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Richmond County (Va.) Deed of Mortgage, Richard Neale to John Tayloe and Richard Brockenbrough, 1774 Sept. 5. Local government records collection, Richmond County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
This item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 39918t.
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.
Richmond County (Va.) Deed of Mortgage, Richard Neale to John Tayloe and Richard Brockenbrough, 1774 Sept. 5. Documents the sale of 265 acres, twenty slaves, livestock and furniture for 270 pounds plus interest.
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 .