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Petersburg (Va.) Land Tax Books, 1820-1871, may include the following entries arranged in columns: name of owner and residence; estate (whether held in fee simple for life, etc.) as well as number of acres and name of tract; description of the land, as to water courses, mountains, and contiguous tracts; value of the land, including buildings, sum added to the land on account of buildings, and the total values of the land and buildings; amount of tax on the whole tract at the legal rate and amount of tax for county purposes; explanation of alterations during the preceding year, especially from whom transferred and when and how the owner derived the land.

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.) Marriage Registers, 1850-1872, record the following information: date marriage license issued by court, names of bride and groom, race, name of person consenting to marriage.

Petersburg (Va.) Ministers' Returns, 1850-1872, record marriages performed by ministers and submitted to local court to be certified. Information recorded included name of minister, name of church the minister served, name of bride and groom, date of marriage, and date marriage was submitted to court by minister.

Petersburg (Va.) Naturalization Records, 1907-1918, consist of two volumes of certificates of naturalization, one volume of declarations of intention, and one volume of petitions for naturalization.

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.

Petersburg (Va.) Police Court Docket, 1914-1928, records the activities of the police court and gives information about the name of the person charged, justice of the peace who dealt with the offense, and any fees or fines associated with the charge. Not recorded is the nature of the crime committed. There is no index.

Petersburg (Va.) Records, circa 1785-1959, undated, consist of the following series: City Administrative Records (subfield series include City Council Records, Sheriffs' and Sergeant's Records, Commissioner of the Revenue Records, Overseers of the Poor Records, and Treasurers' Records), Tax and Fiscal Records, Court Records(subfield series include Criminal Records, Judgments, Clerks' Records, Chancery Records, Personal Documentation and Court Finance), Justice of the Peace Records, Fiduciary Records, School Records, Election Records, Land Records, Wills, Miscellaneous Records, Bond/Commissions/Oaths, Business Records, Military and Pension Records, Marriage Records, Organization Records and Road and Bridge Records.

Petersburg (Va.) Register of Deaths, 1853-1871, contains the name of the deceased; the race and sex; the date and place of death; notations regarding enslaved people and the names of holders of enslaved people; name of the disease or cause of death; age at death (years, months and days); place of birth; occupation; marital status; name of parents of the deceased; name of person giving the information; and description of the informant (whether a physician, consort, head of the family or friend).

Petersburg (Va.) Registers of Births, 1853-1896, contain headings for: date and place of birth; name of child (if named); color (if "colored," whether enslaved or free); sex; whether born alive or dead; name of father or owner; father's occupation; father's residence (county or locality in the county); mother's name; how many infants at this birth (whether this was a multiple birth); deformities or any circumstances of interest; name of the person giving the information; and the relation of the informant to the person born.