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 2, 1680-1686 beginning on page 84 and ending on page 272 for Courts held May 10, 1682 through January 1686/7; and Lancaster County, Virginia Order Book No. 3, 1686-1696 beginning on page 1 and ending on page 23 for Courts held February 9, 1686 through May 11, 1687.
Ruth Sparacio and Sam Sparacio
(1995), 2016, paper, 124 pp.
ISBN: 9781680342925
101-S9292
