Prince George County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1777-1837

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Prince George County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1777-1837

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi01584.xml

This collection forms part of the Robert Alonzo Brock Collection at The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

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Prince George County (Va.) Circuit Court.

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Prince George County was named for Prince George of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne of England. It was formed from Charles City County in 1702. Most court records were destroyed in 1782 by British troops during the Revolutionary War and again in 1864 by Union troops during the Civil War. A few volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist. Hopewell, in Prince George County, was established as Charles City Point by Sir Thomas Dale in 1613. Hopewell w...

Sturdivant family.

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Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914

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Wirt County was named for William Wirt, who gained fame in Virgtinia as a lawyer and perhaps is best known for his role in the prosecution of Aaron burr for treason. It was created in 1848 from sections of Wood and Jackson Counties. Wirt County was one of the fifty western Virginia counties to form the state of West Virginia in 1863. From the guide to the Wirt County (W. Va.) plat and land survey, 1860, (The Library of Virginia) Northumberland County was formed in 1645 from ...