Suffolk (Va.) City Administrative Records, 1917-1949

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:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Suffolk (Va.) City Administrative Records, 1917-1949, Local government records collection, Suffolk (City)/Nansemond County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

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

Suffolk (Va.) City Administrative Records, 1917-1949, Local government records collection, Suffolk (City)/Nansemond County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Suffolk (Va.) (Va.) City Administrative Records, 1917-1949, consist of City Council papers.

Biographical / historical:

Nansemond County was created as Upper Norfolk County by 1640 and in 1642 was renamed Nansemond County for the Nansemond Indians, who lived in the area in the early seventeenth century. The county seat was Suffolk. The county became the independent city of Nansemond on 1 July 1972, and on 1 January 1974 Nansemond merged with the city of Suffolk. The entire area is now known as Suffolk.

City of Suffolk was located in Nansemond County, which is now extinct. It was named probably for the county of Suffolk in England. Established as a town in 1742 on the site of John Constant's warehouse, Suffolk was incorporated as a town in 1808 and as a city by court order in 1910. On 1 January 1974 the city was enlarged when it merged with the former county of Nansemond, since 1 July 1972 the city of Nansemond, which then became extinct.

Nansemond County court records were destroyed in three separate fires: the earliest consumed the house of the court clerk in April 1734 (where the records were kept at that time), the second was set by British troops in 1779, and the last occurred on 7 February 1866.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Suffolk (City).
Physical location:
State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
Physical description:
11 boxes.