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Preferred Citation

Goochland County (Va.) Lickinghole Township Board Proceedings, 1871-1875. Local government records collection, Goochland County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from the University of Virginia (old UVA accession number 4963).

Historical Information

Goochland County was named for Sir William Gooch, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749. It was formed from Henrico County in 1728.

The 1870 Virginia Constitution required that each county in the state be divided into no less than three townships (see Article VII, section 2). Based on the New England administrative organization of a county, each township would elect the administration officials for the offices of supervisor, clerk, assessor, collector, commissioner of the roads, overseer of the poor, justice of the peace, and constable. The supervisors of each township would comprise the board of supervisors for the county, and would be responsible for auditing the county accounts, examining the assessors' books, regulating property valuation, and fixing the county levies. The Acts of Assembly provided that each township be divided into school and electoral districts (see Acts of Assembly 1869-1870, Chapter 39). A constitutional amendment in 1874 changed the townships into magisterial districts and each district elected one supervisor, three justices of the peace, one constable, and one overseer of the poor. The supervisors of the districts made up the county board of supervisors whose duties were identical as those set out in 1870. The published Acts of Assembly appended a list of township names by county following the acts for every year that townships existed in Virginia.

Scope and Content

Goochland County (Va.) Lickinghole Township Board Proceedings, 1871-1875, consist of minutes and accounts. Information recorded includes the confirmation of election districts, appointment of road overseers, establishment of rates allowed for road work compensation, accounts allowed against the board, establishment of levy rates, accounts allowed for overseers of the poor including the names of the poor assisted, road accounts, and township official accounts.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Goochland County (Va.). Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• County government. -- Records and correspondence -- Virginia -- Goochland County.
• Local finance -- Virginia -- Goochland County.
• Local government -- Virginia -- Goochland County.
• Public records -- Virginia -- Goochland County.

Geographical Names:

• Goochland County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Accounts -- Virginia -- Goochland County.
• Local government records -- Virginia -- Goochland County.
• Minute books -- Virginia -- Goochland County.
• Township records -- Virginia -- Goochland County.

Added Entry - Corporate Name:

• Township of Lickinghole (Goochland County, VA)