A Guide to the Petersburg (Va.) Assessment and Reassessment Book and Land Book, 1890-1891 Petersburg (Va.) Assessment and Reassessment Book and Land Book 0007604998

A Guide to the Petersburg (Va.) Assessment and Reassessment Book and Land Book, 1890-1891

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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Barcode Number
0007604998
Title
Petersburg (Va.) Assessment and Reassessment Book and Land Book, 1890-1891
Extent
1 vol.
Collector
Petersburg (Va.) Circuit Court.
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

Petersburg (Va.) Assessment and Reassessment Book and Land Book, 1890-1891. Local government records collection, Petersburg (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia as a transfer from Richard Bland College under the Accession number 51620.

Historical Information

Petersburg was formed from parts of Dinwiddie, Prince George, and Chesterfield Counties. A garrison and fur-trading post called Fort Henry was established there in 1645 on the site of the Indian village Appamattuck. The present name, suggested in 1733 by William Byrd II, honors Peter Jones, Byrd's companion on expeditions into the Virginia backcountry. Petersburg was established in 1748 and incorporated as a town in 1784. In latter year the towns of Blandford, Pocahontas, and Petersburg was enlarged by annexation from both Prince George and Dinwiddie Counties in 1972.

Scope and Content

Petersburg (Va.) Assessment and Reassessment Book and Land Book, 1890-1891. This volume consists of names, number of each lot in the city or description of the part of lot owned, name of the city in which the lot is situated, value of buildings on the lots, amount of taxes on the lots and buildings at 30 cents on every $100 value thereof, for the support of the government and the public free schools, an explanation of alterations during the preceding year especially from whom transferred and when and how the owner derived the lots and why and upon what authority any alteration was made, name of school districts, amount of taxes levied for city free and district free school purposes, name or the number of school districts and remarks.

Arrangement

Alphabetical.

Related Material

Additional Petersburg (Va.) Tax and Fiscal Records may be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia.

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