Richmond County (Va.) Deed Books, 1692-1774

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

Use microfilm copies, Richmond County, Reels 1-8.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Richmond County Deed Books, 1692-1774. Richmond County Reels 1-8, Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Richmond County Deed Books, 1692-1774. Richmond County Reels 1-8, Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Deed books, 1692-1774, of Richmond County Court. The deed record the name of the grantor and grantee, the residence of both individuals and the description of property being sold or transferred. The volumes have indexes which contains the first and last names of both parties. It is arranged alphabetically from A-Z. The second half of Volume 2, 1692-1693 is not available and the first half of Volume 14, 1772-1779 is not available.

Biographical / historical:

Richmond County may have been named for Richmond borough in Surrey, England, or for Charles Lennox, first duke of Richmond and a son of King Charles II. It was formed from Old Rappahannock County in 1692. The county seat is Warsaw.

Some volumes were burned and mutilated through unknown causes; in addition, the will books prior to 1699 were missing as early as 1793, and order books for the period 1794-1816 are also missing. Numerous loose records prior to 1781 are missing as well.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Richmond County.
Arrangement:

Chronological.

Physical description:
7 vols. (2644 p.) photostatic pages