Prince Edward County (Va.) County Court Records, 1760-1904

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

Summary

Creator:
Prince Edward County (Va.) Circuit Court
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Prince Edward County (Va.) County Court Records, 1760-1904, consist of various record types recorded in the county court. They include judgments, commonwealth causes, road and bridge records, land records, tax and fiscal records, election records, fiduciary records, jury records, overseer of the poor records, election records, health and medical records, bonds/commissions/oaths, justice of the peace records, public buildings and grounds records, school records, clerks' records, court finance records, and miscellaneous records. Not every kind of record exists for every year.

Chancery causes, coroners' inquisitions, deeds, election records, free negro and slave records, a memorial resolution to John Randolph, 1833, and a plat of the town of Farmville, 1804, were removed from these records and processed separately.

Biographical / historical:

Prince Edward County was named in honor of Edward Augustus, a son of Prince Frederick Louis, a grandson of George II, and a younger brother of George III. The county was formed from Amelia County in 1753. The county seat is Farmville.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Prince Edward County under the accession number 36278.
Physical description:
47.00 cu. ft. (47 boxes)