Library of Virginia (Some records in this collection may be located at the State Records Center. Contact Archives Research
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Sussex County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1754-1914, Local government records collection, Sussex County Court Records. The Library
of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Sussex County. Portions of the collection were
transferred under the accession number 21716.
Sussex County was named for the English county, and was formed from Surry County by a statute adopted in 1753. The county
court first met on 30 May 1754. The county seat is Sussex.
Sussex County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1754-1914, consist of a List of Circuit Court Fiduciaries, 1906-1914, and an Order
Book of Guardian Accounts, 1754-1787.