County court order books contain records of all matters brought before the court while in session. The information contained in these records may not appear elsewhere. The order books typically provide a synopsis of court cases in a relatively organized format. Records you may find include appointments of local officials and militia officers, records of legal disputes, appointments of guardians for minors, apprenticeships of minors authorized by overseers of the poor, naturalizations, road orders, and the register of free Negroes. This volume contains entries from Essex County, Virginia Order Book 1725-1729 beginning on page 190 and ending on page 300 for Courts held November 21, 1727 through September 15, 1729.
Ruth Sparacio and Sam Sparacio
(1989), 2020, 8.5" x 11", paper, index, 130 pp.
ISBN: 9781680340723
101-S0072
