Norfolk County (Va.) Records, circa 1726-1936, 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:
Chesapeake (Va.) Circuit Court.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Norfolk County (Va.) Records, circa 1726-1936, undated, consist of the following series: Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, Miscellaneous Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Justice of the Peace Records, Military and Pension Records, Public Buildings and Grounds, County Administrative Records (subfield series include Commissioner of the Revenue Records, Overseers of the Poor Records and Treasurer's Records), Election Records, Organization Records, School Records, Wills, Court Records (subfield series include Judgments, Criminal Records and Clerks' Records) Fiduciary Records, Land Records and Business Records.

Biographical / historical:

Norfolk County (extinct) was named probably by Adam Thoroughgood, a local resident, for his native county in England. The county was formed from Lower Norfolk County in 1691. Norfolk County became extinct in 1963, when it was consolidated with the city of South Norfolk to form the city of Chesapeake.

Acquisition information:
Five boxes came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Chesapeake.
Physical location:
The Library of Virginia
Physical description:
5 boxes; 2 boxes found at State Records Center--Archives Annex, Library of Virginia and 3 boxes found at Library of Virginia.