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Use microfilm copy, King William County (Va.) Reel 57.
King William County (Va.) Tax Collection Book of Benjamin Spiller, 1782-1786. Local records collection, King William County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA 23219.
This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from King William County. The microfilm was generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program.
King William County was named for William III and was formed from King and Queen County in 1701.
King William County (Va.) Tax Collection Book of Benjamin Spiller, 1782-1786, is the rough draft of land, personal property, and other taxes owed and collected by Spiller as part of his duties as sheriff. Also collected were other fees and monies due including those related to bonds, militia certificates, interest on warrants, court and clerk's fees, estate sales, overseer of the poor payments, and so on.
Most records were destroyed by a courthouse fire on 17 January 1885. Only a few order books and deed books exist.
Organized more or less alphabetically by surname.
Additional King William County sheriff's 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 .