Middlesex County (Va.) Judgments and Ended Causes, 1754-1818 (bulk 1784-1802)

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
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Richmond, VA 23219
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Preferred citation:

Middlesex County (Va.) Judgments and Ended Causes, 1754-1818 (bulk 1784-1802). Local government records collection, Middlesex County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

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

Middlesex County (Va.) Judgments and Ended Causes, 1754-1818 (bulk 1784-1802). Local government records collection, Middlesex County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Middlesex County (Va.) Judgments and Ended Causes, 1754-1818 (bulk 1784-1802), contain civil cases in which justice was administered on the strictly formulated rules of common law. The majority of cases in this record series relate to matters of debt.

All chancery causes found in this collection were removed and processed as a separate collection.

Barcode Number 1048894 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1754-1758, Box 8. Barcode Number 1048883 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1759-1765, Box 9. Barcode Number 1048892 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1765-1767, Box 10.

Barcode Number 1048882 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1767-1768, Box 11. Barcode Number 1048889 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1768-1770, Box 12. Barcode Number 1048894 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1770-1771, Box 13.

Barcode Number 1048888 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1772-1773, Box 14. Barcode Number 1048890 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1773-1775, 1777-1778, Box 15. Barcode Number 1048895 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1778-1780, 1884-1885, Box 16.

Barcode Number 1048897 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1786, Box 17. Barcode 1048898 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1787-1788, Box 18. Barcode Number 1048893 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1788-1789, Box 19.

Barcode Number 1048885 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1789-1791, Box 20. Barcode Number 1048900 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1792-1794, Box 21. Barcode Number 1048901 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1794-1795, Box 22.

Barcode Number 1048902 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1796-1797, Box 23. Barcode Number 1138005 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1797, Box 24. Barcode Number 1048908 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1798, Jan-June, Box 25.

Barcode Number 1048909 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1798 July-1799 May, Box 26. Barcode Number 1048904 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1799, Box 27. Barcode Number 1048903 contains Judgments and Ended Causes, 1800-1802, 1818, Box 28.

Biographical / historical:

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

Numerous loose records from the nineteenth century including chancery, Judgments and Ended Causes, and commonwealth causes are missing. Most volumes including deed books, will books, and order books exist because court clerk Philemon T. Woodward removed them from the courthouse for safekeeping during the Civil War.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Middlesex County.
Arrangement:

Chronological

Physical location:
State Records Center-Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
Physical description:
7.35 cu. ft. (21 boxes)