Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Northumberland County (Va.) Circuit Court. Records, 1740-1838, 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

Northumberland County was formed in 1645 from the district of Chickacoan, the early seventeenth century name for the region between the Potomac and the Rappahannock Rivers. It was probably named for the English county.

Scope and Content

Records, 1740-1838, of Northumberland County Circuit Court consist of the affidavit of John S. Kesterson in which testifies about the relatives of Timothy Law (1838); an inquest (1772); a complaint filed in a judgment suit (1740); and miscellaneous papers related to research on the Lee family.

Access Terms

Corporate Terms

• Northumberland County (Va.)--Circuit Court.

Subject Terms

• Inquisitiones post mortem--Virginia--Northumberland County
• Public records--Virginia--Northumberland County.

Geographic Terms

• Northumberland County (Va.)--History.

Record Type

• Affidavits--Virginia--Northumberland County.
• Judgments--Virginia--Northumberland County.
• Judicial records--Virginia--Northumberland 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.