Powhatan County (Va.) Fiduciary Records 1770-1934
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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The Library of Virginia800 East Broad StreetRichmond, VA 23219
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Archives Reference ServicesEmail: archdesk@lva.virginia.govPhone: (804) 692-3888Web: www.lva.virginia.gov
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Powhatan County (Va.) Circuit Court.
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
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Powhatan County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1770-1934, include miscellaneous records filed in a local court by trustees, administrators, executors, guardians, and committees that related to the performance of their duties managing a person's estate. These records typically include the following; bonds, appraisements, audits, inventories, accounts, estate divisions, settlements, dowery records, etc. Information related to enslaved people are commonly found in these records.
- Biographical / historical:
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Powhatan County was named for the paramount chief of the Powhatan Indians in the tidewater of Virginia in the late sixteenth and early years of the seventeenth century. It was formed from Cumberland County in 1777, and part of Chesterfield County was added in 1850.
- Acquisition information:
- These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Powhatan County.
- Physical location:
- Library of Virginia
- Physical description:
- 16.1 cu.ft. (34 boxes)