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Machine-readable finding aid derived from being created directly into EAD, created by Greg Crawford, 06 September 2013 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Northampton County (Va.) Ended Causes, Court Causes, and Sundry Papers, 1813-1909 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1189604-1189616, 1189622-1189626, 1199000-1199018 Greg Crawford

Library of Virginia 2013 Collection is unprocessed. Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia Northampton County (Va.) Ended Causes, Court Causes, and Sundry Papers, 1813-1909 1189604-1189616, 1189622-1189626, 1199000-1199018 Library of Virginia 24.35 cu. ft. (37 boxes) English Northampton County (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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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.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Northampton County and Accession Number 44020.

Historical Information

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.

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.

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Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Northampton County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

Pre-1813 Northampton County Court Records are available at the Library of Virginia.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Northampton County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Civil procedure--Virginia--Northampton County. Crime--Virginia--Northampton County. Debt--Virginia--Northampton County. Geographical Names: Northampton County(Va.) -- History. Genre and Form Terms: Criminal records--Virginia--Northampton County. Judicial records--Virginia--Northampton County. Local government records--Virginia--Northampton County.