A Guide to the Mathews County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1948
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the Library of Virginia
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Preferred Citation
Mathews County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1948, Local government records collection, Mathews County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
This item came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Mathews County.
Historical Information
Mathews County was named for Thomas Mathews, of Norfolk, the Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1790 when the county was formed from Gloucester County.
Scope and Content
Mathews County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1948, consists of a transcript of the Commonwealth vs. Ranier.
Most records were burned in Richmond on 3 April 1865, where they had been moved for safekeeping during the Civil War.
Related Material
Additional Mathews County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."
See 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
- Mathews County (Va.) Circuit Court.
- Public records -- Virginia -- Mathews County.
- Mathews County (Va.) -- History.
- Local government records -- Virginia -- Mathews County.