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Albemarle County (Va.) Register of Marriages and Convicts, 1888-1928, is divided into two separate sections. The first section, pages 1-6, covers a register of marriages recorded in the county from 1888-1899. These pages include the date of the marriage license, the date of the marriage, the names and ages of the bride and groom and the name of the person giving consent. The second section, pages 7-17 and 40-49, is a register of convicts from 1894-1928. This list is comprehensive and includes the convict's name and/or alias, place of residence, color (race), height, weight, eye color, hair color, age, distinguishing marks, occupation, crime committed, date of crime, court and term of court, order book and page number of conviction, punishment and whether pardoned for crime. Individuals with prior convictions are found on pages 40-46. In addition, there is a list of persons convicted in 1907 pasted on the inside of the front cover of the volume.

Alexandria (Va.) Convict Register, 1870-1924, is a "descriptive list of persons convicted of a felony, or other infamous offences, in the Corporation Court of Alexandria, Virginia, since November 2nd, 1870." Based on a set form, the listings of each conviction include the individual's name in full and any aliases, the present and last known residence of the accused, the color or race of the individual (including white, black, mulatto, dark, bright, colored, negro, light brown or dark brown), the individual's height, eye color, hair color and any identifying marks, the apparent or known age of the accused, his or her occupation, the offence, the court in which convicted, the date of conviction and page of record and whether the judgment was reversed or pardon granted and date thereof. The volume has 98 leaves but there are numerous blank pages between entries. The entries for leaves 1-6 include the convict's full name and are arranged by date of conviction. Leaves 7-98 contain entries arranged by the convict's surname (A-Y) according, for the most part, to the date of his conviction for the offense listed. Five, undated, loose entries are found at the front of the volume. Instead of a court conviction, sometimes an individual was convicted by a Justice of the Peace.

Amherst County (Va.) Record of Convicts, 1871-1903, is a comprehensive register of convicted felons for the county in the nineteenth century. This register includes the name in full of the convict and whether there are any aliases, the present and last known residence of the accused, the color or race of the individual (including white, black, brown and mulatto), the individual's height, eye color, hair color and any identifying marks, the apparent and known age of the criminal, his or her occupation, the offense, the court in which the offense was committed, the date of the committment and age of record of the individual and whether the judgment was reversed or pardon granted and the date thereof.

Gloucester County (Va.) Charity School Records, 1826-1922 (bulk 1826-1884) are a series of volumes dealing with the care and education of the poor in Gloucester County, Virginia. The volumes contain information on local individuals and businesses that provided services or food to the poor, who the trustees and officers of the school were and the names of local residents that were permitted to take out loans. A few of the volumes contain loose papers as well. These volumes provide an excellent overview of how the economic, social and educational life of the county was impacted in the period before public education, the establishment of a banking system in the county and at a time when Virginians, by and large, were very poor during the post-Civil War reconstruction period. Due to their historical content, these records are rare in nature.

Gloucester County (Va.) Register of Convicts, 1871-1885, is a comprehensive register of "every person convicted in the County Court or other Court of Record of Gloucester County, of Felony, or other infamous offence." Based on a form, the listings of each conviction include the individual's name in full and any aliases, the present and last known residence of the accused, the color or race of the individual (including white, black, tawney and mulatto), the individual's height, eye color, hair color and any identifying marks, the apparent or known age of the accused, his or her occupation, the offence, the court in which convicted, the date of conviction and page of record and whether the judgment was reversed or pardon granted and date thereof. Page 5 of the volume is blank.

The Hanover County (Va.) Election Records, 1879-1966, consists of 133 volumes of rolls and lists of registered voters along with county poll books for general, primary, and local option elections.

Henrico County (Va.) Moore Street Missionary Baptist Church Minute Book and Ministers' Aid Society Ledger, 1875-1882, includes a Minute Book, 1875-1881, that contains a handwritten index in the front. The volume records the meetings with the church moderator and clerk about church business. In addition, the volume includes financial information such as bills due, subscriptions, the pastor's salary, the expenses paid, the collections received, a list of deceased members, names of the church sisters and a list of new members. Loose papers, dating from 1887 and 1888, are found between pages 21 and 22. These papers refer to the industrial school found on the church grounds. There are 156 pages in this volume.

Henrico County (Va.) Record of Convicts, 1870-1944, is a comprehensive register of "every person convicted in the County Court or other Court of Record of Henrico County, of Felony, or other infamous offence." Based on a form, the listings of each conviction include the individual's name in full and any aliases, the present and last known residence of the accused, the color or race of the individual (including white, black or colored, brown and mulatto), the individual's height, eye color, hair color and any identifying marks, the apparent or known age of the accused, his or her occupation, the offence, the court in which convicted, the date of conviction and page of record and whether the judgment was reversed or pardon granted and date thereof. There is an internal index to the volume. The index is arranged alphabetically by the surname of the convict, A-Z and notes the race of the individual in parentheses. Instead of a court conviction, sometimes an individual was convicted by a Justice of the Peace.

New Kent County (Va.) Convict Register, 1888-1856, is a "descriptive list of persons convicted of a felony, or other infamous offences, in the County Court of New Kent County, Virginia since 2 November 1888." Based on a set form, the listings of each conviction include the individual's name in full and any aliases, the present and last known residence of the accused, the color or race of the individual (with a c for colored and a w for white), the individual's height, eye color, hair color and any identiying marks, the apparent of known age of the accused, his or her occupation, the offence, the court in which convicted, the date of conviction and page of record and whether the judgment was reversed or pardon granted and date thereof. The volume had 216 pages but there are only entries on pages 1-7 and 9. The entries include the convict's full name and are arranged by date of conviction. On page 5 is found a copy of a newspaper article highlighting an escape from Southhampton State Prison Farm on 21 April of unidentified year. At the beginning, the volume contains an index. Volume has been damaged by water.

Newport News (Va.) Voters' Register, 1902-1903, records the roll of registered voters in Newport News. The volumes are divided by wards, first through seventh, and within each ward on the basis of color. Information found in the volumes includes date of registration; number of registered voter; name of registered voter; date of birth; age; occupation; residence; length of residence in state, county, and precinct; whether exempt from poll tax; if naturalized, and if so, date of papers and by what court issued; if transferred from another precinct, and if so, when and to what precinct.