Norfolk County (Va.) Road and Bridge Records, 1719-1925

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

Summary

Creator:
Chesapeake (Va.) Circuit Court.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Norfolk County (Va.) Road and Bridge Records, 1719-1925, consist of the following records: road petitions include orders, reports, and plats if filed with petitions; road applications; road reports include orders if filed with reports and commissioner's reports; road orders not filed with reports or petitions; road accounts include payments and claims; road overseer records include papers related to overseers, viewers, and surveyors such as petitions, applications, orders, communication to courts, appointments, resignations, and bonds; road hand records; medical excuses from road work; jury records related to roads; miscellaneous road records include orders of publication, court correspondence related to roads, writs of ad quod damnum, petitions for writs of mandamus, builder's bonds, plats, receipts, summons, contracts, road commissioner appointments, petitions for road trustees, road fines collected, board of supervisor papers related to roads, turnpike and drawbridge company papers; bridge records include petitions, memorials, communication from bridge companies, commissioner's reports, papers relating to causeways, papers relating to mill dams, reports, and orders; ferry records include petitions; orders; reports; leases and contracts; accounts; appraisements; papers related to Federal interests in ferry operations; receipts; communication from agents, superintendents, ferry committee, neighboring localities; drain records include various records relating to drain requests; and dock, wharf, landing, and harbor records.

Biographical / historical:

Norfolk County (extinct) probably was named by Adam Thoroughgood, a local resident, from his native county in England. It was formed from Lower Norfolk County in 1691. Norfolk County became extinct in 1963, when it was consolidated with the city of South Norfolk to form the city of Chesapeake. The county seat was Portsmouth.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in transfer of court papers from the city of Chesapeake.
Physical location:
State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
Physical description:
5.00 cu. ft. (15 boxes)