Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Norfolk County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1804-1855, Robert Alonzo Brock Collection, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Acquisition Information

The Robert Alonzo Brock Collection was filmed by The Huntington Library in cooperation with The Library of Virginia with funding provided by The Library of Virginia Foundation with the support of The Roller- Bottimore Foundation and The Robins Foundation. Microfilm received 15 April 2004.

Historical Information

Norfolk County was formed in 1691 from Lower Norfolk County. It was probably named by Adam Thoroughgood for his native county in England. Norfolk County became extinct in 1963, when it was consolidated with the city of South Norfolk to form the city of Chesapeake.

Scope and Content

Records, 1804-1855, of Norfolk County Circuit Court consist of wills (1824, 1833, 1855); Commonwealth claims (1804, 1821); and a deposition in a suit heard in the Court of the United States, Fifth Circuit (1810.) The deposition relates to a survey taken in Dismal Swamp.

Wills include Robert Manlove (1824), Joseph Pell (1833), and Henry Selden (1855.)

Access Terms

Corporate Terms

• Chesapeake (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subject Terms

• Public records--Virginia--Norfolk County.

Geographic Terms

• Chesapeake (Va.)--History.
• Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.)
• Norfolk County (Va.)--History--19th century.

Genre and Form Terms

• Claims--Virginia--Norfolk County.
• Depositions--Virginia--Norfolk County.
• Judicial records--Virginia--Norfolk County.
• Wills--Virginia--Norfolk County.

Added Entry - Personal Name

• Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914, collector.

Added Entry - Corporate Name:

• Norfolk County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Originals are located at the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.