Lower norfolk county virginia court records book

He became the first recorded european to permanently settle in north carolina in 1655. Library of virginia 800 east broad street richmond, virginia 232198000 parking and directions agency hours. This work is a faithful transcription of the oldest surviving court records for lower norfolk county. The order books records all matters brought before the court when it was in session. Nathaniel batts 1679 was a fur trader, explorer and indian interpreter. Alice granbery walter was a leading authority on what used to be lower norfolk county, virginia, the area which once occupied the far southeastern corner of the virginia colony. Lower norfolk county, virginia court records open library.

Lower norfolk county, virginia, court records books a and b, 163716512 2 volumes in 1 by alice granbery. Joann riley mckey, accomack county, virginia court order abstracts, 16761678, vol. Virtually all of the entries have the virtue of placing one or more. This service is a convenience and is therefore available only to members of the virginia state bar. The colonial court records of lower norfolk and norfolk. South norfolk in norfolk county was established as a town in 1890 and as a city in 1921.

Princess anne county was named for the heir to the english throne, who later became queen anne. Norfolk county originally encompassed all of what we now know as the cities of norfolk, portsmouth and chesapeake. Virginia colonial militia, virginia county records, vol. Editors frequently monitor and verify these resources on a routine basis. Norfolk court records search virginia county office. Norfolk criminal records search virginia county office. It provides a synopses of cases in a neater, more organized form. Princess anne county extinct was named for anne daughter of james ii who became queen of england in 1702.

Book a 16371646 and book b 164616512 alice granbery walter was a leading authority on what used to be lower norfolk county, virginia, the area which once occupied the far southeastern corner of the virginia colony. Norfolk county was a county of the south hampton roads in eastern virginia, created in 1691. Books a and b, 163716512 2 volumes in 1 by alice granbery walter author. Cumming, the earliest permanent settlement in carolina. Documents that are not disclosed to the public include adoption files, juvenile matters, and confidential andor sealed documents. Lower norfolk court records, book b, reflect that his wifes first name was alice but does not show her maiden name. Norfolk county, virginia genealogy familysearch wiki. Mackenzie, george norbury, and nelson osgood rhoades. The original records of lower norfolk county, virginia are now held at the chesapeake city courthouse, chesapeake, va. Princess anne county virginia genealogy records onliine. Book a 16371646 and book b 16461 5 lower norfolk county, virginia court records. The colonial court records of lower norfolk and norfolk counties. Index button on the bottom of the public search software in our record room. Books a and b, 163716512 2 volumes in 1 walter, alice granbery, walter, harry ed.

Guide to lower norfolk county established 1637 genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including wills, deeds and land records, family histories, cemeteries, and churches lower norfolk was a county, now extinct, in seventeenthcentury virginia. Mcintosh, brief abstracts of norfolk county wills, 16371710, p. Norfolk criminal records contain an individuals entire criminal history record in norfolk, virginia. Guide to lower norfolk county established 1637 genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including wills, deeds and land records, family histories, cemeteries, and churches. Brayton is the first in a new seriesthe transcription of lower norfolk countys colonial records. Merged with, and records transferred to, the city of virginia beach in 1963.

One reader commented that according to a newspaper article in the early 1900s the graves surrounding the church were removed to a cemetery in norfolk. Lower norfolk county, virginia genealogy familysearch. Colonial era documents, such as this one in book a of lower norfolk. Lower norfolk county, virginia genealogy genealogy. Alice granbery walter was a leading authority on what used. He appears in the court records there in the following entries. About lower norfolk county, virginia court records.

We have over 1100 genealogy books for virginia and the southeastern united. Help others by sharing new links and reporting broken links. Commissioners in chancery are appointed in suits for accounting, partition, delinquent taxes, and judgment debtor interrogatories, and in. Deed, order and will books, 16461749 a collection in the library of virginia collection numbers.

Virginia world war memorial records, 1915 1944, 21 p. Transcription of lower norfolk county, virginia records. The city of chesapeake circuit court clerk maintains a wealth of records open to the public for research. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. In 1691, lower norfolk county was in turn subdivided to form norfolk county and princess anne county, which contained the area of lynnhaven parish. Welcome to the norfolk circuit court clerks office. The lower norfolk county virginia antiquary, volumes 12 the lower norfolk county virginia antiquary, edward wilson james. The circuit court clerk is working to restore documents as old as 380. Norfolk county, virginia genealogy and family history research page. About virginia, land, marriage, and probate records, 16391850 this data set contains information on approximately 5,000 individuals mentioned in abstracts of deeds, marriages, and wills from virginias augusta, isle of wight, norfolk, and spotsylvania counties.

Virginia, land, marriage, and probate records, 16391850. Click to read more about transcription of lower norfolk county, virginia records, volume one, wills and deeds, book d, 16561666 by john anderson brayton. Lower norfolk county, virginia genealogy and family history research page. More information about this seller contact this seller 5. Brayton, transcription of lower norfolk county, virginia, court records, volume i, wills and deeds, book d, 16561666 2007. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. At a court holden for the county of lower norfolk at mr. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Norfolk county, virginia genealogy genealogy familysearch wiki. Where on 10 jan 1638 he made a deposition and he stated that he was 24 years old or thereabout. Lower norfolk county virginia court records by alice granbery. Norfolk circuit court clerks pandemic procedure book.

Records, research and copies city of chesapeake, virginia. Norfolk county, virginia will abstracts 17101753 source. Wood iii, architects and builders in north carolina. In 1637 this tract was divided into upper norfolk county and lower norfolk county. Full text of lower norfolk county virginia antiquary. Butt the destruction, principally by fire and war, of so many of the county court records of colonial virginia is an irreparable loss for many years regretted only by historians and genealogists, but now beginning to be felt keenly by a great many. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Reels 19, local government records collection, chesapeake citynorfolk county court records. It was the parent county of norfolk and princess anne counties, which today have been superseded by the metropolises chesapeake city and virginia beach, virginia. In 1963, the remaining portions of norfolk county were consolidated with the much smaller city of. Norfolk towne was established in 1682, was erected into a borough or incorporated as a town in 1736, then incorporated as a city in 1846, became a city of first class in 1902 and annexed berkley in 1906.

Schaefer, clerk of the norfolk circuit court is pleased to announce the availability of criminal and civil case files via a secure access internet portal. Virginia beach in princess anne county was incorporated as a town in 1906 and became a city in 1952. A wide variety of information is found in this order book including. Due to the granting of an open space easement to the virginia outdoors. History edit edit source parent county edit edit source 1637 new norfolk county was split and renamed upper norfolk and lower norfolk.

New norfolk county included all the area in south hampton roads now incorporated in. Lower norfolk county, virginia court records 1994 edition. Full text of lower norfolk county virginia antiquary see other formats. Peter porter was living in lower norfolk county virginia by 1637. Lower norfolk county now extinct, incorporated into the city of. Sarah sallie hancock 16101689 find a grave memorial. All supreme court of virginia and norfolk circuit court orders concerning the judicial emergency fourth order modifying and extending declaration of. Order books, 16861695 and 17101717, of norfolk county court. Criminal records include norfolk arrests, arrest warrants, search warrants, filed criminal charges, court convictions and sentencing for criminal offenses. Genealogy norfolk county virginia genealogy records.

Guide to norfolk county established 1691 genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, civil war records, revolutionary war records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries. A gold mine of treasures inside chesapeake courthouse includes. Census records county administrative records court records fiduciary. Civil cases set by agreement of counsel and consent of the court.

Book a 16371646 and book b 16461 6 lower norfolk county, virginia court records. Virginia land patents 16661679 of the counties of norfolk, princess anne 1 copy genealogical abstracts of princess anne county, va. A gold mine of treasures inside chesapeake courthouse includes norfolk county deed book. Book a transcribed from the 1950 film of the original journal 1978. After the civil war, portions of norfolk county were lost and the territory became parts of the cities of norfolk, portsmouth and south norfolk. Lower norfolk county virginia court records by alice.

Dec 26, 2019 colonial era documents, such as this one in book a of lower norfolk county records, 1637 to 1646, will be preserved through a grant given to the chesapeake circuit court clerks office. Colonial era documents, such as this one in book a of lower norfolk county records, 1637 to 1646, will be preserved through a grant given to the chesapeake circuit court clerks office. He often appears as captain nathaniel batts in the records of norfolk county, virginia, where his wife owned land by. Records, research and copies the clerk of the circuit court by statute maintains a wealth of records and documents that are on file and available for public access. Books a and b, 163716512 2 volumes in 1 march 2002, clearfield co paperback in english.