PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi06231::A Guide to the Caroline County (Va.) Organization Records, 1823-1949)//EN" "vi06231.xml" A Guide to the Caroline County (Va.) Organization Records, 1823-1949 Caroline County (Va.) Organization Records, 1823-1949 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, 04 August 2025 Description is in English A Guide to the Caroline County (Va.) Organization Records, 1823-1949 A Collection in the Library of Virginia

Library of Virginia 2025 Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Caroline County (Va.) Organization Records, 1823-1949 Library of Virginia 2 volumes; 2 pages; 0.45 cubic feet (1 box) English Caroline County (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Caroline County (Va.) Organization Records, 1823-1949, [series or volume title]. Local government records collection, Caroline County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Caroline County under 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.

These records were processed by Catherine OBrion in 2009 and Eddie Woodward in 2020

Encoded by J. Taylor: August 2025.

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: Caroline County was named for Caroline of Anspach, wife of King George II. It 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 in 1763. The county seat is Bowling Green.

Lost Locality Note: 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

Caroline County (Va.) Organization Records, 1823-1949 is comprised of various records created by groups in Caroline County. These records consist of a record book, minutes, a ledger, and other loose records.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into four series: Series I: Bowling Green Volunteer Fire Company Records, 1940-1949 Series II: Hall of Kilwinning Crosse Lodge No. 2-237 Records, 1902-1911 Series III: Human Association Executive Board Records, 1902-1903 Series IV: Caroline County (Va.) Organization Records, 1823 [UNPROCESSED]

 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 Digital Collection at the Library of Virginia.

 Contents List Bowling Green Volunteer Fire Company Records, 1940-1949 State Records Center 1 volume

Scope and Content: The Bowling Green Volunteer Fire Company consists of a record book. The volume contains an expense ledger for the Bowling Green Volunteer Fire Department, 1940-1942 (includes index); and Bowling Green Volunteer Fire Company minutes, 1947-1949. The minutes include the names of twenty men who formed the company 1947 Aug. 19, and the election of officers 1947 Aug. 22.

 Bowling Green Volunteer Fire Company Record Book, 1940-1949 Hall of Kilwinning Crosse Lodge No. 2-237, 1902-1911 State Records Center 1 volume

Scope and Content: The Hall of Kilwinning Crosse Lodge No. 2-237 consists of a ledger. The ledger contains the names of members and the amount they paid in dues. The ledger also contains loose pages, including a report of the Special Finance Committee, 1909, an audit of the Treasurer's book for the year 1910, bank receipts, cancelled checks, and letterhead from businesses in Bowling Green, Virginia.

 Hall of Kilwinning Crosse Lodge No. 2-237 Ledger, 1902-1911 Human Association Executive Board Records, 1902-1903 State Records Center 2 pages.

Scope and Content: The Human Association Executive Board records consists of two pages of minutes in a volume which primarily conists of Delinquent Tax and Land Records. The minutes concern efforts to secure preaching at Providence Church and to organize a Sunday School convention. Churches mentioned in the minutes are Calvary Church (Bowling Green, Va.), Carmel Church, Horeb church, and Providence Church. The minutes are found on pages 107 and 108 of the volume.

Historical Information:The Human Association was a cooperative association of Protestant churches in Caroline County.

 Delinquent Tax and Land Records and Human Association Minutes, 1896-1898, 1902-1903, 1920, undated Caroline County (Va.) Organization Records, 1823[UNPROCESSED] Library of Virginia 0.45 cubic feet (1 box)

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

Scope and Content:Court house repairs, Jail reports; North Anna River Improvement Co.(1826), Masonic Lodge(1823)

 Buildings and Grounds; Miscellaneous Records; Organization Records, circa 1823-1912