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Prince Edward County (Va.) District Court Papers, 1789-1809, consist of civil suits and commonwealth causes that were heard in the District Court of Prince Edward County. The majority of cases in this record series relate to matters of debt. Documents commonly found in civil suits include declarations or narratios that explain the plaintiff's complaint, executions, affidavits, and depositions. Suits may include exhibits such as wills, plats, deeds, indentures, estate inventories, and business records. Names of slaves are commonly found in the District Court papers. Additional types of suits heard by the District Court include land ejectment suits and petitions for freedom made by slaves.

Prince Edward County (Va.) Draft Preamble and Resolutions on the Death of John Randolph, 1833. The document is a draft of resolutions from the county court expressing appreciation to Randolph for his service on the bar and in public office.

Prince Edward County (Va.) Election Records, 1754-1789, contains polls, or lists of votes, for candidates running for office in Prince Edward County. The lists contain the first and last name of each voter. The collection contains polls for Mr. Walker and Joseph Morton, 1754 March 22; a poll for Charles Anderson, 1755 December 8; polls for Abner Nash, Charles Anderson, and Peter LeGrand at the election of Burgesses, 1758 July 17; and a poll for Abraham Venable, 1789.

Prince Edward County (Va.) County Judgments and Commonwealth Causes, 1814-1847, consist of three civil suits and two commonwealth causes heard in the County Court, Superior Court of Law, and the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery of Prince Edward County.

Prince Edward County (Va.) County Judgments (Freedom Suits), 1787, 1814, consist of two freedom suits. One is an inkjet copy of a freedom suit heard in Pittsylvania County court in 1787 - Deborah Payne versus Walter Guild. Payne used the record of the suit to prove her freedom in Prince Edward County District Court perhaps to receive a free negro certificate. The original is filed with Prince Edward County Free Negro and Slave Records, 1783-1865 (bulk 1801-1864). The second freedom suit titled Maria (alias Murier), a slave, and others versus Mary Moore (alias Molly Moore), 1787, 1814 April. Maria and over thirty of her children and grandchildren sued for their freedom from their owner Mary Moore (alias Molly Moore) on the basis that they were descendants of a Native American on the maternal side. They successfully won their freedom. The suit includes numerous depositions.

Prince Edward County (Va.) Lists of Inhabitants, 1782. The collection contains lists of souls in four districts and two militia companies. The lists of souls contain first and last name of the head of household and the number of whites and blacks in the household.

Prince Edward County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, 1767, 1773-1775, 1777, consists of lists of tithable heads of household in the county for the years 1767, 1773-1775, and 1777.

Prince Edward County (Va.) Minute Books, 1754-1903, 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.

Prince Edward County (Va.) Naturalization Records, 1908-1925, consists of Department of Commerce and Labor, Division of Naturalization, Petition and Record, 1908-1925, a standardized volume of naturalization records issued by the federal government. There were two primary types of naturalization volumes issued by the federal government: Declaration of Intention volumes and Petition volumes. Oftentimes, applicants were documented in both of these volume types within a locality, but that is not always the case. An applicant may have entered their declaration of intention in one locality before moving and completing their naturalization petition elsewhere.

Prince Edward County (Va.) Plan of the Town of Farmville, 1804 Oct. 15. The plan was made 1798 Jun 9 and recorded by the county court in 1804. It shows the location of the town on the south side of the Appomattox River and 56 numbered half-acre lots to be sold from land owned by Judith Randolph.