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Westmoreland County (Va.) Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, 1826-1920. Local government records collection, Westmoreland County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
These records came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court records from Westmoreland County under 30143 and 41890.
Westmoreland County was named for the English county. It was formed from Northumberland County in 1653. The county seat is Montross.
Many loose papers were burned during the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Volumes that record deeds, court orders (except an order book for the period 1764-1776) and wills exist.
Westmoreland County (Va.) Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, 1826-1920, consists of a folder of Marriage Licenses and Ministers' Returns in an oversized box, a volume of Ministers' Returns, a register of Marriage Licenses with Marriage Certificates and 2 boxes of Birth and Death Records.
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Additional Westomoreland County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.
Westmoreland County (Va.) is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Westmoreland County records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Digital Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.