PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi02278::A Guide to the Lunenburg County (Va.) Wills, 1743-1928)//EN" "vi02278.xml" A Guide to the Lunenburg County (Va.) Wills, 1743-1928 Lunenburg County (Va.) Wills, 1743-1928 1012167-1012168, 1175966-1175967, 1177153-1177168, 1177656-1177664 Greg Crawford Library of Virginia © 2006 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Greg Crawford, 12 July 2007 Description is in English 2014-02-05 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Lunenburg County (Va.) Wills, 1743-1928 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1012167-1012168, 1175966-1175967, 1177153-1177168, 1177656-1177664 Greg Crawford

Library of Virginia 2006 Dale Dulaney Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Lunenburg County (Va.) Wills, 1743-1928 1012167-1012168, 1175966-1175967, 1177153-1177168, 1177656-1177664 Library of Virginia 13.00 cu. ft. (29 boxes) English Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Lunenburg County (Va.) Wills, 1743-1928. Local government records collection, Lunenburg County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in transfer of court papers from Lunenburg County under the accession number 42852.

Historical Information

Lunenburg County was formed in 1745 from Brunswick County. Part of Charlotte County was added in 1777.

Individuals dying with a written will died testate. After the death of an individual, his or her will was brought into court, where two of the subscribing witnesses swore that the document was genuine. After the will was proved, the executor was bonded to carry out his or her duties to settle the estate. The court then ordered the will to be recorded.

Scope and Content

Lunenburg County (Va.) Wills, 1743-1928, record the deceased's plan for how his or her estate was to be divided among his or her heirs following his or her death. Information commonly recorded in wills include the name of the deceased, also referred as the testator; names of heirs; a listing of real and personal property (including slaves) and how it was to be divided among the heirs; names of individuals who were to be the will's executors; the date will was written; and the date will was recorded at the court house.

Additional record types found in this collection include fiduciary records (inventories and accounts) and marriage lists. They were recorded in the Lunenburg County will books from 1760 to 1851. The collection also includes wills not recorded in will books.

Arrangement

Organized by date recorded in will books.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Lunenburg County Will Books can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

 Index Terms Corporate Names: Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: African Americans -- History. Estates (Law) -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County. Land subdivision -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County. Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County. Slaves -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County. Geographical Names: Lunenburg County -- History. Genre and Form Terms: Estate inventories -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County. Fiduciary records -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County. Local government records -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County. Marriage records -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County. Probate accounts -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County. Wills -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County. Contents List Unrecorded Wills, etc. 1743-1926 1012168 Wills, 1746-1759 1012167 Wills, Inventories, etc., 1760-1774 1177168 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1775-1785 1177167 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1786-1795 1177166 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1796-1801 1177165 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1802-1805 1177164 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1806-1810 1177163 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1811-1814 1177153 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1815-1818 1177154 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1819-1821 1177155 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1822-1824 1177156 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1825-1826 1177157 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1826-1827 1177158 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1828-1829 1177159 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1829-1830 1177160 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1830-1832 1177161 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1833-1835 1177162 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1836-1838 1177656 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1838-1841 1177657 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1842-1845 1177658 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Fiduciary Bonds filed in Circuit Superior Court and Circuit Court, 1842-1888 1175966 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1845-1848 1177659 Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1848-1851 1177664 Wills, 1852-1872 1177660 Wills, 1873-1906 1177661 Wills, 1907-1919 1177662 Wills, 1920-1928 1177663 Oversize Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Marriage Lists, etc., 1764-1915 1175967