Fairfax County (Va.) County Court Fee Book, 1788

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:
Fairfax County (Va.) Circuit Court.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Fairfax County (Va.) County Court Fee Book, 1788, contains the date of the charge for clerk's services, the person to whom charged, the reason, the style of suit, and the cost of the service to be paid to the clerk of court. Most of it is in abbreviated form rather than written out longhand. There is an alphabetical index by surname at the beginning of the volume.

A vellum volume binding labeled "court martial records Fairfax Co." came along with the two volumes in this accession. The binding does not go with either volume.

Biographical / historical:

Fairfax County was named for Thomas Fairfax, sixth baron Fairfax of Cameron, proprietor of the Northern Neck. It was formed from Prince William County in 1742.

Original wills and deeds as well as many other loose papers were destroyed during the Civil War; deed books for twenty-six of the fifty-six years between 1763 and 1819 are missing. Numerous pre-Civil War minute books are missing as well.

Acquisition information:
This volume came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 50447.
Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
1 v.