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 Lancaster County, Virginia Order Book 1666-1680 beginning on page 1 and ending on page 537 for Courts held September 11, 1678 through May 26, 1680; and Lancaster County, Virginia Order Book 2, 1680-1686 beginning on page 1 and ending on page 83 for Courts held July 14, 1680 through March 8, 1681/82.
Ruth Sparacio and Sam Sparacio
(1993), 2016, paper, 118 pp.
ISBN: 9781680341706
101-S0170
