Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Dinwiddie County (Va.) Oversized Plats, 1873, 1904. Local government records collection, Dinwiddie County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

This box came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of records under Accession number 50292 from Dinwiddie County.

Historical Information

Dinwiddie County is named for Robert Dinwiddie, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1751-1758. The county was fromed from Prince George County in 1752.

The bulk of court records prior to 1865 were stolen, mutilated and/or destroyed by Union troops who ransacked the courthouse during the last months of the Civil War. Post-1830 volumes such as deed books, will books, chancery order books, and marriage registers exist.

Scope and Content

Plats are maps, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. Information commonly found in plats are property boundaries, land features, and names of property owners.

These plats were made in connection with a land transaction, estate settlement or court case.

Related Material

Additional Dinwiddie 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.

Dinwiddie County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Dinwiddie 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:

• Dinwiddie County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Public records--Virginia--Dinwiddie County.

Geographical Names:

• Dinwiddie County (Va.)--History.

Genre and Form Terms:

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

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