Nansemond County (Va.) Claim, 1804

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
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POC: Archives Reference Services
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Preferred citation:

Nansemond County (Va.) Claim, 1804, Robert Alonzo Brock Collection, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Summary

Creator:
Robert Alonzo Brock
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Nansemond County (Va.) Claim, 1804, Robert Alonzo Brock Collection, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Nansemond County (Va.) Claim, 1804, of Sheriff Stephen Wright who was owed money by the Commonwealth.

Biographical / historical:

Nansemond County was formed from New Norfolk County in 1637. Previously named Upper Norfolk County until it was renamed Nansemond County in 1646. It was named for the Nansemond Indians, who lived in the area in the early seventeenth century. The county became the independent city of Nansemond in 1972. Now extinct, Nansemond merged with the city of Suffolk in 1974. The entire area is known as Suffolk.

Nansemond County court records were destroyed in three separate fires: the earliest consumed the house of the court clerk in April 1734 (where the records were kept at that time), the second was set by British troops in 1779, and the last occurred on 7 February 1866.

Acquisition information:
The Robert Alonzo Brock Collection was filmed by The Huntington Library in cooperation with The Library of Virginia with funding provided by The Library of Virginia Foundation with the support of The Roller-Bottimore Foundation and The Robins Foundation. Microfilm received 15 April 2004.
Physical description:
Miscellaneous reel 4611
Note:

This collection forms part of the Robert Alonzo Brock Collection at The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

This collection forms part of the Robert Alonzo Brock Collection at The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.