The deeds and wills were often separately maintained even before the cities
were separate counties. The Hustings Court or Corporation Court kept deed
records for Alexandria and Richmond. Alexandria's Corporation Court
recorded deeds even while Alexandria was part of the District of Columbia,
1791-1846. One Alexandria property is first dealt with in Fairfax County
deed records, but picked up in Corporation Court before 1817, when a
relevant Quaker deed is in Corporation Court deed book K-2. Similarly in
Richmond, the 1797 and 1800 deeds to the first Quaker meetinghouse are
recorded in the Richmond Hustings Court deed books. The probate records may
differ slightly. So one may need to search for some records regarding one
location in two different clerk's offices.
Today the Winchester court clerk's office is separate from Frederick
County's even though the two clerks are in the same building and separated
only by a wall.
Tom Hill
Thomas C. Hill
Charlottesville, VA 22901-6355 U.S.A.
www.QuakerMeetings.com
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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Craig Kilby
Sent: Saturday, 15 June, 2013 10:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] 06150018Z13 Re: Why does Virginia, alone among
states, require that its cities be discrete municipal entities from its
counties (aka Independent Cities)?
As was previously noted, Virginia is not "alone" in the Independent City
world. St. Louis, Missouri being a notable example. In that very contentious
case, known as "The Great Divorce" contrived by two fraud-ridden elections
to separate themselves from St. Louis County, of which they had formerly
been the county seat. They "won" in 1871. These far-sighted fathers hemmed
themselves into permanent boundaries as a result.
But I digress, slightly. My question is this: are wills, deeds, marriages
license and other "county" records within Virginia's Independent Cities a
separate collection from the county records, or did such documents remain to
be filed at the county court, or some combination of both? (I know in the
case of Richmond City that is the case, but I am not sure about some of the
smaller cities.)
Craig Kilby
On Jun 14, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Walter Waddell wrote:
> "The entire system is responsible for many of Virginia woes, since
> counties have no responsibility for the 20th-century issues that
> confront a neighboring city (urban poor, local transportation,
> crumbling school systems etc)."
> -------------------------------------
> There are many other factors such as administration and economic
structural re-formation that add much more complexity to the "20th-century
issues" than the statement indicts.
> "Austerity is a consequence; not a punishment." - John Maudlin
>
> Very Respectfully,
> Ray
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