Virginia Counties Collection
Scope and Contents
Artificial collection of papers relating to various counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Includes current West Virginia Counties of Berkeley, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Nicholas and Pendleton because the material was generated when these counties were part of Virginia.
Dates
- Creation: 1600-2000
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1730-1890
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Extent
30.00 Linear Feet
Language
English
Acquisition Information:
Gifts and purchases, from the 1930's to the present.
Processing Information:
Reprocessed by Anne Johnson in 2011.
Subject
- Virginia. General Court (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Advertising cards
- Bible records
- Booklets
- Broadsides
- Catalogs
- Circulars (fliers)
- Correspondence
- Daybooks
- Deeds
- Financial records
- Ledgers (Accounting)
- Letters (correspondence)
- Manuscripts (document genre)
- Marriage certificates
- Minutes
- Newspapers
- Pamphlets
- Petitions
- Photographs
- Plat books
- Programs
- Receipts (financial records)
- Surveys (documents)
- Tax records
- Virginia--Maps
- Voters' lists
Geographic
- Accomack County (Va.)--History
- Albemarle County (Va.)--History
- Amelia County (Va.)--History
- Amherst County (Va.)--History
- Augusta County (Va.)--History
- Bedford County (Va.)--History
- Berkeley County (W.Va.)--History
- Botetourt County (Va.)--History
- Brunswick County (Va.)--History
- Buckingham County (Va.)--History
- Campbell County (Va.)--History
- Caroline County (Va.)--History
- Charles City County (Va.)--History
- Charlotte County (Va.)--History
- Chesterfield County (Va.)--History
- Clarke County (Va.)--History
- Culpeper County (Va.)--History
- Cumberland County (Va.)--History
- Dinwiddie County (Va.)--History
- Fluvanna County (Va.)--History
- Goochland County (Va.)--History
- Halifax County (Va.)--History
- Isle of Wight County (Va.)--History
- Jefferson County (W.Va.)--History
- Lancaster County (Va.)--History
- Lee County (Va.)--History
- Louisa County (Va.)--History
- Lunenburg County (Va.)--History
- Madison County (Va.)--History
- Mathews County (Va.)--History
- Mecklenburg County (Va.)--History
- Middlesex County (Va.)--History
- Montgomery County (Va.)--History
- Nelson County (Va.)--History
- New Kent County (Va.)--History
- Norfolk County (Va.)--History
- Page County (Va.)--History
- Patrick County (Va.)--History
- Prince George County (Va.)--History
- Prince William County (Va.)--History
- Princess Anne County (Va.)--History
- Rappahannock County (Va.)--History
- Richmond County (Va.)--History
- Stafford County (Va.)--History
- Virginia--Governors
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
- Virginia--Militia
- Virginia--Religious history
- Warwick County (Va.)--History
- Washington County (Va.)--History
- West Augusta County (Va.)--History
- Westmoreland County (Va.)--History
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs
- Wythe County (Va.)--History
- York County (Va.)--History
Occupation
Topical
- Accounts
- Agriculture--Virginia--History
- Anti-slavery movements
- Church records and registers--Virginia
- College of William and Mary--History--18th century
- Criss Cross House (New Kent County, Va.)
- Deeds--Virginia
- Dunmore County (Va.)--History--18th century
- Education--Virginia--History
- Elizabeth City County (Va.)--History
- Episcopal Church--Virginia--History
- Fairfax County (Va.)--History
- Fauquier County (Va.)--History
- Fayette County (W. Va.)--History
- Franklin County (Va.)--History
- Frederick County (Va.)--History
- General stores--Virginia
- Gloucester County (Va.)--History
- Grain--Milling--Virginia
- Greenbrier County (Va.)--History
- Hanover County (Va.)--History
- Hardy County (W.Va.)--History
- Harrison County (W. Va.)--History
- Henrico County (Va.)--History
- Indians of North America--Virginia
- James City County (Va.)--History
- Jury Selection--Virginia
- Justices of the peace--Virginia
- King George County (Va.)--History
- King William County (Va.)--History
- King and Queen County (Va.)--History
- Land grants--Virginia
- Lawyers--Virginia--History
- Legal documents
- Loudoun County (Va.)--History
- Marriage records
- Monongalia County (W. Va.)--History--19th century
- Morgan County (W.Va.)--History--19th century
- Nansemond County (Va.)--History
- Nicholas County (W.Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Northampton County (Va.)--History
- Northumberland County (Va.)--History
- Ohio County (W. Va.)--History
- Orange County (Va.)--History
- Parishes--Virginia
- Patents--United States
- Pendleton County (W.Va.)--History
- Pittsylvania County (Va.)--History
- Postal service
- Powhatan County (Va.)--History
- Presidents--United States--Election
- Prince Edward County (Va.)--History
- Real property tax
- Real property--Virginia
- Rockbridge County (Va.)--History
- Rockingham County (Va.)--History
- Russell County (Va.)--History
- Scott County (Va.)--History
- Shenandoah County (Va.)--History
- Sheriffs--Virginia
- Slavery--Virginia--History
- Southampton County (Va.)--History
- Spotsylvania County (Va.)--History
- Surry County (Va.)--History
- Sussex County (Va.)--History
- Taxation--Virginia--History
- Taxation--West Virginia--History
- United States--History--War of 1812
- Weather--Virginia
- Wills
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- Title
- Guide to the Virginia Counties Collection
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Anne Johnson and Special Collections Staff.
- Date
- 2011-09-01
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English.
Revision Statements
- May 24th, 2018: Rehousing and more detailed descriptions completed in September 2011 by Anne Johnson. Accession numbers and descriptions remain the same.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository