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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 servants George Pitt (Griffin Garland) and Henry Valentine (Archibald Ritchie) receive time added to their terms, October 1768.
For Garland's ad for Pitt and Valentine, see Virginia Gazette (Rind), Williamsburg, August 25, 1768. Garland later placed ads for runaway slaves belonging to John Tayloe, and continued advertising for runaways into the 1790s. See Virginia Gazette (Rind), Williamsburg, January 10, 1771; Virginia Gazette (Rind), Williamsburg, October 17, 1771; Virginia Gazette or American Advertiser (Hayes), Richmond, December 31, 1785; Virginia Herald and Fredericksburg Advertiser(Green), Fredericksburg, July 5, 1792; Virginia Herald and Fredericksburg Advertiser (Green), Fredericksburg, March 28, 1793; Virginia Herald and Fredericksburg Advertiser (Green), Fredericksburg>, April 17, 1794.

Another of Griffin Garland's runaways receives extra time, November 1768.
Garland placed numerous ads for himself and others. See above.