Mathews County (Va.) Records, 1792-1952

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Mathews County (Va.) Records, 1792-1952

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Mathews County (Va.) Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery.

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Mathews County (Va.) Circuit Court

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Mathews County was named for Thomas Mathews, of Norfolk, the Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1790 when the county was formed from Gloucester County. Its area is 86 square miles, and the county seat is Mathews. The separate office of coroner appeared in Virginia about 1660. The judicial duty of the office is to hold inquisitions in cases when persons meet sudden, violent, unnatural or suspicious death, or death without medical attendance. The coroner would s...