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A Guide to the Halifax County (Va.) Sheriff's Fee and Account Book, 1846-1847 Halifax County (Va.) Sheriff's Fee and Account Book, 1846-1847 1103292

A Guide to the Halifax County (Va.) Sheriff's Fee and Account Book, 1846-1847

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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Barcode number
1103292
Title
Halifax previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Sheriff's Fee and Account Book, 1846-1847
Physical Characteristics
1 v.
Collector
Halifax previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court.
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Halifax previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Sheriff's Fee and Account Book, 1846-1847. Local government records collection, Halifax previous hit County  next hit Court Records. The Library of Virgina, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Halifax previous hit County .

Historical Information

Halifax previous hit County  next hit was named for George Montagu Dunk, second earl of Halifax, who was president of the Board of Trade from 1748 to 1761. It was formed from previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit in 1752.

Scope and Content

Halifax previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Sheriff's Fee and Account Book, 1846-1847, is a manuscript volume recording various lists of fees and fines that were the responsibility of the previous hit county's  next hit sheriff to collect. Examples include fees due the commissioner of revenue, clerks of court of Halifax and other previous hit counties  next hit, militia muster fines, and so forth. The name of the person and the amount owed is recorded in each list.

At least half of the volume has been used as a scrapbook during 1861-1866 circa with articles pasted over the documents. The articles mostly concern religious topics or poetry along with some published lists of Civil War dead. The scrapbook may have been assembled by a Miss Kate H. Easley whose name is written in pencil on one of the pages. The 1860 census shows a Cate H. Easley, aged 9, living in Halifax previous hit County  next hit with her father James S. Easley, a merchant.

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

  • Halifax previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court.

    • Subjects:

  • Accounts -- Virginia -- Halifax previous hit County  next hit.
  • Fees, Administrative -- Virginia -- Halifax previous hit County  next hit.
  • Sheriffs -- Virginia -- Halifax previous hit County  next hit.

    • Geographical Names:

  • Halifax previous hit County  next hit (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Accounts -- Virginia -- Halifax previous hit County  next hit.
  • Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Halifax previous hit County  next hit.
  • previous hit County  next hit administrative records -- Virginia -- Halifax previous hit County  next hit.
  • Local government records -- Virginia -- Halifax previous hit County  next hit.
  • Scrapbooks -- Virginia -- Halifax previous hit County  next hit.

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Halifax County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.
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