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A Guide to the Accomack County (Va.) Fiduciary Records and Wills, 1678-1862 circa, undated Accomack County (Va.) Fiduciary Records and Wills 1048660, 1122012-1208593 circa, 0007432213- 0007432213 circa

A Guide to the Accomack County (Va.) Fiduciary Records and Wills, 1678-1862 circa, undated

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the Library of Virginia
Collection Number 1048660, 1122012-1208593 circa, 0007432213- 0007432213 circa


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Collection Number
1048660, 1122012-1208593 circa, 0007432213- 0007432213 circa
Title
previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Fiduciary previous hit Records  next hit and Wills, 1678-1862 circa, undated
Extent
6.79 cu. ft. (13 boxes)
Collector
previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit previous hit Court  next hit.
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Fiduciary previous hit Records  next hit and Wills, 1678-1862 circa, undated. 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.

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. One of the original eight shires established in 1634, Accomac previous hit County  next hit (spelled without a k) became Northampton previous hit County  next hit in 1643. The present country was formed from Northampton about 1663. In 1940 the General Assembly adopted the previous hit county's  next hit present spelling.

One of the original shires recognized in 1634, it became part of Northampton previous hit County  next hit in 1643, reverted to previous hit Accomack  next hit about 1663, merged into Northampton again in October 1670, and reverted to previous hit Accomack  next hit for final time in November 1673. 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.) Fiduciary previous hit Records  next hit and Wills, 1678-1862 circa, undated, include miscellaneous previous hit records  next hit filed in a local previous hit court  next hit by trustees, administrators, executors, guardians, and committees that related to the performance of their duties managing a person's estate. These previous hit records  next hit typically include the following; bonds, appraisements, audits, inventories, accounts, estate divisions, settlements, dowery previous hit records  next hit, etc. Information related to enslaved people are commonly found in these previous hit records  next hit.

This collection includes estate inventories, estate divisions, and estate settlements that previous hit record  next hit real and personal property, quantity of property, and value of property owned by the deceased. The documents include names of enslaved persons owned by the deceased. It also inlcudes Inventories, appraisements, estate audits, guardians' bonds, orphan accounts, etc.

The collection includes the will of Thomas Custis recorded in 1721.

The National Society Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede donated to the conservation of these manuscripts.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged largely chronologically

Related Material

Additional previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit sheriff's previous hit records  next hit can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia previous hit County  next hit and City previous hit Records  next hit on Microfilm" found on the Library of Virginia web site.

See 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:

  • African Americans--Virginia-- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Estates (Law)--Virginia-- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Personal property--Virginia-- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Public previous hit records  next hit--Virginia-- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Real property--Virginia-- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Slaveholders--Virginia-- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Slaves--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:

  • Inventories--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.
  • Wills--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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