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Deed Books, 1684-1730, of Elizabeth City County Court. The deed book records the name of the grantor and grantee, the residence of both individuals and the description of property being sold or transferred. All the volumes have indexes which contains the first and last names of both parties. It is arranged alphabetically from A-Z. Deed Book, 1715-1721 does not have an index. Deed Book, 1704-1730 has certain ejectments (1736-1770) included in the volume.

Elizabeth City County (Va.) Records, 1721-1931 consists primarily of Law cases (judgments) but also contains records that fall into the Local Records categories of Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Clerk's Records, Court Records (judgments and criminal), Election Records, Fiduciary Records, Land Records (deeds and plats), Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, Naturalization Records, Wills, and miscellaneous items such as a copy of a 1902 federal bankrupcy suit and census enumerator oaths and certifications for the 1910 census.

Elizabeth City County (Va.) Records, circa 1778-1950s, undated, consist of the following series: Military and Pension Records, Court Records (subfield series include Personal Documentation, Clerks' Records and Court Finance), Fiduciary Records, Business Records, County Administrative Records (subfield series include Board of Supervisors Records and Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records), Marriage Records, Land Records, Public Buildings and Grounds, Wills, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Organization Records, Miscellaneous Records and Tax and Fiscal Records.

Hampton (Va.) Records, 1659-1955, consist of 21 volumes of Hampton and Elizabeth City County records including court minutes and orders, deed and will books, naturalization petitions, World War II induction and discharge records, record of those adjudged insane, convict register, 1880 census, and voter registration; and loose records including plats, chancery causes, Democratic Executive Committee of Elizabeth City County records, World War I History Commission reports and military service records, Board of Supervisor records including Jamestown Exposition correspondence, certificates for allowance for Confederate reunion attendees, and a memorial to the General Assembly inquiring into taxation status of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, bonds/commissions/oaths, clerk's correspondence, judgments, fiduciary records, deeds, wills, marriage records, rosters of Confederate pensioners, George Booker's application for a federal pardon, organization records for the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, road and bridge records, tax and fiscal records, public buildings and grounds records including specifications for the 1876 courthouse, a copy of an Act to provide a new charter for the town of Hampton, and correspondence related to potential post office changes in Hampton and Phoebus in 1952.