Citation | Print View
Search Finding Aid
A Guide to the Richmond County (Va.) Records, circa 1699-1945, undated Newport News/Warwick County (Va.) Records, circa 1860-1941 1050151-1189870

A Guide to the Richmond County (Va.) Records, circa 1699-1945, undated

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Barcode numbers: 1050151-1189870


[logo]

Library of Virginia

The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000
USA
Phone: (804) 692-3888 (Archives Reference)
Fax: (804) 692-3556 (Archives Reference)
Email: archdesk@lva.virginia.gov(Archives)
URL: http://www.lva.virginia.gov/

© 2021 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

Processed by: Library of Virginia staff

Repository
The Library of Virginia
Barcode numbers
1050151-1189870
Title
Richmond County (Va.) Records, circa 1699-1945, undated
Physical Characteristics
8 boxes
Collector
Richmond County (Va.) Circuit Court.
Location
6 boxes found at State Records Center--Archives Annex, Library of Virginia and 2 boxes (1138251, 1160746) found at Library of Virginia.
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions. Some records are negative photostats.

Preferred Citation

Richmond County (Va.) Records, circa 1699-1945, undated. Richmond County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These boxes came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Richmond County under Accession numbers 20823-20837, 21285, 33162d and 33502.

Historical Information

Richmond County may have been named for Richmond borough in Surrey, England or for Charles Lennox, first duke of Richmond and a son of King Charles II. The county was formed from Rappahannock County in 1692.

Some volumes were burned and mutilated through unknown causes. Will books prior to 1699 were missing as early as 1793. Order books from 1794-1816 are also missing. Numerous loose records prior to 1781 are missing as well.

Scope and Content

Richmond County (Va.) Records, circa 1699-1945, undated, consist of the following series: Court Records (subfield series include Judgments, Criminal Records, Clerks' Records and Chancery Records), Fiduciary Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Road and Bridge Records, Township Records, Election Records, County Administrative Records (subfield series include Treasurers' Records, Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records and Board of Supervisors Records), Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, Miscellaneous Records, Land Records and Wills.

Related Material

Additional Richmond 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.

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

For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note .

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

  • Richmond County (Va.) Circuit Court.

    • Subjects:

  • Public records--Virginia--Richmond County.

    • Geographical Names:

  • Richmond County (Va.)--History.

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Local government records--Virginia--Richmond County.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Richmond County (Va.)--History.
Back to Top

Contents List

Barcode number 1050151: Records, circa 1800-1872

Court Records (Judgments: Summons, Subpoenas, Orders and Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes); Fiduciary Records; Tax and Fiscal Records; Road and Bridge Records; Township Records: Farnham Township Board Vouchers (circa 1870s.)

Barcode number 1050156: Records, 1852-1919

Court Records: Suits Dismissed at Rules (Executions, Summons), 1852-1856; Judgments and Related Court Records, 1892-1898; Fiduciary Records: Guardian Appointments, 1911; Election Records, 1919; Ended Papers, Judgments, 1870-1900. Chancery pulled as part of grant project.

Barcode number 1050245: Records, 1905-1945

Court Records: Judgments: Executions, Warrants and Criminal Records; Tax and Fiscal Records: Delinquent Tax Lists, County Administrative Records: Treasurers' Records, 1905-1926; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records. Unprocessed.

Barcode number 1050276: Records, circa 1900s-1930s

Court Records: Clerks' Records; Tax and Fiscal Records; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Claims; Election Records; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths: Oaths of Office; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics; County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records; Miscellaneous Records: Newspaper Clippings. Chancery Pulled.

Barcode number 1050284: Records, 1739-1859

Bonds/Commissions/Oaths: (1739, 1755, 1760, 1792); Court Records: Chancery Records: Dedimus (1789); Election Records (1859); Fiduciary Records: Estate Appraisal (1747), Inventory (1749). Accession numbers 33162d and 33502.

Barcode number 1138251: Records (Oversized), 1699-1853, undated

Tax and Fiscal Records: Rent Roll - Sittenburne Parish, 1721 (negative photostat - Accession number 20826), Rent Roll - Lunenberg Parish, 1744 (negative photostat - Accession number 20828), Rent Roll - Farnham Parish, 1744 (negative photostat - Accession number 20827), Rent Roll - Farnham Parish, 1746 (negative photostat - Accession number 20829), Rent Roll - Lunenberg Parish, 1746 (negative photostat - Accession number 20830), Rent Roll - 1751 - Lunenberg Parish (negative photostat - Accession number 20832), Rent Roll - 1751 - Farnham Parish (negative photostat - Accession number 20831), Rent Rolls, 1765 (negative photostat - Accession number 20833), 1765 (negative photostat - Accession number 20834), 1766 (negative photostat - Accession number 20835), 1768 (negative photostat - Accession number 20836), 1770 (negative photostat - Accession number 20837), List of Insolvents, 1852-1853 (negative photostats); Land Records: List of Deeds, Bills, and Fees, 1712 (negative photostat - Accession number 20823), List of Landholders, 1716-1746 (Accession number 20825), Unidentified Plats (undated); Election Records: Polls Taken, 1735 (negative photostats - Accession number 20824); Fiduciary Records/Wills: Records Recorded - Wills and Inventories, 1699 (negative photostats - Accession number 21285).

Barcode number 1160746: Records, 1739, 1810-1821, undated

Bonds/Commissions/Oaths; Land Records: Oyster Plats; Court Records: Clerks' Correspondence; Fiduciary Records: Administrators' Bonds, Agreements, Dower Appraisements, Estate Accounts, Executors' Bonds, Inventories and Appraisements, Estate Divisions [land]; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics;Tax and Fiscal Records: Tithables, undated; Miscellaneous Records. Pulled while Processing Other Record Series. Interfile.

Barcode number 1189870: Records (Oversized), circa 1795-1902

Court Records: Judgment, ca. 1795; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics: Register of Deaths, 1876; Register of Births, 1893-1899. Miscellaneous Records: Newspaper, The Times (Richmond, Va.), 4 March, 1902.