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Preferred Citation

Richmond County (Va.) Deed of Bargain and Sale, John Wormeley to Robert Wormeley Carter, 1784 Aug. 2. Local government records collection, Richmond County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 39918z.

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. It was formed from Old Rappahannock County in 1692. The county seat is Warsaw.

Some volumes were burned and mutilated through unknown causes; in addition, the will books prior to 1699 were missing as early as 1793, and order books for the period 1794-1816 are also missing. Numerous loose records prior to 1781 are missing as well.

Scope and Content

Richmond County (Va.) Deed of Bargain and Sale, John Wormeley to Robert Wormeley Carter, 1784 Aug. 2. The deed documents the sale of 1,475 acres of land in King and Queen County from John Wormeley to Robert Wormeley Carter of Sabine Hall, for three hundred pounds. The deed indicates the land previously belonged to Joseph King and his heirs, William Robinson and Mrs. Elizabeth Wormeley.

Related Material

Additional Richmond County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

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 available at Virginia Memory.

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

Index Terms

Family Names:

• Wormley family.

Corporate Names:

• Richmond County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Geographical Names:

• King and Queen County (Va.)--History--18th century.
• Richmond County (Va.)--History--18th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

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

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