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Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1806, consists of contracts or agreements binding out white, Black, or multiracial children, sometimes those who were orphaned, to learn a particular trade or craft. These indentures may be written agreements between the family of the apprentice and those responsible for the indentured. In many cases this includes the direct involvement of the Overseers of the Poor. They typically contain the name of the person or institution binding out, the person to whom bound, the name of the person being indentured, the length of the apprenticeship, and the responsibilities of the person taking on the indenture.

Amherst County (Va.) Board of Supervisors Records contains a Road Tax Book, 1902-1905.

Amherst County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1779-1956, consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.

Amherst County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1852-1912, are comprised of 2 Fee Books, 3 Law Fee Books, 2 Chancery Fee Books, 2 Memorandum Books and 2 Witness Attendance Books.

Amherst County (Va.) Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery Records, 1831-1849, consist of 1 Issue Docket, 1 Witness Attendance Book, 1 Clerk's Memorandum Book, 1 Minute Book, 1 Common Law Minute Book, 1 Law Docket (No. 4) and 2 Chancery Dockets (Nos. 1 and 2.)

Amherst County (Va.) County Court Records, 1771-1904, consist of 13 Execution Books, 2 Chancery Rules Books, 1 Court Docket, 1 Account Book, 2 Law Process Books, 51 Fee Books, 8 Memorandum Books, 3 Law Memorandum Books, 2 Law Rules Books, 3 Process Books, 1 Witness Attendance Book, 2 Rule Dockets, 1 Order Book and one box of Executions.

Amherst County (Va.) Court Records, 1770-1863, consist of a Witness Attendance Book, Chancery Docket 3, a Chancery Memorandum Book, Law Memorandum Book 6, Law Docket 4, a box of Judgments and a volume of Records (labeled as Docket) which contains a Commonwealth Docket, Issues and Office Judgments.

Amherst County (Va.) Court Records, Bonds and Tax and Fiscal Records, 1770-1907, consist of the following main record types: Judgments (Executions) and other court records, Bonds and Tax Lists and Licenses. Additional miscellaneous records are found in the contents list. All Chancery and Marriage Records (Consent/Bonds) have been removed.

Deed Book, 1761-1765, of Amherst County Court. The deed books record 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.

Amherst County (Va.) Deeds of Emancipation, 1798-1859, include deeds of emancipation and manumission, which record the name of the enslaver, the name of the enslaved person to be freed, the date the enslaved person shall achieve freedom, the date the manumission was proved or certified, and sometimes a reason why the enslaver decided to emancipate the enslaved person. The two methods of relinquishing ownership of an individual differ only in that enslavers directly freed their enslaved property by manumission. Deeds of emancipation could be generated after the enslaver’s death by those executing a last will and testament.