Pittsylvania County (Va.) Lists of Black and White Families, 1782, 1784-1785.

Access and use

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

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Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Pittsylvania County (Va.) Lists of Black and White Families, 1782, 1784-1785. Local government records collection, Pittsylvania County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

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

Pittsylvania County (Va.) Lists of Black and White Families, 1782, 1784-1785. Local government records collection, Pittsylvania County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Pittsylvania County (Va.) Lists of Black and White Families, 1782, 1784-1785. Consists of "List of number of people in each family," 1782; "List of numbers of white and black," 1782; "List of number of souls," 1782; "List of insolvents," 1784, 1785; "List of indentured certificates," 1785; "List of of white persons in buildings," 1785; "List of white people and improvements," 1785; and "List of white souls in houses," 1785. Some lists include both free and enslaved persons while others include only free persons. These records are arranged with lists of tithables and taxable property for Pittsylvania County, but some lists do not seem to have been collected for fiscal or taxation purposes, but simply as a head count.

Biographical / historical:

Pittsylvania County was named in honor of William Pitt, earl of Chatham, a great English statesman. It was formed from Halifax County in 1766.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Pittsylvania County under the accession number 25861.
Arrangement:

Chronological.

Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
1 box.