Dinwiddie County (Va.) Oversized Plats, 1873, 1904

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:
Dinwiddie 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.

These plats were made in connection with a land transaction, estate settlement or court case.

Biographical / historical:

Dinwiddie County is named for Robert Dinwiddie, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1751-1758. The county was fromed from Prince George County in 1752.

The bulk of court records prior to 1865 were stolen, mutilated and/or destroyed by Union troops who ransacked the courthouse during the last months of the Civil War. Post-1830 volumes such as deed books, will books, chancery order books, and marriage registers exist.

Acquisition information:
This box came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of records under Accession number 50292 from Dinwiddie County.
Physical location:
State Records Center---Archives Annex, Library of Virginia.
Physical description:
1 box.