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Preferred Citation

Northumberland County (Va.) Petition of Smithland Baptist Church, 1912. Local government records collection, Northumberland County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Northumberland County under the accession number 43283.

Historical Information

Northumberland County probably was named for the English county. It was formed about 1645 from the district of Chickacoan, the early-seventeenth-century name for the region between the Potomac and the Rappahannock rivers.

Scope and Content

Northumberland County (Va.) Petition of Smithland Baptist Church, 1912 consists of a document from the congregation requesting the Circuit Court judge to appoint Thomas W. Clarke, J. C. Dawson, and J. H. Clarke as trustees of the church.

Related Material

Additional Northumberland County Organization 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:

• Northumberland County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Church trustees -- Virginia -- Northumberland County.

Geographical Names:

• Northumberland County (Va.) -- History --20th century

Genre and Form Terms:

• Appointments -- Virginia -- Northumberland County
• Church records -- Virginia -- Northumberland County
• Local government records -- Virginia -- Northumberland County
• Organization records -- Virginia -- Northumberland County

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