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Nansemond County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1866-1922, consist of a Cash Book, Chancery Dockets, Chancery Executions, Chancery Rules, Clerk's Daybooks, Common Law Dockets, Fee Books, Memorandum Book, Moneys Deposited by Order of the Court, Process Books, and a Witness Attendance Book.

Nansemond County (Va.) Court Records, 1866-1907, consist of Chancery Suits Received and Returned, Fee Book, General Index to Judgments, Law and Chancery Docket, Orders for Copies, and Witness Attendance Book.

Nansemond County (Va.) Deeds, 1734-1962 (bulk 1882-1928) consist of deeds of bargain and sale, deeds of gift, mortgages, deeds of trust, and deeds of emancipation. On presentation to the court, deeds were proved and recorded. If the deed was not witnessed, the grantor acknowledged the deed in open court. A few of the deeds include plats. Except for a few years early in the eighteenth century, slaves in Virginia were considered personal property and consequently were not usually sold by deed. However, they were often transferred in deeds of gift or were the property listed in mortgages and deeds of trust.

Nansemond County (Va.) Election Records, 1879-1884, contain poll books.

Nansemond County (Va.) Land Records, 1734-1962, consist of Deeds, Oversized Deeds, and Plat Books.

Nansemond County (Va.) Organization Records, 1891-1931 is comprised of various records created by groups in Suffolk/Nansemond County. The records consist of a minute book and unprocessed, loose records.

Nansemond County (Va.) Records, 1866-1932, contain Bonds/Commissions/Oaths; Business Records, 1924; Court Records, 1873; Criminal Records, 1925-1928; Judgments, 1879-1933; Fiduciary Records, 1869, 1881, 1913-1932; Land Records; Organization Records; Road and Bridge Records, 1927; and Tax and Fiscal Records, 1890-1904.

Nansemond County (Va.) Records, 1866-1940 circa, include records from the following series Land Records, presominantly deeds and plats; Court Records; Treasurer Records; Miscellaneous Records such as Mechanics Liens and Crop Lies; Business Records; and Fiduciary Records such as Lists of Heirs.

Nansemond County (Va.) Sheriffs' Records, 1840-1916, consist of a Sheriff's Execution Book, 1840-1842, that records the collection of court fines and a Sheriff's Return Book, 1904-1916, that records returns on poll tax postings.

Nansemond County (Va.) Tax and Fiscal Records, 1846-1965, consist of Capitation Tax Lists, Delinquent Lands Purchased by the Commonwealth, Delinquent Lands Purchased by Other than Commonwealth, Dockets of Sales of Chattels, Land Tax Book, and Personal Property Tax Books.