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 1695-1699 for Courts held February 10, 1695 through June 21, 1699. Transcripts from the court records that are the ruling of the court in civil matters. For example, property disputes, slaves. This information is similar to our present day small claims and civil courts.
Ruth Sparacio and Sam Sparacio
130 pp.
ISBN: 9781680340785
101-S9078
