Richmond County Microfilm

County and City Records on Microfilm › VA › Richmond County

Date of Formation: 1692

Formed From: Rappahannock County (old) Previous Name: Rappahannock County (old)

Lost Records Note:

Some volumes were burned and mutilated through unknown causes. The will books prior to 1699 are missing, the order books for 1794–1816 are missing, and numerous loose records prior to 1781 are missing as well.

Reel No.	ILL indicates a copy is available for loan	Local Records Categories and Contents
Reel No.		Bonds/Commissions/Oaths
172	ILL available	Officials' Bond Book, 1919-1952, index, 263 p.
172	ILL available	Special Commissioner's Report, 1896
Reel No.		Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships
219	ILL available	Co-Partnership Certificates, 1941-1951, pp. 35-52
221	ILL available	Robert B. Sydnor Journal, 1847, 1852, 424 p.
221	ILL available	Robert B. Sydnor Journal, 1848, 1849, 339 p.
222	ILL available	Robert B. Sydnor Ledger, 1849, 1852, index, 415 p.
Reel No.		County Administrative Records
219	ILL available	Local Board of Review of Assessments, 1915-1938, 122 p.
191	ILL available	Order Book, 1870-1886, index, 236 p.
171	ILL available	Order Book, 1892-1920, 252 p.
69	ILL available	Overseers of the Poor Minute Book, 1786-1842, No index, [300] p.
66	ILL available	Overseers of the Poor, 1843 - 1856, [1], [ca. 20 items], [i] index, p. 1-63 [72]
172	ILL available	Road Book, 1898-1904, 36 p.
219	ILL available	Road Fee Book, 1880-1883, index, 14 p.
218	ILL available	School Board Minute Book, 1879-1928, 336 p.
218	ILL available	School Board Minute Book, 1928-1937, 154 p.
218	ILL available	School Board Minute Book, 1937-1952, 203 p.
218	ILL available	School Board Minute Book, 1952-1966, 498 p.
Reel No.		Court Records
		County Court
		FOR CHANCERY CAUSES REFER TO THE CHANCERY RECORDS INDEX.
		Order Book
29	ILL available	Order Book 1, 1692 - 1694, 202 p. Film of original.
30	ILL available	Order Book No. 1, 1692 - 1694,c and part of Order Book No. 2, 1694 - 1699 [1], unpaged index, p. 1-38 (Orders, 1694 - this is a transcription of the index and p. 1-37 of the Original Order Book No. 2); p. 1-142 [1], (Orders No. 1, 1692 - 1694) Film of transcript. (The index is to the entire Order Book No. 2; there is no index to Order Book No. 1)
30	ILL available	Order Book No. 2, 1694 - 1699 c, Unpaged index, 519 p. Film of photostat of original. (Index and p. 1-37 of this volume have been transcribed; see note above regarding transcript of Order Book No. 1)
31	ILL available	Order Book 3, 1699 - 1704 c, [1], 384 p.
31	ILL available	Order Book 4, 1704 - 1708 c, [lxiii] index, 411 p.
31	ILL available	Order Book 5, 1708 - 1711 c, [xxix] index, 338 p.
32	ILL available	Order Book 6, 1711 - 1716 c, [xxxii] index, 523 p.
32	ILL available	Order Book 7, 1716 - 1717 c, [1], [xxvii] index, 241 p.
32	ILL available	Order Book 8, 1718 - 1721, [1], [xxii] index, 234 p., [1] fo.
33	ILL available	Order Book 9, 1721 - 1732, [xli] index, 658 p.
34	ILL available	Order Book 10, 1732 - 1739 c, [xxvi] index, 727 p.
35	ILL available	Order Book 11, 1739 - 1746 c, [1], 544 p.
35	ILL available	Order Book 12, 1746 - 1752, [xvi] index, 443 p.
36	ILL available	Order Book 13, 1752 - 1755, [xxx] index, 340 p.
36	ILL available	Order Book 14, 1756 - 1762 c, [xxvi] index, p. 17-552
37	ILL available	Order Book 15, 1762 - 1765, p. 1-19 (index), p. 21-447
37	ILL available	Order Book 16, 1765 - 1769, [xxii] index, 542 p.
38	ILL available	Order Book 17, 1769 - 1773, [xxiv] index, 334 p.
39	ILL available	Order Book 19, 1773 - 1776, 1784 - 1786, [i-xv] index, [xvii-liii] supplemental index, p. 1-122 (Orders, 1773 - 1776); unpaged index, p. 123-358 (Orders, 1784 - 1786)
	ILL not available	FOR ORDERS, 1773 - 1776 SEE ORDER BOOK 19, 1773-1776, 1784-1786, p. 1-122 (REEL 39)
39	ILL available	Order Book 18, 1776 - 1784, [xxi] index, 362 p.
40	ILL available	Order Book 20, 1786 - 1789 (Contains Processioners' Returns, 1821) [ca. 120 p.] index, p. 1-256 (Orders, 1786 - 1789); 1-112 fo. (Processioners' Returns, 1821, follows p. 256)
40	ILL available	Order Book No. 21, 1789 - 1794 c, [1], 198 p.
41	ILL available	Order Book, 1793 - 1794 (Contains Common Law References and Appearances, 1815 - 1827) p. 1-18 (Order Book, 1793 - 1794); 1-211 fo. (Common Law References and Appearances, 1815 - 1827)
41	ILL available	Orders, 1795, 22 p. (mutilated)
42	ILL available	Orders, 1809 - 1810, 76 p. (mutilated)
42	ILL available	Orders, 1814 - 1816, [xxiii] index, 113 p.
42	ILL available	Order Book, No. 24, 1816 - 1820, [1], [xxxv] index, 421 p.
43	ILL available	Order Book No. 25, 1820 - 1822, [xxviii] index, 342 p.
43	ILL available	Order Book No. 26, 1822 - 1825, [xxv] index, 356 p.
44	ILL available	Order Book No. 27, 1825 - 1832, [1], [xxxvii] index, 512 [8] p.
44	ILL available	Order Book No. 28, 1832 - 1837, [xxix] index, [1], 408 [4] p.
45	ILL available	Order Book, 1837 - 1844, [2], [lxxxviii] index, 531 [3] p.
46	ILL available	Order Book No. 29, 1844 - 1850, [lxvi] index, 437 [4] p.
47	ILL available	Order Book No. 30, 1850 - 1858, [lxii] index, 494 [2] p.
47	ILL available	Order Book 31, 1858 - 1871, p. 488 - 555 (index), [5], 485 p.
178	ILL available	Order Book 32, 1871-1880, pp. 1-451
179	ILL available	Order Book 32, 1880-1881 (continued), pp. 452-560, index
179	ILL available	Order Book 33, 1881-1892, 561 p., index
179	ILL available	Order Book 34, 1892-1899, pp. 1-299
180	ILL available	Order Book 34, 1899-1904 (continued), pp. 300-607, index
177	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, 1860-1873, 85 p., index
52	ILL available	Chancery Orders, 1815 - 1828, 1848 - 1849, 1856, [viii] index, p. 1-97 (Chancery Orders; 1815 - 1828); p. 101-107 (Chancery Order, 1848 - 1849); [1] p. (Chancery Orders, 1856, follows p. 107)
65	ILL available	Criminal Trials, 1710 - 1754 c, [xii] index, 353 [1] p.
65	ILL available	Execution Book, 1786 - 1797, [xii] index, 1-71 p., 72-117 fo.
70	ILL available	Execution Book, 1822-1833, Index, [24] p.; pp. 1-162 (facing pages share same pagination)
71	ILL available	Execution Book, 1833-1843, pp. 163-210 (continued) (facing pages share same pagination)
176	ILL available	Execution Book, 1833-1843, pp. 163-210 (continued) (facing pages share same pagination)
176	ILL available	Execution Book, 1842-1869, index, 252 p. (facing pages share same pagination)
70	ILL available	Fee Book, 1831-1841, Index, [16] p.; 170 p.
	ILL not available	FOR COMMON LAW REFERENCES AND APPEARANCES, ETC., 1815-1827 SEE ORDER BOOK, 1793-1794 (REEL 41)
	ILL not available	FOR RULE BOOK, 1837-1841 SEE SUPERIOR COURT ORDERS, 1826-1831, 51 folios following p. 177 (REEL 49)
70	ILL available	Issue Docket Book, 1817-1827, [181] p.
70	ILL available	Justice's Execution Book, 1816-1896, Index, 1860-1896, [16] p.; [103] p.
65	ILL available	Miscellaneous Records, 1699 - 1724 c (Bonds, Attachments, Executions and Estate Settlements), [viii] index, 125 fo.
70	ILL available	Process Book, 1840-1869, [342] p.
172	ILL available	Record of Criminals, 1878-1889, 7 p.
67	ILL available	Rule Book, 1786 - 1795, 180 fo.
67	ILL available	Rule Book, 1795 - 1805, and Processioners' Returns, 1838 - 1846, p. 1-265 (Rule Book, 1795 - 1805) p. 1-172 [1] (Processioners' Returns, 1838 - 1846, follows p. 265)
68	ILL available	Rule Book, 1816 - 1841, 1850 - 1871, fo. 1-168 (Rule Book, 1816 - 1841); fo. 169-177 (Rule Book, 1850 - 1871)
		Superior Court of Law
48	ILL available	Order Book, 1809 - 1820, [1], [xix] index, 432 p.
48	ILL available	Orders, 1821 - 1825, [xvii] index, 327 p.
49	ILL available	Superior Court Orders, 1826 - 1831 (Contains Rule Book, 1837 - 1841) [xviii] index, p. 1-177 (Superior Court Orders, 1826 - 1831); 1-51 fo. (Rule Book, 1837 - 1841, follows p. 177)
		Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery
50	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 1, 1831 - 1861, [1], [xxviii] index, 434 p.
191	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, 1842-1924
177	ILL available	Clerks' Fiduciary Order Book, 1842-1907, index, 216 p.
172	ILL available	Common Law Minute Book, 1844-1856 (includes Court Docket, 1838)
71	ILL available	Execution Book, 1842-1869, Index, [26] p.; 17 p.; 252 p. (facing pages share same pagination)
50	ILL available	Order Book, 1831 - 1840, p. 3-412
51	ILL available	Order Book, 1846 - 1850, [xxxvii] index, 510 p.
51	ILL available	Orders, 1841 - 1846, [xxvi] index, 376 p.
		Circuit Court
50	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 1, 1831-1861, [1], [xxviii] index, 434 p.
174	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 2, 1862-1900, 480 p., index
174	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 3, 1900-1923, index, 498 p.
191	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, 1842-1924
177	ILL available	Clerks' Fiduciary Order Book, 1842-1907, index, 216 p.
173	ILL available	Clerks' Order Book 2, 1949-1975, index, 502 p.
173	ILL available	Clerks' Order Book 3, 1975-1976, index, 16 p.
172	ILL available	Common Law Minute Book, 1844-1856 (includes Court Docket, 1838)
175	ILL available	Common Law Order Book 1, 1874-1916, index, 553 p.
175	ILL available	Common Law Order Book 2, 1913-1927, index, 500 p.
71	ILL available	Execution Book, 1842-1869, Index, [26] p.; 17 p.; 252 p. (facing pages share same pagination)
177	ILL available	Order Book, 1858-1874, index, 552 p., index
Reel No.		Fiduciary Records
64	ILL available	Account Book No. 11, 1857 - 1866, p. 542-548 (index), p. 2-541 (index repeated at end)
56	ILL not available	Account Book No. 1, 1724 - 1783 c (Contains Deeds, 1724-1783), 694 p.
64	ILL available	Account Book No. 10, 1854 - 1857, p. 478-481 (index), p. 2-474
181	ILL available	Account Book No. 12, 1866 - 1871, index, 552 p., index
181	ILL available	Account Book No. 13, 1871 - 1878, index, pp. 1-449
182	ILL available	Account Book No. 13, 1878 - 1879 (continued), pp. 450-480
182	ILL available	Account Book No. 14, 1879 - 1892, index, 480 p.
182	ILL available	Account Book No. 15, 1891 - 1906, index, pp. 1-399
183	ILL available	Account Book No. 15, 1906 - 1913 (continued), pp. 400-600
183	ILL available	Account Book No. 16, 1914 - 1931, index, 504 p.
57	ILL available	Account Book No. 2, 1784 - 1798, [viii] index, 356 p.
58	ILL available	Account Book No. 3, 1798 - 1821, [xv] index, [xi] supplemental index, 724 p.
59	ILL available	Account Book No. 4, 1821 - 1828, [xi] index, 555 p.
60	ILL available	Account Book No. 5, 1826 - 1833, [xix] index, [1], [xviii] duplicate index, 497 p.
61	ILL available	Account Book No. 6, 1831 - 1844, [xxii] index, [ix] duplicate index, 500 p.
62	ILL available	Account Book No. 7, 1844 - 1849, [xx] index, [vi] duplicate index, 496 p.
63	ILL available	Account Book No. 8, 1849 - 1851, Unpaged index, 461 p.
63	ILL available	Account Book No. 9, 1851 - 1854, Unpaged index, 466 p.
219	ILL available	Fiduciary Bond Book 1, 1871 - 1896, 392 p., index (includes Officials' Bonds)
173	ILL available	Fiduciary Bond Book 2 1896 - 1918, index, pp. 29-396 (includes Officials' Bonds)
55	ILL available	Guardians Bonds, 1824 - 1850, 204 p.
65	ILL available	Miscellaneous Records, 1699 - 1724 c, (Bonds, Attachments, Executions and Estate Settlements, [viii] index, 125 fo.
178	ILL available	Record of Fiduciaries, 1850-1903, index, 48 p.
178	ILL available	Record of Fiduciaries, 1852-1915
		SEE ALSO Wills
Reel No.		Land Records
		Deed Subgroup
1	ILL available	Deed Book No. 1, 1692 - 1693, [xx] index, 201 p. (the handwritten numerals correspond with the pagination of the original volume) Film of transcript.
1	ILL available	Deed Book No. 1, 1692 - 1693 c, [ii] index, 102 p. (a transcribed copy of the index and p. 1-10, 97-98 follows p. 102. Film of original.
1	ILL available	Deed Book No. 2, 1693 - 1697; Deed Book No. 14, 1772 - 1779 c, [xii] index, p. 1-240 (Deed Book No. 2); p. 241-540 (Deed Book No. 14)
1	ILL available	Deed Book No. 3, 1697 - 1704 c, [1], [iii] index, unpaged duplicate index, 1-5 fo., [p. 1-362]
2	ILL available	Deed Book No. 4, 1705 - 1708 c, [iv] index, 158 fo.
2	ILL available	Deed Book No. 5, 1708 - 1711 c, [1], [xii] index, 354 p.
2	ILL available	Deed Book No. 6, 1711 - 1714 c, [1], [vi] index, 274 [1] p. Supp. leaf at end of vol. has Marriage Licenses, 1709 - 1716
3	ILL available	Deed Book No. 7, 1714 - 1720 c, [viii] index, 549 p.
4	ILL available	Deed Book No. 8, 1720 - 1733 c, [vi] index, [liii] duplicate index, 689 p. (1 page of index repeated at end)
	ILL not available	FOR ADDITIONAL DEEDS, 1724 - 1783 SEE ALSO ACCOUNT BOOK NO. 1, 1724 - 1783 (REEL 56)
5	ILL available	Deed Book No. 9, 1734 - 1741 c, [xi] index, 695 p.
5	ILL available	Deed Book No. 10, 1741 - 1750, [viii] index, [vii] duplicate index, 556 [1] p.
6	ILL available	Deed Book No. 11, 1750 - 1757 c, [vii] index, 448 p.
7	ILL available	Deed Book No. 12, 1757 - 1768, [xv] index, 837 p.
8	ILL available	Deed Book No. 13, 1768 - 1774, [vii] index, 552 p.
	ILL not available	FOR DEED BOOK NO. 14, 1772-1779 SEE DEED BOOK NO. 2, 1693-1697, p. 241 - 540 (REEL 1)
8	ILL available	Deed Book No. 15, 1779 - 1788, [vii] index, 284 p.
9	ILL available	Deed Book No. 16, 1788 - 1793 c, [ix] index, 313 p.
9	ILL available	Deed Book No. 17, 1793 - 1802, [xii] index, 544 p.
10	ILL available	Deed Book No. 18, 1802 - 1810, [xi] index, 541 p.
10	ILL available	Deed Book No. 19, 1810 - 1815, [xiii] index, 402 p.
11	ILL available	Deed Book No. 20, 1815 - 1820, [xiv] index, 743 p.
12	ILL available	Deed Book No. 21, 1820 - 1825, [xiii] index, 727 p.
13	ILL available	Deed Book No. 22, 1824 - 1828, [xii] index, 524 p.
14	ILL available	Deed Book No. 23, 1828 - 1832, [xxxiii] index, 562 p.
15	ILL available	Deed Book No. 24, 1835 - 1840, [xiv] index, 519 p.
16	ILL available	Deed Book No. 25, 1839 - 1842, [xxii] index, 451 p.
17	ILL available	Deed Book No. 26, 1842 - 1846, [xxiii] index, 528 p.
18	ILL available	Deed Book No. 27, 1846 - 1850, [xxv] index, [xii] duplicate index, 487 p.
19	ILL available	Deed Book No. 28, 1850 - 1853, Unpaged index, p. iii-xl, (Deeds, 1868, 1869); p. 1-462 (Deeds, 1850 - 1853); p. 463-484 (Deeds, 1868)
19	ILL available	Deed Book 29, 1853 - 1856, p. 462-479 (index), 461 p. (index repeated at end)
20	ILL available	Deed Book No. 30, 1856 - 1868, p. 719-739 (index), [1], 718 [3] p. (index repeated at end)
184	ILL available	Deed Book No. 31, 1868 - 1874, 492 p.
185	ILL available	Deed Book No. 32, 1874 - 1880, 560 p. (last page includes list of deeds received in 1884)
185	ILL available	Deed Book No. 33, 1880 - 1885, pp. 1-591
186	ILL available	Deed Book No. 33, 1885 (continued), pp. 592-631
187	ILL available	Deed Book No. 34, 1886 - 1890, 592 p.
187	ILL available	Deed Book No. 35, 1886 - 1894, 501 p. (includes plat from 1908)
188	ILL available	Deed Book No. 36, 1893 - 1897, 598 p.
188	ILL available	Deed Book No. 37, 1897 - 1900, pp. 1-585
189	ILL available	Deed Book No. 38, 1900 - 1903, 596 p.
189	ILL available	Deed Book No. 37, 1900 (continued), pp. 586-608
189	ILL available	Deed Book No. 39, 1903 - 1905, 498 p.
	ILL not available	FOR PROCESSIONERS' RETURNS OF 1821 SEE ORDER BOOK NO. 20, 1786-1789 (REEL 40)
	ILL not available	FOR PROCESSIONERS' RETURNS, 1838-1846 SEE RULE BOOK, 1795-1805 (REEL 67)
21	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, 1, 1692 - 1860.
21	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, 2, 1860 - 1915.
190	ILL available	Plats, 1801-1888
66	ILL available	Processioners' Book, 1796 - 1817, 336 p.
		SEE ALSO County Court AND Fiduciary Records
Reel No.		Marriage Records and Vital Statistics
	ILL not available	FOR MARRIAGE LICENSES, 1709-1716 SEE END OF DEED BOOK 5, 1711-1714 (REEL 2)
192	ILL available	Marriage Bonds & Consents, 1750 - 1786
193	ILL available	Marriage Bonds & Consents, 1786 - 1792
194	ILL available	Marriage Bonds & Consents, 1793 - 1798
195	ILL available	Marriage Bonds & Consents, 1798 - 1805
196	ILL available	Marriage Bonds & Consents, 1805 - 1812
197	ILL available	Marriage Bonds & Consents, 1812 - 1817
198	ILL available	Marriage Bonds & Consents, 1817 - 1823
199	ILL available	Marriage Bonds & Consents, 1824- 1834
53	ILL available	Marriage Bonds, 1824 - 1850, [3], unpaged index, [1], 340 p.
209	ILL available	Marriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1873- 1876
200	ILL available	Marriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1835 - 1843
203	ILL available	Marriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1854 - 1858
204	ILL available	Marriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1858 - 1860
205	ILL available	Marriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1861 - 1867
206	ILL available	Marriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1866 - 1868
207	ILL available	Marriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1868 - 1871
208	ILL available	Marriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1871 - 1873
210	ILL available	Marriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1877 - 1879
211	ILL available	Marriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1879 - 1882
212	ILL available	Marriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1882 - 1885
213	ILL available	Marriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1885 - 1888
214	ILL available	Marriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1888 - 1891
215	ILL available	Marriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1892 - 1894
216	ILL available	Marriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1895 - 1898
217	ILL available	Marriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1898 - 1901
201	ILL available	Marriage Certificates, Consents, Licenses & Ministers' Returns, 1842 - 1850
202	ILL available	Marriage Certificates, Consents, Licenses & Ministers' Returns, 1850 - 1854
54	ILL available	Register of Births, 1853 - 1895, 1912 - 1914, [xcviii] index, 163 fo.
191	ILL available	Register of Births, 1914 - 1917, index, 20 p.
54	ILL available	Register of Deaths, 1853 - 1895, 1912 - 1917, [lxxxviii] index, 94 fo.
191	ILL available	Register of Marriages, 1802 - 1842 (includes marriages from 1857)
53	ILL available	Register of Marriages, 1853 - 1906, [lviii] index, 118 fo.
Reel No.		Military and Pension Records
219	ILL available	List of Disabled Soldiers, 1889-1903, pp. 166-178
219	ILL available	List of Pensioners, 1902-1909, pp. 152-160
172	ILL available	Roster of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1864
Reel No.		Organization Records
66	ILL available	North Farnham Parish Record, 1672 - 1801, [1], 169 p.
Reel No.		School Records
219	ILL available	School District Collection Receipts, 1871
Reel No.		Township Records
219	ILL available	Marshall Township Order Book, 1871-1875
Reel No.		Wills
		Will Subgroup
22	ILL available	Wills & Inventories, 1699 - 1709 c, [ii] index, 132 fo. (partially mutilated)
22	ILL available	Wills & Inventories, 1709 - 1717 c, [1], unpaged index, 354 p.
23	ILL available	Will Book No. 4, 1717 - 1725 c, [xi] index, 269 p.
24	ILL available	Will Book No. 5, 1725 - 1753 c, Unpaged index, 8 p. (copies of pages 1-8 of original book), [2] items, [vi] duplicate index, 724 p.
23	ILL available	Will Book No. 6, 1753 - 1767 c, [i-vii] index, [viii-xiii] duplicate index, 425 p.
24	ILL available	Will Book No. 7, 1767 - 1787 c, [vii] index, [1], 540 p.
23	ILL available	Will and Inventories No. 8, 1789 - 1794, [vii] index, 171 p.
25	ILL available	Will Book No. 9, 1794 - 1822 c, [i-x] index, [xi-xx] duplicate index, 729 p.
26	ILL available	Will Book No. 10, 1822 - 1846, [ix] index, 561 p.
27	ILL available	Will Book No. 11, 1846 - 1879, [xxiii] index, 763 [1] p.
220	ILL available	Will Book No. 12, 1879 - 1908, 480 p.
220	ILL available	Will Book No. 13, 1909 - 1929, 499 p.
28	ILL available	General Index to Wills, 1699 - 1950.
Reel No.		Miscellaneous Records
172	ILL available	Aid to Poor & By Whom Contributed, 1932-1936, 18 p.

ILL indicates a copy is available for loan.