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Machine-readable finding aid derived from being created directly into EAD, created by Bari Helms, 26 February 2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Petersburg (Va.) Register of Voters, 1854 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1183569 Bari Helms

Library of Virginia 2008 Library of Virginia staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Petersburg (Va.) Register of Voters, 1854 1183569 Library of Virginia 1 v. English Petersburg (Va.) Circuit Cout Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Petersburg (Va.) Register of Voters, 1854. Local government records collection, Petersburg (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from the City of Petersburg included under accession 43614.

Historical Information

Petersburg was formed from parts of Dinwiddie, Prince George, and Chesterfield counties. A garrison and fur trading post called Fort Henry was established in 1645 on the site of the Indian village of Appamattuck. The present name, suggested in 1733 by William Byrd II, honors Peter Jones, Byrd's companion on expeditions into the Virginia backcountry. Petersburg was established in 1748 and incorporated as a town in 1784. In the latter year the towns of Blandford, Pocahontas, and Ravenscroft were added to Petersburg. It was incorporated as a city in 1850. Petersburg was enlarged by annexation from both Prince George and Dinwiddie counties in 1972.

Scope and Content

Petersburg (Va.) Register of Voters, 1854, contains a list of persons registered who were qualified to vote at the general election for the City of Petersburg agreeable to an act passed 9 April 1853. The volume is arranged alphabetically and divided by wards: East, West, South, and Centre.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Petersburg (City) Election Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

 Index Terms Corporate Names: Petersburg (Va.) Circuit Court Subjects: Suffrage--Virginia--Petersburg Voter Registration--Virginia--Petersburg Geographical Names: Petersburg (Va.)--Genealogy Petersburg (Va.)--History--19th century Genre and Form Terms: Election records--Virginia--Petersburg Local government records--Virginia--Petersburg Voters' lists--Virginia--Petersburg