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Page County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1888-1936 circa, 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.

Page County (Va.) Luray Township Board Minutes, 1870-1875, consists of minutes and accounts. Information recorded includes township redistricting, division of the township into road districts, establishment of tax and levy rates including special taxes for schools, appointment of election judges for road overseer election, accounts allowed against the township, appointment of road overseers, and examiniation of the accounts of road overseers, township collector, and township assessor.

Page County (Va.) Marriage Register, 1896-1910, is a list of marriage licenses issued by the county court clerk. The listings indicate the month, day and year when the license was issued as well as the full names of both parties. On the opposite page following each listing are notes on race (whether the parties were white or colored) and the individual or individuals giving consent to the marriage. As indicated by a clerk's note, pages 111-112 are blank and missing. Entries for pages 136 and 137 (Jan. 1911) have been crossed out.

Page County (Va.) Records, circa 1788-1936, consist of the following series: Court Records (subfield series include Judgments and Clerks' Records), County Administrative Records (subfield series include Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records), Fiduciary Records, Organization Records, Land Records, Road and Bridge Records, Marriage Records and Vital Statistics and Miscellaneous Records.

Page County (Va.) Township collector's receipts for tax bills, 1872-1877, are lists of taxes owed and collected for the Springfield and Luray townships for the years 1872-1875. Lists are in alphabetical order by surname. The lists continue for 1876-1877 when the townships were reclassified as districts. Following each list is an account of settlement between the collector and the treasurer for tax and perhaps other accounts.