Caroline County (Va.) Oversized Plats and Surveys found in Deed Books, 1874-1963

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:

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Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Caroline County (Va.) Oversized Plats and Surveys found in Deed Books, 1874-1963. Local government records collection, Caroline County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Summary

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

Caroline County (Va.) Oversized Plats and Surveys found in Deed Books, 1874-1963. Local government records collection, Caroline County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

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. These oversized plats relate to land transactions, estate settlements or court cases found in the county's deed books.

Surveys are plats made of any land by court order. Like the plats, these oversized surveys are found in the county's deed books.

Deed Books 57, 62-67, 74.

Deed Books 55-56, 81, 90.

Deed Book 69.

Deed Books 84, 87, 90-92, 100, 120, 123, 126-127, 151, 156.

Biographical / historical:

Caroline County was named for Caroline of Anspach, wife of King George II. The county was formed from Essex, King and Queen and King William counties on 1 May 1728, and additional parts of King and Queen County were added in 1742 and 1763.

Most loose records and deed books prior to 1836 and will books prior to 1853 were stolen, mutilated, and/or destroyed by Union troops who ransacked the courthouse in May 1864. A near-complete run of order books exists.

Acquisition information:
These records came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Caroline County.
Physical location:
State Records Center---Archives Annex, Library of Virginia.
Physical description:
4 boxes.