A Guide to the Powhatan County (Va.) Road and Bridge Records, 1782-1912
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Barcode numbers: 1188880-1188881, 1199408-1199410
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
Powhatan County (Va.) Road and Bridge Records, 1782-1912. Local Government Records Collection, Powhatan County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
These items came to the Library of Virginia in transfer of court papers from Powhatan County.
Historical Information
Powhatan County was named for the paramount chief of the Powhatan Indians in the tidewater of Virginia in the late sixteenth and early years of the seventeenth century. It was formed from Cumberland County in 1777, and part of Chesterfield County was added in 1850.
Scope and Content
Powhatan County (Va.) Road and Bridge Records, 1782-1912, consist of the following records: Ferry Records, 1817-1886; Road and Bridge Committee Minutes, 1911; Road Accounts, 1793-1788, undated; Mill Records, 1790-1841, undated; Road Orders, 1804-1903; Road Surveyors Appointments, 1801-1878; Road Reports, 1787-1893, undated; Lists of Road Surveyors, 1796-1885; Lists of Road Hands, 1813-1857, undated; Road Hand Records, 1802-1879; Medical Excuses From Road Work, 1881; Road Claims, 1876-1879; Commissioner of Road Settlements, 1888; Road Petitions, 1782-1915, undated (includes petitions, applications, plats, and motions for roads.)
Index Terms
- Powhatan County (Va.) Circuit Court.
- Bridges -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Causeways -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Ferries -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Mills and mill-work -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Roads -- Design and construction.
- Roads -- Inspections -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Roads -- Maintenance and repair.
- Roads -- Surveying.
- Roads -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Powhatan County (Va.) -- History.
- Accounts -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Local government records -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Petitions -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Plats (maps) -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Reports -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Road and bridge records -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.