PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi04752::A Guide to the Charles City County (Va.) Records, 1641-1901)//EN" "vi04752.xml" A Guide to the Charles City County (Va.) Records, 1641-1901 Charles City County (Va.) Records 1044738, 1044747, 1044758, 1044762, 1044772, 1044773, 1044806-1044811, 1044818, 1134631 Bari Helms Library of Virginia © 2014 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved. Machine-readable finding aid created in EAD by Bari Helms, 9 May 2014 Description is in English A Guide to the Charles City County (Va.) Records, 1641-1901 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1044738, 1044747, 1044758, 1044762, 1044772, 1044773, 1044806-1044811, 1044818, 1134631

Library of Virginia 2014 LVA Staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Charles City County (Va.) Records, 1641-1901 1044738, 1044747, 1044758, 1044762, 1044772, 1044773, 1044806-1044811, 1044818, 1134631 Library of Virginia 14 boxes and/or volumes English Charles City County (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Charles City County (Va.) Records, 1641-1901. Local government records collection, Charles City County (Va.) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Charles City County (Va.) under various accession numbers.

Biographical 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.) Records, 1641-1901, includes miscellaneous records from the following series: Court Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Road and Bridge Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Marriage/Vital Statistics, Fiduciary Records, Military/Pension Records, Land Records, Justice of the Peace Records, County Administrative Records, Health and Medical Records, School Records, Wills, and Election Records.

Conservation of pages from 1682 and 1689-1690 were partially funded by the Order of Descendants of Colonial Cavaliers through the Library of Virginia Foundation's Adopt Virginia History Program.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

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."

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: Charles City County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Public records--Virginia--Charles City County. Genre and Form Terms: Local government records--Virginia--Charles City County. Contents List Land Tax Books, Warrants, and Executions Index, 1760-1851

Land Tax Books, 1812-1813; Warrants, 1760-1820; Executions Index, 1831-1851.

Wills, Bonds, and Court Records, 1642, 1682

Court Records, 1642; Order Book, pages 139-140, 1682. Photocopies.

Records, 1682-1893

Will of Barnard Major, 3 September 1777; Deeds and Wills, pages 471-474, 1766; Deeds and Wills, pages 77-90, 1689-1690; Wills and Deeds, 1682; Affidavits to be attached to insolvent capitation and property lists, 1893; Deed of Robert Pearman to Thomas W. Tyler, 1845; Decree in Jones vs. Heirs of Jones, undated; Subpoena Docket, 1861-1868.

Deeds, Wills, etc., 1724-1731

Deeds, Will, and miscellaneous records.

Replevin Bonds and Ended Causes, 1760-1800

Replevin Bonds, 1760-1771, and Ended Causes, 1780-1800.

Records, 1810-1896

Court Records re: water rights, fishing rights, mills, estrays, etc., 1820-1880; Delinquent Lists, Improper Assesments, and Licenses, 1810-1890; Lists of Deaths, 1865-1896; Lunacy Papers, 1853-1895.

Records, 1800-1900

Promissory Notes, 1800-1899; Papers and Accounts, circa 1820-1890; School Records, circa 1900; Birth Lists, 1892-1896.

Records, 1752-1896

Summonses, 1855-1896; Military and Pension Records, 1832-1880; Loyalty Oaths, 1866-1883; Promissory Notes, 1752-1799; Deeds, 1759-1895.

Records, 1782-1894

Estate Papers (Wills), 1782-1893; Jury Lists and Summons, 1854-1894.

Records, 1783-1896

Treasurer Papers, 1871-1890; Election Lists and Returns, 1795-1896; Administrators Accounts and Bonds, 1783-1887.

Records, 1760-1897

Reports of Food and Salt Agents, 1862-1864; Clerk's Records, 1788-1889; Commissioner of Revenue Records, 1831-1878; County Assessor Records, 1870-1884; Sheriff's Records, 1760-1896; Court Records, 1852-1897; Justice of the Peace Records, 1827-1892; Overseers of the Poor Records, 1816-1894; Road and Bridge Records, 1853-1896.

Records, 1757-1897

Delinquent Lands, 1850-1880; Correspondence, Insurance Policies, etc., circa 1830-1890; Index to Cases, 1757-1897.

Order Book and Deed, 1698-1723

Order Book, 1722-1723; Deed, 1698.