Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Brunswick County (Va.) Miscellaneous Plats, Blueprints, Photographs and Maps, 1904-1970. Local government records collection, Brunswick County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These boxes came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of records from Brunswick County.

Historical Information

Brunswick County was named for the duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg, one of the German possessions of King George I. The county was formed by statute in 1720 from Prince George County. The boundaries of the county were ordered to be laid out on 31 October 1723 but because of the sparse population, the county court first met in June 1732. On 1 January 1733, Brunswick County was enlarged by the addition of parts of Surry and Isle of Wight counties.

Most loose records prior to 1781 are missing. Pre-1781 volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.

Scope and Content

Plats are maps, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. Information commonly found in plats are property boundaries, land features, and names of property owners.

Blueprints are designs, plans or other technical drawings. Blueprints most likely were produced in connection with Brunswick County or State of Virginia road and/or bridge project.Photographs and maps may also relate to these projects or like plats to land transactions, estate settlements or court cases.

Photographs are pictures made using a camera, in which an image is focused onto film or other light-sensitive material and the results are made visible and permanent by chemical treatment.

Maps are a visual representation of an entire area or a part of an area, typically represented on a flat surface. Maps attempt to represent various things like physical features, roads, topography, etc.

Related Material

Additional Brunswick County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm" found on the Library of Virginia's web site.

Brunswick County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Brunswick County Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection .

For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note .

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Brunswick County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Public records--Virginia--Brunswick County.

Geographical Names:

• Brunswick County (Va.)--History--20th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Local government records--Virginia--Brunswick County.

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