Northampton County (Va.) Ended Causes, Court Causes, and Sundry Papers, 1813-1909

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
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Richmond, VA 23219
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Preferred citation:

Northampton County(Va.) Ended Causes, Court Causes, and Sundry Papers, 1813-1909. Local government records collection, Northampton County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

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

Northampton County(Va.) Ended Causes, Court Causes, and Sundry Papers, 1813-1909. Local government records collection, Northampton County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Northampton County (Va.) Ended Causes, Court Causes, and Sundry Papers, 1813-1909, consist mostly of civil suits related to matters of debt and criminal suits also known as commonwealth causes. Interfiled are other court papers such as criminal causes, fiduciary records, jury records, tax and fiscal records, marriage records, bonds, deeds, wills, and other court papers. Not every record type will be found in every bundle of papers.

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 shipments of court papers from Northampton County and Accession Number 44020.
Arrangement:

Chronological

Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
24.35 cu. ft. (37 boxes)