A Guide to the Caroline County (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1846-1865 Caroline County (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1846-1865 1116109

A Guide to the Caroline County (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1846-1865

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Barcode numbers: 1116109

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Repository

The Library of Virginia

Barcode numbers

1116109

Title

Caroline County (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1846-1865

Physical Characteristics

1 v.

Collector

Caroline County (Va.) Circuit Court

Location

Library of Virginia

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Caroline County (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1846-1865. Local government records collection, Caroline County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Caroline County.

Caroline County was named for Caroline of Anspach, wife of King George II. It was formed from Essex, King and Queen, and King William Counties on 1 May 1728, and additional parts of King and Queen County were added in 1742 and in 1763. The county seat is Bowling Green.

Caroline County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Most loose records and deed books prior to 1836 and will books prior to 1853 were stolen, mutilated, and/or destroyed by Union troops who ransacked the courthouse in May 1864. A near-complete run of order books exists.

Two freeholders were appointed on order of the county court to procession or review the bounds of farms or tracts of land in each precinct in order to renew or replace old landmarks. This was originally a function of the church vestry, but was continued by the court after disestablishment. Persons who walked the boundaries were called processioners.

Scope and Content

Caroline County (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1846-1865 typically record an area of land processioned with geographical landmarks, roads, property lines noted, the names of the persons present, the date(s) when the processioning occurred, the names of the processioners, and the date that the return was recorded by the local court.