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Caroline County (Va.) Oversized Plats and Surveys found in Deed Books, 1874-1963. Local government records collection, Caroline County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
These records came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Caroline County.
Caroline County was named for Caroline of Anspach, wife of King George II. The county was formed from Essex, King and Queen and King William counties on 1 May 1728, and additional parts of King and Queen County were added in 1742 and 1763.
Most loose records and deed books prior to 1836 and will books prior to 1853 were stolen, mutilated, and/or destroyed by Union troops who ransacked the courthouse in May 1864. A near-complete run of order books exists.
Plats are maps, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. Information commonly found in plats are property boundaries, land features, and names of property owners. These oversized plats relate to land transactions, estate settlements or court cases found in the county's deed books.
Surveys are plats made of any land by court order. Like the plats, these oversized surveys are found in the county's deed books.
Additional Caroline County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm" found on the Library of Virginia's web site.
Caroline County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Caroline County Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection .
For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note .
Deed Books 57, 62-67, 74.
Deed Books 55-56, 81, 90.
Deed Book 69.
Deed Books 84, 87, 90-92, 100, 120, 123, 126-127, 151, 156.