Amherst County (Va.) Circuit Court. Records, 1791-1871

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

Should you wish to quote from or reproduce images of any of the materials, you must write to the Librarian of the Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108, requesting formal permission to do so. Please note that you do not have to obtain permission if you are quoting fewer than fifty words, or if you are only citing the document. Images made with microfilm-reader printers are for research use only and may not be used for publication without permission.

Preferred citation:

Amherst County (Va.) Circuit Court. Records, 1791-1871, Robert Alonzo Brock Collection, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Summary

Creator:
Robert Alonzo Brock
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Amherst County (Va.) Circuit Court. Records, 1791-1871, Robert Alonzo Brock Collection, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Records, 1791-1871, of Amherst County consist of Board of Supervisors records (1871), papers related to miscellaneous suits including judgments (1791, 1796, 1797, 1808, 1819, 1821, 1824, undated) and chancery causes (1835, 1836), fiduciary records (1829), land records (1792, 1796), will (1824), and clerks' fees (1815.)

Copy of decree and notice, 1836, in the chancery cause Matthew Rickets versus Edmind P. Sale.

Transcript, 1836, of chancery suit Robert S. Jefferson and another versus Pizarro Edmunds and others heard in Nelson County Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery.

Copy of inventory and appraisement, 1829, of the estate of Spencer Norvell.

Papers, 1791, 1792, 1796, 1797, related to Hugh Rose. They include miscellaneous judgments and a deed of trust.

Copy of will, 1824, of Joseph Kennedy.

Biographical / historical:

Amherst County was formed in 1761 from Albemarle County.

Acquisition information:
The Robert Alonzo Brock Collection was filmed by The Huntington Library in cooperation with The Library of Virginia with funding provided by The Library of Virginia Foundation with the support of The Roller- Bottimore Foundation and The Robins Foundation. Microfilm received 15 April 2004.
Physical description:
Miscellaneous reel 4608
Note:

This collection forms part of the Robert Alonzo Brock Collection at The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

This collection forms part of the Robert Alonzo Brock Collection at The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.