A Guide to the Richmond County Apprentice Indenture Binding George Fisher to James Barker, 1752 Oct. 2 Richmond County Apprentice Indenture Binding George Fisher to James Barker, 1752 Oct. 2 1153256

A Guide to the Richmond County Apprentice Indenture Binding George Fisher to James Barker, 1752 Oct. 2

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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Barcode number
1153256
Title
Richmond County (Va.) Apprentice Indenture Binding George Fisher to James Barker, 1752 Oct. 2
Physical Characteristics
2 p.
Collector
Richmond County (Va.) Circuit Court
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Richmond County (Va.) Apprentice Indenture Binding George Fisher to James Barker, 1752 Oct. 2. Local government records collection, Richmond County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 39918m.

Historical Information

Richmond County may have been named for Richmond borough in Surrey, England, or for Charles Lennox, first duke of Richmond and a son of King Charles II. It was formed from Old Rappahannock County in 1692. The county seat is Warsaw.

Some volumes were burned and mutilated through unknown causes; in addition, the will books prior to 1699 were missing as early as 1793, and order books for the period 1794-1816 are also missing. Numerous loose records prior to 1781 are missing as well.

Scope and Content

Richmond County (Va.) Apprentice Indenture Binding George Fisher to James Barker, 1752 Oct. 2. Consists of an indenture executed by Lunenburg Parish wardens Landon Carter and Alvin Mountjoy binding George Fisher, a nine-year-old orphan with no means of support, to James Barker.

Related Material

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

Richmond County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Richmond County Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search 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:

  • Lunenburg Parish (Va.)
  • Richmond County (Va.) Circuit Court.
  • Subjects:

  • Apprentices--Virginia--Richmond County.
  • Orphans--Virginia--Richmond County.
  • Poor children--Virginia--Richmond County.
  • Geographical Names:

  • Richmond County (Va.)--History--18th century.
  • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Indentures--Virginia--Richmond County.
  • Local government records--Virginia--Richmond County.

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

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