Dinwiddie County (Va.) Oversized Plat Book 2, 1920-1953

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 trace the development of the county through the various divisions of land from estates to subdivisions to the county's utilities.

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 volume came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of records from Dinwiddie County.
Physical location:
Library of Virginia.
Physical description:
1 volume.