Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Westmoreland County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1700-1959. Local government records collection, Westmoreland County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments 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.) Fiduciary Records, 1700-1959, consist of 13 boxes of Inventories and Accounts, 1 box of mixed Fiduciary (Executors', Administrators', Committee and Guardians' bonds) and Bonds/Commissions/Oaths ( Officials' Bonds), 3 boxes of Executors', Administrators' and Guardians' Bonds, 2 boxes of Estate Sales, 2 Record Center boxes of Administrators' Bonds, 1 vol. of Administrators' and Executors' Bonds, 2 vols. of Records of Fiduciaries, 2 vols. of Guardians' Bonds and 1 box of UNPROCESSED Fiduciary Records (1786-1900s).

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically. One box (1176628) 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

Corporate Names:

• Westmoreland County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Public records--Virginia--Westmoreland County.

Geographical Names:

• Westmoreland County (Va.)--History.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Local government records--Virginia--Westmoreland County.

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