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Essex County (Va.) Records, 1677-1940, undated. Local government records collection, Essex County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
Items in Boxes 1017407 and 1130776 came to the Virginia State Library (now the Library of Virginia) under accession number 21817.
Items in Box 1167466 came to the Virginia State Library (now the Library of Virginia) under accession numbers 25394, 29400, 33281.
Item in Box 1137632 came to the Virginia State Library (now the Library of Virginia) under accession number 30142.
The remainder of items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of records from Essex County.
Essex County was formed from old Rappahannock County in 1692. The county was probably named for the English county or perhaps for Algernon Capell, second earl of Essex.
Some items in this collection were created by the County Court, the Superior Court of Chancery, the Superior Court of Law and the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery.
Essex County (Va.) Records, 1677-1940, undated, consist of the following series: Bonds/Commissions/Oaths; County Administrative Records (including Board of Supervisors and Overseer of the Poor Records); County, General, Superior Court of Chancery, Superior Court of Law, Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery and Circuit Court Records (including Criminal, Clerk's Records, Judgments, and an Indictment for Riot); Fiduciary Records; Health and Medical Records; Land Records; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics; Military and Pension Records; Miscellaneous Records; Organization Records; Road and Bridge Records; School Records; Tax and Fiscal Records and Wills.
Additional court records for Essex County can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult
Marriage Records and Vital Statistics/Military and Pension Records/Miscellaneous Records: Overseers of the Poor records, 1686-1915/Mill pond petitions/Receipts. Marriage License - Fleet William Cox & Sarah E. Muse, November 26 1853. Item contains Accession number 30142.
Unprocessed Court Records: Judgments, Commonwealth Causes; Clerks' Records; Road and Bridge Records; Land Records: Deeds, processioner reports, etc.; Wills; Bonds/Comissions/Oaths; Military and Pension Records; School Records; Tax and Fiscal Records. Items contain Accession number 21817.
Unprocessed Court Records: Judgments, Commonwealth Causes; Election Records; Road and Bridge Records; Tax and Fiscal Records; Land Records.
Miscellaneous Records: Powers of Attorney, 1677-1845, n.d.; Various Series, 1679-1725, n.d.: Court Records: Clerk's Records: Clerk's Correspondence. 1725; 1729; Court Records: Criminal, 1720, n.d.; Court Records: County Court, 1710; Court Records: Judgments, 1685-1686, 1717 ca., n.d.; Court Records: Miscellaneous (assignment, discredit, governor's strays, promissory note, obligation), 1687-1705 (not inclusive); Fiduciary Records: renouncement of dower, renunciation of executorship, 1679-1727, n.d. (not inclusive); Wills: nuncupative will and depositions about will, 1686/7, 1712; Land Records: deed of release, 1715: Land Records: fragment of unidentified index to deeds, etc., n.d.; Miscellaneous Records: document fragments, account, earmarks, 1685-1728, n.d. (not inclusive); Miscellaneous Records: Correspondence from Robert Carter, 1728; Organization Records: fragment of list from St. Anne's Parish, 1726; Letter from James W. Keeble to unidentified, 10 March 1861. Wrappers: 1712, 1715, 1723, 1728.
Unprocessed Miscellaneous Records; Court Papers; Board of Supervisors Records; Tax and Fiscal Records
Unprocessed Court Records; Bonds, Commissions, Oaths; Miscellaneous Records. Items contain accession number 21817.
Bonds/Oaths/Commissions: Commissions for Thomas Hodges as Coroner of Norfolk Co., 1705/06; John Lomax as sheriff, 1708; John Lomax as sheriff, 1709; Robert Coleman as sheriff, 1710; Richard Covingon as sheriff, 1711; Richard Tunstall as deputy clerk of court, 1720; William Beverley as clerk of court, 1723; James Webb as sheriff, 1762; William Roane as deputy attorney general, 1770. Land Records: Plats: Joseph Reeves, 1759; Robert Brooke and Elias Newman, 1761; Mary Pamplin and William Porter, 1762; land and slaves of John Smith, 1766; Thomas Haddon and William Porter, 1770; William Hawkins (2 items), 1772; dower of Rosanna Butler from Thomas Butler, 1773; Samuel Brookes, 1778; unidentified plat that mentions the Rappahannock River, n.d. Miscellaneous Records: Proclamations and Orders of Council (13 items), 1692-1758; Miscellaneous Records: letter from Alexander Spotswood, 1718; Miscellaneous Records: Resolution of Council concerning Essex request for new courthouse, 1726.
Bonds/Oaths/Commissions: Commission for Robert Brooke as sheriff, 1722; Commission for Benjamin Robinson as sheriff, 1724; Commission for Justices of the Peace, 1735; Commission for Justices of the Peace, 1750 (accession 29400); Commission for Justices of the Peace, 1752; Dedimus for Justices of the Peace, 1752. Clerk's Records: List of Essex County Court Records, 11th March 1716. Court Records: Commmissions of Oyer and Terminer (3 items), 1707; Oyer and Terminer trial of Nan and Harry (7 items), 1734; General Court Indictment for Riot, 1766 (accession 33281); Election Records: Poll taken at an election of Burgesses, 1769. Land Records: Deeds: deed and bond from John Bates Senior to Pittman Scandrett, 1731; deed from John Bagge to Andrew Bagge (2 items), 1736. Land Records: Plats: survey and division of land between James Banks and the Orphans of Martin Conner, 1764; division of land and slaves of Major Lafon, 1773; Survey Book, 1792-1797 (photostat, accession 25394); Miscellaneous Records: Proclamations and Orders of Council (12 items), 1700, 1710, 1715, 1722, 1727, 1730, 1736-1739, 1742; Power of Attorney William Evered to William Dangerfield, 1721.
Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Court Records, Land Records and Wills.