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Official Records - County Records - Richmond County

Richmond County, on Virginia's Northern Neck between the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers, was formed in 1692. A tidewater county, it was home to a large slave population, amounting to 57 percent of the total in the 1790 census. Richmond County's more prominent residents included Virginia leaders such as Landon Carter of Sabine Hall and John Tayloe of Mt. Airy. Excerpts from its order books below show the activities of Richmond's justices as well as their relations with neighboring counties such as Essex across the Rappahannock River.

Runaway servant James Harringham, alias Harn, again receives extra time as punishment for running away, February 1764.
In 1762 repeat runaway James Harringham, also known as James Harn or Hamm, had had extra time added on to his service for running away. (See Richmond Co. Orders, 1762). A mulatto servant, Harringham ran away again in July 1763, upon which Peachey placed an ad in the Virginia Gazette, (Royle), November 4, 1763 Captured again, he received almost seven more years added time.