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A Guide to the Powhatan County (Va.) Records, 1797-1902 Powhatan County (Va.) Records, 1797-1902 0007551201

A Guide to the Powhatan County (Va.) Records, 1797-1902

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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Barcode number
0007551201
Title
Powhatan previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Records, 1797-1902
Physical Characteristics
.35 cu. ft.
Collector
Powhatan previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court.
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Powhatan previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Records, 1797-1902. Local government records collection, Powhatan previous hit County  next hit Court Records. The Library of Virginia, previous hit Richmond  next hit, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in transfer of court papers from Powhatan previous hit County  next hit.

Historical Information

Powhatan previous hit County  next hit was named for the paramount chief of the Powhatan Indians in the tidewater of Virginia in the late sixteenth and early years of the seventeenth century. It was formed from Cumberland previous hit County  next hit in 1777, and part of Chesterfield previous hit County  next hit was added in 1850. The previous hit county  next hit seat is Powhatan.

Scope and Content

Powhatan previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Records, 1797-1902, consists of records from the following series: Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Court Records, Fiduciary Records, Overseers of the Poor Records, Tax snd Fiscal Records, and Wills. The documents record names of slaves and free African Americans. Also included are Naturalization Records dated 1902.

Related Material

Additional Powhatan previous hit County records are available at the Library of Virginia.

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

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

    • Subjects:

  • African Americans--History.
  • Immigrants -- Virginia -- Powhatan previous hit County  next hit.
  • Naturalization -- Virginia -- Powhatan previous hit County  next hit.
  • Slaveholders--Virginia--Powhatan previous hit County  next hit.
  • Slaves--Virginia--Powhatan previous hit County  next hit.

    • Geographical Names:

  • Powhatan previous hit County  next hit--History.

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Judicial records--Virginia--Powhatan previous hit County  next hit.
  • Local government records--Virginia--Powhatan previous hit County  next hit.
  • Naturalization records--Virginia--Powhatan previous hit County  next hit.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Powhatan County--History.
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