Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Prince Edward County (Va.) Lists of Inhabitants, 1782. Local Government Records Collection, Prince Edward County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These records were acquired in a transfer from the Prince Edward County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Historical Information

Prince Edward County was named in honor of Edward Augustus, a son of Prince Frederick Louis, a grandson of George II, and a younger brother of George III. The county was formed from Amelia County in 1753.

In 1782 the Virginia legislature passed an act to ascertain the number of people in the Commonwealth. The court of each county was directed to divide the county into precincts and list the number of people both white and black in each precinct. The lists were delivered to the county clerk, who was to make a fair copy and deliver it to the governor in council before the tenth of December. Henings Statutes at Large, 11:40-41. For more information, see the 1790 Virginia census research note, available on the Library of Virginia web site.

Scope and Content

Prince Edward County (Va.) Lists of Inhabitants, 1782. The collection contains lists of souls in four districts and two militia companies. The lists of souls contain first and last name of the head of household and the number of whites and blacks in the household.

Related Material

An incomplete collection of surviving manuscript lists of heads of households that the government of Virginia compiled in 1782, 1783, 1784, and 1785, have been microfilmed and are available on Miscellaneous Microfilm Reel number 1263. This microfilm collection contains lists from Prince Edward County from 1783 and 1785, but not 1782.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Prince Edward County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Census districts -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County.
• Heads of household -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County.
• Population -- history.
• Population -- law and legislation.
• Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County.
• Slaves -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County.

Geographical Names:

• Prince Edward County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.
• Prince Edward County (Va.) -- Militia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1782.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Census records -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County.
• Local government records -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County.

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