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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Greg Crawford, 15 May 2006 Description is in English 2014-01-29 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Stafford County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1747-1804 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 41008 Greg Crawford

Library of Virginia 2006 Greg Crawford Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Stafford County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1747-1804 41008 Library of Virginia Miscellaneous reel 4614 English This collection forms part of the Robert Alonzo Brock Collection at The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Robert Alonzo Brock Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Stafford County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1747-1804, Robert Alonzo Brock Collection, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Acquisition Information

The Robert Alonzo Brock Collection was filmed by The Huntington Library in cooperation with The Library of Virginia with funding provided by The Library of Virginia Foundation with the support of The Roller- Bottimore Foundation and The Robins Foundation. Microfilm received 15 April 2004.

Historical Information

Stafford County was named for the English county. It was formed from Westmoreland County in 1664. Part of King George County was added in 1777. The county seat is Stafford.

Many pre-Civil War court records were lost to vandalism by Union troops during the Civil War. A few volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.

 Scope and Content

Stafford County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1747-1804, consists of miscellaneous court records, fiduciary records, and wills.

Court records include executions related to judgment suits, an order and commissioners' report (1772) in the chancery suit Bryan Chadwell and wife and others versus William Murphy and others, an order (1776) for a deposition in the suit William Bronaugh versus Mary Doniphan, and other miscellanous documents.

Fiduciary records include an administrator's bond (1754) granted to Katherine Smith to administrate the estate of John Smith, an estate inventory of John Gray (1767), and an appraisement of the estate of Thomas Pratt (1766.)

Wills of John Alexander, Sr., (1763), George Brent (1778), Simon Miller (1800.)

Adjunct Descriptive Data Location of Originals

Originals are located at the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Related Material

Additional Stafford County Court Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

Stafford County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Stafford County Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.

For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Stafford County (Va.).--Circuit Court. Subjects: Equity--Virginia--Stafford County. Public records--Virginia--Stafford County. Geographical Names: Stafford County (Va.)--History. Genre and Form Terms: Appraisals--Virginia--Stafford County. Bonds (legal records)--Virginia--Stafford County. Courts of chancery--Virginia--Stafford County. Estate inventories--Virginia--Stafford County. Fiduciary records--Virginia--Stafford County. Judicial records--Virginia--Stafford County. Wills--Virginia--Stafford County. Added Entry - Personal Name: Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914, collector.