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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Greg Crawford, 31 January 2014 Description is in English 2014-01-31 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Nansemond County (Va.) Records, 1866-1940 circa A Collection in the Library of Virginia 0007482562 Greg Crawford

Library of Virginia 2014 unprocessed Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Nansemond County (Va.) Records, 1866-1940 circa 0007482562 State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia 1.00 cu. ft. (1 box) English Suffolk (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Nansemond County (Va.) Records, 1866-1940 circa. Local government records collection, Suffolk (City)/Nansemond County Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

This collection came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of papers from the Circuit Court of Suffolk.

Historical Information

Nansemond County was created as Upper Norfolk County by 1640 and in 1642 was renamed Nansemond County for the Nansemond Indians, who lived in the area in the early seventeenth century. The county seat was Suffolk. The county became the independent city of Nansemond on 1 July 1972, and on 1 January 1974 Nansemond merged with the city of Suffolk. The entire area is now known as Suffolk.

Records were destroyed in three separate fires: the earliest consumed the house of the court clerk in April 1734 (where the records were kept at that time), the second was set by British troops in 1779, and the last occurred on 7 February 1866.

Scope and Content

Nansemond County (Va.) Records, 1866-1940 circa, include records from the following series Land Records, presominantly deeds and plats; Court Records; Treasurer Records; Miscellaneous Records such as Mechanics Liens and Crop Lies; Business Records; and Fiduciary Records such as Lists of Heirs.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Nansemond County Court Records can be found with Nansemond County Court records on microfilm at The Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

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

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