PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi03406::A Guide to the Stafford County (Va.) Records, 1664-1931 //EN" "vi03406.xml" A Guide to the Stafford (Va.) Records, 1664-1931 Stafford County (Va.) Records, 1664-1931 1051099, 1051101-1051102, 1146905, 1156704, 1168268, 1181872-1181883, 1199312-1199315, 1199321 Callie Lou Freed Library of Virginia © 2012 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Callie Lou Freed, 30 April 2012 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Stafford County (Va.) Records, 1664-1931 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1051099, 1051101-1051102, 1146905, 1156704, 1168268, 1181872-1181883, 1199312-1199315, 1199321 Callie Lou Freed

Library of Virginia 2012 Library of Virginia staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Stafford County (Va.) Records, 1664-1931 1051099, 1051101-1051102, 1146905, 1156704, 1168268, 1181872-1181883, 1199312-1199315, 1199321 Library of Virginia (Item 1051099 is found at the State Records Center. Contact Archives Research Services for access information, directions and hours.) 13 v. (photostats), 4.5 cu. ft. (10 boxes) English Stafford County (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Stafford County (Va.) Records, 1664-1931. Local government records collection, Stafford County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court records from Stafford County. Portions of the collection were transferred under the following accession numbers: 14048, 20588, 20815, 21190-21192, 21290, 22426, 22515, 22792, 23514, 23854 and 44155.

Historical Information

Stafford County was formed from Westmoreland county in 1664. Part of King George County was added on 1 January 1777. The county was named for the English County.

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.

The records found in this collection were also created by the County Court, the Superior Courts of Chancery and Law and the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery.

Scope and Content

Stafford County (Va.) Records, 1664-1924, include various records from the following series: Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, County Administrative Records, Court Records, Election Records, Fiduciary Records, Health and Medical Records, Justice of the Peace Records, Land Records, Marriage Records, Military and Pension Records, Miscellaneous Records, Organization Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Town Administrative Records and Wills.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Stafford County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm" found on the Library of Virginia's web site.

Related Material

Stafford County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Stafford County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virgina. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found on the Library of Virginia's web site.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Stafford County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Public records--Virginia--Stafford County. Geographical Names: Stafford County (Va.)--History. Genre and Form Terms: Local government records--Virginia--Stafford County. Added Entry - Corporate Name: Stafford County (Va.) Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery. Stafford County (Va.) County Court. Stafford County (Va.) Superior Court of Chancery. Contents List Records, 1671-1797

writs, summons, accounts, plats, bonds

Records, 1664-1868

Town of Falmouth Trustee Proceedings, Court Records, Miscellaneous Records

Records, 1701-1797

Will of William Fitzhugh [19th Century copy], 1701; Fragment of page from Order Book, 1712; Writ, Campbell vs. Burton, 1745; Fieri Facias, Nicholson vs. Joby, 1746; Will of Taylor Chapman, 1749/1750; Summons, Gutterie vs. Fitzhugh, 1760; Account, Estate of George Hedgman, 1763; Bond of Elias Hore, Administrator of Isabella Harrison, dec'd, 1763; Summons, Burgess Administrator vs. Ramy, 1764; Plat of prison bounds of Stafford County by Travers Daniel, 1765; Writ, Wilkinson vs. Hay, 1767; Summons, How vs. Scandland, 1768; Writ, Hay vs. Green, 1767; Summons, Burwell vs. Brown, 1769; Bond, Travers Daniel as Guardian to John Hedgman, 1772; Capias, Hoar vs. Stone, 1773; Bill (Account), Andrew Farce to Mary Price, 1778; Summons, Price vs. Farce, 1778; Will of Elizabeth Withers, 1797; Various photocopies from microfilm.

General Index to Deed Books Libers K-NN, 1721-1845 (photostat)

includes wills, appraisements, inventories, estate accounts, estate divisions, deeds, bonds (A-Z by page number)

Records, 1723-1806

Rent Rolls, 1723, 1768, 1773; Memorandum concerning James Carter's Rent Roll, 1729; Lectures on Grammar, 1806: Writ - Ann Lewis to appear in court, 1784; Bonds, Writs, Petitions, Orders, 1747-1785

Records, 1671-1672

14 December 1671-15 February 1672 includes depositions, deeds and wills

Index of Records of Stafford County, 1664-1914, Vol. 1, Ab-Ca, Grantee (photostat)

Index of Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Release Deeds and Wills

Index of Records of Stafford County, 1664-1914, Vol. 2, Ce-Fi, Grantee (photostat)

Index of Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Release Deeds and Wills

Index of Records of Stafford County, 1664-1914, Vol. 3, Fi-Hy, Grantee (photostat)

Index of Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Release Deeds and Wills

Index of Records of Stafford County, 1664-1914, Vol. 4, In-Mo, Grantee (photostat)

Index of Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Release Deeds and Wills

Index of Records of Stafford County, 1664-1914, Vol. 5, Mu-Sk, Grantee (photostat)

Index of Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Release Deeds and Wills

Index of Records of Stafford County, 1664-1914, Vol. 6, Sla-Z, Grantee (photostat)

Index of Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Release Deeds and Wills

Index of Records of Stafford County, 1664-1914, Vol.1, Cb-Ch, Grantor (photostat)

Index of Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Release Deeds and Wills

Index of Records of Stafford County, 1664-1914, Vol.2 Cl-Fu, Grantor (photostat)

Index of Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Release Deeds and Wills

Index of Records of Stafford County, 1664-1914, Vol.3, Ga-Ju, Grantor (photostat)

Index of Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Release Deeds and Wills

Index of Records of Stafford County, 1664-1914, Vol.4, Ka-My, Grantor (photostat)

Index of Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Release Deeds and Wills

Index of Records of Stafford County, 1664-1914, Vol.5, Na-Sn, Grantor (photostat)

Index of Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Release Deeds and Wills

Index of Records of Stafford County, 1664-1914, Vol.6, So-Yo, Grantor (photostat)

Index of Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Release Deeds and Wills

Records, 1903; 1905-1914; 1917; 1919 (Unprocessed)

Judgments

Records, 1857-1931; undated (Unprocessed)

Judgments

Records, 1820-1927; undated (Unprocessed)

County Administrative Records, Court Records, Election Records, Fiduciary Records, Justice of the Peace Records, Land Records and Tax and Fiscal Records

Records, 1873-1901; 1906-1923 (Unprocessed)

Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Court Records, County Administrative Records, Election Records,Fiduciary Records, Health and Medical Records, Land Records, Military and Pension Records, Miscellaneous Records, Organization Records and Tax and Fiscal Records

Records, 1902-1906 (Unprocessed)

Judgments related to Martin's Admr v. Richmond, Fredericksburt and Potomac Railroad