Amelia County (Va.) Fiduciary Records 1736-1950, undated

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Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
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Preferred citation:

Amelia County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1736-1950, undated. Local government records collection, Amelia County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

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

Amelia County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1736-1950, undated. Local government records collection, Amelia County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Amelia County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1736-1950, undated, include miscellaneous records filed in a local court by trustees, administrators, executors, guardians, and committees that related to the performance of their duties managing a person's estate. These records typically include the following; bonds, appraisements, audits, inventories, accounts, estate divisions, settlements, dowery records, etc. Information related to enslaved people are commonly found in these records.

Administrators' Bonds, 1736-1779(broken series); 1780-1791, 1810-1830; 1833-1845

Administrators' Bonds, 1847-1849, 1851-1853; Agreements, 1808, 1815, 1838, 1842; Appraisements and Divisions, 1787; Committee Accounts, 1830; Committee Bonds, 1799-1897(broken series); Counter Security, 1767; Curator's Bonds, 1818-1851(broken series); Division of Estates, 1780-1835(broken series); Division of Slaves, 1813, 1855; Dower Assisgnment, 1798-1799, 1819; Estate Account, 1807; Estate of 1739-1881(broken series); Executors' Bonds, 1737-1782(broken series). Box also contains following accessioned item: Division of Estate of Edward Hudson, 1815 with Accessions 37990, 37993, 37995. Also Includes folder with various Fiduciary Records 1745, 1781, 1787, 1794 (4 documents). Documents from 1781 and 1794 belong to Accession 41507. For an additional Estate Account, 1744, see Oversized Box 8.

Guardians' Bonds, 1838-1853(broken series); Homestead Papers, 1870, 1872, 1875; Inventories and Appraisements, 1757-1791(broken series); List of Certificates for Obtaining Probates and Administrations, undated, 1754-1755, 1846, 1849; Miscellaneous Fiduciary Records, undated, 1741-1897(broken series); Petition to Appoint Administrators, 1835; Receiver's Bond, 1834; Refunding Bonds, 1826-1858(broken series). For a list of guardians appointments, 1738-1753 with Accession 37995, see Oversized Box 11. Fiduciary Bonds can also be found in Oversized Book 1, Miscellaneous Bond Book, 1853.

Guardians' Bonds, undated, 1756-1770; 1776-1805,

Accounts Current, 1778-1861(broken series). Box also contains following item: Accounts Current of Estate of P. Anderson, 1826 with Accession 37990, 37993, 37995.

Executors' Bonds, 1783-1830; 1833-1853(broken series)

A Refunding Bonds, 1859, 1861; Sales of Estate of 1798, 1838; Sales Account of Estate of 1832; Sales and Accounts Current, 1843; Security, 1809-1872(broken series), Settlements of Estates, 1819, 1827, 1844-1858; 1854-1859; Trustee Accounts, 1826-1838; Trustee Appointment, 1895, Trustee Bond, 1847.

Guardians' Bonds, 1806-1830; 1833-1837

Guardians' Accounts, 1807-1810, 1820, 1830-1831, 1844-1855, 1861

Estate Accounts, 1950; Fiduciary Accounts, 1949, Fiduciary Settlements, 1949-1950

Biographical / historical:

Amelia County was named for Amelia Sophia Eleanora, daughter of King George II. It was formed from Prince George and Brunswick Counties by an act passed in 1734 to take effect on 25 March 1735. The county court first met on 9 May 1735.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Amelia County as part of accessions 40724 and 41504.
Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
64.75 cu.ft.