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Spotsylvania County (Va.) County Court Records, 1730-1765. Local government records collection, Spotsylvania County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219
These volumes were created by the Virginia State Library's (now the Library of Virginia) Archives Division.
Spotsylvania County was formed from Essex, King William, and King and Queen Counties by a statute adopted in 1720 to take effect on 1 May 1721. The county was named for Alexander Spotswood, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722.
The original records were created by the County Court.
Created by an act of 1720 to take effect on May 1, 1721. Many loose county court papers prior to 1839, when the courthouse moved from Fredericksburg to Spotsylvania Courthouse, are missing. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist. The district court, superior court, and circuit court records of Spotsylvania County from 1813 to 1889 are in Fredericksburg.
Spotsylvania County (Va.) County Court Records, 1730-1765, consist of 4 order books and 1 minute book.
An order book is the formal, corrected transcription of the clerk's notes of the proceedings of court. A minute book contains the clerk's rough notes of court proceedings, which were later transcribed into an order book. Court order books were usually indexed and neat in appearance, while minute books were not.
Additional Spotsylvania County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."
Spotsylvania County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Spotsylvania Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localites Database found on the Library of Virginia's web site.