PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi02554::A Guide to the Lancaster County (Va.) Will Books, 1674-1795)//EN" "vi02554.xml" A Guide to the Lancaster County (Va.) Will Books, 1674-1795 Lancaster County (Va.) Will Books, 1674-1795 Barcode numbers 1146632-1146639/Lancaster County (Va.) Reels 18-20 Sherri Bagley Library of Virginia © 2008 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Sherri Bagley, 03/13/2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Lancaster County (Va.) Will Books, 1674-1795 A Collection in the Library of Virginia Barcode numbers 1146632-1146639/Lancaster County (Va.) Reels 18-20 Sherri Bagley

Library of Virginia 2008 Sherri Bagley Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Lancaster County (Va.) Will Books, 1674-1795 Barcode numbers 1146632-1146639/Lancaster County (Va.) Reels 18-20 Library of Virginia 7 v. (1612 p.); 3 microfilm reels English Lancaster County (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

Use microfilm copy, Lancaster County (Va.) Reels 18-20.

Preferred Citation

Lancaster County (Va.) Will Books, 1674-1795. Lancaster County (Va.) Reels 18-20, Local government records collection, Lancaster County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Lancaster County.

Historical Information

Lancaster was formed in 1651 from Northumberland and York counties.

The will books of Lancaster County in this collection were created by the County Court.

Scope and Content

Will Books, 1674-1795, of Lancaster County Court. The will book includes the name of testator, list of heirs and year the wills were proven in court and probate records such as inventories and appraisements. All of the volumes have indexes except, 1690-1709 and 1770-1783.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Lancaster Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

Index Terms Corporate Names: Lancaster County (Va.) Circuit Court. Geographical Names: Lancaster County (Va.) -- History. Genre and Form Terms: Will books -- Virginia -- Lancaster County. Wills -- Virginia -- Lancaster County. Local government records -- Virginia -- Lancaster County. Added Entry - Corporate Name: Lancaster County (Va.) County Court.