Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Mathews County (Va.) Oyster Records, 1867-1891 circa. Local government records collection, Mathews County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Mathews County.

Historical Information

Mathews County was named for Thomas Mathews, of Norfolk, the Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates when it was formed from Gloucester County by a statute passed on 16 December 1790 to take effect on 1 May 1791. The county seat is Mathews.

Most records were burned in Richmond on 3 April 1865, where they had been moved for safekeeping during the Civil War.

Scope and Content

Mathews County (Va.) Oyster Records, 1867-1891 circa, consist of oyster inspector reports, plats, petitions related to oyster beds, and lists of oyster planters.

Related Material

Additional Mathews County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "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:

• Mathews County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Oysters--Virginia--Mathews County.

Geographical Names:

• Mathews County (Va.)--History.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Local government records--Virginia--Mathews County.

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