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Preferred Citation

Rockingham County (Va.) Circuit Court. Deed and Land Grants, 1772-1860, 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

Rockingham County was named for Charles Watson-Wentworth, second marquis of Rockingham, who supported the colonists in their disputes with Great Britain. It was formed from Augusta County in 1778.

Created in 1778. A courthouse fire in 1787 destroyed wills and estate records, primarily. In June 1864 during the Civil War, court records (mostly volumes) were removed from the courthouse and loaded on a wagon to be taken to place of safety on or beyond the Blue Ridge. The wagon was overtaken by Union troops near Port Republic and set on fire, which was put out by local citizens. Many order books, deed books, will books, and fiduciary books, however, were lost or severely damaged by the fire. The loose records that remained at the courthouse were undamaged. Pre-1865 records including deeds and wills were rerecorded following an act of assembly passed in November 1884.

Scope and Content

Rockingham County (Va.) Deed and Land Grants, 1772-1860, as follows: two land grants to John Dinkle, Executor of Jacob Dinkle, 1854 Feb. 16; a land grant to Smith Lofland, 1854 Sept. 24; a land grant to Levi Ranion, 1858 Apr. 26; a land grant to Jacob Trumbo, 1852 June 9; two land grants to James Laird, 1850 Mar. 5; a land grant to Abraham Zerk, 1837 Dec. 29; a land grant to Jacob Dundore, 1841 Apr. 10; a land grant to John Reeves, 1800 Dec. 6; a land grant to John Ruddell, 1783 Feb. 15; and a deed transferring property from Samuel Gilman to Jonathan Moulton, 1772 June 7.

Related Material

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

Rockingham County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Rockingham County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Rockingham County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Public records-- Virginia--Rockingham County.

Geographical Names:

• Rockingham County (Va.)--History--18th century.
• Rockingham County (Va.)--History--19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Deeds-- Virginia--Rockingham County.
• Land records-- Virginia--Rockingham County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Rockingham County.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

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