Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Virginia. Land Office. List of county formations from the Virginia Land Office, undated. Accession Land Office inventory entry no. 13, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Archives Branch, Richmond, VA 23219.

Acquisition Information

Accession LOI 13 transferred by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1948.

Historical Information

The act which established the previous Land Office next hit passed the General Assembly on 22 June 1779. The register was the head of the Office and was appointed by joint ballot of both houses of the legislature.

Scope and Content

These records contain a list recording in columns the names of those counties formed by 1861, including the date of formation and the name of the original county from which the new county was formed. Those counties which became part of West Virginia in 1863 are marked by an asterisk, although two counties which remained in Virginia are marked as becoming part of West Virginia.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into the following series:

Arranged alphabetically by county name.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Virginia. Land Office

Geographical Names:

• Virginia -- Historical geography.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Lists.
• State government records -- Virginia