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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Sam Walters, 26 April 2012 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Mathews County (Va.) Tax and Fiscal Records, 1792-1955 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1006079-1208346 circa Sam Walters

Library of Virginia 2012 Library of Virginia Staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia (Some records in this collection may be located at the State Records Center. Contact Archives Research Services for access information, directions, and hours.) Mathews County (Va.) Tax and Fiscal Records, 1792-1955 1006079-1208346 circa Library of Virginia 31 boxes and or volumes. English Mathews County (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Mathews County (Va.) Tax and Fiscal Records, 1792-1955, Local government records collection, Mathews County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Mathews County.

Historical Information

Mathews County was named for Thomas Mathews, of Norfolk, the Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1790 when the county was formed from Gloucester County.

Most records were burned in Richmond on 3 April 1865, where they had been moved for safekeeping during the Civil War.

Scope and Content

Mathews County (Va.) Tax and Fiscal Records, 1792-1955, consist of Insolvent Capitations, Insolvent Properties, Capitation Taxes, Personal Property Tax Lists, Persons Assessed, Land Tax Books, Liquor Licenses, List of Real Estate, Delinquent Lands, Improper Assessments, Delinquent Tax Lists, Licenses, Liquor Bonds, Oyster Law Taxes, Requests for Reassessment, Sheriff's Accounts, Tax Exemptions, Treasurer's Records, County Bonds, County Claims, Delinquent Land Lists, and Commonwealth Claims.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

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

See 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: Mathews County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Public records -- Virginia -- Mathews County. Geographical Names: Mathews County (Va.) -- History. Genre and Form Terms: Local government records -- Virginia -- Mathews County.