Powhatan County (Va.) United States Military Headquarters Subdistrict Appomattox Correspondence, 1865

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:

Powhatan County (Va.) United States Military Headquarters Subdistrict Appomattox Correspondence, 1865. Local government records collection, Powhatan County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

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

Powhatan County (Va.) United States Military Headquarters Subdistrict Appomattox Correspondence, 1865. Local government records collection, Powhatan County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Powhatan County (Va.) United States Military Headquarters Subdistrict Appomattox Correspondence, 1865, consist of letters between United States Military Headquarters Subdistrict Appomattox located in Petersburg and local commanding officers in Powhatan County. Topics found in correspondence include distributing rations to destitute white and African Americans, the provision of housing for emancipated slaves, and a request from planters to extend apprenticeships of African American children beyond one year.

Biographical / historical:

Powhatan County was named for the paramount chief of the Powhatan Indians in the tidewater of Virginia in the late sixteenth and early years of the seventeenth century. It was formed from Cumberland County in 1777, and part of Chesterfield County was added in 1850. The county seat is Powhatan.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Powhatan County.
Arrangement:

Chronological.

Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
.15 cu.ft.