Brunswick County (Va.) Miscellaneous Plats, Blueprints, Photographs and Maps, 1904-1970

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:
Brunswick County (Va.) Circuit Court.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Plats are maps, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. Information commonly found in plats are property boundaries, land features, and names of property owners.

Blueprints are designs, plans or other technical drawings. Blueprints most likely were produced in connection with Brunswick County or State of Virginia road and/or bridge project.Photographs and maps may also relate to these projects or like plats to land transactions, estate settlements or court cases.

Photographs are pictures made using a camera, in which an image is focused onto film or other light-sensitive material and the results are made visible and permanent by chemical treatment.

Maps are a visual representation of an entire area or a part of an area, typically represented on a flat surface. Maps attempt to represent various things like physical features, roads, topography, etc.

Biographical / historical:

Brunswick County was named for the duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg, one of the German possessions of King George I. The county was formed by statute in 1720 from Prince George County. The boundaries of the county were ordered to be laid out on 31 October 1723 but because of the sparse population, the county court first met in June 1732. On 1 January 1733, Brunswick County was enlarged by the addition of parts of Surry and Isle of Wight counties.

Most loose records prior to 1781 are missing. Pre-1781 volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.

Acquisition information:
These boxes came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of records from Brunswick County.
Physical location:
State Records Center---Archives Annex, Library of Virginia.
Physical description:
3 boxes. Original box list is found in Box 1.