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Cocke and Gilliam Business Records, 1790-1913, records the activities of the law firm in and around Petersburg, Va., and consists of a ledger, 1873-1891; personal correspondence, 1870-1890; judgments, 1856-1874; indentures, 1806-1890; cancelled checks, 1879-1883; land title abstracts, 1879-1895; executions, 1825 and 1858; case briefs, 1870; jury lists, 1875 and 1878; and notary public bonds, executions, subpoenas, indictments, and declarations for the Hustings Court, Circuit Superior Court, and the Circuit Court of Petersburg, 1790-1913.

First Baptist Church (Petersburg, Va.) Baptism Register and Membership Directory, 1908-1911. The volume contains a list of individuals who were baptized and received into the church from 1908 to 1911. Each entry contains name, age, and street address. The list of baptisms (3 pages) is followed by an alphabetical list of names and addresses that appears to be a membership directory.

First Baptist Church (Petersburg, Va.) Minute Book, 1914. The volume contains minutes of regular monthly meetings from 1914 April 27 to 1914 December 7. Minutes note scripture lessons read, hymns sung, names of persons attending, and church business, such as reception and dismissal of members, committee reports and other business, and plans to repair the church building and parsonage.

Petersburg (Va.) Minute Books, 1781-1874, record all matters brought before the court on a daily basis when it was in session including but not limited to: civil and criminal suits, appointments of county officers, appointments of guardians and administrators, deed recordings, free negro registrations, naturalization registrations, and court fees. Clerks would transfer information from minute books to appropriate order book, deed book, fiduciary book, free negro register, etc. Collection includes minute books from Hustings Court.

Petersburg (Va.) Assessment and Reassessment Book and Land Book, 1890-1891. This volume consists of names, number of each lot in the city or description of the part of lot owned, name of the city in which the lot is situated, value of buildings on the lots, amount of taxes on the lots and buildings at 30 cents on every $100 value thereof, for the support of the government and the public free schools, an explanation of alterations during the preceding year especially from whom transferred and when and how the owner derived the lots and why and upon what authority any alteration was made, name of school districts, amount of taxes levied for city free and district free school purposes, name or the number of school districts and remarks.

Petersburg (Va.) Boisseau v. Butler Judgment, September 1841. Consists of bill, two warrants, and a memorandum from the debt case, Sarah P. Boisseau vs. Matthew P. Butler.

Petersburg (Va.) Cooke v. Hannon Judgment, November 1841. Consists of an assumpsit and a summons from the debt case, John B. Cooke vs. Richard F. Hannon.

Petersburg (Va.) Court Records, 1821-1851. The collection contains two letters and a will removed from Petersburg court records, as follows: a letter, with envelope, from Thomas G. Randolph to Thomas S. Gholson, 1850 Mar. 8, pertaining to a proposed settlement in an unamed suit; a letter from John M. Gregory to the Sergeant of the City of Petersburg seeking information about Pleasant Jordan in regards to a suit, Clopton vs. Jordan, 1851 June 30 ; and a copy of the last will and testament of Lucy Bolt, proven in Amelia County in 1821 and used as an exhibit in a Petersburg suit in 1832.

Petersburg (Va.) Marriage Bonds, Marriage Licenses, and Ministers' Returns, 1784-1871, record the following information: name of minister, name of church the minister served, name of bride and groom, date of marriage, race of bride of groom, and date marriage was submitted to court by minister or license issued by court.

Petersburg (Va.) Organization Records, 1785-1903, typically consist of appointments of trustees, minutes, and miscellaneous records of religious organizations, fraternal organizations, independent associations, and cooperatives.