Virginia Beach/Princess Anne County (Va.) Records, circa 1883-1971

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:

Virginia Beach/Princess Anne (Va.) Records, circa 1883-1971. Local government records collection, Virginia Beach/Princess Anne County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Virginia Beach (Va.) Circuit Court.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Virginia Beach/Princess Anne (Va.) Records, circa 1883-1971. Local government records collection, Virginia Beach/Princess Anne County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Virginia Beach/Princess Anne County (Va.) Records, circa 1883-1971, consist of the following series: County Administrative Records (subfield series include Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records), Land Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Court Records (subfield series include Judgments), Wills, Miscelleanous Records, Fiduciary Records and Tax and Fiscal Records.

County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records: Oversized Plat, Sargeant and Hoggard, 1889; Land Records: Oversized Plat, John W. Flanagan, 1883, Oversized Plat, Pollard Land Survey, 1906.

Bonds/Commissions/Oaths: Bonds (1950) and Oath of District School Trustee (1905); Court Records: Judgments: Certificate, Release/Indemnification Agreement (1971); Land Records: Unrecorded Deeds--Bill of Sales (1947, 1953, 1960) and Petition-Order Vesting Title, Lis Pendens (1910); Wills: Probate Application (1927).

Miscellaneous Records: Power of Attorney and Mechanic's Liens; Fiduciary Records: List of Heirs; Tax and Fiscal Records: Tax Liens.

Biographical / historical:

Princess Anne County was named for Anne, daughter of King James II, who became queen of England in 1702. The county was formed from Lower Norfolk County in 1691 and became extinct on 1 January 1963, after its consolidation with the city of Virginia Beach.

Virginia Beach was incorporated as a town in 1906 and as a city by an act of the General Assembly on 14 February 1952. The city was greatly enlarged on 1 January 1963 by consolidation with Princess Anne County, which thereby became extinct. Virginia Beach lost land to the city of Chesapeake in 1980 and to the city of Norfolk in 1988.

Acquisition information:
These records came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Virginia Beach.
Physical location:
2 boxes (1147772-1147773) found at State Records Center--Archives Annex, Library of Virginia and 1 box (1146257) found at the Library of Virginia.
Physical description:
3 boxes