A Guide to the Powhatan County (Va.) Circuit Court. Records, 1790-1826
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 41008
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This collection forms part of the Robert Alonzo Brock Collection at The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Powhatan County (Va.) Circuit Court. Records, 1790-1826, Robert Alonzo Brock Collection, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Acquisition Information
The Robert Alonzo Brock Collection was filmed by The Huntington Library in cooperation with The Library of Virginia with funding provided by The Library of Virginia Foundation with the support of The Roller- Bottimore Foundation and The Robins Foundation. Microfilm received 15 April 2004.
Historical Information
Powhatan County was formed in 1777 from Cumberland County. Part of Chesterfield County was added in 1850. It was named either for the Indian chieftan who ruled the Native American inhabitants of tidewater Virginia in the early seventeenth century.
Scope and Content
Records, 1790-1826, of Powhatan County Circuit Court consist of a deposition related to an election dispute (1792); miscellaneous documents related to money collected by Deputy Sheriff William H. Perkins on behalf of the county (1811-1826); and a copy of road surveyor appointment (1790.)
Access Terms
- Powhatan County (Va.) Circuit Court.
- Contested elections--Virginia--Powhatan County.
- Public records--Virginia--Powhatan County.
- Sheriffs--Virginia--Powhatan County.
- Powhatan County (Va.)--History.
- Appointing--Virginia--Powhatan County.
- Claims--Virginia--Powhatan County.
- Depositions--Virginia--Powhatan County.
- Judicial records--Virginia--Powhatan County.
- Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914, collector.
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Added Entry - Personal Name
Adjunct Descriptive Data
Location of OriginalsOriginals are located at the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.