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A Guide to the Mathews County (Va.) Roster of Ex-Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Living in the County of Mathews, Virginia, made by J. Frank Billups, Commissioner of the Revenue, 1898 Mathews County (Va.) Roster of Ex-Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Living in the County of Mathews, Virginia, made by J. Frank Billups, Commissioner of the Revenue, 1898 1181934

A Guide to the Mathews County (Va.) Roster of Ex-Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Living in the County of Mathews, Virginia, made by J. Frank Billups, Commissioner of the Revenue, 1898

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Title
previous hit Mathews  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Roster of Ex-Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Living in the previous hit County  next hit of previous hit Mathews  next hit, Virginia, made by J. Frank Billups, Commissioner of the Revenue, 1898
Physical Characteristics
6 leaves.
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previous hit Mathews  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.)
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

previous hit Mathews  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Roster of Ex-Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Living in the previous hit County  next hit of previous hit Mathews  next hit, Virginia, made by J. Frank Billups, Commissioner of the Revenue, under provisions of the Act of January 25, 1898. Local government records collection, previous hit Mathews  next hit previous hit County  next hit Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 43168.

Historical Information

previous hit Mathews  next hit previous hit County  next hit was formed in 1790 from Gloucester previous hit County  next hit.

Virginia Act of Assembly passed January 25, 1898, required the commissioners of the revenue in the previous hit counties  next hit and cities to list on a form provided by the auditor of public accounts all ex-Confederate soldiers and sailors living in their jurisdictions. The completed listings were to be filed with the clerks of court of the localities for permanent retention.

Most records were burned in Richmond on 3 April 1865, where they had been moved for safekeeping during the Civil War.

Scope and Content

previous hit Mathews  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Roster of Ex-Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Living in the previous hit County  next hit of previous hit Mathews  next hit, Virginia, made by J. Frank Billups, Commissioner of the Revenue, 1898, is six leaves that record the name of the soldier, age, rank, company, regiment to which attached or in which he served, date of enlistment, length of time in service, and a remarks column which notes things like if held as a prisoner of war, if honorably discharged, if was present at the surrender, and so forth. The roster includes the names of "colored" men. This is not an exhaustive roster of everyone who served in the Civil War from previous hit Mathews  next hit previous hit County  next hit but is only of those still living in the previous hit county  next hit in 1898. The text of the 1898 Act of Assembly is printed on the reverse of each form. The roster is arranged alphabetically and there is no index.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Related Material

Additional previous hit Mathews  next hit previous hit County  next hit records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia previous hit 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 .

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

  • Confederate States of America Army.
  • Confederate States of America Navy.
  • previous hit Mathews  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.). Circuit Court.

    • Subjects:

  • African Americans -- Virginia -- previous hit Mathews  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Prisoners of war -- Virginia -- previous hit Mathews  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Soldiers -- Virginia -- previous hit Mathews  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Veterans -- Virginia -- previous hit Mathews  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

    • Geographical Names:

  • previous hit Mathews  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Local government records -- Virginia -- previous hit Mathews  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Military records -- Virginia -- previous hit Mathews  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Rosters -- Virginia -- previous hit Mathews  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Mathews County (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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