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A Guide to the Charles City County (Va.) School Records, 1816-1902 (bulk 1872-1902). Charles City County (Va.) School Records, 1816-1902 (bulk 1872-1902) 1044807

A Guide to the Charles City County (Va.) School Records, 1816-1902 (bulk 1872-1902).

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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Barcode number
1044807
Title
Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) School Records, 1816-1902 (bulk 1872-1902)
Physical Characteristics
0.20 cu. ft.
Collector
Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) School records, 1816-1902 (bulk 1872-1902). Local government records collection, Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of records from Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County Circuit Court.

The collection is located at the State Records Center. Contact Archives Research Services staff for access information, directions, and hours.

Historical Information

On February 21, 1818, the Virginia legislature passed a school bill which appropriated $45,000 annually from the Literary Fund for the education of poor children. (The Literary Fund had been established in 1810 with passage of a bill to appropriate "certain escheats, confiscated, and forfeited lands" for the "encouragement of learning.") Under the provisions of the 1818 School Act, each previous hit county  next hit court was required to apopint five to fifteen commissioners to establish and/or administer schools for children of the poor. A more comprehensive public school system was established by the legislature in 1870. Prior to 1818, previous hit county  next hit courts were given the option of whether to appoint a Board of School Commissioners.

Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit was named for Charles I of England and was one of the eight shires established in 1634.

Records have been destroyed at various times. The most damage occurred during the Civil War when the records were strewn through the woods in a rainstorm. A few pre-Civil War volumes such as deed books, will books, minute books, and order books exist.

Scope and Content

Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) School Records, 1816-1902 (bulk 1872-1902), contain Charles previous hit City  next hit Charity School treasurer's records, 1816-1817; appointments of school commissioners, 1853-1866; School Board records, 1872 and 1900-1902; Chickahominy School District annual reports, 1890-1899; personnel records, 1899-1902; warrants of monthly school reports, 1898-1900; and school census returns, 1889-1899.

The Charity School treasurer's records document receipt and disbursement of the Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit poor rate, for the school, and payments to Edward Folkes for expenses incurred for the school.

The appointments of school commissioners, 1853-1866, consists of bonds and commissions for persons appointed to the Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit School Commissioners.

School Board records, 1872 and 1900-1902, contain correspondence of Superintendent of Schools previous hit James  next hit A. Waddell, 1872, and Superintendent E.C. Harrison, of Shirley Plantation, 1900-1901; and other correspondence. Letters contain information on the expenditure of public funds, population of students, school buildings, and hiring and compensation of teachers, and other aspects of the administration of the schools.

Chickahominy School District annual reports are comprised of annual financial reports for the Chickahominy School District, 1890-1899. They summarize receipts and expenditures and funds spent on teacher salaries and other expenses. They also contain information about the number of school buildings in the district and their construction.

Personnel records, 1899-1902, contain personnel correspondence pertaining to teachers, state teacher certificates for individual teachers, and teacher contracts.

Warrants of monthly school reports, 1898-1902, summarize monthly statistics for teachers employed in the Chickahominy School District. The reports document the number of students enrolled in the school, average daily attendance, and teacher absences.

Related Material

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

    Personal Names

  • Folkes, Edward.
  • Harrison, E.C.
  • Waddell, previous hit James  next hit L.

    • Corporate Names:

  • Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.). Charity School.
  • Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.). Chickahominy School District.
  • Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.). Circuit Court.
  • Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.). School Board.
  • Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.). School Commissioners.

    • Subjects:

  • Charity-schools -- Virginia -- Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • School buildings -- Virginia -- Charles previous hit city  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • School census -- Virginia -- Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • School reports -- Virginia -- Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Schools -- records and correspondence -- Virginia -- Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Segregation in education -- Virginia -- Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Teachers -- Virginia -- Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

    • Geographical Names:

  • Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) -- History.

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Attendance records -- Virginia -- Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Bonds, commissions, oaths -- Virginia -- Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Letters (correspondence) -- Virginia -- Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Local government records -- Virginia -- Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Personnel records -- Virginia -- Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • School records -- Virginia -- Charles previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Charles City County (Va.) -- History.
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