A Guide to the Prince Edward County (Va.) Smallpox Hospital Commission Records, 1836 Prince Edward County (Va.) Smallpox Hospital Commission Records, 1836
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Prince Edward County (Va.) Smallpox Hospital Commission Records, 1836 Local government records collection, Prince Edward County
Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Prince Edward County.
Prince Edward County was named in honor of Edward Augustus, a son of Prince Frederick Louis, a grandson of King George II,
and a younger brother of King George III. The county was formed from Amelia County in 1753. The county court first met on
8 January 1754. The county seat is Farmville.
Prince Edward County (Va.) Smallpox Hospital Commission Records, 1836, includes a report and financial transactions related
to the construction of a smallpox hospital. The hospital was constructed with slave labor.