A Guide to Prince George County (Va.) Court Records , 1711-1879 circa, undated #0007761859, 0007761878, 0007761879, 0007761904

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Preferred Citation

Prince George County (Va.) Court Records, 1711-1879 circa, undated. Local government records collection, Prince George County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in various transfers under accession numbers 13941, 19938, 19939, 19940, 19941, 19942, 22347, 22643, 23380, 24761, 26119, 26242, 26502, 33222, 33737, 22057d, 22057e, 22057f, 22057g, 22057h, 22057i, 22057j, 22483a, 22483b, 22483c, 22483d, 23328c, 23423a, 23423b, 23423c, 23423d, 23423e, 23577a, 23577b, 23654a-d, 24325b.

Historical Information

Prince George County was named for Prince George of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne of England. It was formed from Charles City County in 1702. Its area is 298 square miles, and the county seat is Prince George. The population is 33,047 according to the 2000 census.

Most court records were destroyed in 1782 by British troops and again in 1864 by Union troops.

Scope and Content

Prince George County (Va.) Court Records, 1711-1879 circa, undated, includes miscellaneous records from the following series: bonds/oaths/commissions, court records (judgments, chancery, and criminal causes), election records, ficudiary records, land records, military and pension records, tax and fiscal records, and wills.

Related Material

Additional Prince George 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.

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

Prince George County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

Public records--Virginia--Prince George County.

Geographical Names:

Prince George County (Va.)--History.

Genre and Form Terms:

Local government records--Virginia--Prince George County.

Contents List

Barcode number 0007761859: Court Records, 1733-1753

Order book page, 1753 (Acc. No. 26502), deeds, 1744 (Acc. Nos. 23654c, 23654d), will book pages, 1733 (Acc. No. 22643), will book pages, 1733 (negative photostat, Acc. No. 22347).

Barcode number 0007761879: Court Records, 1729-1849, undated

27 items consisting of an apprentice indenture, 1762 (Acc. No. 23423e), court records, 1729-1849 (Acc. Nos. 33737, 24325b, 22057i, 22057j, 26119, 24761), election records, 1776 (Acc. No. 23328c), fiduciary records, 1735-1837 (Acc. Nos. 22483a, 22483d, 22057g, 22057h, 22057e), land records, 1733-1843 (Acc. Nos. 33737, 22483b, 23654a-d), tax and fiscal records, 1726, undated (Acc. Nos. 33737, 33222), and wills, 1727-1768 (Acc. Nos. 23423c, 22483c, 19941, 19939, 19942, 19938, 23423a, 19940).

Barcode number 0007761904: Court Records, 1711-1879

Nine items consisting of court records, 1829-1835 (Acc. No. 23577b), fiduciary records, 1754, 1802 (Acc. Nos. 22057f, 22057d), land records, 1711-1879 (Acc. Nos. 23423b, 23654a-d, 13941), military and pension records, 1793-1814 (Acc. No. 23577a), and tax and fiscal records, 1810 (Acc. No. 26242). Includes Robert Bolling's surveyor's book, 1711-1721 and 62nd regiment courts martial, 1793-1814.