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Prince Edward County (Va.) Marriage Licenses, 1861-1870, is a record of marriage licenses issued by the county clerk throughout Prince Edward County in the mid-nineteenth century. All licenses follow a set form and include the following information: date of marriage, place of marriage, full names of both parties married, ages of both parties, condition of both parties, place of husband's birth, place of wife's birth, place of husband's residence, place of wife's residence, names of husband's parents, names of wife's parents and occupation of husband. Marriages between "free persons of color" and colored persons are noted between 1863 to 1870. There is no index for the volume.

Prince Edward County (Va.) School Trustees' Records and Cashbook, 1870-1912, provide a very detailed account of the history of the public school system in Prince Edward County. These two volumes, kept by the clerk of the School Trustees, cover the Lockett District--one of the county's six magisterial districts. For the establishment of public free schools, the district corresponds with the boundaries of the county townships. The School Trustees' Records, 1870-1907, describe the organization of the district's board of school trustees, the order for a census in the district to determine how many schools are needed, raising money for a tax on schools, the setting up of funds, approving accounts, the establishment of white and colored schools, the location of schools, the employment of teachers and teacher salaries. A folder in the front of the volume contains loose records--school furniture contracts from 1907. The Cashbook, 1871-1912, accounts for all expenditures and disbursements of district (white and colored), county and state school funds. A folder in the front of the volume contains loose records--a report of teachers contracted with in 1912. As these two volumes indicate, the school trustees' duties were administration of school matters and maintenance of school buildings.

Prince Edward County (Va.) Smallpox Hospital Commission Records, 1836, includes a report and financial transactions related to the construction of a smallpox hospital. The hospital was constructed with slave labor.