Amelia County (Va.) Records, 1736-1914, undated

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

Background

Scope and content:

Amelia County (Va.) Records, 1736-1914, undated, consist of the following series: Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Election Records, Court Records (subfield series include Docket Book, Order, Judgments, Criminal Records, and Clerks' Records), Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, Tax and Fiscal Records, Public Buildings and Grounds Records, Fiduciary Records, Military and Pension Records, Miscellaneous Records, Road and Bridge Records, Wills, Justice of the Peace Records, Land Records, School Records, Organization Records, County Administrative Records (subfield series include Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Treasurers' Records, Commissioner of the Revenue Records and Overseers of the Poor Records), Business Records and Health and Medical Records.

Biographical / historical:

Amelia County was named for Amelia Sophia Eleanora, daughter of King George II. The county was formed from Prince George and Brunswick counties by an act passed in 1734. The act was to take effect on 25 March 1735. The county court first met on 9 May 1735.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a variety of ways. One item, accession 19925 , was transferred from a historical society, One item, accession 21384. was purchased. One item, accession 25606, was transferred from an individual. Various items, accession numbers 20444. 20920, 20922, 20923, 20924, 20926, 20952 and 22555, were lent from Amelia County Circuit Court for copying. The rest of the items came in a transfer of court records from Amelia County under the accession numbers 37990, 37993, 37995, 40724, 41507, 43189. Information on accession number 33213 is unknown.
Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
43 boxes--41 found at State Records Center--Archives Annex, Library of Virginia and 2 (1154780 and 1160450 ) found at Library of Virginia.