Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Fairfax County (Va.) Commissioner's Report, 1867. Local government records collection, Fairfax County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

Thus item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 37235.

Historical Information

Fairfax County was formed in 1742 from Prince William County.

Original wills and deeds as well as many other loose papers were destroyed during the Civil War; deed books for twenty-six of the fifty-six years between 1763 and 1819 are missing. Numerous pre-Civil War minute books are missing as well.

Scope and Content

Fairfax County (Va.) Commissioner's Report, 1867. Consists of a report on Francis L. Smith's administration of the estate of Aaron Leggett, deceased.

Related Material

Additional Fairfax County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia. See 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:

• Fairfax County (Va.)--Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Equity--Virginia--Fairfax County.

Geographical Names:

• Fairfax County (Va.)--History--19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Court records--Virginia--Fairfax County.
• Courts of Chancery--Virginia--Fairfax County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Fairfax County.
• Reports--Virginia--Fairfax County.

Adjunct Descriptive Data