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Prince Edward County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1759-1875, are bonds and contracts of apprenticeship, showing the names of master and apprentice, the trade to be taught, details of the contract, the amount of the bond and the names of sureties. The collection includes apprentice indentures of free African Americans.

Prince Edward County (Va.) Bond, 1761. Consists of a bond from Thomas Bell and Henry Caldwell to Margret Littlejohn and John Fulton for nineteen shillings seven pence.

Prince Edward County (Va.) Business Record, 1859-1866, is comprised of a record created by individuals is pursuit of documenting business activities in and around Prince Edward County (Va.). Represented records largerly consists of an account book.

Prince Edward County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1754-1913, 1953-1953, 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.

Prince Edward County (Va.) citizens' claims of property lost to British army, 1782, includes inventories made by citizens of Prince Edward County that record a listing of their property they claimed was confiscated or destroyed by the British army under the command of General Charles Cornwallis in 1781. Information found in the inventories include name of property confiscated or destroyed, value of each piece of property, and name of individual making the claim. Examples of property found in the claims include slaves, horses, furniture, liquor, food, and vinegar.

Prince Edward County (Va.) Court Records, 1755-1940, consist of marriage and vital statistics records, fiduciary records, and wills.

Materials in the Library of Virginia’s collections contain historical terms, phrases, and images that are offensive to modern readers. These include demeaning and dehumanizing references to race, ethnicity, and nationality; enslaved or free status; physical and mental ability; religion; sex; and sexual orientation and gender identity.

Prince Edward County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1749-1956, 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.

Prince Edward County (Va.) Law Papers, 1856-1922, contain judgments and commonwealth causes from the circuit court.

Prince Edward County (Va.) Marriage Licenses, 1861-1870, is a record of marriage licenses issued by the county clerk throughout Prince Edward County in the mid-nineteenth century. All licenses follow a set form and include the following information: date of marriage, place of marriage, full names of both parties married, ages of both parties, condition of both parties, place of husband's birth, place of wife's birth, place of husband's residence, place of wife's residence, names of husband's parents, names of wife's parents and occupation of husband. Marriages between "free persons of color" and colored persons are noted between 1863 to 1870. There is no index for the volume.