Charles City County Microfilm

Date of Formation: 1634 (original shire)
Formed From:

Lost Records Note:

Records have been destroyed at various times, most significantly during the Civil War.

[City Administrative Records] [Bonds/Commissions/Oaths] [Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships]
[County Administrative Records] [Court Records] [Fiduciary Records] [Free Negro and Slave Records]
[Land Records] [Marriage Records and Vital Statistics] [Military and Pension Records]
[Wills]

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Local Records Categories and Contents
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No.
 City Administrative Records
27 ILLBoard of Supervisors' Minute Book, 1870-1895, index, pp. 29-286.
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 Bonds/Commissions/Oaths
30 ILLBond Book, 1902-1906 (County Court ) (includes Officials' and Fiduciary Bonds), 44 p.
30 ILLBond Book, 1904-1920 (Circuit Court ) (includes Officials' and Fiduciary Bonds), index, 249 p.
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 Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships
24 ILLDay and Time Book, M. D. Coalter and Weyanoke Farm, 1894-1898, index, 235 p.
24 ILLDaybook, Neston (General Store), 1870, 225 p.
24 ILLDaybook, Neston (General Store), 1872, 229 p.
25 ILLDaybook, Neston (General Store), 1874-1875, index, 245 p.
25 ILLDaybook, Neston (General Store), 1875-1878, 184 p.
25 ILLDaybook, Neston (General Store), 1876, 281 p.
25 ILLDaybook, Neston (General Store), 1876-1877, 291 p.
25 ILLDaybook, Neston (General Store), 1878, 87 p.
26 ILLLedger, Estate of James Willcox, 1875-1878, 341 p.
24 ILLLedger, R. L. Adams (General Store), 1866-1876, 399 p.
26 ILLLedger, Unidentified (General Store), 1871-1875, 381 p.
26 ILLLedger, Willcox and Graves (General Store)--Union Hill, 1873-1874, index, 382 p.
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 County Administrative Records
30 ILLElection Board Minute Book, 1906-1924
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 Court Records
  County Court
16 ILLMinutes, 1762 [4] p.
16 ILLMinutes, 1788 - 1789 Unpaged
16 ILLMinute Book 1, 1823 - 1829 [1], unpaged index, [3], 393 p.
16 ILLMinute Book 2, 1830 - 1837 [2], unpaged index, [2], 349 [3] p.
17 ILLMinute Book 3, 1838 - 1847 Unpaged index, [3], 375 p.(index partially repeated at end)
17 ILLMinute Book 4, 1848 - 1860 [1], unpaged index, [1], 630 [4] p.
19 ILLMinute Book 6, 1872 - 1879 [1], unpaged index, 500 p.
13 ILLOrders, 1650 p. 273, 274
13 ILLOrders, 1672 - 1673 p. 503-506, 509-518, 521-550
13 ILLOrder Book, 1677 - 1679 p. 163 - 421
13 ILLOrders, 1680 [2] Fragments
13 ILLOrders, 1685 [10] p., [2] Fragments
13 ILLOrders, 1687 - 1695 p. 89-434, 439-595
47 ILLRecord Book, 1692 - 1700, 316 p.
14 ILLOrders, 1696 p. 89 - 90
45 ILLOrder Book, 1722 - 1723, pp. 139-146, 151-158
14 ILLOrder Book, 1737 - 1751 [2] unpaged index, p. 2-596
14 ILLOrders, 1751 - 1757 Various pages
15 ILLOrders, 1758 - 1762 [1], unpaged index, p. 1-117, various fragments, p. 175-502
18 ILLOrder Book (Minute Book 5), 1860 - 1872 [5], unpaged index, 640 [1] p.(supplemental index at end)
32 ILLOrder Book (Minute Book 5), 1860 - 1872 [5], unpaged index, 640 [1] p.(supplemental index at end)
33 ILLOrder Book, 1879 - 1888, 473 p.
34 ILLOrder Book, 1888 - 1895, 471 p.
34 ILLOrder Book, 1895 - 1904, index, 397 p.
27 ILLChancery Order Book 1, 1872-1873, 31 p.
  SEE ALSo Land Records
  Circuit Court
27 ILLChancery Order Book 2, 1865 - 1894, index, 676 p.
28 ILLChancery Order Book 3, 1894 - 1928, index, 594 p.
31 ILLCommon Law Order Book, 1865 - 1894, index, 592 p.
35 ILLCommon Law Order Book, 1894 - 1918, index, 591 p.
20 ILLOrder Book (Minute Book), 1853 - 1863 p. 1-291, remainder unpaged.
  Various Courts
30 ILLCommon Law Minute Book, 1848 - 1868
29 ILLIndex to Ended Chancery Causes, 1846-1971
29 ILLIndex to Ended Civil Causes, 1845 - 1968
41 ILLJudgment Lien Docket 2, 1878 - 1916, indexes, 116 p.
20 ILLOrder Book, 1831 - 1852 Unpaged index, 522 p.
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 Fiduciary Records
30 ILLFiduciary Register, 1870-1943, 56 p.
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 Free Negro and Slave Records
22 ILLList of Free Negroes and Mulattoes Over Twelve Years of Age, 1859
22 ILLRegister of Free Negroes and Mulattoes, 1835-1864
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 Land Records
ILLDeeds & Wills, 1689 - 1690 [1] p., pp. 77-90
1 aILLDeeds, Wills, Etc., 1693-1694 [pp. 150-163, 178-187], Volume begins with years 1692-1693
23 ILLDeeds and Wills, 1725 - 1731, 353 p. Volume begins with years 1724-1725.
ILLDeeds & Wills, 1763 - 1764 pp. 299, 300, 313, 314
ILLDeeds & Wills, 1766 - 1774 [1] p., pp. 17-549
ILLDeeds & Wills, 1766 pp. 471-474
2 ILLDeed Book, 4, 1789 - 1802 Unpaged index, 635 [1] p., index repeated at end
2 ILLDeed Book, 5, 1803 - 1816 Unpaged index, 630 p., index repeated at end
3 ILLDeed Book, 6, 1816 - 1824 [1] p., unpaged index, p. 5-630 [1]
3 ILLDeed Book, 7, 1824 - 1831 Unpaged index, followed by duplicate unpaged index, 548 p.
4 ILLDeed Book, 8, 1832 - 1838 Unpaged index, 513 p.
4 ILLDeed Book, 9, 1838 - 1846 Unpaged index, 522 [1] p.
5 ILLDeed Book, 10, 1846 - 1856 Unpaged index, 662 p.
5 ILLDeed Book, 11, 1856 - 1867 [1], unpaged index, 607 p., index repeated at end.
37 ILLDeed Book, 12, 1867 - 1875, index, 684 p.
38 ILLDeed Book, 13, 1875 - 1882, indexes, 559 p.
38 ILLDeed Book, 14, 1882 - 1886, pp. 1-477.
39 ILLDeed Book, 14, 1886 - 1889 (continued), pp. 478 - 737.
39 ILLDeed Book, 15, 1889 - 1892, indexes, 502 p.
40 ILLDeed Book, 16, 1892 - 1897, indexes, 500 p.
40 ILLDeed Book, 17, 1897 - 1903, index, 600 p.
1 ILLDeeds, Wills, Orders Etc., 1655 - 1665 c [xx], [8] index, 635 p.
7 ILLGeneral Index to Deeds, 1790 - 1911
6 ILLGeneral Index to Deeds, Grantee, A-Z, 1789 - 1913
6 ILLGeneral Index to Deeds, Grantor, A-Z, 1789 - 1913
30 ILLProcessioners' Book, 1880 - 1946
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 Marriage Records and Vital Statistics
29 ILLIndex to Marriage Register, 2, 1861-1931
44 ILLMarriage Licenses, 1897 - 1904 Consents, 1899
42 ILLMarriage Licenses and Consents, 1862 - 1872
43 ILLMarriage Licenses and Consents, 1873 - 1887
21 ILLMarriage Register, 1, 1850 - 1873 Unpaged
21 ILLMarriage Register, 2, 1861 - 1931 Unpaged index, 94 fo.
21 ILLMiscellaneous Marriage Bonds, Loose Papers (some years missing), 1762 - 1855 [197] items
21 ILLRegister of Births, 1865 - 1896, index, 96 p.
29 ILLRegister of Births, 1865 - 1896, index, 96 p.
21 ILLRegister of Deaths, 1865 - 1896, index, 41 p.
29 ILLRegister of Deaths, 1865 - 1896, index, 41 p.
21 ILLRegister of Deaths, 1865 - 1896 Unpaged index, 41 fo.
  FOR MARRIAGE BONDS SEE ALSO Miscellaneous Records
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 Military and Pension Records
30 ILLCounty Pension Board Record Book, 1900 - 1930, 4 p.
41 ILLInduction and Discharge Records, 1918-1960, WWI-Vietnam (most are from WWII), index, 440 p.
21 ILLMuster Roll, 1861 - 1865 [1] p.
36 ILLMuster Roll. WWI, 1916 - 1918
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 Wills
11 ILLGeneral Index to Wills & Fiduciary Accounts 1, 1789 - 1954
12 ILLWill Book, 1862 - 1920 Unpaged index, p. 1-59, 70-71 [Circuit Court]
8 ILLWill Book 1, 1789 - 1808 c Unpaged index, followed by supplemental unpaged index, p. 2-726, indexes repeated at end
8 ILLWill Book 2, 1808 - 1824 Unpaged index, 602 p., index repeated at end
9 ILLWill Book 3, 1824 - 1833 Unpaged index, 519 p., index repeated at end
9 ILLWill Book 4, 1833 - 1845 Unpaged index, 556 p., index repeated at end
10 ILLWill Book 5, 1845 - 1860 Unpaged index, 635 p.
10 ILLWill Book 6, 1860 - 1878 [1], unpaged index, 636 p.
46 ILLWill Book 7, 1878 - 1903, index, 503 p.
46 ILLWill Book 8, 1902 - 1923, index, 330 p.
  SEE ALSO Land Records

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