PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi05360::Northumberland County (Va.) Records, circa 1756-1921)//EN" "vi05360.xml" A Guide to the Northumberland County (Va.) Records, circa 1756-1921 Northumberland County (Va.) Records, circa 1756-1921 1133933, 1133940, 1182759 Callie Lou Freed Library of Virginia © 2020 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Callie Lou Freed, 30 October 2020 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Northumberland County (Va.) Records, circa 1756-1921 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1133933, 1133940, 1182759 Callie Lou Freed

Library of Virginia 2020 Library of Virginia staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Northumberland County (Va.) Records, circa 1756-1921 1133933, 1133940, 1182759 Library of Virginia 3 boxes; 2 boxes found at Library of Virginia and 1 box (1133940) found at the State Records Center--Archives Annex, Library of Virginia. English Northumberland County (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Northumberland County (Va.) Records, circa 1756-1921. Local government records collection, Northumberland County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These records came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Northumberland County. Box 1182759 was transferred under Accession number 43283.

Historical Information

Northumberland County was named probably for the English county. The county was formed about 1645 from the district of Chickacoan, the early 17th century name for the region between the Potomac and the Rappahannock Rivers.

The county suffered some losses in a fire in the clerk's office on 25 October 1710. Volumes beginning in 1650 that record deeds, court orders and wills exist.

Scope and Content

Northumberland County (Va.) Records, circa 1756-1921, consist of the following series: Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Fiduciary Records, Land Records, Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, Military and Pension Records, Miscellaneous Records, Organization Records, Road and Bridge Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Wills, Court Records (subfield series include Judgments, Criminal Records, Clerks' Records, Jury Records, Court Finance and Chancery Records), County Administrative Records (subfield series include Commissioner of Revenue Records), Election Records and Justice of the Peace Records.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Northumberland County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm" found on the Library of Virginia's web site.

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

For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Northumberland County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Public records--Virginia--Northumberland County. Geographical Names: Northumberland County (Va.)--History. Genre and Form Terms: Local government records--Virginia--Northumberland County. Contents List Records, 1765-1868

Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1801-1868; Fiduciary Records 1786-1868 ; Land Records 1774-1860 ; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, 1765, 1812, 1842, 1853; Military and Pension Records, 1812-1861; Miscellaneous Records, 1775, 1835-1862; Organization Records, 1849; Road and Bridge Records, 1843-1860; Tax and Fiscal Records, 1840-1863; Wills, 1765-1830, 1863.

Records, 1756-1867

Court Records: Judgments, 1756-1863; County Court Criminal Records, 1837-1856, 1864; Clerks' Records, 1804-1867; John R. Stith's Records, 1825-1857; A. J. Brent's Records, 1848-1864; Miscellaneous Clerks' Records, 1840-1859; Jury Records, 1852-1853, 1856-1858, 1860-1861; Court Finance, 1854; Chancery Orders, 1844; County Administrative Records: Commissioner of Revenue Records, 1846, 1852; Election Records, 1840, 1844; Justice of the Peace Records, 1794,1846,1853-1861.

Records, circa 1785-1921

Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1836; Court Records: Criminal Records: Commonwealth Causes, 1800, 1859, 1909; Fiduciary Records: 1859, 1912; Land Records, circa 1795-1921; Military and Pension Records, circa 1785-1919; Organization Records, 1912; Tax and Fiscal Records, circa 1786-1902; Wills, circa 1792-1904.