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Library of Virginia

The Library of Virginia
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Richmond, VA 23219
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State and local government records. Private Papers, including family records, personal papers, business, and organizational records. Prints & photographs, maps, architectural drawings & plans, state artwork, rare books.
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The Library of Virginia is one of the oldest agencies of Virginia government, founded in 1823 to preserve and provide access to the state's incomparable printed and manuscript holdings. Our collection, which has grown steadily through the years, is the most comprehensive resource in the world for the study of Virginia history, culture, and government.
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Start Over Repository Library of Virginia Subjects Petitions--Virginia--Powhatan County.
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Powhatan County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1780-1866

Powhatan County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1780-1866. The collection is comprised of free negro registrations, affidavits, and certificates, 1798-1866; and additional free negro and slave records, 1780-1865. Some items are photocopies of documents relating to slaves and free negroes that were located in other Powhatan court records.

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Powhatan County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1780-1866

Powhatan County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Powhatan County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1780-1866. The collection is comprised of free negro registrations, affidavits, and certificates, 1798-1866; and additional free negro and slave records, 1780-1865. Some items are photocopies of documents relating to slaves and free negroes that were located in other Powhatan court records.

Library of Virginia

Powhatan Lodge No. 123 Minute Book, 1874-1914 (bulk 1874-1881)

Powhatan Lodge No. 123 Minute Book, 1874-1914 (bulk 1874-1881). The volume contains minutes and proceedings of the Powhatan Lodge, A. F. & A.M., and the Powhatan Lodge, U.D., 1874-1881; and miscellaneous loose papers, 1880-1914. The minutes begin with a petition to form a lodge and a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Virginia, and continue with a record of attendance and proceedings of monthly meetings. Loose papers are comprised of copies of court records, including plats, from the eighteenth century, a list of licenses given to merchants, 1880-1881; business letterhead, scattered personal and clerk's correspondence of James A. Tillman, County Clerk, and scattered records (two draft letters and a draft meeting notice, and accounts) of the Ladies Aid Society, Fine Creek Church, 1884.

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Powhatan Lodge No. 123 Minute Book, 1874-1914 (bulk 1874-1881)

Powhatan County (Va.) Circuit Court

Powhatan Lodge No. 123 Minute Book, 1874-1914 (bulk 1874-1881). The volume contains minutes and proceedings of the Powhatan Lodge, A. F. & A.M., and the Powhatan Lodge, U.D., 1874-1881; and miscellaneous loose papers, 1880-1914. The minutes begin with a petition to form a lodge and a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Virginia, and continue with a record of attendance and proceedings of monthly meetings. Loose papers are comprised of copies of court records, including plats, from the eighteenth century, a list of licenses given to merchants, 1880-1881; business letterhead, scattered personal and clerk's correspondence of James A. Tillman, County Clerk, and scattered records (two draft letters and a draft meeting notice, and accounts) of the Ladies Aid Society, Fine Creek Church, 1884.

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