Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions

Use Restrictions

Use microfilm copy, Albemarle County (Va.) Reels 114, 114a and 144.

Preferred Citation

Albemarle County (Va.) Surveyor's Book, No. 1, part 1 and Surveyor's Book No.1, part 2, 1744-1755, 1756-1790. Local government records collection, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

This collection was acquired by the Library of Virginia in 1944, under the accession number 22253.

Historical Information

Albemarle County was named for William Anne Keppel, second earl of Albemarle and governor of the Virginia colony from 1737 to 1754. It was formed from Goochland County in 1744, and part of Louisa County and certain islands in the Fluvanna River, now called the James, were added in 1761 and 1838.

All order books except the first and many loose papers between 1748 and 1781 were destroyed by British general Banastre Tarleton's raid on Charlottesville in 1781 during the Revolutionary War.

Scope and Content

Albemarle County (Va.) Surveyor's Book, No. 1, part 1 and Surveyor's Book No.1, part 2 contain photostats of plats which record the acreage and coordinates of land within the county.

Arrangement

Arrangement is chronological by date of survey

Related Material

Additional Albemarle County Court 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:

• Albemarle County (Va.) Circuit Court

Subjects:

• Surveys--Plotting--Virginia--Albemarle County

Geographical Names:

• Albemarle County (Va.)--History--18th Century

Genre and Form Terms:

• Plat books--Virginia--Albemarle County

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