A Guide to the Caroline County (Va.) Court Record, 1829
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
Caroline County (Va.) Court Record, 1829. Local government records collection, Local Government Records Replevin Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
These items came to the Library of Virginia in 2004 in a transfer.
Historical Information
Caroline County was named for Caroline of Anspach, consort of George II. It was formed from Essex, King and Queen, and King William Counties in 1728, and additional parts of King and Queen were added later.
Most loose records and deed books prior to 1836 and will books prior to 1853 were stolen, mutilated, and/or destroyed by Union troops who ransacked the courthouse in May 1864. A near-complete run of order books exists.
This record was replevined by the Library of Virginia following the trial entitled Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Larry I. Vass heard in Henrico County Circuit Court in November 1972.
Scope and Content
Caroline County Court Record, (Va.), 1829. The collection contains an affidavit pertaining to the orphans of John H. Demuse, 1829. The document was removed from Caroline County court records.
Related Material
For additional information concerning the replevin of this item see Larry I. Vass Case records, 1781-1973, found at the Library of Virginia.
Additional Caroline County court records can be found on microfilm and in the Chancery Records Index at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm" and The Chancery Records Index .
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
- Caroline County (Va.) Circuit Court.
- Replevin--Virginia.
- Caroline County (Va.)--History--19th century.
- Affidavits--Virginia--Caroline County.
- Judicial records--Virginia--Caroline County.
- Local government records--Virginia--Caroline County.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Caroline County (Va.)--History--19th century.