Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Mathews County (Va.) Tax and Fiscal Records, 1792-1955, Local government records collection, Mathews County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Mathews County.

Historical Information

Mathews County was named for Thomas Mathews, of Norfolk, the Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1790 when the county was formed from Gloucester County.

Most records were burned in Richmond on 3 April 1865, where they had been moved for safekeeping during the Civil War.

Scope and Content

Mathews County (Va.) Tax and Fiscal Records, 1792-1955, consist of Insolvent Capitations, Insolvent Properties, Capitation Taxes, Personal Property Tax Lists, Persons Assessed, Land Tax Books, Liquor Licenses, List of Real Estate, Delinquent Lands, Improper Assessments, Delinquent Tax Lists, Licenses, Liquor Bonds, Oyster Law Taxes, Requests for Reassessment, Sheriff's Accounts, Tax Exemptions, Treasurer's Records, County Bonds, County Claims, Delinquent Land Lists, and Commonwealth Claims.

Related Material

Additional Mathews County 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:

• Mathews County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Public records -- Virginia -- Mathews County.

Geographical Names:

• Mathews County (Va.) -- History.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Local government records -- Virginia -- Mathews County.

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