Louisa County (Va.) Records, circa 1700-1909, 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:
Louisa County (Va.) Circuit Court.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Louisa County (Va.) Records, circa 1700-1909, undated, consist of the following series: Business Records, Court Records (subfield series include Clerks' Records, Judgments, Criminal Records and Jury Records), Election Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Fiduciary Records, Justice of the Peace Records, County Administrative Records (subfield series include Treasurer's Records, Commissioner of the Revenue Records, Overseers of the Poor Records, Board of Supervisor's Records: Road and Bridge Records and Sheriff's Records), Land Records, Road and Bridge Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Miscellaneous Records and Marriage Records and Vital Statistics.

Biographical / historical:

Louisa County was named for Louisa, a daughter of King George II. The county was formed from Hanover County in 1742.

Acquisition information:
These boxes came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Louisa County.
Physical location:
The Library of Virginia
Physical description:
6 boxes found at State Records Center--Archives Annex, Library of Virginia and 1 box (1153216) found at Library of Virginia.