Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

Use microfilm copy, Richmond County   (Va.) Reels 23 and 24.

Preferred Citation

Richmond County   (Va.) Will Books, 1717-1787. Richmond County   (Va.) Reels 23 and 24, Local government records collection, Richmond County   Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Richmond County  .

Historical Information

Richmond County   may have been named for Richmond borough in Surrey, England, or for Charles Lennox, first duke of Richmond and a son of King Charles II. It was formed from Old Rappahannock   County   in 1692. The county   seat is Warsaw.

Some volumes were burned and mutilated through unknown causes; in addition, the will books prior to 1699 were missing as early as 1793, and order books for the period 1794-1816 are also missing. Numerous loose records prior to 1781 are missing as well.

The will books of Richmond in this collection were created by the County   Court.

Scope and Content

Will Books, 1717-1787, of Richmond County   Court. The will book includes the name of testator, list of heirs and the year the wills were proven in court and probate records such as inventories and appraisements. The will books have indexes which contains the first and last names of both parties. It is arranged alphabetically from A-Z.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Related Material

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

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

• Richmond County   (Va.) Circuit Court.

Geographical Names:

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

Genre and Form Terms:

• Local government records -- Virginia -- Richmond County  .
• Will books -- Virginia -- Richmond County  .
• Wills-- Virginia -- Richmond County  .

Added Entry - Corporate Name:

• Richmond County   (Va.) County   Court.

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