Автор: McKey Joann Riley Название: Accomack County, Virginia Court Order Abstracts, Volume 6 ISBN: 0788408127 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780788408120 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 26210.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The first book of Accomack County's court orders (1663-1666) documented the county's infancy; newly formed from Northampton County (Virginia), Accomack's court looked to Col. Edmund Scarburgh for leadership. The second book of court orders (1666-1670) laid bare the Henry Smith and Col. Scarburgh scandals that rocked the county and apparently contributed to its disbanding. In the third book of court orders (1671-1673) the county, renamed "Upper Northampton," was placed under the control of commissioners from Northampton County, Accomack's neighbor on the Eastern Shore. In the fourth book (1673-1676), Governor Berkeley considered in 1673 a petition requesting that the county be restored and he began appointing court commissioners for Accomack County. That January, for the first time in three years, the name "Upper Northampton" was discontinued. As the scandals faded into the past, Accomack County settled into a more secure future, with the governor still firmly in control. Beginning in August 1678 and ending in January 1682/3, this sixth book contains 41/2 years of court orders, and consists mainly of financial disagreements, with some exceptions, such as drownings, fatal hunting accidents, concealed pregnancies and births, attempted rapes, assaults, settlement of matters pertaining to Bacon's Rebellion (which had been over for more than a year), construction and building supplies, contempt of court, outspoken women, taxes, defamation, domestic problems, fornication and bastard-bearing (about ten cases a year), hog-killing, and horse deaths. Much can be learned in these records about details of the daily life of the period, including pay rates and costs, clothing worn, diet and education, household items, illnesses, Indians, servants and slaves, ships, and personal letters. "In wills and deeds the genealogist can learn about his ancestors' relatives and possessions; in court orders he can learn about his ancestors." An every-name and subject index contains about 1,500 entries.
Автор: McKey Joann Riley Название: Accomack County, Virginia Court Order Abstracts, Volume 3: 1671-1673 ISBN: 0788405861 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780788405860 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 19770.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: An original Virginia county, "Accawmack" was formed in 1634; renamed Northampton in 1642/3; and split into Northampton and Accomack Counties in 1663 (the northern part receiving the original name). In April 1663, court sessions were first held in the newly-formed Accomack County. They continued to be held almost every month. In this book, the third volume of court orders (dating from 1671 to 1673) has been abstracted. In late 1672, "the inhabitants complained to the governor about having to wait up to three days for the court to convene. Illness, bad weather and distance often detained the 'gentleman' from Northampton and the commissioners who were required to attend. The petitioners wanted local commissioners that would be permitted to hold court on their own. They requested that all business 'be tried as formerly, as when we were a district county.' Approving their request as 'far as I can grant it, ' Governor Berkeley appointed Capt. Littleton and Capt. West to the quorum. "The court was held at Pungoteague in the tavern of Thomas Fowkes; by the beginning of 1673 the establishment belonged to Ambrose White, who had married Fowkes' step-daughter. Hosting the court must have been good for business; the court sessions met and drew a crowd for two or three days almost every month. There, posted on the court house door, early Virginians could read of rewards offered for missing cattle or servants; nearby they could stare at an offender with his crime printed in capital letters, or witness whippings 'well applied to the naked shoulders.'" About 2,000 individuals-Indians, African Americans, indentured servants, planters and commissioners-are named in these abstracts. Besides providing a wealth of names for researchers to work with, the court orders reveal valuable-and often entertaining-information concerning the region's economy, relations between different segments of the population, construction of highways, the justice system, social order and mores. Also included, as recorded in the court books, are tax lists and abstracts of wills and deeds. A page-number reference to the original source accompanies each abstract; and an every-name plus subject index guides users through this goldmine of data. "In wills and deeds the genealogist can learn about his ancestors' relatives and possessions; in court orders he can learn about his ancestors.
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