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Lunenburg County (Va.) Marriage Licenses, 1866-1913, undated, include the following information: name of husband, name of wife, date license recorded in circuit court, date of marriage, place of marriage, full names of husband and wife, race, ages of husband and wife, condition of groom and bride at time of marriage (single, widowed, or divorced), place of birth (husband and wife), place of residence (husband and wife), names of parents (husband and wife), and occupation of husband. The marriage licenses also include marriage certificates signed by ministers who officiated the marriage. Information found in certificates includes name of minister, name of religious denomination, date certificate returned to courthouse, and signature of minister. The back of the license includes the page number and line number the marriage was recorded in the marriage register. The collection also includes a small number of unrecorded marriage licenses.

Lunenburg County (Va.) Ministers' Returns, 1850-1854, records the returns made by individual ministers of marriages performed within the county. The volume was originally titled, "Marriage Register, No. 1". As part of the return process, ministers filed marriage certificates with the county clerk. These signed documents certified that a minister had performed the actual marriage ceremony between the named individuals on a certain date. These returns took the form of lists.

Lunenburg County (Va.) Minute Book of Taxes, 1858, is a rough draft of personal property taxes compiled by the Commissioner of the Revenue. At the front of the volume is a list of district names and numbers. Categories taxed include whites and slaves over the age of 16, whites over the age of 12, free negroes between the ages of 21 and 55, slaves over the age of 12, horses, cattle, pleasure carriages, watches, clocks, pianos, gold plate, household furniture, officials fees, and various types of money and investments made as a merchant or businessman. The names are arranged alphabetically. There is no index.

Lunenburg County (Va.) Oyer and Terminer Commissions, 1752-1762, records the appointment of individuals to a court of oyer and terminer whose purpose was to try slaves accused of committing capital offenses. Information found in the commissions include the names of individuals appointed to the court, names of slaves to be tried, names of slaveowners, crimes committed by slaves, and trial dates.

Lunenburg County (Va.) Proceedings of the Board of Exemption, 1862-1864. The minutes document the board's ruling on petitions for exemption from military service in the Confederate army. Most petitions were made on the grounds of permanent bodily infirmity or having furnished a substitute. The minutes are from meetings held 1862 Mar. 13, 1862 Mar. 15, 1862 Mar. 19, 1862 Apr. 12, 1863 Jul. 3, 1863 Jul. 15, and 1863 Aug. 1. Also included are 28 signed petitions.

Lunenburg County (Va.) Records, circa 1743-1936, consist of the following series: Court Records (subfield series include Judgments, Criminal Records, Chancery Records and Clerks' Records), Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Road and Bridge Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Land Records, Justice of the Peace Records, Election Records, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Overseers of the Poor Records and Treasurer's Records), Miscellaneous Records, Fiduciary Records, School Records and Military and Pension Records.

Lunenburg County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons of Lunenburg County, State of Virginia, cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866. This register records the name of the husband, his age, place of birth, residence, occupation, last owner, last owner's residence, name of the wife, her age, place of birth, residence, last owner, last owner's residence, name of children with the ages of each, and the date of commencement of cohabitation.

Lunenburg County (Va.) Township Records, 1870-1875, consist of three volumes relating to the administrative functions of the township boards of the county.

Lunenburg County (Va.) Wills, 1743-1928, record the deceased's plan for how his or her estate was to be divided among his or her heirs following his or her death. Information commonly recorded in wills include the name of the deceased, also referred as the testator; names of heirs; a listing of real and personal property (including slaves) and how it was to be divided among the heirs; names of individuals who were to be the will's executors; the date will was written; and the date will was recorded at the court house.

Official map number one of Victoria, VA, Lunenburg Co., compiled and drawn by A. D. Kaylor, January 20, 1915. Revised and traced by C. L. Smith, April 27, 1926. Shows town of Victoria, Virginia, from 15th Street and Bragg estate, to county road to Kenbridge; Forest Avenue to Lunenburg Lumber Company land. Includes streets, lot numbers, railroad tracks and roundhouse, cemeteries, schools, and some landowner names.