Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Henrico County (Va.) Road Books, 1853-1870. Local Government Records Collection, Henrico County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in transfer of court papers from Henrico County under the accession number 52819.

Historical Information

Henrico County was named for Henry, Prince of Wales, the oldest son of James I. It was one of the eight original shires established in 1634.

All county court records prior to 1655 and almost all prior to 1677 are missing. Many records were destroyed by British troops during the Revolutionary War. Post-Revolutionary War county court records exist. Almost all circuit superior court of law and chancery and circuit court records were destroyed by fire during the evacuation of Richmond on 3 April 1865 in the Civil War. The county's circuit court held its sessions at the state courthouse in Richmond.

Scope and Content

Henrico County (Va.) Road Books, 1853-1870, record the appointment of road surveyors and surveys of individual roads in Henrico County.

A petition to the General Assembly against the extension of the corporate limits of the city of Richmond filed during the Civil War era was found in Road Book, 1853-1867.

Related Material

Henrico County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Henrico County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search 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:

• Henrico County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Roads -- Surveying.
• Roads -- Virginia -- Henrico County.

Geographical Names:

• Henrico County (Va.) -- Boundaries.
• Henrico County (Va.) -- History.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Land surveys -- Virginia -- Henrico County.
• Local government records -- Virginia -- Henrico County.
• Road and bridge records -- Virginia -- Henrico County.

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