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Preferred Citation

Prince George County (Va.) Circuit Court. Land Grant to John Anderson, 1725, 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

Prince George County was named for Prince George of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne of England. It was formed from Charles City County in 1702.

Most court records were destroyed in 1782 by British troops during the Revolutionary War and again in 1864 by Union troops during the Civil War. A few volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.

Scope and Content

Prince George County (Va.) Land Grant to John Anderson, 1725. The grant conveys 952 acres in Prince George County to John Anderson of Henrico County.

Related Material

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

Prince George County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Prince George 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:

• Prince George County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Public records-- Virginia--Prince George County.

Geographical Names:

• Prince George County (Va.)--History--18th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Land grants-- Virginia--Prince George County.
• Land records-- Virginia--Prince George County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Prince George County.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Originals are located at the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.