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, records of legal disputes such as property disputes, estate disputes, and disputes involving slaves and servants, certificates granted for apprehending runaway servants and delivering letters, and much more. This information is similar to our present day small claims and civil courts. This volume contains entries from Northumberland County, Virginia Order Book 1666-1678 beginning on page 78 and ending on page 199 for Courts held November 25, 1669 through March 19, 1673/74.
Ruth Sparacio and Sam Sparacio
(1999), 2016, 8.5" x 11", paper, 122 pp.
ISBN: 9781680340853
101-S4085
