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Preferred Citation

Powhatan County (Va.) Circuit Court. Land Records, 1808-1856, 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

Powhatan County was named for the Indian chieftain who ruled the Native American inhabitants of tidewater Virginia in the early seventeenth century. It was formed from Cumberland County in 1777, and part of Chesterfield County was added later.

Scope and Content

Powhatan County (Va.) Land Records, 1808-1856. The records are comprised of three deeds and a land grant, as follows: two deeds conveying lands and real estate in St. Louis, Missouri, from John W. Nash and Edward W. Bass, Trustees for Martha Ashby, to Andrew Coons, 1852 June 25; a deed from William Bentley to Doctor Thomas Turpin and Doctor Francis Harris pertaining to the right of dower of Bentley's wife, formerly the wife of Benjamin Davis, 1808 Apr 2; and a grant of one hundred twelve and a half acres from Governor Henry Wise to Richard B. Stratton and E.W. Robinson, 1856 May 3.

Related Material

Additional Powhatan County Land Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Powhatan County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Dower-- Virginia--Powhatan County.
• Public records-- Virginia--Powhatan County.

Geographical Names:

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

Genre and Form Terms:

• Deeds-- Virginia--Powhatan County.
• Land grants-- Virginia--Powhatan County.
• Land records-- Virginia--Powhatan County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Powhatan County.

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