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Nottoway (Va.) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1866-1867, consists of Apprenticeship Indentures.

Nottoway County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1818-1968 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.

Nottoway County (Va.) Commonwealth Causes, 1866-1928 (bulk 1866-1925), are criminal court cases and consist primarily of warrants, summons, and indictments handed down by grand juries and other legal authorities in order to prosecute individuals who violated the penal code. These offenses ranged in severity from assault and battery to larceny to murder.

Nottoway County (Va.) County Court Minute Book, 1860-1864, record all matters brought before the court on a daily basis when it was in session including but not limited to: civil and criminal suits, appointments of county officers, appointments of guardians and administrators, deed recordings, free negro registrations, naturalization registrations, and court fees. Clerks would transfer information from minute books to appropriate order book, deed book, fiduciary book, free negro register, etc. Collection includes minute book from the County Court.

Nottoway County (Va.) County Court Minute Book, 1860-1864, record all matters brought before the court on a daily basis when it was in session including but not limited to: civil and criminal suits, appointments of county officers, appointments of guardians and administrators, deed recordings, free negro registrations, naturalization registrations, and court fees. Clerks would transfer information from minute books to appropriate order book, deed book, fiduciary book, free negro register, etc. Collection includes minute book from the County Court.

Nottoway County (Va.) Court Records, 1789-1986 (bulk 1853-1986), includes Court Records, Wills Records, Judgments, Criminal Records, Chancery Records, Jury Records, Clerk's Records, Justice of the Peace Records and County Administrative Records.

Nottoway County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1853-1946, include miscellaneous records filed in a local court by trustees, administrators, executors, guardians, and committees that related to the performance of their duties managing a person's estate. These records typically include the following; bonds, appraisements, audits, inventories, accounts, estate divisions, settlements, dowery records, etc. Information related to enslaved people are commonly found in these records.

Nottoway County (Va.) Land Records, 1861-1962 (bulk 1867-1925), includes five Plats, Land Records, Abstract of Title, Boundary Line Establishment, List of Deeds Recorded/Transfer, Delinquent Land Surveys, Ejectments, Processioners' Report, Railroad Land Condemnations, and Certificates of Mortgage Release Satisfactions.

Nottoway County (Va.) Records, 1839-1987 (bulk 1839-1926), includes Election Records, Fiduciary Records, Land Records, Township Records, Wills, Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, Military and Pension Records, Organization Records, School Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Treasurer Records, Court Records, Judgments, Land Records, Road and Bridge Records, Board of Supervisors Records, Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Memorials, Overseers of the Poor Records, Personal Documentation Records, Lunacy Records, and Public Buildings and Grounds Records.

Nottoway County (Va.) Road and Bridge Records, 1866-1924, includes Road and Bridge Records, 1866-1924 and Surveyors' Appointments, 1866-1893.