A Guide to the Spotsylvania County (Va.) Records, 1700s circa-1972 (broken series)
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
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Preferred Citation
Spotsylvania County (Va.) Records, 1700s circa-1972 (broken series.) Local government records collection, Spotsylvania County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
Acquisition Information
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Spotsylvania County. Portions of the collection were transferred under the following accession number 43739.
Historical Information
Spotsylvania County was formed from Essex, King William, and King and Queen Counties by a statute adopted in 1720 to take effect on 1 May 1721. The county was named for Alexander Spotswood, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722.
Created by an act of 1720 to take effect on May 1, 1721. Many loose county court papers prior to 1839, when the courthouse moved from Fredericksburg to Spotsylvania Courthouse, are missing. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist. The district court, superior court, and circuit court records of Spotsylvania County from 1813 to 1889 are in Fredericksburg.
Scope and Content
Spotsylvania County (Va.) Records, 1700s circa-1972 (broken series), consist of the following series: Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Census Records, Clerk's Records, Court Records, Election Records, Judgments, Land Records, Organization Records (Church and fraternal organizations)Personal Documentations, Tax and Fiscal Records and Wills.
Related Material
Additional Spotsylvania County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."
Spotsylvania County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Spotsylvania Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localites Database found on the Library of Virginia's web site.
Index Terms
- Spotsylvania County (Va.) Circuit Court.
- Public records -- Virginia -- Spotsylvania County.
- Spotsylvania County (Va.) -- History.
- Local government records -- Virginia -- Spotsylvania County.
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Contents List
Folder contains Clerk's Correspondence, 1831; Index to Unidentified Docket (A-C), undated; Index to Unidentified Docket, undated; Minute Book, 2 p., 1795; Poll Book, 1865; Tobacco Warehouse Receipt, 1793; Fragments of Unidentified Will, 1700s circa
Volume contains Circuit Court Memorandum Book, 1868-1888; Notary Bonds, 1897-1949 and Poll Books, 1902-1903
Accession 43739 contains the following; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths Appointments, 1903-1906; Census Record, 1858, Clerk's Records, 1899; 1905, Court Records - Judgments, 1824, 1883; Court Records- Personal Documentation, 1908; 1911; undated, Election Records, 1899; Land Records, 1902; Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, undated; Organization (Church and fraternal orgganizations), Church Trustees 1938-1972.