Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Buckingham County (Va.) Circuit Court. Records, 1805-1869, 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

Buckingham County was formed from Albemarle County in 1761.

The overseers of the poor was a county agency charged with providing aid to the indigent after the Anglican Church lost this responsibility with the enactment of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in 1785.

Records were destroyed by fire in 1869.

Scope and Content

Court Records, 1805-1869, of Buckingham County Circuit Court overseers the poor records and fiscal records.

Overseers of the poor records, 1805-1821, consist of proceedings and receipts of the overseers the poor. The proceedings record the date of meeting, members present, names of individuals to whom payments were made and the amount of payment, and appointment of officers. The receipts record payments made by the overseers of the poor to individuals. Information found include date of payment, name of individual, reason for payment, and amount paid.

Fiscal records, 1805-1869, consist of lists of insolvent lands, county levy lists, and delinquent land tax lists. The lists record date, the names of individuals, and amount owed or received. Some of the insolvent land lists also record residence, quantity of land, geographic description, distance and bearing from court house, and amount of land tax. The fiscal records also include fees paid to the clerk, county claims paid to individuals for various services rendered to the county such as slave patrols and jail repairs, and receipts of payments made to the sheriff and deputy sheriff for services rendered on behalf of the court such as delivering executions.

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:

• Buckingham County (Va.)--Circuit Court.
• Overseers of the poor (Buckingham County, Va.)

Subjects:

• Clerks of court--Virginia--Buckingham County.
• Land value taxation--Virginia--Buckingham County.
• Public records--Virginia--Buckingham County.
• Public welfare--Virginia--Buckingham County.
• Sheriffs--Virginia--Buckingham County.
• Tax collection--Virginia--Buckingham County.

Geographical Names:

• Buckingham County (Va.)--History.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Claims--Virginia--Buckingham County.
• Proceedings--Virginia--Buckingham County.
• Receipts (financial records)--Virginia--Buckingham County.
• Tax and fiscal records--Virginia--Buckingham County.

Added Entry - Personal Name:

• Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914, collector.

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