Richmond County (Va.) Records, circa 1699-1945, 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
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions. Some records are negative photostats.

Preferred citation:

Richmond County (Va.) Records, circa 1699-1945, undated. Richmond County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Summary

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

Richmond County (Va.) Records, circa 1699-1945, undated. Richmond County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Richmond County (Va.) Records, circa 1699-1945, undated, consist of the following series: Court Records (subfield series include Judgments, Criminal Records, Clerks' Records and Chancery Records), Fiduciary Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Road and Bridge Records, Township Records, Election Records, County Administrative Records (subfield series include Treasurers' Records, Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records and Board of Supervisors Records), Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, Miscellaneous Records, Land Records and Wills.

Court Records (Judgments: Summons, Subpoenas, Orders and Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes); Fiduciary Records; Tax and Fiscal Records; Road and Bridge Records; Township Records: Farnham Township Board Vouchers (circa 1870s.)

Court Records: Suits Dismissed at Rules (Executions, Summons), 1852-1856; Judgments and Related Court Records, 1892-1898; Fiduciary Records: Guardian Appointments, 1911; Election Records, 1919; Ended Papers, Judgments, 1870-1900. Chancery pulled as part of grant project.

Court Records: Judgments: Executions, Warrants and Criminal Records; Tax and Fiscal Records: Delinquent Tax Lists, County Administrative Records: Treasurers' Records, 1905-1926; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records. Unprocessed.

Court Records: Clerks' Records; Tax and Fiscal Records; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Claims; Election Records; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths: Oaths of Office; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records; Miscellaneous Records: Newspaper Clippings. Chancery Pulled.

Bonds/Commissions/Oaths: (1739, 1755, 1760, 1792); Court Records: Chancery Records: Dedimus (1789); Election Records (1859); Fiduciary Records: Estate Appraisal (1747), Inventory (1749). Accession numbers 33162d and 33502.

Tax and Fiscal Records: Rent Roll - Sittenburne Parish, 1721 (negative photostat - Accession number 20826), Rent Roll - Lunenberg Parish, 1744 (negative photostat - Accession number 20828), Rent Roll - Farnham Parish, 1744 (negative photostat - Accession number 20827), Rent Roll - Farnham Parish, 1746 (negative photostat - Accession number 20829), Rent Roll - Lunenberg Parish, 1746 (negative photostat - Accession number 20830), Rent Roll - 1751 - Lunenberg Parish (negative photostat - Accession number 20832), Rent Roll - 1751 - Farnham Parish (negative photostat - Accession number 20831), Rent Rolls, 1765 (negative photostat - Accession number 20833), 1765 (negative photostat - Accession number 20834), 1766 (negative photostat - Accession number 20835), 1768 (negative photostat - Accession number 20836), 1770 (negative photostat - Accession number 20837), List of Insolvents, 1852-1853 (negative photostats); Land Records: List of Deeds, Bills, and Fees, 1712 (negative photostat - Accession number 20823), List of Landholders, 1716-1746 (Accession number 20825), Unidentified Plats (undated); Election Records: Polls Taken, 1735 (negative photostats - Accession number 20824); Fiduciary Records/Wills: Records Recorded - Wills and Inventories, 1699 (negative photostats - Accession number 21285).

Bonds/Commissions/Oaths; Land Records: Oyster Plats; Court Records: Clerks' Correspondence; Fiduciary Records: Administrators' Bonds, Agreements, Dower Appraisements, Estate Accounts, Executors' Bonds, Inventories and Appraisements, Estate Divisions [land]; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics;Tax and Fiscal Records: Tithables, undated; Miscellaneous Records. Pulled while Processing Other Record Series. Interfile.

Court Records: Judgment, ca. 1795; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics: Register of Deaths, 1876; Register of Births, 1893-1899. Miscellaneous Records: Newspaper, The Times (Richmond, Va.), 4 March, 1902.

Biographical / historical:

Richmond County may have been named for Richmond borough in Surrey, England or for Charles Lennox, first duke of Richmond and a son of King Charles II. The county was formed from Rappahannock County in 1692.

Some volumes were burned and mutilated through unknown causes. Will books prior to 1699 were missing as early as 1793. Order books from 1794-1816 are also missing. Numerous loose records prior to 1781 are missing as well.

Acquisition information:
These boxes came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Richmond County under Accession numbers 20823-20837, 21285, 33162d and 33502.
Physical location:
6 boxes found at State Records Center--Archives Annex, Library of Virginia and 2 boxes (1138251, 1160746) found at Library of Virginia.
Physical description:
8 boxes