Botetourt County Virginia
Printed material:
Davis, The Deeds of Amherst County, Virginia, 1761-1807, and Albemarle County, Virginia, 1748-1763, Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press (1979)
Davis, The Wills of Amherst County, Virginia, 1761-1865, Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press (1985)
Davis, Lynchburg, Virginia and Nelson County, Virginia Wills, Deeds, and Marriages 1807-1831, Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press (1985).
Hale, Allen M., A Map of Nelson County, Commonwealth of Virginia, circa 1890. Designed by Allen M. and Constance B. Hale. Lovingston, Va.: Old Dominion Map Co. (1975).
Kyle, Robert P., "The Howardsville Turnpike," Augusta Historical Bulletin (2004), pp. 42-90. Published in Staunton by the Augusta County Historical Society. Bulletin
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court of Nelson County
Courthouse
Lovingston, VA 22949
434-263-7020
The Clerk's office has marriage records, deeds and wills from the beginning of the county to the present. Some court order books remain, and other miscellaneous records. Between 1853 and 1874, counties were required to register births and deaths. That registry is in the office. Other loose papers (such as judgments) are still unsorted unindexed, and bundled in the record room. Copies are 50 cents per page.
Chancery records for this county before 1900 have been sent to the Library of Virginia and are being processed. The Clerk retained copies of plats found in the records sent to Richmond.
