Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Albemarle County (Va.) Judgment Suit, 1826-1833, Local government records collection, Albemarle County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 37049.

Historical Information

Albemarle County was formed in 1744 from Goochland County. Parts of Louisa County were added in 1761 and 1838.

All order books except the first and many loose papers between 1748 and 1781 were destroyed by British general Banastre Tarleton's raid on Charlottesville in 1781 during the Revolutionary War.

Scope and Content

Albemarle County (Va.) Judgment Suit, 1836-1833. Consists of six pages of accounts used as evidence in an unidentified court case. Two accounts between Isabella Squair and Benjamin M. Perkins. One account between James Hamner and W. L. Staples.

Related Material

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

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

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Albemarle County (Va.)--Circuit Court.

Geographical Names:

• Albemarle County (Va.)--History--19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Accounts--Virginia--Albemarle County.
• Court records--Virginia--Albemarle County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Albemarle County.

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