A Guide to the Prince Edward County (Va.) Court Records, 1749-1925 (bulk 1750-1800) Prince Edward County (Va.) Court Records, 1749-1925 (bulk 1750-1800)
Barcode numbers: 1183906-1183935.
A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Barcode numbers: 1183906-1183935
Library of Virginia
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Prince Edward County (Va.) Court Records, 1749-1925 (bulk 1750-1800). Local government records collection, Prince Edward County
(Va.) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of records from Prince Edward County Circuit Court under accession
number 43640.
A list of records transferred is available at the Library of Virginia. Please consult Archives Research Services for details.
Prince Edward County was named in honor of Edward Augustus, a son of Prince Frederick Louis, a grandson of George II, and
a younger brother of George III. The county was formed from Amelia County in 1753. The county seat is Farmville.
Prince Edward County (Va.) Court Records, 1749-1925 (bulk 1750-1800), consist of judgments, criminal causes, road and bridge
records, land records, tax and fiscal records, election records, fiduciary records, jury records, overseer of the poor records,
election records, health and medical records, bonds/commissions/oaths, business records, justice of the peace records, clerk's
records, court finance records, and miscellaneous records. Not every kind of record exists for every year.
Chancery records, census records, deeds, eighteenth-century election records, free negro and slave records, military and pension
records, tithable lists, and wills were removed and processed separately.
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