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Preferred Citation

Amherst County (Va.) Deeds and Land Grants, 1768-1863, 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

Amherst County was named for Major General Jeffery Amherst, British commander in North America during the later part of the French and Indian War and governor of Virginia from 1759 to 1768. It was formed from Albemarle County in 1761.

Scope and Content

Amherst County (Va.) Deeds, 1768-1863. The collection contains six deeds, as follows: a deed between Charles Rose and Robert Rose and Hugh Rose conveying a mill on Pyney River, 1782 Aug. 5; a deed between Daniel Warwick, John M. Warwick, Corbin Warwick, Abram Warwick, James Warwick, and Thomas W. McCance on the first part, James Galt and William Barksdale on the second part, and Julia A. Warwick and Joseph Trent Warwick on the third part, 1858 Oct. 8; a deed between Edward Penn to Thomas Crews and John Camm, 1809 June 22; a deed between Lunsford Lomax and Richard Pritchard, 1768 Sept. 12; a deed between Hugh Rose and Charles Irving, 1775 Aug. 7; and a deed between Lunsford Lomax and William Loveday 1769 Apr. 7.

Related Material

Additional Amherst County Land Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm" found on the Library of Virginia's web site.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Amherst County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Mills and mill-work--Virginia--Amherst County.
• Public records-- Virginia--Amherst County.

Geographical Names:

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

Genre and Form Terms:

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

Adjunct Descriptive Data