Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Stafford County (Va.) Judgment (Declaration), 30 Jan. 1785. Local government records collection, Stafford County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 41646.

Historical Information

Stafford County was named for the English county. It was formed from Westmoreland County in 1664. Part of King George County was added in 1777. The county seat is Stafford.

Many pre-Civil War court records were lost to vandalism by Union troops during the Civil War. A few volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.

Scope and Content

Stafford County Judgment (Declaration), 30 Jan. 1785. Consists of a judgment from a debt case, Thomas Lawson, Assignee of Samuel Bailey, vs. John Hedgman.

Related Material

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

Stafford County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Stafford County 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:

• Stafford County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Geographical Names:

• Stafford County (Va.)--History--18th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Court records--Virginia--Stafford County.
• Decisions--Virginia--Stafford County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Stafford County.

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