Order books contain records of all matters brought before the court when it was in session and may contain important information not found anywhere else. A wide variety of information is found in order books including appointments of county officials and militia officers, records of legal disputes heard before the county court, appointments of guardians, apprenticeships of children by the overseers of the poor, naturalizations, road orders, and registrations of free Negroes. This volume contains entries from Northumberland County, Virginia Order Book 1652-1665 beginning on page 145 and ending on page 277 for Courts held November 21, 1657 through June 6, 1661.
Ruth Sparacio and Sam Sparacio
(1994), 2016, 8.5" x 11", paper, 118 pp.
ISBN: 9781680340815
101-S0081
