Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Botetourt County (Va.) Land Grants, 1797 and 1822, 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

Botetourt County was named for Norborne Berkeley, baron de Botetourt, the royal governor who served from 1768 to 1770. It was formed from Augusta County in 1769, and a part of Rockbridge County was added later.

Created by an act of 1769 to take effect on February 13, 1770. Many of the loose records including pre-1830 chancery and pre-1854 judgments suffered tremendous water damage as a result of a courthouse fire on December 15, 1970. Because of the near loss of records, the General Assembly passed the Virginia Public Records Act in 1975 for the purpose of preserving local records. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.

Scope and Content

Botetourt County (Va.) Land Grants, 1797 and 1822. The collection contains three land grants, as follows: a fragment of a land grant to John Neel, 1790 24 Aug.; a land grant to William Mitchell, 1819 Nov. 13; and a land grant to John Maguire, 1797 Dec. 23.

Related Material

Additional Botetourt 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 web site.

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

• Botetourt County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Public records--Virginia--Botetourt County.

Geographical Names:

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

Genre and Form Terms:

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

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