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 Fee Book, 1788. 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 Fee Book, 1788, contains the date of the charge for clerk's services, the person to whom charged, the reason, the style of suit, and the cost of the service to be paid to the clerk of court. Most of it is in abbreviated form rather than written out longhand. There is an alphabetical index by surname at the beginning of the volume.

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.

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:

• Clerks of court -- Virginia -- Fairfax County.
• Costs (Law) -- Virginia -- Fairfax County.
• Courts -- Virginia -- Fairfax County.
• Public records -- Virginia -- Fairfax County.

Geographical Names:

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

Genre and Form Terms:

• Fees -- Virginia -- Fairfax County.
• Local government records -- Virginia -- Fairfax County.

Added Entry - Corporate Name:

• Fairfax County (Va.) County Court.

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