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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Sam Walters, 20 April 2012 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Mathews County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1810-1903 A Collection in the Library of Virginia Sam Walters

Library of Virginia 2012 Library of Virginia Staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia Mathews County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1810-1903 State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia 2.3 cu. ft. (5 boxes) English Mathews County (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Mathews County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1810-1903, Local government records collection, Mathews County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These records came to the Library of Virginia in 2024 under accession 54190 and undated shipments of court papers from Mathews County.

Processing Information

Series II: Minimally processed Fiduciary Records, 1848-1898, were transferred in accession 54190 under the title Mathews County Common Law Dead Papers and were processed using minimal processing standards: Locality records were organized by broad record category (election records, fiduciary records, etc.) with minimal other arrangement. These records have not been flattened, foldered, mended, or separated by individual record type (like estate papers, inventories, etc.).

Encoded by S. Walters: April 2012; updated by V. Brooks: January 2026

 Historical Information

Context for Records:Fiduciary Records include miscellaneous records filed in a local court by trustees, administrators, executors, guardians, and committees that related to the performance of their duties managing a person's estate. These records typically include the following; bonds, appraisements, audits, inventories, accounts, estate divisions, settlements, dowery records, etc. Information related to enslaved people are commonly found in these records.

Locality History: Mathews County was named for Thomas Mathews, of Norfolk, the Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates when it was formed from Gloucester County by a statute passed on 16 December 1790 to take effect on 1 May 1791.

Lost Locality Note:Most Mathews County records were burned in Richmond on 3 April 1865, where they had been moved for safekeeping during the Civil War.

 Scope and Content

Mathews County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1810-1903, consist of Estate Accounts, Appraisements, Inventories, and Sales, as well as Guardian Accounts.

Arrangement

For descriptive purposes, the collection has been divided into two series: Series I: Processed Fiduciary Records, 1810-1903 Series II: Minimally Processed Fiduciary Records, 1857-1898

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

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

Mathews County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Mathews 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.

Box List Processed Fiduciary Records, 1810-1903 Library of Virginia; State Records Center- Archives Annex 2.25 cubic feet (5 boxes)

Chronological.

Estate Papers, 1810-1903 Estate Papers, 1850-1860 Estate Papers, 1861-1870 Estate Papers, 1871-1900 Estate Papers and Guardian Accounts, 1835-1898 Minimally Processed Fiduciary Records, 1848-1898 Library of Virginia .1 cubic feet

Unarranged.

Fiduciary Records, 1848-1898