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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Eddie Woodward,28 May 2020 Description is in English 2020-05-28 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Elizabeth City County (Va.) Organization Records 1883-1910 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1015972, 1015978, 1015989, and 1178511 Eddie Woodward

Library of Virginia 2020 LVA staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Elizabeth City County (Va.) Organization Records, 1883-1910 1015972, 1015978, 1015989, and 1178511. Library of Virginia 4 boxes English Elizabeth City County (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Elizabeth City County (Va.) Organization Records, 1883-1910. Local government records collection, Elizabeth City County Organization Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer from Elizabeth City County.

Historical Information

Elizabeth City County was named for Elizabeth, daughter of King James I, and was one of the original shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634. It became extinct on 1 July 1952 when it was incorporated into the city of Hampton, which was the county seat.

Records were burned and/or destroyed during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Additional records were burned on April 3, 1865, in Richmond, where they had been moved for safekeeping during the Civil War. A few pre–Civil War volumes such as deed books, will books, and order books exist.

 Scope and Content

Elizabeth City County (Va.) Organization Records, 1883-1910, typically consist of appointments of trustees, minutes, and miscellaneous records of religious organizations, fraternal organizations, independent associations, and cooperatives.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Elizabeth City 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.

Elizabeth City County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Elizabeth City 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: Elizabeth City County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Public records--Virginia--Elizabeth City County. Organization records--Virginia--Elizabeth City County. Geographical Names: Elizabeth City County (Va.)--History. Genre and Form Terms: Local government records--Virginia--Elizabeth City County. Contents List Elizabeth City County, Records, 1868-1945 (includes Organization Records, 1893-1900) Elizabeth City County, Records, 1870-1921 (includes Organization Records, 1887) Elizabeth City County, Records, 1872-1951 circa (includes Organization Records, 1885-1910) Elizabeth City County, Various Series, 1886-1918 (includes churches and fraternal organizations, charters and petitions, 1883-1886)