+Lands."}},{"attributes":{"label":"United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.","value":"United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=United+States.+Bureau+of+Refugees%2C+Freedmen+and+Abandoned+Lands."}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/names_ssim.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"type":"facet","id":"access_subjects_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Subjects","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"African Americans -- Employment -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","value":"African Americans -- Employment -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=African+Americans+--+Employment+--+Virginia+--+Culpeper+County.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"attributes":{"label":"African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","value":"African Americans -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","hits":4},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=African+Americans+--+Virginia+--+Culpeper+County.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Appraisals--Virginia--Culpeper County.","value":"Appraisals--Virginia--Culpeper County.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Appraisals--Virginia--Culpeper+County.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Birth registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","value":"Birth registers -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Birth+registers+--+Virginia+--+Culpeper+County.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Deeds--Virginia--Culpeper County.","value":"Deeds--Virginia--Culpeper County.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Deeds--Virginia--Culpeper+County.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Estate inventories--Virginia--Culpeper County.","value":"Estate inventories--Virginia--Culpeper County.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Estate+inventories--Virginia--Culpeper+County.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","value":"Freedmen -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","hits":4},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Freedmen+--+Virginia+--+Culpeper+County.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Land records--Virginia--Culpeper County.","value":"Land records--Virginia--Culpeper County.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Land+records--Virginia--Culpeper+County.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","value":"Local government records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","hits":4},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Local+government+records+--+Virginia+--+Culpeper+County.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Local government records--Virginia--Culpeper County.","value":"Local government records--Virginia--Culpeper County.","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Local+government+records--Virginia--Culpeper+County.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","value":"Marriage records -- Virginia -- Culpeper County.","hits":3},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Marriage+records+--+Virginia+--+Culpeper+County.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/access_subjects_ssim.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"type":"facet","id":"level_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Level","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Collection","value":"Collection","hits":7},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Collection"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/level_ssim.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court."}},{"type":"search_field","id":"all_fields","attributes":{"label":"All Fields"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026search_field=all_fields"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"keyword","attributes":{"label":"Keyword"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026search_field=keyword"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"name","attributes":{"label":"Name"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026search_field=name"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"place","attributes":{"label":"Place"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026search_field=place"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"subject","attributes":{"label":"Subject"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026search_field=subject"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"title","attributes":{"label":"Title"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026search_field=title"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"container","attributes":{"label":"Container"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026search_field=container"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"identifier","attributes":{"label":"Identifier"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026search_field=identifier"}},{"type":"sort","id":"score desc, title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"relevance"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026sort=score+desc%2C+title_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"date (ascending)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026sort=date_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"date (descending)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026sort=date_sort+desc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"creator (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026sort=creator_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"creator (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026sort=creator_sort+desc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"title (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026sort=title_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"title (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Culpeper+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court.\u0026sort=title_sort+desc"}}]}