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Commissioners' report filed in the the Richmond County (Va.) Chancery Cause Sarah Alverson versus Guardian of Sarah Oldam, 1739. Local Government Records Collection, Richmond County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
This item came to the Library of Virginia in transfer of court papers from Richmond County.
Richmond County may have been named for Richmond borough in Surrey, England, or for Charles Lennox, first duke of Richmond and a son of King Charles II. It was formed from Old Rappahannock County in 1692. The county seat is Warsaw.
Some volumes were burned and mutilated through unknown causes; in addition, the will books prior to 1699 were missing as early as 1793, and order books for the period 1794-1816 are also missing. Numerous loose records prior to 1781 are missing as well.
Rebecca Oldam's first husband was Felix Alverson. Her second husband was Peter Oldam.
Commissioners' report filed in the the Richmond County (Va.) Chancery Cause Sarah Alverson versus Guardian of Sarah Oldam, 1739, records the partition of land owned by Rebecca Oldam, deceased mother of the plaintiff and defendant. The report includes a survey and plat.
The Richmond County Chancery Records and other Richmond County court records are available on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."
Richmond County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Richmond County Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search 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 .