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<titleproper>A Guide to the Westmoreland County (Va.) Land Records, <date>1695-1981, undated</date>
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<subtitle id="sort">Westmoreland County (Va.) Land Records, 1695-1981, undated
<num type="collectionnumber">1101689, 1101869, 1164132, 1164997-1164999, 1176639-1176641
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<date type="publication">&#169; 2018  By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved. 
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<titleproper>A Guide to the Westmoreland County (Va.) Land Records, <date>1695-1981, undated</date>
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<subtitle>A Collection in <lb/>the Library of Virginia
<num type="Barcode numbers">1101689, 1101869, 1164132, 1164997-1164999, 1176639-1176641
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<publisher>Library of Virginia
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<date type="publication">2018 
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<label>Processed by:
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<head>Descriptive Summary
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<repository label="Repository" encodinganalog="852$a">The Library of Virginia
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<unittitle label="Title" encodinganalog="245$a">Westmoreland County (Va.) Land Records, 
<unitdate type="inclusive" label="Date" encodinganalog="245$f">1695-1981, undated
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<unitid label="Barcode numbers" encodinganalog="099$a">1101689, 1101869, 1164132, 1164997-1164999, 1176639-1176641
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<physloc label="Location">State Records Center--Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
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<physdesc label="Extent" encodinganalog="300$a"><extent>5 boxes, 1 vol. and 3 map tubes</extent>
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<language langcode="eng">English
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<origination label="Collector" encodinganalog="110$a">Westmoreland County (Va.) Circuit Court
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<head>Administrative Information
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<head>Access Restrictions
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<p>There are no restrictions.
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<p>There are no restrictions.
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<head>Preferred Citation
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<p>Westmoreland County (Va.) Land Records, 1695-1981, undated. Local government records collection, Westmoreland 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 shipments of court records from Westmoreland County. Boxes 1164997-1164999 have Accession Number 41892.
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<head>Historical Information
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<p>Westmoreland County was named for the English county. It was formed from Northumberland County in 1653. The county seat is Montross.
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<p>Many loose papers were burned during the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Volumes that record deeds, court orders (except an order book for the period 1764-1776) and wills exist.</p>
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<p>Westmoreland County (Va.) Land Records, 1695-1981, undated, consist of 1 box of Oyster Inspectors' Reports, 1 vol. of General Index to Deeds, 1 UNPROCESSED box of Deeds from 17th and 18th centuries, petitions of trustees to sell land and maps (Colonial Beach map from 1891 is missing), 3 UNPROCESSED boxes of Deeds, List of Conveyances, Appointments/Changes of Trustees, Processioners' Records, Plats and Surveys, 2 map tubes of Surveys and Maps which also contain Road and Bridge Records--including a county road map and a road survey and 1 map tube of Oyster Plats.
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<head>Arrangement
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<p>This collection is arranged chronologically. 4 boxes (1164132, 1176639-1176641) are Unprocessed but Box 1164132 is flat filed.</p>
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<head>Adjunct Descriptive Data
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<p>Additional Westomoreland 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="http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/">A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.</extref>
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<head>Related Material
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<p>Westmoreland County (Va.) is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Westmoreland County records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Digital 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 available at Virginia Memory.</extref>
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<head>Corporate Names:</head>
<corpname encodinganalog="610$a">Westmoreland County (Va.) Circuit Court.</corpname>
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<subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650$a">Public records--Virginia--Westmoreland County.</subject>
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<head>Geographical Names:</head>
<geogname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="651$a">Westmoreland County (Va.)--History.</geogname>
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<genreform source="aat" encodinganalog="655$a">Local government records--Virginia--Westmoreland County.</genreform>
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