Westmoreland County Microfilm

County and City Records on Microfilm › VA › Westmoreland County

Date of Formation: 1653

Formed From: Northumberland County. Part of King George County was added in 1777.

Lost Records Note:

Many loose papers were burned during the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.

REELS 18A AND 23A ARE UNAVAILABLE THROUGH INTERLIBRARY LOAN

Reel No.	ILL indicates a copy is available for loan	Local Records Categories and Contents
Reel No.		Bonds/Commissions/Oaths
109	ILL available	Bond Book (includes Officials' and Fiduciary Bonds), 1980, 1982, index, 226 p.
Reel No.		Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships
106	ILL available	Charter Book, 1883, 1926, index, 222 p.
Reel No.		Court Records
		County Court
		Minute Book
101	ILL available	Minute Book, 1762-1787, unpaged.
102	ILL available	Minute Book, 1770-1772, unpaged.
109	ILL available	Minute Book, 1796, 1798
103	ILL available	Minute Book, 1810-1817, unpaged.
		Order Book
	ILL not available	FOR A FEW ORDERS, 1653 - 1659 SEE DEEDS, WILLS, PATENTS, 1653 - 1659 (REEL 1)
	ILL not available	FOR A FEW ORDERS, 1661 - 1662 SEE DEEDS, WILLS, ETC., 1661 - 1662 (REEL 1)
51	ILL available	Orders, 1662 - 1664 c, 43 fo.
51	ILL available	Orders, 1675 - 1689 c, p. 41-706
52	ILL available	Order Book, 1690 - 1698 c, [xix] index, 263 fo.
53	ILL available	Order Book, 1698 - 1705 c, [x] index, 273 fo.
54	ILL available	Orders, 1705 - 1721 c, [xxvi] index, 405 fo.
55	ILL available	Orders, 1721 - 1731 c, [xxxi], 400 fo.
56	ILL available	Orders, 1731 - 1739 c, [xxxi] index, 316 fo.
57	ILL available	Orders, 1739 - 1743 c, 212 fo.
57	ILL available	Orders, 1743 - 1747 c, [xxviii] index, 210 fo.
58	ILL available	Orders, 1747 - 1750 c, [xix] index, [1], 207 fo.
58	ILL available	Order Book, 1750 - 1752 c, [xxiii] index, 166 fo.
59	ILL available	Orders, 1752 - 1755 c, Unpaged index, 305 fo.
59	ILL available	Orders, 1755 - 1758 c, Unpaged index, 223 fo.
60	ILL available	Orders, 1758 - 1761 c, [xxi] index, 219 fo.
60	ILL available	Orders, 1761 - 1764 c, Unpaged index, 130 fo.
61	ILL available	Orders, 1776 - 1786 c, [xlviii] index, 366 p.
61	ILL available	Orders, 1787 - 1790 c, [xxii] index, 366 p.
62	ILL available	Orders, 1790 - 1795 c, [1], [xliii] index, 508 p.
	ILL not available	FOR ORDERS, 1795 - 1797 SEE DEEDS [& WILLS] NO. 19, 1794 - 1799 (REEL 15)
63	ILL available	Orders, 1797 - 1799 c, [xxx] index, 281 p.
63	ILL available	Orders, 1799 - 1801 c, [xxxiv] index, 407 p.
64	ILL available	Orders, 1801 - 1804, [xxx] index, 495 p.
64	ILL available	Orders, 1804 - 1807 c, [1], [xlvi] index, 506 p.
65	ILL available	Orders, 1807 - 1810 c, [lxxxvi] index, 557 p.
65	ILL available	Orders, 1810 - 1813 c, [xxiv] index, 380 p.
66	ILL available	Order Book, 1814 - 1818 c, [xlviii] index, 430 p.
66	ILL available	Order Book, 1819 - 1823, Unpaged index, 619 p.
67	ILL available	Order Book, 1823 - 1827, [xlii] index, [5], 377 p.
68	ILL available	Order Book, 1827 - 1831, [xliii] index, [2], 384 p.
68	ILL available	Orders, 1831 - 1835, [1], [xlii] index, [1], 368 p.
69	ILL available	Orders, 1836 - 1844, [xliv] index, [1], 438 p.
69	ILL available	Order Book, 1844 - 1854, Unpaged index, [2], 492 p.
70	ILL available	Orders, 1854 - 1860, [xxxvii] index, 469 p.
70	ILL available	Order Book, 1860 - 1867, Unpaged index, 372 p.
		SEE ALSO Land Records
		Superior Court of Law
71	ILL available	Superior Court Order Book, 1823 - 1830, [1], [xxiii] index, 444 p.
71	ILL available	Superior Court Orders, 1809 - 1823, [1], [xxiii] index, 438 p.
73	ILL available	Superior Court Records, 1809 - 1831, 83 p.
		Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery
73	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, 1831 - 1856, [xxv] index, [1], 414 p.
73	ILL available	Court Records, 1809 - 1831, 83 p.
73	ILL available	Superior Court of Law Records, 1831, [ii] index, 16 [3] p.
72	ILL available	Superior Court Orders, 1831 - 1839, [xxiii] index, 408 p.
		Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery and Circuit Court
72	ILL available	[Superior Court of] Law Orders, 1839 - 1857, [xxxiv] index, 527 p.
		Circuit Court
		Deed Subgroup
114	ILL available	General Index to Criminal Cases, 1977, 1982, A-Z, Defendants, 199 p.
73	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, 1831 - 1856, [xxv] index, [1], 414 p.
73	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, 1851 - 1873, Unpaged index, 207 p.
107	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, 1864, 1875, 424 p., index
107	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, 1875, 1886, 400 p., index
108	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, 1886, 1905, index, 497 p.
108	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, 1905, 1915, index, 400 p.
101	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, 1905-1915, index, 400 p.
103	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, 1915-1924, index, 398 p.
132	ILL available	Common Law Order Book, 1965, 1968, index, 478 p.
72	ILL available	Court Orders, 1839 - 1857, [xxxiv] index, 527 p.
102	ILL available	Order at Law Book, 1919-1927, index, 403 p.
		Various Courts
76	ILL available	Land Causes, 1827 - 1837, 66 p.
Reel No.		Fiduciary Records
42	ILL available	[Records & Inventories, No. 15, 1832 - 1833], [vi] index, 342 p.
31	ILL available	[Records & Inventories] No. 3, 1752 - 1756 c, [xviii] index, 86 fo.
33	ILL available	[Records & Inventories] No. 5, 1767 - 1776 c, [xxiii] index, [1], 330 p.
41	ILL available	[Records &] Inventories [No. 13], 1827 - 1829, [xvii] index, 533 p.
42	ILL available	[Records &] Inventories [No. 14], 1829 - 1832, [1], [vi] index, 463 p.
44	ILL available	[Records &] Inventories Etc., No. 17, 1835 - 1838, [xi] index, 452 p.
38	ILL available	[Records &] Inventories No. 10, 1815 - 1820, [xii] index, 506 p.
39	ILL available	[Records &] Inventories No. 11, 1820 - 1825, [x] index, 516 p.
40	ILL available	[Records &] Inventories No. 12, 1825 - 1826, [xviii] index, 546 p.
37	ILL available	[Records &] Inventories No. 9, 1806 - 1815, [xii] index, 501 p.
36	ILL available	[Records] Inventories, Estate Accts., Etc., No. 8, 1799-1806 c, [xxi] index, [4], 628 p.
45	ILL available	[Records] Inventories, Etc., [No. 19] 1841 - 1845, [xix] index, 571 p.
46	ILL available	[Records] Inventories, Etc., [No. 20] 1845 - 1850, [xx] index, 736 p.
47	ILL available	[Records] Inventories, Etc., [No. 21] 1850 - 1856, [xi] index, 729 p.
48	ILL available	[Records] Inventories, Etc., [No. 22] 1856 - 1858, p. 395-415 (index), 393 (3 pages of index repeated at end)
44	ILL available	[Records] Inventories, Etc., No. 18, [1838 - 1840], [xviii] index, 394 p. (Target incorrectly reads: 1835 - 1840)
76	ILL available	Fiduciary Book, 1742 - 1789 c, [iv] index, 11-164 fo.
50	ILL available	General Index to Fiduciary Accounts Etc., Vol. 1, 1723 - 1917
104	ILL available	Inventories and Accounts 36, 1942-1944 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Executors' Accounts, and Trustees' Accounts), index, 114 p.
105	ILL available	Inventories and Accounts 54, 1967-1968 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Committees' Accounts, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, and Trustees' Accounts), index, 119 p.
49	ILL available	Inventories Etc., No. 23, 1858 - 1862, Unpaged index, p. 2-553
49	ILL available	Inventories Etc., No. 24, 1862, Unpaged index, 91 p.
49	ILL available	Inventories Etc., No. 25, 1863 - 1867, Unpaged index, 452 p.
35	ILL available	Records & Inventories [No. 7], 1790 - 1798 c, [1], unpaged index, 504 p.
43	ILL available	Records & Inventories No. 16, 1833 - 1835, [ix] index, 481 p.
110	ILL available	Records & Inventories, 1862, 1863, index, 91 p.
110	ILL available	Records & Inventories, 1863, 1867, index, 452 p.
110	ILL available	Records & Inventories, 1867, 1871, 460 p., index
111	ILL available	Records & Inventories, 1871, 1874, index, 395 p.
111	ILL available	Records & Inventories, 1874, 1878, 390 p., index
111	ILL available	Records & Inventories, 1878, 1883, index, pp. 1-297
112	ILL available	Records & Inventories, 1882, 1884, pp. 276-383 (continued)
112	ILL available	Records & Inventories, 1884, 1899, index, 473 p.
112	ILL available	Records & Inventories, 1899, 1910, index, pp. 1-483
113	ILL available	Records & Inventories, 1909, 1910, pp. 461-500 (continued)
113	ILL available	Records & Inventories, 1910, 1917, index, 504 p. (loose papers found at end of volume.)
113	ILL available	Records & Inventories, 1917, 1922, index, pp. 1-231
30	ILL available	Records & Inventories, No. 2, 1746 - 1752 c, Unpaged index, 218 fo.
34	ILL available	Records [Inventories, Etc., No. 6] 1776 - 1790 c, [xi] index, 541 p.
32	ILL available	Records [Inventories, Etc.,] No. 4, 1756 - 1767 c, [xiii] index, 235 p.
29	ILL available	Records, Inventories, No. 1, 1723 - 1746 c, Unpaged index, 340 fo., [1] p.
		SEE ALSO Bonds/Commissions/Oaths AND Wills
Reel No.		Free Negro and Slave Records
100	ILL available	Free Negro Register, 1819-1826, index, 12 p.
100	ILL available	Free Negro Register, 1828-1849 (includes Estrays, 1833-1836, and List of Fines, 1831), index, 69 p.
100	ILL available	Free Negro Register, 1850-1861, index, 87 p.
75	ILL available	Register of Free Negroes, Etc., 1828 - 1849, [xv] index, [5], 69 [1] p.
Reel No.		Land Records
		Deed Subgroup
1	ILL available	Deeds, Wills, Patents, 1653 - 1659 c, 139 fo. (Contains a few Orders) Not indexed in General Index to Deeds or Gen. Index to Wills
2	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 1, 1653 - 1671 c, [1], [xxiii] index, 409 [1] p.
1	ILL available	Deeds, Wills, Etc., 1661 - 1662 c, 79 fo. (Contains a few Orders) Not indexed in General Index to Deeds or in Gen. Index to Wills
1	ILL available	Deeds, Patents, Etc., 1665 - 1677 c, 17-368 [2] fo. (Contains Wills) Not indexed in General Index to Deeds or Gen. Index to Wills
2	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 2, 1691 - 1699 c, [viii] index, 193 fo.
3	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 3, 1701 - 1707 c, [1], [xviii] index, 451 p.
3	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 4, 1707 - 1709 c, [xii] index, 253 p.
4	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 5, 1712 - 1716 c, [xx] index, 634 p.
4	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 6, 1716 - 1720 c, [1], [xxiii] index, 639 p.
5	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 7, 1720 - 1722 c, [xxi] index, 359 p.
6	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 8, 1723 - 1738, Pt. 1 c, [xxv] index, 1-168 fo. Film of original.
6	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 8, 1723 - 1738, Pt. 2 c, 169 - 344 fo. (1 page duplicate index at end) Film of original.
7	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 8, Pt. 1, 1723 - 1732, [xxvi] index, 556 p. Film of transcript.
8	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 8, Pt. 2, 1732 - 1738, [xxx] index, 590 p. Film of transcript.
9	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 9, 1738 - 1744 c, [xii] index, 35 fo., 36-348 p.
9	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 10, 1744 - 1748 c, [xi] index, 426 p.
11	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 11, 1747 - 1753 c, [xix] index, 491 [1] p.
10	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, Liber S, 1747 - 1753 c, [xxi] index, 434 p. Film of original.
11	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 12, 1753 - 1756 c, [vi] index, 337 p.
12	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 13, 1756 - 1761 c, [xiii] index, 327 p.
12	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 14, 1761 - 1768 c, p. 572-577 (index), 571 p.
13	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 15, 1768 - 1773 c, [xxii] index, 298 p.
13	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 16, 1773 - 1787 c, [xx] index, [1], [xi] duplicate index, 403 p. (A copy of No. 17 below)
14	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 17, 1773 - 1787, [ix] index, 351 p.
14	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 18, 1787 - 1794 c, [xiv] index, 376 p.
15	ILL available	Deeds [& Wills] No. 19, 1794 - 1799 and Orders, 1795-1797 c, [xii] index, 395 p. (Deeds & Wills, 1794 - 1799); [xxvi] index, 196 p. (Orders, 1795 - 1797, follows p. 395)
16	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 20, 1799 - 1803 c, [x] index, 516 [1] p.
17	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 21, 1804 - 1808, [xii] index, 558 p.
17	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 22, 1809 - 1813, [xxii] index, 388 p.
18	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 23, 1814 - 1819, [1], [xii] index, 503 p.
18 a	ILL not available	Deeds & Wills No. 24, 1819 - 1823, [xiii] index, 547 p.
19	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 25, 1824 - 1828, [xiii] index, 518 p.
20	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 26, 1828 - 1831, [viii] index, 534 p.
21	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 27, 1831 - 1833, [xv] index, 530 p.
21	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 28, 1833 - 1835, [xiii] index, 462 p.
22	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 29, 1835 - 1838, [xv] index, 448 p.
22	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 30, 1838 - 1841, [xii] index, 382 p.
23	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 31, 1841 - 1845, [xxiii] index, 575 p.
23 a	ILL not available	Deeds & Wills No. 32, 1845 - 1848, [x] index, 477 p.
24	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 33, 1848 - 1851, [xxi] index, 456 p.
24	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 34, 1851 - 1853, [xii] index, 370 p.
25	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 35, 1853 - 1859, [xv] index, 707 p.
26	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 36, 1859 - 1863, Unpaged index, 446 p.
26	ILL available	Deeds & Wills No. 37, 1863 - 1868, p. 661-672 (index), 657 p.
115	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1868, 1871, 480 p., index
115	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1871, 1874, index, 499 p.
116	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1874, 1876, 397 p., index
116	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1876, 1880, index, 500 p.
117	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1880, 1882, 390 p., index
117	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1882, 1883, 398 p., index
118	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1883, 1884, 480 p.
118	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1884, 1885, 480 p.
119	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1885, 1887, 480 p.
119	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1887, 1888, 480 p.
120	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1888, 1889, 500 p.
120	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1889, 1891, 501 p.
121	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1891, 1892, 500 p.
121	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1892, 1893, 500 p.
122	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1893, 1894, 480 p.
122	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1894, 1896, 500 p.
123	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1896, 1898, 504 p.
123	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1896, 495 p., index
124	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1898, 1899, 500 p.
124	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1899, 1900, 500 p., index
125	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1900, 1901, 500 p., index
125	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, 1901, 1902, 504 p., index
114	ILL available	Deeds, 1706, 1804, #1-71
28 a	ILL available	Deeds, 1706-1804, index.
27	ILL available	General Index to Deeds 1, 1653 - 1831 (Does not index Deeds, Wills, Patents, 1653 - 1659; Deeds, Wills, Etc., 1661 - 1662, or, Deeds, Patents, Etc., 1665 - 1677)
126	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, 1653, 1964, A-B
127	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, 1653, 1964, B-D (continued)
128	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, 1653, 1964, E-J
129	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, 1653, 1964, J-M (continued)
130	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, 1653, 1964, N-S
131	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, 1653, 1964, S-Z (continued)
27	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, 2, 1831 - 1898
126	ILL available	Index to Subdivision Plat Books, undated
105	ILL available	Oyster Plat Books 1-4, 1896-1906, paged.
132	ILL available	Record Book, 1711, 1794, 53 p. (includes Wills, Deeds of Gift, Deeds, Letters, Powers of Attorney, Affidavits and Depositions)
		SEE ALSO Wills
Reel No.		Marriage Records and Vital Statistics
77	ILL available	Bride/Groom Index to Marriages, 1772-1865
86	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol 11, 1830-1833, Index
85	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 10, 1826-1829 (thru 1828-21a), Index
86	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 10, 1826-1829, (1828-22), Index
87	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 12, 1834-1837, Index
88	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 13, 1838-1841, Index
89	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 14, 1842-1846 (1844-32), Index
88	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 14, 1842-1846 (thru 1844-31a), Index
89	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 15, 1847-1854, Index
90	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 16, 1855-1859 (1856-15), Index
89	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 16, 1855-1859 (thru 1856-15), Index
91	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 17, 1860-1865 (1864-5), Index
90	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 17, 1860-1865 (thru 1864-4), Index
79	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 3, 1793-1796, Index
80	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 4, 1797-1801 (1800-14), Index
79	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 4, 1797-1801 (thru 1800-13a), Index
81	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 5, 1802-1806, Index
82	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 6, 1807-1811, Index
83	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 7, 1812-1816, Index
84	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 8, 1817-1821, Index
85	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 9, 1822-1825 (1823-16), Index
84	ILL available	Marriage Bonds Vol. 9, 1822-1825 (thru 1823-15), Index
78	ILL available	Marriage Bonds, 1772-1793, Index
74	ILL available	Marriage Bonds, 1786 - 1850, [3], p. 1-78 (Marriage Bonds, 1786 - 1850); p. 79-97 (index to brides) (Stratton Nottingham compilation)
92	ILL available	Marriage Licenses, 1866-1871, Index
93	ILL available	Marriage Licenses, 1872-1878, Index
94	ILL available	Marriage Licenses, 1879-1885, Index
95	ILL available	Marriage Licenses, 1886-1892, Index
96	ILL available	Marriage Licenses, 1893-1897, Index
97	ILL available	Marriage Licenses, 1898-1901, Index
98	ILL available	Marriage Licenses, 1902-1906, Index
99	ILL available	Marriage Licenses, 1907-1912, Index
74	ILL available	Record of Marriages, 1826 - 1850, Unpaged partial index, p. 1-9, [36]
74	ILL available	Register of Births, 1858 - 1895, 174 fo.
75	ILL available	Register of Deaths, 1853 [1857 - 1896], 107 fo. (No Deaths recorded for 1853 - 1856, 1862 - 1863, 1878 - 1880, or 1890)
133	ILL available	Register of Marriage Licenses with Marriage Certificates, 1850, 1920, 86 p., index (A-Z, pp. 1-52; B-W, pp. 54-62)
74	ILL available	Register of Marriages, 1854 - 1908, 196 fo.
Reel No.		Wills
		Will Subgroup
114	ILL available	Wills, 1755, 1800, #1-46
28 a	ILL available	Wills, 1755-1800, index.
125	ILL available	Wills & Inventories, 1832, 1903, index, 215 p.
114	ILL available	General Index to Heirs & Devisees, 1935, 1982, A-Z
114	ILL available	General Index to Wills & Fiduciaries, 1929, 1982, A-Z
28	ILL available	General Index to Wills, 1, 1653 - 1950 (Does not index Deeds, Wills, Patents, 1653 - 1659; Deeds, Wills, Etc., 1661 - 1662, or, Deeds, Patents, Etc., (which contains wills) 1665 - 1677)
126	ILL available	Index to Wills, 1653, 1967, A-Z
		SEE ALSO Land Records
Reel No.		Miscellaneous Records
	ILL not available	SEE ALSO Land Records

ILL indicates a copy is available for loan.