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Amelia County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1736-1890, consist of contracts or agreements binding out white, Black, or multiracial children, sometimes those who were orphaned, to learn a particular trade or craft. These indentures may be written agreements between the family of the apprentice and those responsible for the indentured. In many cases this includes the direct involvement of the Overseers of the Poor. They typically contain the name of the person or institution binding out, the person to whom bound, the name of the person being indentured, the length of the apprenticeship, and the responsibilities of the person taking on the indenture.

Amelia County (Va.) Bonds/Comissions/Oaths, 1735-1891 circa, typically consist of Apprentice Indentures, 1736-1890; Bonds, 1751-1870; Commissions, 1842-1886; Justice of the Peace Commissions, 1780-1842; Miscellaneous Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1736-1882; Oaths, undated, 1759-1870; Sheriff's Bonds, 1735-1849; Sheriff's Commissions, 1784-1843. Box also contains the following accessioned items: Official's Bond, 1854; Justice of the Peace Bond, 1804 and Oath, 1838 all with Accession number 37990, 37993 and 37995; Oaths of Allegiance, 1777-1778, with Accession number 37995.

Amelia County (Va.) Bonds/Comissions/Oaths, 1744-1771 circa, typically consist of bonds, commissions, oaths, certificates, and appointments related to holding public office. Some collections can include ministers' bonds.

Amelia County (Va.) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1868, consist of Freedmen's Bureau Apprenticeship Indentures, 1868.

Amelia County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1781, sometimes entitled certificates of nonimportation, contain information whereby an enslaver swears that they have not imported the enslaved person from Africa and that the enslaver has not brought the enslaved person into Virginia with the purpose of selling the enslaved person. The enslaved person is sometimes named, but not always, and occasionally information is given as to age, birthdate, and the state the individuals are moving from.

Amelia County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1738-1939, consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.

Amelia County (Va.) Deeds, 1734-1914, consist of deeds of bargain and sale, deeds of gift, mortgages, bills of sale, and deeds of trust. Included are eight boxes of processed and indexed material consisting of bills of sale and deeds,1743-1864, involving free and enslaved Black individuals.

Amelia County (Va.) Deeds of Emancipation, 1767-1859, includes deeds of emancipation and manumission that record the name of enslaver, the name of the enslaved person to be freed, the date the enslaved person shall achieve freedom, the date the manumission was proved or certified, and sometimes a reason why the enslaver decided to emancipate the enslaved person. The two methods of relinquishing ownership of an individual differ only in that enslavers directly freed their enslaved property by manumission. Deeds of emancipation could be generated after the enslaver's death by those executing a last will and testament.

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.

Amelia County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, 1736-1794 and undated. Consists of lists of tithable heads of household in the county for the years 1736-1794. Some list do not contain dates.