A Guide to the Sussex County (Va.) Tax and Fiscal Records, 1777-1911
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Barcode numbers: 1050553, 1050585, 1050595, 1050599, 1050600, 1111945, 1111968, 1111980, 1111981, 1128394, 1128397, 1128411-1128434, 1156713
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
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Use Restrictions
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Preferred Citation
Sussex
County
(Va.) Tax and Fiscal Records, 1777-1911, Local government records collection,
Sussex
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 Sussex
County . Portions of the collection were transferred under the accession number 29441.
Historical Information
Sussex
County
was named for the English
county
, and was formed from Surry
County
by a statute adopted in 1753. The
county
court first met on 30 May 1754. The
county
seat is
Sussex
.
Scope and Content
Sussex
County
(Va.) Tax and Fiscal Records, 1777-1911, consist of Circuit Court Tax Book,
County
Court Tax Book, Insolvent Personal Property and Capitation Taxes, Land Tax Books, Personal Property Tax Books, Personal Property
Tax Interrogatories, Stony Creek Tax Day Book (also includes Wakefield district and account of R. A. Brown),
Sussex
County
Warrants, Tithables, and Wakefield Tax Day Book.