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By Thomas Nelson Page. Hardcover. Fair condition. No dustjacket. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece portrait of Page. Originally published in 1887 by Charles Scribner’s Sons. Included is a description of the series and a three page biography of Thomas Nelson Page. Not an ex-library copy. 230 pages. Spine needs repair.
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 12, Charles City County Court Orders 1664-1665; Fragments, 1650-1696. Originally published between 1938 and 1949as thirty-four paperback volumes of Virginia Colonial Abstracts, they brought together a wealth of data from the records of Tidewater Virginia–vital records of birth, marriage, and death; tax lists; court orders; militia lists; wills; and deeds. They…
Originally published between 1938 and 1949as thirty-four paperback volumes of Virginia Colonial Abstracts, they brought together a wealth of data from the records of Tidewater Virginia–vital records of birth, marriage, and death; tax lists; court orders; militia lists; wills; and deeds. They were the result of extensive research in county courthouses, municipal and state archives,…
Compiled by Stratton Notthingham (1991). Includes Lancaster County, 1795 – 1848 and Northampton County, 1731 -1868: Lancaster County, 1795 – 1848 and Northampton County, 1731 -1868. These land causes refer to chancery suits regarding dower rights, divisions of land among heirs, ejectment proceedings, etc. In many cases ownership of the land is traced down from…
Compiled by Lyndon H. Hart, III. 1984. Second printing. This guide was prepared by the staff of the Archives to make the genealogical notes and charts more accessible to patrons. Softbound, good condition, non-circulating library edition (has library ID markings), 6” x 8”, 167 pages.
Author: Robert Armistead Stewart. Reprinted 1993. The first part of this work recounts the exploits of the largest of all the State navies, while the roster of officers and men, in the second half of the book, is a compilation deriving from a variety of source records. Alphabetically arranged, the entries include, wherever possible, rank…
By John Bennett Boddie. Reprinted 1974. Surry County was formed in 1652 from James City County, which was one of Virginia’s eight original counties. Contents of this book: early history of the county, various genealogical data on pre-revolutionary time frame, Surry County Land Grants, 1624-1740, Surry County Censuses 1668, 1678, 1688, 1698 and 1782, Surry…
By Sarah S. Hughes. An historical account of the land surveys, the surveyors, and their instruments in the Virginia colony during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Publication Date: 1979| Binding: Hard Cover, with dust jacket. | Condition: Very good; non-circulating library edition, with library ID markings. | Pages: 196
Published by the Virginia State Library in 1986. Compiled by Richard R. Duncan. Lists 3,000 doctoral dissertations and mater’s theses completed by scholars in history and related disciplines at some one hundred twenty universities since the 1890s. Conveniently arranged by chronological periods and themes, the titles are cross-referenced and indexed by authors and subjects. |…
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