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A Guide to the Powhatan County (Va.) Overseers of the Poor Allowances, 1826-1832 Powhatan County (Va.) Overseers of the Poor Allowances, 1826-1832 1123461/Powhatan County (Va.) Reel 85

A Guide to the Powhatan County (Va.) Overseers of the Poor Allowances, 1826-1832

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Collection numbers 1123461/Powhatan previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Reel 85


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Repository
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Collection numbers
1123461/Powhatan previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Reel 85
Title
previous hit Powhatan  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Overseers of the Poor Allowances 1826-1832
Physical Characteristics
1 v. and 1 microfilm reel
Collector
previous hit Powhatan  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

Use microfilm copy, previous hit Powhatan  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Reel 85

Preferred Citation

previous hit Powhatan  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Board of the Overseers of the Poor Allowances, 1826-1832. Local Government Records Collection, previous hit Powhatan  next hit previous hit County  next hit Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from previous hit Powhatan  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

The microfilm was generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program.

Historical Information

previous hit Powhatan  next hit previous hit County  next hit was named for the Indian chieftain who ruled the native inhabitants of tidewater Virginia in the early seventeenth century. It was formed from Cumberland previous hit County  next hit in 1777, and part of Chesterfield previous hit County  next hit was added later.

In 1780 the Virginia General Assembly replaced the Anglican vestries and churchwardens of the colonial period with elected bodies called Overseers of the Poor. The Overseers provided food, clothing, shelter, and medical treatment for the persons who were too poor to support themselves or too ill to provide for their basic needs. The Overseers took over the supervision of the poorhouses and workhouses built by the vestries and built new poorhouses and workhouses where they were needed.

Scope and Content

The previous hit Powhatan  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Board of the Overseer of the Poor Allowances is one volumes dated 1826-1832. This book give the names of people receiving money or paying money to provide food, clothing, shelter and items need for the care of the poor. It gives the amount of money each of the persons received or paid for the care of the poor.

Stuck in the book is a paper with the accounts for November 20, 1832.

Related Material

Additional previous hit Powhatan  next hit previous hit County  next hit Court Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia previous hit County and City Records on Microfilm."

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

  • previous hit Powhatan  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Board of Overseers of the Poor
  • previous hit Powhatan  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court

    • Subjects:

  • Account books--Virginia-- previous hit Powhatan  next hit previous hit County  next hit
  • Poor--Virginia-- previous hit Powhatan  next hit previous hit County  next hit
  • Public welfare--Virginia-- previous hit Powhatan  next hit previous hit County  next hit

    • Geographical Names:

  • previous hit Powhatan  next hit previous hit County  next hit--History--19th century

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Local government records--Virginia-- previous hit Powhatan  next hit previous hit County  next hit

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Powhatan County--History--19th century
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