Albemarle County (Va.) Surveyor's Book, No. 1, part 1 and Surveyor's Book No.1, part 2, 1744-1755, 1756-1790

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:

There are no restrictions

Terms of access:

Use microfilm copy, Albemarle County (Va.) Reels 114, 114a and 144.

Preferred citation:

Albemarle County (Va.) Surveyor's Book, No. 1, part 1 and Surveyor's Book No.1, part 2, 1744-1755, 1756-1790. Local government records collection, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Creator:
Albemarle County (Va.) Circuit Court
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Albemarle County (Va.) Surveyor's Book, No. 1, part 1 and Surveyor's Book No.1, part 2, 1744-1755, 1756-1790. Local government records collection, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Albemarle County (Va.) Surveyor's Book, No. 1, part 1 and Surveyor's Book No.1, part 2 contain photostats of plats which record the acreage and coordinates of land within the county.

Biographical / historical:

Albemarle County was named for William Anne Keppel, second earl of Albemarle and governor of the Virginia colony from 1737 to 1754. It was formed from Goochland County in 1744, and part of Louisa County and certain islands in the Fluvanna River, now called the James, were added in 1761 and 1838.

All order books except the first and many loose papers between 1748 and 1781 were destroyed by British general Banastre Tarleton's raid on Charlottesville in 1781 during the Revolutionary War.

Acquisition information:
This collection was acquired by the Library of Virginia in 1944, under the accession number 22253.
Arrangement:

Arrangement is chronological by date of survey

Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
2 v.