Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

Should you wish to quote from or reproduce images of any of the materials, you must write to the Librarian of the Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108, requesting formal permission to do so. Please note that you do not have to obtain permission if you are quoting fewer than fifty words, or if you are only citing the document. Images made with microfilm-reader printers are for research use only and may not be used for publication without permission.

Preferred Citation

Chesterfield County (Va.) Circuit Court. Records, 1752-1893, Robert Alonzo Brock Collection, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Acquisition Information

The Robert Alonzo Brock Collection was filmed by The Huntington Library in cooperation with The Library of Virginia with funding provided by The Library of Virginia Foundation with the support of The Roller- Bottimore Foundation and The Robins Foundation. Microfilm received 15 April 2004.

Historical Information

Chesterfield County was formed in 1749 from Henrico County.

Scope and Content

Records, 1752-1893 and undated, of Chesterfield County consist of claims against the county and the commonwealth (1752, 1757, 1759, 1761, 1821), court papers related to judgments (1785) and chancery suits (1846, 1849), fiduciary records (1782, 1823, 1828, 1840-1847, 1855), free negro records (1844), wills (undated, 1799, 1820, 1828, 1849), and a petition (1893.)

Copies of inventories and appraisements, 1782, 1855, of the estates of Claiborne Anderson and John Watkins.

Copy of will, inventory, and appraisment, 1820, 1823, of Abram Sublett's estate.

Copies of wills, 1799, undated, of Samuel Nivins and John Burton.

Copies of the will, inventory, and appraisement of Edith Sublett's estate, 1828, as well as copies of depositions and memorandum, 1846, used as exhibits in the chancery cause Sublett versus Sublett heard in the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond District.

Copy of will of Caroline M. R. Johnson and notes for answer to bill, 1849, used as exhibits in a chancery cause P. T. Johnson versus Edward Johnson.

Accounts, 1840-1847, related to the estate of Mary McCollum.

Registration of a free negro, 1844, named Isaac Moss.

Petition, 1893, requesting the appointment of John Lester as deputy inspector under the Collector of Internal Revenue.

Access Terms

Corporate Name

• Chesterfield County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subject Terms

• African Americans--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Equity--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Estate settlement costs--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Executors and administrators--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Free African Americans--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Judgments--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Public records--Virginia--Chesterfield County.

Geographic Terms

• Chesterfield County (Va.)--History.

Record Type

• Appraising--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Claims--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Courts of chancery--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Estate inventories--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Free negro registrations--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Free papers--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Judicial records--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Petitions--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Registrations--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Wills--Virginia--Chesterfield County.

Added Entry - Personal Name

• Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914, collector.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Originals are located at the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.