PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi05366::Richmond County (Va.) Records, circa 1699-1945, undated)//EN" "vi05366.xml" A Guide to the Richmond County (Va.) Records, circa 1699-1945, undated Newport News/Warwick County (Va.) Records, circa 1860-1941 1050151-1189870 Callie Lou Freed Library of Virginia © 2021 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, 01 March 2021 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Richmond County (Va.) Records, circa 1699-1945, undated A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1050151-1189870 Callie Lou Freed

Library of Virginia 2021 Library of Virginia staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Richmond County (Va.) Records, circa 1699-1945, undated 1050151-1189870 6 boxes found at State Records Center--Archives Annex, Library of Virginia and 2 boxes (1138251, 1160746) found at Library of Virginia. 8 boxes English Richmond County (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions. Some records are negative photostats.

Preferred Citation

Richmond County (Va.) Records, circa 1699-1945, undated. Richmond County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These boxes came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Richmond County under Accession numbers 20823-20837, 21285, 33162d and 33502.

Historical Information

Richmond County may have been named for Richmond borough in Surrey, England or for Charles Lennox, first duke of Richmond and a son of King Charles II. The county was formed from Rappahannock County in 1692.

Some volumes were burned and mutilated through unknown causes. Will books prior to 1699 were missing as early as 1793. Order books from 1794-1816 are also missing. Numerous loose records prior to 1781 are missing as well.

Scope and Content

Richmond County (Va.) Records, circa 1699-1945, undated, consist of the following series: Court Records (subfield series include Judgments, Criminal Records, Clerks' Records and Chancery Records), Fiduciary Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Road and Bridge Records, Township Records, Election Records, County Administrative Records (subfield series include Treasurers' Records, Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records and Board of Supervisors Records), Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, Miscellaneous Records, Land Records and Wills.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Richmond 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.

Richmond County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Richmond County Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection.

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

Index Terms Corporate Names: Richmond County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Public records--Virginia--Richmond County. Geographical Names: Richmond County (Va.)--History. Genre and Form Terms: Local government records--Virginia--Richmond County. Contents List Records, circa 1800-1872

Court Records (Judgments: Summons, Subpoenas, Orders and Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes); Fiduciary Records; Tax and Fiscal Records; Road and Bridge Records; Township Records: Farnham Township Board Vouchers (circa 1870s.)

Records, 1852-1919

Court Records: Suits Dismissed at Rules (Executions, Summons), 1852-1856; Judgments and Related Court Records, 1892-1898; Fiduciary Records: Guardian Appointments, 1911; Election Records, 1919; Ended Papers, Judgments, 1870-1900. Chancery pulled as part of grant project.

Records, 1905-1945

Court Records: Judgments: Executions, Warrants and Criminal Records; Tax and Fiscal Records: Delinquent Tax Lists, County Administrative Records: Treasurers' Records, 1905-1926; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records. Unprocessed.

Records, circa 1900s-1930s

Court Records: Clerks' Records; Tax and Fiscal Records; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Claims; Election Records; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths: Oaths of Office; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records; Miscellaneous Records: Newspaper Clippings. Chancery Pulled.

Records, 1739-1859

Bonds/Commissions/Oaths: (1739, 1755, 1760, 1792); Court Records: Chancery Records: Dedimus (1789); Election Records (1859); Fiduciary Records: Estate Appraisal (1747), Inventory (1749). Accession numbers 33162d and 33502.

Records (Oversized), 1699-1853, undated

Tax and Fiscal Records: Rent Roll - Sittenburne Parish, 1721 (negative photostat - Accession number 20826), Rent Roll - Lunenberg Parish, 1744 (negative photostat - Accession number 20828), Rent Roll - Farnham Parish, 1744 (negative photostat - Accession number 20827), Rent Roll - Farnham Parish, 1746 (negative photostat - Accession number 20829), Rent Roll - Lunenberg Parish, 1746 (negative photostat - Accession number 20830), Rent Roll - 1751 - Lunenberg Parish (negative photostat - Accession number 20832), Rent Roll - 1751 - Farnham Parish (negative photostat - Accession number 20831), Rent Rolls, 1765 (negative photostat - Accession number 20833), 1765 (negative photostat - Accession number 20834), 1766 (negative photostat - Accession number 20835), 1768 (negative photostat - Accession number 20836), 1770 (negative photostat - Accession number 20837), List of Insolvents, 1852-1853 (negative photostats); Land Records: List of Deeds, Bills, and Fees, 1712 (negative photostat - Accession number 20823), List of Landholders, 1716-1746 (Accession number 20825), Unidentified Plats (undated); Election Records: Polls Taken, 1735 (negative photostats - Accession number 20824); Fiduciary Records/Wills: Records Recorded - Wills and Inventories, 1699 (negative photostats - Accession number 21285).

Records, 1739, 1810-1821, undated

Bonds/Commissions/Oaths; Land Records: Oyster Plats; Court Records: Clerks' Correspondence; Fiduciary Records: Administrators' Bonds, Agreements, Dower Appraisements, Estate Accounts, Executors' Bonds, Inventories and Appraisements, Estate Divisions [land]; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics;Tax and Fiscal Records: Tithables, undated; Miscellaneous Records. Pulled while Processing Other Record Series. Interfile.

Records (Oversized), circa 1795-1902

Court Records: Judgment, ca. 1795; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics: Register of Deaths, 1876; Register of Births, 1893-1899. Miscellaneous Records: Newspaper, The Times (Richmond, Va.), 4 March, 1902.