A Guide to the Albemarle County (Va.) Records, circa 1744-1956, undated
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Preferred Citation
Albemarle County (Va.) Records, circa 1744-1956, undated. Local government records collection, Albemarle County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
Acquisition Information
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Albemarle County.
Historical Information
Albemarle County was named for William Anne Keppel, second earl of Albemarle and governor of the Virginia colony from 1737-1754. The county was formed from Goochland County in 1744, and part of Louisa County and certain islands in the Fluvanna River, now called the James, were added later.
All order books, except the first, and many loose papers, created between 1748 and 1781, were destroyed during the Revolutionary War by British general Banastre Tarleton's raid on Charlottesville in 1781.
Scope and Content
Albemarle County (Va.) Records, circa 1744-1956, undated, consist of the following series: Court Records (subfield series include Judgments, Criminal Records, Clerks' Records, Court Finance, Jury Records, Personal Documentation, Dockets and Chancery Records), Road and Bridge Records, County Administrative Records (subfield series include Board of Supervisors Records, Overseer of the Poor Records, Sheriffs' Records and Treasurer's Records), Land Records, Business Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Fiduciary Records, Miscellaneous Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, Organization Records, Town Adminstrative Records, School Records, Election Records, Justice of the Peace Records, Health and Medical Records and Military and Pension Records. Some boxes contain UNPROCESSED records.
Related Material
Additional Albemarle County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm" found on the Library of Virginia's web site.
Albemarle County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Albemarle County Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection .
For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note .
Index Terms
- Albemarle County (Va.) Circuit Court.
- Public records--Virginia--Albemarle County.
- Albemarle County (Va.)--History.
- Local government records--Virginia--Albemarle County.
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Contents List
Court Records: UNPROCESSED Judgments, 1871-1876, Transcript - judgment suit - Albemarle Oil and Gas Co. vs. T.P. Peyton, 1924, UNPROCESSED Commonwealth Causes, 1908-1910; Road and Bridge Records, 1794 County Administrative Records:Board of Supervisor Records: Road and Bridge Records, 1933; Land Records: Maps - blueprints, UNPROCESSED Deeds, 1870; Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships: Unidentified plumber's ledgers, 1895-1897, Unidentified bank checkbook, 1886, Correspondence - Toothill Manufacturing Co., 1897; Tax and Fiscal Records, 1897.
Court Records: Judgments, Commonwealth Causes, Criminal Records, Executions, etc., 1805-1910; Tax and Fiscal Records, 1905-1906; Fiduciary Records, 1906, 1908. No chancery. UNPROCESSED.
Miscellaneous Records: Estray books, 1748-1854; Court Records: Transcripts of following Judgment suits Ludeman versus Dutar, 1921, King Lumber Company versus Faulconer, 1921, Admx. of Bowers versus Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company, 1917; Meyers Manufacturing Company versus King Lumber Company, 1915; Dun versus Chaloner, 1920; Exhibit - Deed, Southern Railway Company to Central Trust Company of New Yory, 1894; Witness attendance book, 1863-1890; Fee and Civil Records, 1937; Business Records: Samuel Lewis Account Book, 1839-1855; Racket Store Bank Book, 1929-1932
Court Records: Judgments and Dockets, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Land Records, Wills. Chancery pulled.
Court Records: Judgments, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Land Records. Chancery pulled.
Fiduciary Records: Appointments of Trustees and Letters of Administration; Court Records: Reports of Commissioners and Name Changes; Bonds; Business Records: Partnership Papers; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics: Marriage Contracts.
Court Records (Judgments, Clerk's Fees and Jury Records), Land Records, County Administrative Records (Electoral Board and School Board), Election Records, Tax and Fiscal Records. Chancery pulled.
Court Records: Judgments, Fiduciary Records, Organizational records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths. Chancery pulled.
Agreement Report of Division, DB 64, p. 67; Amendment to the Constitution of By laws of Building Association, 1868,; Appointment of Trustee under Deed of Trust, 1907; Assignment of Bankrupt's Effects, 1867-1888; Bankruptcies recorded in Deed Book; Bonds; Contracts; Deed of Release, Deed of Trust, 1899; Deeds, 1874,1877; Boundaries, 1912; Extract of DB 123, p.463 (1902); Judgment, Condemnation 1907; Renunciation, 1862; Survey Reports; Law Orders substituting of Trustee, 1907-1914. All pulled from Albemarle Deeds.
Court Records: Judgments, Road and Bridge Records, County Adminstrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths.
Court Records: Judgments, Miscellaneous Records, Road and Bridge Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Town Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths.
Miscellaneous Records, Court Records: Judgments, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Tax and Fiscal Records. UNPROCESSED.
Land Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Fiduciary Records, Road and Bridge Records, Court Records, Miscellaneous Records. UNPROCESSED.
Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Court Records, Road and Bridge Records, Tax and Fiscal Records.
Court Records: Judgments and Bonds/Commissions/Oaths.
Road and Bridge Records, Miscellaneous Records, Fiduciary Records, UNPROCESSED.
Road and Bridge Records, Miscellaneous Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Court Records, UNPROCESSED.
Tax and Fiscal Records, Court Records, Fiduciary Records, UNPROCESSED.
Road and Bridge Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Court Records, County Administrative Records: Sheriff's Records, Tax and Fiscal Records.
Miscellaneous Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, UNPROCESSED.
Miscellaneous Records, Court Records, Road and Bridge Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, UNPROCESSED.
Tax and Fiscal Records, Miscellaneous Records, Fiduciary Records, UNPROCESSED.
Land Records, Road and Bridge Records, Court Records, Fiduciary Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Miscellaneous Records, School Records, UNPROCESSED.
Miscellaneous Records, Court Records, Fiduciary Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, UNPROCESSED.
Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Fiduciary Records, Miscellaneous Records, Tax and Fiscal, Road and Bridge Records, UNPROCESSED.
Tax and Fiscal Records, Road and Bridge Records, Miscellaneous Records, School Records, Fiduciary Records, UNPROCESSED.
Tax and Fiscal Records, School Records, Election Records, Miscellaneous Records, Fiduciary Records, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, UNPROCESSED.
Fiduciary Records, Court Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, School Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths.
School Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Road and Bridge Records, Election Records, Miscellaneous Records, Fiduciary Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Court Records, UNPROCESSED.
Tax and Fiscal Records, Road and Bridge Records, Court Records, County Administrative Records: Sheriff's Records, Miscellaneous Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, School Records, Election Records, UNPROCESSED.
Miscellaneous Records, Road and Bridge Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Election Records, School Records, UNPROCESSED.
Fiduciary Records, Court Records, School Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths.
Court Records, Fiduciary Records, Road and Bridge Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, School Records, UNPROCESSED.
Road and Bridge Records, School Records, Election Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Miscellaneous Records, Court Records, UNPROCESSED.
Tax and Fiscal Records, Road and Bridge Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Court Records, Miscellaneous Records, School Records, UNPROCESSED.
Miscellaneous Records, Land Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, UNPROCESSED.
County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Fiduciary Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Election Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, UNPROCESSED.
Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Fiduciary Records, Court Records, School Records--includes the Lectures of Professor John B. Minor.
Court Records, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Fiduciary Records.
Court Records, Election Records, Miscellaneous Records, Fiduciary Records, Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Land Records: Deeds, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records. UNPROCESSED.
Election Records, Court Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records and Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Land Records:Deeds, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Fiduciary Records, Marriage Records and Vital Statistics. UNPROCESSED.
Court Records, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Election Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Fiduciary Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths. UNPROCESSED.
County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, County Administrative Records: Treasurer's Records, Fiduciary Records, Miscellaneous Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, School Records. UNPROCESSED.
Court Records and Miscellaneous Records.
County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, School Records--includes records of the Miller Manual Labor School, Tax and Fiscal Records, Fiduciary Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Miscellaneous Records, Court Records. UNPROCESSED.
County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Fiduciary Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Tax and Fiscal Records, School Records, Court Records. UNPROCESSED.
Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Court Records, Miscellaneous Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, School Records, County Adminstrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records. UNPROCESSED.
Tax and Fiscal Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Fiduciary Records, Court Records. UNPROCESSED.
Miscellaneous Records, Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Court Records, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records, Organization Records--includes records of the Northwestern Masonic Aid Association. UNPROCESSED.
Election Records, Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships, Court Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records. UNPROCESSED.
Court Records, Miscellaneous Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships. UNPROCESSED.
Court Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records. UNPROCESSED.
Court Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Election Records, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records. UNPROCESSED
Court Records, Miscellaneous Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Tax and Fiscal Records, Land Records. UNPROCESSED.
Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships, Land Records, Miscellaneous Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, School Records, Court Records. UNPROCESSED.
County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Miscellaneous Records, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records, Court Records. UNPROCESSED.
Tax and Fiscal Records, Court Records, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships. UNPROCESSED.
School Records and Election Records.
Tax and Fiscal Records, Justice of the Peace Records, School Records, Road and Bridge Records, dates undetermined.
Land Records, County Administrative Records: Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records, Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships, Tax and Fiscal Records. Includes newspaper clippings.
CIVIL WAR ERA Box 5: Justice of the Peace Records: Constable's Records, 1858; Business Records: Contracts and Agreements, 1858-1866; Health and Medical Records, 1858-1870; Miscellaneous Records: Estray Papers, 1858-1968; Business Records: Fire Co. Papers, 1866; Military and Pension Records: Impressment Papers, 1864; Court Records: Jailer's Records, 1858-1870; Miscellaneous Papers, 1867; County Administrative Records: Overseers of the Poor, 1858-1871; Land Records: Petition for Exemption from Fence Law, 1866-1877.
Bonds/Oaths/Commissions: Commission of John M. White judge of 8th Judicial Circuit (1904); Certification of Mijacah Woods as Justice of the Peace (n.d.); Court Records: General District Court Docket, (1789); Court Records: Personal Documentation: certificate of character for Richard [Snow?] (1845); Court Records: Personal Documentation: Declarations of intent (1822-1852); Tax and Fiscal Records: Schedule of John Jordan's property (n.d.)
Court Records: Correspondence re: George S. Shackelford, attorney at law, 1880-1881; Letters related to incarceration of Daniel Johnson, 1907; Gilmer family genealogical charts; Organization Records: Catalogue of the Ellerslie Yearlings - Property of Arthur B. Hancock, 1916; All God's Children - pamphlet published by Albemarle Child Welfare Association, no date; Court Records: Copy of answer - Fluvanna County Chancery Cause, James Johnson vs. Nicholas Johnson, 1823; Judgments: Debt account - Colonel T. J. Randolph to William Jeffries, 1874; Deposition - unidentified Judgemnt suit; Court Records: Grand Jury Presentment, no date.
Fiduciary Records (estate), 1790-1807; Road and Bridge Records, 1855, 1857; Land Records: 1834, 1845, 1855; Court Records: Judgments: Johnson vs. Admr of Hunter, 1816.