A Guide to the Mathews County (Va.) Records, 1792-1952 Mathews County (Va.) Records, 1792-1952 1006114-1208353 circa

A Guide to the Mathews County (Va.) Records, 1792-1952

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Barcode numbers: 1006114-1208353 circa


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Barcode numbers
1006114-1208353 circa
Title
Mathews County (Va.) Records, 1792-1952
Physical Characteristics
21 boxes and or volumes
Collector
Mathews County (Va.) Circuit Court.
Location
Library of Virginia (Some records in this collection may be located at the State Records Center. Contact Archives Research Services for access information, directions, and hours.)
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Mathews County (Va.) Records, 1792-1952. Local government records collection, Mathews County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219

Acquisition Information

A portion of this collection came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Mathews County including a shipment under accession number 21813.

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.) Records, 1792-1952, include various records from the following series: Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Board of Supervisors' Records, Business Records, Court Records, Election Records, Fiduciary Records, Land Records, Marriage Records, Miscellaneous Records, Organization Records, Public Building and Grounds, Road and Bridge Records, School Records, and Tax and Fiscal Records, Town Administrative Records, and Wills.

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 .

Contents List

Barcode number 1006241: Records, 1842-1904

Accounts; Oaths; Bonds; Commonwealth Causes

Barcode number 1006114: Clerk's Correspondence; Oyster Inspector Reports, 1891-1950
Barcode number 1006126: Records, 1860-1904

Glebe Interest; Miscellaneous Bonds; Dutton Bros. Vouchers, Mobjack Transp. Co. Minutes

Barcode number 1006128: Records 1824-1904

Criminal Warrants; Warrant Executions; Recognizances; Warrants of Arrest; Commssions of Justices

Barcode number 1006215: Records, 1885-1903

Powers of Attorney; Petitions and Applications; Oyster Inspector Reports

Barcode number 1006254: Records 1870-1902

Lists of Writings Admitted; Glebe Interest; Enumeration

Barcode number 1006164: Records 1882-1940

Fiduciaries; License; Merchant Licenses; Liquor Law; Taxes Assessed; Personal Property Taxes; Reassessments of Lands

Barcode number 1006166: Records 1893-1952

Plat of Jesse Miller, Plats of Oyster Area Mobjack Bay, Other Plats; Blueprints of Side Wheel Steamer

Barcode number 1006281: Records 1870-1904

Plats and Oyster Plats; List of Voters; Register of Marriages

Barcode number 1006257: Records 1838-1887

Personal Property and Land Book; Poll Books; Marriage Register

Barcode number 1208350: Records 1796-1945; undated

Clerk's Correspondence; Clerk's Fees; Commissioners' Reports; County Court Dockets; Court Finance; Criminal Pardons; Executions; Fragments; Jury Certificates

Barcode number 1208352: Records 1844-1904

Estate papers; Administrator/Guardian/Executor Records; Orders; Settlements of Estates; Trustee appointments; Smallpox epidemic papers; Deeds; Bills of sale of enrolled vessels; Lists of Conveyances; Miscellaneous land records (petitions for wharf, reservation of title, petitions to open oyster beds, land purchase report and survey, application to purchase delinquent lands); Marriage License Authorizations; Applications for military pension; Lists of expenses incurred since the close of the war (Civil War); Act of Assembly; Glass plate negative of unknown woman; Mechanics liens; Powers of Attorney; Resolutions; Appointment of new trustees; Overseer of the Poor Records

Barcode number 1208349: Records 1844-1902; undated

Board of Supervisors Records; Application for certificate to practice law; Appointments of Officials; Oaths of Office; Officials' bonds; Officials' resignations; Petitions to appoint/remove oyster inspectors; Removal of officials; Treasurers bonds; Corporations/Partnership Contracts; Insurance Policies; Abstract of Minute Book; Attorney's memorandums; Bonds and Accounts; Chancery fees; Chancery warrants; Clerk's correspondence

Barcode number 1208353: Records, 1803-1901

Courthouse/jail inspections/repairs; School commissioners accounts; School commissioners reports; Township Records; Wills; Wrappers

Barcode number 1006120: Records, 1848-1950 circa

Executions; Page from fee book; Index to unidentified docket book; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths; Election Records; Unidentified lawyer's notes

Barcode number 1188535: Records 1814-1908

Deeds; Deeds and Contracts; Land Alterations; Processioners' Report; Militia District No. 1 Records; Justice of the Peace Commissions; Court Records; Petitions of Widows and Orphans for Support Under the State Law; List of Military Pensioners; Act of 1900 and 1902; Lists of Indigent Soldiers(Civil War); Applications for Military Pensions; Applications for Exemption From Military Duty (Civil War); Lane Diggs Camp Correspondence; United Confederate Veterans Correspondence; Sands Smith Correspondence

Barcode number 1188536: Records, 1871-1903

Surveyor of Road Appointments, Reports, Accounts; Road Cases Disposed Of; Road Surveys, Reports, and Petitions; Marriage Licenses to be Recorded; Marriage License; Notices of Candidacy

Barcode number 1205105: Records, 1918-1936

Correspondence to the Mathews Journal newspaper concerning World War I service, including History Commission Questionnaires; Mathews Baseball Club Correspondence

Barcode number 1006181: Records, 1884-1920

Improper Assessment of Land; Reassessments; Lists of Oyster Planters

Barcode number 1006130: Reports to Clerk; Returns of Sale of Delinquent Lands, 1792-1901
Barcode number 1208351: Records, 1863-1904

Lists of Jurors; Orders; Adoptions; Declarations of Intent; Petitions to change court day; Special Commissions to take proof of lost records; Summons; Warrants; Election Records; Assignments of dower

Barcode number 1006117: Records, 1882-1932

Road Warrants; Jury Claims; Revenue Returns; Warrants; Receipts and Dispursements