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Machine-readable finding aid derived from Archives Database, created by Sherri Bagley, 16 March 2006 Description is in English 2014-01-15 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Richmond County (Va.) Deed Books, 1692-1774 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1153824, 1146851-1146856 Sherri Bagley

Library of Virginia 2006 Sherri Bagley Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia Richmond County (Va.) Deed Books, 1692-1774 1153824, 1146851-1146856 7 vols. (2644 p.) photostatic pages English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Use microfilm copies, Richmond County, Reels 1-8.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Richmond County Deed Books, 1692-1774. Richmond County Reels 1-8, Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Richmond County.

Historical Information

Richmond County may have been named for Richmond borough in Surrey, England, or for Charles Lennox, first duke of Richmond and a son of King Charles II. It was formed from Old Rappahannock County in 1692. The county seat is Warsaw.

Some volumes were burned and mutilated through unknown causes; in addition, the will books prior to 1699 were missing as early as 1793, and order books for the period 1794-1816 are also missing. Numerous loose records prior to 1781 are missing as well.

Scope and Content

Deed books, 1692-1774, of Richmond County Court. The deed record the name of the grantor and grantee, the residence of both individuals and the description of property being sold or transferred. The volumes have indexes which contains the first and last names of both parties. It is arranged alphabetically from A-Z. The second half of Volume 2, 1692-1693 is not available and the first half of Volume 14, 1772-1779 is not available.

Arrangement

Chronological.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Richmond County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

Richmond County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Richmond County Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.

For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note.

Access Terms Richmond County (Va.). Circuit Court. Richmond County (Va.)--History. Deed books--Virginia--Richmond County. Land records--Virginia--Richmond County. Local government records--Virginia--Richmond County. Contents List Deed Book, No. 1 1692-1693 1153824 Deed Book, No. 2 and No. 14 1693-1697 and 1772-1779 1146851 Deed Book, No. 3 1697-1704 1146852 Deed Book, No. 4 1705-1708 1146853 Deed Book, No. 5 1708-1711 1146854 Deed Book, No. 9 1734-1741 1146855 Deed Book, No. 13 1768-1774 1146856