PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi00770::A Guide to the Northumberland County (Va.) Records, 1755-1887)//EN" "vi00770.xml" A Guide to the Northumberland County (Va.) Records, 1755-1887 Northumberland County (Va.) Records, 1755-1887 52056 Greg Crawford Library of Virginia © 2017 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Greg Crawford, 16 August 2017 Description is in English A Guide to the Northumberland County (Va.) Records, 1755-1887 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 52056 Greg Crawford

Library of Virginia 2017 Collection is unprocessed. Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Northumberland County (Va.) Records, 1755-1887 52056 Library of Virginia 1.35 cu. ft. (3 boxes) English Northumberland County (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Northumberland County (Va.) Records, 1755-1887. Local government records collection, Northumberland County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Northumberland County under the accession number 52056.

Historical Information

Northumberland County was named probably for the English county. It was formed about 1645 from the district of Chickacoan, the early-seventeenth-century name for the region between the Potomac and the Rappahannock Rivers. The date of the county's formation is conjectural because the act of assembly creating it is no longer extant, but internal evidence shows that the county was functioning in 1645. The county seat is Heathsville.

Scope and Content

Northumberland County (Va.) Records, 1755-1887, consist of Bonds/Commissions Oaths; suit papers heard in county court and district court including judgments, ejectments, and commonwealth causes; deeds; plats; processioners reports; estate appraisements and other fiduciary records; tax and fiscal records; marriage license bonds and consents; wills; estrays; and powers of attorney.

Contents List Marriage License Bonds and Consents, 1755-1829 (bulk 1792-1799) Records, 1777-1887

Contains Bonds/Commissions Oaths; suit papers heard in county court and district court including judgments, ejectments, and commonwealth causes; deeds; estate appraisements and other fiduciary records; tax and fiscal records; wills; estrays; and powers of attorney.

Records, 1780-1800 circa

Contains suit papers heard in county court and district court including judgments, ejectments, and commonwealth causes; deeds; estate appraisements and other fiduciary records; wills; processioners reports; and powers of attorney.