PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi06078::A Guide to the Petersburg (Va.) Organization Records, 1785-1903)//EN" "vi06078.xml" A Guide to Petersburg (Va.) Organization Records, 1785-1903 Petersburg (Va.) Organization Records, 1785-1903 1152191 Eddie Woodward 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 Eddie Woodward,5 August 2020 Description is in English 2020-08-05 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Petersburg (Va.) Organization Records 1785-1903 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1152191 Eddie Woodward

Library of Virginia 2020 LVA staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Petersburg (Va.) Organization Records, 1785-1903 1152191 Library of Virginia 1 box English Petersburg (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Petersburg (Va.) Organization Records, 1785-1903. Local government records collection, Petersburg Organization Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer.

Historical Information

Petersburg was formed from parts of Dinwiddie, Prince George, and Chesterfield Counties. A garrison and fur-trading post called Fort Henry was established there in 1645 on the site of the Indian village Appamattuck. The present name, suggested in 1733 by William Byrd II, honors Peters Jones, Byrd's companion on expeditions into the Virginia backcountry. Petersburg was established in 1747 and incorporated as a town in 1784. In the latter year the towns of Blandford, Pocahontas, and Ravenscroft were added to Petersburg. It was incorporated as a city in 1850. Petersburg was enlarged by annexation from both Prince George and Dinwiddie Counties in 1972.

 Scope and Content

Petersburg (Va.) Organization Records, 1785-1903, typically consist of appointments of trustees, minutes, and miscellaneous records of religious organizations, fraternal organizations, independent associations, and cooperatives.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Petersburg 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.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Petersburg (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Public records--Virginia--Petersburg. Geographical Names: Petersburg (Va.)--History. Genre and Form Terms: Local government records--Virginia--Petersburg. Contents List Petersburg, Various Record series 1785-1903 (includes unidentified organization records)