Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Northumberland County (Va.) Estate Records, 1859, 1912. Local government records collection, Northumberland County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Northumberland County under the accession number 43283.

Historical Information

Northumberland County probably was named for the English county. It was formed about 1645 from the district of Chickacoan, the early-seventeenth-century name for the region between the Potomac and the Rappahannock rivers.

Scope and Content

Northumberland County (Va.) Estate Records, 1859, 1912 consist of documents relating to estate sales, appraisments, and settlements. Prior to the abolition of slavery in Virginia in 1865, slaves were considered property and appeared in estate accounts.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Related Material

Additional Northumberland County Fiduciary Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Northumberland County (Va.) Circuit Court

Subjects:

• African Americans -- History
• Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Northumberland County
• Slavery -- Virginia -- Northumberland County
• Slaves -- Virginia -- Northumberland County

Geographical Names:

• Northumberland County (Va.) -- History

Genre and Form Terms:

• Appraisals -- Virginia -- Northumberland County
• Estate inventories -- Virginia -- Northumberland County
• Fiduciary records -- Virginia -- Northumberland County
• Local government records -- Virginia -- Northumberland County

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