Spotsylvania County (Va.) Records, 1700s circa-1972 (broken series)

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:

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Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Spotsylvania County (Va.) Records, 1700s circa-1972 (broken series.) Local government records collection, Spotsylvania County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Summary

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

Spotsylvania County (Va.) Records, 1700s circa-1972 (broken series.) Local government records collection, Spotsylvania County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Spotsylvania County (Va.) Records, 1700s circa-1972 (broken series), consist of the following series: Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Census Records, Clerk's Records, Court Records, Election Records, Judgments, Land Records, Organization Records (Church and fraternal organizations)Personal Documentations, Tax and Fiscal Records and Wills.

Folder contains Clerk's Correspondence, 1831; Index to Unidentified Docket (A-C), undated; Index to Unidentified Docket, undated; Minute Book, 2 p., 1795; Poll Book, 1865; Tobacco Warehouse Receipt, 1793; Fragments of Unidentified Will, 1700s circa

Volume contains Circuit Court Memorandum Book, 1868-1888; Notary Bonds, 1897-1949 and Poll Books, 1902-1903

Accession 43739 contains the following; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths Appointments, 1903-1906; Census Record, 1858, Clerk's Records, 1899; 1905, Court Records - Judgments, 1824, 1883; Court Records- Personal Documentation, 1908; 1911; undated, Election Records, 1899; Land Records, 1902; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, undated; Organization (Church and fraternal orgganizations), Church Trustees 1938-1972.

Biographical / historical:

Spotsylvania County was formed from Essex, King William, and King and Queen Counties by a statute adopted in 1720 to take effect on 1 May 1721. The county was named for Alexander Spotswood, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722.

Created by an act of 1720 to take effect on May 1, 1721. Many loose county court papers prior to 1839, when the courthouse moved from Fredericksburg to Spotsylvania Courthouse, are missing. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist. The district court, superior court, and circuit court records of Spotsylvania County from 1813 to 1889 are in Fredericksburg.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Spotsylvania County. Portions of the collection were transferred under the following accession number 43739.
Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
0.55 cu. ft. 1 folder, 1 .45 cu. ft. box and 1 v. Library of Virginia (Some records in this collection may be located at the State Records Center. Contact Archives Reference for access information, directions and hours.)