PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi05359::A Guide to the Norfolk County (Va.) Records, circa 1726-1936, undated)//EN" "vi05359.xml" A Guide to the Norfolk County (Va.) Records, circa 1726-1936, undated Norfolk County (Va.) Records, circa 1726-1936, undated 1153850, 1157337, 1157990, 1176219, 1202665 Callie Lou Freed Library of Virginia © 2020 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Callie Lou Freed, 23 October 2020 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Norfolk County (Va.) Records, circa 1726-1936, undated A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1153850, 1157337, 1157990, 1176219, 1202665 Callie Lou Freed

Library of Virginia 2020 Library of Virginia staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Norfolk County (Va.) Records, circa 1726-1936, undated 1153850, 1157337, 1157990, 1176219, 1202665 The Library of Virginia 5 boxes; 2 boxes found at State Records Center--Archives Annex, Library of Virginia and 3 boxes found at Library of Virginia. English Chesapeake (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Norfolk County (Va.) Records, circa 1726-1936, undated. Local government records collection, Norfolk County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

Five boxes came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Chesapeake.

Historical Information

Norfolk County (extinct) was named probably by Adam Thoroughgood, a local resident, for his native county in England. The county was formed from Lower Norfolk County in 1691. Norfolk County became extinct in 1963, when it was consolidated with the city of South Norfolk to form the city of Chesapeake.

Scope and Content

Norfolk County (Va.) Records, circa 1726-1936, undated, consist of the following series: Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, Miscellaneous Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Justice of the Peace Records, Military and Pension Records, Public Buildings and Grounds, County Administrative Records (subfield series include Commissioner of the Revenue Records, Overseers of the Poor Records and Treasurer's Records), Election Records, Organization Records, School Records, Wills, Court Records (subfield series include Judgments, Criminal Records and Clerks' Records) Fiduciary Records, Land Records and Business Records.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Norfolk County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm" found on the Library of Virginia's web site.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Chesapeake (Va.) Circuit Court. Norfolk County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Public records--Virginia--Norfolk County. Geographical Names: Chesapeake (Va.)--History. Norfolk County (Va.)--History. Genre and Form Terms: Local government records--Virginia--Norfolk County. Contents List Records, 1741-1897

Bonds, Commissions, Oaths: Various Bonds, 1741-1838; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics: Marriage Articles, Contracts, Settlements, 1827-1837; Miscellaneous Records: Powers of Attorney, 1773-1897; Tax and Fiscal Records: Records, 1782-1890, Receipts, 1793-1837.

Records, 1755-1913

Justice of the Peace Records: Summons for Justices, 1821-1850; Bonds/Oaths/Commissions: Oath of Allegiance (1 item), 1848; Military and Pension Records: Officer Qualifications (2 items), 1833 and 1838; Public Buildings and Grounds, 1755-1913; Vital Statistics, Certificates of Death (2 items), 1832; Miscellaneous Records: Resolutions, 1839-1912. Unprocessed/Unarranged.

Records, 1779-1905, undated

County Administrative Records: Commissioner of the Revenue Records, Overseers of the Poor Records and Treasurer's Records (1779-1899); Election Records; Military and Pension Records; Miscellaneous Records; Organization Records; School Records and Wills: Unrecorded Wills, n.d., 1809-1905.

Records, 1726-1913

Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1838; Court Records: Jugments: Ejectments, Criminal Records and Clerks' Records, 1726-1906 (includes plats used as exhibits in the suits, Hudson v. Harding, 1818; March et. al v. Tatem, 1832, Jourdan v. Walker, 1896); Fiduciary Records: Appraisements, Estate Accounts, 1750-1913; Land Records: 1817-1905; Tax and Fiscal Records, 1874.

Records, circa 1752-1936

Tax and Fiscal Records: Inheritance Tax Reports, circa 1915-1930; Bond Accounts, circa 1915 and County Claims, 1752-1771; School Records: Western Branch District School Bonds; circa 1919; Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships: Registrations - Fox Hall Dairy, 1931 and Pine Grove Dairy Farm, 1936; Military and Pension Records: Confederate Pension Records, 1903, 1909, 1915. L01-09-14-02-1