Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Northumberland County (Va.) Organization Records, circa 1765-1935. Local government records collection, Northumberland County Organization Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in records transfers from Northumberland County under accession numbers 43283, 43487, and unknown.

Historical Information

Northumberland County was named probably for the English county. It was formed about 1645 from the district of Chickacoan, the early-seventeenth-century name for the region between the Potomac and the Rappahannock Rivers. The date of the county's formation is conjectural because the act of assembly creating it is no longer extant, but internal evidence shows that the county was functioning in 1645.

The county suffered some losses in a fire in the clerk’s office on October 25, 1710. Volumes beginning in 1650 that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.

Scope and Content

Northumberland County (Va.) Organization Records, circa 1765-1935, typically consist of appointments of trustees, minutes, and miscellaneous records of religious organizations, fraternal organizations, independent associations, and cooperatives.

Related Material

Additional Northumberland 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.

Additional Northumberland 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:

• Northumberland (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Organization records--Virginia--Northumberland County.
• Public records--Virginia--Northumberland County.

Geographical Names:

• Northumberland County (Va.)--History.

Genre and Form Terms:

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

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