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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC Record, created by Greg Crawford, 21 December 2005 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Fairfax County (Va.) Circuit Court. Records, 1765-1861 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 41008 Greg Crawford

Library of Virginia 2005 Greg Crawford Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia Fairfax County (Va.) Circuit Court. Records, 1765-1861 41008 Miscellaneous reel 4608 English Robert Alonzo Brock

This collection forms part of the Robert Alonzo Brock Collection at The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

Should you wish to quote from or reproduce images of any of the materials, you must write to the Librarian of the Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108, requesting formal permission to do so. Please note that you do not have to obtain permission if you are quoting fewer than fifty words, or if you are only citing the document. Images made with microfilm-reader printers are for research use only and may not be used for publication without permission.

Preferred Citation

Fairfax County (Va.) Circuit Court. Records, 1765-1861, Robert Alonzo Brock Collection, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Acquisition Information

The Robert Alonzo Brock Collection was filmed by The Huntington Library in cooperation with The Library of Virginia with funding provided by The Library of Virginia Foundation with the support of The Roller- Bottimore Foundation and The Robins Foundation. Microfilm received 15 April 2004.

Historical Information

Fairfax County was formed in 1742 from Prince William County.

Created in 1742. Original wills and deeds as well as many other loose papers were destroyed during the Civil War. Deed books for twenty-six of the fifty-six years between 1763 and 1819 are missing. Numerous pre–Civil War minute books are missing as well.

 Scope and Content

Records, 1765-1861, of Fairfax County consist of court papers related to judgments (1765, 1797), guardian's account of the heirs of John and Margaret Gretter (1806), and two inventories of property confiscated by the county that belonged to individuals who joined the Union army (1861.)

Adjunct Descriptive Data Location of Originals

Originals are located at the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Related Material

See 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 Corporate Name Fairfax County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subject Terms Confiscations--Virginia--Fairfax County. Guardian and ward--Virginia--Fairfax County. Judgments--Virginia--Fairfax County. Public records--Virginia--Fairfax County. Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Geographic Terms Fairfax County (Va.)--History. Record Type Inventories--Virginia--Fairfax County. Judicial records--Virginia--Fairfax County. Added Entry - Personal Name Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914, collector.