Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Middlesex County (Va.) Circuit Court. Records, 1686-1875, Robert Alonzo Brock Collection, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Acquisition Information

The Robert Alonzo Brock Collection was filmed by The Huntington Library in cooperation with The Library of Virginia with funding provided by The Library of Virginia Foundation with the support of The Roller- Bottimore Foundation and The Robins Foundation. Microfilm received 15 April 2004.

Historical Information

Middlesex County was formed in 1669 from Lancaster County.

Scope and Content

Records, 1686-1875, of Middlesex County Circuit Court consist of a copy of an inventory and appraisement of Roger Jones' estate (1741), copy of the appraisement of Ralph and John Wormley's estate (1830), copy of Eleanor Wormley's will (1815), and extracts from deed books, will books, marriage records, inventories, and appraisements (1686-1825) that were copied by an unidentified individual in 1875.

Access Terms

Corporate Name

• Middlesex County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subject Terms

• African Americans--Virginia--Middlesex County.
• Public records--Virginia--Middlesex County.
• Slaves--United States
• Slaves--Virginia--Middlesex County.

Geographic Terms

• Middlesex County (Va.)--History.

Record Type

• Appraisals--Virginia--Middlesex County.
• Estate inventories--Virginia--Middlesex County.
• Land records--Virginia--Middlesex County.
• Marriage records--Virginia--Middlesex County.
• Wills--Virginia--Middlesex County.

Added Entry - Personal Name

• Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914, collector.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Originals are located at the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.