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Preferred Citation

Dinwiddie County (Va.) Plats, 1860-1904. Local government records collection, Dinwiddie County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from the circuit court of Dinwiddie County under the accession number 50292.

Historical Information

Dinwiddie County was named for Robert Dinwiddie, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1751 to 1758, and was formed from Prince George County in 1752. The county seat is Dinwiddie.

The bulk of court records prior to 1865 were stolen, mutilated, and/or destroyed by Union troops who ransacked the courthouse during the last months of the Civil War. Post-1830 volumes such as deed books, will books, chancery order books, and marriage registers exist.

Scope and Content

Dinwiddie County (Va.) Plats, 1860-1904, include the following: Plat of Bonneville, 1860; Plat of John Dodson's farm, 1873; and a plat of land along the Appomattox River showing Chesterfield, Amelia, and Dinwiddie counties, 1904.

Related Material

Additional Dinwiddie County 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 .

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Dinwiddie County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Public records -- Virginia -- Dinwiddie County.

Geographical Names:

• Dinwiddie County (Va.) -- History.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Local government records -- Virginia -- Dinwiddie County.
• Plats -- Virginia -- Dinwiddie County.

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