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Preferred Citation

Fluvanna County (Va.) Deed and Land Grants, 1788-1856, 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

Fluvanna County takes its name from an eighteenth-century term for the Upper James River. The name, meaning river of Anne, was bestowed in honor of Queen Anne of England. The county was formed from Albemarle County in 1777.

Scope and Content

Fluvanna County (Va.) Deed and Land Grants, 1788-1856. The collection contains 9 land grants and one deed, as follows: a land grant to William Rice, 1788 Aug. 12; a land grant to Joseph Sampson, 1794 Aug. 18; a land grant to Walker Timberlake, 1841 Dec. 14; a land grant to Abraham Sheperd, 1845 Sept. 30; a land grant to William Gillespy, 1845 July 31; a land grant to Abraham Shepherd, Jr., 1848 Aug. 31; a land grant to George M Lain, 1849 Nov. 13; a land grant to Francis Modena, 1851 Nov. 1; a land grant to Thomas J. Clark, 1856 June 3; and a deed between Robert Woodson and Nelson Woodson, 1827 Sept. 10.

Related Material

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

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Fluvanna County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Public records-- Virginia--Fluvanna County.

Geographical Names:

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

Genre and Form Terms:

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

Adjunct Descriptive Data