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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Greg Crawford, 12 November 2014 Description is in English A Guide to the Powhatan County (Va.) Military and Pension Records, 1796-1910 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1188882 Greg Crawford

Library of Virginia 2014 Greg Crawford Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Powhatan County (Va.) Military and Pension Records, 1796-1910 1188882 Library of Virginia .30 cu.ft. English Powhatan County (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Powhatan County (Va.) Military and Pension Records, 1796-1910. Local government records collection, Powhatan County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Powhatan County.

Historical Information

Powhatan County was named for the paramount chief of the Powhatan Indians in the tidewater of Virginia in the late sixteenth and early years of the seventeenth century. It was formed from Cumberland County in 1777, and part of Chesterfield County was added in 1850. The county seat is Powhatan.

Scope and Content

Powhatan County (Va.) Military and Pension Records, 1796-1910, consist of militia papers and pension records. Militia papers include militia officer orders, 1818-1826, militia officer qualifications, certifications and commissions, 1796-1833, and miscellaneous records such as militia lists, delinquent militia fines, claims and disbursements, 1799-1864, including a letter from Captain W. I. Dance stationed near Fredericksburg during the Civil War. He expressed his gratitude to the citizens of Powhatan County for the tobacco and shoes they mailed to his company. Pension records consist of applications for aid, pensions, and artificial limbs, 1877-1884, and Confederate Pension Board Records, 1900-1910.

Arrangement

Chronological.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Powhatan County Military and Pension Records Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

See also "A Guide to the Powhatan County (VA.) Declarations for Revolutionary War Pensions, 1820-1849."