Spotsylvania County Circuit Court.

Spotsylvania County was formed from Essex, King William, and King and Queen Counties by a statute adopted in 1720 to take effect on 1 May 1721. The county was named for Alexander Spotswood, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722.

Until 1869, the county court controlled construction, alteration of and maintenance of roads. Surveyors and viewers were appointed to carry out those duties, although after 1835 the courts had the option of appointing commissioners. The Virginia constitution of 1869 created overseers of the roads, whose duties passed in the twentieth century fo superintendents of roads.

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