Administrative Information

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Nottoway   County   (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1853-1946. Local government records collection, Nottoway   County   Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Nottoway   County  .

Historical Information

Nottoway   County   was named for the Nottoway   River or for the Nottoway   Indian tribe. The county   was formed from Amelia County   by a statue adopted on 22 December 1788 to take effect 1 May 1789.

Created by an act of 1788 to take effect on May 1, 1789. Many records were destroyed or heavily mutilated in 1865 by Union troops during the Civil War. A few volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.

Scope and Content

Nottoway   County   (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1853-1946, include miscellaneous records filed in a local court by trustees, administrators, executors, guardians, and committees that related to the performance of their duties managing a person's estate. These records typically include the following; bonds, appraisements, audits, inventories, accounts, estate divisions, settlements, dowery records, etc. Information related to enslaved people are commonly found in these records.

Related Material

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

See 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 .

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