PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi04288::A Guide to the Prince Edward County (Va.) Court Records, 1749-1925 (bulk 1750-1800)//EN" "vi04288.xml" A Guide to the Prince Edward County (Va.) Court Records, 1749-1925 (bulk 1750-1800) Prince Edward County (Va.) Court Records, 1749-1925 (bulk 1750-1800) Barcode numbers: 1183906-1183935. Catherine G. OBrion Library of Virginia ©2010 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from being created directly into EAD, created by Catherine G. OBrion, 08 December 2010 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Prince Edward County (Va.) Court Records, 1749-1925 (bulk 1750-1800) A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1183906-1183935 Catherine G. OBrion

Library of Virginia 2010 LVA staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Prince Edward County (Va.) Court Records, 1749-1925 (bulk 1750-1800) 1183906-1183935 13.95 cu. ft. (31 boxes) English Prince Edward County (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Prince Edward County (Va.) Court Records, 1749-1925 (bulk 1750-1800). Local government records collection, Prince Edward County (Va.) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of records from Prince Edward County Circuit Court under accession number 43640.

A list of records transferred is available at the Library of Virginia. Please consult Archives Research Services for details.

Historical Information

Prince Edward County was named in honor of Edward Augustus, a son of Prince Frederick Louis, a grandson of George II, and a younger brother of George III. The county was formed from Amelia County in 1753. The county seat is Farmville.

Scope and Content

Prince Edward County (Va.) Court Records, 1749-1925 (bulk 1750-1800), consist of judgments, criminal causes, road and bridge records, land records, tax and fiscal records, election records, fiduciary records, jury records, overseer of the poor records, election records, health and medical records, bonds/commissions/oaths, business records, justice of the peace records, clerk's records, court finance records, and miscellaneous records. Not every kind of record exists for every year.

Chancery records, census records, deeds, eighteenth-century election records, free negro and slave records, military and pension records, tithable lists, and wills were removed and processed separately.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Prince Edward County (Va.). Circuit Court. Subjects: Public records -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County. Geographical Names: Prince Edward County (Va.) -- History. Genre and Form Terms: Bonds (legal records) -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County. Boards (organizations) -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County. Business records -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County. Deeds -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County. Election returns -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County. Fiduciary records -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County. Judicial records -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County. Local government records -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County. Miscellaneous records -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County. Overseer of the poor records -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County. School records -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County. Tax and fiscal records -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County.