Virginia Counties Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Virginia Counties Papers, [County Name], Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Summary

Extent:
30.00 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Virginia Counties Papers, [County Name], Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Background

Scope and content:

Artificial collection of papers relating to various counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Includes current West Virginia Counties of Berkeley, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Nicholas and Pendleton because the material was generated when these counties were part of Virginia.

Acquisition information:
Gifts and purchases, from the 1930's to the present.
Processing information:

Reprocessed by Anne Johnson in 2011.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Accounts
Agriculture--Virginia--History
Anti-slavery movements
Church records and registers--Virginia
College of William and Mary--History--18th century
Criss Cross House (New Kent County, Va.)
Deeds--Virginia
Dunmore County (Va.)--History--18th century
Education--Virginia--History
Elizabeth City County (Va.)--History
Episcopal Church--Virginia--History
Fairfax County (Va.)--History
Fauquier County (Va.)--History
Fayette County (W. Va.)--History
Franklin County (Va.)--History
Frederick County (Va.)--History
General stores--Virginia
Gloucester County (Va.)--History
Grain--Milling--Virginia
Greenbrier County (Va.)--History
Hanover County (Va.)--History
Hardy County (W.Va.)--History
Harrison County (W. Va.)--History
Henrico County (Va.)--History
Indians of North America--Virginia
James City County (Va.)--History
Jury Selection--Virginia
Justices of the peace--Virginia
King George County (Va.)--History
King William County (Va.)--History
King and Queen County (Va.)--History
Land grants--Virginia
Lawyers--Virginia--History
Legal documents
Loudoun County (Va.)--History
Marriage records
Monongalia County (W. Va.)--History--19th century
Morgan County (W.Va.)--History--19th century
Nansemond County (Va.)--History
Nicholas County (W.Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Northampton County (Va.)--History
Northumberland County (Va.)--History
Ohio County (W. Va.)--History
Orange County (Va.)--History
Parishes--Virginia
Patents--United States
Pendleton County (W.Va.)--History
Pittsylvania County (Va.)--History
Postal service
Powhatan County (Va.)--History
Presidents--United States--Election
Prince Edward County (Va.)--History
Real property tax
Real property--Virginia
Rockbridge County (Va.)--History
Rockingham County (Va.)--History
Russell County (Va.)--History
Scott County (Va.)--History
Shenandoah County (Va.)--History
Sheriffs--Virginia
Slavery--Virginia--History
Southampton County (Va.)--History
Spotsylvania County (Va.)--History
Surry County (Va.)--History
Sussex County (Va.)--History
Taxation--Virginia--History
Taxation--West Virginia--History
United States--History--War of 1812
Weather--Virginia
Wills
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
Practice of law--Virginia
Advertising cards
Bible records
Booklets
Broadsides
Catalogs
Circulars (fliers)
Correspondence
Daybooks
Deeds
Financial records
Ledgers (Accounting)
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts (document genre)
Marriage certificates
Minutes
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Petitions
Photographs
Plat books
Programs
Receipts (financial records)
Surveys (documents)
Tax records
Virginia--Maps
Voters' lists
Names:
Virginia. General Court
Places:
Accomack County (Va.)--History
Albemarle County (Va.)--History
Amelia County (Va.)--History
Amherst County (Va.)--History
Augusta County (Va.)--History
Bedford County (Va.)--History
Berkeley County (W.Va.)--History
Botetourt County (Va.)--History
Brunswick County (Va.)--History
Buckingham County (Va.)--History
Campbell County (Va.)--History
Caroline County (Va.)--History
Charles City County (Va.)--History
Charlotte County (Va.)--History
Chesterfield County (Va.)--History
Clarke County (Va.)--History
Culpeper County (Va.)--History
Cumberland County (Va.)--History
Dinwiddie County (Va.)--History
Fluvanna County (Va.)--History
Goochland County (Va.)--History
Halifax County (Va.)--History
Isle of Wight County (Va.)--History
Jefferson County (W.Va.)--History
Lancaster County (Va.)--History
Lee County (Va.)--History
Louisa County (Va.)--History
Lunenburg County (Va.)--History
Madison County (Va.)--History
Mathews County (Va.)--History
Mecklenburg County (Va.)--History
Middlesex County (Va.)--History
Montgomery County (Va.)--History
Nelson County (Va.)--History
New Kent County (Va.)--History
Norfolk County (Va.)--History
Page County (Va.)--History
Patrick County (Va.)--History
Prince George County (Va.)--History
Prince William County (Va.)--History
Princess Anne County (Va.)--History
Rappahannock County (Va.)--History
Richmond County (Va.)--History
Stafford County (Va.)--History
Virginia--Governors
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Virginia--Militia
Virginia--Religious history
Warwick County (Va.)--History
Washington County (Va.)--History
West Augusta County (Va.)--History
Westmoreland County (Va.)--History
Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs
Wythe County (Va.)--History
York County (Va.)--History