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York County (Va.) Chancery Cause, Kate Nelson vs. Martha Bryan, 1885. This cause concerns a dispute over the ownership of the Nelson House in Yorktown, VA. Plaintiff Kate Nelson was the daughter of William Nelson the Elder (died 1849) and had inherited the house at the death of her brother William Nelson the Younger in 1877. The defendant in the case was the widow of William Nelson the Elder who had subsequently married George W. Bryan. Martha Bryan had a life right to live in the house which was then sold by her second husband to her son William Nelson the Younger. Various other court suits over the house are mentioned.

York County (Va.) Chancery Cause Mutual Assurance Society Against Fire on Buildings of the State of Virginia vs. Kate Nelson, etc., 1887. This cause concerns a dispute between the Mutual Assurance Society and the heirs of William Nelson (the Elder) over unpaid insurance bills for the years 1862-1885 for the Nelson House in Yorktown.

York County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1768-1891, 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.

York County (Va.) Convict Register, 1889-1951, is a list of "persons convicted of felony or other infamous offences" in the county. Based on a set form, the listings of each conviction include the individual's name in full and any aliases, the present and last known residence of the accused, the color or race of the individual (including white and colored), the individual's height, eye color, hair color and any identifying marks, the apparent or known age of the accused, his or her occupation, the offence, the court in which convicted, the date of conviction and page of record and whether the judgment was reversed or pardon granted and date thereof. Once such individual was Hezekiah Cook. He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in April 1913. Governor Byrd restored his civil rights in September 1928.

York County (Va.) County Administrative Records, 1880-1997 (bulk 1912-1997), consist of three record categories: Board of Supervisors' Papers, 1921-1953; an annual report of the Superintendent of the Poor, 1880 and School Board Minutes, 1912-1997.

York County (Va.) Election Records consist of polls taken in the county: May 1852 for sheriff and May 1859 for Governor, Lt. Gov. etc

York County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1745-1884, consist of 6 boxes of Guardians' Accounts, Bonds and Receipts; 1 box of Administrators' and Executors' Bonds and 3 boxes and 1 oversized box of Appraisements, Inventories, Accounts of Sales, Estate Claims and Settlements.

York County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1806-1861. The collection contains a petition to allow John Wallace DeRozaro, a free person of color, to keep firearms, 1806; an affidavit certifying the emancipation of Joe from Sarah Cary, 1811; William Newman's application to remain in the state as a free man, 1817; two depositions relative to the desertion of slave Prince to the British, 1822; a bill of sale for the sale of Billy, formerly belonging to the Hubbard family, from the estate of William Gilliam, 1826; the application of William Newman to remain in York County as a free man, 1817; the free Negro registration of John Roberts, 1833; an order advising the Overseers of the Poor to bind out an orphan child, 1837; a warrant to commit Otway Sparrow as a runaway, 1845; an affidavit certifying the free birth in York County of Harriet Banks, 1859; a list of free negroes returned for nonpayment of the capitation tax, 1861; and an undated free negro registration for William and Thomas James.

York County (Va.) Judgments, 1769-1870 circa, contain civil cases in which justice was administered on the strictly formulated rules of common law. The majority of cases in this record series relate to matters of debt.