Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Albemarle County (Va.) Organization Records, circa 1815-1956. Local government records collection, Albemarle County Organization Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer from Albemarle County.

Historical Information

Albemarle County was named for William Anne Keppel, second earl of Albemarle, and governor of Virginia from 1737 to 1754. It was created by a statute of 1744 and formed from Goochland County; part of Louisa County was added in 1761 and islands in the Fluvanna (now the James) River in 1770. The court met for the first time on 8 February 1745. The county seat is the city of Charlottesville.

All order books except the first and many loose papers between 1748 and 1781 were destroyed by British general Banastre Tarleton’s raid on Charlottesville in 1781 during the Revolutionary War.

Albemarle County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Caroline 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 .

Scope and Content

Albemarle County (Va.) Organization Records, circa 1815-1956, typically consist of appointments of trustees, minutes, and miscellaneous records of religious organizations, fraternal organizations, independent associations, and cooperatives.

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.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Albemarle County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Public records--Virginia--Albemarle County.

Geographical Names:

• Albemarle County (Va.)--History.

Genre and Form Terms:

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

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