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A Guide to the Lunenburg County (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1808-1816 Lunenburg County (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1808-1816 1176864

A Guide to the Lunenburg County (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1808-1816

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The Library of Virginia
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1176864
Title
previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1808-1816
Physical Characteristics
1 v.
Collector
previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1808-1816. Local government records collection, previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit 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 Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit under the accession number 43095.

Historical Information

previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit was named for King George II, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, a German possession of England's Hanoverian kings. It was formed from Brunswick previous hit County  next hit by an act that took effect on 1 May 1746. Part of previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit was added in 1777. The previous hit county  next hit seat is previous hit Lunenburg  next hit.

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 Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1808-1816 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 Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult "A Guide to Virginia previous hit County and City Records on Microfilm."

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