Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Frederick County (Va.) Roster of Ex-Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Living in the County of Frederick, Virginia, 1898. Local government records collection, Frederick County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of records from Frederick County.

Historical Information

Frederick County was named in honor of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales and eldest son of King George II. It was formed from Orange County by a statute of 1738 that stipulated that when the population was large enough the new county government would begin to function. The county court first met on 11 November 1743. Part of Augusta County was added in 1754. The county seat is the city of Winchester.

Virginia Act of Assembly passed January 25, 1898, required the commissioners of the revenue in the counties and cities to list on a form provided by the auditor of public accounts all ex-Confederate soldiers and sailors living in their jurisdictions. The completed listings were to be filed with the clerks of court of the localities for permanent retention.

Scope and Content

Frederick County (Va.) Roster of Ex-Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Living in the County of Frederick, Virginia, 1898, is five leaves that record the name of the soldier, age, rank, company, regiment to which attached or in which he served, date of enlistment, length of time in service, and a remarks column which notes things like if held as a prisoner of war, if honorably discharged, if was present at the surrender, and so forth. The roster includes the names of "colored" men. This is not an exhaustive roster of everyone who served in the Civil War from Frederick County but is only of those still living in the county in 1898. The text of the 1898 Act of Assembly is printed on the reverse of each form. The roster is arranged alphabetically and there is no index.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Related Material

Additional Frederick County records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm .

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Confederate States of America Army.
• Confederate States of America Navy.
• Frederick County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• African Americans -- Virginia -- Frederick County.
• Prisoners of war -- Virginia -- Frederick County.
• Soldiers -- Virginia -- Frederick County.
• Veterans -- Virginia -- Frederick County.

Geographical Names:

• Frederick County (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Local government records -- Virginia -- Frederick County.
• Military records -- Virginia -- Frederick County.
• Rosters -- Virginia -- Frederick County.

Adjunct Descriptive Data