Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Prince William County (Va.) Land Records, 1743-1920 (bulk 1743-1843.) Local Government Records Collection, Prince William County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

Some of the items in this collection came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court records from Prince William County. Some of the items in this collection were created by the Virginia State Library's (now the Library of Virginia) Archives Division. One item, 1050819, was compiled under accession number 21872.

Historical Information

Prince William County was formed from Stafford and King George Counties by a statute adopted in 1730, to take effect on 12 March 1731. The county was named for William Augustus, duke of Cumberland and third son of King George II.

Deeds record the name of the grantor and the grantee and the description of the property being sold or transferred.

Many pre-Civil War records were lost, destroyed, or stolen by Union troops in 1863 during the Civil War. Sixteen deed books and five will books are missing.

Scope and Content

Prince William County (Va.) Land Records, 1743-1920 (bulk 1743-1843) include 3 volumes of Daily Indexes of Receipts of Deeds for Recordation, 4 volumes of Land Causes, 1 Index to Deed Book No. 40, 1 Redemption of Land [Suit Book], 1 box of copies of deeds, 1 box of copies of plats dealing with land causes and 1 box of loose deeds.

Related Material

Additional Prince William County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

Prince William County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Prince William Court 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 .

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Prince William County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Public records--Virginia--Prince William County.

Geographical Names:

• Prince William County (Va.)--History.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Local government records--Virginia--Prince William County.

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