PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi03994::A Guide to the King George County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1721-1960)//EN" "vi03994.xml" A Guide to the King George County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1721-1960 King George County (Va.) Fiduciary Records 1059323-1156303 circa, 1171162-1171735 circa, 1174956 Callie Lou Freed Library of Virginia © 2014 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by Callie Lou Freed, 07 May 2014 Description is in English A Guide to the King George County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1721-1960 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1059323-1156303 circa, 1171162-1171735 circa, 1174956

Library of Virginia 2014 Library of Virginia Staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia King George County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1721-1960 1059323-1156303 circa, 1171162-1171735 circa, 1174956 State Records Center- Archives Annex, Library of Virginia 25 v, 5.9 cu. ft., and 2 boxes English King George County (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

King George County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1721-1960. Local government records collection, King George County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These records came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from King George County as part of accessions 22258, 41899, 41904, 42662,42759, and 42999.

Historical Information

King George County was formed from Richmond County by a statute of 23 December 1720. The county court first met on 19 May 1721. Part of Westmoreland County was added later. The county was named in honor of King George I.

Most loose records prior to 1830 are missing. Volumes that record deeds, court orders and wills exist.

 Scope and Content

King George County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1721-1960, include miscellaneous records filed in a local court by trustees, administrators, executors, guardians, and committees that related to the performance of their duties managing a person's estate. These records typically include the following; bonds, appraisements, audits, inventories, accounts, estate divisions, settlements, dowery records, etc. Information related to enslaved people are commonly found in these records.

This collection includes of Bond Books, Vols. 1-5 and 9, Inventories, Appraisments and Fiduciary Accounts, Vols. 4-16, a volume of Inventories, a volume of Fiduciary Accounts, Vol. 3 and Bonds, 2 Fiduciary Books and one box of unprocessed Personal Representative Appointments and Administrators' and other Bonds.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

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

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

Index Terms Corporate Names: King George County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Public records--Virginia--King George County. Geographical Names: King George County (Va.)--History. Genre and Form Terms: Local government records--Virginia--King George County.