PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi04390::A Guide to the Charles City County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1853-1896)//EN" "vi04390.xml" A Guide to the Charles City County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1853-1896 Charles City County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1853-1896 1044725, 1103413, 1103415, 1103419, 1103424, 1103430, 1103435, 1103443, 1103450, 1103454 Bari Helms Library of Virginia © 2012 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 Bari Helms, 18 June 2013 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Charles City County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1853-1896 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1044725, 1103413, 1103415, 1103419, 1103424, 1103430, 1103435, 1103443, 1103450, 1103454 Bari Helms

Library of Virginia 2012 Library of Virginia staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Charles City County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1853-1896 1044725, 1103413, 1103415, 1103419, 1103424, 1103430, 1103435, 1103443, 1103450, 1103454 State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia 10 v. English Charles City County (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Charles City County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1853-1896, Local government records collection, Charles City 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 Charles City County.

Historical Information

Charles City County was named for Charles I of England and was one of the eight shires established in 1634. Its area is 204 square miles, and the county seat is Charles City.

Records have been destroyed at various times. The most damage occurred during the Civil War when the records were strewn through the woods in a rainstorm. A few pre-Civil War volumes such as deed books, will books, minute books, and order books exist.

Scope and Content

Charles City County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1853-1896, consists of Chancery Docket Book, Chancery Order Book, Chancery Process Book, Chancery Rules, Common Law and Chancery Docket, Common Law Dockets, Common Law Minutes, Index to Common Law Orders, and Subpoena Docket and Jurors.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

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.

Additional Charles City County 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: Charles City County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Public records--Virginia--Charles City County. Genre and Form Terms: Local government records--Virginia--Charles City County.