Dinwiddie County (Va.) Virginia Teacher's Registers, 1901-1905

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
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Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Dinwiddie County (Va.) Virginia Teacher's Registers, 1901-1905. Local government records collection, Dinwiddie County (Va.) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Dinwiddie County (Va.) Schools.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Dinwiddie County (Va.) Virginia Teacher's Registers, 1901-1905. Local government records collection, Dinwiddie County (Va.) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Dinwiddie County (Va.) Virginia Teacher's Registers, 1901-1905, are teachers' registers from public schools of Rowanty School District in Dinwiddie County. The booklets are records of studies pursued and attendance, and list names of students; age, grade, names of parents or guardians, their address, along with the teacher's term report (listing days taught, enrollment, attendance, and other statistical information), and a record of visitors to the school and their addresses. Schools were segregated by race. The collection contains registers for Colored Public School numbers 11, 14, and 18, and White Public School numbers 10 and 25.

Biographical / historical:

Dinwiddie County was named for Robert Dinwiddie, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1751 to 1758, and was formed from Prince George County in 1752.

The bulk of court records prior to 1865 were stolen, mutilated, and/or destroyed by Union troops who ransacked the courthouse during the last months of the Civil War. Post-1830 volumes such as deed books, will books, chancery order books, and marriage registers exist.

Acquisition information:
This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Dinwiddie County.
Physical description:
5 v.