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        <titleproper>A Guide to the Stafford County (Va.) Election Records, <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1904-1968</date></titleproper>
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      <titleproper>A Guide to the Stafford County (Va.) Election Records, <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1904-1968</date></titleproper>
      <subtitle>A Collection in <lb/>the Library of Virginia
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      <author>Callie Lou Freed
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      <head>Descriptive Summary
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      <unittitle label="Title" encodinganalog="245$a">Stafford County (Va.) Election Records, 
<unitdate type="bulk" label="Date" encodinganalog="245$f" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1904-1968
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      <physloc label="Location">State Records Center--Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
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      <physdesc label="Physical Characteristics" encodinganalog="300$a">54 v. in 11 boxes
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      <langmaterial label="Language">
        <language langcode="eng">English
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      <origination label="Collector" encodinganalog="110$a">Stafford County (Va.) Circuit Court.
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        <p>Stafford County (Va.) Election Records, 1904-1968, Local governement records collection, Stafford County Court Records.The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
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        <head>Acquisition Information
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        <p>These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court records from Stafford County.  
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      <head>Historical Information
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      <p>Stafford County was formed from Westmoreland County in 1664.  Part of King George County was added on 1 January 1777.  The county is named for the English county.
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      <p>Many pre-Civil War court records were lost to vandalism by Union troops during the Civil War. A few volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.
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      <p>Stafford County (Va.) Election Records, 1908-1968, include 52 volumes of registered voters from 11 precincts (white) and 2 volumes (1089900) from one unidentified colored precinct in the county.  Precincts include Brooke, Chatham, White Oak, Falmouth, Griffis, Hartwood, Roseville, Stafford, Simpson, Courthouse and Stafford C.H.
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        <p>Additional Stafford County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia.  Consult <extref xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA265">"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."</extref>
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        <head>Related Material
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        <p>Stafford County is one of Virginia's Lost Record Localities.  Additional Stafford County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia.  Search the <extref xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/lost">Lost Records Localities Digital Collection</extref> available at Virginia Memory.
</p>
        <p>For more information and a listing of lost records localities see <extref xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/rn30_lostrecords.pdf">Lost Records research note</extref>. 
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        <head>Corporate Names:</head>
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        <geogname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="651$a">Stafford County (Va.)--History--20th century</geogname>
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