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A Guide to the James City County/Williamsburg, City of (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1891 James City County/Williamsburg, City of (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1891 1103402

A Guide to the James City County/Williamsburg, City of (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1891

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1103402
Title
previous hit James  next hit previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit/Williamsburg, previous hit City  next hit of (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1891
Physical Characteristics
4 v.
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previous hit James  next hit previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit/Williamsburg, previous hit City  next hit of (Va.) Circuit Court
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

previous hit James  next hit previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit/Williamsburg, previous hit City  next hit of (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1891. Local government records collection, previous hit James  next hit previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit/Williamsburg, previous hit City  next hit of Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from previous hit James  next hit previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit and previous hit City  next hit of Williamsburg.

Historical Information

previous hit James  next hit previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit was named for King previous hit James  next hit I. It was one of the eight shires, or previous hit counties  next hit, enumerated in 1634. Subsequent additions from the Williamsburg section of York previous hit County  next hit were made in 1769, 1852, and 1880. The previous hit county  next hit courthouse is the previous hit city  next hit of Williamsburg, and the previous hit county  next hit administrative offices are near Kingsmill in the previous hit county  next hit.

Williamsburg in previous hit James  next hit previous hit City  next hit and York previous hit Counties  next hit was established by the General Assembly as Middle Plantation in 1633. After the capitol at Jamestown burned in 1698, the assembly decided to move the capital of the colony to Middle Plantation, which was renamed Williamsburg in 1699 in honor of William III. Williamsburg was established in 1699 and declared a " previous hit city  next hit Incorporate" in 1722, although its actual status was that of a borough. It served as the capital of Virginia from 1699 until 1780. Williamsburg was incorporated as a previous hit city  next hit in 1884.

previous hit James  next hit previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit/Williamsburg, previous hit City  next hit of is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Beginning in 1770, the courts of previous hit James  next hit previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit and Williamsburg shared a common courthouse. During the Civil War, the records of both localities were transferred to Richmond for safekeeping, but were destroyed by fire there on April 3, 1865. The records of the superior court of chancery for the Williamsburg district were destroyed by a courthouse fire in April 1911.

Two freeholders were appointed on order of the previous hit county  next hit court to procession or review the bounds of farms or tracts of land in each precinct in order to renew or replace old landmarks. This was originally a function of the church vestry, but was continued by the court after disestablishment. Persons who walked the boundaries were called processioners.

Scope and Content

previous hit James  next hit previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit/Williamsburg, previous hit City  next hit of (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1891 typically record an area of land processioned with geographical landmarks, roads, property lines noted, the names of the persons present, the date(s) when the processioning occurred, the names of the processioners, and the date that the return was recorded by the local court.

Arrangement

Chronological.

Related Material

Additional previous hit James  next hit previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit/Williamsburg, previous hit City  next hit of records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult "A Guide to Virginia previous hit County  next hit and previous hit City  next hit Records on Microfilm."

previous hit James  next hit previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit/Williamsburg, previous hit City  next hit of is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional previous hit James  next hit previous hit City  next hit previous hit County  next hit/Williamsburg, previous hit City of Court Records may be found in the "Virginia Lost Records Localities Digital Collection."

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