A Guide to the Fillmore Norfleet Nansemond County Records, 1748-1877 Norfleet, Fillmore, Nansemond County Records, 1748-1877 23390

A Guide to the Fillmore Norfleet Nansemond County Records, 1748-1877

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 23390

Library of Virginia

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Repository

The Library of Virginia

Accession Number

23390

Title

Fillmore Norfleet Nansemond County Records, 1748-1877

Physical Description

14 leaves, negative photostats

Collector

Fillmore Norfleet

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Fillmore Norfleet Nansemond County Records, 1748-1877. Accession 23390. Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Lent for copying, 24 August 1949, by Fillmore Norfleet, Madison County, Virginia.

Robert Fillmore Norfleet was born 3 September 1903 in Suffolk, Virginia. He graduated from Washington and Lee University with a B.A. and a law degree, and received both a master's and a doctorate in french literature from the University of Virginia. He taught at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, from 1927 to 1929, and at Woodberry Forest School in Madison County, Virginia, from 1934 to 1968, when he retired. Norfleet also taught at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, and worked at the Dietz Press in Richmond. A genealogist, he published works on the Norfleet family and on Nansemond County, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Copeland, and they had 2 children. Norfleet died 21 July 1987 in Orange County, Virginia, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.

Scope and Content

Nansemond County, Virginia, records, 1748-1877, collected by Fillmore Norfleet (1903-1987) of Suffolk and Charlottesville, Virginia, consisting of receipts, 1748-1778, to Adam Wayland; a land grant, 7 July 1763, for 372 acres in Nansemond County to Joseph Jones; a deed, dated 20 January 1840 and recorded 11 March 1840, for slaves, furniture, and other property; deeds, 1840-1843, for real property in Nansemond County; account of sales, 1 December 1841, of property of Oliver P. Copeland; and a permit, 11 May 1877, for T. W. Bolhick to ship the body of Colonel W. B. Whitehead from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Suffolk.

Contents List

Receipts, 1748, 1759, 1778, from Edward Spencer (1748), from E. Watkins (1759), from Roger Dixon (1759), from Godfrey Yager (1778) to Adam Wayland.

Land grant, 7 July 1763, for 372 acres in Nansemond County to Joseph Jones.

Deed, dated 20 January 1840 and recorded 11 March 1840, for slaves, furniture, and other property, between Oliver P. Copeland of the first part, Winfield S. Copeland and Jeremiah Jones of the second part, and John R. Kilby of the third part, all of Nansemond County.

Deed, 3 January 1840, for a tract of land in Nansemond County from Elisha Norfleet to James Campbell, both of Nansemond County.

Deed, dated and recorded 23 January 1843, for a lot near Suffolk from Elisha Norfleet and Sarah Norfleet to Arthur Smith, all of Nansemond County.

Account of sales, 1 December 1841, of property of Oliver P. Copeland.

Permit, 11 May 1877, for T. W. Bolhick to ship the body of Colonel W. B. Whitehead from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Suffolk.