A Guide to the Middlesex County (Va.) County Court Order Books and Index Cards to County Orders, 1673-1796 (bulk 1673-1726) Middlesex County (Va.) County Court Order Books and Index Cards to County Orders, 1673-1796 (bulk 1673-1726) 1048877-1127567 circa

A Guide to the Middlesex County (Va.) County Court Order Books and Index Cards to County Orders, 1673-1796 (bulk 1673-1726)

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Barcode numbers: 1048877-1127567 circa


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Barcode numbers
1048877-1127567 circa
Title
Middlesex County (Va.) County Court Order Books and Index Cards to County Orders, 1673-1796 (bulk 1673-1726)
Physical Characteristics
1 box and 16 v.
Collector
Middlesex County (Va.) Circuit Court
Location
State Records Center-Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Middlesex County (Va.) County Court Order Books and Index Cards to County Orders, 1673-1796 (bulk 1673-1726). Local government records collection, Middlesex County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Middlesex County.

Historical Information

Middlesex County probably was named for the English county. It was formed from Lancaster County about 1669.

Numerous loose records from the nineteenth century including chancery, County Court Order Books and Index Cards to County Orders, and commonwealth causes are missing. Most volumes including deed books, will books, and order books exist because court clerk Philemon T. Woodward removed them from the courthouse for safekeeping during the Civil War.

Scope and Content

Middlesex County (Va.) County Court Order Books, 1673-1786 consist of 16 volumes of County Court Order Books. The County Court Order Books cover the years 1673-1726, 1745-1786. The Index Cards to County Orders are for Order Book entitled Orders, 1721-1726.

Order Books records all matters brought before the court when it was in session. It provides a synopses of cases in a neater, more organized form. These volumes are sometimes internally indexed; more rarely, there is a comprehensive index. A wide variety of information is found in this order book including: deeds, chancery causes, judgments, records of legal disputes heard before the county court and road orders.

In common law an (e)stray is a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. Records of strays are notices of discovery of lost livestock, with reports of commissioners appointed to determine proper reimbursment of the finder for caring for the animals. Middlesex included someone's lost boat in their list of strays.

Arrangement

Chronological

Related Material

Additional Middlesex County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

Middlesex County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Middlesex County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

  • Middlesex County (Va.) Circuit Court.
  • Subjects:

  • Deeds -- Virginia -- Middlesex County.
  • Estray Records -- Virginia -- Middlesex County.
  • Fiduciary Accounting -- Virginia -- Middlesex County.
  • Inventories of descendants' estates -- Virginia -- Middlesex County.
  • Public Records -- Virginia -- Middlesex County.
  • Wills -- Virginia -- Middlesex County.
  • Geographical Names:

  • Middlesex County (Va.) -- History.
  • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Court Records-- Virginia -- Middlesex County.
  • Judicial records -- Virginia -- Middlesex County.
  • Local government records -- Virginia -- Middlesex County.

Contents List

Barcode number 1127557: Order Book, 1673-1680

Also known as Order Book, No. 1, [Deeds and Wills] 1673 - 1680. The book is arranged by groups of orders followed by copies of wills, deeds, bonds, etc mentioned in the orders.

Barcode numbers 1127558-1127559: Order Book, 1680-1694

Barcode Number 1127558 is Order Book, 1680-1694, Part 1, which contains pages 1-374. Barcode Number 1127558 is Order Book, 1680-1694, Part 2, which contains pages 375-728. This book is also known as Order Book Number 2.

Barcode number 1127563: Order Book, 1694-1705

Also known as Order Book, Number 3.

Barcode number 1127567: Order Book, 1705-1710

Also known as Order Book, Number 4.

Barcode number 1127566: Order Book, 1710-1721

Also known as Order Book Number 5.

Barcode number 1127544: Orders, 1721-1726

Also known as Order Book Number 6.

Barcode number 1048877: Index Cards to County Orders, 1721-1726

These cards index Order Book, Number 6, 1721-1726 which is not indexed.

Barcode number 1127255: Orders, 1745-1752

This order book was not given a number.

Barcode number 1127256: Orders, 1752-1758

This order book was not given a number.

Barcode numbers 1127258-1127259: Orders, 1758-1767

Barcode Number 1127258 is Order Book, 1758-1767, Part 1, pages 1-500, which contain Orders 1758-1765. Barcode Number 1127259 is Order Book, 1758-1767, Part 2 ,pages 520-647, which contain Orders October 1, 1765-1767. This book also contains a second pagination of pages 1-68 which contains Wills, Inventories, etc, 1794 - 1795. This book also contain a third pagination, of which pages 1-6 [1] which contain List of Estrays, 1773-1782, undated, and on page 5 there is a list of two Bills of Exchange recorded on 23 February 1778.

Barcode number 1127261: Order Book, 1769-1772

This order book was not given a number.

Barcode number 1127262: Order Book, 1772-1782

This order book was not given a number.

Barcode number 1127263: Orders, 1783-1784

This book begins with an Index of the Orders and is followed by pages 1-60 that contain Orders 1783-1784. The second pagination begins with an Index of the Deeds and is followed by pages 1-218 that contain Deeds 1785-1791. The third pagination, pages 1-69 contains Executions 1769-1772.

Barcode number 1127264: Orders, 1784-1786

This Order Book was not given a number.