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A Guide to the Virginia Governor's Office escheated land records, 1811-1860 Governor, Office of the, Escheated land records 44639

A Guide to the Virginia Governor's Office escheated land records, 1811-1860

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Accession Number 44639


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Accession Number
44639
Title
Virginia Governor's Office escheated land records, 1811-1860
Extent
.45 cu. ft. (1 box)
Collector
Virginia. Office of the Governor
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Virginia Governor's Office escheated land records, 1811-1860. Accession 44639, State records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

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Historical Information

The act that established the Land Office on 22 July 1779, provided for a Register to be at the head, who would be "appointed from time to time, by joint ballot of both houses of assembly...." The act which established the Land Office passed the General Assembly on 22 June 1779. It was the responsibility of the Register to carry out the very carefully structured legislation which provided the procedure for obtaining waste and unappropriated lands.

Escheat is a common law doctrine put in place to ensure that property is not left in limbo and ownerless after the death of its owner. A parcel of land is escheated, or transferred to the state, when a person dies intestate (without a will or rightful heirs). In the Commonwealth of Virginia, each locality had an escheator who kept track of ownerless land. The escheator was required by law to publicize the possible escheat of land in a newspaper or at the county  next hit courthouse. Once it was determined that a parcel of land had no rightful owner, the escheator reported the escheat to the Register of the Land Office. In some cases, an inquisition was held by the local escheator to determine whether any heirs existed or whether the heirs had rightful title to the land in question. After the previous hit county  next hit and city escheators reported to the Register of the Land Office, the Register was required to forward the information directly to the governor.

Scope and Content

Contains escheated land records collected by the Governor's Office over the span of several decades and administrations. How the records came to be in one place is unknown. Included are escheated land files created by city and previous hit county  next hit escheators and sent to the Register of the Land Office, as well as lists of escheated land created by the Register of the Land Office and submitted to the governor.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into the following series:

Series I. Escheated land files, 1811-1860 Series II. Lists and reports of escheated land, 1812-1852

Contents List

Series I. Escheated land files , 1811-1860 .
Box 1
Extent: 15 folders.

Contains numbered files sent by a previous hit county  next hit or city escheator to the Register of the Land Office. Most files contain only one case, but some feature several cases. This depended upon how often the escheator communicated with the Register and how many cases he oversaw during a particular time period. In the event that one file number contains multiple cases, the name of each deceased land owner is recorded on the folder and in the content list. Once the Register received the cases, the information was forwarded directly to the Governor. The files often contain only a letter from the previous hit county  next hit or city escheator to the Register, but some contain lengthly inquisition documents, correspondence, lists of heirs, plats, and other records that prove whether a parcel of land should be escheated to the commonwealth. Researchers should also note that many of the cases involve land in previous hit counties  next hit that are now part of West Virginia.

Arranged according to the number written on the particular file. This numbering scheme is also roughly chronological. Each file is labeled with its number, the name of the deceased owner(s), the locality, and the date range.

  • Box 1 Folder 1
    No. 1, John Flinn, Wood previous hit County  next hit, 1811 .
  • Box 1 Folder 1
    No. 2, John Grayham and John McMurray, Prince Edward previous hit County  next hit, 1811 .
  • Box 1 Folder 1
    No. 3, John Marshall and James Smith, previous hit Louisa  next hit previous hit County  next hit, 1811 .
  • Box 1 Folder 1
    No. 4, Carlos Don Quioxette, Brooke previous hit County  next hit, 1812 .
  • Box 1 Folder 1
    No. 5, Gideon Batchelor, Brooke previous hit County  next hit, 1812-1822 .
  • Box 1 Folder 1
    No. 7, Alexandar McNiel, Southampton previous hit County  next hit, 1813-1825 .
  • Box 1 Folder 1
    No. 8, Thomas McBroom, Brooke previous hit County  next hit, 1813-1822 .
  • Box 1 Folder 1
    No. 9, John Reid and Don Carlos Quioxette (No. 4), Brooke previous hit County  next hit, 1813-1822 .
  • Box 1 Folder 1
    No. 10, Alexander Wilson, Amelia previous hit County  next hit, 1814 .
  • Box 1 Folder 2
    No. 11, Jacob Rubsamon, Pittsylvania previous hit County  next hit, 1814-1821 [contains plat] .
  • Box 1 Folder 2
    No. 12, Robert Heblethwait, Dinwiddie previous hit County  next hit, 1814-1816 .
  • Box 1 Folder 2
    No. 13, Robert Galloway, Spotsylvania previous hit County  next hit and Fredericksburg, 1815-1816 .
  • Box 1 Folder 2
    No. 14, Alexander Willson, Amelia previous hit County  next hit, 1816-1818 .
  • Box 1 Folder 2
    No. 15, John McLoud, Chesterfield previous hit County  next hit, 1817-1822 .
  • Box 1 Folder 3
    No. 16, John McMurray and John Fisher, Prince Edward previous hit County  next hit, 1817-1822 .
  • Box 1 Folder 3
    No. 17, Mark McCausland and Mingo Green, Brooke previous hit County  next hit, 1814-1819 .
  • Box 1 Folder 3
    No. 21, William Shanks, Nansemond previous hit County  next hit, 1819-1821 .
  • Box 1 Folder 3
    No. 23, William Echols, Halifax previous hit County  next hit, 1820-1822 .
  • Box 1 Folder 3
    No. 24, Michael Pender, Halifax and Pittsylvania previous hit Counties  next hit, 1820-1823 .
  • Box 1 Folder 4
    No. 26, John Creager, Wythe previous hit County  next hit, 1819-1830 .
  • Box 1 Folder 4
    No. 27, Henry Fletcher, Spotsylvania previous hit County  next hit, 1819-1822 .
  • Box 1 Folder 4
    No. 28, John Wilson, Cabell previous hit County  next hit, 1819-1822 .
  • Box 1 Folder 4
    No. 29, Alexander Grant, Brooke previous hit County  next hit, 1821-1823 .
  • Box 1 Folder 4
    No. 30, David Doyle, Lewis previous hit County  next hit, 1821-1830 .
  • Box 1 Folder 5
    No. 31, James Guinn, Cabell previous hit County  next hit, 1822-1824 .
  • Box 1 Folder 5
    No. 32, John McMara, City of Richmond, 1821-1823 .
  • Box 1 Folder 5
    No. 33, George May, Russell previous hit County  next hit, 1820-1821 .
  • Box 1 Folder 5
    No. 34, James Urrey, Bedford previous hit County  next hit, 1822-1824 .
  • Box 1 Folder 5
    No. 35, John Bostick and Robert Donald, Prince Edward previous hit County  next hit, 1823-1826 .
  • Box 1 Folder 5
    No. 36, Adam Melchor, Wood previous hit County  next hit, 1823-1824 .
  • Box 1 Folder 5
    No. 37, James Foulis, Halifax previous hit County  next hit , 1823-1824 .
  • Box 1 Folder 6
    No. 38, Alexander Frazier, Middlesex previous hit County  next hit, 1822-1825 .
  • Box 1 Folder 6
    No. 39, William Vicory, King William previous hit County  next hit, 1823-1825 .
  • Box 1 Folder 6
    No. 40, Marcus Levy, City of Richmond, 1823-1824 .
  • Box 6 Folder 6
    No. 41, Joseph Wilson, Fluvanna previous hit County  next hit, 1823-1831 .
  • Box 1 Folder 6
    No. 42, Samuel Johnston, Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, 1812-1825 .
  • Box 1 Folder 6
    No. 43, Isaac Michaels, John Dunsmore, and William Keer, Chesterfield previous hit County  next hit, 1823-1825 .
  • Box 1 Folder 6
    No. 45, George Carson, Harrison previous hit County  next hit, 1824-1827 .
  • Box 1 Folder 7
    No. 46, John Irwin, Cabell previous hit County  next hit, 1824-1837 .
  • Box 1 Folder 7
    No. 47, Margaret Barnes and Patience Barnes, City of Richmond, 1825-1835 .
  • Box 1 Folder 7
    No. 48, Henry Keating and George Duncan, Gloucester previous hit County  next hit, 1825-1827 .
  • Box 1 Folder 7
    No. 49, John Irwin, Cabell previous hit County  next hit, 1825-1827 .
  • Box 1 Folder 7
    No. 50, Mary Drayton, Middlesex previous hit County  next hit, 1825-1827 .
  • Box 1 Folder 7
    No. 51, James Marshall, Ohio previous hit County  next hit, 1826-1827 .
  • Box 1 Folder 7
    No. 52, Henry Jones, Wythe previous hit County  next hit, 1824-1827 .
  • Box 1 Folder 8
    No. 53, Thomas McCowan, Frederick previous hit County  next hit, 1826-1827 [contains plat] .
  • Box 1 Folder 8
    No. 54, Robert Hemmings, City of Richmond, 1826-1830 .
  • Box 1 Folder 8
    No. 55, Robert Bell, City of Richmond, 1827-1829 .
  • Box 1 Folder 9
    No. 56, Rudolph Wildrick, Wood previous hit County  next hit, 1827-1830 .
  • Box 1 Folder 9
    No. 57/58, John J. Waldo, Wood previous hit County  next hit, 1828-1829 .
  • Box 1 Folder 9
    No. 59, John Fiott, Cabell previous hit County  next hit, 1831 .
  • Box 1 Folder 9
    No. 60, John Earl of Dunmore (John Murry), Hampshire previous hit County  next hit, 1832-1833 .
  • Box 1 Folder 10
    No. 61, Margaretta West, City of Richmond, 1835 .
  • Box 1 Folder 10
    No. 62, James Still, Northumberland previous hit County  next hit, 1835-1838 .
  • Box 1 Folder 10
    No. 63, Job Hammond, Halifax previous hit County  next hit, 1839-1844 .
  • Box 1 Folder 10
    No. 65, Joseph Weiseger, Petersburg, 1841-1843 .
  • Box 1 Folder 11
    No. 66, John Whitehead, Northampton previous hit County  next hit, 1842-1844 .
  • Box 1 Folder 11
    No. 67, Claude Martin, City of Richmond, 1842-1843 .
  • Box 1 Folder 11
    No. 68, Thomas Whiting, Clarke previous hit County  next hit, 1843-1844 .
  • Box 1 Folder 11
    No. 69, James Hickey, Augusta previous hit County  next hit, 1843-1844 .
  • Box 1 Folder 11
    No. 70, Dr. Thomas Jamieson, Middlesex previous hit County  next hit, 1843-1852 .
  • Box 1 Folder 12
    No. 71, Adam Bowyer, Pendleton previous hit County  next hit, 1844 .
  • Box 1 Folder 12
    No. 72, John Crew, Jr., Charles City previous hit County  next hit, 1845-1847 .
  • Box 1 Folder 12
    No. 73, Dr. Thomas Jamieson, Middlesex previous hit County  next hit, 1844-1852 .
  • Box 1 Folder 12
    No. 74, Adam Bowyer, Pendleton previous hit County  next hit, 1844-1846 .
  • Box 1 Folder 12
    No. 75, Elizabeth Minge, Charles City previous hit County  next hit, 1846 .
  • Box 1 Folder 13
    No. 76, John Fritz, Pendleton previous hit County  next hit, 1846-1850 .
  • Box 1 Folder 13
    No. 77/78, John Mills, Ann Garvey, Elizabeth Donaldson, William Howard, Harry Taylor and Edward Hughes, Alexandria previous hit County  next hit, 1848-1853 .
  • Box 1 Folder 13
    No. 79, Charles Blechynden, Pendleton previous hit County  next hit, 1848-1850 .
  • Box 1 Folder 13
    No. 80/81, James Swann and Emile Dumas, Logan previous hit County  next hit, 1850-1853 .
  • Box 1 Folder 14
    No. 83, Elizabeth Donaldson, Alexandria previous hit County  next hit, 1851 .
  • Box 1 Folder 14
    No. 84, Benjamin Andrews, Peter Deal, James Greer, Lewis Moore, John Powell, Michael Pitzer, Daniel Nead, John Shook, Isaac Scott, William Tibbs, William Young, and Andrew Jenkins, Berkeley previous hit County  next hit, 1851-1853 .
  • Box 1 Folder 14
    No. 85, John Lawrence, Robert McMann and Richard F. Burke, City of Norfolk, 1851-1854 .
  • Box 1 Folder 14
    No. 86, Robert Strickler, Page previous hit County  next hit, 1852-1853 .
  • Box 1 Folder 14
    No. 87, John Stewart, Petersburg, 1853-1854 .
  • Box 1 Folder 13
    No. 88, Charles O'Hara, Petersburg, 1855-1857 .
  • Box 1 Folder 15
    No. 89, James Corsey, Lancaster previous hit County  next hit, 1857-1858 .
  • Box 1 Folder 15
    No. 90, John Hightower, Halifax previous hit County  next hit, 1854-1857 .
  • Box 1 Folder 15
    No. 91, Jacob Myers, Putnam previous hit County  next hit, 1859-1860 .
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Series II. Lists and reports of escheated land , 1812-1852; undated .
Box 1
Extent: 2 folders.

Contains lists of escheated land created by the Register of the Land Office and sent to the governor. The lists include the name of the deceased, the size of the property, its location, and the date of publication.

Arranged chronologically.

  • Box 1 Folder 16
    List of Escheated Land [fragment], 1812-1818 .
  • Box 1 Folder 16
    List of Escheated Lands, 1818 .
  • Box 1 Folder 16
    Report of Publication of Escheated Lands, 1818 .
  • Box 1 Folder 16
    List of Escheated Lands, 1819 .
  • Box 1 Folder 16
    Report of Publication of Escheated Lands, 1823 .
  • Box 1 Folder 16
    List of Escheated Lands, 1824 .
  • Box 1 Folder 17
    List of Escheated Land, 1825 .
  • Box 1 Folder 17
    Statement of Escheated Land, 1826 .
  • Box 1 Folder 17
    List of Escheated Land, 1828 .
  • Box 1 Folder 17
    Report of Publication of Escheated Land, 1829 .
  • Box 1 Folder 17
    List of Escheated Land, Chesterfield previous hit County , 1840 .
  • Box 1 Folder 17
    Report of Publication of Escheated Land, 1845 .
  • Box 1 Folder 17
    Report of Publication of Escheated Land, 1852 .
  • Box 1 Folder 17
    List of Escheated Lands Which May Not be Sold, undated .
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