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.

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