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Preferred Citation

Culpeper County (Va.) Deeds, 1783-1800, 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

Culpeper County probably was named for Catherine Culpeper, or for her mother, Margaret Lady Culpeper, or for Thomas Culpeper, second baron Culpeper of Thoresway, governor of Virginia from 1677 to 1683, or for their family, which long held proprietary rights in the Northern Neck. It was formed from Orange County in 1749.

Created in 1749. A significant number of loose records are missing for the period prior to 1840. They were stolen, mutilated, and/or destroyed during the Civil War. Culpeper was the site of several military engagements and experienced widespread pillaging by both Union and Confederate troops. The county courthouse was used as a jail for Confederate prisoners by Union forces. Volumes that record deeds and wills from the formation of the county exist. Minute books for the periods 1749–1762, 1765–1797, 1812–1813, and 1817 are missing.

Scope and Content

Culpeper County (Va.) Deeds, 1783-1800. The collection contains three deeds, as follows: between Robert Leavell of Berkeley County and Leroy Canaday of Culpeper County, 1783 May 19; between John Trible and George Haywood, 1786 Dec. 19; and a deed between John Gibs and Judith his wife and Edward Leavell, 1789 Feb. 5.

Related Material

Additional Culpeper County Land Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. See the Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm

Culpeper County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Culpeper County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Culpeper County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Public records-- Virginia--Culpeper County.

Geographical Names:

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

Genre and Form Terms:

• Deeds-- Virginia--Culpeper County.
• Land records-- Virginia--Culpeper County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Culpeper County.

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