PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi05046::A Guide to the Powhatan County (Va.) Records, 1786-1873)//EN" "vi05046.xml" A Guide to the Powhatan County (Va.) Records, 1786-1873 Powhatan County (Va.) Records, 1786-1873 52618 Greg Crawford Library of Virginia © 2019 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by Greg Crawford, 24 January 2019 Description is in English A Guide to the Powhatan County (Va.) Records, 1786-1873 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 52618

Library of Virginia 2019 Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Powhatan County (Va.) Records, 1786-1873 52618 Library of Virginia 23 volumes English Powhatan County (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Powhatan County (Va.) Records, 1786-1873. Local government records collection, Powhatan County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Powhatan County under the accession number 52618.

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.) Records, 1786-1873, incudes the following records: County Court Minutes, 1806-1873; County Court Appeals volume 2, 1812-1848; Superior Court of Law Office Judgments, 1809-1831; County Court Office Judgments number 4, 1817-1833; Circuit Court Minuite Book, 1853-1871; Superior Court of Law Docket Book, 1821-1830; Superior Court of Law Minute Books, 1809-1828; Huguenot Township Tax Book, 1871; Spencer Township Tax Book, 1871; Macon Township Tax Book, 1871; and a record book that includes Free Negro Register, Marriage Certificates, Register of Boats, and Estray Book, 1786-1832.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Powhatan County Court Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."