This volume of Middlesex County marriages presents approximately 900 entries, which were abstracted from the files at the county court house in Saluda, Virginia. The marriages listed in three sequential marriage registers are here arranged in chronological order; an index of grooms and index of brides will help the user quickly locate persons. In addition to the names of the bride and groom, and the marriage date, the entries also specify (when known): the official who performed the ceremony, parentage, and the race of the bride and groom.

This volume contains an abstracts of the 1880 Census of Middlesex County, Virginia. All sorts of genealogical data have been included: birthplaces of both parents, as well as of the individual; and the relationship of each member of the household to the head of the household. Also included are the names of each family member, and the race, age and sex of each individual; dwellings and families are numbered in order of visitation. A surname index adds to the value of this work.