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<titleproper>A Guide to the King George County (Va.) Records, <date>1765-1970 circa</date>
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<subtitle id="sort">King George County (Va.) Records
<num type="collectionnumber">1059306-1174959 circa
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<author>Greg Crawford
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<date type="publication">&#169; 2018  By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved. 
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<creation>Machine-readable finding aid created in EAD by Greg Crawford, <date>3 January 2018</date>
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<titlepage>
<titleproper>A Guide to the King George County (Va.) Records, <date>1765-1970 circa</date>
</titleproper>
<subtitle>A Collection in <lb/>the Library of Virginia
<num type="Collection Number">1059306-1174959 circa
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<publisher>Library of Virginia
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<date type="publication">2018 
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<label>Processed by:
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<head>Descriptive Summary
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<repository label="Repository" encodinganalog="852$a">Library of Virginia
</repository>
<unittitle label="Title" encodinganalog="245$a">King George County (Va.) Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" label="Date" encodinganalog="245$f">1765-1970 circa
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<unitid label="Collection Number" encodinganalog="099$a">1059306-1174959 circa
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<physloc label="Location">Library of Virginia
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<physdesc label="Extent" encodinganalog="300$a"><extent>21 boxes and 3 volumes</extent>
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<langmaterial label="Language">
<language langcode="eng">English
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<origination label="Collector" encodinganalog="100$a">King George County (Va.) Circuit Court
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<head>Administrative Information
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<head>Access Restrictions
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<p>There are no restrictions.
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<p>There are no restrictions.
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<head>Preferred Citation
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<p>King George County (Va.) Records, 1765-1970 circa. Local government records collection, King George County (Va.) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
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<head>Acquisition Information
</head>
<p>These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from King George County (Va.) under accession numbers 41899, 41903, 41904, 42662 42759, and 42999.
</p>
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<head>Biographical Information
</head>
<p>King George County was named of in honor of King George I. The county was formed from Richmond County by a statute of 23 December 1720. The county court first met on 19 May 1721. The county seat is King George.
</p>
<p>Most loose records prior to 1830 are missing. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.
</p>
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<head>Scope and Content
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<p>King George County (Va.) Records, 1765-1970 circa, includes miscellaneous records from the following series: Court Records; Overseers of the Poor Records; Fiduciary Records, Bonds, Commissions, Oaths; Tax and Fiscal Records; Election Records; Military and Pension Records; Road and Bridge Records; Organization Records; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics; Public Buildings and Grounds Records; Land Records; Health and Medical Records; Miscellaneous Records; and Board of Supervisors Records.
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<head>Adjunct Descriptive Data
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<head>Related Material
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      <p>Additional King George County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia.  Consult <extref xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/">"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."</extref></p>
<p>See the <extref xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/lost">Lost Records Localities Digital Collection</extref> available at Virginia Memory.
</p>
        <p>For more information and a listing of lost records localities see <extref xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/rn30_lostrecords.pdf">Lost Records research note</extref>. 
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      <head>Contents List
</head>
      <c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1059306">Court Records, Overseers of the Poor Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1850-1900
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
              </c01>
      <c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1059323">Fiduciary Records; Court Records,  
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1800-1900: 
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>Fiduciary Records: Inventories, accounts, etc., 1875-1895; Miscellaneous Court Papers (judgments, criminal, etc.)
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1059326">Fiduciary Records; Court Records 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1860-1919: 
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>Fiduciary Records:  Fiduciary Accounts, 1910-1919; Inventories, Appraisements, etc., 1874-1899; Inventories of sales, etc., 1864-1874; Court Records: Miscellaneous Court Papers (judgments, criminal, etc.)
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1059327">Fiduciary Records and Court Bonds,  
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1850-1900
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        </c01>
      <c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1059608">Court Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1845-1900: 
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>commonwealth causes, criminal papers, jury records, etc.
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1059609">Court Records; Tax and Fiscal Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1850-1900
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        </c01>
      <c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1059612">Court Records, Election Records, and Fiduciary Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1860-1900
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        </c01>
      <c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1059663">Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1866-1918: 
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>Court Records: common law papers, judgments, criminal, 1866-1910; Military and Pension Records: List of men who entered military service from King George County in World War I, 1917-1918, Roster of Confederate Pensioners in Virginia, 1917; Road and Bridge Records, 1890; Board of Supervisors Records, 1878.
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1059724">Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1845-1891: 
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>Military and Pension Records: Civil War pension applications, 1887; Overseers of Poor: Overseer of Poor reports and appointments, etc., insolvent lists 1854-1891; Tax and Fiscal Records: claims for slaves who escaped during the late war, 1861-1865, petition to exempt certain negroes from taxes, 1868, patrol claims and commissions, 1855-1861, liquor licenses, 1868-1870; Court Records: Judgments, 1826-1855,  Criminal: Commonwealth Causes, 1845-1855; Organization Records: Free Union Society of King George County, 1887.
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
<c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1059728">Marriage Records and Vital Statistics; Fiduciary Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1871-1909: 
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>Marriage Records and Vital Statistics: Lists of births, 1871-1890; Fiduciary Records: Fiduciary Accounts, 1874-1909.
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
<c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1059747">Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1830-1900: 
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>Road and Bridge Records: Road Work Claims; Tax and Fiscal Records: Crow Scalp Claims, Fox Scalp Claims, Salt Receipts, Sheep Killed Claims, Land Assessments; Court Records; Public Buildings and Grounds Records: Jail Related Papers; Election Records.
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
<c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1156307">Estrays, Hawkers and Peddlers Licenses; Records of Land Causes, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1792-1846: 
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>Tax and Fiscal Records: Estrays, Hawkers and Peddlers Licenses, 1792-1846; Court Records: Records of Land Causes, 1793-1813.
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
<c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1164927">Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1698-1723
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>Court Records; Land Records; Fiduciary Records; Election Records; Bonds,Commissions,Oaths.
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
<c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1164929">Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1830-1900 circa: 
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>Court Records, Fiduciary Records, Lunacy Papers and Tax and Fiscal Records.
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
<c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1166712">Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1861-1880, undated: 
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>Road and Bridge Records, 1876, 1880, undated; Land Records: Maps and Plats, 1871,undated; Tax and Fiscal Records: Lists of Licenses, Lists of Merchants, Delinquent Tax Lists, 1860-1871; Overseer of the Poor reports, 1861, 1868-1870.
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
<c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1168247">Surveyors of Roads; Board of Health Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1892-1937:  
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>Road and Bridge Records: Surveyors of Roads, 1892-1895; Board of Health records, 1923-1937.
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
<c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1168944">Miscellaneous Bonds, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1765-1789: 
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>Officials' Bonds, guardian bonds, administrator bonds, inspector bonds, ferry bonds, ordinary bonds, etc., 1765-1789.
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
<c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1171154">Tax and Fiscal Records; Election Records; Miscellaneous Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1870s-1918 circa: 
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
              </c01>
<c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1171155">Tax and Fiscal Records; Bonds,Oaths,Commissions, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1800s-1930s circa: 
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>Tax and Fiscal Records: merchants licenses and miscellaneous; Bonds,Oaths,Commissions: oaths of office, 1800s-1930s circa.
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
<c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1171159">Board of Supervisors Records; Miscellaneous Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1920-1940 circa: 
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>Board of Supervisors Records: Papers done with, 1920-1922; Miscellaneous Records:  Applications for enrollment in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), 1930s ca.;  Surplus Commodity Distribution Project (WPA), 1930s circa.
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
<c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1171162">Court Records; Board of Supervisors Records; Fiduciary Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1900-1949 circa: 
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>Court Records: Common Law Papers done with, 1911-1915 and Common Law Papers, etc., 1900-1940s; Board of Supervisors Records: Old papers pending before the board, 1900-1922 circa; Board of Supervisors papers, undated; Fiduciary Records: Fiduciary accounts filed, 1900-1940s circa.
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
<c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1171168">Court Records; Election Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1844-1970: 
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>Court Records: Actions at Law, 1948-1949; Election Records: Report of Registrars of Persons Registered, 1936-1970; Court Records:  Executions Returned, 1844-1880.
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
<c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1174958">Bonds,Commissions,Oaths; Election Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1893-1981: 
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>Bonds,Commissions,Oaths: Bonds of Officers and Others: 1893-1937; Election Records: Abstracts of Elections: 1961-1981.
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
<c01 level="item">
        <did>
          <unittitle label="Barcode number 1174959">Tax and Fiscal Records; Election Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1881-1948: 
</unitdate></unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>
          <p>Election Records: Abstracts of Elections, 1881-1948; Tax and Fiscal Records: Capitation Tax Lists, 1910-1941.
</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
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