Northampton County (Va.) Records, 1671-1885

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Northampton County (Va.) Records, 1671-1841. Local government records collection, Northampton County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Northampton County (Va.) Circuit Court.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Northampton County (Va.) Records, 1671-1841. Local government records collection, Northampton County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Northampton County (Va.) Records, 1671-1841, consist of the following records series: Court Records, Land Records, Fiduciary Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Health and Medical Records, Naturalization Records, Overseers of the Poor Records, Public Buildings and Grounds Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, and Miscellaneous Records.

Fiduciary Records, 1759-1834; Land Records, 1721-1734

Land Records, 1806-1885 - also includes land partitions relating to Gingaskin Indians, 1795, 1814-1815, from accession number 44548; Court Records: Attorney's Excuses, 1831-1841

Court Records: Church Warden Records, 1723-1729, Certificates of Character, 1732-1751, Jury Records, 1671-1758; Overseers of the Poor Records, 1782-1811; Bonds/Commissions/Oaths Records: Indenture Records, 1723-1779; Health and Medical Records: Lunacy Records, 1751,1808; Miscellaneous Records: Power of Attorney Papers, 1727-1742, Vouchers, Receipts, and Accounts between Major Waters and Margaret Preeson, 1742; Public Buildings and Grounds Records, 1725-1797; Naturalization Records, 1828-1891, and Tax and Fiscal Records: Claims and Accounts, 1710-1774.

Land Records; Health and Medical Records; Fiduciary Records - includes estate account of John Locker, 1727; Bonds/Oaths/Commissions Records: Commission for court of oyer and terminer for trial of Toby, 1767 June

Biographical / historical:

Northampton County was named probably for the English county, of which Obedience Robins, a prominent early resident of the Eastern Shore, was a native. The county, which originally included all of the peninsula south of Maryland and which was one of the eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634, was first called Accomack. The General Assembly changed the name to Northampton County in 1643. Accomack County was created from Northampton County about 1663, but in October 1670, the General Assembly temporarily reunited the two counties as Northampton County. In November 1673, Accomack County was again separated from Northampton. The county seat is Eastville.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from the circuit court of Northampton County. A portion of the collectio was transferred under the accession number 44548.
Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
1.50 cu. ft. (4 boxes)