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Brunswick County (Va.) Bonds/Comissions/Oaths, 1904-1945 circa, typically consist of bonds, commissions, oaths, certificates, and appointments related to holding public office. Some collections can include ministers' bonds.

Brunswick County (Va.) Commonwealth Causes and Pardons, 1791-1806; 1898-1902. Commonwealth causes, 1791-1806, are criminal court cases. Most of the cases in this collection pertain to enslaved people, and many involve accusations of poisoning. One case, Commonwealth vs. Isaac, Phill, and Shaq, documents an alleged insurrection to "kill all white people." Pardons, 1898-1903, are pardons granted by Virginia Governors James Hoge Tyler and Andrew Jackson Montague to persons convicted of criminal offenses.

Deed Books, 1783-1785 of Brunswick County Court. The deed book records the name of the grantor and grantee, the residence of both individuals and the description of property being sold or transferred. The volume has an index which contains the first and last names of both parties. It is arranged alphabetically from A-Z.

Brunswick County (Va.) County District Court Judgments (Freedom Suits), 1790-1808, consist of suits initiated by slaves seeking to gain their freedom in the district court. Cases are identified by style of suit consisting of plaintiff and defendant names. Surnames of others involved in a suit, including secondary plaintiffs and defendants, witnesses, deponents and affiants, and family members with surnames different from the plaintiff or defendant are indexed. Also identified are names of slaves and slaveowners identified in suit as well as whether slave(s) won their freedom. Predominant documents found in freedom suits include petitions, records of suits, depositions, affidavits, wills, among other items. Information found in documents include slave's argument for freedom, acquisition of slaves by slaveowners, slave ancestry, and relationship between slaves and slaveowners.

Buckingham County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, 1764, 1773-1774. Consists of manuscript and photostat images of the list of tithable heads of household in the county for the years 1764, 1773-1774.

Brunswick County (Va.) Militia rolls and petitions for exemption, 1854-1862, consist of militia rolls, 1854-1857, the list of persons between the ages of eighteen and forty-five to be enrolled for the militia and petitions for exemption, 1862, of persons who applied to be exempted from military service during the Civil War. Names of the persons applying for exemption are given as well as the reason given for the exemption (mainly physical disability.)

Brunswick County (Va.) Stay Law Petitions, 1866-1869, are petitions of minors, widows, and unmarried women seeking the court's permission to exempt them from the Stay Law so that they can collect the interest on or principal of debt owed to them. Information recorded in the petition include the names of the individuals filing the petition, their status (minor, widow, etc.), and the names of debtors. Some petitions include the names of Confederate servicemen who died during the Civil War and related to the petitioners. Additional records filed with the petitions in the commissioner in chancery's report, the court's decision, and exhibits.

Brunswick County (Va.) Township Records, 1870-1875, consist of three volumes of minutes and accounts.

Buckingham (Va.) apprentice indenture binding the son of Betsy Scott, a free woman of color, to Clough Amos, 1812 Dec. 14. Scott's son, Wilson Scott, was apprenticed to Amos to learn "the art and mystery of a waterman in navigating [the] James river."