A Guide to the Westmoreland County (Va.) Appointments of trustees for churches and other organizations, 1852-1914
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Preferred Citation
Westmoreland County (Va.) Appointments of trustees for churches and other organizations, 1852-1914. Local government records collection, Westmoreland County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
Acquisition Information
These items came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Westmoreland County.
Historical Information
Westmoreland County was formed from Northumberland County in 1653. Part of King George County was added in 1777.
Scope and Content
Westmoreland County (Va.) Appointments of trustees for churches and other organizations, 1852-1914, contains documents that report to the court changes in trustees for white and African American churches. Most appointments relate to church trustees but there are two other organizations named as well including the Ladies Colonial Beach Union Chapel Association (1906) and the Sons and Daughters of Wisdom (1908). The appointments name the new trustees and sometimes the trustees who are being replaced.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Index Terms
- Westmoreland County (Va.) Circuit Court.
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- Westmoreland County.
- Church trustees -- Virginia -- Westmoreland County.
- Friendly societies -- Virginia -- Westmoreland County.
- Westmoreland County (Va). -- History.
- Appointing -- Virginia -- Westmoreland County.
- Church records -- Virginia -- Westmoreland County.
- Local government records -- Virginia -- Westmoreland County.
- Organization records -- Virginia -- Westmoreland County.