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Preferred Citation

Elizabeth City County (Va.) Copy, 1816, of a Land Grant to William Woolritch, 1635 June 17, Robert Alonzo Brock Collection, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Acquisition Information

The Robert Alonzo Brock Collection was filmed by The Huntington Library in cooperation with The Library of Virginia with funding provided by The Library of Virginia Foundation with the support of The Roller-Bottimore Foundation and The Robins Foundation. Microfilm received 15 April 2004.

Historical Information

Elizabeth City County was named for Elizabeth, daughter of James I, and was one of the eight shires established in 1634. It became extinct in 1952, when it was incorporated into the city of Hampton, which was the county seat.

Records were burned or destroyed during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Additional records were burned in Richmond on 3 April 1865, where they had been moved for safekeeping during the Civil War. A few pre-Civil War volumes such as deed books, will books, and order books exist.

Scope and Content

Elizabeth City County (Va.) Copy, 1816, of a Land Grant to William Woolritch, 1635 June 17.

Related Material

See the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.

For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note .

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Hampton (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Public records-- Virginia--Elizabeth City County.

Geographical Names:

• Elizabeth City (Va.)--History--17th century.
• Hampton (Va.)--History.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Land grants -- Virginia -- Elizabeth City County.
• Land records-- Virginia--Elizabeth City County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Elizabeth City County.

Added Entry - Corporate Name:

• Elizabeth City County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Originals are located at the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.