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Use microfilm copy, Norfolk County (Va.) Reels 1-9.
Norfolk County (Va.) Deeds and Orders, 1675-1763. Norfolk County (Va.) Reels 1-9, Local government records collection, Chesapeake (City)/Norfolk County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Chesapeake Virginia.
Norfolk County was formed from Lower Norfolk County in 1691. Now extinct, Norfolk County was incorporated into the city of Chesapeake in 1963.
Deed Books, 1677-1763 of Norfolk County Court. The deed book records the name of the grantor and grantee, the residence of both individuals and the description of property being sold or transferred. The volumes have indexes which contains the first and last names of both parties. It is arranged alphabetically from A-Z.
Order Books, 1686-1695 and 1710-1717, of Norfolk County Court. The order books records all matters brought before the court when it was in session. It provides a synopses of cases in a neater, more organized form. These volumes are sometimes internally indexed; more rarely, there is a comprehensive index. A wide variety of information is found in this order book including: deeds, chancery causes, judgments, records of legal disputes heard before the county court and road orders. All the order books have indexes.
Arranged chronologically.
Additional Norfolk Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."