Middlesex County (Va.) Court Records, 1821-1848

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:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Middlesex County (Va.) Court Records, 1821-1848. Local government records collection, Local Government Records Replevin Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Middlesex County (Va.) Circuit Court
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Middlesex County (Va.) Court Records, 1821-1848. Local government records collection, Local Government Records Replevin Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Middlesex County (Va.) Court Records, 1821-1848. The collection contains 17 documents removed from Middlesex County court records: a copy of a Gloucester County deed between Francis Whiting and Stanley Hudnall, 1821; a letter from a chancery cause with the surname Berry, 1839; a copy of a court order to record a deed, 1839; a notice to take the deposition of Carter Braxton and others for a Superior Court of Law and Chancery case Administrator of John Bassett vs. Richard Jones and wife and others, 1839; a copy, 1842, of a deed of manumission from Benjamin Hurd freeing his wife Betsy, and her two children Joshua and Moses, 1842, and three judgments in debt against the estate of Hurd, 1843; nine letters to the law firm McGill and Woodward pertaining to debts owed to a Baltimore firm, Magruder and Dalrymple, 1842-1845; a subpoena from the chancery cause Gatewood's Administrator vs. Montague and others, 1845; a judgment, Sarah Kerr vs. Executor of John R. Carlton, 1847; and a judgment, Larkin Hundley vs. Administrator of Parry, 1848.

Biographical / historical:

Middlesex County probably was named for the English county. It was formed from Lancaster County about 1669.

These records were replevined by the Library of Virginia following the trial entitled Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Larry I. Vass heard in Henrico County Circuit Court in November 1972.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in 2004 in a transfer.
Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
34 p.