Buckingham County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1805-1839

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Buckingham County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1805-1839

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

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Library of Virginia

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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 ...

Overseers of the poor (Buckingham County, Va.)

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Buckingham County (Va.)

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Buckingham County was named for either the English county or for the duke of Buckingham. Some sources say that the county's namesake is Archibald Cary's tract of land called Buckingham, on what was then Willis's Creek. It was formed from Albemarle County in 1761. Records were destroyed by fire in 1869. From the guide to the Buckingham County (Va.) Teacher's Daily Registers, 1886-1895, (The Library of Virginia) ...