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A Guide to the Accomack County (Va.) Court Records, 1697-1836 Accomack County (Va.) Court Records, 1697-1836 1208593

A Guide to the Accomack County (Va.) Court Records, 1697-1836

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1208593
Title
previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) previous hit Court  next hit previous hit Records  next hit, 1697-1836
Physical Characteristics
1 box
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previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit previous hit Court  next hit.
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

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previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) previous hit Court  next hit previous hit Records  next hit, 1697-1836. Local government previous hit records  next hit collection, previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit previous hit Court  next hit previous hit Records  next hit. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of previous hit court  next hit papers from previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

Historical Information

previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means "on-the-other-side-of-water place" or "across the water." It was one of the original eight shires, or previous hit counties  next hit, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The previous hit county's  next hit name was changed to Northampton previous hit County  next hit in 1643. The present previous hit county  next hit was formed from Northampton about 1663. In October 1670, the General Assembly temporarily reunited previous hit Accomack  next hit and Northampton previous hit Counties  next hit as Northampton previous hit County  next hit. In November 1673, previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit was again separated from Northampton. In early previous hit records  next hit, the previous hit county's  next hit name was spelled many ways. In 1940 the General Assembly adopted the present spelling, previous hit Accomack  next hit. The previous hit county  next hit gained a small part of the southern end of Smith's Island from Somerset previous hit County  next hit, Maryland, in 1879, after the United States had approved boundary changes between Virginia and Maryland that had been agreed to in 1877. The previous hit county  next hit seat is Accomac.

A significant number of loose previous hit records  next hit from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. Volumes that previous hit record  next hit deeds, previous hit court  next hit orders, and wills exist.

Scope and Content

previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) previous hit Court  next hit previous hit Records  next hit, 1697-1836, consist of previous hit records  next hit organized into the local previous hit records  next hit series of Judgments, previous hit Court  next hit previous hit Records  next hit, Fiduciary previous hit Records  next hit, Land previous hit Records  next hit, Miscellaneous previous hit Records  next hit, Overseers of the Poor previous hit Records  next hit, and Tax and Fiscal previous hit Records  next hit.

Judgments consist of the following suits: Broadwater vs. Johnson, 1740. Rossaria vs. Folia, 1752. Beavans vs. Weldon, 1785.

previous hit Court  next hit previous hit Records  next hit consist of a list of actions, 1722-1723, and 1 page from a minute book, 1722.

Fiduciary previous hit Records  next hit consist of the petition of Martha Dennis for assignment of dower, 1697, and an administrator's account of Thomas Bagwell's estate,1786.

Land previous hit Records  next hit consists of the petition of William Parker for a mill, 1774.

Miscellaneous previous hit Records  next hit consists of a request for wool, 1836.

Overseers of the Poor previous hit Records  next hit consist of financial claims, 1779, and meeting minutes, 1788-1789.

Tax and Fiscal previous hit Records  next hit consists of previous hit county  next hit claims,1782, 1809.

Related Material

Additional previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit previous hit Court  next hit previous hit Records  next hit can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult A Guide to Virginia previous hit County  next hit and City previous hit Records  next hit on Microfilm

previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit is one of Virginia's Lost previous hit Records  next hit Localities. Additional previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit previous hit Records  next hit may be found in the Virginia Lost previous hit Records  next hit Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost previous hit Records  next hit Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.

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

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

  • previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit previous hit Court  next hit.

    • Subjects:

  • Poor -- Virginia -- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Public welfare -- Virginia -- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

    • Geographical Names:

  • previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) -- History.

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Fiduciary previous hit Records  next hit -- Virginia -- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Judgments -- Virginia -- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Judicial previous hit records  next hit -- Virginia -- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Land previous hit records  next hit -- Virginia -- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Local government previous hit records  next hit -- Virginia -- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Tax and fiscal previous hit records  next hit -- Virginia -- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Tax previous hit records  next hit -- Virginia -- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Accomack County (Va.) -- History.
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