Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

Use microfilm copy, Fairfax County (Va.) Reel 95.

Preferred Citation

Fairfax County (Va.) County Court Minute Book, 1749-1751. Local government records collection, Fairfax County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

This volume came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 50447.

Historical Information

Fairfax County was named for Thomas Fairfax, sixth baron Fairfax of Cameron, proprietor of the Northern Neck. It was formed from Prince William County in 1742.

Original wills and deeds as well as many other loose papers were destroyed during the Civil War; deed books for twenty-six of the fifty-six years between 1763 and 1819 are missing. Numerous pre-Civil War minute books are missing as well.

Scope and Content

Fairfax County (Va.) County Court Minute Book, 1749-1751, along with closely related court records such as order books, records all matters brought before the court when it was in session and may contain important information not found anywhere else. Generally minute books contain brief entries as they were the clerk of court's rough draft that would later be transcribed into an order book. A locality's loose papers are the raw materials from which this type of book was created. Like order books, a wide variety of information is found in its pages including: appointments of county officers, appointments of guardians and administrators, records of legal disputes heard before the court, recordation of deeds and wills, estate settlements, wolf bounties, licenses for ordinary keepers, road surveys, and matters related to the fiscal management of the court.

A vellum volume binding labeled "court martial records Fairfax Co." came along with the two volumes in this accession. The binding does not go with either volume.

Arrangement

Chronological by court date.

Related Material

Additional Fairfax County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia. See 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 .

See The Chancery Records Index to find the chancery records of additional Virginia localities.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Fairfax County (Va.). Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• County officials and employees -- Virginia -- Fairfax County.
• Public records -- Virginia -- Fairfax County.

Geographical Names:

• Fairfax County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Judicial records -- Virginia -- Fairfax County.
• Local government records -- Virginia -- Fairfax County.
• Minute books -- Virginia -- Fairfax County.

Added Entry - Corporate Name:

• Fairfax County (Va.) County Court.

Adjunct Descriptive Data