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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Sarah Nerney, 18 November 2009 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Charles City County (Va.) Journal of the Board of District School Trustees for School District No. 1 in Chickahominy Township, 1870-1886 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1044737 Sarah Nerney

Library of Virginia 2009 Sarah Nerney Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Charles City County (Va.) Journal of the Board of District School Trustees for School District No. 1 in Chickahominy Township, 1870-1886 1044737 State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia 1 v. English Charles City County (Va.) Board of Supervisors. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Charles City County (Va.) Journal of the Board of District School Trustees for School District No. 1 in Chicahominy Township, 1870-1886. Local government records collection, Charles City County Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer from Charles City County Board of Supervisors under the accession number 24590.

Historical Information

Charles City County was named for Charles I of England and was one of the eight shires established in 1634.

Records have been destroyed at various times. The most damage occurred during the Civil War when the records were strewn through the woods in a rainstorm. A few pre-Civil War volumes such as deed books, will books, minute books, and order books exist.

Scope and Content

Charles City County (Va.) Journal of the Board of District School Trustees for School District No. 1 in Chickahominy Township, 1870-1886, consists of minutes and accounts. The district seems later to be referred to as Chickahominy District, but it is unclear whether this refers to a magisterial or a school district. Minutes from 1870-1879 and 1884 contain information such as the establishment of white and colored schools, taxes for schools, building of schools, teacher contracts and housing, length of school terms, qualifications of superintendents, and teacher pay. The remainder of the volume contains school related accounts dating from 1870-1886. The accounts do not appear to be in any kind of order and have no index.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

See the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.

For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Charles City County (Va.) Board of Supervisors. Subjects: Schools -- Records and correspondence -- Virginia -- Charles City County. Geographical Names: Charles City County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century. Genre and Form Terms: Account books -- Virginia -- Charles City County. Accounts -- Virginia -- Charles City County. Local government records -- Virginia -- Charles City County. Minute books -- Virginia -- Charles City County. School records -- Virginia -- Charles City County.