PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::06222::A Guide to the Albemarle County (Va.) Organization Records, 1815-1956)//EN" "06222.xml" A Guide to the Albemarle County (Va.) Organization Records, 1815-1956 Albemarle County (Va.) Organization Records, 1815-1956 Jennifer Taylor Library of Virginia © 2025 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word by Jennifer Taylor, 10 June 2025 Description is in English A Guide to the Albemarle County (Va.) Organization Records, 1815-1956 A Collection in the Library of Virginia

Library of Virginia 2025 Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Albemarle County (Va.) Organization Records, 1815-1956 Library of Virginia 1 volume; 1.8 cubic ft (4 boxes). English Albemarle County (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Albemarle County (Va.) Organization Records, 1815-1956, [series or volume title]. Local government records collection, Albemarle County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These records came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Albemarle County in an undated accession.

Processing Information

Prior to 2025, the various organization records in this collection were originally described as individual records, but they have been consolidated into one large organization record for the locality. Since 2025, these records additionally include identified but not processed records.

The Charlottesville (Va.) Democratic Executive Committee Records were processed by Catherine OBrion in 2009.

Encoded by J. Taylor: June 2025; updated by J. Taylor: February 2026.

 Historical Information

Context for Record Type: Organization Records, both volumes and loose records, are in some cases transferred to the Library of Virginia as components of court record transfers. These organization records in some cases were simply stored in the local court building for safe keeping by business owners. In other cases, organization records (particularly ledgers, account books, etc.) may have been filed in a court case as an exhibit. These organization record exhibits appeared both in chancery causes and in judgments, these records serving as exhibits for business dissolution cases, debt suits, and contract disputes.

Locality History: Charlottesville, in Albemarle County, was named for Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the wife of King George III, and was established in 1762. The county seat of Albemarle County, Charlottesville was incorporated as a town in 1801 and as a city in 1888.

Lost Records Locality Note: All order books except the first and many loose papers between 1748 and 1781 were destroyed by British general Banastre Tarleton's raid on Charlottesville in 1781 during the Revolutionary War.

 Scope and Content

Albemarle County (Va.) Organization Records, 1815-1956 is comprised of various records created by groups in Albemarle County. Represented records consist of meeting minutes and unprocessed loose records.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into two series: Series I: Charlottesville (Va.) Democratic Executive Committee Records, 1888-1891 Series II: Albemarle County (Va.) Organization Records, circa 1815-1956 [UNPROCESSED]

 Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

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

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

 Contents List Charlottesville (Va.) Democratic Executive Committee Records, 1888-1891 State Records Center 1 volume

Scope and Content: The organization records of the Charlottesville (Va.) Democratic Executive Committee consists of a minute book. The minutes document the committee's plans to lay off wards and organize Democratic primary elections in Charlottesville, 1888-1890. Also included are reports of the Democratic primary elections in Charlottesville in May 1888 and May 1889, newspaper clippings publicizing election rules and proceedings; a letter protesting voting irregularities in the 1891 May 7 primary election; and a calendar advertisement for C.W. Spooner and Son, Architects, Builders, and Artistic Workers in Wood, Charlottesville, 1889 and 1890.

Charlottesville (Va.) Democratic Executive Committee Minute Book, 1888-1891 Albemarle County (Va.) Organization Records, circa 1815-1956 [UNPROCESSED] Library of Virginia 1.8 Cubic Feet (4 boxes)

Scope and Content:Includes boxes containing material identified as organization records. These records may be flat fliled or foldered but not fully processed.

Court Records (Judgments), Fiduciary Records, Organization Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths circa 1815-1956 Court Records and Organization Records, circa 1823-1916 Misc. Records; Fiduciary Records; Public Buildings and Grounds; Jury Records; Organization Records; Justice of the Peace Records 1854-1913

Includes records from Mount Chapel Church (1873).

 Miscelleaneous Records, Business Records, County Administrative Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Court Records, Organization Records circa 1886-1892

Includes records of the Northwestern Masonic Aid Association.