A Guide to the Powhatan County (Va.) Records, 1797-1902
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the Library of Virginia
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Preferred Citation
Powhatan County (Va.) Records, 1797-1902. Local government records collection, Powhatan County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
Acquisition Information
These items came to the Library of Virginia in transfer of court papers from Powhatan County.
Historical Information
Powhatan County was named for the paramount chief of the Powhatan Indians in the tidewater of Virginia in the late sixteenth and early years of the seventeenth century. It was formed from Cumberland County in 1777, and part of Chesterfield County was added in 1850. The county seat is Powhatan.
Scope and Content
Powhatan County (Va.) Records, 1797-1902, consists of records from the following series: Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Court Records, Fiduciary Records, Overseers of the Poor Records, Tax snd Fiscal Records, and Wills. The documents record names of slaves and free African Americans. Also included are Naturalization Records dated 1902.
Related Material
Additional Powhatan County records are available at the Library of Virginia.
Index Terms
- Powhatan County (Va.) Circuit Court.
- African Americans--History.
- Immigrants -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Naturalization -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Slaveholders--Virginia--Powhatan County.
- Slaves--Virginia--Powhatan County.
- Powhatan County--History.
- Judicial records--Virginia--Powhatan County.
- Local government records--Virginia--Powhatan County.
- Naturalization records--Virginia--Powhatan County.