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| Title: |
Stafford County (Va.) Court Records, Order Book. |
| Creator: |
Stafford County (Va.) Circuit Court |
| Source: |
Digitized from original Order Book, accession 50214. |
| Rights: |
There are no restrictions. |
| Abstract: |
This volume is a transcription that summarizes all matters brought before the court from 1749-1755. A wide variety of recordings
are found in this book including: deeds, chancery causes, judgments, records of legal disputes heard before the county court,
and road orders. Transcribed from the original record in 1791 by John Fox, a Stafford County deputy court clerk, this order
book contains a comprehensive index in the front of the volume.
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| Abstract: |
Following the Order Book entries (pp. 1-374), there is an "Index for Land Order Book, March 1780-December 1789." It is believed
that the referenced Land Order Book is not extant.
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| Abstract: |
The volume was removed from the Stafford Courthouse on March 30, 1863 by Union Army Capt. William A. Treadwell, of the 4th
New York Regiment. Treadwell, a Massachusetts native, shipped the volume home to family in Boston. The volume passed through
several hands before becoming part of the collections of the Jersey City Free Public Library. It was returned to the commonwealth,
through the Library of Virginia, in October 2011. The volume is of special importance due to Stafford County's status as a
lost record locality, one of many counties or incorporated cities in Virginia that suffered significant record loss due to
a variety of reasons.
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| Date Created: |
2012 |
| Date Issued: |
1791 |
| Relation Is Part Of: |
Lost Records Localities Collection, 1674-1894 |
| Spatial: |
Stafford County |
| Temporal: |
1749-1755 |
| Bibliographic Citation: |
Lost Records Localities Digital Collection, [name of county/city], [title], [date]. Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA 23219. |
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| Notes: |
Original filenames: 12_1233_0001-0274 |
| Notes: |
A portion of this digital collection is comprised of scans of records that were photocopied for the Lost Records Localities
collection. Image quality may vary depending on quality of available paper copies (originals and photocopies) of records.
Currently, only scanned images of original documents are added to the collection. Digital images from the Chancery Records
Index and Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative are also used when available.
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| Notes: |
Includes a full-text searchable transcription generated by the Library of Virginia's crowdsourced transcription site, Making
History - Transcribe.
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| Biographical/Historical Note: |
Stafford County was created in 1664. Many pre-Civil War court records were lost to vandalism by Union troops during the Civil
War. A few volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.
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