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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Callie Lou Freed, 15 December 2021 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Caroline County (Va.) Oversized Plats and Surveys found in Deed Books, 1874-1963 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1149939-1149942 Callie Lou Freed

Library of Virginia 2021 Library of Virginia staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Caroline County (Va.) Oversized Plats and Surveys found in Deed Books, 1874-1963 1149939-1149942 State Records Center---Archives Annex, Library of Virginia. 4 boxes. English Caroline County (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Caroline County (Va.) Oversized Plats and Surveys found in Deed Books, 1874-1963. Local government records collection, Caroline County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These records came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Caroline County.

Historical Information

Caroline County was named for Caroline of Anspach, wife of King George II. The county was formed from Essex, King and Queen and King William counties on 1 May 1728, and additional parts of King and Queen County were added in 1742 and 1763.

Most loose records and deed books prior to 1836 and will books prior to 1853 were stolen, mutilated, and/or destroyed by Union troops who ransacked the courthouse in May 1864. A near-complete run of order books exists.

Scope and Content

Plats are maps, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. Information commonly found in plats are property boundaries, land features, and names of property owners. These oversized plats relate to land transactions, estate settlements or court cases found in the county's deed books.

Surveys are plats made of any land by court order. Like the plats, these oversized surveys are found in the county's deed books.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Caroline 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.

Caroline County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Caroline 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: Caroline County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Public records--Virginia--Caroline County. Geographical Names: Caroline County (Va.)--History. Genre and Form Terms: Local government records--Virginia--Caroline County. Contents List Oversized Plats and Surveys, 1894-1908

Deed Books 57, 62-67, 74.

Oversized Plats and Surveys, 1874, 1877, 1891, 1909, 1913, 1921

Deed Books 55-56, 81, 90.

Oversized Plats and Surveys, 1902

Deed Book 69.

Oversized Plats and Surveys, 1915-1916, 1919, 1923, 1936,1944-1947, 1960, 1963

Deed Books 84, 87, 90-92, 100, 120, 123, 126-127, 151, 156.