Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Surry County (Va.) County Court Order and Minutes, 1681, 1718. Local government records collection, Local Government Records Replevin Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

The Surry county (Va.) Court Order came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 25642.

Historical Information

Surry County was named for the county of Surrey in England, and was formed from James City County in 1652. The county seat is Surry.

Created in 1652. Deed Book 10 (1835-1838) is missing and order books for 1718-1741 and various other early volumes are fragmentary. Most loose records prior to 1806 are missing. Courthouse fires in 1906 and 1922, however, did not result in loss of records, which were then housed in a separate clerk's office.

Scope and Content

Surry County (Va.) County Court Order and Minutes, 1681, 1718, includes a court order informing William Elliot to pay an obligation to Lawrence Flemings and pages torn from a 1718 county court minute book.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronological.

Related Material

Surry County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Surry County records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Digital Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search 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:

• Surry County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Public records -- Virginia -- Surry County.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Judicial records -- Virginia -- Surry County.
• Local government records -- Virginia -- Surry County.

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