A Guide to the Westmoreland County (Va.) Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1700s-1956
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Barcode Numbers 1101693-1101694, 1101709-1101724, 1101797, 1176629-1176630
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
Westmoreland County (Va.) Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1700s-1956. Local government records collection, Westmoreland County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
These records came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court records from Westmoreland County.
Historical Information
Westmoreland County was named for the English county. It was formed from Northumberland County in 1653. The county seat is Montross.
Many loose papers were burned during the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Volumes that record deeds, court orders (except an order book for the period 1764-1776) and wills exist.
Scope and Content
Westmoreland County (Va.) Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1700s-1956, consist of Bond Books, a Commissioners' Account Book and unprocessed officials' bonds, and resignations and appointments.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged, in part, chronologically. The box material is Unprocessed.
Related Material
Additional Westomoreland County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.
Westmoreland County (Va.) is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Westmoreland County records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Digital Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.
Index Terms
- Westmoreland County (Va.) Circuit Court.
- Public records--Virginia--Westmoreland County.
- Westmoreland County (Va.)--History.
- Local government records--Virginia--Westmoreland County.