Barclays of New York

404 Condition of Virginia Records.
from 1759, and its marriage licenses from 1798, are preserved in
good order at the court house at Warrenton.
Culpepper County was established out of Orange County
in 1778. The records are preserved in good condition at Cul-
pepper Court House, and are well indexed.
Orange County was taken from Spottsylvania County and
was established in 1734. Its records are preserved in good order
at Orange Court House.
Stafford County was erected out of Westmoreland County
in 1666. Its records at Stafford Court House are in poor con-
dition and but little cared for, and many were lost or destroyed
during the War of the Rebellion. Conveyances, wills, adminis-
trations, appraisals and other public papers are recorded pro-
miscuously in the same volumes. Those that remain at the
Court House, however, are indexed and include the years 1699-
1709, 1748-1763, 1809-1813, and 1839 to date.
The old church records in Stafford County, with the ex-
ception of a portion of the records of Overwharton Parish, seem
also to have been destroyed during the civil war. "Over-
wharton Parish Register, 1720 to 1760" is the title of a neat
little volume of 195 pages by William F. Boogher.
King George County. The records at King George Court
House commence with 1721 and are complete, — with the excep-
tion of Will books, from 1721 to 1744, which are said to have
been carried away by a soldier during the civil war and to be still
in existence somewheres in the City of New York.
The records of Lambs Creek Parish, King George County,
were destroyed during the war.
Spottsylvania County was established in 1720 out of King
George, Essex and King William Counties. Its records date
from 1722, with the exception of marriage licenses subsequently
to 1750, which were destroyed during the civil war, and are in
fair condition. They are preserved at Spottsylvania Court House.
The records of the old church of Spottsylvania were destroyed