Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Hanover County (Va.) Sheriff's Fee Bills, 1787-1794. Local government records collection, Hanover County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 39018.

Historical Information

Hanover County was formed from New Kent County in 1720.

Most county court records, particularly deeds, wills, and marriage records, were destroyed by fire in Richmond on 3 April 1865, where they had been moved for safekeeping during the Civil War. The circuit court records were not moved to Richmond and were relatively unscathed. Consequently, there is a strong run of common law papers and chancery papers after 1831 that were generated by the circuit superior court of law and chancery and its successor, the circuit court.

Scope and Content

Hanover County (Va.) Sheriff's Fee Bills, 1787-1794. Consists of 34 fee bills issued by the Hanover County sheriff from 1787 to 1794.

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:

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

Geographical Names:

• Hanover County (Va.)--History--18th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Fees--Virginia--Hanover County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Hanover County.
• Sheriff records--Virginia--Hanover County.

Adjunct Descriptive Data