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 1656-1666 beginning on page 1 and ending on page 174 for Courts held February 4, 1656 through March 12, 1661/62.
Ruth Sparacio and Sam Sparacio
(1993), 2016, paper, 118 pp.
ISBN: 9781680341843
101-S9184
