Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Dinwiddie County (Va.) Deeds, 1819 and 1825, 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

Dinwiddie County was named for Robert Dinwiddie, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1751 to 1757, and was formed from Prince George County in 1752.

The bulk of court records prior to 1865 were stolen, mutilated, and/or destroyed by Union troops who ransacked the courthouse during the last months of the Civil War. Post-1830 volumes such as deed books, will books, chancery order books, and marriage registers exist.

Scope and Content

Dinwiddie County (Va.) Deeds, 1819 and 1825. The collection contains two deeds, as follows: a deed between William Dunn and Elizabeth his wife, of Brunswick County, and Samuel Pryor, 1825 Sept. 26; and a deed between Anne Domini and Allen Archer and Prudence his wife, 1819 Nov. 3.

Related Material

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

See 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:

• Dinwiddie County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Public records-- Virginia--Dinwiddie County.

Geographical Names:

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

Genre and Form Terms:

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

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