Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Charles City County (Va.) Sheriff Fee Book, 1799-1839. Miscellaneous Reel 314, Local government records collection, Charles City County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

The microfilm copy of these records was generated by The Library of Virginia's Imaging Services Branch.

Historical Information

Charles City County was an original shire formed in 1634.

Records have been destroyed at various times. The most damage occurred during the Civil War when the records were strewn through the woods in a rainstorm. A few pre-Civil War volumes such as deed books, will books, minute books, and order books exist.

Scope and Content

Tax collector fee book includes entries for taxes due and paid by individuals for land and personal property. Includes a list of tickets returned to W.M. Munford as insolvent, 1801, and several entries at the end of the volume list money to be dealt out to the poor.

Related Material

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 .

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Charles City County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Tax collection--Virginia--Charles City County
• Taxation--Virginia--Charles City County.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Fee Books--Virginia--Charles City County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Charles City County.
• Tax records--Virginia--Charles City County.

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