Norfolk County (Va.) Records, circa 1726-1936, undated

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:

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Preferred citation:

Norfolk County (Va.) Records, circa 1726-1936, undated. Local government records collection, Norfolk County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Summary

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

Norfolk County (Va.) Records, circa 1726-1936, undated. Local government records collection, Norfolk County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Norfolk County (Va.) Records, circa 1726-1936, undated, consist of the following series: Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, Miscellaneous Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Justice of the Peace Records, Military and Pension Records, Public Buildings and Grounds, County Administrative Records (subfield series include Commissioner of the Revenue Records, Overseers of the Poor Records and Treasurer's Records), Election Records, Organization Records, School Records, Wills, Court Records (subfield series include Judgments, Criminal Records and Clerks' Records) Fiduciary Records, Land Records and Business Records.

Bonds, Commissions, Oaths: Various Bonds, 1741-1838; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics: Marriage Articles, Contracts, Settlements, 1827-1837; Miscellaneous Records: Powers of Attorney, 1773-1897; Tax and Fiscal Records: Records, 1782-1890, Receipts, 1793-1837.

Justice of the Peace Records: Summons for Justices, 1821-1850; Bonds/Oaths/Commissions: Oath of Allegiance (1 item), 1848; Military and Pension Records: Officer Qualifications (2 items), 1833 and 1838; Public Buildings and Grounds, 1755-1913; Vital Statistics, Certificates of Death (2 items), 1832; Miscellaneous Records: Resolutions, 1839-1912. Unprocessed/Unarranged.

County Administrative Records: Commissioner of the Revenue Records, Overseers of the Poor Records and Treasurer's Records (1779-1899); Election Records; Military and Pension Records; Miscellaneous Records; Organization Records; School Records and Wills: Unrecorded Wills, n.d., 1809-1905.

Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1838; Court Records: Jugments: Ejectments, Criminal Records and Clerks' Records, 1726-1906 (includes plats used as exhibits in the suits, Hudson v. Harding, 1818; March et. al v. Tatem, 1832, Jourdan v. Walker, 1896); Fiduciary Records: Appraisements, Estate Accounts, 1750-1913; Land Records: 1817-1905; Tax and Fiscal Records, 1874.

Tax and Fiscal Records: Inheritance Tax Reports, circa 1915-1930; Bond Accounts, circa 1915 and County Claims, 1752-1771; School Records: Western Branch District School Bonds; circa 1919; Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships: Registrations - Fox Hall Dairy, 1931 and Pine Grove Dairy Farm, 1936; Military and Pension Records: Confederate Pension Records, 1903, 1909, 1915. L01-09-14-02-1

Biographical / historical:

Norfolk County (extinct) was named probably by Adam Thoroughgood, a local resident, for his native county in England. The county was formed from Lower Norfolk County in 1691. Norfolk County became extinct in 1963, when it was consolidated with the city of South Norfolk to form the city of Chesapeake.

Acquisition information:
Five boxes came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Chesapeake.
Physical location:
The Library of Virginia
Physical description:
5 boxes; 2 boxes found at State Records Center--Archives Annex, Library of Virginia and 3 boxes found at Library of Virginia.