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Preferred Citation

Hanover County (Va.) Deeds and Land Grants, 1803-1861, 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

Hanover County was named for George I, who at the time of his accession to the English throne was elector of Hanover in Germany. The county was formed from New Kent County in 1720.

Most county court records, particularly deeds, wills, and marriage records, were destroyed by fire in Richmond on 3 April 1865, where they had been moved for safekeeping during the Civil War. The circuit court records were not moved to Richmond and were relatively unscathed. Consequently, there is a strong run of common law papers and chancery papers after 1831 that were generated by the circuit superior court of law and chancery and its successor, the circuit court.

Scope and Content

Hanover County (Va.) Deeds and Land Grants, 1727-1857. The collection contains 20 deeds and 2 land grants. Includes a grant of a lot in Hanover Town to Thomas Smith, 1780 June 6, signed by Governor Thomas Jefferson.

Related Material

Additional Hanover County Land Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia web site. 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:

• Hanover County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Public records--Virginia--Hanover County.

Geographical Names:

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

Genre and Form Terms:

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

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