Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

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

King William County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1796-1863, 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

King William County was formed in 1701 from King and Queen County.

Most records were destroyed by a courthouse fire on 17 January 1885. Only a few order books and deed books exist.

Scope and Content

King William County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1796-1863, consist of documents related to judgments (1796, 1797, 1805, 1828, 1829); fiduciary records (1818); tax and fiscal records (1804, 1816); will of Lewis Littlepage (1863); and marriage licenses (1823, 1840.)

Related Material

Additional King William County court records, marriage records, wills, tax and fiscal records, and fiduciary records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

See the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.

For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note .

Access Terms

Corporate Name

• King William County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subject Terms

• Judgments--Virginia--King William County.
• Marriage--Virginia--King William County.
• Public records--Virginia--King William County.

Geographic Terms

• King William County (Va.)--History.

Record Type

• Claims--Virginia--King William County.
• Judicial records--Virginia--King William County.
• Marriage licenses--Virginia--King William County.
• Marriage records--Virginia--King William County.
• Wills--Virginia--King William 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.