Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Fairfax County (Va.) Marriage Bonds, 1825. Local government records collection, Fairfax County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 40497.

Historical Information

Fairfax County was formed in 1742 from Prince William County.

Original wills and deeds as well as many other loose papers were destroyed during the Civil War; deed books for twenty-six of the fifty-six years between 1763 and 1819 are missing. Numerous pre-Civil War minute books are missing as well.

Scope and Content

Fairfax County (Va.) Marriage Bonds, 1825. Consists of a bond from John Summers and Henry Millan to Governor Pleasants for the marriage of John Summers and Mariah Zimmerman; and a bond from Thomas Baggot and Harrison Taylor to Governor Pleasants for the marriage of Thomas Baggot and Mary Trusler.

Related Material

Additional Fairfax County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia. See A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm

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:

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

Geographical Names:

• Fairfax County (Va.)--History--19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Local government records--Virginia--Fairfax County.
• Marriage bonds--Virginia--Fairfax County.
• Marriage records--Virginia--Fairfax County.

Adjunct Descriptive Data