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In 1737 Major William Mayo laid off lots for the Town of Richmond, Virginia on William Byrd II's property at the falls of the James River in Henrico County. The new town was named for its supposed resemblance to Richmond on the Thames, near London. Richmond was incorporated as a town by the General Assembly in 1742, but it remained a part of Henrico County. Then in 1782 Richmond was chartered as an independent city. It had become the state capital in 1780 and between 1861 and 1865 Richmond served as the capital of the Confederacy. Much of the town was destroyed in the Confederate retreat from the city in April, 1865 and numerous early records were destroyed. The town of Manchester was annexed to Richmond in 1910, and the adjoining communities of Barton Heights, Fairmount, and Highland Park were annexed in 1914, thereby extending the city's northern border. A further annexation from Chesterfield County in 1970 brought the city to its current size of 62.5 square miles. Richmond's surviving court records date from 1782 for land and court records, 1797 for marriage records, and 1810 for probate records. For additional extant records, see Henrico County. Richmond was a very cosmopolitan place for a small town during the Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary decades with numerous persons from other states and cities resident there. A large settlement of Scotch, Irish, and Germans added to the cosmopolitan nature of the new capital. In addition, many planters and state officials as well as numerous merchants maintained homes within the city.

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CITY OF RICHMOND, VA WILLS, 1782-1810 by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, 1983. 55 pages, index. Richmond, in Henrico County, became a town in 1742 and a city in 1782 at which time its records started. Until 1810 the wills are found in the Hustings Court Deed Books.
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RICHMOND CITY 1815 Directory of Landowners by Roger G. Ward. 2005. 33 pages, map, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
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