A Guide to the Powhatan County (Va.) Judgments (Condemnations), 1839-1853
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the Library of Virginia
Barcode numbers: 0007283309 and 0007283311
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
Powhatan County (Va.) Judgments (Condemnations), 1839-1853. Local government records collection, Powhatan County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
Acquisition Information
These items came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Powhatan County under the accession numbers 41545 and 41547.
Historical Information
Powhatan County was named for the paramount chief of the Powhatan Indians in the tidewater of Virginia in the late sixteenth and early years of the seventeenth century. It was formed from Cumberland County in 1777, and part of Chesterfield County was added in 1850. The county seat is Powhatan.
Scope and Content
Powhatan County (Va.) Judgments (Condemnations), 1839-1853, consist of judgments related to the taking of private property for the construction of railroad lines through the power of eminent domain. The plaintiffs in these suits were Etna Coal Comapany and Richmond and Danville Railroad Company. The suits include plats of the property in controversy. The collection includes a suit in which plaintiff sought to recover damages done to his property due to the construction of a dam by the defendant. The suit includes a drawing of the dam.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Related Material
Additional Powhatan County Judgments are found at the Library of Virginia. The collection is unprocessed.
Additional Powhatan County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."
Index Terms
- Powhatan County (Va.). Circuit Court.
- Civil procedure -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Coal trade -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Dams -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Eminent domain -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Railroad companies -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Powhatan County (Va.) -- History.
- Architectural drawings (visual works) -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Decisions -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Judicial records -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Local government records -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Plats -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.